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ITVS$undram Fasteners Limited REGISTERED & _CORPORATE OFFICE 98-A. VII FLOOR DR. RADHAKRISHNAN SALAI MYLAPORE, CHENNAI - 600 004, INDIA TELEPHONE : +91 - 44 - 28478500 Email: investorshelpdesk@sn.co.in PAN : AAACS8779D CIN : L35999TN 1962PLCO04943 WEBSITE : www.sundram.com August 5, 2026 National Stock Exchange of India Limited By NEAPS Scrip Symbol - SUNDRMFAST Exchange Plaza, 5th Floor, Plot No. C/1, G Block, Bandra-Kurla Complex, Bandra (East), Mumbai - 400 051 BSE Limited By Listing Centre Scrip Code - 500403 Phiroze Jeejeebhoy Towers, DalaI Street. Fort. Mumbai - 400 001 Dear Sir / Madam, Compliance under Regulation 47 of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 - Newspaper Publication on Unaudited Financial Results for the first quarter ended June 30, 2026 Pursuant to Regulation 47 of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, we enclose herewith a copy of the newspaper advertisement published in mle Hindu & Business Line, All India Edition (English) and Makkal Kural (Tamil) dated August 5, 2026 (Wednesday) with respect to the Unaudited financial results for the first quarter ended June 30, 2026, approved by the Board of Directors at their meeting held on Tuesday, August 4, 2026. Ttranking you, Yours truly, For Sundram Fasteners Limited adaM G Anand Babu Senior Manager-Finance & Company Secretary THE HINDU Wednesday,August5,2026 Business Chennai Transport, pharma and biotech become India’s biggest research investors Jacob P. Koshy activities, underscoring a spending in 2021-22, rising 2018-19. At that time, phar- familiar with the data com- quirements by RBI on tran- ment institutions, includ- NEW DELHI broader shift in the coun- further to 51.8% in 2023- ma and transportation pendium, attributed the sparently disclosing R&D ing central agencies, state try’s innovation landscape. 24, the first time business- were already among the sharp rise in private sector spends may also have organisations and higher India’s private-sector re- The report follows a dis- es have contributed more country’s leading indus- spending to “post COVID.” played a role, he added. educational institutions, as search effort is now being closure by the DST in the to India’s research effort trial research sectors, but The “realisation” that The expansion in spend- the dominant employers of driven overwhelmingly by Lok Sabha last week that than all levels of govern- transportation R&D was investments in R&D were ing has been accompanied India’s R&D workforce. the transportation, phar- showed India’s spending ment combined. only about ₹14,000 crore “critical” to companies’ fu- by a shift in India’s re- The report attributes maceutical, biotechnology on research and develop- Transportation compa- while biotechnology and ture prompted greater in- search workforce. The lat- the increase in private re- and information technolo- ment (R&D) surged to nies spent ₹39,137 crore on IT accounted for a much vestments, he told The est survey estimates that search primarily to busi- gy (IT) industries, with 0.83% of GDP in 2021-22, R&D in 2023-24, making smaller share of industrial Hindu. Though nearly private industry employed ness enterprises rather transport companies the first time that the coun- them the single largest in- research spending. 8,000-odd companies more full-time equivalent than private universities or emerging as the country’s try crossed the 0.8% dustrial R&D contributor, Transportation companies Since then, the tran- populated the DST data- (FTE) R&D personnel than research organisations. largest corporate R&D in- threshold since 2009-10. followed by drugs and spent ₹39,137 crore on R&D sport-sector R&D has al- base, 90% of the R&D in- government institutions in Of the ₹1.27 lakh crore vestors, according to the The report estimates pharmaceuticals (₹25,847 in 2023-24. most tripled, biotechnolo- vestments came from 500- 2023-24, with business en- spent by the private sector Department of Science and that India’s R&D expendi- crore), biotechnology gy has emerged as one of odd companies. terprises accounting for in 2023-24, private indus- Technology’s (DST) Re- ture will approach 0.9% of (₹10,321 crore), IT (₹9,587 The latest figures repre- India’s largest research-in- He underlined that the the largest pool of re- try accounted for ₹1.11 lakh search and Development GDP in 2025-26. crore) and electrical and sent a marked departure tensive industries, and IT DST had not made any searchers and technical crore, while Scientific and Statistics 2025-26. The figures also reveal a electronics (₹6,779 crore). from the pattern seen in has joined the country’s methodological changes to staff engaged in core re- Industrial Research Organ- The report also shows structural shift in India’s Together, these sectors the last publicly available leading corporate R&D how it sourced this data search activities. In con- isations contributed ₹7,798 that industry now employs innovation landscape: accounted for the bulk of DST statistical compendi- spenders. from industries, which is trast, the 2020 edition of crore and private higher more researchers than the private industry accounted private industrial research um released in 2020, An official, who de- done through self-reported the report, based on 2017- educational institutions public sector in core R&D for 45.5% of national R&D expenditure. which contained data up to clined to be identified but questionnaires. Stricter re- 18 data, showed govern- ₹9,164 crore. INBRIEF FSSAI bans ‘100% pure’ Dabur Govt. introduces Bill (cid:1) to ‘make it easier to products, firm’s share falls 4% 4 do business in India’ 4 4 Labels such as ‘100% pure, natural, organic and tender’ are in contravention of food safety 4 regulations, as they are ambiguous, unverifiable and likely to mislead consumers, says regulator T.C.A. Sharad Raghavan The Taxation and NEW DELHI Other Laws The Hindu Bureau stands by the purity and (Amendment) Bill, MUMBAI quality of its products and Finance Minister Nirmala 2026 seeks to amend I has never made any mis- Sitharaman on Tuesday in- LIC shares dip 8% on Centre’s n a major clamp down leading claims,” it stated. troduced the Taxation and several existing Acts on companies making The company said it was Other Laws (Amendment) stake sale at 10% discount false and misleading exploring options in rela- Bill, 2026 in the Lok Sabha, claims, the Food Safety tion to the prohibitory or- seeking to amend several India has deep talent in Investors sold Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) and Standards Authority of der. “However, as a good existing Acts in a bid to at- this field,” the official furth- pulling it down by almost 8% on the BSE, closing India (FSSAI) has issued an corporate citizen, Dabur tract more foreign capital, er explained. “Until now, a at more than a two-month low of ₹391/share after order directing FMCG ma- had already initiated tran- make it easier to do busi- long and demanding list of the government sold its stake at 10% discount. jor Dabur India Ltd. to sitioning of the product la- ness in India, and to push conditions discouraged The stock hit ₹400/apiece before steadily sliding withdraw products carry- bels as mentioned in the the Make in India mission. those managers from bas- and reaching the day’s close. The Centre sold ing ‘misleading 100% Block list:The order is against Dabur products including honey, FSSAI letter to new labels/ The Taxation and Other ing themselves in India, for 6.5% stake in LIC via OFS at a discount of 10% . claims’. apple cider vinegar, virgin coconut oil, and cow ghee. FILE PHOTO advertisements without Laws (Amendment) Bill, fear that doing so might LIC’s offer for sale consisted of a base offer of up The regulator issued the 100% claim,” it said. 2026 will amend the Pay- make the entire foreign to 2% equity stake in the insurer with an option notice to the company to of the FSS (Advertising & claims, no satisfactory c [Showing first 8,000 characters — download PDF for full document]