Financial Results Approval

The Board approved the Audited Financial Statements for FY 2025-2026 and Audited Financial Results (Standalone and Consolidated) for the quarter and year ended March 31, 2026, as recommended by the Audit Committee. The audit reports contain unmodified opinions from statutory auditors M/s. S.N. Dhawan & Co LLP (FRN: 000050N/N500045).

Standalone Financial Performance (Amounts in ₹ thousands)

For Year Ended March 31, 2026:

  • Revenue from operations: ₹73,144 (Previous year: ₹108,714)
  • Other income: ₹158,379 (Previous year: ₹407,390)
  • Total income: ₹231,523 (Previous year: ₹516,104)
  • Profit before tax: ₹4,260 (Previous year: loss of ₹14,110)
  • Profit for the year: ₹22,301 (Previous year: ₹15,350)
  • Total comprehensive income: ₹933,882 (Previous year: loss of ₹112,096)
  • Basic EPS: ₹0.47 (Previous year: ₹0.33)
  • Diluted EPS: ₹0.47 (Previous year: ₹0.32)

For Quarter Ended March 31, 2026:

  • Revenue from operations: ₹19,152 (Previous year quarter: ₹21,469)
  • Other income: ₹27,407 (Previous year quarter: ₹71,789)
  • Loss before tax: ₹6,573 (Previous year quarter: loss of ₹2,949)
  • Loss for the quarter: ₹4,872 (Previous year quarter: loss of ₹1,835)
  • Total comprehensive loss: ₹34,970 (Previous year quarter: loss of ₹217,300)
  • Basic EPS: -₹0.10 (Previous year quarter: -₹0.04)
  • Diluted EPS: -₹0.10 (Previous year quarter: -₹0.04)

Consolidated Financial Performance (Amounts in ₹ thousands)

For Year Ended March 31, 2026:

  • Revenue from operations: ₹812,255 (Previous year: ₹318,114)
  • Other income: ₹178,979 (Previous year: ₹330,470)
  • Profit before tax: ₹398,534 (Previous year: loss of ₹362,391)
  • Profit for the year: ₹415,489 (Previous year: loss of ₹332,931)
  • Total comprehensive income: ₹1,325,948 (Previous year: loss of ₹460,971)
  • Basic EPS: ₹8.65 (Previous year: -₹6.91)
  • Diluted EPS: ₹8.64 (Previous year: -₹6.91)

For Quarter Ended March 31, 2026:

  • Revenue from operations: ₹341,274 (Previous year quarter: ₹75,569)
  • Other income: ₹26,906 (Previous year quarter: ₹80,672)
  • Loss before tax: ₹23,829 (Previous year quarter: loss of ₹24,931)
  • Loss for the quarter: ₹19,488 (Previous year quarter: loss of ₹23,817)
  • Total comprehensive income: ₹1,153,457 (Previous year quarter: loss of ₹240,212)
  • Basic EPS: -₹0.62 (Previous year quarter: -₹0.50)
  • Diluted EPS: -₹0.62 (Previous year quarter: -₹0.50)

Fundraising Approvals

The Board approved:

1. Rights Issue: Offer, issue and allot partly paid-up Compulsorily Convertible Preference Shares with detachable Warrants for aggregate consideration up to ₹91 crore (₹91,00,00,000), subject to requisite approvals

2. NCD Issuance: Issue up to 10,000 Non-Convertible Debentures of face value ₹1,00,000 each, aggregating up to ₹100 crore (₹1,00,00,00,000) in one or more tranches on private placement basis

Corporate Limit Increases

Subject to shareholder approval at ensuing AGM:

  • Borrowing limits increase to ₹1,000 crores under Section 180(1)(c) of Companies Act, 2013
  • Creation of charge power increase to secure borrowings up to ₹1,000 crores under Section 180(1)(a)
  • Threshold increase for loans/guarantees/provision of securities/making investments to ₹1,000 crores under Section 186

Director Appointments and Reappointments

Subject to shareholder approval at ensuing AGM:

  • Reappointment of Ms. Vandana Malik (DIN: 00036382) as Director
  • Reappointment of Ms. Ritu Kapur (DIN: 00015423) as Director
  • Reappointment of Ms. Abha Kapoor (DIN: 01277168) as Independent Woman Director for second term of 5 years from December 31, 2026 to December 30, 2031

Other Board Approvals

  • Amendment/modification to "Quint Digital Limited-Employee Stock Option Plan 2020"
  • Alteration of Articles of Association of the Company
  • Board's Report and relevant annexures for FY 2025-2026
  • Notice of 41st Annual General Meeting
  • Appointment of M/s Raghu Nath Rai & Co. (FRN: 000451N) as Internal Auditor for FY 2026-2027, replacing M/s Sandeep R Sharma & Co.
  • Revision and adoption of policies and code of conduct

Exceptional Items

Standalone:

  • FY2026: ₹1,577 thousand expense due to statutory impact of new Labour Codes
  • FY2025: ₹123,494 thousand (including ₹115,469 thousand impairment of capitalized cost and ₹8,025 thousand merger-related expenses)

Consolidated:

  • FY2026: ₹418,438 thousand (including ₹420,015 thousand fair value gain on investment and ₹1,577 thousand Labour Code impact)
  • FY2025: ₹292,372 thousand (including ₹115,469 thousand impairment, ₹168,878 thousand termination liability, and ₹8,025 thousand merger expenses)

Regulatory Compliance Disclosure

Pursuant to SEBI Circular No. HO/49/14/14(7)2025-CFD-POD2/I/3762/2026 dated January 30, 2026, specified information regarding the above events is provided in Annexure-B.

Corporate Structure Changes

  • Global Media Technologies Inc, US (wholly-owned subsidiary) gained majority control over Quintype Technologies Inc, US effective October 1, 2025, making QT Inc and Quintype Services India Private Limited subsidiaries
  • Investment of ₹21,264 thousand to acquire 77.5% stake in Shvaas Creations Private Limited completed in multiple tranches by March 31, 2026
  • Additional investment of ₹747,883 thousand to acquire 2,481,800 common stock of Lee Enterprises Inc, US during the year

Business Restructuring

Company restructured business model to focus on enterprise articles/features/videos to drive subscriptions and pay revenues. Discontinued "Quint Hindi" website from February 5, 2025, and sold YouTube channel assets to Shvaas for ₹3,952 thousand.

NBFC Status Clarification

Company obtained external legal opinion confirming that exceeding 50% threshold for financial assets income is viewed as extraordinary and non-recurring, and no NBFC registration is currently required under RBI Act, 1934.

Labour Code Impact

Government's new Labour Codes effective November 21, 2025, resulted in incremental financial impact of ₹1,577 thousand primarily from change in definition of wages, recognized as exceptional item.

ESOP Allotments

  • 25,500 equity shares allotted on April 4, 2025, upon vesting of stock options
  • 25,500 equity shares allotted via circular resolution dated April 6, 2026

Previous Approvals Still Pending

  • QIP issuance for up to ₹250 crore approved by Board on April 30, 2025, and shareholders on September 16, 2025
  • NSE listing proposal approved by Board on April 30, 2025

Auditor Declaration

Statutory Auditors M/s. S.N. Dhawan & Co LLP issued unmodified audit opinions for both standalone and consolidated financial results for FY ended March 31, 2026.