CARE Ratings Ltdhas informed BSE that the meeting of the Board of Directors of the Company is scheduled on 29/10/2026 ,inter alia, to consider and approve the Unaudited (Standalone & Consolidated) Financial Results of the Company for the quarter and half year ended September 30, 2026 and declaration of Interim Dividend, if any, for the financial year 2026-27

Date: October 12, 2026 SE/2026-27/64 BSE Limited The National Stock Exchange India Ltd Corporate Relation Department Listing Department Phiroze Jeejeebhoy Towers Exchange Plaza 14th Floor, Dalal Street Bandra Kurla Complex Mumbai 400 001 Bandra (East) Scrip Code: 534804 Mumbai 400 051 Scrip Code: CARERATING Dear Sir/Madam, SUB: INTIMATION OF THE BOARD MEETING This is to inform you that pursuant to Regulation 29 and other applicable regulations of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 (the “Listing Regulations”), a meeting of the Board of Directors of CARE Ratings Limited (the “Company”) is scheduled to be held on Thursday, October 29, 2026, inter-alia to: (a) consider and approve the Unaudited (Standalone & Consolidated) Financial Results of the Company for the quarter and half year ended September 30, 2026; (b) consider declaration of Interim Dividend, if any, for the financial year 2026-27. Further to our intimation to the Stock Exchanges vide our letter dated September 28, 2026, for closure of trading window, we would like to inform you that the trading window for dealing in the shares of the Company which was closed from October 1, 2026, will continue to remain closed till 48 hours after the declaration of the Financial Results as per the provisions of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Prohibition of Insider Trading) Regulations, 2015. You are requested to kindly take the above information on record. Thanking you, Yours faithfully, For CARE Ratings Limited Manoj Kumar CV Company Secretary & Compliance Officer CARE Ratings Limited 4th Floor, Godrej Coliseum, Somaiya Hospital Road, Off Eastern Express Highway, Sion (East), Mumbai - 400 022. Phone: +91-22-6754 3456 • Email: care@careedge.in • www.careedge.in CIN-L67190MH1993PLC071691