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Central Depository Services (India) Limited CDSL/CS/NSE/SJ/2026/96 July 08, 2026 The Manager, Listing Compliance Department, National Stock Exchange of India Ltd., Exchange Plaza, Bandra Kurla Complex, Bandra (East), Mumbai – 400051. Symbol: CDSL ISIN: INE736A01011 Subject: Notice of the Twenty-Eighth (28th) Annual General Meeting (“AGM”) for the Financial Year 2025-26 of Central Depository Services (India) Limited [“the Company/CDSL”]. Dear Sir/Madam, Pursuant to Regulation 30 read with Schedule III Part A Para A of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, please find enclosed herewith the Notice of the 28th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Company scheduled to be held on Thursday, July 30, 2026 at 11:00 A.M. (IST) through Video Conferencing (VC) /Other Audio Visual Means (OAVM). The said Notice forms a part of the Integrated Annual Report of the Company for the Financial Year 2025-26, and is uploaded on the Company’s website at https://www.cdslindia.com/InvestorRels/AnnualReports.html and on the website of MUFG Intime India Private Limited (Formerly known as Link Intime India Private Limited), the e-voting agency appointed by the Company for the 28th AGM, at https://instavote.linkintime.co.in/ Further, in accordance with Regulation 36(1)(b) of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, the Company has dispatched the letters to Shareholders whose e-mail addresses are not registered with Company/Depositories providing the weblink, including the exact path, where the Integrated Annual Report can be accessed on the Company’s website. This is for your information and records. Thanking you, Yours faithfully, For Central Depository Services (India) Limited Nilay Shah Company Secretary & Compliance Officer Membership No.: A20586 Encl: As Above Regd. Office: Marathon Futurex, A Wing, 25th Floor, Mafatlal Mills Compound, N M Joshi Marg, Lower Parel (E), Mumbai - 400 013. Phone: 91-22-2302 3333 • Fax: 91-22-2300 2036 • CIN: L67120MH1997PLC112443 Website: www.cdslindia.com Directors’ Report Statutory Reports Corporate Overview Financial Statements 01-91 92-258 259-394 Notice CENTRAL DEPOSITORY SERVICES (INDIA) LIMITED CIN: Registered Office: L67120MH1997PLC112443 Unit No. A-2501, Marathon Futurex, Mafatlal Mills Compound, Tel: N. M. Joshi Marg, Lower Parel (East), Mumbai 400013. Website: www.cdslindia.com Email Id: shareholders@cdslindia.com 91-22-6234 3000/3001 NOTICE To consider and approve the appointment of CthENTRAL Smt. Geetha Gangadharan (DIN: 11311971), in is hereby given that the Twenty Eighth (28 ) Annual 3. DEPOSITORY SERVICES (INDIA) LIMITED place of Ms. Kamala Kantharaj (DIN: 07917801), General Meeting (“AGM”) of the Members of Thursday, July 30, 2026 Non-Independent Director, who retires from office (“CDSL/the 11.00 A.M. by rotation and being eligible, does not offer herself Company”) will be held on at for re-appointment. Indian Standard Time (“IST”), through Video Conferencing (“VC”)/Other Audio Visual Means (“OAVM”), to tOraRnDsaIcNt AthReY fo BlloUwSiInNg EbuSsSin:esses: Ordinary Resolution: To consider and if thought fit, to pass the following 1. To consider and adopt: resolution as an “ RESOLVED THAT the Audited Standalone Financial Statements of CDSL for the Financial Year ended March 31, 2026, and the in accordance with the applicable Report of the Board of Directors and the Statutory provisions of the Articles of Association of the Company and Auditors thereon; and pursuant to Regulation 25(1) read with Part C of Second Schedule and all other applicable provisions of the SEBI the Audited Consolidated Financial Statements of (Depositories and Participants) Regulations, 2018, Section CDSL for the Financial Year ended March 31, 2026, 152 and other applicable provisions of the Companies Act, and the Report of the Statutory Auditors thereon. 2013 and Rules made thereunder, the applicable provisions of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 (“SEBI Listing Regulations”) and any Ordinary Resolution: other laws for the time being in force (including any To consider and if thought fit, to pass the following statutory modification(s) and re-enactment(s) thereof), r “e Rs Eo Slu Oti Lo Vn E a Ds an T HAT and pursuant to the recommendation of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee and the Governing Board the Audited Standalone and consent of the Shareholders of the Company be and is Consolidated Financial Statements for the Financial Year hereby accorded to appoint Smt. Geetha Gangadharan (DIN: ended March 31, 2026, Report of the Statutory Auditors 11311971) who has consented to act as Non-Independent and the Report of the Board of Directors thereon, along Director (Non-Executive Director) on the Governing Board with all annexures as laid before the Shareholders in of the Company, liable to retire by rotation and subject to the 28 Annual General Meeting, be and are hereby subsequent approval of the Securities and Exchange Board considered and adopted.” of India (“SEBI”) in place of Ms. Kamala Kantharaj (DIN: 2. T o declare Final Dividend on Equity Shares of the 07917801), Non-tIhndependent Director, who retires by Company for the Financial Year ended March 31, rotation at this 28 Annual General Meeting, and does not 2026. offer herself for re-appointment. RESOLVED FURTHER THAT Ordinary Resolution: the effective date of To consider and if thought fit, to pass the following appointment of Smt. Geetha Gangadharan (DIN: 11311971) resolution as an “RESOLVED THAT as Non-Independent Director on the Governing Board of the Company would be the date of SEBI’s approval. RESOLVED FURTHER THAT a Final Dividend at the rate of ₹ 12.75/- (Rupees Twelve and Seventy-Five paise only) Shri Nehal Vora, Managing per Equity Share of ₹ 10/- (Rupees Ten only) fully paid Director & CEO, Smt. Nayana Ovalekar, Executive Director up be and is hereby declared for the Financial Year ended of Vertical 2 and Shri Nilay Shah, Company Secretary & March 31, 2026, as recommended by the Governing Compliance Officer be and are hereby severally authorized Board of the Company and the same be paid out of the on behalf of the Company to do all such acts, deeds, matters profits of the Company for the Financial Year ended and things as may be considered necessary, desirable or March 31, 2026.” expedient to give effect to the aforesaid resolution.” 2025-26 Integrated Annual Report SPECIAL BUSINESS: 4. To consider and ratify the appointment of Shri Amit Company shall not exceed the limits as specified in the Mahajan (DIN: 06984769) as the Executive Director of relevant Sections of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Vertical 1 (Critical Operations) of the Company to be rules made thereunder, Schedule V and other applicable categorized as Whole Time Director and approve the provisions, if any, of the Companies Act, 2013 and any remuneration, along with other terms and conditions. other laws as applicable to the Company. RESOLVED FURTHER THAT pursuant to the Ordinary Resolution: recommendations of the Nomination and Remuneration To consider, and, if thought fit, to pass the following Committee and approval of the Governing Board, r“ResEoSluOtLioVnE Das T aHn AT consent of the Members be and is hereby accorded pursuant to the provisions of Sections that if the remuneration payable/ paid to Shri Amit 152, 196, 197 and 198 of the Companies Act, 2013 (“the Mahajan, Executive Director of Vertical 1, Key Managerial Act”), read with the Companies (Appointment and Personnel of the Company exceeds the prescribed limits Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014, as per the Companies Act, 2013 or the Company has no Schedule V, and other applicable provisions, if any, profits or inadequate profits during a financial year, then of the Act, applicable provisions of the SEBI (Listing in such case the remuneration payable/paid to Shri Amit Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, [Showing first 8,000 characters — download PDF for full document]