| PURSUANT TO THE APPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF THE COMPANIES ACT, 2013 AND THE SEBI (LISTING OBLIGATIONS AND DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS) REGULATIONS, 2015 ("LISTING REGULATIONS"), THE BOARD HAS CARRIED OUT AN ANNUAL EVALUATION OF ITS OWN PERFORMANCE, THE PERFORMANCE OF INDIVIDUAL DIRECTORS, AND THE WORKING OF ITS COMMITTEES. THE EVALUATION WAS CONDUCTED BASED ON THE CRITERIA DEFINED BY THE NOMINATION AND REMUNERATION COMMITTEE, COVERING VARIOUS ASPECTS SUCH AS THE STRUCTURE AND COMPOSITION OF THE BOARD, FREQUENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF BOARD MEETINGS, DISCHARGE OF KEY RESPONSIBILITIES, DELEGATION OF RESPONSIBILITIES TO COMMITTEES, BOARD PROCESSES, AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION, AND OVERALL BOARD FUNCTIONING. THE PERFORMANCE OF THE COMMITTEES WAS ASSESSED BASED ON THE DEGREE OF FULFILMENT OF THEIR RESPECTIVE MANDATES, THE ADEQUACY OF COMPOSITION, AND THE EFFECTIVENESS OF MEETINGS. INDIVIDUAL DIRECTORS WERE EVALUATED ON PARAMETERS INCLUDING ATTENDANCE, ACTIVE PARTICIPATION, CONTRIBUTION IN BOARD/COMMITTEE DELIBERATIONS, AND VALUE ADDITION OUTSIDE THE FORMAL MEETINGS. A SEPARATE MEETING OF INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS WAS HELD ON 17TH MARCH, 2025, IN THE ABSENCE OF NON-INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS AND MEMBERS OF MANAGEMENT, WHEREIN THE PERFORMANCE OF THE BOARD AS A WHOLE, THE CHAIRMAN, NON-INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS, AND THE WHOLE-TIME DIRECTOR WAS EVALUATED. THE OUTCOME OF THE EVALUATIONS WAS ALSO REVIEWED AND DISCUSSED IN THE MEETINGS OF THE NOMINATION AND REMUNERATION COMMITTEE AND SUBSEQUENTLY BY THE BOARD. THE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS WAS CARRIED OUT BY THE ENTIRE BOARD, EXCLUDING THE DIRECTOR BEING EVALUATED. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS EXPRESSED OVERALL SATISFACTION WITH THE EVALUATION PROCESS AND THE PERFORMANCE OF THE BOARD, ITS COMMITTEES, AND INDIVIDUAL DIRECTORS. |