ESOP updates

July 31, 2026 BSE Limited National Stock Exchange of India Phiroze Jeejeebhoy Towers, Limited Exchange Plaza, Bandra Kurla Dalal Street, Complex, Bandra (East), Mumbai 400 051 Mumbai 400 001 Symbol: CEATLTD Security Code: 500878 NCD symbol: CL26, CL30 Dear Sirs/Madam, Sub: Intimation of proposed Secondary Market Purchase of Company’s Equity Shares by ESOP Trust in a scheduled manner Ref: Our letters dated May 12, 2025, and July 24, 2026, regarding institution of 'CEAT - Employees Stock Option Scheme 2025, grants of ESOPs thereunder and related matters. Pursuant to the approval of the shareholders and in accordance with SEBI (Share Based Employee Benefits and Sweat Equity) Regulations, 2021 (“SBEBSE Regulations’), the Company has instituted the CEAT - Employee Stock Option Scheme 2025 (“Scheme”), which is administered and implemented through ESOP Trust. With reference to the letter dated July 24, 2026, about recent grant of options, the ESOP Trust proposes to acquire corresponding equity shares of the Company from the open market, (after taking into account the existing shareholding), in multiple tranches on or before December 31, 2026. The acquisition will be undertaken through a SEBI registered stockbroker, only during open trading window period(s), in compliance with limits prescribed under Regulation 3(11) of the SBEBSE Regulations and in conformity with SEBI (Prohibition of Insider Trading) Regulations, 2015 and the Company’s Code of Conduct. The proposed acquisition will be funded in accordance with shareholders’ approval and the applicable provisions of the SBEBSE Regulations. Necessary disclosures, as and when triggered, will be made to the stock exchanges in accordance with relevant regulations. This is for your information. Yours faithfully, For CEAT Limited (Gaurav Tongia) Company Secretary