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Hindustan Oil Exploration Company Limited ‘Lakshmi Chambers’, 192, St. Mary’s Road, Alwarpet, Chennai - 600 018. INDIA. : 91 (044) 66229000 ● Fax: 91 (044) 66229011 / 66229012 E-mail: contact@hoec.com ● Website: www.hoec.com CIN: L11100GJ1996PLC029880 September 3, 2026 By Online The Listing Department The Corporate Relationship Department National Stock Exchange of India Ltd., BSE Limited, “Exchange Plaza”, Bandra Kurla Complex, 1st Floor, P. Jeejeebhoy Towers, Bandra (East), Mumbai – 400 051 Dalal Street, Mumbai – 400 001 Stock Code: HINDOILEXP Stock Code: 500186 Dear Sir/Madam, Sub: Newspaper advertisement regarding Notice of 42nd Annual General Meeting Please find enclosed copies of advertisements published in the newspapers in terms of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 regarding Notice of 42nd Annual General Meeting, book closure, cut-off date and e-voting information. The newspaper publications are also made available on the Company’s website. We request you to kindly take the same on records. Yours Sincerely, For Hindustan Oil Exploration Company Limited G. Josephin Daisy Company Secretary and Compliance officer Encl.: a/a Registered Office: ‘HOEC HOUSE’, Tandalja Road, Off Old Padra Road, Vadodara - 390 020. INDIA. : 91 (0265) 2330766 ● E-mail: contact@hoec.com ● Website: www.hoec.com news bl MUMBAI 5 businessline. THURSDAY-SEPTEMBER3-2026 10-year G-Sec briefly tests 7% yield level Enterprises take to FinOps to offset growing usage costs SIGNIFICANT MOVE.The 6.94 per cent G-Sec 2036 ended the day at 6.98%, up 2 bps over the previous close Our Bureau Fincap LLP, said: “The 10- tion rather than growth bonds, corporate bonds, cent of enterprises already and more integrated with Our Bureau year G-Sec yield breaching support. NBFC funding costs and the have FinOps practice and an- SaaS management and soft- Mumbai Mumbai the 7per cent mark again is “In the near term, the 10- overall cost of capital,” other 18 per cent said they ware asset management,” The yield of the 10-year significant, particularly after year is expected to remain Srinivasan said. planned to adopt one in the said Biswajeet Mahapatra, benchmark Government Se- trading as low as around 6.75 under pressure, with 7 per Nuvama, in a report, said FinOps is becoming a stand- next 12 months. Stating that Principal Analyst at curity (G-Sec) briefly per cent a few months ago. cent likely to be tested re- that the 10-year benchmark ard practice among enter- FinOps adoption is now Forrester. breached the psychologic- The benchmark had last peatedly. A move towards paper tracked the rise in 10Y prise cloud-strategy de- mainstream, it talked about The report gives the ex- ally-crucial 7 per cent level, crossed 7 per cent in May 7.10-7.15per cent cannot be UST yields to 4.8 per cent cision-makers to ramp up how organisations are form- ample of an Indian educa- tracking higher US treasury 2026, subsequently touching ruled out if crude remains el- levels and elevated Brent cost efficiencies as cloud us- alising cloud spend gov- tional tech firm that imple- yields and rising global crude around 7.13 per cent. This evated and global yields con- crude oil prices above $95. age has gone up 10-15 per ernance through cross-func- mented a FinOps-driven oil prices. move is more about the pressure on sovereign tinue to rise. Any meaningful “The 10Y UST hardened cent over the last two years, tional FinOps teams that right sizing programme, re- Opening 4 basis points global repricing of inflation bonds.” cooling in oil or reversal in to 4.81 per cent amid oil- as per Forrester. embed cost visibility, ac- ducing overall cloud infra- (bps) higher at a yield of 7 and interest-rate risks. He noted that for India, global yields could bring buy- driven inflation fears and A Forrester analyst told countability and optimisa- structure costs by 35 per per cent, the 6.94 per cent G- higher crude is particularly ing interest back. I would, hawkish Fed repricing after businessline that this usage tion into engineering and de- cent. Similarly, a private gen- Sec 2036 ended the day at CRUDE OIL PRICES important given its implica- therefore, see 7per cent as a Governor Barr signalled a will only increase as compan- livery processes. eral insurer, addressing a $2- 6.98 per cent, up 2 bps over The escalation in West Asia, tions for inflation, the rupee, warning level rather than a rate hike if inflation fails to ies grow more confident million annual cloud bill, the previous close of 6.96 per Brent crude moving above fiscal balances and the RBI’s new equilibrium at this ease. Over the day, the 10Y about the regulations around EVOLVING PRACTICE saved more than $6,00,000 cent. $95 and the sharp rise in the rate trajectory. The strong stage. The immediate impact IGB eased to around 6.98 per data management. “FinOps itself is also annually (around 30 per cent Venkatakrishnan US, UK, German, Japanese domestic growth environ- is on G-Secs, but if the repri- centas some buying interest According to The State of evolving. From a cloud licen- of total spend) and signific- Srinivasan, Founder and and Australian bond yields ment gives the RBI greater cing persists, it will eventu- emerged at elevated yield Cloud in India, 2026 report cing or cost management antly reduced month-to- Managing Partner, Rockfort are creating broad-based flexibility to focus on infla- ally flow through to PSU levels,” per the report. by Forrester, around 67 per practice, it’s getting more month cloud cost volatility. NCLAT keeps lenders’ appeals pending in Subhash Chandra’s insolvency case Ankita Upadhyay day after a five-member New Delhi NCLT bench stayed its Au- f gust 25 order approving f c The National Company Law Chandra’s repayment plan. c f 8 Appellate Tribunal Under the August 25 or- f 8 3 (NCLAT) on Wednesday der, Chandra was required to 3 4 said appeals filed by a coali- pay about ₹6.25 crore to 4 c tion of dissenting lenders, creditors, against admitted c - including LIC Housing Fin- claims of ₹22,006.57 crore. - 5 ance, Canara Bank and The bench held there was no 5 5 Union Bank of India, against clear majority view and re- 5 b 5 the NCLT’s August 25 order bench, the appeals could be strained Chandra from alien- b 5 c d that reduced the liability on disposed of with liberty to ating any of his properties, c d - 3 Subhash Chandra should be revive them if required. directly or indirectly. - 3 f kept pending, and posted the The NCLAT Chairperson, f 7 matter for the first week of however, said the appeals by PAST DEVELOPMENTS 7 b October. Solicitor General creditors should remain Earlier this year, the NCLT b 2 Tushar Mehta, appearing for pending and posted the mat- appointed a third member 2 c the lenders, told the NCLAT ter for the first week of Octo- after Judicial Member Ashok c the lenders should be at ber. The tribunal said that if Kumar Bhardwaj and Tech- liberty to revive the appeals the lenders wanted to chal- nical Member Reena Sinha depending on the outcome lenge the September 1 order Puri delivered conflicting of proceedings before the of the five-member NCLT views on Chandra’s repay- five-member NCLT bench. bench, they would have to ment plan. Bhardwaj fa- Chandra was physically file a separate appeal. voured approval of the plan, present at the NCLAT dur- Chandra’s counsel, argued while Puri held that it ing Wednesday’s hearing. that the appeals themselves suffered from serious legal His counsel said Chandra were defective and had been and procedural defects. had been vilified across the filed against a “non-est” or- Third member Nilesh country. der. His contention was that Sharma, subsequently, fa- The appeals were filed by the original NCLT bench had voured approval of the plan creditors against the order adifference of opinion and, on August 25. Under the passed by the NCLT’s third therefore, there was no ma- plan, ₹6.25 crore was to be member in the personal in- jority order. He further ar- d [Showing first 8,000 characters — download PDF for full document]