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August 21, 2026 National Stock Exchange of India Limited BSE Limited Trading Symbol: NETWORK18 SCRIP CODE: 532798 Through: NEAPS Through: BSE Listing Centre Dear Sirs, Sub: Business Responsibility and Sustainability Report for the financial year 2025-26 - Regulation 34(2)(f) of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 We enclose herewith the Business Responsibility and Sustainability Report of the Company for the financial year 2025-26. The said report is also available on the website of the Company and can be accessed at: https://www.nw18.com/reports/NW18_BRSR_2025-26.pdf. For Network18 Media & Investments Limited Shweta Gupta Company Secretary and Compliance Officer Encl.: as above Network18 Media & Investments Limited (CIN - L65910MH1996PLC280969) Regd. office: First Floor, Empire Complex, 414- Senapati Bapat Marg, Lower Parel, Mumbai-400013 T: +91 22 40019000, 66667777 W: www.nw18.com E: investors.n18@nw18.com Business Responsibility & Sustainability Report PG-01-34 BUSINESS RESPONSIBILITY & SUSTAINABILITY REPORT SECTION A: GENERAL DISCLOSURES I. DETAILS OF THE LISTED ENTITY 1 Corporate Identity Number (CIN) of the Listed L65910MH1996PLC280969 Entity 2 Name of the Listed Entity Network18 Media & Investments Limited 3 Year of Incorporation 1996 4 Registered office address First Floor, Empire Complex, 414, Senapati Bapat Marg, Lower Parel, Mumbai - 400013 5 Corporate address First Floor, Empire Complex, 414, Senapati Bapat Marg, Lower Parel, Mumbai - 400013 6 E-mail investors.n18@nw18.com 7 Telephone +912240019000; +912266667777 8 Website www.nw18.com 9 Financial year for which reporting is being Financial Year 2025-26 done 10 Name of the Stock Exchange(s) where shares BSE Limited are listed National Stock Exchange of India Limited 11 Paid-up Capital (in ₹) 7,71,00,00,090 12 Name and contact details (telephone, email address) of the person who may be contacted in case of any queries on the BRSR report Name of Contact Person Shweta Gupta Company Secretary and Compliance Officer Contact Number of Contact Person +912240019000 Email of Contact Person investors.n18@nw18.com 13 Reporting boundary - Are the disclosures Network18 Media & Investments Limited – Standalone under this report made on a standalone basis Thus, all the data reported in this report pertains to Network18 (i.e. only for the entity) or on a consolidated Standalone entity 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 provider Not Applicable 15 Type of assessment or assurance obtained Not Applicable II. PRODUCTS/SERVICES 16. Details of business activities (accounting for 90% of the turnover) S. Description of Main Description of Business Activity % of Turnover of No. Activity the entity 1 Information and Other Information & Communication Service Activities (Broadcasting 99.94 communication and Digital Media activities) Network18 Media & Investments Limited 01 17. Products/Services sold by the entity (accounting for 90% of the entity's Turnover): S. No. Product/Service NIC Code % of total Turnover contributed 1 Advertisement and subscription revenue 6020 and 6390 97.81 III. OPERATIONS 18. Number of locations where plants and/or operations/offices of the entity are situated: Locations Number of plants Number of offices Total National 0 26 26 International 0 0 0 19. Markets served by the entity: a. Number of locations Locations Number National (No. of States) PAN India International (No. of Countries) Digital and broadcasting properties of the Company are available to customers spread across the globe. The Company has generated revenue from customers located in 20 countries. b. What is the contribution of exports as a percentage of the total turnover of the entity? In the reporting year, 8.2% of total turnover was contributed by exports. c. A brief on types of customers T he Company operates primarily in the news media segment, across TV and digital platforms. The Company's bouquet of channels and digital platforms deliver comprehensive news coverage to audience across demographics and socio-economic segments, who are the primary customers. Other set of customers include advertisers who use Company's platforms to connect with consumers. IV. EMPLOYEES 20. Details as at the end of Financial Year: a. Employees and workers (including differently abled): S. Particulars Total (A) Male Female No No. (B) % (B/A) No. (C) % (C/A) EMPLOYEES 1. Permanent (D) 4,895 3,674 75.06 1,221 24.94 2. Other than Permanent (E) 10 6 60.00 4 40.00 3. Total employees (D + E) 4,905 3,680 75.03 1,225 24.97 WORKERS 4. Permanent (F) 5. Other than Permanent (G) Not Applicable 6. Total workers (F + G) 02 Annual Report 2025-26 Business Responsibility & Sustainability Report PG-01-34 b. Differently abled Employees and workers: S. Particulars Total (A) Male Female No No. (B) % (B/A) No. (C) % (C/A) DIFFERENTLY ABLED EMPLOYEES 1. Permanent (D) 3 3 100.00 0 0.00 2. Other than Permanent (E) 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 3. Total differently abled employees (D + E) 3 3 100.00 0 0.00 DIFFERENTLY ABLED WORKERS 4. Permanent (F) 5. Other than Permanent (G) Not Applicable 6. Total differently abled workers (F + G) 21. Participation/Inclusion/Representation of women Total (A) No. and percentage of Females No. (B) % (B / A) Board of Directors 7 2 28.57 Key Management Personnel* 3 1 33.33 *Represents Key Managerial Personnel (KMP) appointed under the Companies Act, 2013. It includes Managing Director who is designated as KMP. 22. Turnover rate for permanent employees and workers (Disclose trends for the past 3 years) FY 2025-26 FY 2024-25 FY 2023-24 Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Permanent Employees 14.20% 20.20% 15.60% 18.13% 25.60% 19.88% 20.72% 27.68% 22.27% Permanent Workers Not Applicable V. HOLDING, SUBSIDIARY AND ASSOCIATE COMPANIES (INCLUDING JOINT VENTURES) 23. (a) Names of holding / subsidiary / associate companies / joint ventures S. Name of the holding/ Indicate whether % of shares Does the entity indicated No. subsidiary/ associate holding/ Subsidiary/ held by at column A, participate in companies/ joint ventures (A) Associate/ Joint listed entity the Business Responsibility Venture initiatives of the listed entity? (Yes/No) 1 AETN18 Media Private Limited Subsidiary 51.00 No 2 Colosceum Media Private Limited Subsidiary 100.00 No 3 Greycells18 Media Limited Subsidiary 89.69 No 4 News18 Marathi Private Limited Subsidiary 100.00 No (formerly known as IBN Lokmat News Private Limited) 5 Infomedia Press Limited Subsidiary 50.69 No Network18 Media & Investments Limited 03 S. Name of the holding/ Indicate whether % of shares Does the entity indicated No. subsidiary/ associate holding/ Subsidiary/ held by at column A, participate in companies/ joint ventures (A) Associate/ Joint listed entity the Business Responsibility Venture initiatives of the listed entity? (Yes/No) 6 Moneycontrol Dot Com India Subsidiary 100.00 No Limited 7 Web18 Digital Services Limited Subsidiary 100.00 No 8 Big Tree Entertainment Private Associate 39.29 No Limited 9 Ubona Technologies Private Joint Venture 50.00 No Limited VI. CSR DETAILS 24. CSR Details Whether CSR is applicable as per section 135 of Companies Act, 2013 Yes Turnover (in ₹) 22,87,23,40,984 Net worth (in ₹) 54,28,59,39,912 N ote: Owing to losses in the relevant years, the Company was not mandated to spend towards CSR projects as per the provisions of Section 135 of the Companies Act, 2013. VII. TRANSPARENCY AND DISCLOSURES COMPLIANCES 25. Complaints/Grievances on any of the principles (Principles 1 to 9) under the National Guidelines on Responsible Business Conduct: Stakeholder Grievance If Yes, then provide FY 2025-26 FY 2024-25 group from Redressal web-link for Number of Number of Remarks Number of Number of Remarks whom Mechanism grievance redress complaints complaints complaints complaints complaint is in Place policy filed pe [Showing first 8,000 characters — download PDF for full document]