KS Smart Technologies Limited — Major Shareholding Notification 2025

Oct 9, 2025

Disclosures under Regulation 29(1) of SEBI (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) Regulations, 2011

Part-A- Details of the Acquisition

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Name of the Target Company (TC) Soma Papers and Industries Limited
Name(s) of the acquirer and Persons Acting in Concert Shankar Varadharajan (Acquirer-1)
(PAC) with the acquirer
Anancha Perumal Selvi Keshav (Acquirer-2)
Rohan Ramaswamy (Pac-1)
Subramanyam Venkatesh (Pac-2)
Seethapathi Vignesh (Pac-3)
Whether the acquirer belongs to Promoter / Promoter group No (#)
Name(s) of the Stock Exchange(s) where the shares of TC are Bse Limited (BSE)
Listed
Details of the acquisition as follows Number % w.r.t. total % w.r.t. total
share/voting diluted
capital wherever share/voting
applicable () capital of the
TC ()
Before the acquisition under consideration, holding of acquirer along with PACs of: Soma Papers and Industries
Limited
a) Shares carrying voting rights
Shankar Varadharajan - - -
Anancha Perumal Selvi Keshav - - -
Subramanyam Venkatesh - - -
Rohan Ramaswamy - - -
Seethapathi Vignesh - - -
b) Shares in the nature of encumbrance (pledge/ lien/ non- - - -
disposal undertaking/ others)
c) Voting rights (VR) otherwise than by equity shares - - -
d) Warrants / convertible securities /any other instrument
that entitles the acquirer to receive shares carrying voting
rights in the TC (specify holding in each category)
Shankar Varadharajan - - -
Anancha Perumal Selvi Keshav - - -
Subramanyam Venkatesh - - -
Rohan Ramaswamy - - -
Seethapathi Vignesh - - -
e) Total (a+b+c+d) - - -
Details of acquisition of: Soma Papers and Industries Limited
a) Shares carrying voting rights
Shankar Varadharajan 3,27,02,805 28.32 19.93
Anancha Perumal Selvi Keshav 3,27,02,875 28.32 19.93
Rohan Ramaswamy - - -
Subramanyam Venkatesh - - -
Seethapathi Vignesh - - -
b) VRs acquired otherwise than by equity shares - - -
c) Warrants/convertible securities/any other instrument
that entitles the acquirer to receive shares carrying voting
rights in the TC (specify holding in each category)
acquired.
Shankar Varadharajan 89,09,695 - 5.43
Anancha Perumal Selvi Keshav 89,09,695 - 5.43
Rohan Ramaswamy 74,00,000 - 4.51
Subramanyam Venkatesh 74,00,000 - 4.51
Seethapathi Vignesh 19,75,000 - 1.20
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d) Shares in the nature of encumbrance (pledge/ lien/ non- - - -
disposal undertaking/ others)
e) Total (a+b+c+/-d) 10,00,00,000 56.64 60.95
After the acquisition, holding of acquirer along with PACs of: Soma Papers and Industries Limited
a) Shares carrying voting rights
Shankar Varadharajan 3,27,02,805 28.32 19.93
Anancha Perumal Selvi Keshav 3,27,02,875 28.32 19.93
Rohan Ramaswamy - - -
Subramanyam Venkatesh - - -
Seethapathi Vignesh - - -
b) VRs acquired otherwise than by equity shares - - -
c) Warrants/convertible securities/any other instrument
that entitles the acquirer to receive shares carrying voting
rights in the TC (specify holding in each category)
acquired.
Shankar Varadharajan 89,09,695 - 5.43
Anancha Perumal Selvi Keshav 89,09,695 - 5.43
Rohan Ramaswamy 74,00,000 - 4.51
Subramanyam Venkatesh 74,00,000 - 4.51
Seethapathi Vignesh 19,75,000 - 1.20
d) Shares in the nature of encumbrance (pledge/ lien/ non- - - -
disposal undertaking/ others)
e) Total (a+b+c+/-d) 10,00,00,000 56.64 60.95
Mode of acquisition (e.g. open market / public issue / rights
issue / preferential allotment / inter-se Preferential allotment
transfer/encumbrance, etc.)
Salient features of the securities acquired including time till Equity Shares
redemption, ratio at which it can be converted into equity Share warrant convertible into equity shares
shares, etc. within 18 months at 1:1 ratio
Date of acquisition of/ date of receipt of intimation of
allotment of shares / VR/ warrants/convertible 06 [th] October, 2025
securities/any other instrument that entitles the acquirer to
receive shares in the TC.
Equity shares capital / total voting capital of the TC before the Rs. 1,40,21,500/- divided in to 14,02,150 Equity
said acquisition Shares of Rs. 10/- each.
Equity shares capital/ total voting capital of the TC after the Rs. 115,47,56,100/- divided in to 11,54,75,610
said acquisition Equity Shares of Rs. 10/- each.
Total diluted share/voting capital of the TC after the said Rs. 164,07,00,000/- divided in to 16,40,70,000
acquisition Equity Shares of Rs. 10/- each.
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For and behalf of the acquirer and Persons Acting in Concert

KESHAVA S Digitally signed by A S KESHAVDN: C=IN, PostalCode=600028, S=TAMIL NADU, STREET="NO 1063 SKY3 AZURE THE OCEANIC ,SOUTH CANAL BANK ROAD ,CHENNAI,600028", L=CHENNAI, O=Personal, SERIALNUMBER=a6b23171b286316bbb59b9ea4e899cc5e7f268e9502fd3f8884bcd362ea07921, OID.2.5.4.65=6b01efd52afb406dbc796a83386bf259, Phone=6873537b35a5002a493fad103b3ad8b3c0384858ff61b986d5300c75dafdd088, E=KESHAV6194@GMAIL.COM, CN=A S KESHAVReason: I am the author of this documentLocation:Date: 2025.10.08 12:59:25+05'30'Foxit PDF Reader Version: 2025.2.0 Anancha Perumal Selvi Keshav Acquirer Place: Chennai Date: 08th October 2025

Note:

(*) Total share capital/ voting capital to be taken as per the latest filing done by the company to the Stock Exchange under Regulation 31 of the LODR 2015.

()** Diluted share/voting capital means the total number of shares in the TC assuming full conversion of the outstanding convertible securities/warrants into equity shares of the TC.

(#) Acquirers are in public category as of now, However Public Announcement given on 07[th] August 2025 for open offer in terms of Regulation 3 & 4 of SEBI (SAST) Regulations, 2011, after completion of Open Offer, Acquirers shall be treated as Promoters of the Company.

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