| THE COMPANY RECOGNIZES THAT A ROBUST PERFORMANCE EVALUATION FRAMEWORK IS AN ESSENTIAL ELEMENT OF GOOD CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND CONTRIBUTES SIGNIFICANTLY TOWARDS ENHANCING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE BOARD AND ITS COMMITTEES. ACCORDINGLY, AN ANNUAL EVALUATION EXERCISE WAS UNDERTAKEN DURING THE YEAR IN RESPECT OF: • THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AS A WHOLE • VARIOUS COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD • INDIVIDUAL DIRECTORS, INCLUDING THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 178 OF THE COMPANIES ACT, 2013, THE APPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF THE SEBI LISTING REGULATIONS AND THE GUIDANCE NOTE ON BOARD EVALUATION ISSUED BY SEBI, THE COMPANY CARRIED OUT A COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATION OF THE PERFORMANCE OF THE BOARD, ITS COMMITTEES AND INDIVIDUAL DIRECTORS FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH, 2026. THE EVALUATION FRAMEWORK WAS DESIGNED TO ASSESS THE OVERALL EFFECTIVENESS OF THE BOARD IN DISCHARGING ITS RESPONSIBILITIES AND PROVIDING STRATEGIC DIRECTION TO THE COMPANY. THE ASSESSMENT ALSO FOCUSED ON THE FUNCTIONING AND EFFECTIVENESS OF VARIOUS BOARD COMMITTEES, QUALITY OF DELIBERATIONS, DECISION-MAKING PROCESSES, GOVERNANCE STANDARDS, AND THE CONTRIBUTION MADE BY INDIVIDUAL DIRECTORS TOWARDS THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE COMPANY’S OBJECTIVES. THE EVALUATION OF DIRECTORS INCLUDED AN ASSESSMENT OF THEIR PARTICIPATION IN BOARD AND COMMITTEE MEETINGS, UNDERSTANDING OF THE BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY ENVIRONMENT, CONTRIBUTION TO STRATEGIC DISCUSSIONS, GUIDANCE PROVIDED TO MANAGEMENT, AND COMMITMENT TOWARDS SAFEGUARDING THE INTERESTS OF ALL STAKEHOLDERS. THE EVALUATION PROCESS WAS CONDUCTED INTERNALLY THROUGH STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRES COVERING VARIOUS QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE PARAMETERS. THE DIRECTORS SUBMITTED THEIR RESPONSES INDEPENDENTLY AND CONFIDENTIALLY USING A PREDEFINED RATING MECHANISM. THE FEEDBACK RECEIVED WAS REVIEWED AND DELIBERATED UPON BY THE INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS AT THEIR SEPARATE MEETING, FOLLOWING WHICH THEIR OBSERVATIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS WERE PLACED BEFORE THE CHAIRMAN OF THE NOMINATION AND REMUNERATION COMMITTEE (“NRC”). THE INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS REVIEWED THE PERFORMANCE OF THE CHAIRMAN, NON-INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS AND THE BOARD AS A WHOLE AT THEIR SEPARATE MEETING HELD ON 30TH MARCH, 2026. THEREAFTER, THE NRC, AT ITS MEETING HELD ON 9TH MAY, 2026, CONSIDERED THE EVALUATION OUTCOME DONE BY INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS AND SUBMITTED ITS RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE BOARD. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, AT ITS MEETING HELD ON 11TH MAY, 2026, NOTED AND DISCUSS THE EVALUATION DONE BY INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS AS RECOMMENDED BY NRC AND ALSO DISCUSSED THE EVALUATION RESULTS RELATING TO ITS OWN PERFORMANCE, THAT OF ITS COMMITTEES AND INDIVIDUAL DIRECTORS. THE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF THE INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS WAS CARRIED OUT BY THE ENTIRE BOARD, EXCLUDING THE INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS WHOSE PERFORMANCE WAS BEING EVALUATED. BASED ON THE EVALUATION EXERCISE AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS RECEIVED, THE BOARD NOTED THAT ITS COMPOSITION, FUNCTIONING AND GOVERNANCE PROCESSES CONTINUE TO REMAIN EFFECTIVE AND ARE ALIGNED WITH THE COMPANY’S LONG-TERM STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES. THE BOARD ALSO EXPRESSED SATISFACTION WITH THE EVALUATION PROCESS AND ITS OUTCOME. |