Orient Paper & Industries Limited has provided the web-link for the Annual Report for the financial year 2025-26 to shareholders who have not registered their email addresses with the Depository Participant or Registrar and Transfer Agent. The company has engaged M/s. Kfin Technologies Limited as its Registrar and Transfer Agent. The 90th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the company is scheduled to be held on Friday, July 31, 2026, at 2:30 P.M. IST through Video Conferencing and Other Audio-Visual Means.

The Annual Report has been emailed to shareholders whose email addresses are registered. In compliance with Regulation 36(1)(b) of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, the company is dispatching a letter containing the specific web-link to access the report to other members. The intimation was submitted to the BSE Limited and National Stock Exchange of India Limited on July 8, 2026, by R. P. Dutta, Company Secretary.

The Register of Members and Share Transfer Books will remain closed from Saturday, July 25, 2026, to Friday, July 31, 2026, for the purpose of the 90th AGM. The cut-off date for determining eligibility to attend and vote at the meeting is Friday, July 24, 2026. Members holding shares as on this date will be entitled to participate.

Key AGM Details

The business to be transacted at the AGM includes the adoption of audited financial statements for the financial year ended March 31, 2026, and the re-appointment of Mr. Chandra Kant Birla, who retires by rotation. The special business includes the ratification of remuneration payable to the Cost Auditor, Mr. Somnath Mukherjee, for the financial year 2026-27. The Board has approved a remuneration of ₹75,000 plus applicable taxes and reimbursement of actual travel and out-of-pocket expenses.

Orient Paper & Industries Limited reported a revenue of Rs. 906 crores for the financial year ended March 31, 2026, reflecting a marginal improvement over the previous year, alongside a net loss of Rs. 29 crores. The company achieved positive cash flow in Q4 FY26, marking its first such achievement in nine quarters, and launched Project Sankalp to drive operational excellence and cost savings.

The company’s paper business recorded its highest ever production, increasing by 2.3% over the previous year, while the chemical business saw production rise by 6.7%. Despite these operational gains, average prices dropped by approximately 6% compared to FY25, with the Writing & Printing segment seeing a 4% price drop and the tissue segment a sharper 7.5% decline. The product mix comprised 62% Writing & Printing paper and 38% tissue products, with value-added products representing 55% of the overall mix.

To strengthen its cost competitiveness, the company initiated Project Sankalp, a series of high-impact initiatives focused on key cost levers. These measures are expected to generate annualized savings of approximately Rs. 40 crores. Additionally, the company faced raw material sourcing cost pressures due to transit permit restrictions in Madhya Pradesh, which led to a 7% increase in sourcing costs before the state government removed Eucalyptus from the list of products requiring transit permits later in the year.

Looking ahead, the company plans to establish a new Tissue-4 machine with an additional capacity of 23,400 TPA to support its strategy of increasing exposure to high-growth, value-added categories. The capital expenditure for the year was approximately Rs. 52 crores. The Board has recommended the ratification of the remuneration payable to the Cost Auditor, Mr. Somnath Mukherjee, at Rs. 75,000 plus applicable taxes and expenses for the financial year 2026-27.