LIBERTY SHOES LTD.

Liberty Shoes Ltd has received a clarification from SEBI regarding the reclassification requests of two promoter shareholders, Sh. Arpan Gupta and Sh. Arpan Gupta, Karta of Dinesh Kumar Gupta HUF, from 'Promoter and Promoter Group' to 'Public' category under Regulation 31A of SEBI LODR Regulations. SEBI's clarification pertains to the procedural aspects and the applicable regulations based on the timeline of the requests. The company has submitted applications to NSE and BSE for No-Objection Certificates and will proceed to shareholders for approval upon receipt.

Liberty Shoes Ltd has announced the closure of its trading window for directors, promoters, designated employees, and connected persons. This closure is in compliance with SEBI (Prohibition of Insider Trading) Regulations, 2015, and the company's code of conduct. The trading window will be shut from October 01, 2026, until 48 hours after the declaration of the Unaudited Financial Results for the 2nd Quarter and Half Year ended September 30, 2026. This measure is standard practice to prevent insider trading during periods of sensitive financial information disclosure.

Liberty Shoes Ltd. announced the re-appointment of Sh. Piyush Dixit and Sh. Anand Das Mundhra as Independent Directors for a second term of three years, effective August 11, 2026, to August 10, 2029. Additionally, Sh. Raman Bansal has been appointed as an Executive Director for a three-year term, effective August 10, 2026, to August 9, 2029. All appointed directors have confirmed they are not debarred from holding office and are capable of discharging their duties. These appointments were approved at the company's 40th Annual General Meeting held on September 29, 2026.

Liberty Shoes Ltd. has announced its 40th Annual General Meeting (AGM) to be held on Tuesday, September 29, 2026, at 11:00 A.M. IST via Video Conferencing/Other Audio Video Means. The company will also share its Annual Report for the financial year 2025-26. The Register of Members and Share Transfer Books will be closed from September 23 to September 29, 2026. The cut-off date for determining voting eligibility is September 22, 2026. Remote e-voting will be open from September 26 to September 28, 2026, with e-voting also available during the AGM. The notice and annual report were dispatched to shareholders on September 3, 2026.

Liberty Shoes Ltd. has informed the stock exchanges about the dispatch of letters to shareholders whose email addresses are not registered. These letters contain a web-link to the Annual Report for FY 2025-26 and the Notice for the 40th Annual General Meeting (AGM). The AGM is scheduled for September 29, 2026, via Video Conferencing. The dispatch was made on September 3, 2026, in compliance with SEBI Listing Regulations. The company also reminded shareholders to update KYC details as per SEBI's master circular.

Liberty Shoes Ltd has announced its 40th Annual General Meeting (AGM) scheduled for Tuesday, September 29, 2026, at 11:00 AM IST. The meeting will be conducted via Video Conferencing/Other Audio Video Means (VC/OAVM). Alongside the AGM notice, the company has also released its Annual Report for the financial year 2025-26. The Register of Members and Share Transfer Books will be closed from September 23 to September 29, 2026. Remote e-voting will be open from September 26 to September 28, 2026. The company has dispatched the AGM notice and Annual Report to shareholders on September 3, 2026.

Liberty Shoes Limited has filed applications with the stock exchanges seeking approval to reclassify two promoter shareholders to the 'Public' category. This action is in accordance with Regulation 31A of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015. The company has previously made disclosures regarding these requests. Liberty Shoes will continue to comply with SEBI regulations and stock exchange directives, keeping stakeholders informed of further developments.

Liberty Shoes Limited announced its unaudited financial results for the first quarter ended June 30, 2026. The Board of Directors approved these results in a meeting held on August 10, 2026. The company also noted the resignation of an Executive Director, who will be re-employed as President. Additionally, Sh. Raman Bansal was appointed as Additional Director/Executive Director, and Sh. Anand Das Mundhra and Sh. Piyush Dixit were re-appointed as Independent Directors. Sh. Anupam Bansal was appointed as Chairman of the CSR Committee. The board also considered a request for promoter reclassification.

Liberty Shoes' standalone PAT for Q1 FY27 (June 2026) fell to Rs 0.68 Cr, down 79.5% YoY from Rs 3.33 Cr and 87.1% QoQ from Rs 5.30 Cr, even as revenue from operations was roughly flat YoY at Rs 169.86 Cr (-1.7%). The 19.9% QoQ revenue drop from Rs 212.05 Cr is largely a seasonal artifact — Q4 (Jan-Mar) is the company's strongest quarter for footwear sell-through — so the YoY comparison, where both revenue and profit are weaker, is the one that matters, and it shows genuine deterioration rather than a sequential blip. There is no formal management guidance on record for this quarter (none in our database, and no prior-quarter outlook statement was found), so the print cannot be graded against a stated target; similarly, no brokerage or consensus estimates specific to this quarter turned up in a search, so vs-street is unknown rather than a beat or miss — Liberty Shoes carries limited formal analyst coverage. The margin bridge explains the profit collapse: operating margin (OPM) compressed to 7.95% from 9.26% YoY and 9.49% QoQ, and net margin (NPM) fell to 0.40% from 1.92% YoY and 2.50% QoQ. Cost of materials consumed rose to 40.2% of revenue from 37.7% a year ago, employee benefit expense rose to 22.4% of revenue from 20.5%, and finance costs increased 11.4% YoY to Rs 4.25 Cr (2.5% of revenue vs 2.2% YoY) — three separate cost lines all grew as a share of sales while topline was flat to down, squeezing the bottom line from multiple directions simultaneously. Purchases of stock-in-trade also jumped 28.4% YoY, pointing to a heavier mix of third-party sourced (lower-margin) product this quarter. A small Rs 0.15 Cr exceptional charge (versus a Rs 0.04 Cr exceptional gain a year ago) added modest further drag, but adjusting for both leaves PAT still down about 77% YoY, confirming the weakness is structural to the quarter's cost base rather than a one-off. The results were announced alongside a same-day leadership reshuffle: Executive Director Shammi Bansal resigned from the board and was concurrently appointed President, while Raman Bansal — previously COO — was appointed Additional/Executive Director for three years, and two independent directors (Anand Das Mundhra, Piyush Dixit) were re-appointed for a second three-year term. None of these governance moves are tied to the numbers directly. Separately, the company continues to work through a SEBI-directed review of a promoter reclassification request (communication dated 21 July 2026); the board flagged unresolved questions on Regulation 31A(3)(b)(ii) around control and will forward the application with its own observations to the exchanges — an open item, not something that affected this quarter's P&L. No management press release or commentary accompanying the results was available in the context to cross-check against the numbers. Going into Q2 FY27, the key markers are whether the cost of materials ratio (40.2% of revenue, up from 37.7% YoY) and employee cost ratio (22.4%, up from 20.5% YoY) normalise, and whether the new Executive Director's operational stewardship shows up in the cost structure over the next couple of quarters.

Liberty Shoes Ltd has announced that its Board of Directors will convene on August 10, 2026. The primary agenda for this meeting is to consider and approve the company's Unaudited Financial Results for the first quarter ended June 30, 2026. The trading window for dealing in the company's securities remains closed from July 1, 2026, until August 12, 2026, inclusive, in accordance with SEBI (Prohibition of Insider Trading) Regulations, 2015.