| PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 178 OF THE ACT, THE RULES MADE THEREUNDER, READ WITH REGULATION 19 AND PART D OF SCHEDULE II OF THE SEBI LISTING REGULATIONS, THE ANNUAL PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF THE BOARD, ITS COMMITTEES, THE CHAIRPERSON, INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS, AND OTHER DIRECTORS WAS CARRIED OUT DURING THE FINANCIAL YEAR UNDER REVIEW. THE NRC HAS, AT ITS MEETING HELD ON MARCH 02, 2026, AMENDED AND APPROVED A STRUCTURED FRAMEWORK ENCOMPASSING THE EVALUATION CRITERIA, METHODOLOGY, AND PROCESS, BROADLY ALIGNED WITH THE GUIDANCE NOTE ON BOARD EVALUATION ISSUED BY THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE BOARD OF INDIA. THIS REVISION HAS BEEN UNDERTAKEN IN LIGHT OF THE COMPANY’S LISTING TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH REGULATION 17(10) AND REGULATION 19(4) READ WITH PART D OF SCHEDULE II OF THE SEBI LISTING REGULATIONS. THE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR 2025–26 WAS CONDUCTED THROUGH INTERNAL ASESSMENT BASED ON RESPONSES RECEIVED FROM THE DIRECTORS ON STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRES, COVERING VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THE BOARD’S FUNCTIONING. THE EVALUATION PROCESS, INTER-ALIA, CONSIDERED PARAMETERS SUCH AS THE ADEQUACY OF THE COMPOSITION OF THE BOARD AND ITS COMMITTEES, EFFECTIVENESS OF BOARD PROCESSES, PARTICIPATION AND CONTRIBUTION OF DIRECTORS, DISCHARGE OF THEIR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES, BOARD CULTURE, INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS, AND OVERALL GOVERNANCE STANDARDS, AS WELL AS THE QUALITY, ADEQUACY, AND TIMELINESS OF INFORMATION FLOW BETWEEN THE MANAGEMENT AND THE BOARD. THE INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS, AT THEIR SEPARATE MEETING HELD ON MARCH 02, 2026, EVALUATED THE PERFORMANCE OF THE NON- INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS, THE CHAIRPERSON, AND THE BOARD AS A WHOLE, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE VIEWS OF THE EXECUTIVE AND NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS. THEY ALSO REVIEWED THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE BOARD PROCESSES AND DELIBERATED ON THE ADEQUACY AND TIMELINESS OF INFORMATION FLOW BETWEEN THE MANAGEMENT AND THE BOARD FOR THE EFFECTIVE DISCHARGE OF DUTIES. THE DIRECTORS EXPRESSED THEIR SATISFACTION ON THE PARAMETERS OF EVALUATION, THE IMPLEMENTATION AND COMPLIANCE OF THE EVALUATION EXERCISE AND OUTCOME OF THE EVALUATION PROCESS. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE NRC AND THE BOARD, AT THEIR RESPECTIVE MEETING HELD ON MAY 12, 2026, REVIEWED THE OUTCOME OF THE OVERALL PERFORMANCE EVALUATION PROCESS. BASED ON THE EVALUATION CARRIED OUT, THE NRC EXPRESSED SATISFACTION WITH THE OVERALL PERFORMANCE OF THE BOARD, ITS COMMITTEES, AND INDIVIDUAL DIRECTORS, INCLUDING THE CHAIRPERSON AND INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS, AND NOTED THAT THEY HAVE EFFECTIVELY DISCHARGED THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES AND MET THE EXPECTED STANDARDS OF PERFORMANCE. |