Regulation 44 of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015

Hindustan Copper Ltd

Meeting Details

The 59th Annual General Meeting was held on Thursday, 23rd September, 2026 at 10:30 AM Indian Standard Time through Video Conferencing/Other Audio-Visual Means without physical presence of members at a common venue. The deemed venue was the Registered Office of the Company at "Tamra Bhavan", 1, Ashutosh Chowdhury Avenue, Kolkata - 700019.

Voting Process and Methods

The Company appointed National Securities Depository Limited (NSDL) as the service provider for remote e-voting and e-voting during the AGM. The remote e-voting facility was available at https://www.evoting.nsdl.com and was kept open for three days from Sunday, September 20, 2026 at 9:00 a.m. to Tuesday, September 22, 2026 at 5:00 p.m. Members who had not voted remotely were allowed to vote electronically during the AGM until the conclusion of the meeting.

The cut-off date for determining members entitled to vote was Wednesday, September 16, 2026. The Company published advertisements in Financial Express (English) and Sangbad Pratidin (Bengali) newspapers on August 25, 2026 and August 28, 2026 to inform members about the e-voting process.

Scrutinizer Appointment and Role

Navin Kothari, Practicing Company Secretary (Proprietor of N.K. & Associates), was appointed as Scrutinizer by the Board of Directors at their meeting held on May 15, 2026. His responsibility was to scrutinize the e-voting process in a fair and transparent manner and prepare a report of votes cast for and against each resolution.

After the conclusion of the AGM, the electronic voting system was unblocked by the Scrutinizer at 01:12 p.m. on September 23, 2026 in the presence of two witnesses: Ms. Misha Rai and Ms. Shreya Shaw.

Key Voting Outcomes

All 14 resolutions proposed at the AGM were passed with the requisite majority. The detailed results are as follows:

ORDINARY BUSINESS

Item 1: Adoption of Audited Financial Statements (Standalone and Consolidated) for year ended 31.03.2026

  • Total votes cast: 1198 members, 662,081,728 votes
  • Votes in favor: 651,784,852 votes (98.4448%)
  • Votes against: 10,296,876 votes (1.5552%)
  • Invalid votes: 0

Item 2: Declaration of Final Dividend on equity shares for FY 2025-26

  • Total votes cast: 1251 members, 664,266,606 votes
  • Votes in favor: 659,890,414 votes (99.3412%)
  • Votes against: 4,376,192 votes (0.6588%)
  • Invalid votes: 0

Item 3: Re-appointment of Shri Sanjeev Kumar Sinha (DIN: 10993006) as Director

  • Total votes cast: 1058 members, 664,246,843 votes
  • Votes in favor: 604,814,909 votes (91.0527%)
  • Votes against: 59,431,934 votes (8.9473%)
  • Invalid votes: 0

Item 4: Re-appointment of Shri RVN Vishweshwar (DIN: 09518994) as Director

  • Total votes cast: 1088 members, 664,246,493 votes
  • Votes in favor: 610,063,660 votes (91.8430%)
  • Votes against: 54,182,833 votes (8.1570%)
  • Invalid votes: 0

Item 5: Fixing remuneration of Statutory Auditors

  • Total votes cast: 1290 members, 664,246,831 votes
  • Votes in favor: 664,240,219 votes (99.9990%)
  • Votes against: 6,612 votes (0.0010%)
  • Invalid votes: 0
SPECIAL BUSINESS

Item 6: Appointment of Shri Anupam Misra (DIN: 07637439) as Chairman & Managing Director

  • Total votes cast: Data not fully tabulated in provided document

Item 7: Appointment of Shri Ghanshyam Das Gupta (DIN: 09344792) as Director (Mining)

  • Total votes cast: 1109 members, 664,246,782 votes
  • Votes in favor: 619,012,251 votes (93.1901%)
  • Votes against: 45,234,531 votes (6.8099%)
  • Invalid votes: 0

Item 8: Appointment of Shri Kulveer Singh Yadav (DIN: 11704895) as Government Nominee Director

  • Total votes cast: 1036 members, 662,426,616 votes
  • Votes in favor: 601,085,849 votes (90.7400%)
  • Votes against: 61,340,767 votes (9.2600%)
  • Invalid votes: 0

Item 9: Appointment of Shri Ashish Kumar Khetan (DIN: 11732678) as Part Time Non-Official (Independent) Director (Special Resolution)

  • Total votes cast: 1096 members, 664,246,771 votes
  • Votes in favor: 626,054,324 votes (94.2503%)
  • Votes against: 38,192,447 votes (5.7497%)
  • Invalid votes: 0

Item 10: Appointment of Smt. Madhumita Daolagupu (DIN: 11894087) as Part Time Non-Official (Independent) Director (Special Resolution)

  • Total votes cast: 1125 members, 664,246,798 votes
  • Votes in favor: 634,282,849 votes (95.4890%)
  • Votes against: 29,963,949 votes (4.5110%)
  • Invalid votes: 0

Item 11: Ratification of remuneration to Cost Auditor M/s Chatterjee & Co. for FY 2026-27

  • Total votes cast: 1276 members, 664,246,738 votes
  • Votes in favor: 664,239,717 votes (99.9989%)
  • Votes against: 7,021 votes (0.0011%)
  • Invalid votes: 0

Item 12: Approval for raising funds through QIP issue of 9,69,76,680 equity shares (Special Resolution)

  • Total votes cast: 1268 members, 664,246,944 votes
  • Votes in favor: 661,961,738 votes (99.6560%)
  • Votes against: 2,285,206 votes (0.3440%)
  • Invalid votes: 0

Item 13: Approval for dissolution of QIP Committee and constitution of fresh Board committee (Special Resolution)

  • Total votes cast: 1280 members, 664,246,944 votes
  • Votes in favor: 663,035,640 votes (99.8176%)
  • Votes against: 1,211,304 votes (0.1824%)
  • Invalid votes: 0

Item 14: Approval to offer non-convertible debentures on private placement basis (Special Resolution)

  • Total votes cast: 1271 members, 664,246,969 votes
  • Votes in favor: 663,035,982 votes (99.8177%)
  • Votes against: 1,210,987 votes (0.1823%)
  • Invalid votes: 0

Shareholder Category-wise Voting Breakdown

The document provides detailed breakdown of voting by shareholder categories:

  • Promoter and Promoter Group: Consistently voted 100% in favor of all resolutions
  • Public - Institutional holders: Showed varying levels of support across different resolutions
  • Public - Others: Generally showed high support (typically >99%) for most resolutions

Compliance Confirmation

The scrutinizer confirmed that the voting process complied with Section 108 of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 20 of the Companies (Management and Administration) Rules, 2014, Regulation 44 of SEBI (LODR) Regulations, 2015, and relevant MCA and SEBI circulars.