Capital Trust Ltd. — Capital/Financing Update 2025

Jul 10, 2025

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Date: July 10, 2025

To, The Manager – Listing Compliance National Stock Exchange of India Limited Exchange Plaza, C-1, Block G, Bandra-Kurla Complex, Bandra (E), Mumbai – 400051 Symbol:[CAPTRUST]	To, The Manager – Listing Compliance BSE Limited Phiroze Jeejeebhoy Towers, Dalal Street, Mumbai – 400001 Scrip Code:[511505]

Subject: Submission of Newspaper Publication regarding Extension of Closing Date of Rights Issue

Dear Sir/Madam,

Pursuant to Regulation 30 and other applicable provisions of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, we hereby submit copies of the newspaper publications made by Capital Trust Limited in Business Standard (English and Hindi editions) dated 10th July, 2025, regarding the extension of the closing date of the ongoing Rights Issue.

We request you to kindly take the same on record.

Thanking You

Yours Sincerely,

For Capital Trust Limited

TANYA Digitally signed by TANYA SETHI SETHI Date: 2025.07.10 13:09:23 +05'30' Tanya Sethi Company Secretary

Capital Trust Limited Registered Office: 205 Centrum Mall Sultanpur MG Road, New Delhi-110030 Phone: 9716844571 Email: info@capitaltrust.in Web: www.capitaltrust.in

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GCCs not packing bags just yet for small-town India

Patchy infra and thin talent pool stall plans to shift beyond metros

Avik DAs & AAshish AryAn parts of the state. natural language processing, and genBengaluru/New Delhi, 9 July “GCCs exist not in silos but in an erative AI. This comes as hiring slows ecosystem,” said Sangeeta Gupta, across traditional information techThe Indian government wants global senior vice-president and chief stratnology (IT) firms due to a tepid growthenvironment. capability centres (GCCs) to look egy officer at Nasscom. “You need to environment. beyond Bengaluru, Hyderabad, and get service companies in, you need to Unlike traditional business process Chennai, and expand into Tier-II and energise the startup ecosystem, and outsourcing outfits, which handle Tier-III cities. But that shift won’t only then do GCCs make sense. They select functions like payroll or general happen anytime soon, say industry can’t exist in isolation.” ledger, GCCs typically run end-to-end executives, citing weak infrastructure, That holds for engineering talent processes, manage platforms, and inadequate talent availability, and an considering a return to their homedrive product development and ecosystem that’s still developing. towns in smaller cities. Without a engineering. Many are now leading That ecosystem will only solidify strong company presence, switching their parent companies’ AI-first once service companies build a critijobs for better opportunities may still transitions. cal mass in cities like Ahmedabad, require moving back to the metros. “The existing hubs are getting Indore, Mysuru, Coimbatore, Mohali, Arindam Sen, partner and GCC oversaturated with strained infraor Bhubaneswar, followed by an influx sector leader — tech, media and enterstructure, limited talent, and high of startups. While firms such as Tata tainment, and telecommunications attrition. And costs are climbing, not Consultancy Services, Infosys, at EY, said that while states are projust in compensation but in real estate Cognizant, and Wipro have set up moting smaller cities, they’re also and operations too. It’s only a matter delivery centres in these cities over expanding their major ones, making of time before the newer locations the years, the startup landscape companies hesitant to commit start taking off,” said Lalit Ahuja, coremains early-stage. elsewhere. founder and chief executive officer of As announced in the Union “Most still aren’t biting the bullet, ANSR, in a conversation with apart from a handful of cities. Connec- Business Standard .

natural language processing, and gen- Hub-and-spoke erative AI. This comes as hiring slows across traditional information tech- could keep GCC

nology (IT) firms due to a tepid growthenvironment. engine running

Hub-and-spoke hotels. There are public-private “Will companies move to smaller partnership initiatives and financial cities just for the incentives if the could keep GCC incentives underway, such as capital talent isn’t there? The answer is no,” engine running expenditure subsidies or hiring sonsof the soil. Universities are also said Nitika Goel, chief marketing andstrategy officer at Zinnov. “The Karnan 1,760 GCCs today; projected to reach being supported to produce more taka government is investing in Grade GCC-ready talent. There’s growing A infrastructure in Mysuru to make 3,000 by 2030 visibility, awareness, and interest,” GCCs more accessible. They’re also n Ahmedabad, Indore, Bhubaneswar, Ahuja added. investing in airports and building Mysuru, Coimbatore gain ground as Of the 1,760 GCCs as of last year, roads that cut travel time to Bengaluru Tier-II hubs only 13 per cent had a Tier-II presence, to two hours. The quality of life is n Hub-and-spoke model may ease according to consulting firm Zinnov. better, and the costs of living are expansion beyond metros A few examples include Bosch, which lower. They’ve set up centres of exceln Talent, infrastructure, and has a unit in Coimbatore alongside lence too. Even if talent isn’t readily its Bengaluru base; Oracle in accessible now, the right incentives connectivity remain key hurdles Lucknow; and BT in Pune as well can develop that.” as in Bengaluru, Mumbai, and The Centre is taking a three‘You need to get service Gurugram. pronged approach to address the companies in, You need Ashish Grover, former chief talent gap. First, it’s looking at the to energise the startup information officer of Chilean e-compipeline by understanding what ecosYstem, and onlY then do merce firm Grupo Falabella, believes qualifications and expertise comgccs make sense. theY can’t that smaller GCCs with limited staff panies need. Second, it’s working with exist in isolation,’ said needs are better suited to thrive in states to bring on board approvals and sangeeta gupta, senior Tier-II cities. “With remote work and incentives for setting up GCCs. And vice-president and chief AI, it’s more about getting the right set third, it’s involving the IT ministry to strategY officer at nasscom of people rather than quantity.” help states and GCCs curate talent and Still, hiring at scale remains a integrate R&D into their operations. hurdle, which keeps cities like Benga“The challenge is the talent maturtune 500 companies, the next wave is luru, Hyderabad, and Gurugram ity, especially in emerging tech. Tier-II expected to come from Forbes 2000 firmly in the lead. The talent democities still don’t offer the depth. A firms — smaller, cost-sensitive players graphic in smaller cities often skews hybrid model could work, where lowfor whom Tier-II and Tier-III cities towards professionals in their late 30s end transaction and processing tasks could be ideal. and 40s who settled there after the are handled from these cities to start “The challenge is infrastructure — pandemic and aren’t as open to frewith,” said Shalini Pillay, partner and real estate, tech parks, connectivity, quent job changes. India leader — GCC at KPMG.

As announced in the Union “Most still aren’t biting the bullet, ANSR, in a conversation with Budget, the government is likely to apart from a handful of cities. Connec- Business Standard . soon roll out a framework to guide tivity is another issue — double- or India has around 1,760 GCCs, states in establishing GCCs, especially triple-hop flights or long layovers are according to Nasscom data, with a in smaller cities. The guidelines will common. Smaller cities need much growing emphasis on high-value serinclude suggestions for improving stronger promotion,” he said. vices and engineering research and talent availability, infrastructure, byAs GCCs have become the backdevelopment (R&D). That number is law reforms, and industry collaborabone in India’s services sector, the projected to hit 3,000. More than 500 tion mechanisms. Tamil Nadu and government is turning its focus to of these centres are already armed Karnataka already have policies and them to create thousands of jobs in with AI capabilities and a global AI processes that can help firms set up areas like artificial intelligence (AI), charter, up from 210 in 2023. While technology (tech) centres in different machine learning, data analytics, many existing GCCs are arms of For-

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