| PURSUANT TO APPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF THE COMPANIES ACT, 2013 AND LISTING REGULATIONS, THE BOARD, IN CONSULTATION WITH ITS NOMINATION & REMUNERATION COMMITTEE, HAS FORMULATED A FRAMEWORK CONTAINING, INTER ALIA, THE CRITERIA FOR PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF THE ENTIRE BOARD, ITS COMMITTEES AND INDIVIDUAL DIRECTORS, INCLUDING INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS. IN ORDER TO EVALUATE THE PERFORMANCE OF THE BOARD, VARIOUS PARAMETERS WERE CONSIDERED, INCLUDING THE COMPOSITION OF THE BOARD, THE QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERTISE, EXPERIENCE AND DIVERSITY OF ITS MEMBERS, EFFECTIVENESS OF BOARD PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES, QUALITY AND TIMELINESS OF INFORMATION FLOW TO THE BOARD, RISK MANAGEMENT, INTERNAL CONTROLS, COMPLIANCE AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE PRACTICES, AS WELL AS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE BOARD AND THE MANAGEMENT. SIMILARLY, THE PERFORMANCE OF INDIVIDUAL DIRECTORS WAS EVALUATED BASED ON FACTORS SUCH AS ATTENDANCE AND PARTICIPATION IN BOARD AND COMMITTEE MEETINGS, PREPAREDNESS FOR MEETINGS, QUALITY OF CONTRIBUTION TO DISCUSSIONS AND DECISION-MAKING, EXERCISE OF INDEPENDENT JUDGEMENT, STRATEGIC GUIDANCE, UNDERSTANDING OF THE COMPANY'S BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY, MANAGEMENT OF STAKEHOLDER RELATIONSHIPS, ADHERENCE TO THE CODE OF CONDUCT AND DISCHARGE OF STATUTORY, FIDUCIARY AND GOVERNANCE RESPONSIBILITIES. THE INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS IN THEIR MEETING HELD ON MAY 11, 2026, WITHOUT THE PRESENCE OF ANY NON- INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR AND THE MEMBERS OF MANAGEMENT DISCUSSED, INTER ALIA, THE PERFORMANCE OF NON-INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS AND THE BOARD AS A WHOLE AND REVIEWED THE PERFORMANCE OF THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMPANY. THE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF ALL THE INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS HAS BEEN DONE BY THE ENTIRE BOARD, EXCLUDING THE DIRECTOR BEING EVALUATED. THE DIRECTORS EXPRESSED THEIR SATISFACTION WITH THE EVALUATION PROCESS. |