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October 13, 2026 BSE Limited National Stock Exchange of India Limited Phiroze Jeejeebhoy Towers “Exchange Plaza”, Plot No. C-1, Block G Dalal Street Bandra – Kurla Complex, Bandra (East) Mumbai-400001 Mumbai – 400 051 Scrip Code: 535754 S y m bol: ORIENTCEM Sub.: Newspaper Advertisement regarding Hearing of Joint Company Petition before the Hon’ble National Company Law Tribunal, Ahmedabad Bench in connection with the Scheme of Amalgamation of Orient Cement Limited (“Transferor Company”) with Ambuja Cements Limited (“Transferee Company” or “Company”) (“Scheme”). Dear Sir / Madam, This is to inform that, pursuant to the Order of Hon’ble Tribunal dated October 8, 2026, in response to the Joint Company Petition filed under Sections 230 to 232 in connection with the Scheme, the Hon’ble Tribunal has fixed the hearing of the said Joint Petition on Thursday, November 19, 2026. In accordance with the Hon’ble Tribunal’s directions, the notice of hearing was published today, October 13, 2026, in English in Indian Express (all editions) and translation thereof in Gujarati language in the Financial Express (Ahmedabad edition). Copies of the newspaper advertisements published in the Indian Express (Ahmedabad edition) and the Gujarati translation published in the Financial Express (Ahmedabad edition) are enclosed herewith. The above intimation is also available on the website of the Company at www.orientcement.com. Kindly take the above on your record. Thanking You Yours Faithfully For Orient Cement Limited Pranjali Dubey Company Secretary and Compliance Officer Membership No. A52179 Encl: As above Orient Cement Limited Re gistered Office Adani Corporate House Shantigram, Near Vaishno Devi Circle, S.G. Highway, Khodiyar, Ahmedabad – 382421, Gujarat, India Ph. +91 79-2656 5555 investors@orientcement.com www.orientcement.com CIN: L26940GJ2011PLC171878 TheIndIanexPReSS Economy l TueSdaY,OcTOBeR13,2026 15 INStRUctIoNSAGREEdAtLAStwEEk’SGStcoUNcILMEEtING Rupee rallies by 1%, logs States, Centre told to focus on data biggest daily gain in six analytics, tech to widen GST base months after RBI steps AanchalMagazine introduction of a Rs 10,000 electronicinvoicing(e-invoicing) ENSEconomicBureau on october 10, with the Banksseekrelief, NewDelhi,October12 thresholdforissuingshowcause asastepbeforethematching Mumbai,October12 rupeeinchingclosertothe97- noticesunderGST,arealsolikely process.e-invoicingforbusi- per-dollarmarkandcrudeoil clarityfromRBI DeePeRDaTaanalytics,lever- toberolledoutbeforeapril1, ness-to-consumer(B2C)transac- TheRUPeeappreciated95 pricessurgingabove$100per agingtechnology,movingaway 2027,theimplementationdate tionswillbeintroducedfrom paise, logging its steepest barrel,theRBItighteneditsgrip on FXmeasures fromenforcement-ledandintru- forothermeasures. april1,2027,theofficialsaid,ad- single-daygaininmorethansix ontherupeederivativesmarket. siveactions,trackingtaxpayers “Itisveryimportanttolookat dingthattheGSTnetworkwill months,tocloseat95.78against Itintroducedapackageofregu- whodonotpaytaxincashand stabilisingtheGSTsystem.and providethenecessarysupport theUSdollaronMondayafter latory measures aimed at Mumbai:Bankshaveurgedthe using invoice matching are that'swhyraterationalisation systemtostatesforthetransi- theReserveBankofIndia(RBI) strengthening market disci- ReserveBankofIndia(RBI)to amongthemeasuresthatcentral wasundertakenlastyearand tion.UndertheexistingGSTe- introducedseveralmeasures pline,curbingexcessivespecu- easeoneofthekeymeasures andstateofficershavebeen nowtheprocessreforms.The InvoiceSystem,businessesare aimedatsupportingthedo- lativeactivityandimproving theregulatorannouncedover askedtofocusontodeepenthe GSTauthoritieshavebeenin- requiredtouploadB2Binvoices mesticcurrency. transparency in foreign ex- theweekendtosupportthe taxbaseundertheGoodsand structedtousetechnologyand toagovernment-approvedIn- “TheIndianrupeeemerged changetransactions. rupeeandscrapthethreshold ServicesTax(GST)regime. dataanalyticstodetectevasion voiceRegistrationPortal(IRP)for as the strongest performer The central bank an- abovewhichtherulecomes Followingaseriesofprocess andmakeeffortstodeepenthe validationandthegenerationof among its asian peers, sup- nouncedrestrictionsonrebook- intoeffect,fourpeoplefamiliar reformsannouncedatthe57th taxbase.althoughwehavea a unique Invoice Reference portedbytheRBI’stargeted ingcancelledforeignexchange withthediscussionssaid. meetingoftheGSTCouncillast goodnumberoftaxpayersregis- taxofficialshavebeenaskedtomonitorretailsalesmisdeclaredas number(IRn)andaqRcode. measurestocurbspeculation derivativecontracts,lowered Lendershaveapproached week,taxofficialshavealsobeen teredunderGST,thereisscope B2Btransactionstoclaiminputtaxcredit.reuterS GSTauthoritiesarealsoex- andcontainvolatilityinthe thethresholdfortransactions thecentralbankthroughaforex askedtoundertakegranulardata towidenthetaxbaseandwe pectingsmoothermovementof forexmarket,”saidDilipParmar, permittedwithoutestablishing industrybody,seekingthere- analysistoidentifyopportunities haveaskedstatestowidenthe whichusesriskanalytics,behav- cept,rejectorholdeachinvoice goodsfollowingtheCouncil’sre- SeniorResearchanalyst,hDFC underlying exposure, movalofamandatethatbanks toexpandthetaxbase.Thisin- base,”aseniorofficialsaid. iouralinsightsandinformation asitappears.acceptedinvoices centdecisiontoallowvehiclesto Securities.apullbackincrude strengtheneddocumentation makea20%cashdepositwith cludescloselymonitoringtrans- “Businessesthatareregis- sharingthroughglobalnetworks willflowintotheirreturns. bestoppedonlybytaxofficers oilprices,drivenbyexpectations requirementsandintroduceda theRBIforFXderivativesused actionsinwhichretailsalesmay teredbutshowinganomaliesin suchastheCommonReporting “asellerwhowantstoreduce fromthestateofthesupplieror ofimprovingsupplyconditions, newForeignexchangeRiskRe- tohedgecurrent-accountexpo- bemisdeclaredasbusiness-to- theirGSTdeclarationscanhave Standard(CRS)andtheForeign somethinghehasreporteddoes recipient,andonlyonthebasis furtheraidedsentiment. serve.Thechangescouldsig- sures, the people said. The business(B2B)transactionsto theirtransactionsstudied,and accountTaxComplianceact itwherethebuyerwillseeit,so of“specificintelligence”anddue however,weakerdomestic nificantlyalterhowbanks,cor- peopledeclinedtobenamed. claiminputtaxcredit(ITC),and theycanbenudgedaccordingly (FaTCa)frameworktonudge thetwosidesstayaligned.Much authorisation.Themeasurewas equitiesandcontinuedforeign porations,financialinstitutions The RBI’s measures, an- identifyingregisteredGSTtax- tobecomepartofthetaxsys- taxpayerstowardscompliance. elserestsonthis,”theofficialsaid. initiallyproposedonlyforsup- fundoutflowsweighedonthe andcurrencytradersmanage nounced on Saturday, are payerswhoreportnocashtax tem,”theofficialadded. GSTauthoritieswillalsorely Linkingtheinputandoutput plierstates.however,following currency,limitingitsgainsafter theirforeignexchangeposi- aimedatcurbingcorporatede- paymentsandinsteadsetoff Thetechnology-ledGSTdata ontheInvoiceManagementSys- ledgerswiththesummaryreturn detaileddiscussionsattheCoun- theinitialrise. tions.Forexreservesfellby mandforforwarddollarsthat theirentireGSTliabilityagainst analyticsinitiativeisexpectedto tem(IMS)tomatchcreditdetails wouldhelpidentifyfakecreditas cilmeeting,recipientstateswere accordingtoJateenTrivedi, $12.95billionto$734.60billion have piled pressure on the eligibleITC. followtheapproachoftheIn- between sellers and buyers. itarises,theofficialadded. alsoincludedattherequestof VPResearchanalyst,Commod- intheweekendedoctober2. rupee,whichhasbeenfalling Several business-friendly comeTaxDepartment’snUDGe Underaproposedadditional To enable this invoice- somestates,theofficialsaid. ityandCurrency,LKPSecurities, Therupeehadremainedunder duetosteepoilpricesandcapi- measures announced at the (non-intrusiveUsageofDatato layertopreventmismatchno- matching mechanism, GST Fullreporton theRBI’smeasuresareexpected pressure despite inflows o [Showing first 8,000 characters — download PDF for full document]