| THE BOARD PERIODICALLY REVIEWS THE FRAMEWORK FOR EVALUATING ITS OWN PERFORMANCE AND THAT OF ITS COMMITTEES AND INDIVIDUAL DIRECTORS. PURSUANT TO THE APPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF THE ACT AND THE SEBI LISTING REGULATIONS, THE BOARD, ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE NRC, HAS ADOPTED A COMPREHENSIVE FRAMEWORK FOR THE ANNUAL PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF THE BOARD, ITS COMMITTEES, THE CHAIRMAN, INDIVIDUAL DIRECTORS AND INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS. THE ANNUAL EVALUATION FOR FY 2025-26 WAS CARRIED OUT THROUGH A DIGITAL PLATFORM BASED ON A STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE COVERING, INTER-ALIA, THE COMPOSITION, DIVERSITY, EXPERIENCE AND EECTIVENESS OF THE BOARD AND ITS COMMITTEES, DISCHARGE OF DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES BY THE BOARD, COMMITTEES AND INDIVIDUAL DIRECTORS, QUALITY OF DELIBERATIONS AND DECISION-MAKING, BOARD PROCESSES AND GOVERNANCE PRACTICES, RISK OVERSIGHT, STRATEGIC GUIDANCE, SUCCESSION PLANNING, LEADERSHIP AND BOARD MANAGEMENT, INDEPENDENCE AND OBJECTIVE JUDGEMENT OF INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS, AND THE QUALITY, ADEQUACY AND TIMELINESS OF INFORMATION PROVIDED TO THE BOARD. A STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE COVERING THE ABOVE PARAMETERS WAS CIRCULATED ELECTRONICALLY TO ALL DIRECTORS. • DIRECTORS EVALUATED THE PERFORMANCE OF THE BOARD, ITS COMMITTEES, THE CHAIRMAN AND INDIVIDUAL DIRECTORS BY ASSIGNING RATINGS ON A SCALE OF 1 (STRONGLY DISAGREE) TO 5 (STRONGLY AGREE). • THE INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS MET SEPARATELY ON MAY 20, 2026, WITHOUT THE PRESENCE OF THE NONINDEPENDENT DIRECTORS AND MEMBERS OF THE MANAGEMENT AND REVIEWED, INTER-ALIA, THE PERFORMANCE OF THE NON-INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS, THE BOARD AS A WHOLE, THE CHAIRMAN & MANAGING DIRECTOR AND THE QUALITY, ADEQUACY AND TIMELINESS OF INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE MANAGEMENT TO ENABLE THE BOARD TO EECTIVELY DISCHARGE ITS RESPONSIBILITIES. • THE NRC CARRIED OUT THE EVALUATION OF EACH DIRECTOR. THE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF THE INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS WAS UNDERTAKEN BY THE ENTIRE BOARD, EXCLUDING THE DIRECTOR BEING EVALUATED. • THE OUTCOME OF THE EVALUATION, INCLUDING KEY OBSERVATIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FURTHER STRENGTHENING BOARD EECTIVENESS, WAS DELIBERATED UPON BY THE BOARD. |