| THE ANNUAL PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF THE BOARD, INCLUDING ASSESSMENTS OF BOARD COMMITTEES AND INDIVIDUAL DIRECTORS, IS CARRIED OUT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COMPANIES ACT, 2013, AND SEBI LISTING REGULATIONS. FOLLOWING THE SEBI GUIDANCE NOTE ON BOARD EVALUATION FROM 5TH JANUARY 2017, A STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE IS DEVELOPED, FOCUSING ON VARIOUS ASPECTS SUCH AS BOARD FUNCTIONING, COMPOSITION, CULTURE, EXECUTION OF DUTIES, AND GOVERNANCE. IN A SEPARATE MEETING OF INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS HELD ON 30TH JANUARY, 2025, THE INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS EVALUATED THE PERFORMANCE OF NON-INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS, THE BOARD AS A WHOLE; AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMPANY, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE VIEWS OF EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS AND NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS. ADDITIONALLY, THE INFORMATION FLOW BETWEEN MANAGEMENT AND THE BOARD WAS ASSESSED FOR QUALITY, QUANTITY, AND TIMELINESS. THEREAFTER, THE NOMINATION AND REMUNERATION COMMITTEE EVALUATED THE PERFORMANCE OF THE BOARD, INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS, KEY MANAGERIAL PERSONNEL, AND SENIOR MANAGEMENT, CONSIDERING CRITERIA SUCH AS PREPAREDNESS, MEANINGFUL CONTRIBUTIONS, AND KEY RESULT AREAS AND THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE COMPANY REVIEWED THE PERFORMANCE AS EVALUATED BY THE NOMINATION AND REMUNERATION COMMITTEE AND THE INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS. FURTHER THE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS WAS DONE BY THE ENTIRE BOARD, EXCLUDING THE INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR BEING EVALUATED. BASED ON THE EVALUATION, THE PERFORMANCE OF THE BOARD, INDIVIDUAL DIRECTORS, KMP, AND SMP WAS CONSIDERED TO BE HIGHLY SATISFACTORY |