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Kinetic Engineering Ltd. Capital/Financing Update 2026

Feb 5, 2026

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Capital/Financing Update

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KEL:SH:SE

Date: 05[th] February, 2026

To, The Manager-Corporate Relations Department BSE Limited 1[st] Floor, P J Towers Fort, Mumbai- 400 001.

BSE Scrip Code: 500240

Subject: Monitoring Agency Report for the quarter ended 31[st] December, 2025.

Pursuant to Regulation 32(6) of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 enclosed herewith the Monitoring Agency Report with respect to the utilization of issue proceeds for the quarter ended 31[st] December, 2025 issued by CARE Ratings Limited.

Kindly be informed that the enclosed monitoring agency report was placed before the Audit Committee for review and before the Board of Directors of the Company.

We request you to take the above information on record.

Thanking You,

Yours faithfully

For Kinetic Engineering Limited

Chaitany Digitally signed by Chaitanya Mundra DN: c=IN, o=Personal, pseudonym=fe24a65a83ad4a169fdf655bc4e1430d, 2.5.4.20=0a69fc2e6b4f366b4f9f3aaf632a5c30fd3dc9004f4113ee6efccbdcd5db482f, postalCode=768201, st=Orissa, serialNumber=84305ab3c8129dea3fde8e633d832d7e0d39b0ec0224902040acf6ed0c800da6, cn=Chaitanya Mundra Date: 2026.02.05 12:14:57 +05'30' a Mundra


Chaitanya Mundra Company Secretary and Compliance Officer

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Registered Address: D1 Block, Plot No.18/2, Chinchwad, Pune Maharashtra India 411019

Factory Address: Kinetic Manufacturing Plant Nagar-Daund Road, Ahmednagar Maharashtra India 414001

Contact: +91 2066142049 Email ID: [email protected] Website: www.kineticindia.com CIN: L35912MH1970PLC014819

Monitoring Agency Report

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No. CARE/HO/GEN/2025-26/1228

The Board of Directors Kinetic Engineering Limited

D-1 Block, Plot No. 18/2, MIDC, Chinchwad, Pune – 411019, Maharashtra, India

February 03, 2026

Dear Sir,

Monitoring Agency Report for the quarter ended December 31, 2025 - in relation to the Preferential Issue of Kinetic Engineering Limited (“the Company”)

We write in our capacity of Monitoring Agency for the Preferential Issue for the amount aggregating to Rs.166.84 crore of the company and refer to our duties cast under Regulation 162A of the Securities & Exchange Board of India (Issue of Capital & Disclosure Requirements) Regulations.

In this connection, we are enclosing the Monitoring Agency Report for the quarter ended December 31, 2025 as per aforesaid SEBI Regulations and Monitoring Agency Agreement dated 02/25/2025.

Request you to kindly take the same on records.

Thanking you,

Yours faithfully

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Ashish A Kambli

Associate Director [email protected]

Monitoring Agency Report

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Report of the Monitoring Agency

Name of the issuer: Kinetic Engineering Limited For quarter ended: December 31, 2025. Name of the Monitoring Agency: CARE Ratings Limited (a) Deviation from the objects: NIL

(b) Range of Deviation: NIL

Declaration:

We declare that this report provides an objective view of the utilization of the issue proceeds in relation to the objects of the issue based on the information provided by the Issuer and information obtained from sources believed by it to be accurate and reliable. The MA does not perform an audit and undertakes no independent verification of any information/ certifications/ statements it receives. This Report is not intended to create any legally binding obligations on the MA which accepts no responsibility, whatsoever, for loss or damage from the use of the said information. The views and opinions expressed herein do not constitute the opinion of MA to deal in any security of the Issuer in any manner whatsoever. Nothing mentioned in this report is intended to or should be construed as creating a fiduciary relationship between the MA and any issuer or between the agency and any user of this report. The MA and its affiliates also do not act as an expert as defined under Section 2(38) of the Companies Act, 2013.

The MA or its affiliates may have a credit rating or other commercial transactions with the entity to which the report pertains and may receive separate compensation for its ratings and certain credit related analyses. We confirm that there is no conflict of interest in such relationship/interest while monitoring and reporting the utilization of the issue proceeds by the issuer, or while undertaking credit rating or other commercial transactions with the entity.

We have submitted the report herewith in line with the format prescribed by SEBI, capturing our comments, where applicable. There are certain sections of the report under the title “Comments of the Board of Directors”, that shall be captured by the Issuer’s Management / Audit Committee of the Board of Directors subsequent to the MA submitting their report to the issuer and before dissemination of the report through stock exchanges. These sections have not been reviewed by the MA, and the MA takes no responsibility for such comments of the issuer’s Management/Board.

Signature: Name of the Authorized Signatory: Ashish A Kambli Designation of Authorized person/Signing Authority: Associate Director

1) Issuer Details:

Name of issuer : Kinetic Engineering Limited Name of the promoter : Jayashree Arun Firodia, Ajinkya Arun Firodia, Arun Hastimal Firodia, Sulajja Firodia Motwani, Jayashree Firodia Trust, Micro Age Instruments Pvt Ltd Industry/sector to which it belongs : Auto Ancillaries Issue Details Issue Period : 18 months from date of allotment Type of issue (public/rights) : Share warrants issued to Promoter & Non-Promoter Category Type of specified securities : Warrants convertible into equity shares IPO Grading, if any : Not Applicable Issue size (in crore) : Rs. 177.10 crore (Note 1)

2) Issue Details

Note 1:

The company offered 1,03,56,725 fully convertible warrants, each convertible into one equity share of face value Rs.10, to the Promoter and Non-Promoter groups on a preferential basis, in one or more tranches, at an issue price of Rs.171 per warrant, aggregating to Rs,177.10 crore. However, subscription was received for only 97,56,725 warrants, resulting in an undersubscription of the issue. Accordingly, the total issue was reduced to Rs.166.84 crore.

3) Details of the arrangement made to ensure the monitoring of the issue proceeds:

Particulars Reply Source of information / certifications
considered by Monitoring Agency for
preparation of report
Comments of the
Monitoring Agency
Comments of the
Board of
Directors
Whether all utilization is as per the disclosures in
the Offer Document?
Yes Chartered Accountant certificate*,
Bank statements, Confirmation from
Counterpartyand FD receipts
Utilization of gross proceeds is in line with the
objects of the preferential issue (PI).
No comments
received
Whether shareholder approval has been obtained
in case of material deviations# from expenditures
disclosed in the Offer Document?
Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable No comments
received
Whether the means of finance for the disclosed
objects of the issue have changed?
Yes Not applicable The issue size has reduced from Rs.177.10 crore
to Rs.166.84 crore due to undersubscription.
The board approval for revised cost for objects
was taken on May13,2025
No comments
received
Is there any major deviation observed over the
earlier monitoringagencyreports?
No Previous monitoring agency report Not applicable No comments
received
Whether all Government/statutory approvals
related to the object(s)have been obtained?
Not applicable Not applicable - No comments
received

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Particulars Reply Source of information / certifications
considered by Monitoring Agency for
preparation of report
Comments of the
Monitoring Agency
Comments of the
Board of
Directors
Whether all arrangements pertaining to technical
assistance/collaboration are in operation?
Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable No comments
received
Are there any favorable/unfavorable events
affectingthe viabilityof these object(s)?
Yes Not applicable Undersubscription in the issue may affect the
viabilityof the objects.
No comments
received
Is there any other relevant information that may
materially affect the decision making of the
investors?
Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable No comments
received

*Chartered Accountant certificate from Pawan Jain & Associates dated January 09, 2026.

Where material deviation may be defined to mean:

a) Deviation in the objects or purposes for which the funds have been raised

b) Deviation in the amount of funds actually utilized by more than 10% of the amount projected in the offer documents.

4) Details of objects to be monitored:

(i) Cost of objects –

Sr.
No
Item
Head
Source of information /
certifications considered
by Monitoring Agency for
preparation of report
Original cost
(as per the Offer
Document) in Rs.
Crore
Revised Cost
in Rs. Crore^
Comments of the
Monitoring
Agency
Comments of the Board of Directors Comments of the Board of Directors Comments of the Board of Directors
Reason for cost
revision
Proposed
financing
option
Particulars of -
firm
arrangements
made
1 Redemption of Preference Shares As per Postal Ballot
Notice^, Management
Confirmation and
Chartered Accountant
Certificate*
19.64 19.64 Revision due to
Undersubscription
by the non-
promoter allottee.
Revised cost was
approved by
board on May 13,
2025.
No comments
received
No
comments
received
No comments
received
2 Payment of Overdue Liabilities 5.36 5.36
3 Investment in SubsidiaryCompany 120.00 120.00
4 Capex includingSolar Project 12.00 12.00
5 WorkingCapital Requirements 10.10 8.00
6 General Corporate Purpose 10.00 1.84
Total 177.10 166.84

^ Sourced from page 16 of the postal ballot notice and page 1 of corrigendum to postal ballot notice.

*Chartered Accountant certificate from Pawan Jain & Associates dated January 09, 2026.

^The revised cost is allocated under each object as per the board resolution dated May 13, 2025.

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(ii) Progress in the objects –

Sr.
No
Item
Head
Source of information
/ certifications
considered by
Monitoring Agency
for preparation of
report
Comments of the
Board of Directors
Comments of the
Board of Directors
Amount as
Amount utilised in Rs. Crore Board of
proposed
in the
Offer
Document
in Rs.
Crore
Revised
cost in
Rs.
Crore^
Total
amount
raised
till
Q3FY26
Total
unutilised
amount
in Rs.
crore
As at
beginning
of the
quarter in
Rs. Crore
During Comments of the
Monitoring Agency
Reasons
for idle
funds
Proposed
course of
action
the At the
quarter end of the
in Rs. quarter in
Crore Rs. Crore
1 Redemption
of Preference
Shares
As per Letter of
Offer, Monitoring
Account Statement,
Confirmation from
the counter party
and CA Certificate*
19.64 19.64 61.84 19.64 0.00 19.64 6.56 Nil utilization during
the quarter
No
comments
received
No
comments
received
2 Payment of
Overdue
Liabilities
As per Letter of
Offer, Monitoring
Account Statement,
Confirmation from
the counter party
and CA Certificate*
5.36 5.36 4.82 0.00 4.82 Nil utilization during
the quarter
No
comments
received
No
comments
received
3 Investment in
Subsidiary
Company
As per Letter of
Offer, Management
Confirmation and CA
Certificate*
120.00 120.00 20.00 9.00 29.00 The funds received
from issue proceeds
were
utilized
towards
equity
investment in the
subsidiary company
i.e. Kinetic Watts and
Volts Limited via right
issue, as per the
objects of the issue.
No
comments
received
No
comments
received
4 Capex
including
Solar Project
As per Letter of
Offer, Management
Confirmation and CA
Certificate*
12.00 12.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Nil utilization during
the quarter
No
comments
received
No
comments
received
5 Working
Capital
Requirements
As per Letter of
Offer, Management
Confirmation and CA
Certificate*
10.10 8.00 0.00 1.82 1.82 Utilized towards
vendor payments of
the company.
No
comments
received
No
comments
received

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Sr.
No
Item
Head
Source of information
/ certifications
considered by
Monitoring Agency
for preparation of
report
Comments of the
Board of Directors
Comments of the
Board of Directors
Amount as
Amount utilised in Rs. Crore
proposed
in the
Offer
Document
in Rs.
Crore
Revised
cost in
Rs.
Crore^
Total
amount
raised
till
Q3FY26
Total
unutilised
amount
in Rs.
crore

As at
beginning
of the
quarter in
Rs. Crore
During Comments of the
Monitoring Agency
Reasons
for idle
funds
Proposed
course of
action
the At the
quarter end of the
in Rs. quarter in
Crore Rs. Crore
6 General
Corporate
Purpose
As per Letter of
Offer, Management
Confirmation and CA
Certificate*
10.00 1.84 0.00 0.00 0.00 Nil utilization during
the quarter
No
comments
received
No
comments
received
Total 177.10 166.84 61.84 44.46 10.82 55.28 6.56

*Chartered Accountant certificate from Pawan Jain & Associates dated January 09, 2026.

^The revised cost is allocated under each object as per the board resolution dated May 13, 2025.

%Invoice copies have been verified for the same.

(iii) Deployment of unutilized proceeds:

Sr. No. Type of instrument and name of
the entity invested in
Amount invested
(Rs in crore)
Maturity date Earning Return on
Investment (%)
Market Value at the
end of quarter
(Rs. In crore)
1 FDR,Saraswat Co-opBank 2.75 January25,2026 0.01 4.75%p.a. 2.76
2 FDR,Saraswat Co-opBank 3.31 January11,2026 0.00 4.75%p.a. 3.31
3 FDR,Saraswat Co-opBank 0.50 January25,2026 0.00 3.25%p.a. 0.50
Total 6.56 6.57
  • *Verified from FD receipt from Saraswat Co-op Bank Ltd

Chartered Accountant certificate from Pawan Jain & Associates dated January 09, 2026.

Remarks: The company has kept the unutilized proceeds in form of FDs with Saraswat Co-op Bank, which is a scheduled bank included in the second schedule of Reserve Bank of India, 1934, in lines with postal ballot and FORM PAS4

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(iv) Delay in implementation of the object(s):

Completion Date Completion Date Delay (no. of Comments of the Board of Directors Comments of the Board of Directors
Objects Asper the offer document Actual days/ months) Reason of delay Proposed course of action
Redemption of Preference Shares To be utilized within 18
months from the receipt of
the funds.
March 28,2025 No delay No comments received No comments received
Payment of Overdues Liabilities Ongoing Not applicable No comments received No comments received
Investment in SubsidiaryCompany Ongoing Not applicable No comments received No comments received
Capex includingSolar Project Ongoing Not applicable No comments received No comments received
WorkingCapital Requirements Ongoing Not applicable No comments received No comments received
General Corporate Purpose Ongoing Not applicable No comments received No comments received

The company has received total amount of Rs.61.84 crore till December 31, 2025 in multiple transactions. The details of receipt of funds and its utilization are as follows:

Date Amount
(Rs. In crore)
Completion Date for the tranche as per timeline
mentioned in the offer document
Actual completion date
21-03-2025 0.86 12-09-2026 28-03-2025
26-03-2025 0.86 17-09-2026 28-03-2025
27-03-2025 17.83 18-09-2026 28-03-2025
27-03-2025 16.34 18-09-2026 12-08-2025
27-03-2025 5.83 18-09-2026 12-08-2025
29-03-2025 7.65 20-09-2026 04-11-2025
29-03-2025 7.35 20-09-2026 On going
(Out of which Rs.5.93 crore utilized;Rs.1.43 crore to be utilized)
16-09-2025 5.13 10-03-2027 Ongoing

5) Details of utilization of proceeds stated as General Corporate Purpose (GCP) amount in the offer document:

Source of information / certifications
Amount
Sr. No Item Head^ considered by Monitoring Agency for Comments of Monitoring Agency Comments of the Board of Directors
in Rs. Crore
preparation of report
No utilization during Q3FY26 No comments received

^ Section from the offer document related to GCP: Not expressly mentioned in the postal ballot and FORM PAS 4.

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Disclaimers to MA report:

a) This Report is prepared by CARE Ratings Ltd (hereinafter referred to as “Monitoring Agency/MA” ). The MA has taken utmost care to ensure accuracy and objectivity while developing this Report based on the information provided by the Issuer and information obtained from sources believed by it to be accurate and reliable. The views and opinions expressed herein do not constitute the opinion of MA to deal in any security of the Issuer in any manner whatsoever.

b) This Report has to be seen in its entirety; the selective review of portions of the Report may lead to inaccurate assessments. For the purpose of this Report, MA has relied upon the information provided by the management /officials/ consultants of the Issuer and third-party sources like statutory auditor appointed by the Issuer believed by it to be accurate and reliable.

c) Nothing contained in this Report is capable or intended to create any legally binding obligations on the MA which accepts no responsibility, whatsoever, for loss or damage from the use of the said information. The MA is also not responsible for any errors in transmission and specifically states that it, or its directors, employees do not have any financial liabilities whatsoever to the users of this Report.

d) The MA and its affiliates do not act as a fiduciary. The MA and its affiliates also do not act as an expert to the extent defined under Section 2(38) of the Companies Act, 2013. While the MA has obtained information from sources it believes to be reliable, it does not perform an audit and undertakes no independent verification of any information/ certifications/ statements it receives from statutory auditors (or from peer reviewed CA firms), lawyers, chartered engineers or other experts, and relies on in its reports.

e) The MA or its affiliates may have other commercial transactions with the entity to which the report pertains. As an example, the MA may rate the issuer or any debt instruments / facilities issued or proposed to be issued by the issuer that is subject matter of this report. The MA may receive separate compensation for its ratings and certain credit-related analyses, normally from issuers or underwriters of the instruments, facilities, securities or from obligors.