MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

10.06.2013

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

ZEE ENTERTAINMENT ENTERPRISES LIMITED (w.e.f. 12.02.2007)

 

 

Formerly Known As :

ZEE TELEFILMS LIMITED

 

 

Registered Office :

Continental Building, 135, Dr. Annie Besant Road, Worli, Mumbai - 400018, Maharashtra

 

 

Country :

India

 

 

Financials (as on) :

31.03.2012

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

25.11.1982

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

11-028767

 

 

Capital Investment / Paid-up Capital :

Rs. 959.000 Millions

 

 

CIN No.:

[Company Identification No.]

L92132MH1982PLC028767

 

 

TAN No.:

[Tax Deduction & Collection Account No.]

MUMZ00074E

 

 

PAN No.:

[Permanent Account No.]

AAACZ0243R

 

 

Legal Form :

Public limited liability company.  The company's shares are listed on the Stock Exchanges.

 

 

Line of Business :

Subject is engaged in business of Broadcasting of Satellite Television Channels uplinked from India, Space Selling agent for other television channels, Sale of Television programs, films / movies and rights including films / movies and program feeds and Production and distribution of films / movies

 

 

No. of Employees :

Information denied by the management. 

 

 

RATING & COMMENTS

 

MIRA’s Rating :

A (67)

 

RATING

STATUS

PROPOSED CREDIT LINE

56-70

A

Financial & operational base are regarded healthy. General unfavourable factors will not cause fatal effect. Satisfactory capability for payment of interest and principal sums

Fairly Large

 

Maximum Credit Limit :

USD 119800000

 

 

Status :

Good

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

Regular

 

 

Litigation :

Clear

 

 

Comments :

Subject is a well established and reputed company having a good track record.

 

There appears a slight dip in the net profitability during 2012 but the financial profitability during 2012 but the financial position of the company appears to be sound. Fundamentals are strong and healthy. Directors are reported to be experienced and respectable businessmen.

 

Trade relations are fair. Business is active. Payments are reported to be regular and as per commitments.

 

In view of experienced promoters the company can be considered normal for business dealings at usual trade terms and conditions. 

 

NOTES :

Any query related to this report can be made on e-mail : infodept@mirainform.com while quoting report number, name and date.

 

EXTERNAL AGENCY RATING

 

Rating Agency Name

CARE

Rating

AA (Long Term Bank Facilities)

Rating Explanation

High degree of safety and very low credit risk.

Date

09.11.2012

 

 

Rating Agency Name

CARE

Rating

A1+ (Short Term Bank Facilities)

Rating Explanation

Very strong degree of safety and lowest credit risk. 

Date

09.11.2012

 

 

RBI DEFAULTERS’ LIST STATUS

 

Subject’s name is not enlisted as a defaulter in the publicly available RBI Defaulters’ list.

 

 

EPF (Employee Provident Fund) DEFAULTERS’ LIST STATUS

 

Subject’s name is not enlisted as a defaulter in the publicly available EPF (Employee Provident Fund) Defaulters’ list as of 31-03-2012.

 

 

INFORMATION DECLINED BY

 

Management non co-operative

 

 

LOCATIONS

 

Registered Office / Corporate Office :

Continental Building, 135, Dr. Annie Besant Road, Worli, Mumbai - 400018, Maharashtra, India

Tel. No.:

91-22-24965609 / 11 / 16 / 24939011 / 66971234

Fax No.:

91-22-24964334/24931938 / 24900302 / 0213

E-Mail :

dasa@zeenetwork.com

sanghavip@zeenetwork.com

Website :

http://www.zeetelevision.com

 

 

Regional Office :

Located At

 

  • New Delhi
  • Kolkata
  • Pune
  • Hyderabad
  • Chennai
  • Bangalore
  • Noida
  • Chandigarh

 

 

International Office :

Located At

 

  • USA
  • United Kingdom
  • South Africa
  • Singapore
  • Manutius
  • China
  • Malaysia
  • UAE
  • Russia 

 

 

DIRECTORS

 

AS ON 31.03.2012

 

Name :

Mr. Subhash Chandra

Designation :

Chairman and Managing Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. Punit Goenka

Designation :

Managing Director and CEO

 

 

Name :

Mr. Ashok Kurien

Designation :

Director

 

 

Name :

Dr. Mohammed Y Khan

Designation :

Independent Director                                     

 

 

Name :

Mr. Gulam Noon

Designation :

Director

 

 

Name :

Prof. R Vaidyanathan

Designation :

Independent Director

 

 

KEY EXECUTIVES

 

SENIOR MANAGEMENT

 

 

Name :

Mr. Rajesh Jejurikar

Designation :

President

 

 

Name :

Mr. Amitabh Kumar

Designation :

Amitabh Kumar

 

 

Name :

Mr. Ashish Sehgal

Designation :

Advertisement Revenue

 

 

Name :

Mr. Atul Das

Designation :

Corporate Strategy

 

 

Name :

Mr. Atul Pande

Designation :

Sports

 

 

Name :

Mr. Bharat Ranga

Designation :

Content & Creative

 

 

Name :

Mr. Hitesh Vakil

Designation :

Finance

 

 

Name :

Mr. M. Lakshminarayanan

Designation :

Company Secretary

 

 

Name :

Mr. Nittin Keni

Designation :

Production

 

 

Name :

Mr. Rajendra Mehta

Designation :

Human Resources

 

 

Name :

Mr. Roland Landers

Designation :

Corporate Brand

 

 

Name :

Mr. Sharada Sunder

Designation :

Content - Regional HSM

 

 

Name :

Mr. Utpal Das

Designation :

Commercial

 

 

MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS / SHAREHOLDING PATTERN

 

AS ON 31.03.2013

 

Category of Shareholder

No. of Shares

% of No. of Shares

http://www.bseindia.com/include/images/clear.gif(A) Shareholding of Promoter and Promoter Group

 

 

(1) Indian

 

 

http://www.bseindia.com/include/images/clear.gif Bodies Corporate

241403408

25.31

http://www.bseindia.com/include/images/clear.gifhttp://www.bseindia.com/include/images/clear.gifhttp://www.bseindia.com/include/images/clear.gif Sub Total

241403408

25.31

(2) Foreign

 

 

Bodies Corporate

172266804

18.06

http://www.bseindia.com/include/images/clear.gif Sub Total

172266804

18.06

Total shareholding of Promoter and Promoter Group (A)

413670212

43.36

http://www.bseindia.com/include/images/clear.gif(B) Public Shareholding

 

 

(1) Institutions

 

 

http://www.bseindia.com/include/images/clear.gif Mutual Funds / UTI

61677206

6.47

http://www.bseindia.com/include/images/clear.gifhttp://www.bseindia.com/include/images/clear.gifhttp://www.bseindia.com/include/images/clear.gif Financial Institutions / Banks

106659

0.01

Insurance Companies

21319036

2.23

Foreign Institutional Investors

397681063

41.69

http://www.bseindia.com/include/images/clear.gif Any Others (Specify)

30100

0

http://www.bseindia.com/include/images/clear.gifhttp://www.bseindia.com/include/images/clear.gifhttp://www.bseindia.com/include/images/clear.gif Foreign Bank

30100

0

Sub Total

480814064

50.4

(2) Non-Institutions

 

 

http://www.bseindia.com/include/images/clear.gif Bodies Corporate

32946925

3.45

http://www.bseindia.com/include/images/clear.gifhttp://www.bseindia.com/include/images/clear.gifhttp://www.bseindia.com/include/images/clear.gif Individuals

 

 

Individual shareholders holding nominal share capital up to Rs. 0.100 Million

19423733

2.04

Individual shareholders holding nominal share capital in excess of Rs. 0.100 Million

4038758

0.42

http://www.bseindia.com/include/images/clear.gif Any Others (Specify)

3064028

0.32

http://www.bseindia.com/include/images/clear.gifhttp://www.bseindia.com/include/images/clear.gifhttp://www.bseindia.com/include/images/clear.gif Foreign Corporate Bodies

93952

0.01

Overseas Corporate Bodies

33182

0

Foreign Nationals

3908

0

http://www.bseindia.com/include/images/clear.gif Non Resident Indians

2629334

0.28

http://www.bseindia.com/include/images/clear.gifhttp://www.bseindia.com/include/images/clear.gif Trusts

303652

0.03

Sub Total

59473444

6.23

Total Public shareholding (B)

540287508

56.64

Total (A)+(B)

953957720

100

http://www.bseindia.com/include/images/clear.gif(C) Shares held by Custodians and against which Depository Receipts have been issued

0

0

(1) Promoter and Promoter Group

0

0

http://www.bseindia.com/include/images/clear.gifhttp://www.bseindia.com/include/images/clear.gif(2) Public

0

0

Sub Total

0

0

Total (A)+(B)+(C)

953957720

0

 

 

Shareholding of securities (including shares, warrants, convertible securities) of persons belonging to the category Promoter and Promoter Group

Sl. No.

Name of the Shareholder

Details of Shares held

Encumbered shares (*)

Total shares (including underlying shares assuming full conversion of warrants and convertible securities) as a % of diluted share capital

No. of Shares held

As a % of grand total (A)+(B)+(C)

No

As a percentage

As a % of

 

grand total

(A)+(B)+(C) of sub-clause (I)(a)

1

Churu Trading Company Private Limited

100

0

0

0

0

0

2

Essel Infraprojects Limited

100

0

0

0

0

0

3

Prajatma Trading Company Private Limited

100

0

0

0

0

0

4

Premier Finance and Trading Company Limited

100

0

0

0

0

0

5

Veena Investment Private Limited

100

0

0

0

0

0

6

Cyquator Media Services Private Limited

24,14,02,908

25.31

144186407

59.73

15.11

25.31

7

Essel International Limited

2,30,00,000

2.41

0

0

0

2.41

8

Essel Holdings Limited

4,63,78,518

4.86

0

0

0

4.86

9

Essel Media Ventures Limited

10,28,88,286

10.79

0

0

0

10.79

 

Total

41,36,70,212

43.36

144186407

34.86

15.11

43.36

Bottom of Form

 

(*) The term encumbrance has the same meaning as assigned to it in regulation 28(3) of the SAST Regulations, 2011.

 

Shareholding of securities (including shares, warrants, convertible securities) of persons belonging to the category Public and holding more than 1% of the total number of shares

 

Sl. No.

Name of the Shareholder

No. of Shares held

Shares as % of Total No. of Shares

Total shares (including underlying shares assuming full conversion of warrants and convertible securities) as a % of diluted share capital

1

Oppenheimer Developing Marketing Fund

86953280

9.12

9.12

2

Life Insurance Corporation of India

14162218

1.48

1.48

3

Government Pension Fund Global

19452062

2.04

2.04

4

Oppenheimer Global Fund

14003568

1.47

1.47

5

Government of Singapore

14740154

1.55

1.55

6

New World Fund INC

11250000

1.18

1.18

7

Vanguard Emerging Market Stock Index Fund A Series of Vanguard International Equity Index Fund

9705227

1.02

1.02

 

Total

170266509

17.85

17.85

 

Shareholding of securities (including shares, warrants, convertible securities) of persons (together with PAC) belonging to the category “Public” and holding more than 5% of the total number of shares of the company

 

Sl. No.

Name(s) of the shareholder(s) and the Persons Acting in Concert (PAC) with them

No. of Shares

Shares as % of Total No. of Shares

Total shares (including underlying shares assuming full conversion of warrants and convertible securities) as a % of diluted share capital

http://www.bseindia.com/include/images/clear.gifhttp://www.bseindia.com/include/images/clear.gif1

Oppenheimer Devloping Marketing Fund

86953280

9.12

9.12

 

Total

86953280

9.12

9.12

Bottom of Form

                       

Details of Locked-in Shares

 

Sl. No.

Name of the Shareholder

No. of Shares

1

9X Media Employee Trust

21,127

2

NSR-PE Mauritius LLC

14,084

 

Total

35,211

 

 

BUSINESS DETAILS

 

Line of Business :

Subject is engaged in business of Broadcasting of Satellite Television Channels uplinked from India, Space Selling agent for other television channels, Sale of Television programs, films / movies and rights including films / movies and program feeds and Production and distribution of films / movies

 

 

Products :

ITC CODE

PRODUCT

85249001

Recorded Video Cassettes

 

 

GENERAL INFORMATION

 

No. of Employees :

Information denied by the management

 

 

Bankers :

  • Axis Bank Limited
  • Barclays Bank
  • BNP Paribas
  • Deutsche Bank
  • IDBI Bank Limited
  • ING Vysya Bank Limited
  • Standard Chartered Bank
  • Yes Bank Limited

 

 

Facilities :

Secured Loan

 

Rs. In Millions

31.03.2012

Rs. In Millions

31.03.2011

Long-Term Borrowings

 

 

Vehicle Loans *

10.000

6.000

 

 

 

TOTAL

10.000

6.000

 

Note

 

* Secured against hypothecation of vehicles.

 

 

 

Banking Relations :

--

 

 

Auditors :

 

Name :

M/S M G B and Company

Chartered Accountant

 

 

Wholly Owned Subsidiaries:

  • Apac Media Ventures Limited
  • Asia Today Limited
  • Asia TV Limited
  • Expand Fast Holdings (Singapore) Pte. Limited
  • ITM Digital Private Limited
  • OOO Zee CIS LLC
  • OOO Zee CIS Holdings LLC
  • Taj TV Limited
  • Taj Television (India) Private Limited
  • Zee Multimedia (Maurice) Limited
  • Zee Multimedia Worldwide (Mauritius) Limited
  • Zee Sports Limited
  • Zee Technologies (Guangzhou) Limited
  • Zee Telefilms Middle East FZ-LLC
  • Zee TV South Africa (Proprietary) Limited
  • Zee TV USA Inc
  • Zee Sports International Limited (merged with Asia Today Limited during the year).

 

 

Subsidiaries  Others Direct :

  • Zee Turner Limited (extent of holding 74%)
  • India Webportal Private Limited (extent of holding 51%)

 

 

Associates :

  • Aplab Limited (extent of holding 26.42%)

 

 

Joint Venture :

  • Media Pro Enterprise India Private Limited (extent of holding 50%)

 

 

Other Related Parties :

  • Agrani Convergence Limited
  • Agrani Wireless Services Limited
  • Asian Sky Shop Limited
  • Cyquator Media Services Private Limited
  • Churu Trading Company Private Limited
  • Dakshin Media Gaming Solutions Private Limited
  • Dish TV India Limited
  • Diligent Media Corporation Limited
  • Essel Propack Limited
  • E-City Bioscope Entertainment Private Limited
  • E-City Entertainment (India) Private Limited
  • E-City Films ((India) Private Limited
  • E-City Projects Construction Private Limited
  • E-City Property Management Services Private Limited
  • E-Cool Gaming Solutions Private Limited
  • Essel Corporate Resources Private Limited
  • Essel Sports Private Limited
  • Essel International Limited
  • Essel Shyam Communication Private Limited
  • Fun Multiplex Private Limited
  • ITZ Trade Exchange Limited
  • ITZ Cash Card Limited
  • Jay Properties Private Limited
  • New Media Broadcasting Private Limited
  • Pan India Network Private Limited
  • Pan India Network Infravest Private Limited
  • Pan India Paryatan Private Limited
  • Procall Private Limited
  • Rama Associates Limited
  • Real Media FZ–LLC
  • Siti Energy Limited
  • Smart Wireless Private Limited
  • TALEEM Research Foundation
  • Wire and Wireless (India) Limited
  • Zee Learn Limited
  • Zee Akash News Private Limited
  • Zee News Limited

 

 

CAPITAL STRUCTURE

 

AS ON 31.03.2012

 

Authorised Capital :

 

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

 

 

 

 

1399200000

Equity Shares

Rs.1/- each

Rs. 1399.000 Millions

 

 

 

 

 

Issued, Subscribed & Paid-up Capital :

 

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

 

 

 

 

958770077

Equity Shares

Rs.1/- each

Rs. 959.000 Millions

 

 

 

 

 

NOTES

 

Reconciliation of number of Equity shares and share capital

2012

 

Number of equity shares

Rs. In Millions

At the beginning of the year

978,076,130

978.000

Less: Shares cancelled on Buyback

19,372,853

19.000

Add : Allotted on exercise of Employee Stock Options (Rs. 66,800)

66,800

0.000

Outstanding at the end of the year

958,770,077

959.000

 

Terms/ rights attached to equity shares

 

The Company has only one class of equity shares having a par value of Rs. 1 each. Each holder of equity shares is entitled to one vote per share. The Company declares and pays dividend in Indian Rupees. The final dividend proposed by the Board of Directors is subject to the approval of the shareholders in the ensuing Annual General Meeting.

 

In the event of liquidation of the Company, the holders of equity shares will be entitled to receive remaining assets of the Company, after distribution of preferential amounts. The distribution will be in proportion to the number of equity shares held by the shareholders.

 

Details of aggregate number of bonus shares issued, shares issued for consideration other than cash and shares

bought back during 5 years preceding 31 March 2012

 

 

2012

Equity Shares allotted as fully paid for consideration other than cash

55,471,301

Equity Shares allotted as fully paid Bonus shares

489,038,065

Equity Shares bought back and cancelled

19,372,853

 

Details of Shareholders holding more than 5 % of the aggregate shares in the Company

 

Name of the Shareholders

2012

Number of equity shares

% Shareholding

Cyquator Media Services Private Limited

241,402,908

25.18%

Delgrada Limited (Renamed as Essel Media Ventures Limited, Mauritius)

102,888,286

10.73%

Oppenheimer Developing Marketing Fund

76,026,963

7.93%

Premier Finance and Trading Company Limited

100

--

 

 

BUYBACK OF SHARES

 

Buy-back of the Company’s Equity Shares through the open market route commenced on 27 July 2011 and concluded on 23 March 2012, wherein, the Company has bought back 19,372,853 Equity Shares of Rs. 1 each. All these equity shares stands extinguished by execution of Debit Corporate Action(s) by the Company. Consequently the Paid-up Share Capital of the Company as at 31 March 2012 stands reduced to 958,770,077 Equity Shares of Rs. 1 each.

 

EMPLOYEES STOCK OPTION SCHEME (ESOP):

 

The Company has instituted an Employee Stock Option Plan (ESOP 2009) as approved by the Board of Directors and Shareholders of the Company in 2009 for issuance of stock options convertible into equity shares not exceeding in the aggregate 5% of the issued and paid up capital of the Company as on 31 March 2009 i.e. up to 21,700,355 equity shares of Rs. 1 each, to the employees of the Company as well as that of its subsidiaries and also to non-executive directors including Independent Directors of the Company at the market price determined as per the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Employees Stock Options Scheme) Guidelines, 1999 (SEBI (ESOS) Guidelines). The said scheme is administered by the Remuneration Committee of the Board.

 

During the year ended 31 March 2011 and 31 March 2012, the Company did not grant any stock options. The options earlier granted under the Scheme shall vest not less than one year and not more than five years from the date of grant of options. The options granted vests in the ratio of 50:35:15 at the expiry of one, two and three years from the date of grant and once vested, these would be exercisable at any time within a period of four years and the equity shares arising on exercise of options shall not be subject to any lock in. Upon exercise of 66,800 options, equivalent number of Equity Shares were issued and alloted during the financial year ended on 31 March 2012.

 

The options were granted to the employees / directors at an exercise price, being the latest market price as per the SEBI (ESOS) Guidelines. In view of there being no intrinsic value on the date of the grant (being the excess of market price of share under the Scheme over the exercise price of the option), the Company is not required to account for the value of options as per the SEBI guidelines.

 

 

Stock options outstanding as at the yearend are as follows:-

 

 

2012

- Options outstanding at the beginning of the year

7,503,600

- Options exercised during the year

66,800

- Options lapsed during the year

611,600

- Options outstanding at the end of the year

6,825,200


 

FINANCIAL DATA

[all figures are in Rupees Millions]

 

ABRIDGED BALANCE SHEET

 

SOURCES OF FUNDS

 

31.03.2012

31.03.2011

31.03.2010

SHAREHOLDERS FUNDS

 

 

 

1] Share Capital

959.000

978.000

489.038

2] Share Application Money

0.000

0.000

0.000

3] Reserves & Surplus

28992.000

28058.000

27764.251

4] (Accumulated Losses)

0.000

0.000

0.000

NETWORTH

29951.000

29036.000

28253.289

LOAN FUNDS

 

 

 

1] Secured Loans

10.000

6.000

585.038

2] Unsecured Loans

0.000

0.000

603.992

TOTAL BORROWING

10.000

6.000

1189.030

DEFERRED TAX LIABILITIES

0.000

0.000

0.000

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

29961.000

29042.000

29442.319

 

 

 

 

APPLICATION OF FUNDS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FIXED ASSETS [Net Block]

1772.000

1548.000

1583.742

Capital work-in-progress

201.000

8.000

1110.966

 

 

 

 

INVESTMENT

10602.000

9855.000

15319.290

DEFERREX TAX ASSETS

136.000

129.000

49.354

 

 

 

 

CURRENT ASSETS, LOANS & ADVANCES

 

 

 

 

Inventories

9930.000

11030.000

4531.303

 

Sundry Debtors

6624.000

6191.000

4633.845

 

Cash & Bank Balances

761.000

1539.000

3002.910

 

Other Current Assets

45.000

41.000

1.973

 

Loans & Advances

5148.000

5368.000

5422.413

Total Current Assets

22508.000

24169.000

17592.444

Less : CURRENT LIABILITIES & PROVISIONS

 

 

 

 

Sundry Creditors

3072.000

3898.000

2952.591

 

Other Current Liabilities

347.000

214.000

881.254

 

Provisions

1839.000

2555.000

2379.634

Total Current Liabilities

5258.000

6667.000

6213.479

Net Current Assets

17250.000

17502.000

11378.965

 

 

 

 

MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

0.000

0.000

0.002

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

29961.000

29042.000

29442.319

 

PROFIT & LOSS ACCOUNT

 

 

PARTICULARS

 

31.03.2012

31.03.2011

31.03.2010

 

SALES

 

 

 

 

 

Income

22040.000

21700.000

12787.436

 

 

Other Income

1289.000

610.000

1061.815

 

 

TOTAL                                     (A)

23329.000

22310.000

13849.251

 

 

 

 

 

Less

EXPENSES

 

 

 

 

 

Operational Cost

10144.000

8814.000

4256.652

 

 

Employee benefits expense

1573.000

1568.000

814.558

 

 

Other expenses

4054.000

3482.000

2405.091

 

 

Exceptional Item

0.000

(197.000)

0.000

 

 

TOTAL                                     (B)

15771.000

13667.000

7476.301

 

 

 

 

 

Less

PROFIT / (LOSS) BEFORE INTEREST, TAX, DEPRECIATION AND AMORTISATION (A-B)     (C)

7558.000

8643.000

6372.950

 

 

 

 

 

Less

FINANCIAL EXPENSES                                    (D)

5.000

34.000

175.254

 

 

 

 

 

 

PROFIT / (LOSS) BEFORE TAX, DEPRECIATION AND AMORTISATION (C-D)                               (E)

7553.000

8609.000

6197.696

 

 

 

 

 

Less/ Add

DEPRECIATION/ AMORTISATION                     (F)

215.000

167.000

114.272

 

 

 

 

 

 

PROFIT / (LOSS) BEFORE TAX (E-F)                (G)

7338.000

8442.000

6083.424

 

 

 

 

 

Less

TAX                                                                  (H)

2441.000

2678.000

495.021

 

 

 

 

 

 

PROFIT / (LOSS) AFTER TAX (G-H)                  (I)

4897.000

5764.000

5588.403

 

 

 

 

 

Add

PREVIOUS YEARS’ BALANCE BROUGHT FORWARD

11602.000

11111.000

8893.473

 

 

 

 

 

Less

APPROPRIATIONS

 

 

 

 

 

Transfer to General Reserve

1500.000

3000.000

1100.000

 

 

Interim Dividend

0.000

0.000

968.967

 

 

Proposed Final Dividend

1438.000

1956.000

977.795

 

 

Tax on Dividend

233.000

317.000

323.332

 

BALANCE CARRIED TO THE B/S

13328.000

11602.000

11111.782

 

 

 

 

 

 

EARNINGS IN FOREIGN CURRENCY

 

 

 

 

 

Export Earnings

1666.000

1022.000

869.202

 

 

Broadcasting Revenue

76.000

62.000

52.856

 

 

Other Earnings

465.000

371.000

53.601

 

TOTAL EARNINGS

2207.000

1455.000

975.659

 

 

 

 

 

 

IMPORTS

 

 

 

 

 

Raw Materials

0.000

0.000

0.172

 

 

Stores & Spares

8.000

0.000

1.522

 

 

Capital Goods

243.000

95.000

16.239

 

TOTAL IMPORTS

251.000

95.000

17.933

 

 

 

 

 

 

Earnings Per Share (Rs.)

5.05

5.89

5.97

 

 

QUARTERLY RESULTS

(Rs. In Millions)

PARTICULARS

30.06.2012

 

30.09.2012

31.12.2012

31.03.2013

 

1st Quarter

2nd Quarter

3rd Quarter

4th Quarter

Net Sales

5981.300

6362.500

6448.200

6866.800

Total Expenditure

3419.300

5400.100

3960.800

4255.800

PBIDT (Excl OI)

2562.00

962.400

2487.400

2611.000

Other Income

403.400

107.400

389.200

289.700

Operating Profit

2965.400

1069.800

2876.600

2900.700

Interest

1.000

4.400

1.500

6.400

Exceptional Items

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.000

PBDT

2964.400

1065.400

2875.100

2894.300

Depreciation

70.200

66.400

61.100

82.600

Profit Before Tax

2894.200

999.000

2814.000

2811.700

Tax

919.200

319.100

899.200

974.500

Provisions and contingencies

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.000

Profit After Tax

1975.000

679.900

1914.800

1837.200

Extraordinary Items

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.000

Prior Period Expenses

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.000

Other Adjustments

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.000

Net Profit

1975.000

679.900

1914.800

1837.200

 

KEY RATIOS

 

PARTICULARS

 

 

31.03.2012

31.03.2011

31.03.2010

PAT / Total Income

(%)

20.99

25.84

40.35

 

 

 

 

 

Net Profit Margin

(PBT/Sales)

(%)

33.29

38.90

47.57

 

 

 

 

 

Return on Total Assets

(PBT/Total Assets}

(%)

30.05

32.66

31.64

 

 

 

 

 

Return on Investment (ROI)

(PBT/Networth)

 

0.25

0.29

0.22

 

 

 

 

 

Debt Equity Ratio

(Total Debt /Networth)

 

0.00

0.00

0.04

 

 

 

 

 

Current Ratio

(Current Asset/Current Liability)

 

4.28

3.63

2.83

 

 

LOCAL AGENCY FURTHER INFORMATION

 

Sr. No.

Check List by Info Agents

Available in Report (Yes / No)

1]

Year of Establishment

Yes

2]

Locality of the firm

Yes

3]

Constitutions of the firm

Yes

4]

Premises details

No

5]

Type of Business

Yes

6]

Line of Business

Yes

7]

Promoter's background

No

8]

No. of employees

No

9]

Name of person contacted

No

10]

Designation of contact person

No

11]

Turnover of firm for last three years

Yes

12]

Profitability for last three years

Yes

13]

Reasons for variation <> 20%

-----

14]

Estimation for coming financial year

No

15]

Capital in the business

Yes

16]

Details of sister concerns

Yes

17]

Major suppliers

No

18]

Major customers

No

19]

Payments terms

No

20]

Export / Import details (if applicable)

Yes

21]

Market information

-----

22]

Litigations that the firm / promoter involved in

-----

23]

Banking Details

Yes

24]

Banking facility details

Yes

25]

Conduct of the banking account

-----

26]

Buyer visit details

-----

27]

Financials, if provided

Yes

28]

Incorporation details, if applicable

Yes

29]

Last accounts filed at ROC

Yes

30]

Major Shareholders, if available

Yes

31]

Date of Birth of Proprietor/Partner/Director, if available

No

32]

PAN of Proprietor/Partner/Director, if available

No

33]

Voter ID No of Proprietor/Partner/Director, if available

No

34]

External Agency Rating, if available

Yes

 

 

SUNDRY CREDITORS DETAILS

(Rs. In Millions)

Particulars

 

31.03.2012

31.03.2011

31.03.2010

Sundry Creditors

 

 

 

Trade Payables

2359.000

3080.000

--

Due to Principals - Subsidiary (pending remittances)

713.000

818.000

--

For Goods

--

--

990.044

For Expenses and other Liabilities

--

--

1962.547

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

3072.000

3898.000

2952.591

 

 

CORPORATE INFORMATION

 

Subject is incorporated in the State of Maharashtra, India. The Company has been mainly in the following businesses during the year:

 

  • Broadcasting of Satellite Television Channels uplinked from India;

 

  • Space Selling agent for other television channels;

 

  • Sale of Television programs, films / movies and rights including films / movies and program feeds;

 

  • Production and distribution of films / movies

 

BUSINESS OVERVIEW

 

The Company, besides providing high quality and innovative content, continues to build its media assets and in the process continues to create value for the shareholders even in a year that was marked by sharp slowdown in the economy and witnessed quite a few consolidation moves within the industry. The Joint Venture for distribution of television channels called Media Pro Enterprise India Private Limited which the Company had inked during the year with Star through the distribution subsidiary Zee Turner Limited, resulted in robust growth in subscription revenues. Zee Cine Awards 2012 had the highest ratings. The year also saw launch of several High Definition channels from the network.

 

The Company was ranked the Number 1 in Media Sector in the Fortune India 500 issue in December 2011 besides being adjudged as the Best Company in the Media and Entertainment sector in the Growth category in the first edition of the Businessworld Infocom ICT awards.

 

Zee TV stood true to its core of ‘Umeed’ – with new show launches of Afsar Bitiya and Punarvivah yielding good ratings and, in March 2012, Zee TV created ‘Guinness World’ for the Largest Bollywood Dance through participation of 4428 dancers as part of its Dance India Dance programme and created another first in licensing and merchandising with the exclusive DID Reebok Dance gears. In the Hindi movie genre, Zee Cinema regained its leadership position and underwent a packaging change. Zee Cinema also won International recognition for promos of ‘Peepli Live’ movie at the PromaxBDA Asia Awards 2011 held in Singapore and won two Silver Awards at the prestigious Mirchi Kaan 2011 for Lady Raaj.

 

Zee regional channels continued their strong growth in respective markets. Zee Bangla continuing its rise becoming Bengal’s Number 1 entertainment channel and its Dance Bangla Dance entering Limca Book of for the first regional channel to complete 100 episodes with the same set of participants and Dadagiri Unlimited Season 3 winning Srijan Samman - an advertisement award felicitating all advertisements of India and Bangladesh in Bengali language. Zee Marathi held on to its ground and has been fighting the competition aggressively without losing touch with its audiences and brought to the audiences fresh and appealing shows through Marathi Paul Padate Pudhe, Guntata Hriday He, Eka Lagnachi Doosri Goshta which have created buzz value and also contributed strongly to the ratings. Zee Telugu continues to be the channel of choice for viewers and its Zee Kutumbam Awards 2011 was a first of its kind relationship awards on Telugu Television and the event produced highest television ratings of 9.25. Zee Kannada has gained market share and with its top performing shows like Radha Kalyana and Paravathi Parameshwara saw significant boost in rating points during the year. Zee Tamil garnered all time high gross rating points and is currently viewed by 14 million people across Tamil Nadu.

 

Zee Café and Zee Studio continued showcasing the best and latest of popular American content including Hollywood movies, shows and live mega events like Miss Universe 2011 and Miss World London 2012.

 

In the sports genre, Ten Sports completed 10 successful years of operations during the year and ‘Ten Golf’ – a dedicated 24-hours Golf Channel was launched with several mediumterm licensing arrangements in place.

 

As a dominant player in South Asian (SA) Entertainment across international markets, besides entering into newer markets and launch of new channels, the Company continues to dominate the International South Asian Business globally with 50% share with Zee TV continuing its leadership position in US, Middle East and Africas in terms of viewership within the SA channels. Zee Africa received the Diamond Arrow Award for outstanding performance and ‘Zee Mega Challenge’ – a local Talent Hunt leading to Mega Auditions of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa and Dance India Dance were conducted in Mauritius.

 

As part of leveraging digital delivery opportunities, the Company launched ‘Ditto TV’ – an unique television viewing experience through mobile and through its subsidiary, created a webportal called India.com, with accumulated traffic of 13.5 million (GA) Unique Users Per Month Worldwide, which has house of brands such Bollywoodlife. Com, Oncars.In and Indiancolleges.Com

 

 

MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS

 

Investors are cautioned that this discussion contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties including, but not limited to, risks inherent in the Company’s growth strategy, acquisition plans, dependence on certain businesses, dependence on availability of qualified and trained manpower and other factors. The following discussion with the Company’s financial statements included herein and the notes thereto:

 

 

 

 

OVERVIEW

 

Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEE) (BSE Code: 505537, NSE Code: ZEEL.EQ) is one of India’s largest vertically integrated media and entertainment company. The Company was formed in 1982. ZEE was the first company to launch a satellite channel in India and from being a single channel for a single geography today operates multiple channels across multiple geographies in different languages and genres. The Company’s programming reaches out to over 650 million viewers across 168 countries.

 

ZEE channel portfolio, across various genres in the Indian market, includes:

 

  • Hindi Entertainment: Zee TV, Zee Smile, 9X

 

  • Hindi Movies: Zee Cinema, Zee Premier, Zee Action, Zee Classic

 

  • English Entertainment, Movies and Life style: Zee Studio, Zee Café, Zee Trendz

 

  • Regional Language Entertainment: Zee Marathi, Zee Bangla, Zee Talkies, Zee Telegu, Zee Kannada, ETC Punjabi, Zee Tamil

 

  • Sports: TEN Cricket, TEN Action, TEN Sports, TEN Golf

 

  • Religious and Alternate Lifestyle: Zee Jagran, Zee Salaam

 

  • Music: Zing, ETC

 

  • Niche and Special Interest: Zee Khana Khazana

 

  • HD: Zee TV HD, Zee Cinema HD, Zee Studio HD, TEN HD

 

Apart from the channels listed above which are available in India, the Company also broadcasts 22 channels in the international markets.

 

MEDIA AND ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY

 

The Indian Media and Entertainment Industry witnessed steady growth in 2011. The industry grew from Rs. 652 billion in 2010 to Rs. 728 billion in 2011, registering a growth rate of 11.7%. Television sector grew from Rs. 297 billion in 2010 to Rs. 329 billion in 2011, registering a growth of 10.7%.

 

Total advertising revenue growth has seen a much sharper slowdown, with advertising spends across all media accounting for Rs. 300 billion in 2011, contributing to 41% of the overall M and E industry revenues. Total advertising revenues witnessed a growth of 13% in 2011 against 17% observed in 2010.

 

Despite the slowdown, Television industry posted high growth due to its high reach and cost-effectiveness. Regionalisation / Localisation drove the reach of media as well revenue, thereby improving the revenue share in the ad pie. Advertisers’ also showed a higher preference for Impact properties on leading channels.

 

FY2013 is expected to be a landmark year for the television media industry. The industry is on the cusp of a big change with the implementation of Digital Addressable System (DAS) starting with the four metros. Implementation of digitisation is expected to significantly improve transparency in the pay-TV ecosystem resulting in more choice to the consumers, better quality of viewing and improved business economics for all players. In FY2012, 10.5 million subscribers have adopted satellite based television services via DTH, taking the gross DTH subscriber base to 44.6 million strong.

 

BUSINESS PROFILE

 

ZEE is an integrated media and entertainment company engaged primarily in broadcasting and content development, production and its delivery via satellite. The Company has 30 channels that serve the widest array of content in India and is the leading broadcaster across the country. ZEE is also the pioneer in the international markets with 22 channels serving Indian content across 168 countries.

 

LEADERSHIP ACROSS DIFFERENT GENRES:

 

In the Hindi GEC genre, Zee TV is the flagship product from ZEE. The Hindi GEC genre moved from a 3 player to a 4 player market last year and grew at a fair pace. Last year also saw some consolidation in the Hindi GEC market.

 

Subscription revenues increased robustly with increased DTH penetration and healthy improvement in revenues from Cable.

 

Zee TV continued to have a leading share in the Hindi General Entertainment genre (GEC) with an average weekly channel share of 20% and average weekly Gross Rating Points (GRPs) of 186. Key shows like Pavitra Rishta successfully completed 700+ episodes and Yahan Mein Ghar Ghar Kheli over 600+ episodes.

 

During the year, the channel launched various new successful shows with its core promise of ‘Umeed’. Afsar Bitiya, launched against the No 1 show in Hindi GEC at 7 pm has still grown healthily and touched avg. weekly TVR of 2+. Punarvivah has more than doubled the slot ratings for traditionally weak 22:30 slot for Zee TV

 

In March 2012, Dance India Dance created a Guinness World Record for the ‘Largest Bollywood Dance’ with participation of 4,428 dancers.

 

In the Hindi Movie Genre, ZEE has 5 channels viz. Zee Cinema, Zee Premier, Zee Action, Zee Classic and Zee Cinema HD. ZEE has the largest film library in the country and its movie channels are a strong favourite with the viewers as well as advertisers. This was also the year when Zee Cinema underwent a packaging change for the first time in 5 years. Zee Cinema won International recognition for its promos of Peepli Live at the PromaxBDA Asia Awards 2011 held in Singapore recently and 2 silvers at the prestigious Mirchi Kaan 2011 for their radio spots for Lady Raaj.

 

The Company’s sports offerings include 5 channels viz. TEN Cricket, TEN Action, TEN Sports, TEN Golf and TEN HD. Last year saw the launch of TEN HD and TEN Golf, ZEE’s latest premium offering targeted at urban up-market audiences. With telecast rights to 5 cricket boards, which ensure coverage of cricket of all test playing countries, along with rights to exciting properties such as UEFA cup football, WWE wrestling, US Open Tennis etc., the sports business has contributed close to 13% of the Company’s top line this year. This year, TEN also completed 10 successful years of operations.

 

Zee Cafe, Zee Studio and Zee Trendz are Company’s English language offerings. Zee Cafe has the rights to the latest series programming of super-hit shows while Zee Studio has tied up with leading studios from across the globe. The channels continue to strengthen the network subscription bouquet. During the year, the channels showcased popular international shows and live mega events like Miss Universe 2011 and Miss World London 2012.

 

Zing, the music and lifestyle offering of the Company, showcases popular Bollywood oriented properties. The content on Zing revolves around the world of music, lifestyle, movies and celebrities.

 

Zee Marathi, Zee Talkies, Zee Bangla, Zee Telugu, Zee Kannada, ETC Punjabi and Zee Tamil are regional language offerings and enjoy significant market share in their respective markets.

 

Ø  Zee Marathi garnered average weekly GRPs of 179 and market share of 28% for FY12 inspite of intense competition in the Marathi genre. True to its brand value, ZM brought to the audiences fresh and appealing shows through Marathi Payul Padate Pudhe, Guntata Hriday He, Eka Lagnachi Doosri Goshta. These properties have created buzz value and also contributed to the ratings of the Company.

 

Ø  Zee Bangla was the No.1 channel ahead of all competition in the key Target Group of CS 15+ABC, and continued to be the audience’s preferred channel with a share of 36%. Dance Bangla Dance entered the Limca Book of Records for being the first regional channel to complete 100 episodes with the same set of participants.

 

Ø  Zee Kannada GRPs moved from 181 (FY11) to 253 (FY12) thereby securing the No. 3 position in the Karnataka market with top performing shows like Radha Kalyana and Paravathi Parameshwara.

 

Zee Khana Khazana, the Company’s 24-hour food channel, was launched in December 2010. The channel brings in a rich programming mix from across India and abroad featuring shows that define and refine the culinary expertise that has become synonymous with “food”. The top properties showcased on the channel were ‘Khana Khazana’, ‘Mirch Masala’ and ‘Rasm-e-Rasoi’.

 

GLOBAL PRESENCE

 

The Company reaches more than 650 million viewers globally and in 168 countries worldwide. Internationally, subscription is a key driver of revenues for any broadcaster and international subscription revenues contributed significantly to ZEE’s total revenues in this financial year.

 

Zee Network dominates the International South Asian (SA) Business globally. Zee TV continues to lead in US, Middle East and Africa’s in terms of viewership within the SA channels. During the year, the Company undertook various initiatives to further strengthen its dominance in the geographies where it operates.

 

Key highlights during the year include:

 

Ø  In the US, 4 new channels (Zee Marathi, Zee Kannada, Zing and Zee Smile) were launched on Charter LA, Century Link and channels were launched in new markets like Aruba, Curacao, Grenada.

 

Ø  In Middle East, Zee Aflam reached an all time high of 49.7 GRPs with a share 12.8% (All Adults TG) and 57.6 GRPs with a share of 17.7% (Local Females TG).

 

Ø  In APA C, Zee Cinema International launched in Indonesia, Myanmar and Hong Kong with English sub-titles and received landing rights in China. Zee also successfully conducted Zee Nite in Durban, Mauritius and Reunion and Zee Bollywood Nite in Malaysia. In Malaysia, Zee Variasi is now the No.1 international channel among Malays.

 

Ø  In UK/Europe, Zee TV was the only Asian channel to start product placement digitally bringing in additional sales revenue.


FIXED ASSETS

 

  • Leasehold Land
  • Leasehold Improvements
  • Building
  • Computers
  • Plant and Machinery
  • Office Equipments
  • Furniture and Fixtures
  • Vehicles
  • Software
  • Trade Mark

 

AUDITED FINANCIAL RESULTS OF ZEE ENTERTAINMENT ENTERPRISES LIMITED FOR THE YEAR ENDED MARCH 31, 2013

 

(Rs. in millions)

Sr.

No.

Particular

Quarter Ended

Year Ended

 

 

31.03.2013

(Audited)

31.12.2012

(Unaudited)

31.03.2013

(Audited)

1.

Income from Operations

 

 

 

 

Net Sales

6866.800

6448.200

25658.800

 

Net Sales/Income from Operations

6866.800

6448.200

25658.800

 

 

 

 

 

2.

Expenditure

 

 

 

 

Operating Cost

2565.900

2403.500

10703.300

 

Selling and Distribution Expenses

831.600

770.300

3280.700

 

Employee Benefits Expenses

499.000

467.400

1904.200

 

Depreciation and Amortization Expenses

82.600

61.100

280.300

 

Other Expenses

359.300

319.600

1147.800

 

f) Total

4338.400

4021.900

17316.300

 

 

 

 

 

3.

Profit From Operations before Other Income, Interest and Exceptional Items (1-2)

2528.400

2426.300

8342.500

 

 

 

 

 

4.

Other Income

289.700

389.200

1189.700

 

 

 

 

 

5.

Profit Before Interest and Exceptional Items (3+4)

2818.100

2815.500

9532.200

 

 

 

 

 

6.

Interest

6.400

1.500

13.300

 

 

 

 

 

7.

Profit After Interest but before Exceptional Items (5-6)

2811.700

2814.000

9518.900

 

 

 

 

 

8.

Exceptional Items

--

--

--

 

 

 

 

 

9.

Profit from Ordinary Activities before Tax (7+8)

2811.700

2814.000

9518.900

 

 

 

 

 

10.

Tax Expense

974.500

899.200

3112.000

 

 

 

 

 

11.

Net Profit from Ordinary Activities after Tax (9-10)

1837.200

1914.800

6406.900

 

 

 

 

 

12.

Extraordinary Item (net of expense)

--

--

--

 

 

 

 

 

13.

Net Profit for the period (11-12)

1837.200

1914.800

6406.900

 

 

 

 

 

14.

Paid-up Equity Share Capital (Face Value of Rs.10/- Each)

954.000

954.000

954.000

 

 

 

 

 

15.

Reserves Excluding Revaluation Reserve

--

--

32574.100

 

 

 

 

 

16.

Basic and Diluted Earning Per Share (EPS) (Rs.)-Not Annualised

 

 

 

 

a) Basic and diluted EPS before extraordinary items

1.92

2.01

6.71

 

b) Basic and diluted EPS after extraordinary items

1.92

2.00

6.69

 

 

 

 

 

17.

Public Shareholding

 

 

 

 

-Number of Shares

5403

5403

5403

 

- Percentage of Shareholding

56.64%

56.64%

56.64%

 

 

 

 

 

18.

Promoters and Promoter Group Shareholding

 

 

 

 

a) Pledged/Encumbered

 

 

 

 

- Number of Shares

1442

1251

1442

 

- Percentage of Shares (as a % of the Total Shareholding of promoter and promoter group)

34.86%

30.24%

34.86%

 

- Percentage of Shares (as a % of the Total Share Capital of the Company)

15.11%

13.11%

15.11%

 

 

 

 

 

 

b) Non Encumbered

 

 

 

 

- Number of Shares

2695

2886

2695

 

- Percentage of Shares (as a % of the Total Shareholding of Promoter and Promoter Group)

65.14%

69.76%

65.41%

 

- Percentage of Shares (as a % of the Total Share Capital of the Company)

28.25%

30.25%

28.25%

 

Particulars

3 Months ended on March 31, 2013

Pending at the beginning of the quarter

Nil

Received during the quarter

13

Disposed of during the quarter

13

Remaining unresolved at the end of the quarter

Nil

 


STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

 

(Rs. In Millions)

PARTICULARS

 

31.03.2013 AUDITED

Equity and liabilities

 

Shareholders' fund

 

Share capital

954.000

Reserve & surplus

32574.100

Sub-total - Shareholders' funds

33528.100

Non - current liabilities

 

Long term borrowings

15.000

Long term provisions

206.300

Sub-total - Non-current liabilities

221.300

Current liabilities

 

Trade payables

2263.800

Other current liabilities

1642.700

Short term provisions

2254.400

Sub-total - Current liabilities

6160.900

Total - Equity & Liabilities

39910.300

 

 

Assets

 

Non-current assets

 

Fixed assets

2329.100

Non-current investment

5995.200

Deferred Tax Assets

128.300

Long term loans & advances

3808.600

Other non-current assets

0.100

Sub-total - Non-current Assets

12261.300

Current assets

 

Current investments

4697.200

Inventories

9585.100

Trade receivables

7171.100

Cash & bank balances

2394.200

Short term loans & advances

3667.800

Other current assets

133.600

Sub-total - Current Assets

27649.000

Total – Assets

39910.300

 

NOTES

 

  1. The Board of Directors have recommended equity dividend of Rs. 2 per equity share of Re. 1 each

 

  1. As a Special Reward to shareholders on completion of 20 years of broadcasting business of the Company, the Board has considered and approved distribution of about Rs 20000.000 Millions, by way of Bonus issue of 6% Redeemable Preference Shares (‘RPS’). Based on this decision, the Company will issue 21 (Twenty-one) RPS of Re 1 each for every Equity Share of Re. 1 each held in the Company, through a Court approved Scheme of Arrangement and such issuance shall be subject to other statutory and regulatory approvals/ exemptions.

 

  1. Figures for the quarter ended March 31, 2013 and March 31, 2012 are the balancing figures between the audited figures in respect of the full financial year and published year to date figure up to the third quarter of the relevant financial year

 

  1. Previous period/year figures have been regrouped wherever necessary.

 

  1. The Company mainly operates only in one segment namely “Content and Broadcasting” and hence segment details are not published.

 

  1. The above audited financials results have been reviewed by the Audit Committee and approved by the Board of Directors in their meeting held on May 22, 2013.

 

  1. The Register of Members and Share Transfer books of the Company will remain closed from July 13, 2013 to July 19, 2013 (both days inclusive) for the purpose of dividend and AGM.

 

 

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PRESS RELEASE

 

BCCI GUILTY OF EXPLOITING DOMINANT POSITION; BLACKLISTING OF ZEE HELD TO BE ILLEGAL

 

Mumbai, November 16, 2012: In a severe censure against the conduct of cricketing activities by the BCCI, an Arbitral Tribunal consisting eminent Jurists, Justice A.S. Anand (Retd.), Former Chief Justice of India; Justice Y.K. Sabharwal (Retd.), Former Chief Justice of India and Justice B.N. Srikrishna (Retd.), Former Judge, Supreme Court of India, has held that the BCCI  is guilty of  "exploiting its dominant position" in respect of game of cricket in India and has also held the BCCI guilty of unfair conduct against ZEE. The tribunal has held that ZEE was treated unfairly in its commercial contracts, due to the launch of the Indian Cricket League and was illegally blacklisted.

The Award was passed in favour of Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEE) holding that BCCI was guilty of breaching its contract with ZEE and that ZEE was entitled to damages on all counts including loss of goodwill, loss of profit and also refund of security deposit with interest. The Tribunal passed an award of approximately Rs. 140 crores to be paid by BCCI to ZEE by 1st December, 2012, failing which the amount would carry interest at 11% p.a. till payment.


Punit Goenka, Managing Director and CEO, ZEE commented, "ZEE welcomes the Award handed over to it by an eminent panel of jurists.  This award is towards recovery of the losses that we have incurred in the sports business in the past.  We continue to remain committed to our sports business in the long term."


This dispute pertains to an Agreement executed in April 2006 between BCCI and ZEE whereby ZEE was granted the exclusive media rights to telecast all ODIs to be held between India and any other country in any neutral territory outside India for a period of 5 years. This Agreement was terminated illegally and invalidly by BCCI in May 2007 around the time of launch of the Indian Cricket League (ICL) by the Essel Group resulting in ZEE invoking arbitration for wrongful termination of the contract.


The termination of the Agreement by BCCI after the series held in Abu Dhabi and the tri-series held in Malaysia was termed by the Hon’ble Tribunal as "clearly illegal and invalid". In fact the Hon’ble Tribunal mentions in the Award that "we are of the view that breach of agreement dated 12.04.2006 was committed by BCCI and not by the Claimant" (ZEE).


While passing the Award, the Hon’ble Tribunal observed that, "It appears from the material on the record that BCCI took the action of termination of claimants rights under Agreement dated 12.4.2006 on account of Claimant launching of ICL and not for reasons made out in its letter of termination". The Award further goes on to state that "To us it seems that BCCI was exploiting its dominating position in respect of game of cricket in India".


The Award amount of approximately Rs. 1400.000 Millions payable by BCCI to ZEE includes the Security Deposit of Rs. 300.000 Millions with interest @11% p.a. from 31st May, 2007, loss of profit, loss of goodwill, etc. The Hon’ble Tribunal also observed that the BCCI blacklisting of ZEE (and its group/affiliate companies) from participating in any bidding process of BCCI was "clearly illegal".

 


CMT REPORT (Corruption, Money Laundering & Terrorism]

 

The Public Notice information has been collected from various sources including but not limited to: The Courts, India Prisons Service, Interpol, etc.

 

1]         INFORMATION ON DESIGNATED PARTY

No records exist designating subject or any of its beneficial owners, controlling shareholders or senior officers as terrorist or terrorist organization or whom notice had been received that all financial transactions involving their assets have been blocked or convicted, found guilty or against whom a judgement or order had been entered in a proceedings for violating money-laundering, anti-corruption or bribery or international economic or anti-terrorism sanction laws or whose assets were seized, blocked, frozen or ordered forfeited for violation of money laundering or international anti-terrorism laws.

 

2]         Court Declaration :

No records exist to suggest that subject is or was the subject of any formal or informal allegations, prosecutions or other official proceeding for making any prohibited payments or other improper payments to government officials for engaging in prohibited transactions or with designated parties.

 

3]         Asset Declaration :

No records exist to suggest that the property or assets of the subject are derived from criminal conduct or a prohibited transaction.

 

4]         Record on Financial Crime :

            Charges or conviction registered against subject:                                                           None

 

5]         Records on Violation of Anti-Corruption Laws :

            Charges or investigation registered against subject:                                                        None

 

6]         Records on Int’l Anti-Money Laundering Laws/Standards :

            Charges or investigation registered against subject:                                                        None

 

7]         Criminal Records

No available information exist that suggest that subject or any of its principals have been formally charged or convicted by a competent governmental authority for any financial crime or under any formal investigation by a competent government authority for any violation of anti-corruption laws or international anti-money laundering laws or standard.

 

8]         Affiliation with Government :

No record exists to suggest that any director or indirect owners, controlling shareholders, director, officer or employee of the company is a government official or a family member or close business associate of a Government official.

 

9]         Compensation Package :

Our market survey revealed that the amount of compensation sought by the subject is fair and reasonable and comparable to compensation paid to others for similar services.

 

10]        Press Report :

            No press reports / filings exists on the subject.

 


 

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

 

MIRA INFORM as part of its Due Diligence do provide comments on Corporate Governance to identify management and governance. These factors often have been predictive and in some cases have created vulnerabilities to credit deterioration.

 

Our Governance Assessment focuses principally on the interactions between a company’s management, its Board of Directors, Shareholders and other financial stakeholders.

 

 

CONTRAVENTION

 

Subject is not known to have contravened any existing local laws, regulations or policies that prohibit, restrict or otherwise affect the terms and conditions that could be included in the agreement with the subject.

 

 

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 

Currency

Unit

Indian Rupees

US Dollar

1

Rs. 56.74

UK Pound

1

Rs. 88.53

Euro

1

Rs. 75.20

 

 

INFORMATION DETAILS

 

Information Gathered by :

SVA

 

 

Report Prepared by :

DPT


 

SCORE & RATING EXPLANATIONS

 

SCORE FACTORS

 

RANGE

POINTS

HISTORY

1~10

7

PAID-UP CAPITAL

1~10

7

OPERATING SCALE

1~10

7

FINANCIAL CONDITION

 

 

--BUSINESS SCALE

1~10

8

--PROFITABILIRY

1~10

8

--LIQUIDITY

1~10

8

--LEVERAGE

1~10

7

--RESERVES

1~10

8

--CREDIT LINES

1~10

7

--MARGINS

-5~5

--

DEMERIT POINTS

 

 

--BANK CHARGES

YES/NO

NO

--LITIGATION

YES/NO

NO

--OTHER ADVERSE INFORMATION

YES/NO

NO

MERIT POINTS

 

 

--SOLE DISTRIBUTORSHIP

YES/NO

NO

--EXPORT ACTIVITIES

YES/NO

YES

--AFFILIATION

YES/NO

YES

--LISTED

YES/NO

YES

--OTHER MERIT FACTORS

YES/NO

YES

DEFAULTER

 

 

--RBI

YES/NO

NO

--EPF

YES/NO

NO

TOTAL

 

67

 

This score serves as a reference to assess SC’s credit risk and to set the amount of credit to be extended. It is calculated from a composite of weighted scores obtained from each of the major sections of this report. The assessed factors and their relative weights (as indicated through %) are as follows:

 

Financial condition (40%)            Ownership background (20%)                  Payment record (10%)

Credit history (10%)                   Market trend (10%)                                Operational size (10%)

 


 

RATING EXPLANATIONS

 

 

RATING

STATUS

 

 

PROPOSED CREDIT LINE

>86

Aaa

Possesses an extremely sound financial base with the strongest capability for timely payment of interest and principal sums

 

Unlimited

71-85

Aa

Possesses adequate working capital. No caution needed for credit transaction. It has above average (strong) capability for payment of interest and principal sums

 

Large

56-70

A

Financial & operational base are regarded healthy. General unfavourable factors will not cause fatal effect. Satisfactory capability for payment of interest and principal sums

 

Fairly Large

41-55

Ba

Overall operation is considered normal. Capable to meet normal commitments.

 

Satisfactory

26-40

B

Capability to overcome financial difficulties seems comparatively below average.

 

Small

11-25

Ca

Adverse factors are apparent. Repayment of interest and principal sums in default or expected to be in default upon maturity

 

Limited with full security

<10

C

Absolute credit risk exists. Caution needed to be exercised

 

 

Credit not recommended

-

NB

                                       New Business

-

 

 

 

 

 

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This report is issued at your request without any risk and responsibility on the part of MIRA INFORM PRIVATE LIMITED (MIPL) or its officials.