ANJANI PORTLAND CEMENT LTD.-$

Anjani Portland Cement Ltd has announced the closure of its trading window for all directors, designated persons, and connected persons. This closure will be effective from October 1, 2026, and will remain in effect until 48 hours after the public declaration of the unaudited standalone and consolidated financial results for the quarter and half-year ending September 30, 2026. All relevant individuals have been advised against trading in the company's securities during this period, in compliance with SEBI (Prohibition of Insider Trading) Regulations, 2015.

Anjani Portland Cement Limited has announced details for its 42nd Annual General Meeting (AGM), scheduled for September 10, 2026, at 11:30 a.m. IST, to be conducted via Video Conferencing (VC) or Other Audio Visual Means (OAVM). The company has also released its 42nd Annual Report for the Financial Year 2025-26, along with the Notice of the AGM, in compliance with SEBI Listing Regulations. Members can participate in remote e-voting from September 7 to September 9, 2026, with a cut-off date of September 3, 2026. The Annual Report and AGM Notice are available on the company's website.

Anjani Portland Cement Limited has announced the details for its 42nd Annual General Meeting (AGM), scheduled for Thursday, September 10, 2026, at 11:30 a.m. IST. The meeting will be conducted via Video Conferencing (VC) or Other Audio Visual Means (OAVM). The company has also released its Annual Report for the Financial Year 2025-26 along with the AGM notice. Members can participate in remote e-voting from September 7 to September 9, 2026, with a cut-off date of September 3, 2026. Both the Annual Report and AGM Notice are available on the company's website.

Anjani Portland Cement Ltd announced the appointment of M/s. Narasimha Murthy & Co. as Cost Auditors for the financial year 2026-27. The remuneration for the cost auditors will be placed before shareholders for ratification at the upcoming Annual General Meeting. The company also approved the unaudited standalone and consolidated financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2026, along with the Limited Review Report. Additionally, the board discussed material related party transactions with Chettinad Cement Corporation Private Limited and Bhavya Cements Private Limited. The 42nd Annual General Meeting is scheduled for September 10, 2026.

Anjani Portland Cement Ltd announced its unaudited standalone and consolidated financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2026. The Board of Directors also approved the appointment of M/s. Narasimha Murthy & Co. as Cost Auditors for FY 2026-27. Additionally, the company disclosed material related party transactions with Chettinad Cement Corporation Private Limited and Bhavya Cements Private Limited. The 42nd Annual General Meeting is scheduled for September 10, 2026, with remote e-voting from September 7-9, 2026.

Anjani Portland Cement's consolidated (primary basis) numbers deteriorated across the board in Q1 FY27: revenue fell 35.7% YoY to ₹89.76 Cr (₹139.53 Cr in Q1 FY26) and 27.6% QoQ (₹124.04 Cr in Q4 FY26), while the group swung to a ₹9.80 Cr net loss — deeper than the ₹3.45 Cr loss a year ago and a reversal from the ₹1.65 Cr profit booked last quarter. There is no analyst consensus or brokerage preview available for this micro-cap (confirmed via web search — Simply Wall St and TipRanks show no consensus estimates for APCL), so the print cannot be graded against Street numbers; management has not issued any formal guidance either, so there is no outlook to check the quarter against. The damage sits almost entirely on the operating line: OPM (EBITDA margin) collapsed to just 1.52% from 8.92% YoY and 10.96% QoQ, even as revenue fell, meaning costs did not scale down proportionately with volumes. Power & Fuel remained the largest expense line at ₹45.01 Cr (50% of consolidated revenue) versus ₹63.49 Cr on a much larger revenue base a year ago, so the cost structure is not flexing with the steep volume decline. NPM came in at -10.92% versus -2.47% YoY and +1.32% QoQ, confirming margin compression rather than a one-off hit — there are no exceptional items in this quarter's numbers. Standalone (parent-only) results tell a materially different and starker story: standalone revenue fell 63.1% YoY to ₹42.73 Cr from ₹115.83 Cr, far steeper than the consolidated 35.7% YoY decline, and standalone swung from a ₹2.69 Cr profit a year ago to a ₹3.73 Cr loss this quarter (EPS -₹1.27 vs +₹0.92). The gap between standalone and consolidated revenue trends is unusually wide and coincides with the Board's June 11, 2026 approval to rebrand from Anjani to Chettinad Cement — a shift in how trading/distribution volumes are booked between the standalone entity and group companies (including holding company Chettinad Cement Corporation) is a plausible explanation, though the filing does not state this explicitly. Going into Q2 FY27, the print sets up two things to track: whether the standalone-vs-consolidated revenue divergence is a one-quarter artifact of the rebrand transition or a lasting shift in how volumes are booked, and whether the OPM compression (power/fuel cost absorption at lower volumes) reverses once the rebrand-related disruption, if any, settles.

Anjani Portland Cement Ltd has announced that its Board of Directors will convene on August 12, 2026. The primary agenda for this meeting is to consider and approve the unaudited standalone and consolidated financial results for the quarter that concluded on June 30, 2026. This announcement is made in compliance with SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015.

Anjani Portland Cement Ltd has announced the closure of its trading window for all directors, designated persons, and connected persons. This closure is in accordance with SEBI (Prohibition of Insider Trading) Regulations, 2015, and will be effective from July 1, 2026. The window will reopen 48 hours after the public declaration of the unaudited standalone and consolidated financial results for the quarter ending June 30, 2026. All relevant personnel have been advised against trading in the company's securities during this period.

Anjani Portland Cement Ltd. announced a phased transition of its cement brand from 'Anjani' to 'Chettinad Cement', aligning with its parent company Chettinad Cement Corporation Private Limited's group-level brand harmonization initiative. Its subsidiary, Bhavya Cements Private Limited, will also transition its 'Bhavya' brand to 'Chettinad'. This move aims to strengthen brand equity, improve market visibility, optimize efficiencies, and leverage the Chettinad group's established brand recall. The company confirmed this brand harmonization does not alter its legal identity as a listed entity. Additionally, Mr. A Narayana Rao, Sr. Vice President – Marketing, has been internally transferred to Chettinad Cement Corporation Private Limited.

Anjani Portland Cement Ltd. and its subsidiary Bhavya Cements Private Limited are transitioning their brand names to 'Chettinad Cement' as part of a group-level brand harmonization initiative by their parent company, Chettinad Cement Corporation Private Limited (CCCPL). This move aims to unify brand equity, improve market visibility, optimize efficiencies, and leverage the established Chettinad group brand recall. The transition is phased and does not affect the legal identity of Anjani Portland Cement as a listed entity. A senior marketing executive has also been transferred to the parent company.