Bhagwati Autocast Limited appointed Rahul Pitaliya as its Whole Time Company Secretary and Compliance Officer, effective October 10, 2026. The appointment was approved by the Board of Directors during a meeting held on the same date.

Pitaliya is an Associate Member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) with Membership No. A69746. He brings over three years of post-qualification experience in corporate secretarial functions, statutory compliance, and compliance management to the role.

Regulatory Compliance and Role Scope

The appointment complies with Section 203 of the Companies Act, 2013, and Regulation 6(1) of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015. The Board authorized Pitaliya to determine the materiality of events or information for stock exchange disclosures, working alongside existing authorized persons.

Key managerial personnel designated for regulatory communication include:

Profile and Independence

The company disclosed that Pitaliya has no relationship with any director of Bhagwati Autocast. This ensures independence in his capacity as a Key Managerial Personnel (KMP). The disclosure aligns with SEBI circulars dated July 13, 2023, and January 30, 2026, regarding governance standards for listed entities.

The company’s registered office and works are located in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. The Board meeting commenced at 1:30 pm and concluded at 2:00 pm on October 10, 2026.

Bhagwati Autocast shareholders approved all seven resolutions proposed at the company’s 44th Annual General Meeting (AGM) held on August 14, 2026. The meeting was conducted through Video Conferencing and Other Audio Visual Means (VC/OAVM), with remote e-voting open from August 10 to August 13, 2026.

The promoter group demonstrated overwhelming support for the agenda items, casting votes in favour of 2,129,517 shares. This represented 99.82% of the 2,133,444 shares held by promoters. Public non-institutional shareholders also largely supported the resolutions, voting in favour of 1,578 out of 1,579 polled votes, or 99.94%.

Key Resolutions Passed

Shareholders approved ordinary resolutions to adopt the audited financial statements for FY26, declare dividends, and appoint statutory auditors. The board also secured approval for governance-related changes:

• Re-appointment of Ms. Reena Bhagwati as director following her retirement by rotation.
• Regularization of Mr. Prakash Dalal as an additional director.
• Ratification of the cost auditor’s remuneration.

A special resolution was passed to re-appoint Mr. Shantanu Chitranjan Mehta as a non-executive independent director.

Voting Participation Details

The record date for the meeting was August 7, 2026, with 2,949 shareholders on record. While no shareholders attended physically or via proxy, 21 shareholders participated through VC/OAVM (four from the promoter group and 17 from the public category). All voting was conducted electronically via National Securities Depository Limited (NSDL).

Chirag Shah & Associates served as the scrutinizer for the e-voting process. The results were declared on August 14, 2026, with no invalid votes recorded across any category.