Rain Industries Limited has issued a regulatory clarification to stock exchanges regarding the seasonal characteristics of its business operations, providing investors with context ahead of its upcoming annual financial results announcement.

Board Meeting and Results Timeline

The company has scheduled its board meeting for February 27, 2026, to consider and approve the annual audited financial statements for the financial year ended December 31, 2025. This follows the company's earlier communication to stock exchanges dated December 30, 2025, regarding the board meeting schedule.

Business Seasonality Disclosure

In compliance with SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, Rain Industries has provided detailed information about its seasonal business patterns:

The management emphasized that these seasonal fluctuations are inherent to the company's operating environment and have been consistent over the years. The fourth quarter typically experiences softer performance due to industry-specific factors and varying demand patterns during this period.

Regulatory Compliance and Transparency

The company has confirmed that as of the date of communication, there is no material information, event, or development requiring disclosure under applicable regulations beyond what has already been shared with stock exchanges and made available in the public domain.

Rain Industries reiterated its commitment to maintaining the highest standards of transparency and compliance. The company assured stakeholders that it will continue to promptly disclose all events and information warranting disclosure under Regulation 30 and other relevant provisions of the SEBI regulations.

Communication Details

The clarification was signed by S. Venkat Ramana Reddy, Company Secretary, and communicated to both BSE Limited and The National Stock Exchange of India Limited on February 10, 2026. The company trades under scrip code 500339 on BSE and scrip code RAIN on NSE.

Rain Industries Limited has announced through a regulatory filing that its wholly owned subsidiary, Rain Carbon Germany GmbH, has launched the USE-G research program - a comprehensive three-year initiative focused on developing environmentally friendly graphite processing technologies for Europe's battery industry.

Project Overview and Funding

The USE-G (Environmentally Friendly and Safe Graphite Extraction for Europe's Battery Industry) program has secured €1.7 million in total funding, with €1.14 million contributed by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy. The initiative represents a strategic effort to establish European independence from Chinese graphite supply chains while advancing sustainable processing technologies.

Strategic Partnership Consortium

The USE-G program brings together four key partners, each contributing specialized expertise to advance sustainable graphite processing. Northern Graphite Corporation will supply natural graphite from its producing mines in Canada and Namibia, while also conducting milling, shaping, and battery testing at its German laboratory. H.C. Starck Tungsten GmbH provides innovative technology for extracting graphite from spent lithium-ion battery black mass, enabling material recovery that is typically destroyed in conventional recycling processes.

Friedrich Schiller University Jena leads the development of novel purification methods using chlorine gas, offering a cleaner alternative to conventional hydrofluoric acid treatment and requiring less energy than high-temperature thermal purification.

Rain Carbon's Role and Technology Focus

Rain Carbon Germany's contribution centers on developing sustainable coating materials and processes for graphite particles. The company will create new carbon coating materials from improved carbon raw materials that serve as environmentally superior alternatives to traditionally used coal tar. These coatings enhance the electrochemical performance of graphite anode materials while reducing environmental impact in battery material manufacturing.

Innovation and Circular Economy Goals

The program aims to establish a complete European-controlled graphite processing workflow spanning purification, coating, shaping, recycling, and performance testing. The initiative will initially process natural and recycled graphite separately to establish baseline performance levels, later evaluating the potential for blending these materials into unified anode products suitable for commercial battery manufacturer qualification.

All research and development activities will be conducted within Germany at partner facilities, supporting Europe's energy transition goals and long-term ambition for independent, environmentally responsible supply chains for critical battery materials.