Exide Industries Ltd. — AGM Information 2025

Jun 16, 2025

RefNo.: EIL/SEC/2025-26/17

16th June 2025
The Secretary	The Secretary
The Calcutta Stock Exchange Limited	BSE Limited
7 Lyons Range	Phiroze Jeejeebhoy Towers
Kolkata -700 001	Dalal Street, Mumbai -400 001
CSE Scrip Code: 15060 & 10015060	BSE Scrip Code: 500086
The Secretary	-
National Stock Exchange of India Limited
Exchange Plaza, 5th Floor,
Plot no. C/1, G Block
Bandra-Kurla Complex, Bandra (E),
Mumbai -400 051
NSE Symbol: EXIDEIND

Dear Sir/Madam,

Sub: Communication to Shareholders - 78th Ann1taJ General Meeting of the Company through Video Conferencing {VC) / Other Audio-Visual Means (OA VM) facility & Intimation of Tax Deduction on Dividend

Pursuant to Regulation 30 of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 and in compliance with General Circular no. 20/2020 dated 5th May 2020 and subsequent circulars issued by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) in this regard, please find enclosed newspaper advertisements published in Business Standard (English) and Aajkaal (Bengali) on 16th June 2025 for attention of the shareholders intimating that the 78th Annual General Meeting of Exide Industries Limited will be held on Saturday, 26th July 2025 at 10:30 AM 1ST via Video Conferencing (VC)/Other Audio-Visual Means (OA VM).

Further, pursuant to the provisions oflncome Tax Act, 1961 and Rules frames thereunder, as amended by the Finance Act, 2020, dividend income is taxable in the hands of shareholders. An email has been sent to shareholders with registered email IDs, detailing the process for tax deduction on dividend for FY 2025-26. Additionally, notice in this regard also forms a part of the above mentioned advertisement.

The same is for your kind information.

Thanking you.

Yours faithfully, For Exide Industries Limited

JITENDRA KUMAR MOHAN LAL Digitally signed by JITENDRA KUMAR MOHAN LAL Date: 2025.06.16 11:39:49 +05'30'

Jitendra Kumar Company Secretary and President (Legal & Corporate Affairs) ACS No. 11159

Encl: as above

Exide Industries Limited, Exide House, 59E Chowringhee Road, Kolkata-700 020 Phone: (033) 2302-3400, 2283-2171, 2283-2118 e-mail : exideindustrieslimited@exide.co.in, www.exideindustries.com CIN: L31402WB1947PLC014919

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EXIDE INDUSTRIES LIMITED

CIN: L31402WB1947PLC014919 Registered oice: 'Exide House', 59 E Chowringhee Road, Kolkata – 700 020 Phone: (033) 2302 3400; E-mail: cosec@exide.co.in Website: www.exideindustries.com

INFORMATION REGARDING 78TH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

• Dear Members, 1. The 78th Annual General Meeting ("AGM/Meeting") of Exide Industries Limited ("Company") will be held through Video Conferencing ('VC') / Other Audio Visual Means ('OAVM') on Saturday, 26th July 2025 at 10.30 AM in compliance with all the applicable provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and the Rules made thereunder and the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, read with all applicable circulars on the matter issued by Ministry of Corporate Afairs (MCA) and SEBI to transact the business that will be set forth in the Notice of the Meeting. The registered oice of the Company shall be deemed to be the venue of the AGM. The process of participation in the AGM will be provided in the Notice of the AGM.
• 1. The Notice of theAGM and Integrated Report of the Company for the Financial Year 2024-25, will be sent only by electronic mode to those Members whose email addresses are registered with the Company/ Depositories/ Depository Participant in accordance with MCA Circulars and SEBI Circulars. The aforesaid documents will also be available on the website of the Company at www.exideindustries.com, on the websites of the Stock Exchanges viz. www.bseindia.com and www.nseindia.com. AGM notice will also be available on the NSDL website i.e. www.evoting.nsdl.com. Members can attend the AGM through VC / OAVM facility or view the live webcast at www.evoting.nsdl.com.

3. Manner of registering/updating email addresses:

In case you have not registered/updated your email ID with the Registrar & Share Transfer Agent (RTA)/Company/ Depositories, please follow below instructions to register your email ID for receiving all communications including integrated report, notices, instruction for e-Voting and participation through VC/OAVM, etc. in electronic mode from the Company not later than Monday, 14th July 2025:

Physical Holding (i) To register e-mail address, please provide Folio No., Name of shareholder, copy of the share certiicate (front and back), PAN and AADHAR card (self-attested copy) (ii) To update bank account details, in addition to documents stated in point (i) above, please send the following additional documents / information followed by the hard copies, along with duly illed form ISR-1 a) Name of the bank and branch address b) Type of bank account i.e., savings or current c) Bank account no. allotted after implementation of core banking solutions

d) 9-digit MICR code no. and 11-digit IFSC code e) Original cancelled cheque bearing the name of the irst shareholder, or copy of

u.No.	Name of the Eligible Shareholder	Shares acceptedunder the Buyback	as a % of the total EquityShares bought back
1.	Mukul Mahavir Agrawal	41.609	19.31%
2.	Vijaykumar Chhotabhai Kalidas Patel	15.064	6.99%
3.	Bhikhu Chhotabhai Kalidas Patel	6.990	3.24%
4.	Sailesh S Shenoi	5.439	2.52%
5.	Raghvendra Pratap Singh	4.098	1.90%
6.	Tripat Kaur	3.930	1.82%
7.	Consortium Securities Private Limited	3.681	1.71%
8.	Jayshree Attal	3.137	1.46%
9.	Vimla Nawal	3.102	1.44%
10.	Raghav Attal	2,878	1.34%
11.	Elovathingal Sajeesh George	2,827	1.31%
12.	Tripat Kaur	2.388	1.11%

		3.1. The capital structure of the Company, pre and post Buyback, is as under:
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Particulars	Pre-Buyback	Post Buyback*
Authorized Share Capital
2,50,00,000 Equity Shares of ₹10 each	2,500.00	2,500.00
Total Authorized Capital	2,500.00	2,500.00
Issued and Subscribed Share Capital (Pre Buyback)
2,44,55,380 Equity Shares of ₹10 each	2,445.54
Issued and Subscribed Share Capital (Post Buyback)
2,42,39,860 Equity Shares of ₹10 each		2.423.99
Total Paid-up Capital	2.445.54	2.423.99

		Pre Buyback		Post Buyback (1)
Particulars	Number ofEquityShares	$%$ of theExisting EquityShare Capital	Number ofEquityShares	$%$ of theExisting EquityShare Capital
Promoter and Promoter Group	1,80,43,746	73.78%	1,80,43,746	74.44%
Foreign Investors (OCBs / FIIs / NRIs /Non-residents / Non domestic companies)	9,81,759	4.01%
Indian Financial Institutions / Banks /Mutual Funds / Govt. Companies		$0.00%$	61,96,114	25.56%
Public including other Bodies Corporate	54,29,875	22.20%
Total	2.44.55.380	100.00%	2.42.39.860	100.00%

	Sd/-	Sd/-	$Sd/-$
	Siddharth Sethi	Avinash Sethi	Surbhi Jain
Place: Indore	Managing Director	Director & CFO	Company Secretary & Compliance Officer
Date: June 14, 2025	DIN: 01548305	DIN: 01548292	M.No. A32127

• the bank passbook / statement attested by a bank
• New Correspondence details of RTA are:
• CBManagement Services (P) Ltd.

(Unit: Exide Industries Limited) Address: Rasoi Court, 5th Floor, 20 Sir RNMukherjee Road, Kolkata 700001 Email: rta@cbmsl.com

Updation of KYC details

Pursuant to the SEBI master circular no. SEBI/HO/MIRSD/POD-1/P/CIR/2024/37 dated 7 th May 2024, we request you to furnish PAN, KYC Details (including Postal address with PIN, Email address, mobile number, and bank account details), and Specimen signature in respect of physical folios. Kindly ensure these details are updated with Registrar to avail uninterrupted service request and dividend credit in bank account as no dividend will be paid to physical shareholders by way of issuance of physical warrant with efect from 1 st April 2024.

Demat Holding Please contact your Depository Participants (DP) and follow the process advised by your DP.

4. Manner of casting vote through E-voting:

Members will have an opportunity to cast their vote(s) remotely on the business as set forth in the Notice of the AGM through remote e-voting. The detailed procedure of remote e-Voting for members holding shares in dematerialised mode, physical mode and members who have not registered their email addresses is provided in the Notice of the AGM. The remote e-Voting period commences on Wednesday, 23rd July 2025 (9.00 am IST) and ends on Friday, 25th July 2025 (5.00 pm IST).

During this period, members holding shares either in physical or dematerialized form, as on cut-of date, i.e. as on Saturday, 19th July 2025 may cast their votes electronically. The e-Voting module will be disabled by NSDL for voting thereafter.Amember will not be allowed to vote again on any resolution on which vote has already been cast.

Final Dividend shall be paid to the equity shareholders whose name appear on the Register of Members of the Company or in the records of Depositories as beneicial owners of the shares on the cut-of date being Saturday, 19th July 2025.

Pursuant to the SEBI master circular no. SEBI/HO/MIRSD/POD-1/P/CIR/2024/37 dated May 07, 2024, it is mandatory to furnish PAN, KYC Details (Postal Address with PIN, mobile number, and bank account details) in respect of physical folios. Kindly ensure these details are updated with Registrar to avail uninterrupted service request and dividend credit in bank account as from 1 st April 2024, dividend shall not be paid to physical shareholders by way of issuance of physical instruments.

5. Communication on Tax deduction on Final Dividend

In accordance with the provisions of the Income Tax Act, 1961 ('the Act') as amended and read with the provisions of the Finance Act, 2020, applicable with efect from 1st April 2020, dividend declared and paid by the Company is taxable in the hands of its shareholders, and accordingly the Company is required to deduct tax at source (TDS) at the applicable rates.

In view of the above, in the current inancial year 2025-26, the Company shall be deducting TDS as per applicable provisions and TDS rates, while paying dividends. TDS rate may vary depending on the residential status of the shareholder and the documents submitted to and accepted by the Company under the provisions of the Act. Tax shall be deducted at source @10% for resident shareholders with valid Permanent Account Number (PAN) and @20% for resident shareholders without PAN or invalid PAN (as per Sec 206AA of the Act). However, no TDS shall be deducted on the Dividend payable to a resident Individual if the total dividend to be received by them during FY 2025-26 does not exceed Rs. 10,000.

Any eligible shareholder who wishes to avail the beneit of non-deduction of tax at source or tax deduction at the beneicial tax rate is requested to submit the following documents to Company's Registrar & Share Transfer Agent (RTA) either by post to CBManagement Services (P) Ltd., or email to rta@cbmsl.com or upload on http://www.cbmsl.com/investor-parlour on or before 15th July 2025.

ResidentIndividualshareholderwith PAN	Yearly declaration in Form no. 15G/15H.For the format of Form 15G/15H, please visit the below weblink:https://cbmsl.com/services/details/exide-industries-limited-download-forms-for-tax-beneits
Shareholders* i)Non-resident	Tax Residency Certiicate for FY 2025-26 obtained from the tax authorities ofthe country of which shareholder is resident
	ii) No Permanent Establishment and Beneicial ownership Declaration
	iii) Form 10F iled electronically in the E iling portal of Income Tax Departmentsper notiication No. 03/2022 dated 16th July 2022 from the Central Board ofDirect Tax.

*Application of beneicial tax rate shall depend upon the completeness of the documents submitted by the Non resident shareholder and review to the satisfaction of the Company.

In this regard, the Company, vide email communication dated 28th May 2025 to all the members having their email address registered with the Company/depositories has explained the process of withholding tax from dividends paid to shareholders at prescribed rates along with necessary annexures. This communication is also available on the website of the Company at www.exideindustries.com.

The above notice is being issued for the information and beneit of all members of the Company and is in compliance with the MCA and SEBI Circulars.

For Exide Industries Limited

Sd/- Jitendra Kumar Company Secretary and Place : Kolkata President (Legal & Corporate Afairs) Dated: 16th June, 2025 ACS No. 11159

Particulars	Number ofEquity SharesAvailable forBuy-back (A)	Total No. ofBids receivedin thiscategory	Total EquityShares Bidfor in thecategory (B)	Total validBidsreceived inthe category	Total validEquity Sharesreceived in thecategory** (C)	Total validBidsreceived inthe category
Small ShareholderCategory	48.902	1.793	1,31,689	1.793	1,31,352	2.69
General Category	1,66,618	264	4,47,738	264	4,47,538	2.69
Not in Master File*		22	955	۰	۰
Total	2.15.520	2,079	5,80,382	2,057	5,79,427	2.69

No. of Equity	Equity Shares accepted

EXIDE INDUSTRIES LIMITED

CIN: L31402WB1947PLC014919

Regd. Office: Exide House, 59E, Chowringhee Road, Kolkata - 700 020

Ph No. 033-23023400/22832118; Fax No. 033-22832637

E-mail: cosec@exide.co.in

Website: www.exideindustries.com

Dear Shareholder(s),

We are pleased to inform you that the Board of Directors of Exide Industries Limited at its meeting held on 30 th April 2025 has recommended final dividend of Rs.2.00 per equity share (@200%) of face value of Re.1/-each for the financial year ended 31 st March 2025.

The said final dividend shall be payable to the equity shareholders post approval at the ensuing Annual General Meeting of the Company scheduled to be held on Saturday, 26th July 2025. The record date for dividend is fixed on Saturday, 19 nd July 2025.

Pursuant to the SEBI master circular no. SEBI/HO/MIRSD/POD-1/P/CIR/2024/37 dated May 07, 2024, it is mandatory to furnish PAN, KYC Details (Postal Address with PIN, mobile number, and bank account details) and Nomination in respect of physical folios. Kindly ensure these details are updated with Registrar to avail uninterrupted service request and dividend credit in bank account as from 1st April 2024, no dividend shall be paid to physical shareholders by way of issuance of physical instruments.

Shareholders may note that in accordance with the provisions of the Income Tax Act, 1961 ('the Act') as amended and read with the provisions of the Finance Act, 2020, applicable with effect from 1 stApril 2020, dividend declared and paid by the Company is taxable in the hands of its shareholders, and accordingly the Company is required to deduct tax at source (TDS) at the applicable rates.

In view of the above, in the current financial year2025-26, the Company shall be deducting TDS as per applicable provisions and TDS rates, while paying dividends. TDS rate may vary depending on the residential status of the shareholder and the documents submitted to and accepted by the Company under the provisions of the Act.

This communication provides a brief on the applicable Tax Deduction at Source (TDS) provisions under the Act for Resident and Non-Resident shareholder categories.

Resident Shareholders:

Tax is required to be deducted at source under Section 194 of the Act, at the rate of 10% on the amount of dividend where shareholders have registered their valid Permanent Account Number (PAN). In case, shareholders do not have PAN / invalid PAN/ PAN not linked with Aadhar/ not registered their valid PAN details in their account, TDS at the rate of 20% shall be deducted under Section 206AA of the Act or as per the applicable law

a) Resident Individuals

No tax shall be deducted on the dividend payable to resident individuals if:

i. Total dividend amount to be received by them during the Financial Year (FY) 2025-26 does not exceed the threshold amount of Rs.10,000/-at the PAN level and not at Folio / DP level; or

ii. The shareholder provides Form 15G (applicable to individual) / Form 15H (applicable to an Individual above the age of 60 years), provided that all the required eligibility conditions are met. Please note that all fields are mandatory to be filled up and Company may at its sole discretion reject the form, if it does not fulfil the prescribed requirement under the Act. The template of Form 15G and 15H are enclosed; or

iii. Exemption certificate is issued by the Income-tax Department, if any.

b) Resident Non-Individuals

Please refer to the table below for the rate of applicable TDS and documents to be provided to the Company's Registrar and Transfer Agents (RTA) – C B Management Services (P) Ltd.:

CategoryofShareholder	Documentstobeprovided/Actionrequired	Taxdeductionrate
InsuranceCompanies:Public&OtherInsuranceCompaniestowhomprovisionsofSection194oftheIncome-taxAct,1961arenotapplicable.	Self-declaration(Clickhereto(a)download)thatithasfullbeneficialinterestwithrespecttothesharesownedbyit;SelfattestedcopyofRegistration(b)certificateissuedbyIRDAIand(b)Self-attestedcopyofPANCard.	Nil
AlternativeInvestmentFundasdefinedinClause(a)ofExplanation1ofSec115UBoftheAct	(a)Self-declaration(Clickheretodownload)statingthattheshareholderis-CategoryIorCategoryIIAlternativeInvestmentFundandisregulatedbytheSecuritiesandExchangeBoardofIndia;-iscoveredbynotificationno.51/2015dated25thJune2015;and-hasfullbeneficialinterestwithrespecttothesharesownedbyit.	l

CategoryofShareholder	Documentstobeprovided/Actionrequired	Taxdeductionrate
	(b)Self-attestedcopyofregistrationcertificateissuedbySEBI;and
	(c)Self-attestedcopyofPANCard
MutualFundsspecifiedu/s10(23D)&coveredunderSection196oftheIncome-taxAct,1961	(a)Self-declaration(Clickheretodownload)statingthattheshareholderis	Nil
	-aMutualFundasspecifiedinSection10(23D)oftheIncome-taxAct,1961;
	-iscoveredbySection196(iv)ofIncome-taxAct,1961;and
	-hasfullbeneficialinterestwithrespecttothesharesownedbyit.
	(b)Self-attestedcopyofregistrationcertificate;and
	(c)Self-attestedcopyofPANCard
NewPensionSystemTrustgovernedbySection10(44)oftheAct[subsection1Etosection197A]	Self-declaration(Clickheretoa)download)thattheNPSisgovernedbytheprovisionsofsection10(44)[subsection1Etosection197A]oftheAct	Nil
	b) self-attestedcopyofPANcardandregistrationcertificateissuedbyc)
	IRDAI.
CorporationestablishedbyorunderaCentralActgovernedbysection196oftheAct	CertificateofregistrationoftheCorporationwhichindicatesthatitiscorporationestablishedunderCentralActwhichiscoveredu/s196oftheActanditsincomeisexemptfromIncomeTax	Nil

c) In case, shareholders (both individuals or non-individuals) provide certificate under Section 197 of the Act, for lower / NIL withholding of taxes, rate specified in the said certificate shall be considered, on submission of self-attested copy to the company.

Deduction of tax at a rate lower than statutory rate or no deduction of tax shall depend upon the completeness of the documents submitted by the shareholder and the satisfactory review of the forms and the documents by the Company.

Non-Resident Shareholders:

Generally, tax shall be deducted at source @20% (plus applicable surcharge and cess) on dividend paid to non-resident shareholders.

Please refer to the below table for the rate of applicable TDS and documents to be provided to Company's RTA – C B Management Services (P) Ltd, to enable tax to be deducted at a rate lower than 20%.

Particulars	Documentstobeprovided	TaxdeductionRate
ShareholderwhosubmitstheOrderunderSection197oftheIncome-taxAct,1961	Lower/Nilwithholdingtaxcertificatesobtainedfromthetaxauthority.Thecertificateshouldbevalidfortheperiodwhendividendisbeingpaidandshouldcoverincomefromdividendincludingnameofthecompanypayingdividend.	Rateasprescribedintheorder
OtherNon-Residentshareholders(thisincludesForeignCompanies,ForeignInstitutionalInvestors(FIIs),ForeignPortfolioInvestors(FPIS),BodiesCorporate,NRI,ForeignNationalsandotherforeignentities)	Documentsrequiredtoclaimtreatybenefits:(a)Self-attestedcopyofthePermanentAccountNumber(PANCard)allottedbytheIndianIncometaxauthorities,ifany(b)Self-attestedcopyofTaxResidencyCertificate(TRC)obtainedfromthetaxauthoritiesofthecountryofwhichtheshareholderistaxresident,evidencingandcertifyingshareholder'staxresidencystatusduringFY2025-26(c)Form10FfiledelectronicallyintheEfilingportalofIncomeTaxDepartmentspernotificationNo.03/2022dated16thJuly2022fromtheCentralBoardofDirectTax(d)Self-declarationofhavingnoPermanentEstablishmentinIndiaandBeneficialownershipofsharesheld.(Clickheretodownload).TheCompanywillapplythebeneficialTaxTreatyratesatthetimeoftaxdeduction/withholdingtaxondividendamountsonlyuponreceiptofthecompletenessofthedocumentssubmittedbytheNon-ResidentshareholderandsubjecttoreviewandsatisfactionoftheCompany.TheCompanyinitssolediscretionreservestherighttocallforanyfurtherinformation,ifsorequired.	20%(plusapplicablesurchargeandcess)ORTaxTreatyRate(whicheverislower)

PAYMENT OF DIVIDEND

The dividend on Equity Shares for FY 2024-25, once approved by the shareholders of the Company at the AGM, will be paid within 30 days after deducting appropriate withholding tax at source as mentioned in the earlier paragraphs. The following provisions under the Act will also be considered to determine the applicable TDS rate:

A TDS to be deducted at higher rate in case of non-linkage of PAN with Aadhaar

As per Section 139AA of the Income Tax Act, every person who has been allotted a PAN and who is eligible to obtain Aadhaar, shall be required to link the PAN with Aadhaar. In case of failure to comply to this, the PAN allotted shall be deemed to be invalid/inoperative and tax shall be deducted at the rate of 20% as per the provisions of section 206AA of the Act. The Company will be using functionality of the Income-tax department for the above purpose. Shareholders may visit https://www.incometax. gov.in/iec/foportal/ for FAQs issued by Government on PAN Aadhar linking.

B. For shareholders having multiple accounts under different status / category:

Shareholders holding Ordinary shares under multiple accounts under different status / category and single PAN, may note that, higher of the tax as applicable to the status in which shares held under a PAN will be considered on their entire holding in different accounts.

Shareholders will be classified either as Resident or Non-Resident as per the latest information available with the Depositories (NSDL / CDSL) or with the Registrar and Transfer Agent (RTA) and also subclassified as Individual / Company / Firm / HUF / AOP / Trust / other entity based on their Permanent Account Number (PAN)

SUBMISSION OF TAX RELATED DOCUMENTS:

You are therefore requested to send the aforesaid documents, as applicable, by email, mentioning the name of the Company, Exide Industries Limited, in the subject line, to our RTA at**rta@cbmsl.com** or by post/courier to RTA at the address mentioned below **on or before 15 th July 2025.**This would enable the Company to determine the appropriate TDS/withholding tax rate applicable.

The aforementioned documents (duly completed and signed) may also be uploaded on the link of RTA at http://www.cbmsl.com/investor-parlour

On this page the user shall be prompted to select / share the following information to register their request.

• 1. Select the company (Dropdown)
• 1. Name of 1st Holder
• 1. Folio / DP-Client ID
• 1. PIN Code
• 1. Complete Address
• 1. Form selection
• 1. Upload copy of Form along with other document (if any) in single file.

Documents sent to any other email ids may lead to non-submission of documents and attract TDS as per the provisions of the Act.

It may be further noted that in case the tax on said dividend is deducted at a higher rate in the absence of receipt of the aforementioned details/documents from you, there would still be an option available with you to file the return of income and claim an appropriate refund, if eligible.

In the event of any income tax demand (including interest, penalty, etc.) on the Company arising due to any declaration, misrepresentation, inaccurate or omission of any information provided by the shareholder, such shareholder will be responsible to indemnify the Company and, provide the Company with all information / documents and co-operation in any appellate proceedings.

This Communication is not exhaustive and does not purport to be a complete analysis or listing of all potential tax consequences in the matter of dividend payment. Shareholders should consult their tax

UPDATION OF BANK ACCOUNT FOR PAYMENT OF DIVIDEND:

To receive dividend amount directly in your bank account, we request you to submit / update your bank account details with your Depository Participant, in case you are holding shares in the electronic form. In case you are holding shares in physical form, you will have to send a scanned copy of the letter duly signed by the first shareholder, along with duly filled in and signed Form ISR 1, ISR 2 and SH13 with necessary attachments and a self-attested copy of your PAN card to email address rta@cbmsl.com.

Shareholders holding shares in Physical Mode and the KYC Details are not updated on or before 15 th July 2025the Dividend will not be remitted interms of SEBICircular dated 3 rdNovember2023.

Please note that if no communication on the tax determination/deduction is received and/or your PAN details are not available on or before 15 thJuly 2025,then the Company may deduct the tax at a higher rate, if dividend is so declared by the Company and No claim shall lie against the company for such taxes deducted.

Kindly note that our corporate address has been shifted with effect from 29th July 2024. Office address of RTA is as mentioned below.

Company(attheRegisteredoffice)	RegistrarandTransferAgent(RTA)
ExideIndustriesLimitedSecretarialDepartmentExideHouse,59EChowringheeRoadKolkata700020	CBManagementServices(P)Ltd.RasoiCourt,5thFloor,20SirRNMukherjeeRoad,Kolkata700001TelNo.:+9103369066200FaxNo.:+9103340116739Email:rta@cbmsl.com
TelNo:+913323023400
Email:cosec@exide.co.in

Yours Sincerely,

Sd/- Jitendra Kumar Company Secretary & President (Legal & Corporate Affairs) ACS no. 11159

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