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4 September 2026 BSE Limited, The National Stock Exchange of India Limited, Phiroze Jeejeebhoy Towers, Exchange Plaza, Bandra Kurla Complex, Dalal Street, Mumbai 400001, Bandra (East), Mumbai 400051, Maharashtra India Maharashtra India Scrip Code: 540975 Scrip Symbol: ASTERDM Dear Sir/Madam, Sub: Business Responsibility and Sustainability Report for Financial Year 2025-26 In compliance with Regulation 34 (2) (f) of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, we are submitting herewith the Business Responsibility and Sustainability Report for the Financial Year 2025-26 which forms part of the Integrated Annual Report for Financial Year 2024-25. The Integrated Annual Report for FY 2025-26 is being made available on the website of the Company at www.asterqualitycare.com. This is for your information and records. Thank you, For Aster DM Quality Care Limited (formerly Aster DM Healthcare Limited) Hemish Purushottam Company Secretary and Compliance Officer M. No: A24331 Aster DM Quality Care Limited (Formerly Aster DM Healthcare Limited) Registered Office: No 7-1-450/20, Plot No-04, Mythri Vihar, Sanjeev CIN: L85110TS2008PLC207383 Reddy Nagar, Ameerpet, Hyderabad, Telangana, India, 500038 Telephone: +91 96060 61833 E-mail: cs@asterqualitycare.com Corporate Office: Brigade Deccan Heights 20th & 12th Floor, Website: www.asterqualitycare.com #42, 5th Mile, Tumkur Rd, Yeshwanthpur Industrial Area, Phase 1, Yeshwanthpur, Bengaluru-560022 Independent Assurance Statement Aster DM Quality Care Limited (Formerly ‘Aster DM Healthcare Limited’) Brigade Deccan Heights, 20th & 12th Floor, #42, 5th Mile, Tumkur Rd, Yeshwanthpur, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, 560022 Independent Assurance Statement on Business Responsibility and Sustainability Report (BRSR) disclosures for the financial year 2025-26. Introduction and objective of engagement Aster DM Quality Care Limited (Formerly ‘Aster DM Healthcare Limited’) (the 'Company') has developed its Business Responsibility and Sustainability Report FY 25-26 (‘BRSR’) including the BRSR Core Indicators1, based on the BRSR reporting guidelines prescribed by SEBI for listed entities. The reporting criteria have been derived from the Principles of National Guidelines on Responsible Business Conduct, 2018 (NGRBC), and Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Protocol - A Corporate Accounting and Reporting Standard. BDO India Services Private Limited (BDO) was engaged by the Company to provide independent assurance on select non-financial sustainability disclosures in the BRSR (the ‘Report’) for the period 1st April 2025 to 31st March 2026. The Company’s responsibilities The content of the Report and its presentation are the sole responsibilities of the Management of the Company. The Company’s Management is also responsible for the design, implementation, and maintenance of internal controls relevant to the preparation of the Report, so that it is free from material misstatement. BDO’s responsibility BDO’s responsibility, as agreed with the Management of the Company, is to provide assurance on the BRSR Core Indicators as described in the ‘Scope, boundary and assurance criteria’ section below. We do not accept or assume any responsibility for any other purpose or to any other person or organization. Any reliance a third party may place on the Report is entirely at its own risk. Assurance standard We conducted our assurance engagement in accordance with International Standard on Assurance Engagements (ISAE) 3000 (Revised), “Assurance Engagements Other than Audits or Reviews of Historical Financial Information”, and ISAE 3410, “Assurance Engagements on Greenhouse Gas Statement”, issued by the International Auditing and Standards Board. Scope, boundary and assurance criteria The assurance scope and boundary cover the Company’s India operations. We have assured the non-financial BRSR Core Indicators1 presented in the BRSR 25-26 pertaining to the Company’s performance for the period 1st April 2025 through 31st March 2026. We applied the criteria of ‘Reasonable’ Assurance for non-financial Core Indicators of BRSR. Assurance methodology Our assurance process entailed conducting procedures to gather evidence regarding the reliability of the disclosures covered in the assurance scope. The physical & virtual verification on sample basis was carried out at the following locations: Aster Narayanadri: Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh; Aster MIMS: Kannur, Kerala; Aster CMI: Bengaluru, Karnataka; Aster Adhar: Kolhapur, Maharashtra. We conducted a review and verification of data collection, collation, and calculation methodologies, and a general review of the logic of inclusion/ omission of relevant information/ data in the Report. We used our professional judgement as Assurance Provider for selection of sample of the Company’s locations/facilities and non- financial information for the verifications. 1 SEBI vide Circular SEBI/HO/CFD/CFD-SEC-2/P/CIR/2023/122 dated 12 July 2023 194 Aster DM Quality Care Limited Strategic Overview Management Discussion & Analysis Integrated Approach Statutory Reports Financial Statements Our review process included: Evaluation of appropriateness of the quantification methods used to arrive at the non-financial/sustainability information of the BRSR Core Indicators; Review of consistency of data/information within the Report as well as between the Report and source; Engagement through discussions with personnel at both corporate and plant/facility levels who are accountable for the data and information presented in the Report; Execution of an audit trail of claims and data streams, to determine the level of accuracy in collection, transcription, and aggregation; Review of data collection and management procedures, and related internal controls. Limitations & exclusions There are inherent limitations in assurance engagement, including, for example, the use of judgment and selective testing of data. Accordingly, there are possibilities that material misstatements in the sustainability information of the Report may remain undetected. The assurance scope specifically excludes: Data and information outside the defined reporting period (1st April 2025 to 31st March 2026); Review of the ‘economic and/or financial performance indicators’ included in the Report or on which reporting is based; we have been informed by the Company that these are derived from the Company’s audited financial records; The Company’s statements and claims related to any topics other than those listed in the ‘Scope, boundary and assurance criteria’; The Company's statements that describe qualitative/quantitative assertions, expression of opinion, belief, inference, aspiration, expectation, aim or future intention. Our observations Based on our review of the Report, we observed that the disclosures of the Company, covered under the ‘Scope and boundary of assurance’, are fairly reliable. During our assurance process, we observed a few instances of discrepancies related to collation and compilation of data, which were subsequently corrected. The Company may consider adopting standardized protocols for data management related to environment and social indicators and reporting of data across all the units. Our above observations, however, do not affect our conclusion regarding the Report Our conclusions Based on the scope of our review, we concluded that the non-financial sustainability disclosures of the BRSR Core indicators as mentioned in ‘Scope, boundary and assurance criteria’ fulfil the criteria of relevance, completeness, reliability, neutrality, and understandability as per ‘reasonable’ assurance criteria of applied Assurance Standard. Our assurance team and independence BDO India Services Private Limited is a professional services firm providing services in Advisory, Assurance, Tax, and Business Advisory Services, to both domestic and international organizations across industry sectors. Our non-financial assurance practitioners for this enga [Showing first 8,000 characters — download PDF for full document]