Press Release on Financial Results for the quarter and half year ended September 30, 2026

NSDL/AF/BSE/2026/0081 Date: October 31, 2026 Listing Compliance Department BSE Limited, Phiroze Jeejeebhoy Towers Dalal Street Mumbai 400 001 Dear Sir/Madam, Scrip Code: 544467 ISIN: INE301O01023 Sub.: Press Release on Financial Results for the quarter and half year ended September 30, 2026 Ref.: Regulation 30 of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations & Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 ('Listing Regulations') Pursuant to Regulation 30 of Listing Regulations, please find enclosed herewith the press release for Unaudited Standalone and Consolidated Financial Results of National Securities Depository Limited (‘the Company’) for the quarter and half year ended September 30, 2026. The said information is available on the Company's website at https://nsdl.com/ in terms of Regulation 46 of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015. We request you to kindly take the same on record. Thanking you, Yours faithfully, For National Securities Depository Limited Alen Ferns Company Secretary & Compliance Officer Membership No. A30633 Encl: As above 301, 3rd Floor, Naman Chambers, G Block, Plot No- C-32, Bandra Kurla Complex, Bandra East, Mumbai- 400051 Tel: 91 22 6944 8400/8500| CIN – L74120MH2012PLC230380 | Email: info@nsdl.co.in | Web: nsdl.com NSDL-PUBLIC PRESS RELEASE Mumbai, October 31, 2026 NSDL reports standalone total income growth of 11.7% YoY in Q2 FY27 and 13.3% YoY in H1 FY27 Business Update • Depository Participants (DP) footprint has grown consistently, with 320 DPs as of September 30, 2026, supported by 53,846 service centres • Market share in net Beneficiary Owner (BO) account additions stood at 17.2% in Q2 FY27, compared with 17.6% in Q2 FY26. For H1 FY27, market share increased to 17.4% from 16.6% in H1 FY26 • During the quarter, we added 15.6 lakh net BO accounts (17.8 lakh gross), taking total BO account base to 4.72 cr as of September 30, 2026 • Market share in the Unlisted Equity segment stands at 72.5% in Q2 FY27, with 3,197 companies admitted to the platform during the quarter • NSDL’s issuer base has grown to ~118,679 issuers • As of September 30, 2026, market share by total Demat Custody Value stood at 85.8%, of which market share of individual and HUF stands at 66.3% Recent Launches • Launched Demat 2.0, a platform using distributed ledger technology to support tokenized securities and enable near-real-time settlement through integration with RBI’s wholesale Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) infrastructure • Established an API-based interface with NSE to automate EGR creation, improve processing efficiency and support the digitization of physical gold ownership • Introduced API connectivity for Online Bond Platform Providers, enabling real-time account and holdings validation and electronic instruction submission to simplify investor transactions in the bond market • Enabled online submission of Form 121 through its corporate website, simplifying compliance and providing issuers and stakeholders with a seamless digital experience Page 1 of 4 NSDL-PUBLIC NSDL-PUBLIC Subsidiaries Update NSDL Payments Bank • NSDL Payments Bank’s RuPay NCMC smartcards reached 1.3 cr MSRTC registrations and over Rs.100 cr in cumulative card loads in October 2026, supporting concessional bus travel in Maharashtra under the government mandate effective September 1, 2026 • The Bank continues to gain traction in the digital payments ecosystem and is currently among the top 34 banks on UPI remitter bank • Retail customer base grew 1.6x to 54.3 lakh in Q2 FY27 from 33.5 lakh in Q2 FY26, with deposit balances rising 1.4x to Rs.378.1 cr from Rs.271.5 cr over the same period NSDL Database Management • KYC records of registered intermediaries reached 2.06 cr as of September 30, 2026 • Processed 2.53 cr transactions with total payment value of ~Rs.13,036 cr • SEZ Online integrated with RBI on October 1, 2026 for API-based reporting of goods and services trade under FEMA Regulations 2026. ~1,000 importers and exporters across SEZ and domestic jurisdictions use IMEXIO to prepare and file Customs declarations • Following IRDAI guidance, NDML incorporated NDML Insurance Repository Services Limited (NIRSL) and filed a demerger application with NCLT Mumbai to transfer the insurance repository business. The cumulative number of e-Insurance Accounts (eIA) created on the National Insurance Repository (NIR) platform stands at 1.75 cr policies to date Other Update • NSDL made further investment in India International Bullion Holding IFSC Limited (IIBH), in order to support various IT infrastructure development, among others Consolidated Performance Update Quarterly: • The Total Income increased from Rs.432.2 cr (Q2 FY26) to Rs.582.6 cr (Q2 FY27), registering a growth of 34.8% YoY • The Net Profit after tax increased from Rs.110.4 cr (Q2 FY26) to Rs.122.5 cr (Q2 FY27), up by 10.9% YoY Page 2 of 4 NSDL-PUBLIC NSDL-PUBLIC Half Year: • The Total Income increased from Rs.779.0 cr (H1 FY26) to Rs.1,143.1 cr (H1 FY27), registering a growth of 46.7% YoY • The Net Profit after tax increased from Rs.200.0 cr (H1 FY26) to Rs.220.8 cr (H1 FY27), up by 10.4% YoY Financial Performance Highlights NSDL announced its unaudited consolidated and standalone financial results for the quarter and half year ended September 30, 2026. Quarterly: (All amounts in Rs. Cr) Standalone Consolidated YoY QoQ YoY QoQ Particulars Q2 FY26 Q1 FY27 Q2 FY27 Q2 FY26 Q1 FY27 Q2 FY27 Growth Growth Growth Growth Total Income 250.6 219.7 279.8 11.7% 27.4% 432.2 560.5 582.6 34.8% 3.9% Net Profit after 120.4 89.1 126.7 5.2% 42.1% 110.4 98.3 122.5 10.9% 24.6% Half Year 2027: Standalone Consolidated Particulars H1 FY26 H1 FY27 YoY Growth H1 FY26 H1 FY27 YoY Growth Total Income 441.0 499.5 13.3% 779.0 1,143.1 46.7% Net Profit after 203.0 215.8 6.3% 200.0 220.8 10.4% Page 3 of 4 NSDL-PUBLIC NSDL-PUBLIC About NSDL (www.nsdl.com): NSDL (National Securities Depository Limited), one of the largest depositories in the world, established in August 1996 has established a state-of-the-art infrastructure that handles most of the securities held and settled in dematerialized form in the Indian capital market. NSDL aims at ensuring the safety and soundness of Indian marketplaces by developing settlement solutions that increase efficiency, minimize risk and reduce costs. At NSDL, we play a central role in developing products and services that will continue to nurture the growing needs of the financial services industry. NSDL provides bouquet of services to investors, stockbrokers, custodians, issuer companies etc. through its nation-wide network of Depository Partners. NSDL Database Management Limited (“NDML”) is currently providing services for e-governance project for special economic zones in India such as SEZ Online for the Government of India, Know Your Client (“KYC”) registration agency, insurance repository for e-insurance policies, managing paper to follow process on behalf of National Payments Corporation of India, assisting SEBI registered capital market intermediaries to digitally onboard new clients and perform necessary diligence and KYC, and assisting academic institutions in issuing awards digitally. NSDL Payments Bank Limited (“NPBL”) is currently engaged in the business of payment banking, including accepting demand deposits, providing payment solutions, remittances or recharge services through its mobile application, issuance of debit cards and co-branded prepaid cards, and offering domestic money transfer, mutual fund investment services, bank verification services for corporate brokers and insurance investment services. Place: Mumbai Date: October 31, 2026 Media Contact Ujjawal Punmiya JVP, Marketing and Corporate Communications ujjawal.punmiya@nsdl.com Connect with us Page 4 of 4 NSDL-PUBLIC