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July 23, 2026 The Listing Department, National Stock Exchange of India Limited, ‘Exchange Plaza’, C 1, Block G, Bandra – Kurla Complex, Bandra (E), Mumbai 400 051 Dear Sir/Madam, Sub: Notice to Shareholders Symbol: PRECOT Pursuant to Regulation 47 sub regulation (1)(d) of SEBI (LODR), 2015 we have published a newspaper advertisement in Maalai Murasu (Regional Daily) dated July 23, 2026, and Business Standard (National Daily) dated July 23, 2026, regarding Convening of 64th Annual General Meeting through video conferencing (VC)/other audio–visual means (“OAVM”) on Thursday August 20th, 2026, at 04:00 P.M IST. Kindly take the information on record. Thank you, Yours truly, For Precot Limited Achuth Menon M Company Secretary and Compliance Officer ACS Membership No : 63980 quick scroll @BS Metatapsnewchiefsecurity officerfromQualtrics,PayPal MetaPlatformsInc.tappedaveterancybersecurityexecutive toserveasitsnextchiefinformationsecurityofficer,fillinga keyopeningafteritsformerCISOannouncedplanstodepart lastmonth.AssafKerenwilljoinMetathisweekfromsoftware platformQualtrics,wherehespentthepasttwoyearsinthetop securitypost.BeforethatheheldthesameroleatPayPalHold- ingsInc.KerenwillsucceedMeta’sGuyRosen,whowillremain CISOthroughatransitionperiodforseveralmonthsbefore leavingthecompanylaterthisyear,aspokespersonsaid.Rosen joinedMetain2013whenitwascalledFacebook. bloomberg Cyberfraud: Googlesaysonly oneappwason PlayStore GoogleonWednesdaysaid ithasinitiatedaninvestiga- tion after being alerted aboutallegedcyberfraud AMDtopourup casesinvolvinginvestment to$5bnin appsandfoundthatonly Anthropic oneofthemwasonthePlay Storeandcomplieswithits financial services policy. AdvancedMicroDeviceswill Thisassumessignificance sell Anthropic tens of bil- asHyderabadCyberCrime lionsofdollars’worthofAI Police has named the serversandinvestasmuch “HeadofGoogleinIndia”in as$5billionintheClaude three cyber fraud cases maker,inadealthatwould alleging that fraudsters strengthenitsfootholdina cheatedtheminthename marketdominatedbyrival ofhighreturns. pti Nvidia. reuters vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv Ayr Energy files counter HCLTech likely to against Zetwerk in US court build its first India data centre in Odisha peerzadaabrar Bengaluru,22July hemantkumarrout Months after Zetwerk accused Ayr Bhubaneswar,22July Energyanditsfounderofusingstolen confidentialinformationtobuilda Leading IT services company rivalbusiness,theUS-basedtrans- HCLTechhasproposedtoestablishan former startup has filed counter- artificialintelligence(AI)-optimised claimsofitsown. datacentrealongwithaglobaldevel- AyrEnergyInc,aUS-basedmaker opmentcentre(GDC)inBhubanes- ofcustompowertransformers,has war with an investment of around suedIndia’sZetwerkManufacturing ~730crore. Businessesanditsaffiliates,alleging Theproposedfacilityassumessig- theyorchestratedaschemetosteal nificance as it could become proprietaryinformationandfalsely HCLTech’sfirstowneddatacentrein markettheresultingproducts.The ativewhoobtainedapositionatAyr unfaircompetition.“TheUSITCcom- India.Whilethecompanyhaslong lawsuitalsonamesZetwerkManufac- underfalsepretencesandaccessed plaintasksthecommissiontoinstitute offereddatacentre-relatedservices, turingUSAInc,UnimactsGlobalLLC, Ayr’sconfidentialinformationwith- aninvestigationandissuealimited including infrastructure manage- and Kryfs Power Components as out authorisation. The operative exclusionorderbarringtheaccused ment,Cloudtransformationandman- defendants. allegedlyleftafteronlysixweeksof transformersfromentryintotheUS, agedservicesforglobalclients,itdid Ayr, the California-based com- employmentandlaterresurfacedat togetherwithcease-and-desistorders nothaveitsowndatacentrebusiness. pany,isseekingtoblockimportsof Zetwerkasheadofanewtransformer haltingtheirmarketing,sale,anddis- “HCLTechwillsignamemoran- thetransformersintotheUSthrough deliverybusiness.Soonafter,thefil- tribution,”AyrEnergysaid. dumofunderstanding(MoU)withthe acomplaintbeforetheUnitedStates ingsallege,Zetwerkbeganmarketing Zetwerksaidthecomplaintcame Odishagovernmentfortheproposed International Trade Commission custom transformer capabilities it after Ayr’s own claim against the datacentreandadeliverycentrein (USITC).Inaseparatefilingbeforethe hadneverpreviouslypossessedand manufacturingplatformfailedtogain BhubaneswaronFriday.Itwouldbe TexasBusinessCourt,itisseekingat launched online advertising that traction.“Itwaswithdrawnafterit doneinthepresenceofChiefMinister least$1billionindamages,alongwith tradedontheAyrEnergynameitself. found no traction in a California MohanCharanMajhiandChairper- punitivedamages,disgorgementof Thefilingsallegetradesecretmis- court,”Zetwerksaid.Thecompany sonofHCLTechRoshniNadarMal- profits, corrective advertising, and appropriation,falseandmisleading addedthatithadfiledthefirstcasein hotra,”aseniorofficialtoldBusiness injunctiverelief. advertising,wilfultrademarkinfringe- TexasinOctober2025,seeking$100 StandardonWednesday. Accordingtofilingsmadebefore ment, knowing participation in a millionindamages.“Ayr’sattemptto The project, approved by the structure,create6,000high-skilled theUSITCandtheTexasBusiness breachoffiduciaryduty,fraud,civil getthatcasedismissedwasrejected Odishagovernment,isexpectedto jobsandacceleratedevelopmentofan Court,Zetwerkdispatchedanoper- conspiracy,civiltheft,conversion,and bythecourt,”Zetwerksaid. strengthen the state’s digital infra- AI-driventechnologyecosystem. bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb IT ministry to meet experts on children’s digital safety today aashisharyan TheITMinistryalso well.Thepointtodis- NewDelhi,22July wants to understand cussisifthereareother from all stakeholders measuresthatwillwork The Ministry of Elec- the impact of social forus,”aseniorgovern- tronicsandInformation mediabansacrossthe mentofficialsaid. 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