Shipping Corporation of India has appointed Mukund M Chitale & Co and S G C O & Co LLP as its joint statutory auditors for the financial year 2026-27. The appointment was notified to stock exchanges on September 8, 2026.

The decision follows a communication from the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (C&AG), exercising powers under Section 139 of the Companies Act, 2013. The firm will audit the company's standalone financial statements. The same auditors will also serve as auditors for the consolidated financial statements under Section 139 read with Section 129(4) of the Act.

Auditor Details

The appointed firms are based in Mumbai. Their specific details are as follows:

Regulatory Compliance

The notification was issued in compliance with Regulation 30 and Schedule III of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015. The company stated that further details regarding auditor remuneration and other services will be disclosed in due course, as per SEBI Master Circular dated January 30, 2026.

Supplementary Audit

The supplementary and test audit under Sections 143(6) and 143(7) of the Companies Act, 2013, has been entrusted to the Principal Director of Audit, Shipping, located in Chennai. The appointment is subject to conditions stipulated in Annexure-I of the C&AG guidelines.

Shipping Corporation of India has sent letters containing web links to its Annual Report for FY26 to shareholders who have not registered email addresses. This disclosure was made on August 27, 2026, in compliance with SEBI Listing Regulations.

The company confirmed that the 76th Annual General Meeting is scheduled for September 23, 2026. Shareholders with registered emails received the annual report and AGM notice via electronic means. Those without registered emails were provided with a letter detailing the exact path to access the documents on the company’s website.

E-Voting and Record Dates

Shareholders can participate in remote e-voting through the National Securities Depository Limited (NSDL) platform. The voting window and key eligibility dates are as follows:

Only members whose names appear in the register of members or depository records as on the cut-off date of September 16, 2026, are eligible to vote. The remote e-voting module will be disabled after the conclusion of the voting period on September 27.

Regulatory Compliance

The company dispatched the annual report electronically to shareholders with registered email addresses as on August 6, 2026. Shareholders without registered emails received a letter containing the web link to access the documents. This process complies with Regulation 36(1)(b) of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015.

The notice of the AGM and the annual report are available on the company's website under the Financials section. Newspaper advertisements regarding the AGM notice and e-voting details were published in 'Financial Express', 'Jansatta', and 'Loksatta' on August 27, 2026, in compliance with Section 108 of the Companies Act, 2013 and Regulation 44 of the SEBI Listing Regulations.

What the Numbers Show

The source material consists solely of a regulatory filing notification and does not contain financial performance data such as revenue, profit, or operational metrics for FY26. Consequently, no financial analysis or trend observation can be derived from this specific communication.