Aster DM Quality Care Ltd

Aster DM Quality Care Limited will hold a board meeting on Wednesday, August 5, 2026, to consider and approve the unaudited standalone and consolidated financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2026, as per Regulation 29 of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015.

Aster DM Healthcare Ltd announced that CRISIL Ratings Limited (“CRISIL”) has assigned a “Crisil AA+/Stable” rating to the Company’s long-term bank facilities amounting to Rs 860.50 crore, and a “Crisil A1+” rating to its short-term bank facilities, also totaling Rs 860.50 crore; these ratings represent an assignment and have been novated from ‘Quality Care India Ltd (QCIL)’ following its merger with the Company, effective July 1, 2026. The rated facilities pertain to long-term bank facilities and short-term bank facilities, with CRISIL providing detailed rationale for the ratings available on its website at https://www.crisilratings.com/en/home/our-business/ratings/company-factsheet.ASDHPL.html and the Company’s website at www.asterqualitycare.com, and there are no enhancements, assignments, or withdrawals beyond the initial assignments.

Aster DM Quality Care has received upgrade in long term rating at ICRA AA from ICRA A+. The outlook has been revised from Rating Watch with Positive Implications to Stable. The short term rating has been reaffirmed at ICRA A1+.

Aster DM Healthcare has been renamed Aster DM Quality Care with effect from 03 July 2026 pursuant to scheme of amalgamation between Quality Care India ('QCIL' / 'Transferor Company') and Aster DM Healthcare ('Aster' / 'Transferee Company') and their respective Shareholders and Creditors ('the Scheme').

Aster DM Quality Care today commenced operations following the successful completion of the merger between Aster DM Healthcare and Quality Care India (QCIL), bringing together four trusted healthcare brands - Aster DM, CARE Hospitals, Evercare and KIMSHEALTH. More than the combination of two leading healthcare organisations, the merger creates a stronger platform with a shared purpose: expanding access to world-class healthcare by bringing specialist expertise, advanced treatment and cutting-edge medical technology closer to patients across India. In the new combined entity Dr. Azad Moopen will continue as Executive Chairman and Varun Khanna will lead the business as Managing Director and Group CEO. With 39 hospitals across 28 cities and over 10,600 beds, Aster DM Quality Care is uniquely positioned to expand access to specialist care, advanced treatment and cutting-edge medical technology across India's tier 2 and tier 3 cities including Nagpur, Aurangabad, Vijayawada, Guntur, Bhubaneswar, Raipur, Nagercoil, Kolhapur, Kannur, Kasaragod, and Kottakkal, reducing the need for patients to travel to metropolitan centres for complex healthcare. With a strong footprint across South and Central India, Aster Quality Care will have a significant presence in several underpenetrated fast-growing healthcare centres beyond the metros. These centres will play an increasingly important role in the group's long-term strategy to decentralise affordable and advanced healthcare by expanding specialist services, investing in cutting-edge technologies and strengthening centres of excellence closer to where patients live.

Net profit of Aster DM Healthcare rose 77.39% to Rs 140.17 crore in the quarter ended March 2026 as against Rs 79.02 crore during the previous quarter ended March 2025. Sales rose 18.20% to Rs 1182.38 crore in the quarter ended March 2026 as against Rs 1000.34 crore during the previous quarter ended March 2025. For the full year,net profit declined 92.78% to Rs 388.14 crore in the year ended March 2026 as against Rs 5377.83 crore during the previous year ended March 2025. Sales rose 12.20% to Rs 4643.22 crore in the year ended March 2026 as against Rs 4138.46 crore during the previous year ended March 2025. ParticularsQuarter EndedYear EndedMar. 2026Mar. 2025% Var.Mar. 2026Mar. 2025% Var. Sales1182.381000.34 18 4643.224138.46 12 OPM %18.9518.20 -18.6118.02 - PBDT230.26180.91 27 866.65770.04 13 PBT163.02116.96 39 602.40521.20 16 NP140.1779.02 77 388.145377.83 -93 Powered by Capital Market - Live

Aster DM Healthcare will hold a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Company on 30 April 2026.

Aster DM Healthcare has invested Rs. 96 crore towards the expansion of its Women & Children facility at Aster Whitefield Hospital, building on over a decade of years of trusted healthcare service in Bengaluru. With this expansion, Aster Whitefield's bed capacity will increase from 380 to 539 beds. The dedicated 159-bed Aster Women & Children facility will feature specialised maternity care from the preconception stage to the birth of the baby. The facility also will offer a range of services such as water birthing, advanced laparoscopic gynaecology services, a child development centre, foetal medicine and surgery unit, a level 3A NICU, fertility centre, neonatal & pediatric surgical services and a pediatric intensive care unit as well as high dependency unit (HDU).

Aster DM Healthcare has fixed 03 April 2026 as record date for the purpose of ascertaining the entitlement of the shareholders to the interim dividend. Powered by Capital Market - Live

Aster DM Healthcare announced that the Board of Directors of the Company at its meeting held on 26 March 2026, inter alia, have recommended the interim dividend of Rs 3 per equity Share (i.e. 30%) , subject to the approval of the shareholders.