Business Responsibility and Sustainability Report for FY 2025-26

August 6, 2026 The Manager (Listing - CRD) The Manager (Listing Department) BSE Limited National Stock Exchange of India Limited Phiroze Jeejeebhoy Tower, Exchange Plaza, C-1, Block G, Dalal Street, Fort, Bandra Kurla Complex, Bandra (East), Mumbai - 400 001. Mumbai - 400 051. Scrip Code: 533151 SYMBOL: DBCORP ISIN: INE950I01011 Sub.: Business Responsibility and Sustainability Report for the financial year 2025-26 Ref.: Regulation 34(2)(f) of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 (‘SEBI Listing Regulations’) Dear Sir/Madam, Pursuant to the aforesaid SEBI Listing Regulations, please find enclosed the Business Responsibility and Sustainability Report which forms part of the Annual Report of the Company for the financial year 2025-26. This is for your information and records. Thanking you, For D.B. Corp Limited Om Prakash Pandey Company Secretary & Compliance Officer Membership Number: F7555 Encl.: as above Business Responsibility & Sustainability Report SECTION A: GENERAL DISCLOSURES I. Details of the listed entity 1. Corporate Identity Number (CIN) of the L22210GJ1995PLC047208 Listed Entity 2. Name of the Listed Entity D.B. Corp Limited (‘Company’ or ‘DBCL’) 3. Year of incorporation 27-10-1995 4. Registered office address Plot No. 280, Sarkhej-Gandhinagar Highway, Nr. YMCA Club, Makarba, Ahmedabad – 380051, Gujarat 5. Corporate address Corporate Office: 501, 5th Floor, Naman Corporate Link, Opp. Dena Bank, C-31, G - Block, Bandra – Kurla Complex, Bandra (East) Mumbai – 400051, Maharashtra Head Office: Dwarka Sadan, 6, Press Complex, M.P. Nagar, Zone 1, Bhopal – 462011, Madhya Pradesh 6. E-mail dbcs@dbcorp.in 7. Telephone 0755-4730000 8. Website www.dbcorpltd.com 9. Financial year for which reporting is being April 1, 2025 to March 31, 2026 done 10. Name of the Stock Exchange(s) where BSE Limited ('BSE') and National Stock Exchange of India Limited shares are listed ('NSE') 11. Paid-up Capital ` 1,782.46 Million 12. Name and contact details (telephone, Mr. Om Prakash Pandey, email address) of the person who may be Company Secretary & Compliance Officer contacted in case of any queries on the dbcs@dbcorp.in BRSR report 0755-4730000 13. Reporting boundary - Are the disclosures Disclosures made in this report are on a standalone basis. under this report made on a standalone basis (i.e. only for the entity) or on a consolidated basis (i.e. for the entity and all the entities which form a part of its consolidated financial statements, taken together). 14. Name of assessment or assurance Not Applicable provider 15. Type of assessment or assurance obtained Not Applicable II. Products/services 16. Details of business activities (accounting for 90% of the turnover): S. % of Turnover of Description of Main Activity Description of Business Activity No. the entity Printing/ publishing of newspapers and magazines and allied business segment 1 Printing/ Publishing of News 93.31% includes printing job work, internet and mobile interactive services etc. Annual Report 2025-26 125 Statutory Reports Business Responsibility & Sustainability Report 17. Products/Services sold by the entity (accounting for 90% of the entity’s Turnover): S. % of total Turnover Product/Service NIC Code No. contributed 1 Publishing of Newspaper NIC Code: 5813 20.17% 2 Advertisement Revenue NIC Code: 7310 71.84% III. Operations 18. Number of locations where plants and/or operations/offices of the entity are situated: Location Number of plants Number of offices Total National 51 80 131 International 0 0 0 19. Markets served by the entity: a. Number of locations Locations Number National (No. of States) 14 International (No. of Countries) 0 b. What is the contribution of exports as a percentage of the total turnover of the entity? Total contribution of exports as a percentage of the total turnover of the Company is 2.55%. c. A brief on types of customers Types of Customers The Company serves its customer base through two distinct business models, reflecting the breadth and diversity of its readership and institutional clientele as one of India's leading newspaper and publishing houses. (i) Business-to-Business (B2B) The Company partners with various institutional clients, including corporates, educational institutions, government departments, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and advertising agencies. These partnerships encompass an integrated suite of services including print advertising, digital campaigns, outdoor media, event management, promotional marketing and brand activations, enabling clients to design and execute impactful communication and outreach strategies tailored to their unique objectives. (ii) Business-to-Consumer (B2C) Through its portfolio of print publications, newspapers and magazines as well as its digital media platforms, the Company connects directly with millions of individual readers across the country. This direct engagement model strengthens content consumption and readership, deepens audience connect and reinforces the Company's brand equity and market leadership in the media and publishing landscape. 126 D.B. Corp Limited IV. Employees 20. Details as at the end of Financial Year: a. Employees and workers (including differently abled): S. Male Female Particulars Total (A) No. No. (B) % (B / A) No. (C) % (C / A) EMPLOYEES 1. Permanent (D) 2,393 2,193 91.64% 200 8.36% 2. Other than Permanent (E) 473 420 88.79% 53 11.21% 3. Total employees (D + E) 2,866 2,613 91.17% 253 8.83% WORKERS* 4. Permanent (F) 1,585 1,545 97.48% 40 2.52% 5. Other than Permanent (G) 325 269 82.77% 56 17.23% 6. Total workers (F + G) 1,910 1,814 94.97% 96 5.03% *The classification of workers has been carried out in accordance with the provisions of the amended Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 (OSH&WC Code, 2020). b. Differently abled Employees and workers: S. Male Female Particulars Total (A) No. No. (B) % (B / A) No. (C) % (C / A) DIFFERENTLY ABLED EMPLOYEES 1. Permanent (D) 11 11 100% 0 0% 2. Other than Permanent 0 0 0% 0 0% 3. Total differently abled 11 11 100% 0 0% employees (D + E) DIFFERENTLY ABLED WORKERS 4. Permanent (F) 0 0 0% 0 0% 5. Other than permanent 0 0 0% 0 0% 6. Total differently abled 0 0 0% 0 0% workers (F + G) 21. Participation/Inclusion/Representation of women: No. and percentage of Females Total (A) No. (B) % (B / A) Board of Directors 6 1 17% Key Management Personnel * 4 0 0% * Key Managerial Personnel includes Managing Director, Deputy Managing Director, Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary & Compliance Officer. Annual Report 2025-26 127 Statutory Reports Business Responsibility & Sustainability Report 22. Turnover rate for permanent employees and workers FY 2025-26 FY 2024-25 FY 2023-24 (Turnover rate in current FY) (Turnover rate in previous FY) (Turnover rate in the year prior to the previous FY) Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Permanent 11.58% 30.77% 13.22% 11.37% 19.17% 11.95% 16.60% 20.20% 16.90% Employees Permanent 6.32% 25.00% 7.03% 10.23% 0.00% 10.22% 7.00% 0.00% 7.00% Workers V. Holding, Subsidiary and Associate Companies (including joint ventures) 23. Names of holding / subsidiary / associate companies / joint ventures: Does the entity indicated Name of the holding Indicate whether in column A, participate S. / subsidiary / holding/ subsidiary/ % of shares held by in the Business No. associate companies associate/ joint listed entity Responsibility initiatives of / joint ventures (A) venture the listed entity? (Yes/No) 1 DB Consolidated Holding 54.41% No Private Limited 2 DB Infomedia Private Subsidiary 100% No Limited 3 I Media Corp Limited Step-down Subsidiary 100% No VI. CSR Details 24. (i) Whether CSR is applicable as per section 135 of Companies Act, 2013: Yes (ii) Turnover - ` 23,550.21 Million (iii) Net worth - ` 24,307.26 Million VII. Transparency and Disclosures Compliances 25. Complaints/Grievances on any of the pr [Showing first 8,000 characters — download PDF for full document]