To

The Members,

Your Directors have pleasure to present the Forty Fourth Annual Report of Cyber Media (India) Limited (“the Company” or “CyberMedia”) alongwith the audited financial statements for the financial year ended March 31,2026. The consolidated performance of the Company and its subsidiaries has been referred to wherever required.

The standalone and consolidated financial statements for the financial year ended March 31,2026, have been prepared in accordance with the Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS), provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and the rules made thereunder (including any statutory modification(s) or re-enactment thereof) (hereinafter referred to as “the Act”) and the guidelines issued by Securities and Exchange Board of India.

Key highlights are given as under: (INR in Lakhs)

In the absence of profits, the Directors do not recommend any divided for the year under review.

During the year under review, the Company has, on February 20, 2026, allotted 49,53,415 Fully Paid-up Equity Shares under the Rights Issue. Consequently, the Paid-up Capital of the Company has become INR 20,62,06,570 divided into 2,06,20,657 Fully Paid- up Equity Shares of INR 10 each.

No amount has been transferred to the reserves during the year under review.

Consolidated Performance: During the year under review, income from operations has increased to INR 103.27 crore as compared to INR 86.72 crore during the previous year, an increase of 19.08%. The Company has recorded earnings before interest, tax and depreciation on consolidated basis during the year under review at INR 6.72 crore as compared to INR 0.83 crore in the previous year, an increase of 709.64%. The net profit recorded at INR 3.90 crore in the year under review as compared to the net loss of INR 9.73 crore in previous year, an increase of 140.08%.

Standalone Performance: During the year under review, your company reported an increase in revenue from operations of digital ads, events, print ads, etc. over the previous year. The Revenue from operations increased to INR 13.12 crore as compared to INR 11.30 crore in the previous year, an increase of 16.11%. During the year under review, profit before interest, tax and depreciation stood at positive INR 1.98 crore against the loss of INR 2.15 crore during the previous year, an increase of 192.09%. The net profit for the year under review is INR 0.55 crore as compared to the previous year's net loss of INR 11.92 crore, an increase of 104.61%.

The Rights Issue Committee of the Board of Directors at its meeting held on July 21,2025 approved Letter of Offer, to offer 62,66,897 shares @ an issue price of INR 15.80 (including a premium of INR 5.80) per share, aggregating to INR 9.90 Crore, to the eligible shareholders of the Company, payable 50% on application and the balance 50% on the First & Final Call.

In August, 2025, the Company received INR 4.08 Crore (including a loan conversion of INR 2.76 Crore) towards application @ INR 7.90 per partly-up equity share. The Company issued and allotted 51,62,479 partly paid-up equity shares to the eligible shareholders on September 02, 2025.

In February, 2026, the Company made the First & Final Call of INR 7.90 per partly paid-up share, and received INR 1.32 Crore. Accordingly, on February 20, 2026, the Company allotted 49,53,415 partly-up equity shares (i.e. considered as fully paid-up). However, 2,09,064 partly paid-up shares remained unpaid on which the call money was pending to be paid.

To offer last opportunity to the holders of pending partly paid-up shares, the Committee sent Final Reminder cum Forfeiture Notice dated March 05, 2026 (“Final Notice”) to the holders of the remaining partly paid-up shares on which the Call Money was pending to be paid, stating that in case of non-payment of the call money on any shares, such shares shall be forfeited alongwith the money already paid thereon in accordance with the terms of Letter of Offer dated July 21,2025, Articles of Association of the Company, and applicable provisions of the Companies Act, 2013. Pursuant to the Final Notice, the Company received INR 2.98 Lakh towards Call Money @ INR 7.90 per partly paid-up shares. Accordingly, 37,735 partly paid-up shares have been allotted (i.e. considered as fully paid-up) on April 11, 2026. However, 1,71,329 partly paid-up equity shares remained unpaid. Consequently, these unpaid shares have been forfeited.

The Board, on November 11,2025, approved the Draft Scheme of Merger of Cyber Media Research & Services Limited (CMRSL) with Cyber Media (India) Limited (CMIL). An application was filed to the stock exchanges/SEBI for seeking No Observation Letter. Since, the application was inadvertently filed beyond the prescribed timeline, the stock exchanges directed to withdraw the application and submit a fresh application alongwith the required due documents within prescribed timeline. Therefore, the Company had to withdraw the application on January 02, 2026.

Further, the Board at its meeting held on January 24, 2026 approved a fresh Draft Scheme of Merger of CMRSL with CMIL, and filed afresh application to the stock exchanges/SEBI for seeking their No Observation Letter. The application is pending for approval by the stock exchanges/SEBI.

The Company's culture and reputation as a leader in ICT media, digital technologies, adtech, data analytics, and next-generation services enable us to attract and retain high quality talent. The competency development of our employees continues to be a key area of strategic focus for us. There is a constant endeavor to conduct training and team building activities that help in maintaining camaraderie, knowledge, motivation and culture within the organization.

The Company invested in building tighter control systems improving processes and operational efficiencies. As a result, our operation teams are able to ensure that client service level agreements are met and project milestones delivered on time.

Balancing employee well-being, the Company has explored new ways of hybrid working and managing the changing expectations of employees.

This continual pursuit has led to high retention rates among employees. Your company believes and recognises the employees as asset of the Company. The overall attrition rate of employees of the Company was 18.65. percent as at March 31,2026.

The Company believes and maintains the diversity of employees and in order to support the women, during the year, the women employees' percentage was 32.30 percent.

The Company will continue to connect with all stakeholders on a regular basis, communicate in an open and transparent manner that yield desired results. The total number of employees in the Company as on March 31,2026 were 65.

In compliance with the MCA's vide MCA vide its General Circular No. 03/2025 dated September 22, 2025, and the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, Notice of the Annual General Meeting (‘AGM') along with the Annual Report 2025-26 is being sent only through electronic mode to those Members whose email addresses are registered with the Company/Depositories. Members may note that the Notice and Annual Report 2025-26 will also be available on the Company's website: www.cybermedia.co.in, websites of the stock exchanges i.e. BSE Limited (BSE) and National Stock Exchange of India Limited (NSE) at www.bseindia.com and www.nseindia.com, respectively, and on the website of Company's RTA, MUFG Intime India Private Limited at https://instavote.linkintime.co.in.

The audited consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with the Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS) are provided in the Annual Report.

As on March 31,2026, the Company has four subsidiaries, Indian and foreign, the details of which are as under:

Further, one of the subsidiaries has further subsidiary as under:

Cyber Media Services Pte. Limited (Singapore), Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Cyber Media Research & Services Limited.

Pursuant to Section 129(3) of the Act read with rule 5 of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014, a Statement containing salient features of the financial performance of subsidiaries and associates for the financial year 2025-26 in Form No. AOC-1 is attached to this Report as Annexure-A.

Further, pursuant to the provisions of Section 136 of the Act, the financial statements of the Company, and consolidated financial statements along with relevant documents and separate audited financial statements in respect of subsidiaries, are available on the website of the Company https://www.cybermedia.co.in/investor-relations.

As on March 31,2026, the Company has an associate company, Cyber Media Foundation Limited.

As on March 31,2026, the Company has no joint venture with any company, firm or body corporate etc.

Pursuant to the provisions of sub-section (5) of Section 134, the Board of Directors, to the best of their knowledge and ability, confirm that:

a. in the preparation of the annual accounts, the applicable accounting standards have been followed along with proper explanation relating to material departures;

b. they have selected such accounting policies and applied them consistently and made judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent so as to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Company at the end of the financial year and of the profit and loss of the Company for that period;

c. they have taken proper and sufficient care for the maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 for safeguarding the assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities;

d. they have prepared the annual accounts on a going concern basis;

e. they have laid down internal financial controls to be followed by the Company and that such internal financial controls are adequate and are operating effectively; and

f. they have devised proper systems to ensure compliance with the provisions of all applicable laws and that such systems are adequate and operating effectively.

Mr. Pradeep Gupta (DIN:00007520) retires by rotation at the ensuing AGM and being eligible, has offered himself for re-appointment. The Notice convening the ensuing AGM sets out the required details.

Your Company's Board consists of experience rich, professionals and visionaries who provide strategic direction and guidance to the organization.

As on March 31,2026, the Board comprised of four non-executive independent directors.

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 149(7) of the Act, the independent directors have submitted declarations that each of them meets the criteria of independence as provided in Section 149(6) of the Act read with Rules framed thereunder and Regulation 16(1) (b) of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations 2015 including any statutory modifications, circulars, notifications etc. (hereinafter referred to as the “Listing Regulations”). There has been no change in the circumstances affecting their status as independent directors of the Company.

During the year under review, the independent directors of the Company had no pecuniary relationship or transactions with the Company,

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 203 of the Act, Mr. Pradeep Gupta, Chairman and Managing Director, Mr. Sumit Khandelwal, Chief Financial Officer, and Mr. Anoop Singh, Company Secretary are the Key Managerial Personnel as on March 31,2026.

The Board comprises of eight directors viz. Executive, Non-Executive and Independent Directors including one woman director. The details of composition of the Board of Directors are given in the Corporate Governance Report which forms part of this report.

Six meetings of the Board were held during the financial year under review. For details of meetings of the Board including attendance at the meetings, number of directorships in other entities, please refer the Corporate Governance Report attached to this report.

The Company's Board has following committees:

• Audit Committee

• Nomination and Remuneration Committee

• Stakeholders Relationship Committee

• Risk Management Committee

• Investment Committee

• Rights Issue Committee

During the year, all recommendations made by the Committees were approved by the Board.

Details of Committee meetings, terms of reference of the Committees, Committee membership and attendance of Directors at meetings of the Committees are provided in the Corporate Governance Report which is part of this report.

The Company's external communication has transitioned to virtual formats. Events, such as quarterly results, meetings of the Board and the AGM, have been executed successfully virtually and also recruitment drives have also been conducted virtually.

In terms of the Policy for Evaluation of the Performance of the Board of the Company, the Board has carried out an annual evaluation of its own performance, board committees, and individual directors pursuant to the provisions of the Act and Listing Regulations.

Performance evaluation is carried out in the following manner:

• Evaluation of Independent Directors by the Board excluding the Independent Director being evaluated;

• Evaluation of the Chairman/Non-Independent Directors by the Independent Directors excluding the Director being evaluated;

• Evaluation of the Overall Board by the Independent Directors; and

All the Board members are provided forms having the criteria for evaluation of the Independent Directors, Chairman/Non-executive Directors, Committees, seeking ratings on the performance of the respective Directors, Chairman, Committees as mentioned above. After seeking the filled in forms, an analysis report is prepared with respect to the rating given to the person being evaluated.

The Company recognizes that good corporate governance is a continuous exercise and requires everyone to raise their level of competency and capability to meet the expectations in managing the enterprise and its resources optimally with prudent ethical standards. Adherence to transparency, accountability, fairness and ethical standards are an integral part of the Company's function.

The criteria for performance evaluation have been detailed in the Corporate Governance Report which forms part of this Report.

Disclosure pertaining to remuneration and other details as required under Section 197(12) of the Act read with Rule 5 of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014 is annexed to the Report as Annexure-B.

a. During the year under review, there were some transactions entered into by the Company with related parties, which were in the ordinary course of business and at arm's length pricing basis for which the Audit Committee granted omnibus approval (which are repetitive in nature) and the same were reviewed by the Audit Committee and the Board.

b. There were no materially significant transactions with related parties which were in conflict with the interest of the Company.

c. As required under section 134(3)(h) of the Act, the details of the transactions entered into with related parties during the year under review, which fall under the scope of Section 188(1) of the Act, are given in Form AOC-2 attached as Annexure-C to this report.

As per Listing Regulations, the Corporate Governance Report with the Practicing Company Secretary's Certificate thereon and MD/ CEO's certificate and the Management Discussion and Analysis are attached to this report which form part thereof.

The Company has devised proper systems to ensure compliance with the provisions of all applicable Secretarial Standards issued by the Institute of Company Secretaries of India and that such systems are adequate and operating effectively.

Related Party disclosures/transactions are detailed in the Notes to the financial statements.

The Company's net worth, turnover and net profit are below the limits specified under the provisions of section 135 of the Act. Hence, the provisions with respect to Corporate Social Responsibility are not made applicable to the Company.

The Board of your Company has laid down internal financial controls to be followed by the Company and that such internal financial controls are adequate and operating effectively. Your Company has adopted policies and procedures for ensuring the orderly and efficient conduct of its business, including adherence to the Company's policies, the safeguarding of its assets, the prevention and detection of frauds and errors, the accuracy and completeness of the accounting records, and the timely preparation of reliable financial disclosures.

The statutory auditor's report does not contain any qualifications, reservations, or adverse remarks or disclaimer.

Pursuant to Section 143(12) of the Act, the statutory auditor has not reported to the Company, any instances of fraud committed against the Company by its officers or employees.

The secretarial auditor's report does not contain any qualifications, reservations, or adverse remarks or disclaimer. Secretarial auditor's report is attached to this report as Annexure-D.

The Internal Auditor submitted their report to the Audit Committee on quarterly basis.

The Company has a Whistle Blower Policy and has established the necessary vigil mechanism for directors and employees in confirmation with Section 177(9) of the Act and Regulation 22 of Listing Regulations, to report concerns about unethical behavior. The details of the policy have been disclosed in the Corporate Governance Report which is attached to this report. The policy is also available on Company's website link: https://cybermedia.co.in/corporate-governance/.

During the year, the Company did not receive any complaint under vigil mechanism. There was no pending complaint at the opening and closing of the year.

The Company has the policy on the appointment and remuneration of directors and key managerial personnel which provides a framework based on which our human resources management aligns their recruitment plans for the strategic growth of the Company. The policy is available on the Company's website. The related weblink is: https://cybermedia.co.in/corporate-governance/.

The Company has a policy for contracts or arrangements to be entered into by the Company with related parties which is available on Company's website link, https://cybermedia.co.in/corporate-governance/.

The Company has policy for determining material subsidiaries which is available on the Company's website. The relevant weblink is: https://cybermedia.co.in/corporate-governance/.

The Company has Code of Conduct for Prevention of Insider Trading in Company's Securities which is available on the Company's website. The relevant weblink is: https://cybermedia.co.in/corporate-governance/.

The Company has established a policy in confirmation of Regulation 9 of the Listing Regulations for preserving the documents, files, information etc. of the Company. The policy may be downloaded from the Company's website. The relevant weblink is: https:// cybermedia.co.in/corporate-governance/

The Company has policy for determining materiality of an event or information which is available on the Company's website. The relevant weblink is: https://cybermedia.co.in/corporate-governance/.

Risk is an integral and unavoidable component of business and your company is committed to managing the risk in a proactive and effective manner. In today's challenging and competitive environment, strategies for mitigating inherent risks in accomplishing the growth plans of the Company are imperative. The common risks inter alia are: regulations, competition, business risk, technology obsolescence, investments, retention of talent and expansion of facilities. Business risk, inter-alia, further includes financial risk, political risk, legal risk. Your Company adopts systematic approach to mitigate risks associated with accomplishment of objectives, operations, revenues and regulations. The Company has a Risk Management Policy. The Audit Committee of the Company reviews the Risk Management Policy and its implementation.

The policy is also available on the Company's website. The relevant link is: https://cybermedia.co.in/corporate-governance/.

The Company has on place Code of Conduct for the Board of Directors and Senior Management which is available on the Company's website. The relevant weblink is: https://cybermedia.co.in/corporate-governance/.

The Company has on place a policy for the diversity of the Board which is available on the Company's website. The relevant weblink is: https://cybermedia.co.in/corporate-governance/.

In accordance with the provisions of clause (p) of sub-section (3) of section 134 of the Companies Act, 2013, the Company has criteria for evaluation of Board performance which is available on the Company's website. The relevant weblink is: https://cybermedia.co.in/ corporate-governance/

Pursuant to provisions of section 134(3)(q) of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 8 of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014, required disclosure is given below:

The Company has constituted Internal Committee as per provisions of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013. The Company has a policy and framework for employees to report sexual harassment cases at workplace and its process ensures complete anonymity and confidentiality of information. Workshops and awareness programmes against sexual harassment are conducted across the organization.

Details of complaints at the opening of, filed and resolved during, and pending at the end of, the financial year, are as under:

The Company has not accepted any deposits under Chapter V of the Act and the rules made there under, (including any statutory modification(s) or re-enactment(s) thereof).

The particulars prescribed under Section 134 of the Act read with Rule 8(3) of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014, relating to

Conservation of Energy, technology Absorption, Foreign Exchange Earnings and outgo are given below:

i. The operations of the Company are not energy-intensive. However, significant measures are taken to reduce energy consumption by using energy-efficient equipment. The Company constantly evaluates and invests in new technology to make its infrastructure more energy efficient and also under cost reduction measure the management has internally issued different circulars for use of natural light in place of tube lights; Administration keep a regular check on whether the Computer systems provided to the employees have been shut down properly at the time of closure of office etc.

ii. No new investment is made on such energy saving devices during the financial year.

iii. Further, since energy costs comprise a very small part of your Company's total expenses, the financial implications of these measures are not material.

> The Company has a strong technology focus, and is proactively investing in new tools and systems that drive efficiency. This includes leveraging AI in a planned manner that is already helping with functions like finance, sales and operations. Our product roadmap remains robust and will continue to develop and streamline systems using both in-house as well as external products. The Director's note that the AI offers large opportunities for business involved in the digital world including those of the Company. Therefore, there is a clear determination towards understanding how the Company can utilize AI across multiple areas of the organization to affect higher productivity, better client servicing and increased profitability.

CyberMedia has developed, Arya - an internal ERP system. The ERP platform manages different internal processes including maintaining customer data, purchase orders, agreements, invoices, emailing invoices automatically to clients, among other

5 functions. Importantly, is also acts as a management information system (MIS) tool for managers across the company.

By virtue of the above initiatives, the Company is able to adopt appropriate technology for rendering better services at competitive prices.

In the past year, CyberMedia has internally developed a new product ‘Mudra'. This is a comprehensive subscription management system that enables automation to process subscriptions in a user-friendly manner. The organization expects this system to ensure automated communication, reduce complaints and improve overall customer experience. The Company firmly believes in that research and development of new techniques and processed will help the Company to grow and thus it is taking steps to upgrade and modernize its processes by adopting latest technology developments in the field.

The details of foreign exchange earned and outgo during the year are as follows:

(Amount in INR)

The Company is continuously putting efforts for more global recognition. As a part of this Transformation Agenda, we continue to make changes in how we are organized and how we build and deliver technologies. The Company serves its Digital Ads Services, Events, Print Ads, Advisory, Contents etc. to its clients with analytics. Besides those services, the Company also offers standalone Analytics services to its ICT clients.

The Company's mission is to partner with enterprises, industry associations and governments in research, consulting & advisory, and go-to-market services and enable them to achieve success and sustained growth

There was no change in nature of business of the Company.

Names of companies which have become or have ceased to be its subsidiaries, joint ventures or associate companies during the year under review: Nil.

During the year under review, there were no significant and material orders passed by the regulators or courts or tribunals impacting the going concern status and Company's operations in future.

During the year, the Company has undertaken Rights Issue aggregating to a total size of INR 9.90 Crore by issuing Rights Equity Shares of face value of INR 10 each at an Issue Price of INR 15.80 (including a premium of INR 5.80) per equity share. The Company received INR 7.99 Crore (including a loan conversion of INR 2.76 Crore), and 49,53,415 fully paid-up equity shares of face value of INR 10 each have been allotted to the eligible equity shareholders. However, 2,09,064 partly paid-up equity shares were remained unpaid due to non-payment of Call Money thereon.

Further, pursuant to Final Reminder cum Forfeiture Notice dated March 05, 2026, the Company received INR 2.98 Lakh during the period from March 24, 2026 to April 07, 2026, and accordingly, the Company allotted 37,735 Rights Equity Shares of face value of INR 10 each. However, 1,71,329 partly paid-up equity shares have been forfeited by the Company.

Particulars of loans given, investments made, guarantees given and securities provided along with the purpose for which the loan or guarantee or security is proposed to be utilized by the recipient are provided in the financial statements.

In compliance of Section 134(3)(a) of the Act, copy of Annual Return for the financial year ended March 31, 2026 prepared as per sub-section (3) of Section 92 of the Act has been hosted on the Company's website. The relevant weblink is: https://cybermedia. co.in/financial-results/

The Company's shares are listed on BSE Limited (BSE) and National Stock Exchange of India Limited (NSE) with scrip code/symbol 532640/CYBERMEDIA, respectively. The Company confirms that the annual listing fees to both the stock exchanges for the financial year 2025-26 have been paid.

The Company's equity shares are available for dematerialization through National Securities Depository Limited and Central Depository Services (India) Limited. As of March 31,2026, 99.01% of the equity shares of the Company were held in dematerialised form.

During the year, there was no application made under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016.

The provisions of Section 148 of the Act are not applicable to the Company. Hence, the Company is not required to maintain any cost records.

In order to meet working capital requirements, the Company has borrowed funds from time to time from Mr. Pradeep Gupta, Chairman and Managing Director of the Company. As on March 31, 2026, the outstanding loan of Mr. Pradeep Gupta was INR 28,53,244.

The additional information required to be given under the Act and the rules framed thereunder, has been laid out in the Notes attached to and forming part of the financial statements. The Notes to the financial statements referred to the Auditors' Report are self-explanatory and therefore do not call for any further explanation.

The Directors express their warm appreciation to the Company's employees for their unstinted commitment and continued contribution to the growth of the Company.

The Directors thank the government, regulatory authorities, banks, financial institutions, shareholders, customers, vendors and other business associates for their continued support and co-operation in the Company's progress.

The Directors appreciate and value the contribution made by every member of the CyberMedia family.