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SOBHA Date: June 27, 2026 To To The Deputy Manager The Manager Department of Corporate Services, National Stock Exchange of India Limited BSE Limited Exchange Plaza, Plot No. C/1, G Block, Floor 25, P.J Towers, Bandra Kurla Complex, Bandra East, Dalal Street, Mumbai – 400 001. Mumbai – 400 051. Scrip Code: 532784 Scrip Code: SOBHA Dear Sir / Madam, Sub: Newspaper Advertisements We enclose herewith copies of the newspaper advertisements published by the Company on June 27, 2026, in Business Line (English) and Prajavani (Kannada), regarding the complete of dispatch of the Annual Report 2025-26, the Notice of the Annual General Meeting scheduled to be held on Saturday, July 18, 2026, E-voting Information, and the Record Date/Book Closure for the said meeting. Kindly take the aforesaid information on record. Thanking you. Yours sincerely, FOR SOBHA LIMITED Bijan Kumar Dash Company Secretary and Compliance Officer Membership No.: ACS17222 SOBHA LIMITED REGD & CORPORATE OFFICE: ‘SOBHA’, SARJAPUR – MARATHAHALLI OUTER RING ROAD, DEVARABISANAHALLI, BELLANDUR POST, BANGALORE, KARNATAKA – 560103, INDIA CIN: L45201KA1995PLC018475 | TEL.: +91 80-49320000 | E-mail: investors@sobha.com | www.sobha.com news bl MUMBAI 15 businessline. SATURDAY-JUNE27-2026 India set to fill global seafarer gap Uber India & TN eyes ₹3 lakh cr defence South Asia manufacturing opportunity President quits amid rising demand for officers T E Raja Simhan Chennai FRESH OPPORTUNITIES. Shipping industry is set to face a shortage of over 1.13 lakh certified officers by 2030 The Tamil Nadu government has stepped up efforts to pos- lator-based and competency General and CEO of BIMCO. ition the State as a key T E Raja Simhan training for serving sea- ICS Secretary General aerospace and defence Chennai farers, he said. Thomas A Kazakos said at- (A&D) manufacturing hub, Malini V Shankar, Vice- tracting young people into taking its outreach campaign India has an opportunity to Chancellor of the Indian maritime careers will be crit- Prabhjeet Singh to industries across various significantly expand its share Maritime University, said In- ical to building a sustainable cities to showcase business of the global maritime work- dian seafaring officers are talent pipeline for the in- S Ronendra Singh opportunities emerging force as the shipping in- highly respected. The num- dustry’s long-term needs. New Delhi from India’s rapidly expand- DRDO’s Technology Devel- dustry faces a growing short- ber of institutions offering Industry executives said ing defence sector. opment Fund, technology age of qualified officers, courses has increased. India’s competitiveness had Prabhjeet Singh has stepped At an industry interaction transfers from DRDO, the according to the Seafarer However, the critical bot- also been strengthened by down as President of Uber organised by the Tamil Nadu Srijan indigenisation portal Workforce Report 2026, re- tleneck is the lack of ad- stable wage levels, favour- India and South Asia after a Defence Industrial Corridor and the growing export mar- leased by BIMCO and the In- equate training berths. able exchange rates and 11-year stint to pursue an- (TNDIC) in Madurai, offi- ket for Indian defence ternational Chamber of Without the requisite ‘sea growing international ac- other leadership opportun- cials from the Tamil Nadu products. To support com- Shipping (ICS). time’, they cannot find regu- ceptance of its seafarers. ity, sources told businessline. Industrial Development panies entering the sector, The report forecasts that lar jobs, she added. According to Capt Sanjay They said Uber’s India Corporation (Tidco) said In- the State has introduced a the global merchant fleet will TALENT POTENTIAL.India is well-positioned to expand its The BIMCO-ICS report Prashar of VR Maritime Ser- leadership team will con- dia’s defence production had range of measures under the require an additional share of the global maritime workforce noted that demand for vices Pvt Ltd, Indian seafarer tinue to manage day-to-day crossed ₹1.54 lakh crore last Tamil Nadu Aerospace and 1,13,735 STCW-certified of- STCW-certified seafarers employment reached operations, closely suppor- year, while exports exceeded Defence Industrial Policy, in- ficers by 2030, reflecting until 2030, representing an- numbers, but in quality, reli- had increased 35 per cent 3,13,429 in 2025 and is ex- ted by the Asia Pacific leader- ₹38,000 crore. cluding higher capital sub- rising demand driven by fleet nual growth of 2 per cent and ability and global trust,” Dir- since the previous survey in pected to exceed 3,50,000 ship, until a transition is fi- sidies, certification support, expansion, technological ad- 0.5 per cent respectively. ector General of Shipping 2021. this year. nalised. WOOING INVESTMENT vendor development pro- vancements and stricter reg- Shyam Jagannathan said. Demand for officers has He attributed the rising Singh’s exit follows a With the Centre targeting ₹3 grammes, common facility ulatory requirements. KEY SUPPLIER He said India’s strategy risen 23.1 per cent, while de- demand for Indian crew to week-long visit to India last lakh crore in defence pro- centres and testing infra- The report estimates that India, currently the world’s extends beyond increasing mand for ratings has in- the growing number of certi- month by Uber Chief Exec- duction and ₹50,000 crore in structure. It has also 2.57 million seafarers cur- third-largest supplier of sea- training capacity and focuses creased 46.3 per cent, re- fied officers, government utive Officer Dara Khosrow- exports by 2029, Tamil Nadu partnered with IIT-Madras rently serve aboard 85,148 farers after the Philippines on improving competency, flecting the recovery of support, and supply con- shahi, who met with senior is seeking to attract a signi- and DRDO to improve access merchant ships worldwide. and China, accounts for strengthening training qual- global shipping after the pan- straints in several competing Cabinet Ministers in New ficant share of investments to technology. However, the industry nearly 16 per cent of the ity, modernising governance, demic and continued fleet labour markets, including Delhi and visited Mumbai, and manufacturing activity. Tamil Nadu is investing in already faces a shortage of global maritime workforce. promoting inclusion and ad- growth. China, Turkey, Ukraine and alongside the company’s The officials highlighted specialised infrastructure 39,100 certified officers in Industry experts believe the opting digital certification Russia. tech centres in Bengaluru multi-billion-dollar oppor- through the Defence Indus- 2026, even as there is a sur- country is well placed to cap- and sustainable practices. TALENT PIPELINE He added that Indian of- and Hyderabad. tunities across major de- trial Corridor, including plus of 56,890 ratings. italise on the emerging India currently has 176 “The recruitment, training ficers increasingly occupy Confirming Singh’s resig- fence and aerospace pro- aerospace and defence parks, To meet projected de- demand. maritime training institutes, and retention of the seafarer positions in global ship man- nation, an Uber spokeswo- grammes, including future engineering and innovation mand, the global shipping in- “India has the potential to comprising 81 pre-sea insti- workforce will be crucial to agement companies, further man stated that India re- ready combat vehicles, fu- centres, common testing fa- dustry will need to recruit an significantly expand its pres- tutes for new entrants and 95 ensuring that our industry is boosting employment op- mains a crucial driver of ture infantry combat cilities and centres of excel- additional 22,747 officers ence in the global maritime post-sea institutes that prepared for the future,” said portunities for the country’s innovation and long-term vehicles, the advanced me- lence for advanced manufac- and 8,475 ratings every year workforce — not just in provide advanced, simu- [Showing first 8,000 characters — download PDF for full document]