Please find enclosed herewith Annual Report of the Company for FY 2026.

Telephone: +91 22 6661 7272 | Email: info.india@blackbox.com BBOX/SD/SE/2026/82 August 24, 2026 Corporate Relationship Department Corporate Relationship Department Bombay Stock Exchange Limited National Stock Exchange Limited P.J. Towers, Dalal Street, Exchange Plaza, Bandra Kurla Complex, Fort, Mumbai 400001 Bandra East, Mumbai 400051 Sub: Submission of Annual Report for FY 2025-26 Ref.: Scrip code: BSE: 500463/NSE: BBOX Dear Sir/Madam, This is with reference to our letter no. BBOX/SD/SE/2026/70 dated August 12, 2026, intimating the Stock Exchanges that the 40th Annual General Meeting (“AGM”) of the Company is scheduled to be held on Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 11:00 A.M. Indian Standard Time (IST) through Video Conferencing (“VC”) facility provided by National Securities Depository Limited (“NSDL”). Further, pursuant to the provisions of Regulation 34 of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 ("LODR Regulations"), we hereby submit the Annual Report of the Company for FY 2025-26 including the Notice of the 40th AGM. The copy of the aforesaid Annual Report is attached herewith for your perusal and is also available on the website of the Company at www.blackbox.com. This is for your information, record and necessary dissemination to all the stakeholders. For Black Box Limited Aditya Goswami Company Secretary & Compliance Officer Encl.: A/a. BLACK BOX LIMITED Registered Office: 501, 5th Floor, Building No. 9, Airoli Knowledge Park, MIDC Industrial Area, Airoli, Navi Mumbai 400 708, India BLACKBOX.COM | CIN: L32200MH1986PLC040652 | Tel: +91 22 6661 7272 ANNU AL REPORT 2 0 2 5 - 2 6 REDEFINE READY Enabling the Infrastructure of the AI Era Black Box Limited CONTENTS CORPORATE INFORMATION Board of Directors Registered Office Corporate Statutory Overview Reports Dilip Thakkar 5th Floor, 501, Building No. 9, Chairman & Independent Director Airoli Knowledge Park, Redefine Ready 02-03 Management Discussion MIDC Industrial Area, Neha Nagpal and Analysis 66-92 Airoli, Navi Mumbai-400708 Ready with Expanded Capabilities Independent Director for the AI Era 04-05 Notice of 40th Annual Munesh Khanna Phone: +91 22 6661 7272 General Meeting 93-106 Readiness in Action 06-07 Independent Director Email: info.india@blackbox.com Chairman’s Message 08-10 Director’s Report 107-129 Naresh Kothari investors@blackbox.com Whole-time Director’s Message 11-13 Report on Corporate Non-Executive Director Website: www.blackbox.com Governance 130-156 Black Box Today 14-15 Anshuman Ruia CIN: L32200MH1986PLC040652 WTD and CFO Certificate 157-157 Executive Director Geographic Footprint 16-17 Global Presence Business Responsibility & Sanjeev Verma Strengths 18-19 Sustainability Reporting 158-222 Whole-time Director Regions: India & SAARC, North America, Our Journey 20-21 Latin America, Europe, Middle East & Africa, Deepak Kumar Bansal Asia-Pacific Strategy 22-25 Executive Director Industries Served 26-35 Registrar and Share Transfer Agent Financial Chief Financial Officer (RTA) Core Offering: Global Solutions Statements Integration (GSI) 36-45 Deepak Kumar Bansal Datamatics Business Solutions Limited Core Offering: Technology Product Standalone Financial Company Secretary & Plot No. A 16 & 17, Part B, Cross Lane, MIDC, Solutions (TPS) 46-47 Statements 224-324 Compliance Officer Marol, Andheri (East), Mumbai – 400093 Awards 48-49 Consolidated Financial Aditya Goswami Phone: +91 22 6671 2001-2006 Key Performance Indicators 50-51 Statements 325-453 Email: investorsqry@datamaticsbpm.com Statutory Auditors Website: www.datamaticsbpm.com Environmental, Social and M/s. M S K A & Associates LLP Governance 52-55 (Formerly known as M/s. M S K A & Environmental 56-57 Associates) Social–Employees 58-59 Social–Communities 60-61 Governance 62-63 Board of Directors 64-65 Forward-looking statement This Report contains forward-looking statements that reflect Black Box Limited’s views concerning future events and performance. These statements are based on reasonable assumptions and past performance and involve a variety of risks and uncertainties. These statements include all the statements other than historical facts, performance highlights, objectives, approaches, and mitigation plans. They are subject to change considering developments in the industry, geographical market Download the report here conditions, government regulations, laws, and other incidental For more information visit: factors. Consequently, no forward-looking statement can be www.blackbox.com guaranteed, and actual results may vary materially causing a material impact on the Company’s operations and performance. REDEFINE READY Enabling the Infrastructure of the AI Era Black Box is Ready Every day, billions of people and devices Together, these investments are changing For several decades, Black Box has built, connected, modernised, secured and managed the digital connect across the world. Data moves. the scale, complexity and economics of the infrastructure that keeps the world moving. As the technology landscape evolved, the Company continually Enterprises operate. Experiences happen. infrastructure needed to power the global reinvented itself by sharpening its customer focus, integrating complex global operations, building a scalable Behind it all is digital infrastructure, the digital economy. operating model, strengthening its technology capabilities and expanding its global delivery footprint. connectivity backbone of the global enterprise ecosystem. Whether powering the world’s The infrastructure-readiness This transformation has created a stronger foundation to capture the accelerating opportunity in AI-led largest technology companies, supporting infrastructure, positioning Black Box at the centre of the next wave of global digital infrastructure investment. challenge global commerce or enabling transformative AI-ready environments require more than technologies, it operates quietly behind additional compute capacity. Organisations The Ready to enable the the scenes. need a secure, resilient, high-performance transformation infrastructure of the AI era digital foundation that can connect AI shaping unprecedented increasingly complex environments, move Established a vertical-led go-to-market approach Help enterprises scale, innovate, and lead through infrastructure demand growing volumes of data efficiently, support focused on strategic, high-value accounts AI-ready digital infrastructure In the AI era, digital infrastructure is the real-time applications, maintain continuous Strengthened leadership capabilities and added Design, modernise, deliver and manage AI-ready, critical engine that turns AI potential into availability, and scale as business and talent, expertise and strategic partnerships across cloud-first and data-centric environments business performance. Exponential growth in technology requirements rapidly evolve. the full infrastructure stack, including advanced AI workloads and data-intensive applications data centres, cloud computing and Execute large, multi-year, mission-critical is accelerating unprecedented investment For enterprises, this creates a critical AI-ready technologies programmes globally in hyperscale data centers, cloud and edge challenge: infrastructure designed for infrastructure, enterprise networks, 5G yesterday’s digital demands may not be Built a scalable global delivery model Integrate networking, cloud, cybersecurity and connectivity, cybersecurity, and intelligent ready for tomorrow’s AI powered world. capable of executing multiple large, complex AI technologies into digital infrastructure environments projects simultaneously customer experiences. Secure and protect mission-critical operations As a result, enterprises are rethinking how Expanded its presence in key AI infrastructure their digital infrastructure is designed, Build future-ready infrastructure for continuous growth markets, including the US, Europe, India connected, deployed, secure [Showing first 8,000 characters — download PDF for full document]