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HT Media CEO, MD, chairman, board of directors and AGM

NSE: HTMEDIABSE: 532662MediaSmall Cap

Last close ₹23.21down ₹0.84 (3.49%)BSE ₹22.86

Share price at the NSE close on 23 Oct 2026. Previous close ₹24.05.

52-week range of traded prices to 23 Oct 2026
₹17.52Low, 30 Mar 2026₹31.30High, 5 Aug 2026
Market cap
₹540 Cr1,893rd largest listed
P/E
Lossover the last 12 months
P/B
0.3
Dividend yield
Nonein the last 12 months
ROE
−0.6%
ROE without one-offs
8.5%
ROCE
1.4%
Debt to equity
0.33
Volume, NSE
1,05,25564.2% delivered

HT Media board of directors

At the end of the quarter to Jun 2026, as the company filed it; changes since are in its announcements.Their trades in its shares

  • Chairperson and managing directorShobhana Bhartia
  • Managing director and CEOSameer Singh
  • Company Secretary and Compliance OfficerManhar Kapoor

9 directors5 independent2 executive2 non-executive

  • Shobhana Bhartia · Chairperson and managing directorExecutive · joined Jul 2013 · reappointed Jul 2023 · 2 listed boards · 1 committee seat, 1 as chair
  • Priyavrat BhartiaNon-executive · joined Mar 2015 · 6 listed boards · 4 committee seats
  • Shamit BhartiaNon-executive · joined Mar 2020 · 4 listed boards · 1 committee seat
  • Vivek MehraIndependent · joined Jan 2018 · reappointed Apr 2022 · 102 months as independent · 5 listed boards · 5 as independent · 8 committee seats, 4 as chair
  • Rashmi VermaIndependent · joined Jul 2020 · reappointed Apr 2025 · 71 months as independent · 4 listed boards · 4 as independent · 5 committee seats, 2 as chair
  • Sandeep SinghalIndependent · joined Aug 2022 · reappointed Aug 2022 · 47 months as independent · 2 listed boards · 2 as independent · 1 committee seat
  • Palamadai Sundararajan JayakumarIndependent · joined Dec 2021 · reappointed Dec 2021 · 54 months as independent · 7 listed boards · 7 as independent · 7 committee seats, 3 as chair
  • Ashwani WindlassIndependent · joined Jan 2024 · reappointed Jan 2024 · 30 months as independent · 4 listed boards · 4 as independent · 4 committee seats, 2 as chair
  • Sameer Singh · Managing director and CEOExecutive · joined Mar 2026 · reappointed Mar 2026 · 4 listed boards · 4 committee seats

An independent director has no business or family tie to the company, its promoters or its managers beyond the seat. Listed boards counts the boards of listed companies the director sits on, this one included, and "as independent" how many of those seats are independent ones. Committee seats are audit and stakeholder committee seats across those companies. Months as independent is filed for independent directors only, whose terms the rules cap. Disqualified is the company's own mark that a director may not serve under company law.

2 directors who left
  • Manhar Kapoor, left 28 Feb 2026: Others
  • Praveen Someshwar, left 28 Feb 2025: Others

Committees and meetings

Who sits on each, and how often they met.Board meeting notices and outcomes

  • Board

    • 29 May 20268 of 9 present4 independent · 120 days in between
    • 28 Jan 20267 of 9 present4 independent
  • Audit Committee

    Chair Vivek Mehra

    Rashmi Verma, Palamadai Sundararajan Jayakumar, Ashwani Windlass, Sameer Singh

    • 29 May 20264 of 4 present4 independent · 120 days in between
    • 28 Jan 20263 of 4 present3 independent
  • Nomination and remuneration committee

    Chair Rashmi Verma

    Vivek Mehra, Priyavrat Bhartia

    • 29 May 20262 of 3 present2 independent · 120 days in between
    • 28 Jan 20262 of 3 present2 independent
  • Stakeholders Relationship Committee

    Chair Rashmi Verma

    Priyavrat Bhartia, Vivek Mehra

    • 28 Jan 20262 of 3 present2 independent
  • Risk Management Committee

    Chair Vivek Mehra

    Priyavrat Bhartia, Sameer Singh

    No meeting listed in the filing.

  • Corporate Social Responsibility Committee

    Chair Shobhana Bhartia

    Rashmi Verma, Priyavrat Bhartia

    No meeting listed in the filing.

Meetings in the quarter filed and the one before it. The days in between are as the company files them, neither meeting's day counted; the rules allow at most 120. A quorum is the least number of members who must attend for the meeting to decide anything.

Statutory auditor

Named in the results for the quarter to Mar 2026.

  • S. R Batliboi & Co. LLPPeer-review certificate valid to Jul 2027

A statutory auditor checks the company's accounts and signs its results. Peer review is the accountants' institute's check of an audit firm's own work, which a listed company's auditor must hold a valid certificate of.

HT Media AGM and shareholder votes

Each resolution, how the votes went, and how institutions voted apart from the promoters. A postal ballot is a vote by post or online, held without a meeting.HT Media dividend history

Annual general meeting, 25 Sep 2026

48,673 shareholders on the register on 18 Sep 2026; present: 1 promoter and 145 others; votes counted by Dhawal Kant Singh / D S Associates.The company's voting result (opens in a new tab)

  1. To consider and adopt: a) the audited standalone financial statements of the Company for the financial year ended March 31, 2026 and the report of the Board of Directors and Auditors thereon; and b) the audited consolidated financial statements of the Company for the financial year ended March 31, 2026 and the report of the Auditors thereon.MoreLess
    Ordinary
    99.98% for0.02% against

    Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.56%

    Turnout: all 72.02% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 8.26%

  2. To appoint Shri Priyavrat Bhartia (DIN: 00020603), as a Director, who retires by rotation, and being eligible,offers himself for re-appointment.
    Ordinary
    96.61% for3.39% against

    Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 96.99%

    Turnout: all 72.02% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 8.26%

  3. Ratification of the remuneration to be paid to Ramanath Iyer and Co, Cost Accountants, the Cost Auditor of FM Radio Business of the Company for Financial Year -2027
    Ordinary
    99.98% for0.02% against

    Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.58%

    Turnout: all 72.02% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 8.26%

  4. Approval of remuneration payable to Smt. Shobhana Bhartia, Chairperson and Editorial Director.
    SpecialPromoters have an interest in it
    96.61% for3.39% against

    Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 97.01%

    Turnout: all 72.02% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 8.26%

For and against are per cent of the votes cast. Turnout is the votes cast as a per cent of the shares each group holds. Institutions are funds, insurers, banks and foreign investors. An ordinary resolution passes with more than half the votes cast, a special one with at least three quarters.

Extraordinary general meeting, 7 Aug 2026, 1 resolution

49,252 shareholders on the register on 31 Jul 2026; present: 1 promoter and 114 others; votes counted by Dhawal Kant Singh / D S Associates.The company's voting result (opens in a new tab)

  1. ISSUANCE OF WARRANTS ON PREFERENTIAL BASIS
    SpecialPromoters have an interest in it
    88.75% for11.25% against

    Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 98.71%

    Turnout: all 78.44% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 29.36%

For and against are per cent of the votes cast. Turnout is the votes cast as a per cent of the shares each group holds. Institutions are funds, insurers, banks and foreign investors. An ordinary resolution passes with more than half the votes cast, a special one with at least three quarters.

Postal ballot, 5 Mar 2026, 1 resolution

51,176 shareholders on the register on 30 Jan 2026; votes counted by Dhawal Kant Singh / D S Associates.The company's voting result (opens in a new tab)

  1. Appointment of Shri Sameer Singh (DIN: 08138465) as Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer of the Company and approval of remuneration.
    Special
    99.98% for0.02% against

    Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 33.44%

    Turnout: all 69.55% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.15%

For and against are per cent of the votes cast. Turnout is the votes cast as a per cent of the shares each group holds. Institutions are funds, insurers, banks and foreign investors. An ordinary resolution passes with more than half the votes cast, a special one with at least three quarters.

Annual general meeting, 26 Sep 2025, 4 resolutions

54,386 shareholders on the register on 19 Sep 2025; present: 0 promoters and 161 others; votes counted by Sanket Jain / Sanket jain & Co..The company's voting result (opens in a new tab)

  1. To consider and adopt: a) the audited standalone financial statements of the Company for the financial year ended March 31, 2025 and the report of the Board of Directors and Auditors thereon; and b) the audited consolidated financial statements of the Company for the financial year ended March 31, 2025 and the report of the Auditors thereon.MoreLess
    Ordinary
    98.45% for1.55% against

    Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 86.17%

    Turnout: all 70.78% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 7.83% · other public 4.19%

  2. To appoint Shri Shamit Bhartia (DIN: 00020623), as a Director, who retires by rotation, and being eligible, offers himself for re-appointment
    Ordinary
    98.12% for1.88% against

    Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 99.05%

    Turnout: all 70.86% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 7.83% · other public 4.44%

  3. To appoint Shri N.C. Khanna, Company Secretary in Practice, as Secretarial Auditor and to fix their remuneration
    Ordinary
    98.45% for1.55% against

    Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 86.18%

    Turnout: all 70.78% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 7.83% · other public 4.19%

  4. Ratification of the remuneration to be paid to M/s. Ramanath Iyer & Co, Cost Accountants, the Cost Auditor of FM Radio Business of the Company for Financial Year – 2026
    Ordinary
    99.62% for0.38% against

    Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 21.16%

    Turnout: all 70.78% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 7.83% · other public 4.19%

For and against are per cent of the votes cast. Turnout is the votes cast as a per cent of the shares each group holds. Institutions are funds, insurers, banks and foreign investors. An ordinary resolution passes with more than half the votes cast, a special one with at least three quarters.

Postal ballot, 30 Jun 2025, 1 resolution

56,896 shareholders on the register on 23 May 2025; votes counted by Sanket Jain / Sanket jain & Co..The company's voting result (opens in a new tab)

  1. Appointment of Shri Manhar Kapoor (DIN: 06553730) as a Whole time Director on the Board of the Company
    Special
    99.98% for0.02% against

    Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 13.70%

    Turnout: all 69.61% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 19.33% · other public 0.29%

For and against are per cent of the votes cast. Turnout is the votes cast as a per cent of the shares each group holds. Institutions are funds, insurers, banks and foreign investors. An ordinary resolution passes with more than half the votes cast, a special one with at least three quarters.

Annual general meeting, 27 Sep 2024, 5 resolutions

Present: 1 promoter and 242 others.The company's voting result (opens in a new tab)

  1. To consider and adopt:na) the audited standalone financial statements of the Company for the financial year ended March 31, 2024 and the report of the Board of Directors and Auditors thereon; andnb) the audited consolidated financial statements of the Company for the financial year ended March 31, 2024 and the report of the Auditors thereon.MoreLess
    Ordinary
    99.99% for0.01% against

    Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.36%

    Turnout: all 71.54% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 6.69%

  2. To appoint Shri Priyavrat Bhartia (DIN : 00020603), as a Director, who retires by rotation, and being eligible, offers himself for re-appointment.
    Ordinary
    99.98% for0.02% against

    Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.68%

    Turnout: all 71.54% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 6.69%

  3. To appoint M/s S.R. Batliboi & Co. LLP, Chartered Accountants (Firm Registration No.301003E/E300005) as Statutory Auditors and to fix their remuneration
    Ordinary
    99.99% for0.01% against

    Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.37%

    Turnout: all 71.54% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 6.69%

  4. Re-appointment of Smt. Rashmi Verma (DIN: 01993918) as an Independent Director of the Company
    Special
    99.98% for0.02% against

    Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.58%

    Turnout: all 71.54% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 6.69%

  5. Ratification of the remuneration to be paid to M/s. Ramanath Iyer & Co, Cost Accountants, the Cost Auditor of FM Radio Business of the Company for Financial Year - 2025
    Ordinary
    99.99% for0.01% against

    Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.46%

    Turnout: all 71.54% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 6.69%

For and against are per cent of the votes cast. Turnout is the votes cast as a per cent of the shares each group holds. Institutions are funds, insurers, banks and foreign investors. An ordinary resolution passes with more than half the votes cast, a special one with at least three quarters.

Postal ballot, 6 Mar 2024, 1 resolution

The company's voting result (opens in a new tab)

  1. Appointment of Shri Ashwani Windlass (DIN: 00042686) as an Independent Director, not liable to retire by rotation.
    Special
    99.94% for0.06% against

    Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 1.45%

    Turnout: all 72.64% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 10.33%

For and against are per cent of the votes cast. Turnout is the votes cast as a per cent of the shares each group holds. Institutions are funds, insurers, banks and foreign investors. An ordinary resolution passes with more than half the votes cast, a special one with at least three quarters.

Annual general meeting, 27 Sep 2023, 5 resolutions

Present: 1 promoter and 342 others.The company's voting result (opens in a new tab)

  1. Consideration and adoption of:na) the Audited Standalone Financial Statements of the Company for the financial year ended March 31, 2023 and the Report of the Board of Directors and Auditors thereon; andnb) the Audited Consolidated Financial Statements of the Company for the financial year ended March 31, 2023 and the Report of the Auditors thereonnMoreLess
    Ordinary
    99.98% for0.02% against

    Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 17.50%

    Turnout: all 69.57% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.21%

  2. Appointment of Shri Praveen Someshwar (DIN: 01802656), as a Director, who retires by rotation, and being eligible, offers himself for re-appointment.
    Ordinary
    99.98% for0.02% against

    Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 23.83%

    Turnout: all 69.57% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.20%

  3. Re-appointment of Smt. Shobhana Bhartia (DIN: 00020648) as Chairperson and Editorial Director of the Company and approval of remuneration
    SpecialPromoters have an interest in it
    99.98% for0.02% against

    Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 22.47%

    Turnout: all 69.57% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.20%

  4. Re-appointment of Shri Praveen Someshwar (DIN: 01802656) as Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer of the Company and approval of remuneration
    Special
    99.98% for0.02% against

    Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 25.89%

    Turnout: all 69.57% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.20%

  5. Ratification of remuneration to be paid to M/s. Ramanath Iyer & Co, Cost Accountants, Cost Auditor of FM Radio Business of the Company
    Ordinary
    99.98% for0.02% against

    Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 19.78%

    Turnout: all 69.57% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.20%

For and against are per cent of the votes cast. Turnout is the votes cast as a per cent of the shares each group holds. Institutions are funds, insurers, banks and foreign investors. An ordinary resolution passes with more than half the votes cast, a special one with at least three quarters.

Investor complaints and compliance

Quarter by quarter.

Investor complaints received and resolved, the company's own count

  • Received
  • Resolved

Open at the quarter's end

None open at any quarter's end.
The board is made up as the listing rules require
Yes
The board has a regular chairperson
Yes
The company has a risk management committee
No
The chair is related to the managing director
Yes
The filing has a part on fines and penalties
No
The filing has a part on tax disputes
No
There was a cyber security incident in the quarter
No

The company's own answers in its filing.