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Company Secretary and Compliance Officer appointed with effect from November 1, 2026

Board appointed Ms. Ridhi Sood as Company Secretary (Key Managerial Personnel) and Compliance Officer, with effect from November 1, 2026.

By ScoutQuest · Thu 15 Oct 2026, 2:08 PM IST · 3 min read

Appointment effective date

November 1, 2026

Role appointed

Company Secretary (Key Managerial Personnel) and Compliance Officer

Results period approved

quarter and half-year ended September 30, 2026

The key decision in this update is a change at the top of the company's compliance function.

Company Secretary and Compliance Officer appointed

• The Board of Directors, on the recommendation of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee, has appointed Ms. Ridhi Sood as the Company Secretary (Key Managerial Personnel) and Compliance Officer, with effect from November 1, 2026.
• The Company Secretary is a Key Managerial Personnel, that is, one of the senior officers the company must report to the stock exchanges. In this role, the person is also authorised to decide whether an event or information is material and then to disclose it to the exchanges.
• This was one of the decisions taken at the Board meeting held on October 15, 2026.

Other decisions from the same Board meeting

• The Board approved and took on record the unaudited standalone and consolidated financial results for the quarter and half-year ended September 30, 2026. The statutory auditors, M/s. S.R. Batliboi & Associates, LLP, issued a Limited Review Report with an unmodified opinion on these results.
• The Board approved the transfer of the entire shareholding held by the company in Kaleyra, Inc. to Tata Communications (Netherlands) B.V. (TCNL), a wholly-owned subsidiary. As consideration, the company shall subscribe to and acquire ordinary shares of TCNL at fair market value, as determined under an independent valuation report.
• The stated intent of that transaction is to simplify the group structure by consolidating ownership of Kaleyra, Inc. under TCNL, with no change in the ultimate ownership and beneficial economic interest of the company in Kaleyra, Inc. and its subsidiaries.

Consolidated numbers as printed (amounts in crore)

• Income from operations: 6,687.89 for the quarter ended September 30, 2026, against 6,099.75 for the quarter ended September 30, 2025; 13,270.71 for the half year, against 12,059.60.
• Total income: 6,704.30 for the quarter and 13,300.06 for the half year.
• Profit before exceptional items, tax and share in profit of associates: 499.44 for the quarter and 817.18 for the half year.
• Exceptional items: (36.54) for the quarter and (142.90) for the half year.
• Profit after tax from continuing operations: 335.61 for the quarter and 465.33 for the half year.
• Profit for the period attributable to equity holders of the parent: 341.03 for the quarter and 475.26 for the half year.
• Basic earnings per share from continuing operations, not annualised: 11.96 for the quarter and 16.67 for the half year.

Segment picture (income from operations, in crore)

• Data Services 5,810.99
• Campaign Registry 277.76
• Voice Solutions 370.04
• Transformation Services 190.11
• Real Estate 51.84

Balance sheet (as at September 30, 2026, in crore)

• Paid-up equity share capital 285.09, against 285.00 as at March 31, 2026.
• Total assets 29,010.66; total equity 3,599.15.
• Non-current borrowings 6,980.16 and current borrowings 4,874.38.
• Cash and cash equivalents 438.01.

What to keep in mind

• An appointment of a Company Secretary and Compliance Officer is a routine board-level change. It does not alter how the business earns money.
• The results and the group restructuring were decided at the same meeting, so all three items reach the exchanges together in one update.
• The restructuring is described as a movement of shareholding within the group, with the company's ultimate ownership and beneficial economic interest in Kaleyra, Inc. and its subsidiaries stated to remain unchanged.

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