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JSW Dulux Limited · JSWDULUX
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JSW Dulux Limited has informed the Exchange about the transcript of the group investor call conducted on 12th August 2026 with regard to the financial results of the Company for the quarter ended 30th June 2026.
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18th August 2026
Department of Corporate Services The Listing Department
BSE Limited National Stock Exchange of India Ltd.
1st floor, New Trading Ring Exchange Plaza, 5th floor,
Rotunda Building, P J Towers Bandra-Kurla Complex
Dalal Street, Fort Bandra (E)
Mumbai - 400 001 Mumbai – 400051
Scrip Code: 500710 Symbol: JSWDULUX
Dear Sir/Madam,
Sub: Group Investor Call Transcript
Pursuant to Regulation 30 of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations
and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, please find attached the transcript of the
group investor call conducted on 12th August 2026 with regard to the financial results of the
Company for the quarter ended 30th June 2026.
This has been uploaded on the Company website also and can be accessed through the link:
https://www.jswdulux.com/investors.php#im
Kindly take the aforesaid information on record.
Thanking you,
Yours truly,
For JSW Dulux Limited
(Formerly Akzo Nobel India Limited)
Rajiv L. Jha
General Counsel & Company Secretary
Encl: as above.
“JSW Dulux Limited Q1 FY-27 Earnings Conference
Call”
August 12, 2026
MANAGEMENT: MR. RAJIV RAJGOPAL – JOINT MANAGING DIRECTOR
& CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, JSW DULUX LIMITED
MR. KRISHNA RALLAPALLI – WHOLE-TIME DIRECTOR
& CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, JSW DULUX LIMITED
MR. RAJIV JHA – GENERAL COUNSEL, COMPANY
SECRETARY & COMPLIANCE OFFICER, JSW DULUX
LIMITED
MODERATOR: MR. ANIRUDDHA JOSHI – ICICI SECURITIES
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Moderator: Ladies and gentlemen, good day and welcome to JSW Dulux Limited Q1 FY27 Earnings
Conference Call.
The conference is now being recorded. At this moment, all participant lines are in listen-only
mode. Later, we will conduct a question-and-answer session. At that time, you may click on the
Q&A tab to ask a live question. Please note that this conference is being recorded.
I now hand the conference, over to Mr. Aniruddha Joshi from ICICI Securities. Thank you and
over to you, sir.
Aniruddha Joshi: Thank you. On behalf of ICICI Securities, we welcome you all to Q1 FY27 results webinar of
JSW Dulux Limited. We have with us today Senior Management represented by Mr. Rajiv
Rajgopal – Joint Managing Director and CEO. Mr. Krishna Rallapalli – Whole-time Director
and CFO. And Mr. Rajiv Jha – General Counsel, Company Secretary and Compliance Officer.
Now I handover the call to the management for initial comments on the quarterly performance
and then we will open the floor for question-and-answer session. Thanks, and over to you, Rajiv
sir, for reading out the disclaimer. Thanks.
Rajiv Jha: Good afternoon.
This media release contains statements which address such key issues as the company growth
strategy, future financial results, market positions, product development, products in the pipeline
and product approvals. Such statements should be carefully considered and it should be
understood that many factors could cause forecast and actual results or outcomes to differ from
these statements. These factors include but are not limited to price fluctuations, currency
fluctuations, developments in raw material and personnel costs, pensions, physical and
environmental risks, legal issues and legislative, fiscal and other regulatory measures and
approvals as well as significant market disruptions. The stated competitive positions are based
on management estimates, supported by information provided by specialized external agencies.
For a more comprehensive discussion of the risk factors affecting our business, please see our
latest annual report. And with this, I am handing over the stage to Mr. Rajiv Rajgopal for taking
over. Thank you.
Rajiv Rajgopal: Good afternoon, everyone. Delighted to be back on a call with all of you on the quarterly
earnings for the first quarter of the fiscal.
As all of you have seen our commentary, we have had a pretty strong quarter. But just so that, I
am able to clearly explain, we have to look at the quarter from a like to like perspective. Because
when you look at the first quarter, the quarter also had certain remnants of the business which
has got taken off or carved out as a part of the Akzo Nobel India deal with the JSW Group. So,
the JSW Dulux, like to like, houses now all the brands and businesses which are now a part of
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this journey. What's got carved out is the powder coating business, the IRC business and a few
customers. Global, which AkzoNobel has retained as a part of its unlisted entity.
So, with that, I just want to quickly run you through first the financials at a high level. We have
loaded the entire Presentation on the Stock Exchange and most of you would have by now gone
through it. So, I am not going to spend a lot of time. But just for being very clear. I just want to
sort of inform you first the numbers so that we then can move quickly. And Krishna – our CFO
is here, Rajiv is here. We can quickly run through how the quarter has gone by and give you
more time for Q&A.
So, the revenue, revenue we grew, we hit 965 crores in the quarter. The like-to-like last year was
812, which is an 18.8% growth blended between decorative plus industrial. The gross margin
was 360.8 crores against last year's 353.6, which is a 2%. growth. We delivered 115.1 against
100.4 last year, which is a 14.7% growth. And the PAT was 135.5 against 67.2. Right. And the
PAT, as mentioned in our press release, had two one offs, which we want to clearly highlight.
One is the interest on IT fund of about 21.5 crores and a dividend income from ICI R&T, which
is for the property sale of assets which were under that entity of about 55.9 crores. So, that's
really the commentary at a high level.
So, really, if I were to look at the quarter, what I would like to start with is we had a volume
growth of 25%. I think the quick question will be, yes, when you look at volume price mix and
we have got various industries calling it underlying volume growth, etc. Now, we have delivered
a volume growth of close to about 25%. And if you were to just adjust for the price, we would
still have a volume growth of close to about 18%. So, really, 18% to 19%. So, the pretty strong
growth, if you just take out some of those, which is again, a very high growth in our view, close,
almost close to 20%. So, really, 20% growth giving you 18.8% revenue growth. There's very
little I can complain.
So, first, before running through the other metrics, let me talk about really complementing the
team. Our decorative business grew pretty high, double digit. Our industrial business all grew
upwards of 25%. So, really, it's been a fantastic performance and my kudos to the team. One is
to also keep in mind that in this quarter, in between April and May and June, we shut our Delhi
headquarters and moved the entire headquarters to JSW Center in Mumbai. So, it involves the
transition of a team. And as I told one of the channels in the morning, it almost felt like you are
having to rewire the house without switching off the mains. So, really, to me, I really want to
compliment the team for being able to achieve one of the highest growths. Because the COVID
was a base effect. So, if I take that off, this is one of the highest growth I have ever seen since I
took over as MD in 2018 at Akzo Nobel India. So, really fantastic growth under tough
circumstances. Obviously, a lot of shifts happening, massive change for employees, speaks
volumes of the way the teams have been conducting themselves. So, that's one. And also, a huge
kudos to Mr. Parth Jindal, our Chairman, for welcoming us into the family and making sure that
we feel at home. It was also an ad line of our VT campaign a couple of years ago. So, really, I
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think those are the two pivots which helped us to accelerate faster. Of course, there are brand
pivots, there are distribution pivots and there are strategic pivots, which we have done.
Now, quickly to then get into the granularit
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