Punit Goenka’s try and retain a management position at Zee Leisure Enterprises confronted a setback as shareholders rejected his reappointment as a Director on the firm’s forty second Annual Normal Assembly on November 28.
Goenka, who stepped down as Managing Director earlier this month, attended the AGM and addressed shareholders. In keeping with an trade submitting, the proposal to reappoint him as a Director narrowly failed, with 49.54% of votes in favor and 50.46% in opposition to.
This end result is critical in mild of Goenka’s earlier withdrawal from reappointment as Managing Director, a job he resigned from in November to give attention to his place as CEO. His determination to formally decline reappointment as MD was a part of a broader restructuring effort geared toward streamlining management and enhancing operational focus inside the firm.
The corporate additionally accredited a dividend of Re 1 per fairness share for the monetary 12 months ended March 31, 2024 on the AGM.