KCKajaria Ceramics500233Dividend news update

Record Date Fixed for Interim Dividend of Rs. 12 per Share

Kajaria Ceramics has fixed Thursday, October 29, 2026 as the Record Date for its interim dividend for FY 2026-27.

By ScoutQuest · Sat 24 Oct 2026, 7:08 PM IST · 2 min read

Interim Dividend per Share

Rs. 12 per equity share of Re. 1 each

Record Date

Thursday, October 29, 2026

Dividend Payment Deadline

on or before November 22, 2026

Dividend and record date

• The Board of Directors approved an interim dividend of Rs. 12 per equity share of face value Re. 1 each for the financial year 2026-27.
• The Record Date for determining entitlement is Thursday, October 29, 2026.
• The payment of this interim dividend will be made on or before November 22, 2026.

What the record date means

• The record date is the cut-off date the company uses to prepare the list of shareholders who will receive the dividend.
• If your name appears on the company's register of members on that date, you are entitled to the dividend.
• The actual credit of money happens later, within the payment timeline the company has stated.

Results announced at the same meeting

• Revenue from operations for the quarter ended September 30, 2026 was Rs. 1,331.90 crore, against Rs. 1,079.09 crore in the same quarter a year earlier.
• Profit for the quarter was Rs. 166.28 crore, against Rs. 120.72 crore a year earlier.
• Basic earnings per share for the quarter was Rs. 10.55, against Rs. 7.58 earlier.
• For the half year ended September 30, 2026, revenue from operations was Rs. 2,521.98 crore and profit for the period was Rs. 322.05 crore.
• The statutory auditors issued a limited review report on the unaudited standalone and consolidated results.

Capacity expansion approved by the Board

• Srikalahasti (Andhra Pradesh): proposed addition of 12.50 MSM Glazed Vitrified Tiles per annum over existing capacity of 8.80 MSM, at an estimated investment of Rs. 340 Crores, expected to be completed by June 2027, to cater to the southern market.
• Gailpur (Rajasthan): proposed addition of 11 MSM Tiles per annum over existing capacity of 35.95 MSM, at an estimated investment of Rs. 180 Crores, expected to be completed by April 2027, to meet demand in the northern market.
• Durgapur (West Bengal): a new manufacturing facility for tiles adhesive with capacity of 9000 MT per month, at an estimated investment of Rs. 34 Crores, expected to be set up by December 2027, to feed the eastern India tile adhesive market.
• The stated mode of financing for these expansions is internal accruals and banks, mainly through letters of credit.

Other points noted in the update

• The buyback of up to 21,50,000 fully paid-up equity shares of face value Re. 1 each at Rs. 1,380 per share, for an aggregate amount not exceeding Rs. 296.70 crores, was completed during the quarter; the related shares stand extinguished.
• The company acquired the entire 44,11,764 Compulsorily Convertible Preference Shares of Kajaria Bathware Private Limited for a consideration of Rs. 50.00 crore, making it a wholly owned subsidiary.
• Exceptional items of Rs. 5.09 crores for the quarter and half year represent a provision for impairment loss in respect of investment in, and loan given to, its wholly owned subsidiary Kajaria International FZCO for further investment or loan in its joint venture, Kajaria RMF Trading LLC.

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