| THE NOMINATION AND REMUNERATION COMMITTEE AND THE BOARD HAVE LAID DOWN THE MANNER IN WHICH FORMAL ANNUAL EVALUATION OF THE PERFORMANCE OF THE BOARD, COMMITTEES, INDIVIDUAL DIRECTORS, CEO & MD AND THE CHAIRMAN HAS TO BE MADE. PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE COMPANIES ACT, 2013 AND THE SEBI (LODR) REGULATIONS, 2015, A STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE WAS PREPARED AFTER TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THE BOARD’S FUNCTIONING, COMPOSITION OF THE BOARD AND ITS COMMITTEES, CULTURE, EXECUTION AND PERFORMANCE OF SPECIFIC DUTIES, OBLIGATIONS AND GOVERNANCE. ALL DIRECTORS RESPONDED THROUGH A STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE GIVING FEEDBACK ABOUT THE PERFORMANCE OF THE BOARD, ITS COMMITTEES, INDIVIDUAL DIRECTORS, CEO & MD AND THE CHAIRMAN. FOR THE YEAR UNDER REVIEW, M/S D. K. JAIN & CO., PRACTICING COMPANY SECRETARIES, WAS ENGAGED TO RECEIVE THE RESPONSES OF THE DIRECTORS AND CONSOLIDATE/ ANALYSE THE RESPONSES. AS PER SECTION 134(3) READ WITH RULE 8(4) OF THE COMPANIES (ACCOUNTS) RULES, 2014, THE EVALUATION IS DONE BY THE INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS OF THE BOARD FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS WITH SPECIFIC FOCUS ON THE PERFORMANCE AND EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF THE BOARD AND INDIVIDUAL DIRECTORS, AREAS OF IMPROVEMENT FOR THE DIRECTORS AND FOR THE AFORESAID PURPOSE, INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS OF THE COMPANY HAVE CONDUCTED THEIR SEPARATE MEETING ON JULY 29, 2025. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS EXPRESSED THEIR SATISFACTION WITH THE EVALUATION PROCESS. |