HT Media Ltd — Board/Management Information 2025

Jan 11, 2025

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11[th] January 2025

BSE Limited National Stock Exchange of India Limited Phiroze Jeejeebhoy Towers, Exchange Plaza, 5[th] Floor, Dalal Street, Plot No. C-1, Block G, Mumbai - 400 001 Bandra-Kurla Complex, Bandra (E), Mumbai - 400 051

Scrip Code: 532662 Trading Symbol: HTMEDIA

Subject: Disclosure under Regulation 30 of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations (‘SEBI Listing Regulations’)

Dear Sir/Madam,

This is to inform you that the Board of Directors of the Company at its meeting held today, i.e. 11[th] January 2025 (which commenced at 4:15 pm and concluded at 4:30 pm) has :

1. upon recommendation of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee, approved the appointment of Shri Sameer Singh as Group Chief Executive Officer (Key Managerial Personnel) pursuant to Section 203 of the Companies Act with effect from 1[st] March 2025;

2. taken note of and accepted the resignation of Shri Praveen Someshwar, Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, with effect from 28[th] February 2025.

The relevant details pertaining to the above matters, in terms of the SEBI Listing Regulations, read with SEBI Circular No. SEBI/HO/CFD/CFD-PoD-1/P/CIR/2023/123 dated 13[th] July, 2023 are enclosed herewith in Annexure I and II.

This information is also being uploaded on the website of the Company i.e. https://www.htmedia.in/

Corp. office : 5th Floor, Lotus Tower, A Block, Community Centre, New Friends Colony, New Delhi- 110025 Ph.: 011-66561234

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You are requested to take the same on record.

Thanking you,

Yours faithfully,

For HT Media Limited

MANHAR KAPOOR Digitally signed by MANHAR KAPOOR DN: c=IN, o=Personal, postalCode=122018, l=Gurgaon, st=Haryana, street=FLAT 2, ACACIA 1, VATIKA CITY, SECTOR 49, SOUTH CITY-II, GURGAON - 122018, HARYANA, title=5055, 2.5.4.20=0c084d4207b0c3dbb4ffa0cfa9e4b8c1495ad5f7977a160ba971717f4bc5234b, serialNumber=a81fc37164ecf09e7a9a7d17be888acfb99218d6147eff1971f4899863059d6a, email=manhark@gmail.com, cn=MANHAR KAPOOR Date: 2025.01.11 18:14:05 +05'30' (Manhar Kapoor) Group General Counsel and Company Secretary

Encl.: As above

Corp. office : 5th Floor, Lotus Tower, A Block, Community Centre, New Friends Colony, New Delhi- 110025 Ph.: 011-66561234

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Annexure I

Appointment of Shri Sameer Singh as the Group Chief Executive Officer (Key Managerial Personnel) with effect from 1[st] March 2025:

S. No.		Particulars	Particulars	Description
1.		Reason for change viz. appointment, ~~resignation, removal, death or otherwise~~		To take an executive role at the Company
2.		Date of appointment~~/re-~~ ~~appointment/cessation~~(as applicable) & term of appointment~~/re-appointment~~		1stMarch, 2025
3.		Brief profile (in	case of appointment)	Sameer is an alumnus of IIM Calcutta. In his most recent stint, he serves as Head of North America Global Business Solutions at Tiktok / ByteDance where he is responsible for leading the Advertising and Sales Teams across all advertising revenue in North America. Prior to that, he was leading the Asia Pacific region in a similar capacity. In a career spanning over 30 years, he has been at the forefront of digital and brand innovation in marketing and has led it from the perspective of Digital Platforms, Advertisers and Agencies. He spearheaded the media agency network GroupM as the Chief Executive Officer - India and South Asia, driving competitive advantage with digital leadership and content to clients. Prior to GroupM, he has worked at Google, GSK, Procter & Gamble and IPG. At Google he led Agency partnerships in India, and Client conversations in the value of digital and strategy for the Americas and for Global large Customers. At GSK and at P&G he has led the evolution of media spending, especially into the world of digital. He has lived and worked in cities including New York, New Delhi, Palo Alto, Boston,London,Dubai and Guangzhou.
				Corp. office : 5th Floor, Lotus Tower, A Block, Community Centre, New Friends Colony, New Delhi- 110025 Ph.: 011-66561234

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	4.	Disclosure of relations between directors (in case of appointment of a director).	Not Applicable

Corp. office : 5th Floor, Lotus Tower, A Block, Community Centre, New Friends Colony, New Delhi- 110025 Ph.: 011-66561234

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Annexure II

Resignation of Shri Praveen Someshwar (DIN: 01802656) as the Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, with effect from 28[th] February 2025:

No.	Particulars	Description
1.	Reason for change(cessation)	Resignation
2.	Date of cessation(as applicable)	28thFebruary2025
3.	Names of listed entities in which the resigning director holds directorships, indicating the category of directorship and membership of board committees,if any.	Not Applicable

Corp. office : 5th Floor, Lotus Tower, A Block, Community Centre, New Friends Colony, New Delhi- 110025 Ph.: 011-66561234

Subject:

FW: Thank you !!

From: "Praveen Someshwar (Business- Delhi NCR)" Praveen.Someshwar@hindustantimes.com Date: 10 January 2025 at 08:21:27 IST

To: "Shobhana Bhartia (Corporate- New Delhi)" sbhartia@hindustantimes.com Subject: Thank you !!

Dear Ms Bhartia

Kindly accept this letter as my formal resignation from the HT group & would like to be relieved of all formal responsibilities from 28[th] feb 2025.

I am incredibly grateful for the opportunity to lead this very talented team through a challenging transformative period of the last 6 years. We have futureproofed the organization by building robust digital businesses , strong native digital capability & nurtured back the print business to profitability after the impact of COVID.

I will be proudly cheering, as the group achieves new highs across businesses.

Thank you for your guidance , partnership & trust & wishing you the very best.

Hope to stay in touch.

Yours Sincerely Praveen

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