The Stock Exchange & Stakeholders are requested to take on record, 42nd Annual Report of the Company for the financial year ended 31st March, 2026.

TRUSTWAVE SECURITIES LIMITED (FORMERLY KNOWN AS STERLING GUARANTY & FINANCE LIMITED) CIN No.: L65990MH1983PLC031384 Date: 31st August, 2026 Listing Department BSE Limited Phiroze Jeejeebhoy Towers, Dalal Street, Fort, Mumbai – 400 001 Scrip Code: 508963 ISIN: INE668Y01024 Subject: Submission of Annual Report along with Notice of 42nd Annual General Meeting. Dear Sir/Madam, Pursuant to Regulations 30 and 34 of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, please find enclosed herewith the Annual Report of the Company for the Financial Year 2025-26, including the Notice convening the 42nd Annual General Meeting of the Company. We request you to kindly take the above information on record. Thanking you, Yours faithfully, For, Trustwave Securities Limited (Formerly known as Sterling Guaranty & Finance Limited) Deepak Kharwad Director DIN: 08134487 REGD. OFFICE: B-702, 7th Floor, Neelkanth Business Park, Kirol Village, Near Bus Depot, Vidyavihar (W), Mumbai – 400086 TEL: 91-8080007770 Email: sterlingguarantyfinancelimited@gmail.com Website: www.trustwavesecuritieslimited.com Trustwave Securities Limited Annual Report 2025-2026 BOARD AND MANAGEMENT  Mr. Deepak Kharwad - Director  Mrs. Naliny Kharwad - Managing Director  Mr. Himanshu Agarwal - Independent Director  Mr. Nilesh Yadav - Independent Director  Mr. Shubham Jain - Chief Financial Officer (CFO)  Ms. Chandni Lohar - Company Secretary and Compliance Officer STATUTORY AUDITORS M/s. Vinod S. Mehta & Co. SECRETARIAL AUDITORS M/s. Hemang Satra & Associates REGISTRAR & SHARE TRANSFER AGENTS Purva Sharegistry (I) Private Limited REGISTERED OFFICE B-702, 7th Floor, Neelkanth Business Park, Kirol Village, Near Bus Depot, Vidyavihar (W), Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, 400086 INDEX Contents Page No. Notice of 42nd AGM 1 - 13 Board’s Report 14 - 21 Management Discussion and Analysis Report – Annexure I 22 - 24 Particulars of Employees – Annexure II 25 - 26 Other Disclosures pursuant to Schedule V of SEBI LODR 27 Secretarial Audit Report (MR-3) – Annexure III 28 - 31 Statutory Audit Report and Financials 32 - 54 TRUSTWAVE SECURITIES LIMITED (FORMERLY KNOWN AS STERLING GUARANTY & FINANCE LIMITED) CIN No.: L65990MH1983PLC031384 REGD. OFFICE: B-702, 7th Floor, Neelkanth Business Park, Kirol Village, Near Bus Depot, Vidyavihar (W), Mumbai – 400086 TEL: 91-8080007770 Email: sterlingguarantyfinancelimited@gmail.com Website: www.trustwavesecuritieslimited.com Notice NOTICE is hereby given that the 42nd Annual General Meeting (“AGM”) of the members of Trustwave Securities Limited (formerly known as Sterling Guaranty & Finance Limited) will be held on Thursday, 24th September, 2026 at 01:00 P.M. (IST) through Video Conferencing (“VC”)/Other Audio-Visual Means (“OAVM”) to transact the following businesses: ORDINARY BUSINESS: 1. To receive, consider and adopt the Audited Standalone Financial Statements of the Company for the financial year ended 31st March, 2026 together with the Reports of the Board of Directors and Auditors thereon; To consider and if thought fit, to pass, with or without modification(s), the following resolution as an Ordinary Resolution: “RESOLVED THAT the Audited Standalone Financial Statements of the Company for the financial year ended 31st March, 2026 together with the Reports of the Board of Directors and the Auditors thereon, as circulated to the Members, be and are hereby received, considered, approved and adopted.” 2. To appoint a Director in the place of Mrs. Naliny Kharwad (DIN: 02001739), who retires by rotation at this Annual General Meeting and, being eligible, has offered herself for re-appointment. To consider and if thought fit, to pass, with or without modification(s), the following resolution as an Ordinary Resolution: “RESOLVED THAT pursuant to the provisions of Section 152 and other applicable provisions, if any, of the Companies Act, 2013, Mrs. Naliny Kharwad (DIN: 02001739), who retires by rotation at this Annual General Meeting and, being eligible, has offered herself for re-appointment, be and is hereby re-appointed as a Director of the Company, liable to retire by rotation.” By Order of the Board of Directors For Trustwave Securities Limited (Formerly known as Sterling Guaranty & Finance Limited) Deepak Kharwad Chairman & Director DIN: 08134487 Place: Mumbai Date: 10-08-2026 NOTES 1. The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (“MCA”), vide General Circular No. 03/2025 dated September 22, 2025, read with the circulars issued earlier in this regard (collectively referred to as the “MCA Circulars”), has permitted companies to hold Annual General Meetings (“AGMs”) through Video Conferencing (“VC”) / Other Audio-Visual Means (“OAVM”), till further orders, without the physical presence of Members at a common venue. The Registered Office of the Company shall be deemed to be the venue of the 42nd AGM. Accordingly, in compliance with the applicable provisions of the Companies Act, 2013, the rules made thereunder, the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 and the MCA Circulars, the 42nd AGM of the Company is being held through VC/OAVM. 2. In terms of the MCA Circulars, the physical attendance of Members has been dispensed with and there is no requirement of appointment of proxies. Accordingly, the facility for appointment of proxies by the Members will not be available for the Annual General Meeting and hence the Proxy Form and Attendance Slip are not annexed to this Notice. As per the MCA Circulars, Members attending the AGM through VC/OAVM shall be counted for the purpose of reckoning the quorum under Section 103 of the Act. Since the AGM will be held through VC/OAVM, the Route Map does not form part of the Notice. 3. Institutional / Corporate Shareholders (i.e. other than individuals / HUF, NRI, etc.) are required to send a scanned copy (PDF/JPG format) of the relevant Board Resolution / Authorisation, etc. authorising their representative to attend the AGM through VC/OAVM on their behalf and to vote through remote e-voting or e-voting during the AGM, together with the attested specimen signature(s) of the duly authorised representative(s). The said Resolution / Authorisation shall be sent electronically through the registered e-mail address to the Scrutinizer at hemangsatra99@gmail.com with a copy marked to support@purvashare.com and sterlingguarantyfinancelimited@gmail.com. 4. In accordance with the aforesaid MCA Circulars, the Company has made necessary arrangements for the Members to register their e-mail addresses for receiving the Notice. Members who have not registered their e-mail addresses are requested to register the same as per the process mentioned in the Notes. 5. In compliance with the applicable MCA Circulars and Regulation 36(1)(b) of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, the Notice of the 42nd Annual General Meeting together with the Annual Report for the Financial Year 2025-26 is being sent through electronic mode to those Members whose e-mail addresses are registered with the Company, the Registrar and Share Transfer Agent (“RTA”) and/or the Depository Participants. Further, a letter containing the web-link, including the exact path where the complete Annual Report is available, is being sent to those Members whose e-mail addresses are not registered with the Company, RTA or Depository Participants. The Notice of the AGM and the Annual Report are also available on the website of the Company at www.trustwavesecuritieslimited.com, BSE Limited at www.bseindia.com and CDSL at www.evotingindia.com. 6. Pursuant to the provisions of Section 108 of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 20 of the Companies (Management and Administration) Rules, 2014 (as amended) and Regulation 44 of SEBI (Listing Obligations & Disclosure Requirements) Regulations 2015 (as amended), and MCA and SEBI Circulars, the Company is providing facility of remote e-voting to its Members in res [Showing first 8,000 characters — download PDF for full document]