HCL

HISTORY:

Company History - HCL Technologies
1991
- HCL Technologies Limited was originally incorporated on 12th
November, as HCL Overseas Limited. The certificate of commencement
of business was received on 10th February, 1992. On July 14, 1994,
the
name of the Company was changed to HCL Consulting Limited. The
Company changed its name to HCL Technologies Limited on 6th October
1999 to better reflect the line of activities of the Company.

- HCL provides new technology development services to its clients.

1996

- The 50:50 joint venture with Perot Systems Corporation in the
year,
provided access to high value client base of Perot Systems.

- The Company has one of the largest software development
infrastructures in India. This state-of-the-art infrastructure,
which
comprises seven software factories, is designed to take advantage of
the high productivity and scalability as well as the relatively
lower
cost of software development in India.

1998

- The Company started addressing the markets in Europe and Asia
Pacific.

- The company has a rich heritage in technologies like the Internet
and
e-Commerce, networking and internetworking, Internet telephony,
telecom, embedded software, ASIC/VLSI design and testing, satellite
communication, wireless communication and component based object
technologies like COM, DCOM and CORBA.

- The Company has the capability to work with a wide variety of
computing platforms ranging from Open Client Server systems
comprising
all flavors of UNIX, Microsoft platforms, AS/400 to enterprise
servers
like IBM Mainframes.

- The Company also offers strategic methodology consulting led
services
through its wholly owned subsidiary Intelicent Inc. to global
organisations.

1999

- The company announced its public issue on November 10th, of Rs.
1,42,00,000 neq equity shares of Rs. 4/- each. The issue includes a
Book Built Portion of 1,27,80,000 equity shares and Fixed Price
Portion
of 14,20,000 equity shares.

- The company announced on November 11 that it has signed a
five-year
contract with Gtech and Kla Tencor.

- HCL Technologies has created wholly-owned subsidiaries to cater to
specific geographic regions. Its major subsidiary is HCL
Technologies
America, 100 per cent owned by the company.

2000

- The Company has set up a dedicated offshore development centre in
Chennai for KLA-Tencor Corporation, a supplier of process control
and
yield management solutions for the semiconductor and related
microelectronics industry.

- HCL Comnet, the wholly-owned subsidiary of HCL Technologies in
association with its new partner Globeset Inc., is scouting for
large
Internet Service Providers and payment gateways in India to
introduce
Net security management solutions.

- The Company will set up an offshore development centre for the
.1-billion semiconductor company, Conexant Inc, in India.

- HCL Comnet, a wholly owned subsidiary of HCL Technologies will
invest
Rs. 20 crore in the next one year to set up a network operation
centre
in Delhi and has tied up with Hewlett Packard.

- HCL Technologies, the Shiv Nada controlled software major, has
invested in five venture capital funds that specialise in high
technology, particularly internet technology, related areas.

- HCL Technologies, in a move to further strengthen its position in
the
infotech sector, has decided to extend its product base and focus on
a
range of high value-added products and services.

- HCL Infinet Ltd, the new Internet services subsidary of HCL
Infosystems, has tied up with UBS Publishers' Distributors Ltd, one
of
the largest distributors of books in the country for its soon to be
launched portal to sell books on-line.

- Armed with 0 million incash reserves, infotech company HCL
Technologies is in the process of acquiring companies in both Europe
and the US as part of its expansion drive.

- HCL Technologies has approved, subject to necessary approvals, to
split each equity share of Rs 4 into two equity share of Rs 2 each.

- HCL Technologies has entered into a tie-up with BroadVision Inc, a
provider of personalised e-business applications, to act as a
distributor for the latter's customised software, services, support,
maintenance and other related activities.

- Goldman Sachs has rated Infosys Technologies and HCL Technologies
as
market outperformers and amongst the best quality names in the
industry.

- The Company launched the second Nokia professional centre in New
Delhi, second among the chain of centres planned by the company
across
the country.

- HCL Technologies Ltd will be acquiring about 40 per cent equity
stake
in an Indian networking product company as part of its incubation
programme.

- Shiv Nadar-promoted HCL Technologies Ltd is looking at the
possibility of opening a software technology development centre in
China.

2001

- The Company has signed a five-year strategic partner agreement,
with
NCR Corp. to develop customer relationship management, store
automation and payment system.

- The Company signed an agreement with Toshiba Information Systems
of
Japan to set up an offshore development centre in India, for the
Japanese company.

- HCL Technologies has entered into a strategic alliance with
Nasdaq-listed Vitesse Semiconductor ot develop software solutions
for
global networking markets.

- The Company is setting up a dedicated offshore centre for Vitesse
Semiconductor for design and application support services.

- HCL Comnet Systems & Services Ltd., a fully-owned subsidiary of
HCL
Technologies, is entering into the business of Web-enabling
applications through the launch of demand-chain management
solutions.

- HCL InfiNet has been rated the best among 16 Internet service
providers by ZDNetIndia.com, a technology portal and magazine.

- HCL Technologies October 29 announced that it would pick up 100
per
cent stake in Northern Ireland-based IT-enabled services company
Apollo
Contact Centre in two phases. In the first phase, HCL Technologies
would pick up 90 per cent stake in Apollo Contact Centre for .5
million from British Telecom (BT), the owner of Apollo Contact
Centre.Initially, HCL Technologies, would pay .5 million either
directly or through any of its subsidiaries to acquire 90 per cent
equity in Apollo Contact Centre.

- HCL Perot, a joint venture of HCL Technologies, which already has
two
levels of re-dundancy in Delhi and Bangalore, is now backing them up
with centres in the UK and US. It is setting up a development centre
in
Woking, South of London and plans to add another in Dellas by the
end
of the year.

- HCL Technologies today announced the appointment of Anupam Puri,
management consultant with McKinsey and Co, as member on its board
of
directors.

2002

- HCL Technologies Ltd on June 1, 2002 announced a 100% acquisition
of Gulf Computers Inc, USA.

- HCL Technologies Ltd announced the formation of a strategic
technology joint venture with Jones Apparel Group, Inc. Jones Apparel
Group, Inc. a Fortune 500 Company, The joint venture is a pioneering
initiative, in synergy with HCL Technologies rebalanced business
portfolio and growth strategy, wherein the Company has identified the
retail vertical as a high focus area. Worldwide, an increased surge in
IT spending in the retail segment is manifesting itself and the market
is expected to grow to USD 35 billion by 2005.

-HCL Technologies Ltd announced on August 16, 2002 that it has
entered into a joint venture with m.a. partners - a management
consulting firm - to address software services opportunities in
Global Finance Markets, especially in the areas of Investment
Banking, Asset Management and Private Banking. m.a. partners brings a
wealth of domain expertise and clients including many of the top
Global Investment Banking firms, to the JV.

-HCL Tech, leading global IT services company, on August 19, 2002
announced a strategic alliance with Sento Corporation, a US based
customer contact solutions Company.

-HCL technologies Ltd has informed BSE that Mr Vineet Nayyar,
Director has resigned as Director of the Company with effect from on
December 19, 2002.

2003

-HCL Technologies Ltd has informed BSE that Mr Anupam Puri Director
resigned from the Board wef May 08, 2003. The Board of Directors has
been expanded with the induction of three new members- Mr Amal
Ganguli, Mr Cyril Shroff & Mr Subroto Bhattacharya.

-Partners with Alayance, a USA based company, to enhance Enterprise
Application Integration expertise

-Signs agreement with SuperH Inc., the leading supplier of multimedia
reduced instruction set computing (RISC) central processing unit (CPU)
cores, enabling the company to become the first member of the 'SuperH
Design Agency' Program

-Members approve Scheme of Arrangement between the Company, HCL
Infosystems Ltd, HCL Infinet Ltd

-Receives 0 ml BPO deal from BT Group, UK's telecom service
provider

-Inks pact with Questa Corp. to provide implementation support for
customer projects

-Wins mandate from Airbus Industries for the development of embedded
software for the system data acquisition computer of the A-340 flight
warning system

-HCL Comnet, a wholly- owned flagship of HCL Technologies, secures Rs
31 crore network management order from National Insurance Corporation
(NIC)

-Partners with Magma Design Automation Inc. to offer expert design
services for leading edge integrated circuit designs

-High Court sanctions Scheme of Arrangement between HCL Infosystems,
HCL Technologies, and HCL Infinet

-Joins the Xperts program of Xilinx Inc (Nasdaq:XLNX), the worldwide
leader of programmable logic solutions

-Signs a multi- year, multi- million dollar collaborative IT
co-sourcing contract with AMD, a leading supplier of integrated
circuits for the personal and networked computer and communications
markets

-Pursuant to Scheme of Arrangement between HCL Infosystems Ltd, HCL
Technologies Ltd, HCL Infinet Ltd and their respective shareholders
and creditors, as approved by Hon'ble High Court of Delhi, the Merger
Committee of HCL Technologies Ltd on August 30, 2003 allots 7,075,154
equity shares of Rs 2/- each fully paid up to the shareholders of HCL
Infosystems Ltd.

-Registered Office changed to Nehru Place, New Delhi

-Hcl bpo head Sujit Bakshi quits the company

-HCL announced that it has reached an agreement with Perot Systems to
divest its stake in HCL Perot Systems for USD 105.3 Mn. This is for an
all cash consideration.

-US firm acquires HCL's equity in Joint Venture

-Hcl Technologies Ltd has informed that Ambassador Richard Burt,
Director of the company, has retired by rotation at the Annual
General Meeting of the Company held on December 20, 2003 and it was
furthur resolved at the meeting not to fill in the vacancy caused by
his retirement.

2004

-has formally announced that it has bought out the 49.5 per cent
equity shares of erstwhile HCL Perot Systems (HPS) from their joint
venture known as Aircom HPS Wireless Services (AHWS).

-Hcl Technologies Ltd has informed that the shares of the Company
have been delisted from Delhi Stock Exchange (DSE) wef January 23,
2004.

-HCL Tech Sets up Insurance Solutions Center in Chennai

-HCL Technologies has entered into a strategic tie-up with IBM
Rational Software, a division of IBM, to strengthen its software
development capabilities.

-HCL Technologies Ltd has informed that the Company has on May 18,
2004 announced the appointment of Stuart Drew as Director (Europe)
Global Insurance Practice

-HCL Technologies display new set of software solutions based on
Microsoft's Smarter Retailing Initiative

-HCL Tech arm ties up with Cicada

-HCL Technologies named Microsoft Global Systems Integrator Partner

-HCL Technologies unveils latest RFID based asset management solution
at ESEC, Tokyo
-HCL Technologies Ltd today (July 13, 2004) announced that the
Company has been conferred the prestigious Excellence in Education
Award for 2004 by the Life Office Management Association (LOMA)

- BPO delivery centre in Chennai gets BS7799 certification, by the
British Standards Institute (BSI) on August 27, 2004

-Introduces CrosSView, a framework based Computer Systems Validation
(CSV) methodology for the development of robust software applications
in the Life Sciences arena.

-Delist from the Madras Stock Excahnge Limited (MSE) w.e.f. December
22, 2004.

2005

- Enters into an agreement with Agere Systems a global leader in
semiconductors for storage, wireless data and public and enterprise
networks.

- Forms partnership with Compuware Corporation, a world leader in
delivering software and services that enable businesses to manage
their enterprises and maximize the value of their IT assets.

- Signs MoU with the Supercomputing Facility for Bioinformatics and
Computational Biology (SCFBio) at IIT Delhi to work collaboratively
on high-end projects in the area of drug discovery and development
including genomics and protemics projects.

-SEBI ties up with HCL Technologies for market surveillance
solutions

-HCL Technologies forms joint venture with NEC, Japan

-HCL Technologies launches easy Labelling Solution for US FDA's SPL

-HCL Technologies & Talent & Pro enter into partnership to provide
solutions in Banking, Insurance & Financial Domain to Europe

-HCL Technologies & EXA, Japan announce strategic partnership

-HCL's Infrastructure Services Division ranked a 'Strong Performer'
in Remote Infrastructure Management by an International Research
firm

2006

-HCL Technologies & Qumas signs distribution agreement

-HCL Tech joins hand with Wavesat

-HCL Technologies Launches RoHS Compliance Management System For
Medical Device Users

-HCL enters m outsourcing deal with Teradyne of US

-HCL Launches Trusted ICT Infrastructure Platforms for BPO-ITeS
Segment

-HCL appoints Karan Puri Sr. Vice President of Retail, Media &
Entertainment in North America.

-HCL Technologies & Sage sign Alliance to develop Private Wealth
Management Solutions

-HCL Technologies Ltd has inked pact with Canada based electronics
manufacturing services company Celestica Inc to jointly design and
manufacture electronic products for global original equipment
manufacturers (OEMs)


2007

- HCL Technologies forms strategic alliance with Eckler to strengthen
Insurance Domain expertise

-HCL Technologies Ltd and Advanced Electronics Company (AEC), a
Riyadh-based Economic Offset Program Company, have signed an
agreement to implement IT (Information Technology) projects in Saudi
Arabia.

-HCL Technologies has forayed into an alliance with 0 million
Saudi Arabian company Advanced Electronics Company (AEC) to implement
IT projects in West Asia.

-HCL Technologies Ltd on June 18, 2007 announced a US million
contract with Alenia Aeronautica, to provide engineering services
that will support the improvement of the C-27J Spartan production
line.

-HCL Technologies Ltd has announced that Vineet Nayar, President of
the Company will assume the CEO chair with effect from October 16,
2007. Shiv Nadar will be the Chairman and Chief Strategy Officer of
the Company.

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