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SEC-1/187(2)/2026/2944 Dated: July 25, 2026 ए(cid:411)च(cid:336)ज (cid:600)ाजा, बां(cid:363)ा कु ला(cid:330) कॉ(cid:817)(cid:600)े(cid:411), पहली मंिजल, फीरोज जीजीभोय टावस(cid:330) (cid:304)(cid:716)प कोड—RECLTD (cid:304)(cid:716)प कोड—532955 Listing Department Corporate Relationship Department National Stock Exchange of India Limited BSE Limited Exchange Plaza, Bandra Kurla Complex, 1st Floor, Phiroze Jeejeebhoy Towers Bandra (East), Mumbai – 400 051. Dalal Street, Fort, Mumbai – 400 001. Scrip Code—RECLTD Scrip Code—532955 Sub: Newspaper Clippings in respect of Financial Results and Record Date. Pursuant to Regulation 30 & 47 of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, please find attached herewith newspaper clippings regarding Unaudited Financial Results (Standalone & Consolidated) of REC Limited for the quarter ended June 30, 2026 and Record Date for payment of 1st Interim Dividend for the financial year 2026-27 & for payment of final dividend for the financial year 2025-26, published in “Business Standard” (English) and “Business Standard” (Hindi) edition dated July 25, 2026. Thanking you, Yours faithfully, For REC Limited (Dinesh Garg) Company Secretary & Compliance Officer Encl.: As Above 12 &’() ’. 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This The companies declined to disclose details of the transaction, follows HCLTech’s recent press trust of india ing TMT, our business grew but people familiar with the matter said the deal is valued at HCLTech, India’s third-largest acquisition of a 1(.5 per cent New Delhi, 24 July 35 per cent year on year, about $1.2 billion. The acquisition pairs Bain Capital’s health- information technology (IT) stake in Sarvam AI for $15( mil- which is a better read on the care and consumer investment platform with Vitabiotics’ vit- services company, announced lion. “Apart from HCLTech’s Artificial intelligence firm underlying demand we're amins and supplements business to support international on Friday it would set up a investment, Sarvam will raise a Fractal Analytics on Friday seeing,” Fractal Analytics expansion. The UK will remain the company’s base, with no world-class global technology substantial amount for the said its consolidated profit Group Chief Executive immediate changes to operations, while Bain plans to invest in centre and an AI-optimised upcoming Sovereign AI hub. surged nearly twofold to Officer and Executive Vice- digital capabilities, ecommerce, international distribution, data centre in Bhubaneswar to The Odisha government will ~74.2 crore in the first quarter Chairman Srikanth Velama- supply chains and new product development. bs reporter innovate and deliver AI-led also support significantly of the current financial year. kanni said. digital solutions to global enter- through subsidy and incentives A year ago, the company He said higher capex Verizon signs $1 bn fibre deal with prises. This will be the com- mandated in its existing AI and had posted a profit of spending by TMT Google, lifts annual forecasts pany’s first AI data centre. other policies,” a senior official ~37.5 crore attribu- players in the US and The proposed global tech- India, the facility will provide building data centres. told Business Standard. table to owners of the Asia Pacific led to Verizon raised its annual adjusted nology centre and AI data secure, scalable and inclusive However, its proposed The facility will leverage parent firm. lower growth in the profit forecast and said it had centre will come up in the digital infrastructure for gov- global development centre HCLTech’s full-stack AI capa- The consolidated segment, but there secured a more than $1 billion upcoming Odisha Sovereign AI ernment, research institutions, (GDC), which will be established bilities together with Sarvam's revenue of Fractal are signs that the deal with Google to provide dark Park, being developed in part- startups and enterprises. at a cost of ~73( crore, was indigenous AI foundation Analytics grew by about companies in this seg- fiber connectivity for data nership with Sarvam AI and the Although HCLTech has not approved by the State Level models to deliver sector-spe- 2( per cent to ~912.5 crore ment are now working to centres, sending the telecom Odisha government. The tech- disclosed its investment for the Single Window Clearance Auth- cific AI applications for both during the reported quarter reduce capital and oper- operator’s shares up 3 per cent. nology centre expected to start proposed AI data centre, Chief ority headed by Odisha Chief government and private enter- from ~7,(.5 crore in the June ational expenses. More agreements are expected by its operations by 2(2) will Executive Officer and Manag- Secretary Anu Garg recently. prises, while addressing India's 2(25 quarter, according to a In terms of geography, the the year-end that could generate multiple billion of dollars house 5,((( employees. ing Director C Vijayakumar said The announcement marked growing need for sovereign AI regulatory filing. Americas accounted for ,7.4 in revenue over the next several years, Verizon CEO Dan Official sources said that during the recent earnings con- HCLTech’s formal entry into infrastructure. The centre will “Enterprises are putting per cent to the company's total Schulman said. The company now expects an annual total investment in the project ference that the company the AI infrastructure business also contribute to the delivery real transformation budgets revenue during the reported adjusted profit of $4.99 to $5.(4 per share, up from $4.95 to would be around ~15,((( crore. would make strategic invest- and is expected to strengthen of multi-lingual AI-based ser- behind AI now, and we’re quarter, followed by Europe $4.99 previously. reuters A first of its kind project in ments of up to ~3,5(( crore for India’s sovereign AI ecosystem, vices to the last mile. seeing it directly in the size of with a 21.4 per cent contribu- bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb the deals coming to us. TMT tion. The rest of the company's was the drag on our headline revenue came from Asia Top 5 IT firms’ recovery falters on AI impact growth this quarter. Exclud- Pacific and other regions. avik das Asia war became more pronounced. 2 per cent, and midcaps are expected to Bengaluru, 24 July Accenture had already cut its full-year outperform once again, with growth guidance citing revenue slowdown ranging from a degrowth of 1 per cent India’s major information technology due to the war, and Indian companies to growth of 4.) per cent, led by con- (IT) services players are yet to shake off were not expected to fare any better. tinued large-deal rampups. the macro uncertainty weighing on the Bengaluru-headquartered Infosys Deal wins were also slow, signalling sector. Even as growth trickles back, also cut the upper end of its revenue that the macroeconomic environment the pace remains tepid, [Showing first 8,000 characters — download PDF for full document]