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Please find enclosed herewith Chairman Speech as delivered at 91st Annual General Meeting of the Company held on 20.08.2026.
Kesar Enterprises Ltd-$ · 507180
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Kesar Enterprises Ltd's Chairman Speech at the 91st Annual General Meeting highlights a decline in sugar sale volumes, but a narrowing loss and improved EBITDA. The Company expects sugar prices to remain steady in FY 2026-27 and aims to improve its cane payment cycle.
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20th August, 2026
BSE Ltd.
Phiroze Jeejeebhoy Towers,
Dalal Street,
Mumbai 400 001
Scrip Code: 507180
Dear Sir,
Sub: Chairman Speech at 91st Annual General Meeting of the Company
Please find attached herewith a copy of the Chairman Speech as delivered at 91st Annual
General Meeting of the Company held on Thursday, 20th August, 2026 through Video
Conference / Other Audio-Visual Means. The same is also available on the website of the
Company.
You are requested to kindly take the above information on record.
Thanking you,
Yours faithfully,
For Kesar Enterprises Limited
Gaurav Sharma
Company Secretary &
Vice President (Legal & HR)
Encl.: As above.
KESAR ENTERPRISES LIMITED
91st Annual General Meeting — Chairman's Address to Shareholders
Dear Shareholders,
On behalf of the Board of Directors of Kesar Enterprises Limited, I extend a warm welcome to each of
you to our 91st Annual General Meeting (AGM). Thank you all for taking out your time to attend this
AGM today.
Performance Overview — FY 2025-26
The financial year under review continued to test the resilience of your Company and the Uttar Pradesh
sugar industry as a whole. Revenue from operations stood at ₹304.50 crore, compared to ₹333.97
crore in the previous year, primarily reflecting a decline in sugar sale volumes to 6.23 lakh quintals
from 7.53 lakh quintals a year earlier. I am, however, encouraged to report that the Company's loss
narrowed meaningfully during the year — the net loss stood at ₹48.41 crore as against ₹72.62 crore
in FY 2024-25, while EBITDA improved from a negative ₹38.92 crore to a negative ₹11.00 crore. This
improvement reflects tighter cost discipline, the benefit of one-off items including interest written back
on the Sugar Development Fund OTS settlement, an insurance claim received and proceeds from the
sale of leasehold land rights.
Crushing operations for Season 2025-26 began later than planned and closed earlier, and the plant
processed 55.31 lakh quintals of cane over 98 days, lower than 59.46 lakh quintals over 108 days in
the preceding season. The principal reason was diversion of cane centres by farmers’ group to
neighbouring mills on account of delays in clearing cane price dues from the prior season — a
challenge that reduced our command area from 27,012 hectares to 18,636 hectares. On a more
positive note, sugar recovery improved to 10.23% from 9.55%, reflecting continued agronomic effort
within a shrinking cane base and also due to a later start up.
Segment Performance
Our Power Division continued to benefit from the Uttar Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission's
revised multi-year tariff, which moved to ₹4.43 per unit for FY 2025-26, supporting better revenue
visibility even as generation volumes were constrained by lower cane and bagasse availability. The
Spirits Division remained shut through the year, as prevailing molasses costs and RS/SDS/ethanol
realisations continued to render distillery operations commercially unviable; a decision on restarting
operations will be taken by around September–October 2026 based on market conditions at that time.
Industry Environment and Outlook
The structural challenges facing the Uttar Pradesh sugar industry are well known to this house — a
State Advised Price regime that runs meaningfully ahead of the Fair and Remunerative Price, a
Minimum Selling Price (MSP) for sugar that has remained unchanged at ₹31 per kilogram for over six
years, and production costs that remain the highest among major sugar-producing states. Your
Company, together with industry bodies, continues to press for a rational, recovery-linked cane pricing
formula and a timely revision of the MSP. For FY 2026-27, we expect sugar prices to remain steady,
aided by lower opening stocks and the Government's continuing restriction on exports, and we intend
to prioritise improving our cane payment cycle to protect our command area — particularly with a new
sugar mill coming up within 15 kilometres of our zone. The Board views the near and medium-term
industry outlook as cautiously positive.
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Governance and Appreciation
Your Board remains committed to prudent financial management, sound internal controls, and high
standards of governance and compliance, as detailed in the Directors' Report and the Corporate
Governance Report forming part of this Annual Report. I place on record my sincere appreciation for
the continued guidance of my fellow Directors, the dedication of our employees and workforce, and
the constructive engagement of our farmers, bankers, and regulatory authorities through a demanding
year. On behalf of the Board, I thank you, our shareholders, for your patience and continued confidence
in the Company, and I look forward to your support as we work towards a stronger performance in the
year ahead.
With warm regards,
Sd/-
Harsh R Kilachand
Chairman & Managing Director
CAUTIONARY STATEMENT
The above contains "forward looking statements" within the meaning of applicable laws, and regulations and is futuristic in nature.
All statements that address expectations or projections about the future, including, but not limited to statements about the
Company's strategy for growth, market position, expenditures and financial results are forward looking statements. The Company's
actual results, performance or achievement could thus differ materially from those projected in any such forward-looking
statements. Investors are requested to make their own independent judgments before taking any investment decisions and the
Company assumes no responsibility