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MUKESH BABU FINANCIAL SERVICES LTD.

29 July 2026 | 04:01

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ISIN No INE596B01017 BSE Code / NSE Code 530341 / MUKESHB Book Value (Rs.) 492.47 Face Value 10.00
Bookclosure 05/08/2026 52Week High 150 EPS 7.45 P/E 17.23
Market Cap. 89.44 Cr. 52Week Low 93 P/BV / Div Yield (%) 0.26 / 0.94 Market Lot 1.00
Security Type Other

DIRECTOR'S REPORT

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Year End :2026-03 

Your directors have pleasure in presenting the Forty First (41st) Annual Report on the business,
operations and state of affairs of the Company together with the Standalone and Consolidated
Audited Financial Statements for the financial year ended
March 31, 2026:

1. COMPANY OVERVIEW

Mukesh Babu Financial Services Limited was initially incorporated as M/s. Embee Finance
and Consultancy Private Limited on February 27, 1985. The company officially changed its
name to Mukesh Babu Financial Services Limited on November 07, 1994.

It is registered with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) as a non-deposit taking Non-Banking
Financial Company (NBFC).

2. FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

The Company’s standalone and consolidated financial performance under review along with
previous year’s figures is given hereunder:

(?’000)

Particulars

Current

Previous

Current

Previous

Year

Year

Year

Year

Standalone

Standalone

Consolidated

Consolidated

2025-26

2024-25

2025-26

2024-25

Total Income

127,310

89,987

2,40,601

83,775

Total Expenditure

71,707

55,814

1,55,370

66,124

(excluding depreciation)
Profit/(Loss) Before
Depreciation & Income
Tax

55,603

34,173

85,231

17,651

Depreciation

2,076

1,107

2,708

1,707

Profit before Tax

53,527

33,066

82,523

15,944

Tax expenses

13,805

10,722

19,186

10,826

Net Profit After Tax

39,722

22,344

63,337

5,118

Profit / (Loss)
attributable to/(from)
non-controlling interests

0

0

(11,425)

8,335

Profit for the year

39,722

22,344

51,912

13,453

Other Comprehensive
Income (net of tax)

1,52,824

41,137

2,29,817

3,10,163

Total Comprehensive
Income after tax

1,92,546

63,481

2,93,154

3,15,281

Appropriations from Profit after Tax:

Transfer to Reserve Fund 7,944

4,469

7,944

4,469

under Section 45-IC of
the RBI Act, 1934

Dividend

8,365

8,365

8,365

8,365

Provision for Standard
Assets

(432)

326

(432)

326

Impairment Reserves

966

0

966

0

Balance carried to
Balance Sheet

22,879

9,184

36,069

291

Earnings Per Share
(Basic/Diluted)

5.70

3.21

9.09

0.73

3. PERFORMANCE REVIEW

During FY 2025-26, the Company
recorded stable operational performance.
Revenue generation remained moderate
in line with the scale of operations and
cautious lending strategy adopted during
the year.

During the year under review Income
from Operations has increased from
? 89,351 Thousands to ? 1,25,918
Thousands (increase of 40.92%) and
Profit after Tax has increased from
? 22,344 Thousands to ? 39,722
thousand (increase of 77.77%).

4. TRANSFER TO RESERVE

A sum of ? 7,944 Thousands has been
transferred to Statutory Reserve during
the year. Your Company does not
propose to transfer any amount to
General Reserve out of the amounts
available for appropriation and an
amount of ? 22,879 Thousands is
proposed to be retained in the Profit &
Loss account.

5. SHARE CAPITAL

The Paid-up Equity Share Capital of the
Company as on March 31, 2026 is
? 69,675 Thousand. During the year
under review, the Company has neither
issued any shares with differential
voting rights nor granted any stock
options nor any sweat equity.

The Company’s equity share capital is
listed on BSE Limited. The shares are
actively traded on BSE and have not
been suspended from trading.

6. DIVIDEND

The Board of Directors has
recommended a dividend of ? 1.20
(Rupee One and Twenty Paise Only)
per equity share on face value of ?10/-
(Rupees Ten each) i.e.12% for the
financial year ended March 31, 2026.

The payment of dividend subject to
approval of Members at the forthcoming
Annual General Meeting (AGM), would
result in a Dividend outflow of
? 8,365 Thousands.

Members may note that the Income-tax
Act, 2025, (“the IT Act 2025”),
mandates that dividend paid or
distributed by a company shall be
taxable in the hands of members. The
Company shall therefore be required to
deduct tax at source (TDS) at the time of
making the payment of final dividend.
To enable us to determine the
appropriate TDS rate as applicable,
members are requested to submit
relevant documents, as specified in the
below paragraphs, in accordance with
the provisions of the IT Act 2025. The
withholding tax rate would vary
depending on the residential status of the
shareholder and documents registered
with the Company.

However, no tax shall be deducted on
the dividend payable to resident
individual shareholders if the total
dividend to be received by them during
tax year 2026-27 does not exceed
?10,000 and also in cases where
members provide Form 121, subject to
conditions specified in the IT Act 2025.
Resident shareholders may also submit
any other document as prescribed under
the IT Act 2025 to claim a lower / nil
withholding of tax. PAN is mandatory
for members providing Form 121 or any
other document as mentioned above.

Dividend will be paid to those Members
whose names appear in the Register of
Members as on
August 05, 2026.

7. SCALE BASED REGULATIONS

Reserve Bank of India issued a circular
on “Scale Based Regulation (SBR): A
Revised Regulatory Framework for
NBFCs” on 22 October 2021 (‘SBR
Framework’). As per the framework,
based on size, activity, and risk
perceived, NBFCs are categorised into
four layers, NBFC - Base Layer
('NBFC-BL'), NBFC - Middle Layer
('NBFC-ML'), NBFC - Upper Layer
('NBFC-UL') and NBFC - Top Layer
('NBFC-TL'). The Company has been
categorized as a Base Layer NBFC
(NBFC-BL).

8. INDIAN ACCOUNTINGSTANDARD (IND AS)

In the preparation of the financial
statements, the Company has followed
the Accounting Standards referred to in
Section 133 of the Companies Act,
2013. The significant accounting
policies which are consistently applied
are set out in the Notes to the Financial
Statements.

The financial statements of the
Company are prepared in compliance
with the Companies Act, 2013 and
“Indian Accounting Standard (Ind AS).
In accordance with the Companies
(Indian Accounting Standards), Rules,
2015 of the Companies Act, 2013, the
Company has been following the Indian
Accounting Standards (Ind AS) for
preparation of its financial statements
from April 01, 2019. Significant

accounting policies used for the
preparation of the financial statements
are disclosed in the notes to the financial
statements.

9. PERFORMANCE OF SUBSIDIARY
COMPANIES

During the year under review the
Company has only one subsidiary -
Mukesh Babu Securities Limited (CIN:
U67120MH1994PLC076455) and the
Highlights of the financial performance
during Financial Year 2025-26 are as
follows:

As on March 31, 2026, the Authorised
& Paid-up Share Capital of the
Subsidiary Company is ?50,000
Thousand Only. There is net profit of
? 23,615 Thousand in the Company for
the year ended March 31, 2026 against
net loss of ? 17,226 Thousand in the
previous year.

Accounts of Subsidiary

The Consolidated Financial Statements
of the Company are prepared in
accordance with the provisions of
Section 129(3) of the Companies Act,
2013 and as per the applicable
Accounting Standards issued by the
Institute of Chartered Accountants of
India.

Pursuant to proviso (b) to Section
136(1) of the Companies Act, 2013, a
copy of the Audited Financial
statements for the year ended March 31,
2026 along with the Reports of the
Board of Directors and the Auditors of
the Company’s subsidiary- Mukesh
Babu Securities Limited shall be
furnished to any shareholder on
demand.

These are also available for inspection
at the Registered Office of the Company
and are also being posted on the
Company’s website

https://mbfsl.com/annual-reports/.

10. CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS

As required under Regulation 33 of the
Securities and Exchange Board of India
(Listing Obligations and Disclosure
Requirements) Regulations, 2015,
(“SEBI Listing Regulations”) and
applicable provisions of Companies
Act, 2013 (“the Act”), the Consolidated
Financial Statements of the Company
have been prepared in accordance with
the applicable Accounting Standards
and forms part of the Annual Report.

Pursuant to Section 129(3) of the
Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 5
of The Companies (Accounts) Rules,
2014, Statement containing salient
features of the Financial Statements of
subsidiary is annexed to this report as
Annexure -A.

11. MATERIAL CHANGES AND

COMMITMENT IF ANY
AFFECTING THE FINANCIAL
POSITION OF THE COMPANY
THAT OCCURRED BETWEEN
THE END OF THE FINANCIAL
YEAR TO WHICH THIS
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

RELATE AND THE DATE OF THE
REPORT

There are no material changes and
commitments affecting the financial
position of the Company that occurred
between the end of the financial year to
which these financial statements relate
and the date of this report.

12. PUBLIC DEPOSITS

No disclosure is required for the year
under review since the Company has
neither accepted nor renewed any
deposits within the meaning of Section
73 and 74 of the Companies Act, 2013
read with the Companies (Acceptance of
Deposits) Rules 2014.

13. PARTICULARS OF LOANS,
GUARANTEES OR INVESTMENTS

The provisions of Section 186 of the
Companies Act, 2013 pertaining to
investment and lending activities is not
applicable to the Company since the
Company is a Non- Banking Financial
Company registered with the Reserve
Bank of India.

During the year under review, the
Company strategically invested its
surplus funds in various securities, as
part of its normal business operations.
These investments were made to
optimize returns while ensuring liquidity
and managing risks in accordance with
the Company’s investment policy.

The details of loan given, investments
made and guarantees and security
provided during the financial year are
furnished in the Notes to the financial
statements.

14. PARTICULARS OF CONTRACTS
OR ARRANGEMENTS MADE
WITH RELATED PARTIES

As your Company is engaged in the
business of lending and investment
activities, it provides and avails loans
and avails brokerage services from
related parties in the ordinary course of
business and on an arm's length basis.

Your Company has in place a robust
process for approval of Related Party
Transactions and on dealing with
Related Parties. All the related party
transactions/contracts/arrangements
entered by the Company during the
financial year under review were on an
arms’ length basis and were carried out
in the ordinary course of business.

In accordance with the Regulation 23 of
SEBI (Listing Obligations and
Disclosure Requirements) Regulations,
2015, the Company has formulated a
Policy on Materiality of Related Party
Transactions and a Policy on dealing
with Related Party Transactions. The
Policy is available on the Company’s
Website at
https://mbfsl.com/corporate-
governance-policies/
.

All related party transactions entered
into by the Company are placed before
the Audit Committee for its approval.
Prior omnibus approval of the Audit
Committee is obtained for transactions
that are repetitive in nature. The
transactions entered into pursuant to the
omnibus and specific approvals are
reviewed periodically by the Audit
Committee.

Necessary details for each of the Related
Party Transactions as applicable along
with the justification are provided to the
Audit Committee in terms of the
Company’s Policy on Materiality of and
Dealing with Related Party Transactions
and as required under various SEBI
Circulars.

The Company has made full disclosure
of all related party transactions entered
into during the year under review in the
Notes to the Financial Statements
forming part of this Annual Report. All
these transactions were duly approved
by the members of the Company at the
previous Annual General Meeting.

The Company has not entered into
contracts/arrangements with related
parties referred to in subsection (1) of
section 188 of the Act and a
confirmation to this effect as required
under Section 134(3)(h) of the
Companies Act 2013 is given in
Form
AOC-2
which is annexed as Annexure
- B
to this report.

There were no materially significant
related party transactions which could
have potential conflict with interest of
the Company at large.

As the Company anticipates entering
into similar transactions with related
parties during the financial year 2026¬
27, and the aggregate value of such
transactions may exceed the materiality
threshold prescribed under the SEBI
(Listing Obligations and Disclosure
Requirements) Regulations, 2015, your
approval is being sought for the Related
Party Transactions as set out in
Resolutions Nos. 4 and 5 of the Notice.
The omnibus approval of the Audit
Committee for these transactions has
already been obtained. All relevant
details and information necessary to
enable the shareholders to make an
informed decision in respect of the
proposed resolutions have been provided
in the Notice.

15. CORPORATE SOCIALRESPONSIBILITY (CSR)

Pursuant to Section 135 of the
Companies Act, 2013, read with the
Companies (Corporate Social
Responsibility Policy) Rules, 2014, the
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
provisions were applicable to the
Company during the financial year
2025-26.

The Company had an unspent CSR set¬
off amount of ?4,17,000 available from
the preceding financial year, which was
eligible to be adjusted against the current
year's CSR obligation of ?2,21,000.
Notwithstanding the availability of such
set-off, the Company voluntarily made
an additional contribution towards CSR
activities amounting to ?7,00,000 during
the financial year.

The CSR initiatives undertaken by the
Company were mainly focused on
providing education especially among
children, women, elderly and the
differently-abled; eradicating hunger,
poverty and malnutrition; promoting
health care. The CSR Report on the

17. RISK MANAGEMENT

Risk management is an integral part of
the Company’s business strategy that
seeks to minimise adverse impact on
business objectives and capitalise on
opportunities.

The Company being a Non- Banking
Financial Company is regulated by
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and the
Board of Directors of the Company has

activities undertaken during the year is
provided as
Annexure-C to this report.

16. INTERNAL FINANCIALCONTROL SYSTEMS AND THEIR
ADEQUACY

The Company has in place adequate
internal financial controls with reference
to financial statements. The Company’s
internal control system is designed to
ensure operational efficiency, protection
and conservation of resources, accuracy
and promptness in financial reporting
and compliance with the laws and
regulations.

The Company has an internal control
system, commensurate with the size of
its operations and nature of its business
activities and is supported by an internal
audit process. M/s. V. R. Pandya & Co.,
Chartered Accountants, the Internal
Auditor of the Company monitors and
evaluates the efficacy and adequacy of
its internal control system, its
compliance with operating systems,
accounting procedures and policies of
the Company.

constituted the Committee to frame,
implement and monitor the Risk
Management Policy of the Company in
terms of applicable RBI guidelines.

The Committee is responsible for
reviewing the risk management plan and
ensuring its efficiency. The policy is
available on the Company’s website at
https://mbfsl.com/corporate-
governance-policies/
.

18. WHISTLE BLOWER POLICY /
VIGIL MECHANISM

As required under Regulation 22 of the
Securities Exchange Board of India
(Listing Obligations and Disclosure
Requirements) Regulations, 2015, the
Company has an effective Whistle
Blower Policy to deal with the instances
of fraud and mismanagement. The
details of the policy are enumerated in
the Corporate Governance Report.

19. DISCLOSURE UNDER THE
SEXUAL HARASSMENT OF
WOMEN AT WORKPLACE
(PREVENTION, PROHIBITION
AND REDRESSAL) ACT, 2013

The Company has in place a Policy on
Prevention of Sexual Harassment in line
with the requirements of the Sexual
Harassment of Women at the Workplace
(Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal)
Act, 2013. The Company has voluntarily
set up an Internal Complaints
Committee to redress the complaints
received regarding sexual harassment.

20. DISCLOSURE UNDERMATERNITY BENEFIT ACT 1961

The Company continues to comply with
the provisions of the Maternity Benefit
Act, 1961, as amended, ensuring that all
eligible women employees are entitled
to maternity leave and related benefits as
mandated by law. During the financial
year under review, there were no

The policy is available on the
Company’s website at

https://mbfsl.com/corporategovernance-
policies/
. The policy provides for
adequate safeguard against the
victimization of the employees and
Directors who express their concerns.
The Company has also provided direct
access to the Chairman of the Audit
Committee on reporting issues
concerning the interests of employees
and the Company.

The functioning of Vigil Mechanism is
overseen by the Audit Committee.
There was no instance of denial of
access to the Audit Committee.

All employees (permanent, contractual,
temporary, trainees) are covered under
this policy. There have been no
complaints filed or cases reported during
the financial year ended March 31,
2026. The policy is available on the
Company’s website at

https://mbfsl.com/corporate-governance-
policies/
.

instances of maternity leave availed by
any employee. The Company remains
committed to maintaining a workplace
that supports the health and well-being
of its employees and upholds all
applicable statutory requirements.

21. DIRECTORS AND KEY MANAGERIAL PERSONNEL (KMP)

(a) Board of Directors

There is no change in the constitution of the Board of Directors of the Company during the
year under review. The brief profile of the Directors as on March 31, 2026 is as below:

Mr. Mukesh C. Babu,

Chairman and Managing
Director

As Chairman and Managing Director,
Mr. Mukesh C. Babu exemplifies leadership
by actively guiding the company with a
steadfast commitment to consensus-building
and democratic processes. With a tenure
dating back to the company's inception, he
brings over 40 years of extensive expertise in
Capital Markets, Stocks & Shares, Investment
Banking, and Merchant Banking.

Mrs. Meena Mukesh Babu,
Non-Executive Director

She is one of the Promoters of the Company
and Non-Executive Non-Independent Director
of the Company. She is also the Managing
Director of Mukesh Babu Securities Limited,
Company's Subsidiary since 1997 and has
extensive expertise and experience of over 3
decades in the field of Stocks & Shares,
Investment Banking and Merchant Banking.

She is a member of the Nomination &
Remuneration Committee and Corporate
Social Responsibility Committee.

Mr. Bhavesh Doshi,
Independent Director

With over 3 decades of experience in the
capital markets and investment, he offers a
keen and insightful perspective on the Indian
economy and macroeconomic conditions
across industries. He serves as an Independent
Director on the Company’s Board.

Mr. Chetan M. Tamboli
Independent Director
Chairman of SRC and CSR
Committee

Mr. Chetan M. Tamboli is a Commerce
graduate with an MBA from the USA. As the
Chairman and Managing Director of Steelcast
Limited, he brings over 35 years of
experience to his role. He is actively involved
on the boards of various private and public
companies and has held several distinguished
positions, including:

• Chairman of the Board of Governors at
Government Engineering College,
Bhavnagar, Gujarat

• Chairman of the CII Western Regional
Council for 2014-15

• Chairman of the Institute Management

Committee at ITI, Ghogha (Bhavnagar,
Gujarat)

His expertise encompasses strategy, policy¬
making, and overall management, with a
strong emphasis on strategic management,
finance, general management, production,
marketing, and corporate laws.

Mr. Mayank Soti

Mr. Mayank Soti holds a Bachelor of

Independent Director

Commerce degree and has completed the

Chairman of Nomination &

Company Secretary course. He is presently

Remuneration Committee

associated with Bridge Fintech Private
Limited (Finzy) as Chief Strategy Officer. His
last notable positions include Senior
Executive Vice President and COO at ECL
Finance Ltd (part of the Edelweiss Group)
and Head of CSD Enterprise at Tata
Teleservices Limited. With over 2 decades of
cross-cultural and global experience, he
specializes in business strategy and planning,
credit and risk management, and general
management. His expertise encompasses
business planning and operations, strategy
formulation, business origination, and overall
credit, risk, and operational management.

Mr. Subhash Dave

Mr. Subhash Dave holds a Bachelor’s degree

Independent Director

in Commerce and is a Practicing Chartered

Chairman of Audit Committee

Accountant. With over four decades of
extensive experience in finance and strategic
management, he has held several key
leadership roles, including Executive Director
(Finance) at Gujarat State Petroleum
Corporation Ltd., and Director (Commercial)
at M/s Sabarmati Gas Limited (SGL) on a
full-time basis, among other notable
Positions. He has successfully overseen large-
scale financial operations, raised substantial
funds, and implemented critical systems such
as SAP.

His expertise includes corporate finance,
resource mobilization, credit appraisal, and
strategic planning, consistently driving
significant growth and efficiency in his roles.

(b) Appointment of Directors

There is no new appointment during the
year under review.

(c) Resignation/Retirement of director

There is no resignation or retirement
during the period under review.

(d) Retirement by rotation

In terms of the provisions of Section
152(6) of the Companies Act, 2013,
Mr. Mukesh Babu (DIN:00224300)
retires by rotation at the forthcoming
Annual General Meeting and being
eligible offers himself for re¬

appointment. The Board recommends
his re-appointment.

22. BOARD AND COMMITTEES

During the year ended March 31, 2026,
four (4) Board meetings were held and
the gap between two consecutive Board
Meetings did not exceed 120 days and at
least one meeting was held in each
quarter.

23. INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS(a) Declaration from Independent
Directors

The Board has received declaration from
all the Independent Directors of the
Company confirming that they meet the
criteria of independence as prescribed
both under the Companies Act, 2013
and SEBI (Listing Obligations and
Disclosure Requirements) Regulations,
2015 and have their names registered in
the Independent Director’s Databank.

(e) Key Managerial Personnel

Pursuant to the provisions of Section
203 of the Act read with the rules made
there under, the following employees are
the whole time key managerial
personnel of the Company:

1. Mr. Mukesh Babu - Managing
Director

2. Mr. Mahesh Thakar- Chief
Financial Officer

3. Ms. Nupur Chaturvedi - Company
Secretary, Group Head-Legal &
Compliance & Compliance Officer

The details of the constitution and
meetings of the Board and its
Committees held during the year are
provided in the Corporate Governance
Report which forms part of this Annual
Report.

(b) Criteria for Performance Evaluation

Nomination and Remuneration
Committee has laid down various
criteria for performance evaluation of
Independent Directors which, inter-alia,
includes preparedness and attendance at
the meetings, understanding of
Company’s operations and business and
contribution at Board Meetings through
which the Board satisfy itself with
regard to integrity, expertise and
experience (including the proficiency) of
the independent directors appointed in
the Company.

(c) Details of Familiarization Programme

Pursuant to Regulation 25(7) of the
SEBI (Listing Obligations and
Disclosure Requirements) Regulations,
2015, every Independent Director on the
Board is familiarized by the Executive
Directors/ Senior Managerial Personnel
about the Company’s strategy,
operations, organization structure,
human resources, quality, finance and
risk management at each Board Meeting
before taking up the agenda items for
discussion.

24. EVALUATION OF THE
PERFORMANCE OF THE BOARD,
ITS COMMITTEES & INDIVIDUAL
DIRECTORS

Pursuant to the provisions of Section
178(2) of the Companies Act, 2013 read
with Clause VIII of Schedule IV to the
Companies Act, 2013 and the
requirements laid down under Schedule
II on Corporate Governance of the SEBI
(Listing Obligations and Disclosure
Requirements) Regulations, 2015; the
Nomination and Remuneration
Committee has framed Policy for
evaluation of performance of the Board,
its committees and individual Directors.

The Policy inter alia provides the
criteria for evaluation of performance
such as Board effectiveness, quality of
discussion, contribution at the meetings,
business acumen, strategic thinking and
relationship with the stakeholders,
corporate governance practices,
contribution of the Committees to the
Board in discharging its functions, etc.

During the year under review, a meeting
of Independent Directors was held on
April 30, 2025 to carry out annual
evaluation of the performance of the
Board, its committees and of individual
directors. The manner in which the
evaluation was carried out has been
explained in the Corporate Governance
Report.

Further, at the time of appointment of an
independent director, the Company
issues a formal letter of appointment
outlining his/ her role, functions, duties
and responsibilities as a director. The
terms and conditions of letter of
appointment is available on the
Company’s website at

https://mbfsl.com/corporate-governance-
policies/
.

25. POLICY ON DIRECTORS’
APPOINTMENT AND

REMUNERATION INCLUDING
CRITERIA FOR DETERMINING
QUALIFICATIONS, POSITIVE
ATTRIBUTES, INDEPENDENCE
OF A DIRECTOR AND OTHER
MATTERS PROVIDED UNDER
SECTION 178 OF THE
COMPANIES ACT, 2013

Pursuant to the provisions of Section
178 of the Companies Act, 2013 read
with the SEBI (Listing Obligations and
Disclosure Requirements) Regulations,
2015 the Company has formulated a
Nomination & Remuneration Policy on
director’s appointment and remuneration
criteria for determining qualifications,
positive attributes, independence of a
director and other matters provided
under sub-section (3) of section 178.

The Nomination & Remuneration Policy
of the Company is available on the
Company’s website:

https://mbfsl.com/corporate-governance-
policies/
.

26. POLICIES OF THE COMPANY

The Company is determined to maintain
a good corporate governance practice
and has a robust system for smooth and
effective functioning of the Board.
Various policies have been framed by
the Board of Directors as required under
the Companies Act, 2013 and SEBI
(Listing Obligations and Disclosure
Requirements) Regulations, 2015 in
order to follow a uniform system of
procedures. These policies are
periodically reviewed and updated by
the Board of Directors of the Company
from time to time.

Following is some of the major policies
adopted by the Company:

1. Code for Insider Trading Policy

2. Nomination & Remuneration Policy

3. Policy for determination of Material
Subsidiary

4. Policy on materiality of Related
Party Transactions

5. Policy on dealing with Related
Party Transactions

6. Whistle Blower Policy

7. Document Retention and Archival
Policy

8. Code for Directors and Senior
Managerial Personnel

9. Policy on evaluation of Directors

10. Policy on prevention of Sexual
Harassment of Women at
Workplace

The aforementioned policies are
available on the website of the Company
and can be accessed at
https://mbfsl.com/corporate-governance-
policies/
.

27. DIRECTORS RESPONSIBILITY
STATEMENT

In accordance with the provisions of
Section 134(5) of the Companies Act,
2013, your Directors to the best of their
ability & knowledge hereby confirm
that-

(a) in the preparation of the annual
accounts for the year ended March
31, 2026, the applicable accounting
standards have been followed from
time to time and no material
departures have been made from the
same;

(b) they have selected such accounting
policies and applied them
consistently and made judgments and
estimates that are reasonable and
prudent so as to give a true and fair
view of the state of affairs of the
Company as at March 31, 2026 and
of the profit and loss of the Company
for that period;

(c) they had taken proper and sufficient
care for the maintenance of adequate
accounting records in accordance
with the provisions of the Companies
Act, 2013 for safeguarding the assets
of the Company and for preventing
and detecting fraud and other
irregularities;

(d) they have prepared the annual
accounts on a going concern basis;

(e) they, have laid down internal
financial controls to be followed by
the Company and that they are
adequate and are operating
effectively and

(f) they have devised proper systems to
ensure compliance with the
provisions of all applicable laws and
that such systems were adequate and
operating effectively.

28. SIGNIFICANT AND MATERIAL
ORDERS PASSED BY THE
REGULATORS OR COURTS

There were no significant and material
orders passed by the Regulators / Courts
which would impact the going concern
status of the Company and its future
operations.

29. AUDITORS AND AUDITORS’
REPORT
Statutory Auditors

At the 37th Annual General Meeting of
the Company held on September 28
2022, the members of the Company
have appointed M/s. Chaitanya C. Dalal
& Co., Chartered Accountants
(FRN.101632W) as the Statutory
Auditors of the Company for a term of
period of 5 (five) years up to the
conclusion of 42nd Annual General
Meeting to be held in financial year
2026-2027 without the requirement of
further ratification by the members.

The Auditors Report annexed to the
Financial Statements does not contain
any qualification, reservation or adverse
remark or disclaimer.

Reporting of Frauds by Statutory
Auditors

The Statutory Auditors of the Company
have not reported any instances of fraud
in the Company during the year under
review as specified under the Section
143(12) of the Companies Act, 2013.

Secretarial Auditors

Pursuant to the provisions of Section
204 of the Companies Act, 2013 read
with the Companies (Appointment and
Remuneration of Managerial Personnel)
Rules, 2014 and in terms of the
Regulation 24A of the Securities and

Exchange Board of India (Listing
Obligations and Disclosure

Requirements) Regulations, 2015, the
Shareholders of the Company in the
40th AGM of the Company held on
September 09, 2025 appointed CS V. V.
Chakradeo of M/s. V. V. Chakradeo &
Co., Practicing Company Secretaries
(FCS: 3382/ COP: 1705) to carry out the
audit of secretarial records of the
Company for a term of period of 5 (five)
years commencing from the financial
year 2025-26.

The Secretarial Audit Report of the
Company and its material unlisted
subsidiary Mukesh Babu Securities
Limited is annexed to this report as
Annexure - D. The Secretarial Audit
Report does not contain any
qualification, reservation or adverse
remark or disclaimer.

As required under the Regulation 24A of
SEBI (Listing Obligations and
Disclosure & Requirements)
Regulations, 2015, the Secretarial
Compliance Report of Mukesh Babu
Financial Services Limited and its
material unlisted subsidiary Mukesh
Babu Securities Limited for the financial
year ended March 31, 2025 is provided
as
Annexure - E.

Internal Auditors

As per provisions of Section 138 of the
Companies Act, 2013, every Listed
Company is required to appoint an
Internal Auditor to conduct internal
audit of the functions and activities of
the company. The Board of Directors,
based on the recommendation of the
Audit Committee, had approved the
appointment of M/s. V. R. Pandya &
Co., Chartered Accountants, Mumbai
(Firm Registration No.107333W), as the
Internal Auditors of the Company for
the financial year ended on March 31,
2026 to conduct the internal audit of the
activities of the Company.

30. SECRETARIAL STANDARDS

The Directors state that the Company
has duly followed applicable Secretarial
Standards, i.e. SS-1 and SS-2, relating to
‘Meetings of the Board of Directors’ and
‘General Meetings’ respectively.
The Secretarial Auditor in his Secretarial
Audit report confirms the same.

31. ANNUAL RETURN

In compliance with section 134(3)(a),
the annual return referred to in sub¬
section (3) of section 92 has been placed
on the website of the Company at
https ://mbfsl.com/ annual -reports/.

32. COST RECORDS AND COST
AUDIT

Maintenance of Cost Records and
requirement of Cost Audit as prescribed
under the provisions of Section 148(1)
of the Companies Act, 2013, is not
applicable to our Company.

33. PARTICULARS OF EMPLOYEES
& RELATED DISCLOSURES

The Disclosures pertaining to
remuneration and other details as
required under Section 197(12) of the
Act read with Rule 5(1) of the
Companies (Appointment and
Remuneration of Managerial Personnel)
Rules, 2014 are enclosed with this report
as
Annexure - F.

During the year under review, the
Company does not have any employee
who is drawing remuneration of
?1,02,00,000/- per annum or ?8,50,000/-
per month as stipulated in the Act and
the rules made thereunder. Hence, there
are no disclosures required under Rule
5(2) and 5(3) of the Companies
(Appointment and Remuneration of
Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014.

34. CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

In compliance with Regulations 17 to 27
and 34 read with Schedule V of SEBI
(Listing Obligations and Disclosure &
Requirements) Regulations, 2015, as
applicable, the Corporate Governance
Report is given in
Annexure - G and
forms part of the Annual Report.
Auditors' Certificate on Corporate
Governance from Statutory Auditors of
the Company is annexed in
Annexure -
H
.

The Certificate on Compliance with
Code of Conduct duly signed by the
Managing Director of the Company for
the year ended March 31, 2026

regarding compliance by the Board
members and senior management
personnel with Company’s Code of
Conduct is covered thereto.

35. SUCCESSION PLANNING

The Company has in place a succession
planning framework to address
anticipated, as well as unscheduled
changes in leadership. The plan is
revisited, re-evaluated, and updated
every year.

36. CONSERVATION OF ENERGY,
TECHNOLOGY ABSORPTION,
FOREIGN EXCHANGE EARNINGS
AND OUTGO

The particulars regarding Conservation
of Energy and Technology Absorption
are not furnished since the Company is
not a manufacturing entity.

During the financial year under review,
the Company did not have any foreign
exchange earnings. The foreign
exchange outgo was ? 1,368 thousands
towards professional fees.

37. MANAGEMENT DISCUSSIONS
AND ANALYSIS REPORT

The Management Discussion and
Analysis annexed to this Report as
Annexure - I, forms the integral part of
this report and covers, amongst other
matters, the performance of the
Company during the financial year
under review as well as the future
prospects.

38. GENERAL DISCLOSURES

The Directors further state that no
disclosure or reporting is required in
respect of the following items, as there
were no transactions/events related to
these items during the financial year
under review:

• There was no buyback of the equity
shares during the year under review;

• The Company does not have any
scheme or provision of money for
the purchase of or subscription to its
own shares by the employees/
Directors or by trustees for the
benefit of the employees/ Directors;

• There was no revision made in
Financial Statements or the Board’s
Report of the Company.

39. ANNUAL REPORTS

The Company has published the
statutory disclosures in the print version
of the Annual Report along with the
Notice of the AGM. Electronic copies of
the Annual Report 2025-26 and Notice
of the 41st Annual General Meeting are
being sent through electronic mode to all
members whose email addresses are
registered with the Company /
Depository Participant(s). For members
who have not registered their email
addresses, the Company has been
exempted under the General Circular
No.14/2020 dated April 8, 2020,

General Circular No. 17/2020 dated
April 13, 2020, General Circular No. 02/

2020 dated May 5, 2020 and General
Circular No. 02/2021 dated January 13,

2021 and General Circular No. 02/ 2022

dated May 5, 2022, General Circular No.
10/2022 dated December 28, 2022,
General Circular No. 09/2023 dated
September 25, 2023 and General

Circular No. 09/2024 dated September
19, 2024 and General Circular 03/2025
dated September 03, 2025 (the “MCA
Circulars”) for any physical delivery of
AGM Notice and Annual Report of the
Company.

However as per SEBI Circular dated
May 13, 2022, the Company shall send
the physical copy of the Annual Reports
to all the Shareholders who have
registered their request for the same.

Members may note that the Notice and
Annual Report 2025-26 will also be
available on the Company’s website
https://mbfsl.com/annual-reports/and
website of the Stock Exchange, i.e. BSE
Limited at www.bseindia.com.

40. MANAGING DIRECTOR & CHIEF
FINANCIAL OFFICER
CERTIFICATE

The Certificate from Mr. Mukesh Babu,
Managing Director and Mr. Mahesh
Thakar, Chief Financial Officer with
regard to the financial statements and
other matters as stated in the
Compliance Certificate has been
furnished, as mandated under the Part B
under the Schedule II on Corporate
Governance under the Securities and
Exchange Board of India (Listing
Obligations and Disclosure
Requirements) Regulations, 2015, in
Annexure - J.

41. CERTIFICATION ABOUTDIRECTORS

None of the directors of the Company
has been debarred or disqualified from
being appointed or continuing as
directors by Securities and Exchange
Board of India/Ministry of Corporate
Affairs or any such authority.

A Certificate to this effect, duly signed
by a Practicing Company Secretary is
appended to this Report in
Annexure -
K.

42. PROCEEDINGS PENDING UNDER
THE INSOLVENCY AND
BANKCRUPTCY CODE, 2016

Neither any application has been made
nor is any proceeding pending under the
IBC, 2016.

43. DISCLOSURE ON ONE-TIME
SETTLEMENT

During the year under review, the
Company has not undertaken any one¬
time settlement in respect of loans

availed from Banks or Financial
Institutions.

Accordingly, the requirement to disclose
details of the difference between the
valuation at the time of one-time
settlement and the valuation at the time
of availing such loans, along with the
reasons thereof, is not applicable.

44. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The Board conveys its deep gratitude
and appreciation to all the employees of
the Company for their tremendous
efforts as well as their exemplary
dedication and contribution to the
Company’s performance.

The Board of Directors also wish to
place on record their gratitude for the
valuable guidance and continued support
extended by the Securities Exchange
Board of India, Reserve Bank of India,
Bombay Stock Exchange, Ministry of
Corporate Affairs, other government
authorities, Banks and other
stakeholders.

For and on behalf of the Board of Directors of
MUKESH BABU FINANCIAL SERVICES LIMITED
Mukesh Babu Meena BabuManaging Director DirectorDIN: 00224300 DIN: 00799732Date: May 12, 2026
Place: Mumbai