Quarterly Result Update ZEE ENTERTAINMENT ENTERPRISES LIMITED July 24, 2018

Financial results In Cr. Qtr Ended Qtr Ended Jun. 2018 Jun. 2017 Var. (%) Current Price: INR 514.30 Sales 1772.03 1540.25 15 OPM (%) 30.80 28.00 OP 546.12 430.59 27 Other inc. 49.75 101.06 -51 STOCK DATA PBIDT 595.87 531.65 12 Interest 5.29 14.70 -64 BSE Code 505537 PBDT 590.58 516.95 14 NSE Symbol ZEEL Dep. 57.64 31.09 85 Reuters ZEE.BO PBT 532.94 485.86 10 Bloomberg Z IN Tax 207.06 237.61 -13 PAT after EO 325.88 248.25 31 MI 1.76 -0.56 -414 VALUE PARAMETERS Net profit 324.12 248.81 30 EPS (Rs) 3.39 2.58 52 W H/L(Rs) 619.35/477.25 Mkt. Cap.(Rs Cr) 49396.62 Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (ZEEL). the media firm’s profit in the April-June period met market estimates. Latest Equity(Subscribed) 96.05 Latest Reserve (cons.) 7465.70 ZEEL is a Global Media and Entertainment conglomerate with a presence across television broadcasting, movies, music, live entertainment and digital businesses. Latest EPS (cons.) -Unit Curr. 14.77 Latest P/E Ratio -cons 34.83 Pioneer of television entertainment industry in , ZEEL's well-known brands include Zee TV, &tv, Zee Anmol, , Zee Cinema, &pictures, Zee Action, Zee Classic, Zee Anmol Cinema, Latest Bookvalue (cons.) -Unit Curr. 78.73 Zee Cafe, , Zing, ETC . The company also has a strong offering in the Latest P/BV - cons 6.53 regional language domain with channels such as , , Zee Yuva, Zee Dividend Yield -% 0.56 Bangia, Zee Bangia Cinema, , Zee Cinemalu, , , Zee Sarthak Face Value 1.00 and Zee Ganga.

The company's HD offerings include Zee TV HD, &tv HD, Zee Cinema HD, &pictures HD, Zee Marathi HD, Zee Talkies HD, Zee Bangia HD, Zee Tamil HD, Zee Telugu HD, Zee Cinemalu HD, Zee Studio HD, Zee Cafe HD and &prive HD. ZEES, ZEEL's OTT platform has 100,000+ hours of SHARE HOLDING PATTERN (%) catch-up content and 90+ live TV channels. The company has a strong presence in the movies

Description as on % of Holding and music space through and Zee Music Company respectively. 30/06/2018 For the quarter ended March 2018, it registered 15% rise in consolidated sales to Rs 1772.03 Foreign 41.00 crore. OPM improved 290 basis points to 30.8% which saw OP grow 27% to Rs 546.12 crore. Institutions 11.14 Other income fell 51% to Rs 49.75 crore and interest cost went down 64% to Rs 5.294 crore. Govt Holding 0.15 After providing for depreciation (up 85% to Rs 57.64 crore), PBT went up 10% to Rs 532.94 crore. Provision for tax fell 13% to Rs 207.06 crore after which PAT grew 31% to Rs 325.88 Non Promoter Corp. Hold. 3.51 crore. Minority interest stood at a loss of Rs 1.76 crore against a profit of Rs 56 lakh after which Promoters 41.62 net profit grew 30% to Rs 324.12 crore. Public & Others 2.58 Both advertising and subscription business grew well during the quarter

During the quarter, ZEEL's consolidated advertising revenue grew by 18.6% to Rs.1146 crore. Domestic advertising revenue growth at 22.3% continued to be strong driven by demand

1 across categories and partly aided by lower growth in the base quarter. While ad spends by consumer goods companies are increasing as their traction in rural markets improve, the growth in other categories also continues to be strong. The advertising revenue growth is underpinned by the continuous increase in network market share over the last few quarters.

Domestic subscription revenue for the quarter increased by 12.3% whereas international subscription revenue declined 6.6%. As per the TRAI notification on 3rd July, the new tariff order will come into effect 180 days from the date of notification. The company has already started discussions with its distribution partners for seamless transition to the new regime. It believes that the regulation could be beneficial for all the stakeholders in the value chain and improve the overall customer experience. Its medium-term outlook of domestic subscription growth remains unchanged.

Domestic Broadcast Business

ZEEL continued to improve its viewership share as the #1 network in the non-sports entertainment segment. In the first quarter of FY19, ZEEL had an all-India viewership share of 19.2%. The increase in viewership was driven by the improved performance in several regional language markets while the network maintained its leadership in the pay and FTA Hindi GEC segment.

Zee TV maintained its leadership position in the pay Hindi GEC segment. The channel is the leader in the core prime time viewership band. In the Hindi FTA segment, Zee Anmol was the leader and continued to perform strongly. The Hindi Cinema cluster maintained its leadership position in the pay Hindi movie genre.

ZEEL's Regional entertainment portfolio delivered strong performance across markets during the quarter. Zee Marathi garnered a higher viewership share and continues to be the leader in the market. In West Bengal, Zee Bangia gained significant traction and became the leading channel in the urban market. Zee Telugu increased its share and was the second ranked channel in the Andhra Pradesh and Telangana market. Zee Kannada continued to be the second ranked channel in Karnataka. Zee Tamil further improved its market share and was the third ranked channel in the market. Zee Sarthak continued to maintain its strong leadership position in the Oriya market and sustained its strong viewership in the Bhojpuri market.

Its English movie channel, Zee Studio was renamed as &flix during the quarter. With a total of 400+ movies in library and 52 premiers, it will give a larger-than-life experience to the audience. Zee Cafe, with its strong line-up of English shows, continues to be an audience favourite for English entertainment. &prive HD, the premium destination for English movies, continues to entertain consumers with its rich catalogue of movies.

International Business

During the quarter, ZEEL's International business revenue was Rs 195.1 crore. The advertising revenue grew by 2.1 % on a comparable basis (In Q1 FY18, Rs 19.8 crore of advertising revenue pertaining to sports business was part of International ad revenue) while the subscription revenue declined by 6.6%.

International business revenues for the first quarter comprised of:

Advertisement Revenue of Rs 59 crore

Subscription Revenue of Rs. 93.4 crore

Other Sales and Services of Rs. 42.7 crore

2 Digital Business

ZEE5, since launch in mid-February, has been gaining significant traction and witnessing growth across viewership metrics of MAUs, video views and engagement levels. It is already amongst the top 5 entertainment platforms in the country. The management is confident that the pace of subscriber addition will further accelerate driven by the strong line-up of original content.

The company has already released 14 ZEES Originals across six languages and have 20 more originals lined up for release in 02. It is on track to be the largest digital original content producer in the country and has plans to launch one tentpole property every quarter.

Karenjit Kaur, its first tentpole property was released and its trailer registered more than 25 mn video views on YouTube in a week's time. Along with the strong slate of original content, ZEE5 will premiere 150 exclusive movies across languages over the next twelve months. Another big draw for the viewers is the premium content from countries like South Korea, Turkey, Spain, France etc, dubbed in multiple Indian languages. Its expansive movie library, live television, catch up content, kids and lifestyle shows make it a wholesome bouquet of entertainment for every segment of audience.

Its investments in Margo Networks and Tagos Design are an integral part of digital strategy which will help increase engagement with the audience. This, along with its strong content catalogue will make ZEE5 the #1 entertainment destination for digital consumers.

Movies & Music Business

Zee Studios, its movie production division, released three movies during the quarter -Parmanu (Hindi), Beyond the Clouds (Hindi) and Nude (Marathi). While Parmanu was well received at the box office, Nude won critical praise and was selected for screening at several international film festivals.

Zee Music Company, its music label, continued with its library expansion of both Bollywood as well as regional music. Further improving its performance, the music label registered --4.1 billion views on YouTube in 01. Zee Music Company is the second most subscribed Indian music channel on YouTube with over 19 million subscribers.

Management Comments

Subhash Chandra, Chairman, ZEEL, commented, "The year has commenced on a positive note, for both the company as well as the economy. Government initiatives to aid the farming sector, coupled with the normal monsoon for the third successive year is encouraging for the rural economic growth. The growth in consumption, now being driven by rural as well, bodes well for advertising spends. In addition, increasing availability and adoption of digital medium, across different sectors, will have a positive effect on the country's growth trajectory."

Punit Goenka, Managing Director & CEO, ZEEL, commented, "We are happy with the all- round performance of our portfolio during the first quarter of this fiscal. Our domestic advertising growth of 22% was driven by higher ad spends across categories and increase in our network viewership share. Based on our discussions with the advertisers and the visibility on ad campaigns, we believe that the ad growth for the industry could be higher than the initial estimates for this financial year.

On the subscription front, TRAI has notified that the new tariff order will come into effect starting January 2019. We have started discussions with our distribution partners for seamless transition to the new regime. If implemented as envisaged, the regulation would be beneficial for all the stakeholders and could be a catalyst for ARPU growth. Even under the new regime we

3 will be able to grow our subscription revenue at a healthy pace.

ZEE5, our digital OTT offering, is already amongst the top-5 digital entertainment platforms in India. We are confident that the pace of subscriber addition will further accelerate with the roll- out of original content and exclusive movie premieres. We are on track to be the largest producer of digital content in the country and are committed to make ZEE5 the #1 entertainment destination for digital consumers.

Our domestic broadcast portfolio further increased its market share and continues to be the leading television entertainment network in the country. The increase in viewership share is across the markets with strong traction particularly in our regional channels. We believe that there is still room for monetizing the increase in market share, which will allow us to grow ahead of the market."

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