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29th June, 2026 The Manager - Listing, The Manager - Listing, BSE Limited, National Stock Exchange of India Limited, Rotunda Building, Exchange Plaza, Phiroze Jeejeebhoy Towers, Bandra Kurla Complex, Dalal Street, Bandra (East), Mumbai - 400 001 Mumbai - 400 051 Scrip Code: 543276 Stock Code: CRAFTSMAN Dear Sir/Madam, Sub: Intimation of publication of the Notice of the 40th Annual General Meeting in the newspapers as per Regulation 30 of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015; Pursuant to Regulation 30 of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, please find enclosed newspaper advertisement published by the Company on 28th June, 2026 in the English newspaper - The Hindu Business Line and Regional (Tamil) newspaper - Dinamani, intimating to the Shareholders about the details of the 40th Annual General Meeting of the Company to be held on Thursday, the 23rd July, 2026 at 4.00 P.M. (IST) through Video Conference (“VC”) / Other Audio Visual Means (“OAVM”). The above information is also available on the website of the Company at www.craftsmanautomation.com. Kindly take the same into your records. Thanking you. Yours faithfully, for CRAFTSMAN AUTOMATION LIMITED Shainshad Aduvanni Company Secretary & Compliance Officer Encl: As above Craftsman Automation Limited Registered Office: Corporate Office: 123/4, Sangothipalayam Road, No.1087, 4th & 5th Floor, Krishna Towers, Tel + 91 422 71 610 00 Arasur Post, Coimbatore – 641 407 Avinashi Road, Coimbatore - 641037 fax + 91 422 71 612 34 Tamil Nadu, India Tamil Nadu, India info@craftsmanautomation.co CIN NO: L28991TZ1986PLCO01816 www.craftsmanautomation.co GST NO: 33AABCC2461K1ZW Fund Insight MUMBAI 6 businessline. portfolio SUNDAY-JUNE28-2026 per cent. The weaker show- ALERTS. ing was driven by three Value discipline, factors: An overweight posi- tion in IT during a period of sector weakness, a deliber- Tata Multi-sector Passive FoF NFO ate avoidance of high-flying balanced growth sectors such as defence, cap- Tata Asset Management has announced the launch of Tata ital goods and power, and Multi-sector Passive FoF, an open-ended fund of fund stock-specific disappoint- (FoF) scheme investing in units of passive equity mutual ments within parts of the fund schemes across multiple small-cap portfolio. sectors. The scheme seeks to The fund has consistently FUND CALL. generate long-term capital UTI Aggressive Hybrid Fund combines outperformed the category appreciation through active on a rolling return basis. Its disciplined stock selection with a quality debt cushion allocation to passive average five-year rolling re- sector-oriented funds and turn stands at 18.5 per cent, ETFs. The New Fund Offer compared with the category (NFO) closes for subscription average of 16 per cent, with on July 6. The fundemploys rolling returns ranging factors such as momentum-based allocation framework between 12 per cent and 26 etc. to invest across sector index funds and ETFs. per cent. On a three-year Minimum application amount is ₹5,000 and in multiples of rolling basis, it has delivered ₹1 thereafter. Exit load of 0.50 per centis applicable if an average CAGR of 18 per redeemed within 30 days of allotment. cent versus the category av- erage of 15 per cent. The regular plan carries a base expense ratio of 1.54 JM Multi Asset Allocation Fund NFO per cent, lower than the cat- egory average of 1.73 per JM Financial Mutual Fund has launched JM Multi Asset cent. However, the direct Allocation Fund, an open-ended scheme investing in plan’s expense ratio of 0.98 equity and equity-related instruments, debt andmoney GETTY IMAGES per cent is marginally higher market securities, than the category average of gold/silver-related instruments points, while reducing ex- 0.72 per cent. and other exchange-traded Dhuraivel Gunasekaran posure to banks, oil and gas, The fund is best suited for commodity derivatives. The bl. research bureau and metals by 2-4 percent- long-term investors who can NFO closes on July 8. The age points. remain invested through performance of the scheme UTI Aggressive Hybrid Fund temporary phases of under- will be benchmarked with (UAHF) stands out in the ag- DEBT STRATEGY performance without react- Composite of Nifty 500 (55 per 2 0 gressive hybrid fund cat- The debt portfolio follows a ing to short-term market cent) + CRISIL Short term bond 2 0 d 7 egory for its disciplined high-quality strategy, with trends. Investors can invest Index (30 per cent) + Domestic Price of Gold (10 per cent) d 7 0 1 value-oriented approach to most of its investments al- through a systematic invest- + Domestic Price of silver (5 per cent). An exit load of 1 0 1 b equity investing. Rather located to AAA-rated cor- ment plan (SIP) and main- per centis payable if units are redeemed/ switched-out b - 2 than chasing market mo- porate bonds or government tain an investment horizon within 60 days from the date of allotment. The minimum - 2 9 0 mentum, the fund invests in securities over the past five of at least five years. subscription amount is ₹5,000. 9 0 b - fundamentally strong com- years. According to the b - e panies trading below their latest portfolio, government e f intrinsic value. While such a securities account for 12.4 f - a 0 strategy demands patience, WHY INVEST per cent of assets, while - a 0 c 7 as the market can take time Three-decade AAA-rated corporate bonds c 7 - 6 9 to recognise the true worth (cid:129) performance record constitute 9.8 per cent. AA+ - 6 9 2 of these businesses, it has re- rated securities account for 2 9 Category-beating 9 5 warded long-term investors (cid:129) 1.6 per cent of the portfolio, 5 0 rolling returns 0 c with consistent location strategy, maintain- undervalued relative to their with holdings including c performance. ing equity exposure between long-term earnings poten- (cid:129)Moderate-risk asset Cholamandalam Invest- 3 8 The fund has remained an 66 per cent and 74 per cent tial. The allocation to mid- mix ment & Finance, Muthoot 8 above-average performer over the past five years, with and small-cap stocks seeks Finance, Piramal Capital & within its category over the the balance invested in debt. to generate alpha through a Housing Finance, and Tor- long run. Among the oldest On the equity side, the fund combination of undervalued mentum. While this ap- rent Pharmaceuticals. The hybrid mutual funds in In- is managed like a flexi-cap businesses, turnaround op- proach has supported fund has maintained portfo- dia, UAHF has a track record strategy, allocating roughly portunities and companies long-term returns, it can res- lio duration in the four- spanning more than three two-thirds of its equity port- offering growth at reason- ult in temporary periods of seven year range over the decades and has delivered an folio to large-cap stocks. able valuations. underperformance when last five years. annualised return of 14.5 per Over the last five years, Stock selection follows a richly-valued growth sectors cent since its launch in large-cap exposure averaged structured valuation frame- dominate market gains. RETURNS March 1995. 48 per cent of total assets, work rather than relying on a Currently, the fund is The fund delivered strong As mandated by the regu- while the remainder was in- single metric. Banks are as- overweight on IT, banking performance between 2020 lator, aggressive hybrid vested in mid- and small-cap sessed primarily using price- and telecom, while remain- and 2025, benefiting from funds invest 65-80 per cent stocks. to-book multiples, IT com- ing underweight on capital the outperformance of value of their portfolio in equities The fund follows a relat- panies through price-to- goods, consumer durables stocks and robust gains in its and 20-35 per cent in debt ive value investment ap- earnings ratios, commodity and automobiles, where small-cap holding [Showing first 8,000 characters — download PDF for full document]