Sundaram-Clayton Limited will conduct its 9th Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Tuesday, July 28, 2026, at 2:30 p.m. IST through Video Conferencing (VC) or Other Audio-Visual Means (OAVM). The meeting is being held in compliance with circulars issued by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) and Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI).

The company has informed the exchanges that it published advertisements in the English daily Business Standard (all India edition) and the Tamil daily Hindu Tamil on June 5, 2026. These advertisements request members to register their email IDs to receive the Notice of the 9th AGM along with the financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2026.

Meeting Details

The AGM will be conducted entirely via VC/OAVM facilities. Shareholders who have registered their email addresses with the company, its registrars, or share transfer agents will receive the notice and financial statements electronically. The initiative aims to ensure wider dissemination of information and facilitate shareholder participation.

Key Dates and Information

The filing was submitted to BSE Limited and National Stock Exchange of India Ltd., with the company secretary, P D Dev Kishan, signing the disclosure.

Sundaram Clayton Limited reported a standalone net profit of Rs 552.23 Crores for the financial year ended March 31, 2026, compared to Rs 257.92 Crores in the previous year. The Board of Directors, at its meeting held on May 14, 2026, approved the Annual Audited Financial Statements for both standalone and consolidated entities. The statutory auditors, M/s. Raghavan, Chaudhuri & Narayanan, issued an unmodified opinion on the financial statements.

Standalone Financial Performance

On a standalone basis, revenue from operations for the full year FY26 stood at Rs 1,788.55 Crores, while total income was Rs 1,808.90 Crores. The company noted that revenue is not comparable with previous periods due to the transfer of a business unit effective March 31, 2025. For Q4 FY26, revenue from operations was Rs 443.63 Crores and total income was Rs 451.15 Crores. EBITDA for the full year stood at Rs 330.3 Crores (18.3%), compared to Rs 297.2 Crores (14%) in the corresponding period last year. On a quarterly basis, Q4 EBITDA improved to 391M rupees from 313M rupees in the same period last year, with the EBITDA margin expanding to 7.54% from 5.33% year-on-year. The company recorded a loss before exceptional item and tax of Rs 379M in Q4 FY26, compared to a loss of Rs 290M in the same period last year.

Exceptional income for Q4 FY26 included an exceptional gain of 5.21B rupees, compared to 2.8B rupees in the same period last year. Additionally, an exceptional cost of Rs 7.67 Crores was recorded regarding past period employee benefit liability under the 'New Labour Codes'.

Consolidated Financial Performance

On a consolidated basis, Sundaram Clayton reported Q4 revenue of 5.2B rupees, compared to 5.9B rupees in the same period last year. The consolidated net profit for Q4 FY26 stood at 4.26B rupees, a significant improvement from 1.43B rupees in Q4 FY25. For the full year FY26, total income on a consolidated basis was Rs 2,047.06 Crores, compared to Rs 2,283.23 Crores in the previous year. The consolidated net profit for FY26 was Rs 252.38 Crores, a significant turnaround from a net loss of Rs 10.65 Crores in FY25. Total comprehensive income for the year stood at Rs 334.27 Crores versus a total comprehensive loss of Rs 1.63 Crores in the previous year.

Balance Sheet and Corporate Developments

Total standalone assets as of March 31, 2026, stood at Rs 3,434.28 Crores, up from Rs 3,029.37 Crores in the previous year. Total equity increased to Rs 1,960.51 Crores from Rs 1,424.08 Crores. Cash and cash equivalents rose to Rs 29.75 Crores from Rs 0.42 Crores. Outstanding Qualified Borrowings at the end of FY26 stood at Rs 855.92 Crores, with a credit rating of AA-/Negative for unsupported bank borrowings.

The Board declared an Interim dividend of Rs 4.5 per share on March 27, 2026, absorbing a sum of Rs 9.92 Cr. The Indian automobile industry delivered strong Q4 FY26 performance, with Passenger Vehicles growing 14% YoY and Commercial Vehicles growing 18.9% YoY.