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Directors Report of HCL Technologies Ltd.

Mar 31, 2023

Your Directors have immense pleasure in presenting the Thirty-First Directorsâ Report of HCL Technologies Limited (âHCLTechâ or the âCompanyâ) together with the Audited Financial Statements for the Financial Year (âFYâ) ended March 31,2023.

1. FINANCIAL RESULTS

Key highlights of the financial results of your Company prepared as per the Indian Accounting Standards (âInd ASâ) for the financial year ended March 31, 2023 are as under:

(f in crores)
	Consolidated		Standalone
Particulars	FY ended		FY ended
	March 31,2023	March 31, 2022 March 31, 2023		March 31, 2022
Revenue from operations	1,01,456	85,651	46,276	40,638
Other income	1,358	1,067	1,031	880
Total Income	1,02,814	86,718	47,307	41,518

Total Expenses	83,326	69,766	32,591	28,250

Profit before tax	19,488	16,951	14,716	13,268

Tax Expense	4,643	3,428	3,257	2,394

Profit for the year	14,845	13,523	11,459	10,874

Other comprehensive income	1,301	757	(259)	277
Total comprehensive income for the year	16,146	14,280	11,200	11,151

Earnings per share of ?2 each
Basic (in ?)	54.85	49.77	42.32	40.10
Diluted (in ?)	54.79	49.77	42.27	40.09

2. BUSINESS OVERVIEW AND STATE OF AFFAIRS

The Company is committed in bringing together the best of technology and its people to empower enterprises and supercharge their digital transformation journeys. The Company has a robust ecosystem of strategic partners with access to best-in-class technologies and has created a global footprint of cutting-edge innovation labs. These combined with the global delivery capabilities allow the Company to help clients to stay ahead of the curve. The Company''s commitment to innovation excellence is demonstrated in its leadership positioning in all the six Gartner IT Services Magic Quadrants.

The Company''s differentiated portfolio across IT and Business Services (âITBSâ), Engineering and R&D Services (âERSâ), and Products and Platforms (âP&Pâ) serves clients across all major industry verticals including Financial Services, Manufacturing, Life Sciences & Healthcare, Technology & Services, Telecom & Media, Retail & CPG, and Public Services.

The Company has rolled out a refreshed brand identity with a new âHCLTechâ logo and a distinct brand positioning ''Supercharging Progress'' to reflect its commitment to clients, people, communities and the planet. The new âHCLTechâ brand and logo is at the heart of the Companyâs global go-to-market

strategy and drives the new Employee Value Proposition (âEVPâ) - âFind Your Sparkâ.

In a digital-first world driven by technologies like 5G, AI and metaverse, the Company is well positioned to leverage the growing demand for technology services and products.

On a consolidated basis, the Companyâs revenue from operations for the financial year under review was ?1,01,456 crores, as against ?85,651 crores for the previous financial year. The profit for the financial year under review was ?14,845 crores, as against ?13,523 crores for the previous financial year.

On a standalone basis, the Companyâs revenue from operations for the financial year under review was ?46,276 crores, as against ?40,638 crores for the previous financial year. The profit for the financial year under review was ?11,459 crores, as against ?10,874 crores for the previous financial year.

The state of affairs of the Company is presented as part of the Management Discussion and Analysis Report forming part of the Annual Report for FY 2022-23.

The financial results for the quarter and financial year ended March 31, 2023 were approved by the Board of Directors (âBoardâ) in its meeting held on April 19-20, 2023. In the said meeting, the Board declared an interim dividend of ?18/- per share for FY 2023-24. The Board did not recommend final dividend for the financial year ended March 31,2023.

4. TRANSFER TO RESERVES

The closing balance of the retained earnings of the Company, on a standalone basis, as on March 31, 2023, after all appropriations and adjustments was ?36,490 crores.

For complete details on movement in Reserves and Surplus during the financial year under review, please refer to the Statement of changes in Equity included in the Standalone and Consolidated financial statements of the Company for FY 2022-23.

5. SHARE CAPITAL

During the financial year under review, the Company has not issued any equity shares. As on March 31,2023, the Authorised share capital of the Company was ?603,40,00,000/- divided into 301,70,00,000 equity shares of face value of ?2 each.

The Issued, Subscribed and Paid-up equity share capital of the Company as on March 31, 2023 was ?542,73,30,192/-divided into 271,36,65,096 equity shares of face value of ?2 each.

6. BUY BACK OF USD DENOMINATED UNSECURED NOTES ISSUED BY A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY

During FY 2020-21, HCL America Inc., a step-down wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, incorporated under the laws of California had issued USD 500 million fixed rate, senior secured notes (âNotesâ) with a maturity date of March, 2026 and bearing interest rate of 1.375% per annum. The Notes were unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed by the Company. The Company''s aggregate potential liability under the guarantee was capped at USD 525 million which was 105% of the total aggregate principal amount of the Notes.

During FY 2022-23, HCL America Inc. through cash tender offer bought back its Notes of the principal amount of USD 247.793 million. Post this buyback, the aggregate principal amount of Notes that remain outstanding are USD 252.207 million. Accordingly, the Company''s aggregate potential liability for the Notes has been reduced to USD 264.817 million which is 105% of the total aggregate principal amount of the Notes outstanding.

7. MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS REPORT

The Management Discussion and Analysis Report in terms of Regulation 34(2) of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 (the âListing Regulationsâ), is attached and form part of the Annual Report of the Company for FY 2022-23.

8. SUBSIDIARIES, ASSOCIATES AND JOINT VENTURES

As on March 31,2023, the Company has 122 subsidiaries and 6 associate companies within the meaning of Sections 2(87) and 2(6) of the Companies Act, 2013 (âActâ) respectively. During the financial year under review, there has been no material change in the nature of business of the subsidiaries.

Incorporation of new Subsidiary during the financial year under review

HCL Technologies Jigani Limited was incorporated in India under the Act.

Acquisitions done during the financial year under review

i) Starschema Kereskedelmi es Szolgaltato Korlatolt Felelossegu Tarsasag (Starchema Kft.)

The Company''s step-down wholly owned subsidiary, HCL Technologies Starschema Kft. (formerly known as HCL Hungary Kft.) acquired 100% stake in Starschema Kft., a limited liability company incorporated in Hungary. Starschema Kft. is one of the leading data engineering services firms in Eastern Europe with delivery presence in Hungary and some part of the United States. Pursuant to this acquisition, Starschema Kft. and all its subsidiaries have become the step-down wholly owned subsidiaries of the Company with effect from April 2, 2022, being the date of completion of the acquisition.

ii) Confinale AG

The Companyâs step-down wholly owned subsidiary, HCL Technologies UK Limited, acquired 100% stake in Confinale AG, a Swiss digital banking and wealth management consulting company. Its primary business is to implement wealth management solutions using Avaloq platform and proprietary add-on products. It is focused on technology services in certain specialized areas in the banking sector. The entire share capital of Confinale AG was earlier held by Manzina Tech GmbH. HCL Technologies UK Limited acquired 100% stake in Manzina Tech GmbH. Pursuant to this acquisition, Manzina Tech GmbH and all its subsidiaries have become the step-down wholly owned subsidiaries of the Company with effect from May 31,2022, being the date of completion of the acquisition.

3.	DIVIDEND
The Board of Directors has declared the following interim dividends that were paid during the financial year under review:
	S. No.	Dividend declared during FY 2022-23	Date of declaration	Rate of Dividend per Share (face value of ?2 each)	Dividend amount* (? in crores)
1		1^st Interim Dividend	April 21,2022	18.00	4,873
2		2^nd Interim Dividend	July 12, 2022	10.00	2,707
3		3^rd Interim Dividend	October 12, 2022	10.00	2,707
4		4^th Interim Dividend	January 12, 2023	10.00	2,707
	Total				12,994
Note: *The dividend amount shown is the gross amount before deduction of tax at source by the Company. Total tax deducted at source was approx. ? 1,236 crores.

iii) Quest Informatics Private Limited

The Company''s wholly owned subsidiary, Sankalp Semiconductor Private Limited, acquired 100% stake in Quest Informatics Private Limited (âQuestâ), a company incorporated in India. Quest is an after-market digital transformation company catering the automotive and construction equipment industries in the after-market ERP space with their products and professional services. Pursuant to this acquisition, Quest has become a step-down wholly owned subsidiary of the Company with effect from July 12, 2022, being the date of completion of the acquisition.

Subsidiaries merged / closed during the financial year under review

The Company has subsidiaries in various countries. The Company''s endeavour is to achieve organisational efficiency by optimising resources and managing costs. Accordingly, after taking into consideration the business aspects, local laws and regulations, etc., the Company takes appropriate actions for internal restructuring by integrating businesses amongst subsidiaries so as to reduce the number of entities.

Considering the above, the following step-down wholly owned subsidiaries of the Company were merged / closed during FY 2022-23:

i) Point to Point Limited (incorporated in United Kingdom) was voluntarily dissolved on April 5, 2022.

ii) Axon Solutions Pty. Limited (incorporated in New South Wales, Australia) was liquidated on June 11,2022.

iii) Point to Point Products Limited (incorporated in United Kingdom) was voluntarily dissolved on June 21, 2022.

iv) HCL Technologies SEP Holdings Inc. (incorporated in Delaware, USA) was merged with and into HCL America Inc. (incorporated in California, USA) w.e.f. September 1, 2022.

v) CeleritiFintech Services Italy S.R.L. (incorporated in Milano, Italy) was liquidated on October 17, 2022.

vi) Sankalp USA, Inc. (incorporated in California, USA) was voluntarily dissolved on December 12, 2022.

vii) Actian Netherlands BV (incorporated in Amsterdam, The Netherlands) was liquidated on December 28, 2022.

viii) Starchema Kft. (incorporated in Budapest, Hungary) was merged with and into HCL Technologies Starschema Kft. (formerly known as HCL Hungary Kft. and incorporated in Budapest, Hungary) w.e.f. December 31,2022.

Financial Statement of the Subsidiaries

As per the first proviso to Section 129(3) of the Act, a statement containing salient features of the financial statements of the Company''s subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures in Form AOC-1 shall form part of the Annual Report for FY 2022-23.

The financial statements in respect of the subsidiaries for FY 2022-23 would be available at the Companyâs website at https://www.hcltech.com/investors/subsidiaries-financials.

9. MATERIAL CHANGES AND COMMITMENTS AFFECTING FINANCIAL POSITION BETWEEN THE END OF THE FINANCIAL YEAR AND DATE OF THE REPORT

There have been no material changes and commitments, which affect the financial position of the Company, that have occurred between the end of the financial year to which the financial statements relate and the date of this Report.

10. DIRECTORS AND KEY MANAGERIAL PERSONNEL

The composition of the Board of Directors is in accordance with the provisions of Section 149 of the Act and Regulation 17 of the Listing Regulations, with an optimum combination of Executive Director, Non-Executive Non-Independent Directors, Independent Directors and Women Directors.

Details of the composition of the Board of Directors, appointments / re-appointments during the financial year under review, director retiring by rotation and details of declaration by Independent Directors have been provided in the Corporate Governance Report.

During the year under review, there were no changes in the Key Managerial Personnel of the Company.

11. NUMBER OF MEETINGS OF THE BOARD

During the financial year under review, five meetings of the Board of Directors were held. The details of the meetings are provided in the Corporate Governance Report.

12. BOARD COMMITTEES

The Company has the following Board Committees:

i) Audit Committee

ii) Nomination and Remuneration Committee

iii) Stakeholders'' Relationship Committee

iv) Risk Management Committee

v) Corporate Social Responsibility Committee

vi) Finance Committee

vii) ESG & Diversity Equity Inclusion Committee

Details of the composition of the Committees, their terms of reference, attendance of Directors at meetings of the Committees and other requisite details are provided in the Corporate Governance Report.

13. BOARD EVALUATION

The Annual Performance Evaluation of the Board, its Committees, the Chairperson of the Board and the individual Directors was undertaken by the Board of Directors / Independent Directors in terms of the provisions of the Act and the Listing Regulations. The evaluation was carried out in terms of the framework and criteria of evaluation as approved by the Nomination and Remuneration Committee of the Company. The process and criteria of evaluation is explained in the Corporate Governance Report.

14. STATUTORY AUDITORS AND STATUTORY AUDIT REPORT

M/s. B S R & Co. LLP, Chartered Accountants (ICAI Firm Registration No. 101248W/W-100022) were appointed as the Statutory Auditors of the Company in the Twenty-Seventh Annual General Meeting (âAGMâ) of the Company held on

August 6, 2019 for a term of five consecutive years from the conclusion of the said AGM till the conclusion of the Thirty Second AGM to be held in the year 2024.

There are no qualifications, reservations, adverse remarks or disclaimer made by M/s. B S R & Co. LLP, Statutory Auditors in their report for FY 2022-23. The Statutory Auditor have not reported any incident of fraud to the Audit Committee of the Company during the financial year under review.

15. SECRETARIAL AUDITORS AND SECRETARIAL AUDIT REPORT

In terms of Section 204 of the Act, M/s. Chandrasekaran Associates, Practicing Company Secretaries were appointed as the Secretarial Auditors of the Company for FY 2022-23. The report of the Secretarial Auditor is enclosed as Annexure 1 to this Report. There are no qualifications, reservations, adverse remarks or disclaimer made by the Secretarial Auditor in their report. The Secretarial Auditors have not reported any incident of fraud during the financial year under review.

16. MAINTENANCE OF COST RECORDS

The maintenance of cost records and requirement of cost audit as prescribed by the Central Government under the provisions of Section 148(1) of the Act are not applicable to the business activities carried out by the Company. Accordingly, such cost accounts and records are not maintained by the Company.

17. ANNUAL RETURN

Pursuant to the provisions of the Sections 92(3) and 134(3)(a) of the Act, the Annual Return of the Company for FY 2022-23 is available on the website of the Company at https://www.hcltech.com/investors/results-reports.

18. POLICY ON DIRECTORSâ APPOINTMENT AND REMUNERATION

The Nomination and Remuneration Committee (âNRCâ) formulates the criteria for determining the qualifications, positive attributes and independence of directors in terms of its charter. While evaluating the suitability of individual Board members, the NRC takes into account factors such as educational and professional background, general understanding of the Company''s business dynamics, professional standing, personal & professional ethics, integrity & values, willingness to devote sufficient time & energy in carrying out their duties and responsibilities effectively.

The NRC also assesses the independence of directors at the time of their appointment / re-appointment as per the criteria prescribed under the provisions of the Act, the rules made thereunder and the Listing Regulations.

The Remuneration Policy for Directors, Key Managerial Personnel and other employees is provided in the Corporate Governance Report.

19. RISK MANAGEMENT POLICY

The Company has developed and implemented a Risk Management Policy that ensures appropriate management of risks in line with its internal systems and culture.

A detailed section on Risk Management is provided in the Management Disussion and Analysis Report.

20. INTERNAL FINANCIAL CONTROL SYSTEMS AND THEIR ADEQUACY

The Company''s internal financial control systems are commensurate with its size and nature of its operations and such internal financial controls are adequate and are operating effectively. The Company has adopted policies and procedures for ensuring orderly and efficient conduct of the business. These controls have been designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding recording and providing reliable financial and operational information, adherence to the Companyâs policies, safeguarding of assets from unauthorized use and prevention and detection of frauds and errors, the accuracy and completeness of the accounting records, and the timely preparation of reliable financial disclosures.

21. SIGNIFICANT AND MATERIAL ORDERS

There are no significant and material orders passed by the regulators or courts or tribunals impacting the going concern status and Companyâs operations in future.

22. PARTICULARS OF LOANS, GUARANTEES AND INVESTMENTS

The particulars of loans, guarantees and investments, as required under Section 186 of the Act and Schedule V of the Listing Regulations, have been disclosed in the financial statements for FY 2022-23.

23. TRANSACTIONS WITH RELATED PARTIES

The particulars of transactions entered into with the related parties referred to in Section 188(1) and applicable rules of the Act, have been given in Annexure 2 to this Report in Form AOC-2. The Company also has in place a âRelated Party Transaction Policyâ, which is available on the website of the Company at https://www.hcltech.com/investors/governance-policies/rptpolicypdf.

24. CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

The Company contributes progressively to the socio-economic and environmental advancement of the planet with âCorporate Social Responsibilityâ (âCSRâ) at the very core of its existence. To meet its goals, the Company drives its corporate social responsibility agenda through its CSR arm, HCL Foundation, a public charitable trust.

The CSR Committee of the Company is inter-alia responsible for formulating, recommending and monitoring the CSR Policy of the Company which contains the approach and direction given by the Board of Directors, and includes guiding principles for selection, implementation and monitoring of activities as well as formulation of the annual action plan.

The composition of CSR Committee, a brief outline of the CSR Policy of the Company, the amount that the Company was required to spent in terms of the provisions of the Act, amount that was actually spent and reasons for not spending the prescribed amount and details of capital assets, if any, during the financial year under review are set out in Annexure 3 to this Report in the format as prescribed under the Companies (Corporate Social Responsibility Policy) Rules, 2014.

The CSR projects as approved by the Board of Directors for FY 2023-24 are available on the website of the Company at https://www.hcltech.com/investors/corporate-social-responsibilitv-hcl.

25. DIVIDEND DISTRIBUTION POLICY

Your Company''s wealth distribution philosophy aims at sharing its prosperity with it shareholders, through a formal earmarking / disbursement of profits to its shareholders. In accordance with Regulation 43A of the Listing Regulations, the Company has formulated and adopted a Dividend Distribution Policy which provides for the circumstances under which the members may / may not expect dividend, the financial parameters, internal and external factors, utilization of retained earnings, etc. The Dividend Distribution Policy is available on the website of the Company at https://www.hcltech.com/investors/governance-policies/ddppdf.

26. UNCLAIMED DIVIDEND AND TRANSFER TO INVESTOR EDUCATION AND PROTECTION FUND

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 124 of the Act, the dividend amounts which have remained unpaid or unclaimed for a period of seven years from the date of transfer to unpaid dividend account have been transferred by the Company to the Investor Education and Protection Fund (âIEPFâ) established by the Central Government pursuant to Section 125 of the Act. The details of the unpaid / unclaimed dividend amount which will be transferred to the IEPF in the subsequent years are given in the Corporate Governance Report.

Further, according to the IEPF Authority (Accounting, Audit, Transfer and Refund) Rules, 2016, the shares in respect of which dividend have not been paid or claimed by the members for seven consecutive years or more are also required to be transferred to the demat account created by the IEPF Authority. Accordingly, during the financial year under review, the Company has transferred 77,832 equity shares to the demat account of the IEPF Authority. The details of such shares are available on the website of the Company at https://www.hcltech.com/investors/iepf-details.

27. DEPOSITS

The Company neither has any outstanding deposits nor it has accepted any deposits from the public during the financial year under review.

28. CORPORATE GOVERNANCE REPORT

The Corporate Governance Report in terms of Regulation 34(3) of the Listing Regulations, along with the Statutory Auditors'' certificate is attached and shall form part of the Annual Report for FY 2022-23.

29. BUSINESS RESPONSIBILITY AND SUSTAINABILITY REPORT

The Business Responsibility and Sustainability Report in terms of Regulation 34(2) of the Listing Regulations is attached and forms part of Annual Report for FY 2022-23.

30. INSIDER TRADING REGULATIONS

Pursuant to the provisions of the SEBI (Prohibition of Insider Trading) Regulations, 2015 (as amended from time to time), the Company has adopted a Code of Conduct on Prohibition of Insider Trading (âInsider Trading Codeâ) and a Code of Practices and Procedures for fair disclosure of Unpublished Price Sensitive Information (âFair Disclosure Codeâ). The Fair Disclosure Code is available on the website of the Company at https://www.hcltech.com/investors/governance-policies/fair-disclosure-codepdf.

31. AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS

Your Company relentlessly pursues excellence and is delighted to receive phenomenal share of recognitions and awards from analysts, governing bodies, academic institutions, partners and even customers. Some of the key honors received by the Company during the financial year includes:

Corporate Recognitions

i) HCLTech has won National CSR Award 2020 under Slum Area Development category instituted by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India.

ii) HCLTech was rated as an ESG âLeaderâ in the software and services industry by MSCI.

iii) HCLTech was included in S&P Global Sustainability Yearbook 2023 as an âIndustry Moverâ for demonstrating sustainable business practices.

iv) HCLTech was included in Sustainalyticsâ 2023 list of ESG Top-Rated Companies in the software and services industry segment and in the Asia Pacific Region.

v) HCLTech won Healthy Workplaces Award 2022 from Arogya World.

Executive Recognitions

i) The US-India Strategic Partnership Forum (âUSISPFâ), a bilateral non-profit organization focused on building strategic relationships between India and the U.S., bestowed the Lifetime Achievement Award to Mr. Shiv Nadar for his contribution to the technology industry and his philanthropic initiatives to transform lives through access to educational opportunities.

ii) HCLTech Founder and Chairman Emeritus Mr. Shiv Nadar was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award at The Economic Times Awards for Corporate Excellence for his contributions as a pioneering entrepreneur and philanthropist.

iii) HCLTech Chairperson Ms. Roshni Nadar Malhotra was honored with the Business Today Most Powerful Women in Business Award 2023.

iv) HCLTech Chairperson Ms. Roshni Nadar Malhotra was honored with Fortune Indiaâs Most Powerful Women Award 2022.

v) HCLTech CFO Mr. Prateek Aggarwal won the CII Leading CFO of the year 2022 Award in the IT & ITES category.

Employer Recognitions

i) HCLTech was certified as a great place to work in the U.S

ii) HCLTech won Bronze Award at the Economic Times Human Capital Awards for Power of One employee volunteering initiative.

iii) HCLTech received âRegional Top Employer certification'' in 25 countries under the Top Employer 2023 Program. Of these 25 countries, the Company was ranked number one in 18 countries. HCLTech was also recognized as a Top Employer in three key geographies: North America, Europe and Asia Pacific.

iv) HCLTech won Best Places to Work in India Awards 2022 in Mega Companies category in Ambition Box.

v) HCLTech won multiple awards from Brandon Hall in the following categories:

â¢ Two gold, two silver and one bronze awards in the Diversity, Equity & Inclusion category.

â¢ Two gold awards in the Human Resources category.

â¢ Three gold and one bronze awards in the Learning and Development category.

â¢ Two gold, one silver and one bronze awards in the Talent Management category.

Diversity & Inclusion Recognitions

i) HCLTech was included in 100 Best Companies for Women in India list and was recognized as Exemplar of Inclusion in the Most Inclusive Companies Index by Avtar &Seramount.

ii) HCLTech was included in:

â¢ Seramount''s Global Inclusion Index.

â¢ Bloomberg Gender Equality Index.

â¢ Pride Circle India''s India Workplace Equality Index.

iii) HCLTech was recognized as the Diverse Company for 2022 at the Global DEI Summit 5.0, organized by the Times of India and Ask Insights.

Business Recognitions

i) HCLTech won Google Cloud Global Breakthrough Partner of the Year 2021 Award.

ii) HCLTech won Dell Technologies Global Excellence in Expansion Award.

iii) HCLTech won VMware 2022 Partner Value Award.

iv) HCLTech awarded in the Outstanding Cloud Offering category at the Digital Bankers Middle East & Africa Retail Banking Innovation Awards 2021.

v) HCLTech DRYiCEâ¢ won the âLogicMonitor GSI Excellence Award'' at LM Elevate 2022 conference.

vi) HCLTech won âOutstanding Value'' award at the 2022 Honda NAIP Supplier Conference.

vii) HCLTech âSI IA CODiE'' (The Software & Information Industry Association) won awards 2022 for âBest Customer Service Solution'' and âProduct Management team of the Year''.

viii) HCLTech was recognized as âEmerging GSI of the year 2021'': India, South Korea and Asia region by Proof point.

ix) HCLTech won American Honda of the Year Award for outstanding value for its work in PLM managed services.

x) HCLTech was recognized as the System Integrator Certification Partner of the Year at the MongoDB Partner.

(xi) HCLTech named a Titanium member, the highest level of recognition, at the IntelÂ® Network Builders Winners'' Circle Awards for the second consecutive year.

Analysts Recognitions

i) HCLTech was positioned as a Leader in 2022 GartnerÂ® Magic Quadrantâ¢ for Custom Software Development Services, worldwide*.

ii) HCLTech was positioned as a Leader in 2022 GartnerÂ® Magic Quadrantâ¢ for Public Cloud IT Transformation Services*.

iii) HCLTech was positioned as a Leader in 2023 GartnerÂ® Magic Quadrant^TM for Outsourced Digital Workplace Services*.

iv) HCLTech was positioned as a Leader in 2022 GartnerÂ® Magic Quadrantâ¢ for Data Center Outsourcing and Hybrid Infrastructure Managed Services, worldwide*.

v) HCLTech was positioned as a Leader in 2022 GartnerÂ® Magic Quadrantâ¢ for Managed Mobility Services, Global*.

vi) HCLTech was positioned as a Leader in 2022 GartnerÂ® Magic Quadrant^TM for Managed Network Services*.

vii) HCLTech was positioned as a Leader in:

â¢ Forrester Waveâ¢: Multi-cloud Managed Services Providers, Q1 2023.

â¢ Forrester Waveâ¢: Cloud Migration and Managed Service Partners in Asia Pacific, Quarter 4 2022.

â¢ IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Adobe Experience Cloud Professional Services 2022 Vendor Assessment (Doc #US47542221, June 2022).

â¢ IDC MarketScape: Worldwide SAP Implementation Services 2022 Vendor Assessment (Doc #US48395822, June 2022).

â¢ IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Managed Cloud Security Services in the Multicloud Era 2022 Vendor Assessment (Doc #US48761022, September 2022).

â¢ IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Industry Cloud Professional Services 2022 Vendor Assessment (Doc #US48187622, September 2022).

â¢ IDC MarketScape: Asia/Pacific Managed

Security Services 2022 Vendor Assessment (Doc #AP49101222, November 2022).

â¢ IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Manufacturing Intelligence Transformation Strategic Consulting 2023 Vendor Assessment (Doc # US50247922, February 2023).

â¢ Avasant''s Digital Masters 2022 RadarViewâ¢.

â¢ Everest Group''s Software Product Engineering Services PEAK MatrixÂ® Assessment 2023.

â¢ ISG Provider Lensâ¢ Retail Services - Platform Migration Services - U.S., Europe and U.K. 2022.

â¢ Star Performer in Everest Group''s Healthcare Provider Digital Services PEAK MatrixÂ® Assessment 2023.

â¢ Everest Group''s Healthcare Payer Digital Services PEAK MatrixÂ® Assessment 2022.

32. SUSTAINABILITYâOur guiding philosophy - ACT, PACT, IMPACT"

ACT - We at HCLTech understand that impact starts with us. We act in the most responsible and sustainable manner. We ensure we use every resource efficiently to garner the maximum value.

PACT - Working together for a sustainable future, hand in hand with our clients, partners, communities and other stakeholders.

IMPACT - We focus on creating sustainable impact through all our initiatives and activities.

The Company has made demonstrable progress on its sustainability commitments during the year under review and some of them are as follows:

â¢ Leading ESG ratings like MSCI, Sustainalytics, S&P etc. have recognized the Company as a leader in consideration of its commitments and progress;

â¢ More than 10,000 hours of training completed by employees at Company''s Sustainability School since its launch in November 2022;

â¢ 12% increase in renewable energy consumption as compared to last year;

â¢ The Company''s flagship sustainability solution Net-Zero Intelligent Operations (NiO) won the 2023 IOT Evolution, Industrial IOT Product of the year award; and

â¢ The Company has impacted over 5.5 million lives through its CSR arm, the HCL Foundation, and helped over 12,000 Persons with Disability of which 37% were female beneficiaries. It has also planted over 1.45 million saplings, rejuvenated 150 water bodies, and recharged 26X more water than it uses.

The progress against the goals & targets that the Company has laid out across the dimensions of ESG shall be reported in the Sustainability Report of HCLTech for FY 2022-23, which shall be published separately.

In true spirit of the PACT, the Company with its stakeholders, continues to get involved in Industry coalitions to create impact of scale. The Company continues to be a signatory to the UN Global Compact and the Climate Pledge. During the year, the Company endorsed the CEO Water mandate and became the first Indian company to be a member of the Water Resilience Coalition (âWRCâ). WRC aims to elevate the mounting crisis of global water stress and its connection to climate change to the top of the corporate agenda and to preserve the world''s fresh water resources through collective action in water stressed basins and through ambitious and quantifiable resilience goals.

Guided by the ESG & Diversity Equity Inclusion Committee of the Board, the Company has also strengthened its ESG governance framework by bringing in efficient controls to ensure that necessary action is taken on all ESG risks and opportunities identified across the 12 material topics.

33. ORGANIZATION EFFECTIVENESS Human Resources

The Company''s human resource processes & practices are aligned to bring together the best of technology and the people to supercharge progress. What truly distinguishes the Company is its culture of innovation, empowerment, and entrepreneurship, backed by a strong focus on employee wellbeing and development.

Employee Strength and Expansion

The global team of the Company is its biggest strength and enables the Company to deliver differentiated service experience to the Company''s clients. The Company and its subsidiaries have attained an impressive employee strength of 2,25,944 and continues to build further.

The Company prides itself in employing people from different geographies and nationalities, creating a unique fabric of values and traditions. As on March 31, 2023, the Company employed resources from 161 nationalities and women represented 29.2% of the global workforce.

The Company has more than 30 years of history in the United States, with a nationwide workforce of around 24,600 employees and multiple global delivery centres and innovation labs. The Company''s strong collaboration with clients, alliance partners, government and academia, is a testimony of the Company''s commitment to the region. The Company''s growth can be attributed to best-in-class tech solutions, its embracement of local talent, U.S. government support, collaboration with many U.S. universities and other academic institutions, and its continuing commitment to investing in local ecosystems. The Company''s emphasis and commitment to talent localization continues. In the United States, the Company''s localization stands at 73.1%.

Talent Acquisition

During FY 2022-23, the people strength of the Company has increased by 8.20%. This has been aided by the Company''s talent supply chain strategy including entry level hires, expanding to new vista and nearshore locations where the Company access a wider talent pool, increasing the depth of its talent sourcing efforts and the ability to train and upskill talent. The Company has leveraged digital technologies to enhance the quality and experience of its talent acquisition programs.

Hiring freshers is a big component of the Company''s talent strategy, and the Company is looking ambitiously at onboarding higher number of freshers each year. The Company has hired 26,734 freshers during the last financial year.

The Company''s unique TechBee model onboards class XII passouts (equivalent to senior high school in the USA) after testing them for aptitude. The Company has created a framework for this talent to graduate as well as become employable. Being a pioneer of this model, the Company has a cultural head start in engaging with Gen Z.

Talent Development

The Company''s Talent Development Centre of Excellence (âCoEâ) continues to focus on creating a culture of continuous learning through its business focused learning solutions, contributing to the vision of building a truly global organization.

The Company has launched its new Employee Value Proposition (âEVPâ) - âFind Your Spark''. Built on the broad tenets of opportunity, respect, and trusted employment, the Company''s EVP emphasizes its commitment to help both current and prospective employees maximize their career potential and ambitions.

The Company''s conversations with Gen Z has pushed the envelope for a more transparent rules of the game on career progression and skilling. The Company has democratized learning where employees can self enroll for these programs to acquire niche skills with a guarantee to be deployed in the next skill once certified ready. Through this, the Company is bringing personalization, alignment to aspirations and career certainty. All these are attractive value prepositions for Gen Z talent. The Company will be creating over the next two years a high degree of visibility to career readiness and progression based on business priorities and modelling and analytics of career trajectories.

The Company has launched a new skilling & certification initiative to meet the career development aspirations of its employees. During FY 2022-23, 1,51,882 employees availed 9.41 million hours of training for enhancing their current skills and learning new skills. 70,266 unique employees were also trained in digital skills during this period.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (âDEIâ)

The Company strives to continuously benchmark itself in the DEI space. The Company has diverse culture as it is present in 60 Countries with 161 nationalities. The Company''s current gender diversity ratio stands at 29.2%

The Company provides the following learning and development programs for women:

i) Feminspiration - It is a platform where women leaders from the client company are invited to address HCLTechies. This forum has been launched to help HCLTechies gain insight into successful leadership as well as understand perspectives on gender matters.

ii) I Motivate - It aims to motivate women HCLTechies by connecting them with the Company''s women leader(s) via a formal session and enable them to understand how to manage their priorities and develop necessary leadership and networking capabilities to stay successful in their careers.

iii) Women Connect - A network of women employees advocating a gender neutral work environment. This group coaches and counsels aspiring young women professionals, shares experiences on work / life priorities and includes life coach support, day-care in office premises, concierge services, and policies such as extended maternity leave, work from home, flexible careers, flexible work hours and other women related issues.

iv) ASCEND - An initiative which focusses on career progression of women leaders in functional roles and help them achieve their aspired roles. The key outline of the program includes mentoring & coaching by senior leaders in the Company to program participants.

v) STEPPING STONES - A global program which aims to pace up the growth of mid-level women managers in the leadership positions. The program is designed for mid-level managers to fuel their leadership capabilities.

vi) Prelude - A focused program for E4 women leaders. The objective is to mentor them for their next level roles to create a ready pool of women leaders for the existing open positions.

vii) Momtastic - An initiative launched to help all the young mothers and to be mothers to have a smooth transition and ease the dilemmas and decision making process, when they come back to work post their maternity leave.

viii) HCLTech Second Career Return Program - An opportunity provided through returnship program.

ix) HCLTech Career Program for Women - Through this program, women from diverse backgrounds are trained and hired for entry level jobs.

Employee Resource Groups (âERGâ)

i) Pride@HCLTech - It shares unique insights from gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and allied communities, helping to contribute to an inclusive workplace environment that welcomes and values differences. Through increasing LGBTQIA awareness and education, Pride members vision is to make the world a safer place.

ii) Ability Connect Network - A community for those who have a disability, support a colleague with a disability, and any employee that wants to help raise awareness and champion support for impacted individuals.

iii) Women Connect Network - The ERG is committed to retain and increase the visibility and contributions of the Company''s women, and attracting top female talent.

iv) Single Parent Network - It is a voluntary employee led group of active single parent HCLTechies who contribute both by improving social and emotional wellbeing for other single parents and their families and being the catalysts to improve inclusion in the workplace.

v) Multicultural Employee Resource Group (âMERGâ) - The network provides an employee forum for improvement and enhancement of the professional development of its membership and promotes cultural awareness both within and outside of the Company through education about indigenous cultures.

Disability Inclusion Policy

Disability Inclusion focuses on successful integration of people with disabilities into the workforce by providing them an inclusive and accessible work environment. The Company''s inclusion is a business imperative for sustainable growth. The Company believes that every individual brings in unique value and skills to workplace. Thus, the organization''s Person with Disability (âPwDâ) charter was drawn up to focus on successful integration of people with disabilities into the workforce by providing them an inclusive and accessible work environment. The charter emphasizes in fostering PwD inclusion through its 4 tenets of Employ, Enable, Engage and Empower.

Programmes for Employees with Disabilities

The Company organizes various programmes / events for the PwDs, some of them are as follows:

i) Self-Voluntary Identification - To promote equality of opportunity, each employee must be given the opportunity to self-identify any disabilities. The Company provides an opportunity to voluntary self-identify oneself for any disability.

ii) Ability Connect ERG - It is an employee led resource group to facilitate an environment that promotes awareness, equality and helps advance employees by suggesting policies and programs to support inclusion and growth, address disability related topics and supports in enabling an accessible workplace. The network has been launched in India to all self-identified PwD employees and their allies.

iii) PwD (International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD) events):

a) Disability Awareness Kiosk - Raising awareness to build a more inclusive work place online quiz on including people with disabilities.

b) Building inclusivity through dialogue - A guest speaker event where they share awareness and sensitized employees to how they can come together to build transformative solutions.

c) Doodling event Workshop - A neurodiversity awareness event organized by an autistic artist.

d) Campus Event - Two NGO schools raise awareness about IDPD in our Noida campus. The idea is to spread inclusion and diversity in the workplace while dancing together in celebration.

34. CONSERVATION OF ENERGY, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, TECHNOLOGY ABSORPTION, FOREIGN EXCHANGE EARNINGS AND OUTGO

Disclosures of particulars as required under Section 134(3)(m) of the Act read with the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014, to the extent applicable to the Company are set out in Annexure 4 to this Report.

35. DIRECTORSâ RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT

A statement of responsibility of the Directors relating to compliance with the financial accounting and reporting requirements in respect of the financial statements, as specified under Section 134(3)(c) of the Act, is annexed as Annexure 5 to this Report.

36. EMPLOYEE STOCK OPTION PLAN

The Company has adopted and implemented âHCL Technologies Limited - Restricted Stock Unit Plan 2021'' (âRSU Planâ) for granting Restricted Stock units (âRSUsâ) to the employees of the Company, its subsidiary & associate company(ies).

In terms of the RSU Plan, a maximum of 1,11,00,000 (One crore eleven lakhs) RSUs in one or more tranches may be granted, which on exercise would entitle not more than 1,11,00,000 (One crore eleven lakhs) equity shares of ?2/-each (approximately 0.41% of the paid-up equity share capital as on March 31,2021), with each such RSU conferring a right to apply for one equity share of the Company against each RSU granted or vested.

The RSU Plan has been implemented through a trust mechanism by way of secondary acquisition of equity shares of the Company by Trust for transferring the same to the employees on exercise of the vested RSUs. Accordingly, no fresh shares will be issued by the Company either to the Trust or the RSUs grantees.

RSU Plan is in compliance with the SEBI (Share Based Employee Benefits and Sweat Equity) Regulations, 2021, as amended from time to time and there have been no changes in the said plan during the financial year under review. The RSU Plan was approved by the shareholders of the Company on November 28, 2021.

The details of RSU Plan including requirements specified under Regulation 14 of the SEBI (Share Based Employee Benefits and Sweat Equity) Regulations, 2021 are available on the Company''s website at https://www.hcltech.com/investors/results-reports.

37. VIGIL MECHANISM / WHISTLE BLOWER POLICY

The Company has formulated and published a Whistleblower Policy to provide vigil mechanism for employees, directors and other stakeholders of the Company to report genuine concerns (including reporting of instances of leakage of unpublished price sensitive information) and to ensure strict compliance with ethical and legal standards across the Company. The provisions of this Policy are in line with the provisions of the Section 177(9) of the Act and the Listing Regulations and the said Policy is available on the website of the Company at https://www.hcltech.com/investors/governance-policies/ whistleblowerpolicypdf The details of the Whistleblower Policy are provided in the Corporate Governance Report.

38. OBSERVANCE OF THE SECRETARIAL STANDARDS ISSUED BY THE INSTITUTE OF COMPANY SECRETARIES OF INDIA

The Company complies with all applicable Secretarial Standards issued by the Institute of Company Secretaries of India.

39. DISCLOSURE UNDER SEXUAL HARASSMENT OF WOMEN AT WORKPLACE (PREVENTION, PROHIBITION AND REDRESSAL) ACT, 2013

matters are also being reported to the Audit Committee. The details of the Policy and the complaints are given under

Corporate Governance Report and the Business Responsibility and Sustainability Report respectively.

40. PARTICULARS OF EMPLOYEES

The information required pursuant to Section 197(12) of the Act read with Rule 5(1) of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014 are given below:

A. The ratio of remuneration of each director to the median remuneration of the employees of the Company for the financial year:

S. No.	Name of the Director			Ratio to median remuneration of employees
Executive Director
1	Mr. C. Vijayakumar, CEO & Managing Director			253.35
Non-Executive Directors
2	Ms. Roshni Nadar Malhotra			9.36
3	Mr. Deepak Kapoor			8.02
4	Mr. S. Madhavan			9.98
5	Dr. Mohan Chellappa			11.21
6	Ms. Nishi Vasudeva			8.07
7	Ms. Robin Ann Abrams			12.92
8	Dr. Sosale Shankara Sastry			9.74
9	Mr. Shikhar Malhotra			7.45
10	Mr. R. Srinivasan			12.01
11	Mr. Simon John England			10.85
12	Mr. Thomas Sieber			9.95
13	Ms. Vanitha Narayanan			10.08
Note: Mr. C. Vijayakumar, CEO & Managing Director is based in USA and draws remuneration from HCL America Inc., a wholly owned step-down subsidiary of the Company in USA. The ratio of the median remuneration has been calculated with reference to employees of HCL Technologies Limited on standalone basis. B. The percentage increase in remuneration of each Director, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Company Secretary in the financial year: a) Percentage increase / (decrease) in Remuneration of Non-Executive Directors
% Increase / (Decrease) in S. No. Name of the Director Remuneration in the financial year
1		Ms. Roshni Nadar Malhotra	-
2		Mr. Deepak Kapoor	-
3		Mr. S. Madhavan	1
4		Dr. Mohan Chellappa	31
5		Ms. Nishi Vasudeva	-
6		Ms. Robin Ann Abrams	26
7		Dr. Sosale Shankara Sastry	37
8		Mr. Shikhar Malhotra	(9)
9		Mr. R. Srinivasan	29
10		Mr. Simon John England	45
11		Mr. Thomas Sieber	24
12		Ms. Vanitha Narayanan	*
Note: *Ms. Vanitha Narayanan was appointed as Non-Executive Independent Director during FY 2021-22 and hence, the said information is not comparable and not provided.

b)	Percentage increase / (decrease) in remuneration of Executive Director and Key Managerial Personnel
	S. No.	Name of Key Managerial Personnel	Designation	% Increase / (Decrease) in Remuneration in the financial year after considering the LTI payment & perquisite value of RSUs exercised	% Increase / (Decrease) in Remuneration in the financial year without considering the LTI payment & perquisite value of RSUs exercised
1		Mr. C. Vijayakumar	CEO & Managing Director	(79.05)	(13.86)
2		Mr. Prateek Aggarwal	Chief Financial Officer	(19.10)	1.49
3		Mr. Manish Anand	Company Secretary	4.84	5.77

C. The percentage increase in the median remuneration of employees in the financial year: 0.01%.

D. The number of permanent employees on the rolls of Company: There were 1,21,306 permanent employees on the rolls of the Company. In addition, the Company had 1,04,638 number of employees on the rolls of its subsidiaries.

E. Average percentage increase already made in the salaries of employees other than the managerial personnel in the last financial year and its comparison with the percentage increase in the managerial remuneration and justification thereof and point out if there are any exceptional circumstances for increase in the managerial remuneration: The average percentage increase made in the salaries of employees other than the managerial personnel in the last financial year was 5.14%. For the managerial personnel (Executive Director, Non-Executive Directors, and Independent Directors), there is a decrease of 5.28% in the remuneration, on an aggregate basis, during this financial year compared to the previous financial year.

F. The Company affirms that the remuneration is as per the Remuneration Policy of the Company.

G. Variable Pay Compensation: The variable compensation of executive officers, including the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, is based on clearly laid out performance criteria and measures. The variable compensation is paid in the form of annual Performance linked bonus, Long-Term Incentive (âLTIâ) and Restricted Stock Units (based on Performance or Tenure). The parameters for variable compensation include achieving targets related to Revenues, EBIT, Net profit, Free cashflow, Total Shareholder Return, personal KPPs, strategic goals and other metrices such as client satisfaction, ESG, Diversity, etc.

41. STATEMENT OF EMPLOYEES PURSUANT TO RULE 5(2) AND 5(3) OF THE COMPANIES (APPOINTMENT AND REMUNERATION OF MANAGERIAL PERSONNEL) RULES, 2014

In terms of Rule 5(2) and 5(3) of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014, a separate exhibit forming part of this report contains the following:

(i) the list of top ten employees of the Company in terms of the remuneration drawn in FY 2022-23;

(ii) a statement containing the names of the employees employed throughout the financial year and in receipt of remuneration of ?1.02 crores or more per annum; and

(iii) employees employed for part of the year and in receipt of remuneration of ?8.50 lacs or more per month.

This exhibit is available on the website of the Company at https://www.hcltech.com/investors/results-reports . The Annual Report is being sent to the shareholders excluding the aforesaid exhibit. Shareholders interested in obtaining this information may access the same from the Company''s website.

42. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The Board wishes to place on record its appreciation of the significant contributions made by the employees of the Company and its subsidiary & associate companies. The Company has achieved impressive growth through competence, hard work, solidarity, co-operation and support of employees at all levels. The Board wishes to thank the customers, vendors, other business associates and investors for their continued support in the Company''s growth and also wishes to thank the government authorities, banks and other regulatory bodies for their co-operation and assistance extended to the Company.

For and on behalf of the Board of Directors of HCL Technologies Limited

Place: Noida (UP), India ROSHNI NADAR MALHOTRA

Date: April 20, 2023 Chairperson

DIN:02346621

Mar 31, 2022

Your Directors have immense pleasure in presenting the Thirtieth Annual Report of HCL Technologies Limited (âHCLâ or the âCompanyâ) together with the Audited Financial Statements for the financial year ended March 31,2022.

1. FINANCIAL RESULTS

Key highlights of the financial results of your Company prepared as per the Indian Accounting Standards (âInd ASâ) for the financial year ended March 31, 2022 are as under:

( f in crores)
Particulars	Consolidated		Standalone
	Financial Year ended		Financial Year ended
	March 31, 2022	March 31, 2021	March 31, 2022	March 31, 2021

Revenue from operations	85,651	75,379	40,638	35,673
Other income	1,067	927	880	965
Total Income	86,718	76,306	41,518	36,638

Total Expenses	69,766	60,453	28,250	24,228

Profit before tax	16,951	15,853	13,268	12,410

Tax Expense	3,428	4,684	2,394	3,667

Profit for the year	13,523	11,169	10,874	8,743

Other comprehensive income	757	758	277	520
Total comprehensive income for the year	14,280	11,927	11,151	9,263

Earnings per share of f2 each
Basic (in f)	49.77	41.07	40.10	32.22
Diluted (in f)	49.77	41.07	40.09	32.22

2. BUSINESS OVERVIEW AND STATE OF AFFAIRS

The Company''s enterprise strategy framework helps clients reinvent the customer experience, modernize the digital core, drive continuous innovation and develop comprehensive cloud culture. The Company is focused on growing its share of the large and growing target addressable market for technology services and products.

The Company''s three business segments - IT and Business Services (âITBSâ), Engineering and R&D Services (âERSâ), and Products & Platforms (âP&Pâ) enable it to maintain forward momentum, sustain an upward business trajectory, and keep pace with digital demands of a vast and varied client base. The Company also has a growing focus on helping companies on their journey to Cloud.

ITBS enables global enterprises to transform their businesses through offerings in applications, infrastructure, digital process operations and next-generation digital transformation solutions. ERS offers engineering services and solutions in asset-intensive and asset-light industries, with a focus on product, digital and data engineering. P&P provides modernized software products to global clients for their technology and industry-specific requirements.

Through its cutting-edge co-innovation labs, global delivery capabilities and broad global network, the Company delivers holistic services in various industry verticals, categorized as Financial Services, Manufacturing, Technology & Services, Telecom & Media, Retail & CPG, Life Sciences & Healthcare and Public Services.

The Company maintains a robust strategic alliance ecosystem through which it develops new and differentiated IP / solutions, as well as provides systems integration and managed services.

On a consolidated basis, the Company''s revenue from operations was f85,651 crores in the financial year under review, as against f75,379 crores in the previous financial year. The profit for the financial year under review was f13,523 crores, as against f11,169 crores in the previous financial year.

On a standalone basis, the Company''s revenue from operations was f40,638 crores in the financial year under review, as against f35,673 crores in the previous financial year. The profit for the financial year under review was f10,874 crores, as against f8,743 crores in the previous financial year.

The state of affairs of the Company is presented as part of the Management Discussion and Analysis Report forming part of this Annual Report.

3. DIVIDEND

Your Directors have declared the following dividends during the Financial Year (âFYâ) under review:

S. No.	Dividend declared during FY 2021-22	Date of Declaration	Rate of Dividend per Share (face value of 12 each)	Dividend (1 in crores)*
1	1^st Interim Dividend	April 23, 2021	16.00**	4,342
2	2^nd Interim Dividend	July 19, 2021	6.00	1,628
3	3^rd Interim Dividend	October 14, 2021	10.00	2,714
4	4^th Interim Dividend	January 14, 2022	10.00	2,708
Total				11,392

Notes: *The dividend is before deduction of tax at source by the Company. Tax deducted at source was approx. 1.1,185 crores.

**Includes a dividend of 110/- per equity share in recognition of the Companyâs milestone, crossing the $10B mark in revenue during FY 2020-21.

The financial results for the quarter and year ended March 31, 2022 were approved by the Board of Directors in its meeting held on April 20-21,2022. The Board did not recommend final dividend for the financial year ended March 31, 2022. In the said meeting, the Board declared an interim dividend of 118/-per share for FY 2022-23.

4. TRANSFER TO RESERVES

No amount was transferred to the General Reserve during the financial year under review.

5. SHARE CAPITAL

During the financial year under review, the Company has not issued any equity shares. As on March 31,2022, the Authorized share capital of the Company was 1603,40,00,000/- divided into 301,70,00,000 equity shares of face value of 12 each.

The Issued, Subscribed and Paid-up equity share capital of the Company as on March 31, 2022 was 1542,73,30,192/-divided into 271,36,65,096 equity shares of face value of 12 each.

6. USD DENOMINATED UNSECURED NOTES BY WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY

During FY 2020-21, HCL America Inc., a step-down wholly owned subsidiary of the Company incorporated under the laws of California, had issued USD 500 million fixed rate, senior unsecured notes (âNotesâ), bearing interest at the rate of 1.375% per annum. The Notes were rated âA-â by S&P and are listed on the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited. The Notes will mature in March, 2026.

The Notes have an unconditional and irrevocable guarantee from the Company. The Company''s aggregate potential liability under the guarantee is capped at USD 525 million which is 105% of the total aggregate principal amount of the Notes outstanding from time to time. The Corporate Guarantee is being treated as âContingent Liabilityâ for the Company.

7. MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS REPORT

The Management Discussion and Analysis Report in terms of Regulation 34(2) of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and

Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 (the âListing Regulationsâ), is attached and forms part of this Annual Report.

8. ACQUISITIONSGbs-Gesellschaft fur Banksysteme GmbH

During the financial year ended March 31, 2022, the Company''s step-down wholly owned subsidiary, HCL Technologies Germany GmbH acquired 51% stake in Gbs-Gesellschaft fur Banksysteme GmbH (âGBS ITâ) w.e.f. January 5, 2022 through a Joint Venture (âJVâ) agreement, with Deutsche Apotheker- und Arztebank eG (âapoBankâ), the largest cooperative primary bank in Germany. GBS IT is an IT consulting company offering services of IT transformation, IT migration, system integration & development, application management and consulting. The balance 49% stake is held by the apoBank.

Starschema Kereskedelmi es Szolgaltato Korlatolt Felelossegu Tarsasag

The Company''s step-down wholly owned subsidiary, HCL Hungary Kft., has w.e.f. April 2, 2022, acquired 100% stake in Starschema Kereskedelmi es Szolgaltato Korlatolt Felelossegu Tarsasag (âStarschemaâ), a limited liability company incorporated in Hungary. Starschema is one of the leading data engineering services firms in Eastern Europe with delivery presence in Hungary and some part of the United States.

9. SUBSIDIARIES, ASSOCIATES AND JOINT VENTURES

As on March 31,2022, the Company has 120 subsidiaries and 8 associate companies within the meaning of Sections 2(87) and 2(6) of the Companies Act, 2013 (âActâ) respectively. During the financial year under review, there has been no material change in the nature of business of the subsidiaries.

In accordance with the provisions of Section 136 of the Act and Regulation 46 of the Listing Regulations, the standalone and consolidated financial statements of the Company along with relevant documents for FY 202122 would be available on the website of the Company at https://www.hcltech.com/investors/results-reports. The financial statements in respect of the subsidiaries for FY 2021-22 would also be available at the Company''s website at https://www.hcltech.com/investors/subsidiaries-financials.

4. Geometric SAS (incorporated in France) was merged with and into HCL Technologies France SAS (incorporated in France), w.e.f. April 1,2021.

5. PowerTeam LLC (incorporated in Minnesota, USA), was merged with and into HCL America Inc. (incorporated in California, USA), w.e.f. May 11,2021.

6. Geometric SRL (incorporated in Romania), was merged with and into HCL Technologies Romania SRL (incorporated in Romania), w.e.f. June 10, 2021.

7. CeleritiFinTech Australia Pty. Limited (incorporated in Australia) was voluntarily dissolved on December 4, 2021.

8. Pervasive Software Inc. (incorporated in Delaware, USA), was merged with and into Actian Corporation (incorporated in Delaware, USA), w.e.f. December 28, 2021.

9. Versant Software LLC (incorporated in California, USA), was merged with and into Actian Corporation (incorporated in Delaware, USA), w.e.f. December 28, 2021.

10. HCL Software Limited, formerly âHCL Foundationâ, (incorporated in India) was voluntarily struck off on March 2, 2022.

11. C3i (UK) Limited (incorporated in UK) was voluntarily dissolved on March 29, 2022.

Closure of Subsidiary after the close of the financial year under review

1. Point to Point Limited (incorporated in UK), was voluntarily dissolved on April 5, 2022.

10. MATERIAL CHANGES AND COMMITMENTS AFFECTING FINANCIAL POSITION BETWEEN THE END OF THE FINANCIAL YEAR AND DATE OF THE REPORT

11. DIRECTORS AND KEY MANAGERIAL PERSONNEL

12. NUMBER OF MEETINGS OF THE BOARD

During the financial year under review, six meetings of the Board of Directors were held. The details of the meetings are provided in the Corporate Governance Report which forms part of this Annual Report.

Incorporation of new Subsidiaries during the financial year under review

The following new step-down wholly owned subsidiaries of the Company were incorporated during FY 2021-22 -

1. HCL Technologies Costa Rica Sociedad De Responsabilidad Limitada (incorporated under the laws of Costa Rica).

2. HCL Technologies Bahrain W.L.L (incorporated under the laws of Bahrain).

3. HCL Technologies Slovakia (incorporated under the laws of Slovakia).

4. HCL Technologies Morocco Limited (incorporated under the laws of Morocco).

Subsidiaries merged / closed during the financial year under review

The Company has subsidiaries / branches in various countries. Due to certain business reasons like acquisitions, rebadging, etc. there are multiple entities (subsidiaries/ branches) in some countries. The Company''s endeavour is to achieve organisational efficiency by optimising resources and managing costs. Accordingly, after taking into consideration the business aspects, local laws and regulations, etc. the Company takes appropriate actions for internal restructuring by integrating businesses amongst subsidiaries / branches so as to reduce the number of entities.

In view of the above, the following step-down wholly owned subsidiaries of the Company were merged / closed during FY 2021-22 -

1. 14 subsidiaries including step-down subsidiaries (all incorporated in Germany) of Honigsberg & Duvel Datentechnik GmbH (âH&Dâ), merged with and into H&D (incorporated in Germany), in the following manner:

â¢ 4 step-down wholly owned subsidiaries of H&D merged with their immediate parent company viz. H&D IT Automotive Services GmbH, wholly owned subsidiary of H&D.

â¢ 1 step-down wholly owned subsidiary of H&D merged with its immediate parent company viz. CATIS GmbH, wholly owned subsidiary of H&D.

â¢ Post-merger of the aforesaid 5 subsidiaries with their immediate parents, both these parent companies along with other 7 subsidiaries of H&D merged with and into H&D.

The aforesaid mergers were approved by the appropriate authorities in Germany on April 1, 2021 and the mergers were effective from January 1,2020.

2. H&D (incorporated in Germany), merged with and into HCL Technologies Germany GmbH (incorporated in Germany). The said merger was approved by the appropriate authorities in Germany on April 6, 2021 and the merger was effective from January 1, 2020.

3. HCL GmbH (incorporated in Germany), was merged with and into HCL Technologies Germany GmbH (incorporated in Germany). The said merger was approved by the appropriate authorities in Germany on April 6, 2021 and the merger was effective from April 1, 2020.

13. BOARD COMMITTEES

The Company has the following Board Committees:

1. Audit Committee

2. Nomination and Remuneration Committee

3. Stakeholders'' Relationship Committee

4. Risk Management Committee

5. Corporate Social Responsibility Committee

6. Finance Committee

7. ESG & Diversity Equity Inclusion Committee

Details of the composition of the Committees and changes therein, terms of reference of the Committees, attendance of Directors at meetings of the Committees and other requisite details are provided in the Corporate Governance Report which forms part of this Annual Report.

14. FAMILIARIZATION PROGRAMME

The details of the familiarization programme have been provided under the Corporate Governance Report which forms part of this Annual Report.

15. BOARD EVALUATION

The Annual Performance Evaluation of the Board, its Committees, the Chairperson of the Board and the individual directors was undertaken by the Board of Directors / Independent Directors in terms of the provisions of the Act and the Listing Regulations. The evaluation was carried out in terms of the framework and criteria of evaluation as approved by the Nomination and Remuneration Committee of the Company. The process and criteria of evaluation is explained in the Corporate Governance Report which forms part of this Annual Report.

16. STATUTORY AUDITORS AND STATUTORY AUDITORSâ REPORT

M/s. B S R & Co. LLP, Chartered Accountants (ICAI Firm Registration No. 101248W/W-100022) were appointed as the Statutory Auditors of your Company in the Twenty-Seventh Annual General Meeting (âAGMâ) of the Company held on August 6, 2019 for a term of five consecutive years from the conclusion of the said AGM till the conclusion of the Thirty-Second AGM to be held in the year 2024.

There are no qualifications, reservations, adverse remarks or disclaimer made by M/s. B S R & Co. LLP, Statutory Auditors in their report for FY 2021-22. The Statutory Auditors have not reported any incident of fraud to the Audit Committee of the Company during the financial year under review.

17. SECRETARIAL AUDITORS AND SECRETARIAL AUDIT REPORT

In terms of the provisions of the Section 204 of the Act, M/s. Chandrasekaran Associates, Practicing Company Secretaries were appointed as the Secretarial Auditor of the Company for FY 2021-22. The report of the Secretarial Auditor is enclosed as Annexure 1 to this Report. The report is self-explanatory and does not call for any further comments. There are no qualifications, reservations, adverse remarks or disclaimer made by the Secretarial Auditor in their report.

18. MAINTENANCE OF COST RECORDS

The maintenance of cost records and requirement of cost audit as prescribed by the Central Government under the provisions of the Section 148(1) of the Act are not applicable to the business activities carried out by the Company. Accordingly, such cost accounts and records are not maintained by the Company.

19. ANNUAL RETURN

Pursuant to the provisions of the Sections 92(3) and 134(3) (a) of the Act, the Annual Return of the Company for FY 2021-22 is available on the website of the Company at https://www.hcltech.com/investors/results-reports.

20. POLICY ON DIRECTORSâ APPOINTMENT AND REMUNERATION

The Nomination and Remuneration Committee formulates the criteria for determining the qualifications, positive attributes and independence of directors in terms of its charter. In evaluating the suitability of individual Board members, the Committee takes into account factors such as educational and professional background, general understanding of the Company''s business dynamics, professional standing, personal and professional ethics, integrity and values, willingness to devote sufficient time and energy in carrying out their duties and responsibilities effectively.

The Committee also assesses the independence of directors at the time of their appointment / re-appointment as per the criteria prescribed under the provisions of the Act, the rules made thereunder and the Listing Regulations.

The Remuneration Policy for Directors, Key Managerial Personnel and other employees is provided in the Corporate Governance Report which forms part of this Annual Report.

21. RISK MANAGEMENT POLICY

The Board of Directors of the Company have formed a Risk Management Committee to inter-alia assist the Board in overseeing the responsibilities with regard to identification, evaluation and mitigation of operational, strategic and external environmental risks. In addition, the Audit Committee is also empowered to oversee the areas of risks and controls.

The Company has developed and implemented a Risk Management Policy that ensures appropriate management of risks in line with its internal systems and culture.

22. INTERNAL FINANCIAL CONTROL SYSTEMS AND THEIR ADEQUACY

The Company''s internal financial control systems are commensurate with its size and nature of its operations and such internal financial controls are adequate and are operating effectively. The Company has adopted policies and procedures for ensuring orderly and efficient conduct of the business. These controls have been designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding recording and providing reliable financial and operational information, adherence to the Company''s policies, safeguarding of assets from unauthorized use and prevention and detection of frauds and errors, the accuracy and completeness of the accounting records, and the timely preparation of reliable financial disclosures.

23. SIGNIFICANT AND MATERIAL ORDERS

There are no significant and material orders passed by the regulators or courts or tribunals impacting the going concern status and Company''s operations in future.

24. PARTICULARS OF LOANS, GUARANTEES AND INVESTMENTS

The particulars of loans, guarantees and investments have been disclosed in the financial statements which forms part of this Annual Report.

25. TRANSACTIONS WITH RELATED PARTIES

The particulars of transactions entered into with the related parties referred to in Section 188(1) and applicable rules of the Act, have been given in Annexure 2 to this Report in Form AOC-2. The Company also has in place a âRelated Party Transaction Policy'', which is available on the website of the Company at https://www.hcltech.com/investors/governance-policies/rptpolicypdf.

26. CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

The Company contributes progressively to the socio-economic and environmental advancement of the planet with âCorporate Social Responsibility'' (âCSRâ) at the very core of its existence. To meet its goals, the Company drives its corporate social responsibility agenda through its CSR arm, HCL Foundation, a public charitable trust.

The composition of the CSR Committee, a brief outline of the CSR Policy of the Company and the initiatives undertaken by the Company on CSR activities during the financial year under review are set out in Annexure 3 to this Report in the format as prescribed under the Companies (Corporate Social Responsibility Policy) Rules, 2014.

The CSR projects as approved by the Board of Directors for FY 2022-23 are available on the website of the Company at https://www.hcltech.com/investors/corporate-social-responsibilitv-hcl.

27. DIVIDEND DISTRIBUTION POLICY

The Company has formulated and published a Dividend Distribution Policy which provides for the circumstances under which the members may / may not expect dividend, the financial parameters, internal and external factors, utilization of retained earnings, parameters regarding different classes of shares, etc. The provisions of this Policy are in line with Regulation 43A of the Listing Regulations, and the Policy is available on the website of the Company at https://www.hcltech.com/investors/governance-policies/ddppdf.

28. UNCLAIMED DIVIDENDS AND TRANSFER TO INVESTOR EDUCATION AND PROTECTION FUND

by the Central Government pursuant to Section 125 of the Act. The details of the unpaid / unclaimed dividend amount which will be transferred to IEPF in the subsequent years are given in the Corporate Governance Report which forms part of this Annual Report.

Further, according to the IEPF Authority (Accounting, Audit, Transfer and Refund) Rules, 2016, the shares in respect of which dividends have not been paid or claimed by the members for seven consecutive years or more are also required to be transferred to the demat account created by the IEPF Authority. Accordingly, during the financial year under review, the Company has transferred 8,509 equity shares to the demat account of the IEPF Authority. The details of such shares are available on the website of the Company at https://www.hcltech.com/investors/iepf-details.

29. DEPOSITS

The Company has no deposits and also has not accepted any deposits from the public during the financial year under review.

30. CORPORATE GOVERNANCE REPORT

The Corporate Governance Report in terms of Regulation 34(3) of the Listing Regulations along with the Statutory Auditorsâ certificate is attached and forms part of this Annual Report.

31. BUSINESS RESPONSIBILITY AND SUSTAINABILITY REPORT

The Listing Regulations mandate the inclusion of Business Responsibility Report (âBRRâ) as part of the Annual Report of the Company to describe the initiatives taken by the companies in regard to environmental, social and governance responsibilities. However, as per amended Regulation 34(2) of the Listing Regulations, the requirement of submitting a business responsibility report shall be discontinued after FY 2021-22 and thereafter, with effect from FY 2022-23, the top one thousand listed entities based on market capitalization shall submit a Business Responsibility and Sustainability Report (âBRSRâ) in the format as specified by the SEBI from time to time. Further, even for FY 2021-22, the top one thousand listed entities may voluntarily submit a BRSR in place of the mandatory BRR.

In compliance with this regulation, the Company has prepared a BRSR for FY 2021-22 on voluntarily basis instead of BRR and the same forms part of this Annual Report.

32. INSIDER TRADING REGULATIONS

33. AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS

Your Company relentlessly pursues excellence and is delighted to receive phenomenal share of recognitions and awards this year, not only from the media, but also from analysts, governing bodies, academic institutions, partners and even customers. Some of the key honors received by the Company during the year include:

34. SUSTAINABILITY

âOur guiding philosophy - ACT. PACT, IMPACTâ

ACT - We at HCL understand that impact starts with us. We act in the most responsible and sustainable manner. We ensure we use every resource efficiently to garner the maximum value.

PACT - Working together for a sustainable future, hand in hand with our clients, partners, communities and other stakeholders.

IMPACT - We focus on creating sustainable impact through all our initiatives and activities.

Through active engagement with different stakeholders and also looking through the lens of risk and responsibility, the Company has arrived at 12 material ESG topics to focus on. More details on the material topics of the Company are available in the Business Responsibility and Sustainability Report of the Company which forms part of this Annual Report.

This year, the Company has also made commitment on climate change. The aim of the Company is to limit the GHG emissions aligned to a 1.5^oC pathway by 2030 and to reach net-zero by 2040.

35. ORGANIZATION EFFECTIVENESS Human Resources

Last two years have tested our resilience, and our Company has demonstrated its fortitude and has emerged much stronger, together. The Company salutes the strength and endurance of its employees in these challenging times. A commitment to our core values has helped us build long term, value centric relationship with our clients as well as our employees.

Employee Strength and Expansion

After the close of another successful year, the Company and its subsidiaries have attained an impressive employee strength of 2,08,877 and continues to build and support the business strategy of âMode 1-2-3â.

Our emphasis and commitment to talent localization continues. We believe this strategy confers us competitive advantages in a tightening regulatory environment with respect to workforce mobility. In the United States, our localization stands at 70.9%.

The Company prides itself in employing people from different geographies and nationalities, creating a unique fabric of values and traditions. As on March 31, 2022, the Company employed resources from 165 nationalities and women represented 28% of the global workforce.

The Company is revamping its internal technology interface to gauge employee sentiment better and provide an advanced tool for onboarding & training. The Company is using techniques such as gamification as well as AI tools to track and address dissatisfaction levels related to work. It is also set to enhance the overall employee experience with respect to training and onboarding.

Our âHire to Retireâ platform aims to improve the entire employee lifecycle from recruitment, onboarding and training and right up to retirement.

To ease supply-side constraints and to have access to diversified skills, the Company is expanding into other geographies over the next three-four quarters. Some of the geographies that the Company is investing into source talent include countries like Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria, Guatemala, Costa Rica and also ramping up its presence in Vietnam, Australia, New Zealand, etc.

Talent Acquisition

The talent acquisition practices of the Company are aligned to its Mode 1-2-3 strategy. The Company has leveraged digital technologies to enhance the quality and experience of its talent acquisition programs.

The series of initiatives are helping the Company to create a stable workforce. Hiring freshers is a big component of the HCL talent strategy, and the Company is looking ambitiously at onboarding higher number of freshers in FY''23 compared to FY''22. The Company invested in all the freshers that it is recruiting in terms of providing them the compensation visibility for five years.

Talent Development

During the fiscal year, 1,45,848 employees availed 8.29 million hours of training for enhancing their current skills and learning new skills. 68,146 unique employees were also trained in digital skills during this period.

The vagaries posed by the Covid-19 pandemic pushed team members to work in a virtually connected mode, further prodding talent development to rearticulate competencies relevant to this unprecedented change. The âNew Normal'' competencies became an integral part of the key learning solutions being deployed globally. These were also translated into micro-learning nuggets to adequately engage the people and provide them the necessary perspective to lead âSelf'' and âTeam'' during the trying times.

The Company''s DNA of grassroots innovation, its ingrained culture of co-innovation, and its tradition of going far beyond what is expected to create customer value, clearly differentiate it and gives it a distinct advantage in creating value for businesses in the digital and connected world. The training programmes of the Company cater to this dynamic need of its employees.

The Company has also identified employees to be trained as next generation leaders and charter a career path in the firm. Reskilling is another area of focus, where the Company is now able to fulfil more new roles coming in internally.

Diversity and Inclusion

In an era where disruptive innovations are creating new industries and business models, technology, globalization, the evolving workforce & workplace continue to shape the future of work. The Company is unwaveringly committed to be purposefully and deliberately diverse, equitable and inclusive. The Company''s Diversity, Equity & Inclusion are at the heart of

our values. The Company strongly believe that its diversified workforce which is a culmination of 163 nationalities coming from many of the countries in which the Company do business are an asset & are the real âDifferentiators'', providing them a fair opportunity to attain their full potential and creating an inclusive environment translating into them being valued, treated equally & with respect are essential components and can result in increased creativity, productivity, and innovation leading to better business results.

The Company has made concentrated efforts to identify, acknowledge & encourage employees from all backgrounds to be part of our global workforce with equal opportunities of growth given to them through various platforms where the Company enables under Diversity, Equity and Inclusion strategy. The Company make an intentional and continuous effort to create and sustain a culture of equality, selfawareness, authenticity and accountability in the realm of gender, cross-cultural diversity, persons with disabilities and LGBTQ inclusion. Under the canopy of impressive initiatives & platforms which drives our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion vision, the Company has created a beautiful mosaic of different people, beliefs, experiences and innovation where everyone has an equal shot and we all thrive and contribute to our strengths to find a common ground for creativity and to accomplish great things.

Recognition of HCL Culture and Engagement Practices across the World

industry forums and leading associations. Our distinctive people practices continue to win accolades across the globe.

36. CONSERVATION OF ENERGY, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, TECHNOLOGY ABSORPTION, FOREIGN EXCHANGE EARNINGS AND OUTGO

Disclosures of particulars as required under Section 134(3) (m) of the Act, read with the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014 to the extent applicable to the Company, are set out in Annexure 4 to this Report.

37. DIRECTORSâ RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT

38. STOCK OPTIONS PLANS

The Board of Directors of the Company with the approval of its shareholders during the FY 2021-22 instituted the âHCL Technologies Limited - Restricted Stock Unit Plan 2021â.

The details of the same has been annexed as Annexure 6 to this Report.

39. PARTICULARS OF EMPLOYEES

The information required pursuant to Section 197(12) of the Act read with Rule 5(1) of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014 are given below:

A. The ratio of remuneration of each director to the median remuneration of the employees of the Company for the financial year:

S. No.	Name of the Director	Ratio to median remuneration of employees
Executive Directors
1	Mr. Shiv Nadar, Managing Director & Chief Strategy Officer	-
2	Mr. C. Vijayakumar, CEO & Managing Director	-
Non-Executive Directors
3	Ms. Roshni Nadar Malhotra	9.33
4	Mr. Deepak Kapoor	8.05
5	Mr. S. Madhavan	9.93
6	Dr. Mohan Chellappa	8.54
7	Ms. Nishi Vasudeva	8.07
8	Ms. Robin Ann Abrams	10.24
9	Dr. Sosale Shankara Sastry	7.10
10	Mr. Shikhar Malhotra	8.16
11	Mr. R. Srinivasan	9.31
12	Mr. Simon John England	7.46
13	Mr. Thomas Sieber	8.00
14	Ms. Vanitha Narayanan	-

Notes:

(1) Mr. Shiv Nadar ceased to be the Director as well as Managing Director of the Company w.e.f. July 19, 2021. Mr. C. Vijayakumar was appointed as the Managing Director of the Company w.e.f. July 20, 2021. Since, they were the directors of the Company for part of the year, the said information is incomparable and not provided.

(2) The remuneration of Non-Executive Directors comprises of sitting fees and commission paid /payable for the FY 2021-22.

(3) Ms. Vanitha Narayanan was appointed as an Additional Director in the capacity of Non-Executive Independent director w.e.f. July 19, 2021. Hence, the said information is incomparable and not provided.

B. The percentage increase in remuneration of each Director, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Company Secretary in the financial year:a) Executive Directors / Chief Executive Officer

S. No.	Name of the Director	% Increase in Remuneration in the financial year
1	Mr. Shiv Nadar Managing Director & Chief Strategy Officer	-
2	Mr. C. Vijayakumar CEO & Managing Director	Annual Compensation (FY 2021- 22 vs. FY 2020- 21 )	0%
		Long-Term Incentive for 2 year period
		(FY 2019-20 & FY 2020-21 vs. FY 2017-18 & FY 2018-19)	0%

Notes:

1) Mr. Shiv Nadar ceased to be the Director as well as Managing Director of the Company w.e.f. July 19, 2021. There was no change in his remuneration during the FY 2021-22.

2) Mr. C. Vijayakumar has been the Chief Executive Officer of the Company He was appointed as the Managing Director of the Company w.e.f. July 20, 2021 with the designation as âCEO & Managing Directorâ. Mr. C. Vijayakumar did not receive any remuneration from the Company, however, he received remuneration [including a Long-Term Incentive (âLTIâ)] from HCL America Inc., a step-down wholly owned subsidiary of the Company. There has been no change in his remuneration during the FY 2021-22 except for receipt of USD 12.5 million as LTI that is paid at fixed intervals (at the end of two years) based on the achievement of milestones /parameters fixed by the Board. Accordingly, the payment of above lTi is for two years that ended on March 31, 2021 viz. USD 6.25 million for FY 2019-20 & uSd 6.25 million for the FY 2020-21.

b) Non-Executive Directors

S. No.	Name of the Director	% Increase in Remuneration in the financial year
1	Ms. Roshni Nadar Malhotra	32.56
2	Mr. Deepak Kapoor	35.89
3	Mr. S. Madhavan	30.31
4	Dr. Mohan Chellappa	31.14
5	Ms. Nishi Vasudeva	36.62
6	Ms. Robin Ann Abrams	14.90
7	Dr. Sosale Shankara Sastry	8.95
8	Mr. Shikhar Malhotra	34.63
9	Mr. R. Srinivasan	13.53
10	Mr. Simon John England	14.53
11	Mr. Thomas Sieber	10.28
12	Ms. Vanitha Narayanan	-

Notes:

1) The remuneration of Non-Executive Directors comprises of sitting fees and commission paid/payable for the FY 2021-22. The change in remuneration includes any variation on account of exchange rate.

2) Ms. Vanitha Narayanan was appointed as Non-Executive Independent Director during FY 2021-22 and therefore, the change in remuneration from the previous financial year is not applicable.

c)	Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary
	S. No.	Name of the Key Managerial Personnel	% Increase in Remuneration in the financial year
	1	Mr. Prateek Aggarwal, Chief Financial Officer	36.15
	2	Mr. Manish Anand, Company Secretary	9.08

Note:

Mr. Prateek Aggarwal received remuneration from the Company as well as from HCL America Inc., a step-down wholly owned subsidiary of the Company. Hence, the above % has been calculated after taking into account the remuneration drawn both from the Company as well as the said subsidiary. The change in remuneration includes any variation on account of exchange rate.

C. The percentage increase in the median remuneration of employees in the financial year: 11.42%.

D. The number of permanent employees on the rolls of Company: There were 1,12,498 permanent employees on the rolls of the Company. In addition, the Company had 96,379 number of employees on the rolls of its subsidiaries.

E. Average percentile increase already made in the salaries of employees other than the managerial personnel in the last financial year and its comparison with the percentile increase in the managerial remuneration and justification thereof and point out if there are any exceptional circumstances for increase in the managerial remuneration: The average percentile increase made in the salaries of employees other than the managerial personnel in the last financial year was 6.85%.

F. Affirmation that the remuneration is as per the remuneration policy of the Company: The Company affirms that the remuneration is as per the Remuneration Policy of the Company.

40. STATEMENT OF EMPLOYEES PURSUANT TO RULE 5(2) AND 5(3) OF THE COMPANIES (APPOINTMENT AND REMUNERATION OF MANAGERIAL PERSONNEL) RULES,2014

In terms of Rule 5(2) and 5(3) of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014, the list of top ten employees of the Company in terms of the remuneration drawn in FY 2021-22 and a statement containing the names of the employees employed throughout the financial year and in receipt of remuneration of ?1.02 crores per annum or more and employees employed for part of the year and in receipt of ?8.50 lacs or more per month is provided in a separate exhibit forming part of this report. The Annual Report and the Financial Statements are being sent to the shareholders excluding this exhibit. This exhibit is available to any shareholder for inspection on request and is also available on the website of the Company at https://www.hcltech.com/investors/results-reports.

41. VIGIL MECHANISM / WHISTLE BLOWER POLICY

the Company. The provisions of this Policy are in line with the provisions of the Section 177(9) of the Act and the Listing Regulations and the said Policy is available on the website of the Company at https://www.hcltech.com/investors/governance-policies/whistleblowerpolicypdf. The details of the Whistleblower Policy are provided in the Corporate Governance Report which forms part of this Annual Report.

42. OBSERVANCE OF THE SECRETARIAL STANDARDS ISSUED BY THE INSTITUTE OF COMPANY SECRETARIES OF INDIA

The Company complies with all applicable Secretarial Standards issued by the Institute of Company Secretaries of India.

43. DISCLOSURE UNDER SEXUAL HARASSMENT OF WOMEN AT WORKPLACE (PREVENTION, PROHIBITION AND REDRESSAL) ACT, 2013

The Company has in place a Prevention and Redressal of Sexual Harassment at Workplace Policy in line with the requirements of Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013. The Company has constituted an Internal Committee for the redressal of all sexual harassment complaints. These matters are also being reported to the Audit Committee. The details of the Policy and the complaints are given under Corporate Governance Report and the Business Responsibility and Sustainability Report respectively, which form part of this Annual Report.

44. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The Board wishes to place on record its appreciation of the significant contributions made by the employees of the Company and its subsidiaries / associates. The Company has achieved impressive growth through competence, hard work, solidarity, cooperation and support of employees at all levels. The Board wishes to thank the customers, vendors and other business associates for their continued support in the Company''s growth and also wishes to thank the government authorities, banks and members for their cooperation and assistance extended to the Company.

For and on behalf of the Board of Directors of HCL Technologies Limited

Place: Noida (UP), India ROSHNI NADAR MALHOTRA

Date: April 21,2022 Chairperson

Mar 31, 2021

Your Directors have immense pleasure in presenting the Twenty-Ninth Annual Report of HCL Technologies Limited (âHCLâ or the âCompanyâ) together with the Audited Financial Statements for the Financial Year (FY) ended March 31,2021.

1. FINANCIAL RESULTS

Key highlights of the financial results of your Company prepared as per the Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS) for the financial year ended March 31, 2021 are as under:

(f in crores)
Particulars	Consolidated		Standalone
	Year ended		Year ended
	March 31, 2021	March 31,2020	March 31, 2021	March 31, 2020

Revenue from operations	75,379	70,676	35,673	32,666
Other income	927	589	965	613
Total Income	76,306	71,265	36,638	33,279

Total Expenses	60,453	57,285	24,228	22,101

Profit before tax	15,853	13,980	12,410	11,178

Tax Expense	4,684	2,923	3,667	2,209

Profit for the year	11,169	11,057	8,743	8,969

Other comprehensive income / (loss)	758	479	520	(486)
Total comprehensive income for the year	11,927	11,536	9,263	8,483

Earnings per share of ? 2 each
Basic (in ?)	41.07	40.75	32.22	33.06
Diluted (in ?)	41.07	40.75	32.22	33.05
Note: The comparative numbers of the standalone financial statements for the previous year have been restated to give effect of the Scheme of Amalgamation providing for the amalgamation of four direct / step-down wholly owned subsidiaries of the Company with and into the Company, with effect from April 1, 2019, the Appointed Date. The accounting treatment for the said amalgamation has been explained in the âSummary of Significant Accounting Policiesâ of the standalone financial statements, which forms part of this Annual Report.

2. BUSINESS OVERVIEW AND STATE OF AFFAIRS

The Company empowers global enterprises with technology for the next decade today. The Company''s Mode 1-2-3 strategy, through its deep-domain industry expertise, customer-centricity and entrepreneurial culture of Ideapreneurshipâ¢ enables businesses to transform into next-gen enterprises.

The Company offers its services and products through three business units - IT and Business Services (ITBS), Engineering and R&D Services (ERS) and Products & Platforms (P&P). ITBS enables global enterprises to transform their businesses through offerings in the areas of Applications, Infrastructure, Digital Process Operations and next generation Digital Transformation Solutions. ERS offers engineering services and solutions in all aspects of product development and platform engineering. Under P&P, the Company provides modernized software products to global clients for their technology and industry-specific requirements.

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capabilities and broad global network, the Company delivers holistic services in various industry verticals, categorized under Financial Services, Manufacturing, Technology & Services, Telecom & Media, Retail & Consumer Packaged Goods, Life Sciences & Healthcare and Public Services.

On a consolidated basis, the Company''s revenue from operations was ?75,379 crores in the financial year under review, as against ?70,676 crores in the previous financial year. The profit for the financial year under review was ?11,169 crores, as against ?11,057 crores in the previous financial year.

On a standalone basis, the Companyâs revenue from operations was ?35,673 crores in the financial year under review, as against ?32,666 crores in the previous financial year. The profit for the financial year under review was ?8,743 crores, as against ?8,969 crores in the previous financial year.

The state of affairs of the Company is presented as part of the Management Discussion and Analysis Report forming part of this Annual Report.

3. DIVIDEND Your Directors have declared the following dividends during the financial year under review:
S. No.	Dividend Declared during FY 2020-21	Date of Declaration	Rate of Dividend per Equity Share (face value of ?2 each)	Gross Dividend (? in crores)
1	1^st Interim Dividend	July 17, 2020	2.00	543
2	2^nd Interim Dividend	October 16, 2020	4.00	1,085
3	3^rd Interim Dividend	January 15, 2021	4.00	1,085
Total				2,713
Note: The amount shown under Gross Dividend is the amount before deduction of tax at source.

The Company had also paid Final Dividend for FY 2019-20 at ?2 per equity share of face value of ?2 each aggregating to ? 543 crores, after deduction of tax at source. The same was approved by the shareholders of the Company in the Twenty-Eighth AGM held on September 29, 2020.

The Board of Directors in its meeting held on April 21-23, 2021, declared an interim dividend of ?6 per equity share of face value of ?2 each, and a special interim dividend of ?10 per equity share of face value of ?2 each, for FY 2021-22. The special interim dividend was declared by the Board in recognition of the Company''s recent milestone, crossing the USD 10 billion mark in revenue during FY 2020-21.

The Board of Directors did not recommend any final dividend during the financial year under review.

4. TRANSFER TO GENERAL RESERVES

No amount was transferred to the General Reserves during the financial year under review.

5. SHARE CAPITAL

During the financial year under review, pursuant to the Scheme of Amalgamation providing for the amalgamation of four direct / step-down wholly owned subsidiaries of the Company namely, HCL Eagle Limited, HCL Comnet Limited, HCL Technologies Solutions Limited and Concept2Silicon Systems Private Limited with and into the Company, effective on July 13, 2020, the Authorized share capital of the said subsidiaries aggregating to ?3,40,00,000/- was transferred to and added with the Authorized share capital of the Company.

As on March 31, 2021, the Authorized share capital of the Company was ?603,40,00,000/- divided into 301,70,00,000 equity shares of face value of ?2 each.

The Issued, Subscribed and Paid-up share capital of the Company as on March 31,2021 was ?542,73,30,192/- divided into 271,36,65,096 equity shares of face value of ?2 each.

6. ISSUANCE OF USD DENOMINATED UNSECURED NOTES BY WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY

HCL America Inc., a step-down wholly owned subsidiary of the Company incorporated under the laws of California, on March 10, 2021, issued and allotted USD 500 million fixed rate, senior unsecured notes, bearing interest at the rate of 1.375% per annum to be matured in 2026, in accordance with Rule 144a and Regulation S of the U.S. Securities Act, 1933. The Notes are rated âA-â by S&P and have been listed on the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited (SGX-ST) w.e.f. March 11,2021. The net proceeds of the sale of the said Notes were to be used by HCL America Inc. for re-financing its existing debt and/or meeting its working capital requirements.

The Notes are guaranteed by the Company. The Guarantee is unconditional and irrevocable. The Company''s aggregate potential liability under the Guarantee is capped at USD 525 million which is 105% of the total aggregate principal amount of the Notes outstanding from time to time. The Corporate Guarantee is being treated as "Contingent Liability" for the Company.

7. MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS REPORT

8. ACQUISITIONS

The acquisitions consummated by the Company (including by its step-down wholly owned subsidiary) during FY 2020-21 are summarized as below -

DWS Limited

The Company''s step-down wholly owned subsidiary, HCL Australia Services Pty. Ltd., acquired DWS Limited (DWS), a public company listed on the ASX, the Australian Securities Exchange. DWS is a provider of IT, Business and Management consulting services in Australia and New Zealand. Pursuant to this acquisition, DWS and all its subsidiaries have become the step-down wholly owned subsidiaries of the Company with effect from January 5, 2021, being the date of completion of the acquisition. Post the acquisition DWS was delisted from the ASX.

Ciscoâs SON Technology

The Company acquired asset carve-out of the product and services business that comprises of the Self-Optimizing Network (SON) from Cisco Systems Inc., a company incorporated in California. SON is a multi-vendor multi-technology solution that optimizes the Radio Access Networks for 2G-5G. The acquisition was completed on October 25, 2020.

9. SUBSIDIARIES, ASSOCIATES AND JOINT VENTURES

As on March 31,2021, the Company has 140 subsidiaries and 11 associate companies within the meaning of Sections 2(87) and 2(6) of the Companies Act, 2013 (âActâ) respectively. During the year under review, there has been no material change in the nature of business of the subsidiaries.

In accordance with the provisions of Section 136 of the Act and Regulation 46 of the Listing Regulations, the standalone and consolidated financial statements of the Company along with relevant documents for FY 2020-21 would be available on the website of the Company at https://www.hcltech.com/investors/results-reports and the financial statements in respect of the subsidiaries for FY 2020-21 would be available at https://www.hcltech.com/investors/subsidiaries-financials.

Note: The word âsubsidiariesâ used in this Annual Report includes both direct and step-down subsidiaries.

Incorporation of Subsidiaries during the financial year under review:

1. HCL Technologies Angola (SU), LDA., a private limited liability company, was incorporated during the year under the laws of Angola as a step-down wholly owned subsidiary of the Company.

2. HCL Technologies S.A.C., a Corporation was incorporated during the year under the laws of Peru as a step-down wholly owned subsidiary of the Company.

Merger of Subsidiaries during the financial year under review:

Merger of Indian Subsidiaries -

In the previous financial year ended March 31, 2020, the Scheme of Amalgamation (âSchemeâ) providing for the amalgamation of four direct / step-down wholly owned subsidiaries of the Company namely, HCL Eagle Limited, HCL Comnet Limited, HCL Technologies Solutions Limited and Concept2Silicon Systems Private Limited, with and into the Company, was sanctioned by the Hon''ble National Company Law Tribunal, New Delhi vide its Order dated December 12, 2019 along with its Modification Order dated January 23, 2020 and certified copy of the said Order was filed with the Registrar of Companies on March 13, 2020.

During the financial year under review, the Scheme was also sanctioned by the Hon''ble National Company Law Tribunal, Bengaluru vide its Order dated June 24, 2020 and certified copy of the said Order was filed with the Registrar of Companies on July 13, 2020.

Accordingly, the Scheme became effective from July 13, 2020

i.e. the date from which the certified copies of orders of both the jurisdictional Tribunals were filed with the Registrar of Companies. The Appointed Date of the Scheme was April 1, 2019.

Merger of Foreign Subsidiaries -

1. Honigsberg & Duvel Datentechnik Czech s.r.o. (incorporated in Czech Republic), a step-down wholly owned subsidiary of the Company was merged with and into HCL Technologies Czech Republic s.r.o. (incorporated in Czech Republic), another step-down wholly owned subsidiary of the Company.

2. Axon Solutions Singapore Pte. Ltd. (incorporated in Singapore), a step-down wholly owned subsidiary of the Company was merged with and into HCL Singapore Pte. Ltd. (incorporated in Singapore), another step-down wholly owned subsidiary of the Company.

3. HCL Belgium NV (incorporated in Belgium), a step-down wholly owned subsidiary of the Company was merged with and into HCL Technologies Belgium BVBA (incorporated in Belgium), another step-down wholly owned subsidiary of the Company.

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4. Honigsberg & Duvel Corporation (incorporated in Tennessee, USA), a step-down wholly owned subsidiary of the Company was merged with and into HCL America Inc. (incorporated in California, USA), another step-down wholly owned subsidiary of the Company.

5. HCL Sweden AB (incorporated in Sweden), a step-down wholly owned subsidiary of the Company was merged with and into HCL Technologies Sweden AB (incorporated in Sweden), another step-down wholly owned subsidiary of the Company.

6. HCL (Netherlands) BV (incorporated in Netherlands), a step-down wholly owned subsidiary of the Company was merged with and into HCL Technologies B.V. (incorporated in Netherlands), another step-down wholly owned subsidiary of the Company.

7. Geometric SAS (incorporated in France), a step-down wholly owned subsidiary of the Company was merged with and into HCL Technologies France SAS (incorporated in France), another step-down wholly owned subsidiary of the Company.

Merger of Subsidiaries after the close of the financial year

under review:

Merger of Foreign Subsidiaries -

1. 14 subsidiaries including step-down subsidiaries (all incorporated in Germany) of Honigsberg & Duvel Datentechnik GmbH (âH&D''), all being step-down wholly owned subsidiaries (âWOS'') of the Company, merged with and into H&D (incorporated in Germany), another step-down WOS of the Company in the following manner.

â¢ 4 step-down wholly owned subsidiaries of H & D merged with their immediate parent company viz. H&D IT Automotive Services GmbH, WOS of H & D.

â¢ 1 step down wholly owned subsidiary of H & D merged with its immediate parent company viz. CATIS GmbH, WOS of H & D.

â¢ Post merger of the aforesaid 5 subsidiaries with their immediate parents, both these parent companies along with other 7 subsidiaries of H & D merged with and into H & D.

The aforesaid mergers were approved by the appropriate authorities in Germany on April 1, 2021 and the mergers were effective from January 1, 2020.

2. Honigsberg & Duvel Datentechnik GmbH (incorporated in Germany), a step-down wholly owned subsidiary of the Company merged with and into HCL Technologies Germany GmbH (incorporated in Germany), another step-down wholly owned subsidiary of the Company. The said merger was approved by the appropriate authorities in Germany on April 6, 2021 and the merger was effective from January 1, 2020.

3. HCL GmbH (incorporated in Germany), a step-down wholly owned subsidiary of the Company merged with and into HCL Technologies Germany GmbH (incorporated in Germany), another step-down wholly owned subsidiary of the Company. The said merger was approved by the appropriate authorities in Germany on April 6, 2021 and the merger was effective from April 1, 2020.

4. The merger of PowerTeam, LLC, (a Delaware Limited Company), a step-down wholly owned subsidiary of the

Company with and into HCL America Inc. (incorporated in California, USA), another step-down wholly owned subsidiary of the Company with effect from January 1, 2021 was approved by the State of Delaware on December 3, 2020. The approval from the California Secretary of State is awaited.

10. MATERIAL CHANGES AND COMMITMENTS AFFECTING FINANCIAL POSITION BETWEEN THE END OF THE FINANCIAL YEAR AND DATE OF THE REPORT

11. DIRECTORS AND KEY MANAGERIAL PERSONNEL

Details of the composition of the Board of Directors, appointments / re-appointments during the financial year under review, re-appointments after the close of the financial year, director(s) retiring by rotation and details of declaration by Independent Directors have been provided in the Corporate Governance Report, which forms part of this Annual Report.

12. NUMBER OF MEETINGS OF THE BOARD

During the financial year under review, nine meetings of the Board of Directors were held. The details of the meetings are provided in the Corporate Governance Report, which forms part of this Annual Report.

13. BOARD COMMITTEES

As on March 31, 2021, the Company had the following 7 Board Committees:

1. Audit Committee

2. Corporate Social Responsibility Committee

3. Nomination and Remuneration Committee

4. Finance Committee

5. Stakeholders'' Relationship Committee

6. Risk Management Committee

7. Diversity Committee

Details of the composition of the Committees and changes therein, terms of reference of the Committees and other requisite details are provided in the Corporate Governance Report, which forms part of this Annual Report.

14. FAMILIARIZATION PROGRAMME

The details of the familiarization programme have been provided under the Corporate Governance Report, which forms part of this Annual Report.

15. BOARD EVALUATION

Company. The process and criteria of evaluation is explained in the Corporate Governance Report, which forms part of this Annual Report.

16. STATUTORY AUDITORS AND STATUTORY AUDITORSâ REPORT

Statutory Auditorsâ Report

There are no qualifications, reservations, adverse remarks or disclaimer made by M/s. B S R & Co. LLP, Statutory Auditors in their report for FY 2020-21. The Statutory Auditors have not reported any incident of fraud to the Audit Committee of the Company during the financial year under review.

17. SECRETARIAL AUDITORS AND SECRETARIAL AUDIT REPORT

In terms of Section 204 of the Act, M/s. Chandrasekaran Associates, Practicing Company Secretaries were appointed as the Secretarial Auditor of the Company for FY 2020-21. The report of the Secretarial Auditor is enclosed as Annexure 1 to this Report. The report is self-explanatory and does not call for any further comments. There are no qualifications, reservations, adverse remarks or disclaimer made by the Secretarial Auditor in its report for FY 2020-21.

18. MAINTENANCE OF COST RECORDS

The Central Government has not prescribed the maintenance of cost records under Section 148(1) of the Act, and accordingly, such cost accounts and records are not maintained by the Company.

19. ANNUAL RETURN

Pursuant to Sections 92(3) and 134(3)(a) of the Act and Rule 12(1) of the Companies (Management & Administration) Rules, 2014, the Annual Return of the Company for FY 2020-21 is available on the website of the Company at https://www.hcltech.com/investors/results-reports

20. POLICY ON DIRECTORSâ APPOINTMENT AND REMUNERATION

The Nomination and Remuneration Committee formulates the criteria for determining the qualifications, positive attributes and independence of directors in terms of its charter. In evaluating the suitability of individual Board members, the Committee takes into account factors such as educational and professional background, general understanding of the Companyâs business dynamics, professional standing, personal and professional ethics, integrity and values, willingness to devote sufficient time and energy in carrying out their duties and responsibilities effectively.

The Remuneration Policy for Directors, Key Managerial Personnel and other employees is provided in the Corporate Governance Report, forming part of this Annual Report.

21. RISK MANAGEMENT POLICY

The Company has developed and implemented a Risk Management Policy that ensures appropriate management of risks in line with its internal systems and culture.

22. INTERNAL FINANCIAL CONTROL SYSTEMS AND THEIR ADEQUACY

The Company''s internal financial control systems are commensurate with its size and nature of its operations and such internal financial controls are adequate and are operating effectively. The Company has adopted policies and procedures for ensuring orderly and efficient conduct of the business. These controls have been designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding recording and providing reliable financial and operational information, adherence to the Company''s policies, safeguarding of assets from unauthorized use and prevention and detection of frauds and errors, the accuracy and completeness of the accounting records, and the timely preparation of reliable financial disclosures.

23. SIGNIFICANT AND MATERIAL ORDERS

There are no significant and material orders passed by the regulators or courts or tribunals impacting the going concern status and Company''s operations in future.

24. PARTICULARS OF LOANS, GUARANTEES AND INVESTMENTS

The particulars of loans, guarantees and investments have been disclosed in the financial statements which forms part of this Annual Report.

25. TRANSACTIONS WITH RELATED PARTIES

The particulars of transactions entered into with the related parties referred to in Section 188(1) and applicable rules of the Act, have been given in Annexure 2 to this Report in Form AOC-2. The Company also has in place a âRelated Party Policy'', which is available on the website of the Company at https://www.hcltech.com/investors/governance-policies.

26. CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

A brief outline of the CSR Policy of the Company and the initiatives undertaken by the Company on CSR activities during the financial year under review are set out in Annexure 3 to this Report in the format as prescribed under Companies (Corporate Social Responsibility Policy) Amendment Rules, 2021.

The composition of the CSR Committee, the CSR Policy and the CSR projects as approved by the Board of Directors for FY 2021-22 are available on the website of the Company at https://www.hcltech.com/investors/corporate-social-responsibilitv-hcl.

27. DIVIDEND DISTRIBUTION POLICY

28. UNCLAIMED DIVIDENDS AND TRANSFER TO INVESTOR EDUCATION AND PROTECTION FUND

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 124 of the Act, the dividend amounts which have remained unpaid or unclaimed for a period of seven years from the date of transfer to unpaid dividend account have been transferred by the Company to the Investor Education and Protection Fund (âIEPF'') established by the Central Government pursuant to Section 125 of the Act. The details of the unpaid / unclaimed dividend amount which will be transferred to IEPF in the subsequent years are given in the Corporate Governance section of this Annual Report.

Further, according to the IEPF Authority (Accounting, Audit, Transfer and Refund) Rules, 2016 (the âIEPF Rulesâ), the shares in respect of which dividends have not been paid or claimed by the members for seven consecutive years or more are also required to be transferred to the demat account created by the IEPF Authority. Accordingly, during the financial year under review, the Company has transferred 4,111 equity shares to the demat account of the IEPF Authority. The details of such shares are available on the website of the Company at https://www.hcltech.com/investors/iepf-details.

29. DEPOSITS

The Company has not accepted any deposits from the public during the financial year under review.

30. CORPORATE GOVERNANCE REPORT

The Corporate Governance Report in terms of Regulation 34(3) of the Listing Regulations, along with the Statutory Auditorsâ certificate forms part of this Annual Report.

31. BUSINESS RESPONSIBILITY REPORT

The Listing Regulations mandates the inclusion of Business Responsibility Report (âBRRâ) as part of the Annual Report of the Company. In compliance with this regulation, the Company has prepared a BrR for FY 2020-21 which describes the initiatives taken by the Company from an environmental, social and governance perspective and the same forms part of this Annual Report.

32. INSIDER TRADING REGULATIONS

Pursuant to the provisions of the SEBI (Prohibition of Insider Trading) Regulations, 2015 (as amended from time to time), the Company has adopted a Code of Conduct on Prohibition of Insider Trading (âInsider Trading Code'') and a Code of Practices and Procedures for fair disclosure of Unpublished Price Sensitive Information (âFair Disclosure Code''). The Fair Disclosure Code is available on the website of the Company at https://www.hcltech.com/investors/governance-policies.

33. AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS

Awards -

1. The Company was awarded the â2020 Rising Star Awardâ from Pegasystems Inc., for the Company''s thought leadership and trusted advisor role in driving large scale digital transformation and implementation services.

2. The Company was awarded the âIndustrial IoT Product of the Year 2020â Award by IoT Evolution World for its RealTime Manufacturing Solution (RMI).

3. The Company was awarded the âGold StevieÂ® Awardâ at the 2020 American Business Awards for EXACTOâ¢, under the category âNew Product and Service - Business Technology'' for its Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Capabilities.

4. The Company was awarded the âPartner of the Year Awardâ from Skybox Security North America under the âWin of the Year 2020'' category.

5. The Company was named the âTarget Specialized Partner'' by Adobe. The Company is a global service provider for Adobe Experience Cloud solutions and this accomplishment comes in addition to the existing Adobe Experience Manager, Analytics and Campaign specializations in the US.

6. PowerTeam, LLC, a step-down wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, has been named the âMicrosoft Proactive Customer Service Partner of the Yearâ, which is a global award and is the highest recognition within Microsoft. PowerTeam, LLC was also named a âFinalist for Financial Services Partner of the Yearâ.

Recognitions -

1. The Company was positioned as a âLeader'' in The Forrester Waveâ¢ for Specialized Insights Service Providers, Q2 2020, and as a âStrong Performer'' in The Forrester Wave ^TM for Commerce Services, Q1 2021.

2. The Company was positioned as a âLeader'' in IDC Market Scape for:

- Worldwide Manufacturing Intelligence Transformation Strategic Consulting 2020 Vendor Assessment (IDC Doc #US46844920, September 2020)

- Worldwide Business Analytics Consulting and Systems Integration Services 2020 Vendor Assessment (IDC Doc #US45353220, June 2020)

- Worldwide Application Management Services on the Cloud 2020 Vendor Assessment (IDC Doc #US46924517, November 2020)

- Worldwide Retail Co-Innovation Services Providers

2020 Vendor Assessment (IDC Doc #US46160020, December 2020)

- Asia / Pacific (Excluding Japan) Workplace Services in the Era of Multiplied Innovation 2020 Vendor Assessment (IDC Doc #AP46571220, June 2020)

- Worldwide Cloud Professional Services 2020 Vendor Assessment (IDC Doc #US45439120, April 2020)

- Canadian Cloud Professional Services 2021 Vendor Assessment (IDC Doc #CA46215320, January 2021)

- Worldwide Supply Chain SAP Ecosystem Services

2021 Vendor Assessment (IDC Doc #US47537120, March 2021)

3. The Company was positioned as a âLeader'' by Everest

Group for:

- Industry 4.0 Services PEAK MatrixÂ® Assessment 2020 for The Transformational Leap in CyberPhysical Convergence.

- Next-generation Application Management Services PEAK MatrixÂ® Assessment 2021.

- Open Banking IT Services PEAK MatrixÂ® Assessment 2020.

- System Integrator (SI) Capabilities on Microsoft Azure Services PEAK MatrixÂ® Assessment 2021.

- System Integrator (SI) Capabilities on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Services PEAK MatrixÂ® Assessment 2021.

- System Integrator (SI) Capabilities on Amazon Web Services (AWS) pEaK MatrixÂ® Assessment 2021.

- Life Sciences Digital Services PEAK MatrixÂ® Assessment 2021.

- IT Security Services PEAK MatrixÂ® Assessment 2020.

- Artificial Intelligence (AI) Services PEAK MatrixÂ® Assessment 2021.

- Insurance Business Model Innovation Enablement Services PEAK MatrixÂ® Assessment 2021.

- Software Product Engineering Services PEAK MatrixÂ® Assessment 2021.

- Semiconductor Engineering Services PEAK MatrixÂ® Assessment 2021.

4. The Company was positioned as a âLeader'':

- across 11 quadrants of ISG Provider Lensâ¢ SAP HANA and Leonardo Ecosystem Partners.

- across 6 quadrants of ISG Provider Lensâ¢ IoT -Services and Platforms for U.S and Germany, 2020 under âManaged Services'' category.

- across 19 quadrants of ISG Provider Lensâ¢ Digital Business - Solutions and Service Partners.

- across 5 quadrants of ISG Provider Lensâ¢ Cyber Security - Solutions & Services.

- across 10 quadrants of ISG Provider Lensâ¢ SIAM / ITSM.

- for ISG Provider Lensâ¢ Salesforce Ecosystem Partners for U.S. and Germany 2020 under âManaged Application Services'' category.

5. The Company was positioned as a Leader in Avasant''s:

- Digital Masters, 2020 Radar Viewâ¢ report.

- AI and Advanced Analytics, 2020 Radar Viewâ¢ report.

- Retail & CPG Digital Services 2020-21 Radar Viewâ¢ report.

- Manufacturing Digital Services 2020-21 Radar Viewâ¢ report.

6. The Company was positioned at No. 2 in HFS Top 10 Agile Software Development, 2020 category.

34. SUSTAINABILITY

âCreating harmony between the Planet, People and Prosperity"

The Company builds sustainability principles and actions into its strategy, culture and day-to-day operations. The Company aims to improve the lives of people around the planet, engaging its employees, clients, stakeholders and the communities we live in, to a higher purpose.

The Company focuses on areas where it can make the most difference: health, education, technology, jobs and people who are denied benefits and access. Guided by the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, the Company views sustainability in three ways - economic, social and environmental, known informally as Profit, People and the Planet.

35. ORGANIZATION EFFECTIVENESS Human Resource

2020, like never before, was the year that challenged the human spirit in each and every way. It has tested our resilience, and our Company has demonstrated its fortitude and has emerged much stronger, together. The Company salutes the strength and endurance of its employees in these challenging times.

The Company continues its journey with proactive efforts to safeguard the employees, minimize impact on clients, reduce financial risk, maintain supply chain resilience and provide support to the communities lived and served around the world. The Company is successfully navigating rising Covid-19 infections in India, secondary waves in certain geographies and coinciding crisis situations with minimal impact due to stable remote working arrangements.

In line with our âDuty of Care'' responsibilities and commitment to employee health and safety, the Company has become the first IT company in India to achieve the âPROTEK'' certification from Intertek, the world-renowned quality assurance leader, that tests and inspects the end-to-end health and safety of your people, places, and products.

Employee Strength and Expansion

As we close out another successful year, the Company and its subsidiaries have attained an impressive employee strength of 1,68,977 and continues to build and support the business strategy of âMode 1-2-3â.

The Company prides itself in employing people from different geographies and nationalities, creating a unique fabric of values and traditions. As on March 31, 2021, the Company employed resources from 157 nationalities and women represented 27.2% of the global workforce.

Talent Acquisition

Talent Development

The Company''s Talent Development Centre of Excellence (CoE) continues to focus on creating a culture of continuous learning through its business focused learning solutions, contributing to the vision of building a truly global organization.

During the fiscal year, 1,20,652 employees availed 6.64 million hours of training for enhancing their current skills and learning new skills. 47,232 unique employees were also trained in digital skills during this period.

Diversity and Inclusion

Having built and scaled a multinational enterprise over nearly four decades, the Company believes that diversity and inclusion in the workplace is an asset for both businesses and their employees to foster innovation, creativity and empathy in ways that homogeneous environments seldom do. Yet it takes careful nurturing and conscious orchestration to unleash the true potential of this invaluable asset. The Company has crafted multiple initiatives for its diverse employees to realize their potential, while striking a good work-life balance. The Company makes an intentional and continuous focus to create and sustain a culture of equality, self-awareness, authenticity and accountability in the realm of gender, cross-cultural diversity, persons with disabilities and LGBTQ inclusion.

The Company believes that the effort towards creating an inclusive environment should translate into people feeling valued, treated equally and with respect, feeling safe to express their opinions and empowered to take decisions and do their best. Keeping the same in mind, âInclusion Lab'' and âInclusion at Scale'' has been launched for all employees to foster the inclusive work environments. These targeted initiatives have helped the Company to make tremendous progress over the years in fostering gender diversity.

In order to affirm, guide and support the commitment of the Company to drive diversity and inclusion, the Board of Directors of the Company has constituted a Committee of the Board named as Diversity Committee to focus on these areas.

Recognition of HCL Culture and Engagement Practices across the World

To reinforce alignment of core beliefs and actions, the Company continues to transform its policies, processes and practices. This has further enabled and empowered the employees, a fact that has been well recognized by various industry forums and leading associations. Our distinctive people practices continue to win accolades across the globe.

1. The Company has been recognized as the âTop Employer 2021'', for its exemplary HR performance by the Top Employer''s Institute in France, Germany, Netherlands, Australia, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Singapore, South Africa, Sweden and the United Kingdom. The Company is proud to have received this prestigious accolade in the United Kingdom for the fifteenth consecutive year.

2. The Company has been ranked No. 1 across multi-national companies headquartered in India and No. 30 in the World''s Best Employers by Forbes.

3. In the âDiversity and Inclusion'' space, the Company won the following accolades -

- Won the Brandon Hall Gold award for âBest Inclusion and Diversity Strategy''.

- Won a place in the âTop 100 Best Companies for Women in Indiaâ the prestigious âExemplar of Inclusionâ award in the 2020 Working Mother & Avtar Most Inclusive Companies Index (MICI).

- Won a place in the Gender-Equality Index by Bloomberg.

4. The Company won the Brandon Hall Gold award for âBest Unique or Innovative Learning and Development Program''.

5. The Company was felicitated with various StevieÂ® Awards including Gold Award for âMost Innovative Work From Home Plan - All Other Nations'', Silver award for âMost Valuable Employer - Asia Pacificâ and Silver Award for âMost Valuable Hr Team - Asia Pacificâ.

36. CONSERVATION OF ENERGY, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, TECHNOLOGY ABSORPTION, FOREIGN EXCHANGE EARNINGS AND OUTGO

Disclosures of particulars as required under Section 134(3)(m) of the Act, read with the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014 to the extent applicable to the Company, are set out in Annexure 4 to this Report.

37. DIRECTORSâ RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT

38. STOCK OPTIONS PLANS

The stock option plans of the Company viz. the 1999 Stock Option Plan, the 2000 Stock Plan and the 2004 Stock Option Plan have been terminated.

39. PARTICULARS OF EMPLOYEES

The information required pursuant to Section 197(12) of the Act read with Rule 5(1) of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014 are given below:

A. The ratio of remuneration of each director to the median remuneration of the employees of the Company for the financial year:

Sl. No.	Name of the Director	Ratio to median remuneration of employees
Executive Director
1	Mr. Shiv Nadar ⁽¹⁾	46.02
Non-Executive Directors ⁽²⁾
2	Ms. Roshni Nadar Malhotra	7.84
3	Mr. Deepak Kapoor	6.60
4	Mr. S. Madhavan	8.49
5	Dr. Mohan Chellappa	7.26
6	Ms. Nishi Vasudeva	6.58
7	Ms. Robin Ann Abrams	9.93
8	Dr. Sosale Shankara Sastry	7.26
9	Mr. Shikhar Malhotra	6.75
10	Mr. R. Srinivasan	9.14
11	Mr. Simon John England	7.26
12	Mr. Thomas Sieber	8.09

Notes:

(1) The ratio has been calculated after taking into account the remuneration drawn from the Company as well as the subsidiaries.

(2) The remuneration of Non-Executive Directors also includes sitting fees paid during the year.

B. The percentage increase in remuneration of each Director, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Company Secretary in the financial year:

Sl. No.	Name of the Director	% increase in Remuneration in the financial year
Executive Director
1	Mr. Shiv Nadar ⁽¹⁾	(3.96)
Non-Executive Directors ⁽²⁾
2	Ms. Roshni Nadar Malhotra	1.57
3	Mr. Deepak Kapoor	1.56
4	Mr. S. Madhavan	1.21
5	Dr. Mohan Chellappa ⁽³⁾	-
6	Ms. Nishi Vasudeva	0.62
7	Ms. Robin Ann Abrams	(23.78)
8	Dr. Sosale Shankara Sastry	(30.32)
9	Mr. Shikhar Malhotra ⁽³⁾	-
10	Mr. R. Srinivasan	(25.31)
11	Mr. Simon John England ⁽³⁾	-
12	Mr. Thomas Sieber	(19.87)
Key Managerial Personnel ⁽⁴⁾
13	Mr. C. Vijayakumar (President & Chief Executive Officer) ⁽⁵⁾	(73.91)
14	Mr. Prateek Aggarwal (Chief Financial Officer) ⁽⁶⁾	57.91
15	Mr. Manish Anand (Company Secretary)	9.60

(1) The % has been calculated after taking into account the remuneration drawn from the Company as well as from HCL America Inc., a step-down wholly owned subsidiary of the Company and the above change includes any variation on account of exchange rate.

the list of top ten employees of the Company in terms of the remuneration drawn in FY 2020-21 and a statement containing the names of the employees employed throughout the financial year and in receipt of remuneration of ?1.02 crores per annum or more and employees employed for part of the year and in receipt of ?8.50 lacs or more per month is provided in a separate exhibit forming part of this report. The Annual Report and the Financial Statements are being sent to the shareholders excluding this exhibit. This exhibit is available to any shareholder for inspection on request and is also available on the website of the Company at https://www.hcltech.com/investors/results-reports

41. VIGIL MECHANISM / WHISTLE BLOWER POLICY

The Company has formulated and published a Whistleblower Policy to provide Vigil Mechanism to report genuine concerns (including reporting of instances of leakage of unpublished price sensitive information) and to ensure strict compliance with ethical and legal standards across the Company. The provisions of this Policy are in line with the provisions of the Section 177(9) of the Act and the Listing Regulations and are available on the website of the Company at https://www.hcltech.com/investors/governance-policies. The details of the Whistleblower Policy form part of the Corporate Governance Report annexed with this Annual Report.

42. OBSERVANCE OF THE SECRETARIAL STANDARDS ISSUED BY THE INSTITUTE OF COMPANY SECRETARIES OF INDIA

The Company complies with all applicable Secretarial Standards issued by the Institute of Company Secretaries of India.

43. DISCLOSURE UNDER SEXUAL HARASSMENT OF WOMEN AT WORKPLACE (PREVENTION, PROHIBITION AND REDRESSAL) ACT, 2013

The Company has in place a Prevention and Redressal of Sexual Harassment at Workplace Policy in line with the requirements of Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013. The Company has constituted an Internal Committee for the redressal of all sexual harassment complaints. These matters are also being reported to the Audit Committee. The details of the Policy and the complaints are given under Corporate Governance Report and the Business Responsibility Report respectively, which form part of this Annual Report.

44. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The Board wishes to place on record its appreciation of the significant contributions made by the employees of the Company and its subsidiaries during the year under review. The Company has achieved impressive growth through competence, hard work, solidarity, cooperation and support of employees at all levels. Your Directors thank the customers, vendors and other business associates for their continued support in the Company''s growth. Your Directors also wish to thank the government authorities, banks and members for their cooperation and assistance extended to the Company.

For and on behalf of the Board of Directors of HCL Technologies Limited

Place: New Delhi, India ROSHNI NADAR MALHOTRA

Date: April 23, 2021 Chairperson

Mar 31, 2019

Dear Shareholders,

The Directors have immense pleasure in presenting the Twenty Seventh Annual Report of HCL Technologies Limited (âHCLâ or the âCompanyâ) together with the audited financial statements for the financial year ended March 31, 2019.

1. FINANCIAL RESULTS

Key highlights of the financial results of your Company prepared as per the Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS) for the financial year ended March 31, 2019 are as under:

(Rs. in crore)

Particulars	Consolidated		Standalone
	Year ended		Year ended
	March 31, 2019	March 31, 2018	March 31, 2019	March 31, 2018

Revenue from operations	60,427	50,569	26,012	22,073
Other income	943	1,217	805	702
Total Income	61,370	51,786	26,817	22,775

Total Expenditure	48,748	40,775	16,886	13,650

Profit before tax	12,622	11,024	9,931	9,125

Tax Expense	2,502	2,302	1,746	1,763

Profit for the year	10,120	8,722	8,185	7,362

Other comprehensive income / (loss)	190	260	24	(226)
Total comprehensive income / (loss) for the year	10,310	8,982	8,209	7,136

Earnings per share of Rs. 2 each
Basic (in Rs.)	73.58	62.23	59.69	52.54
Diluted (in Rs.)	73.55	62.19	59.66	52.50

2. BUSINESS OVERVIEW AND STATE OF AFFAIRS

The Company is a leading global IT services company that helps global enterprises re-imagine and transform their businesses through Digital technology transformation. The Company focuses on providing an integrated portfolio of services underlined by its Mode 1-2-3 growth strategy. Mode 1 encompasses the core services in the areas of Applications, Infrastructure, BPO and Engineering and R&D services, leveraging DRYiCEâ¢ Autonomics to transform clientsâ business and IT landscape, making them âleanâ and âagileâ. Mode 2 focuses on experience-centric and outcome-oriented integrated offerings of Digital & Analytics, IoT WoRKSâ¢, Cloud Native Services and Cyber security & GRC services to drive business outcomes and enable enterprise digitalization. Mode 3 strategy is ecosystem-driven, creating innovative IP-partnerships to build products and platforms business.

The Company leverages its global network of integrated co-innovation labs and global delivery capabilities to provide holistic multi-service delivery in key industry verticals including Financial Services, Manufacturing, Telecommunications, Media, Publishing, Entertainment, Retail & CPG, Life Sciences & Healthcare, Oil & Gas, Energy & Utilities, Travel, Transportation & Logistics and Government.

During the financial year 2018-19, the Company achieved a revenue from operations of Rs. 26,012 crore on standalone basis and Rs. 60,427 crore on consolidated basis, as compared to Rs. 22,073 crore on standalone basis and Rs. 50,569 crore on consolidated basis for the financial year 2017-18.

During the financial year 2018-19, profit for the year was Rs. 8,185 crore on standalone basis and Rs. 10,120 crore on consolidated basis, as compared to Rs. 7,362 crore on standalone basis and Rs. 8,722 crore on consolidated basis for the financial year 2017-18.

The state of affairs of the Company is presented as part of the Management Discussion and Analysis Report forming part of the Annual Report.

3. DIVIDEND

During the financial year ended March 31, 2019, your Directors had declared and paid four interim dividends as per the details given below:

S. No.	Interim dividend paid during financial year ended March 31, 2019	Date of Declaration	Rate of Dividend per share (face value of Rs. 2 each)	Amount of Dividend paid	Dividend Distribution Tax paid by the Company	Total Outflow
S. No.		Date of Declaration	Rate of Dividend per share (face value of Rs. 2 each)	(Rs. in crore)
1	1^st Interim Dividend	May 2, 2018	2.00	278.46	57.08	335.54
2	2^nd Interim Dividend	July 27, 2018	2.00	278.48	57.08	335.56
3	3^rd Interim Dividend	October 23, 2018	2.00	271.23	52.11	323.34
4	4^th Interim Dividend	January 29, 2019	2.00	271.25	55.55	326.80
			Total	1,099.42	221.82	1,321.24

The Board of Directors in its meeting held on May 9, 2019 declared an interim dividend of Rs. 2 per equity share of face value of Rs. 2 each fully paid-up, for the financial year 2019-20. The Board of Directors did not recommend any final dividend for the financial year ended March 31, 2019.

4. TRANSFER TO GENERAL RESERVES

No amount was transferred to the General Reserves for the financial year ended March 31, 2019.

5. SHARE CAPITAL

During the financial year under review, the Company issued and allotted 3,96,120 fully paid-up equity shares of Rs. 2 each under its Employees Stock Option Plan.

Also, the Company, on October 11, 2018, extinguished / physically destroyed its 3,63,63,636 fully paid-up equity shares of Rs. 2 each consequent to the Buy-back offer of the Company.

Consequently, the issued, subscribed and paid-up share capital of the Company as on March 31, 2019, was Rs. 2,71,25,57,736/- divided into 1,35,62,78,868 equity shares of face value of Rs. 2 each.

6. MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS

The Management Discussion and Analysis Report, in terms of Regulation 34(3) of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 (the âListing Regulationsâ), is attached and forms a part of this Report.

7. ACQUISITIONS

Acquisitions consummated during the financial year 2018-19 are summarized as below -

Telerx Marketing, Inc.

The Company, through its step-down wholly-owned subsidiary HCL America Inc., acquired Telerx Marketing, Inc. (doing business as C3i Solutions), a Delaware company. C3i Solutions is a leader in multi-channel customer engagement services for life sciences and consumer packaged goods industries.

Pursuant to this acquisition, Telerx Marketing, Inc. and all its subsidiaries have become the wholly-owned step-down subsidiaries of the Company with effect from April 06, 2018, being the date of completion of the acquisition.

Actian Corporation

The Company, through its step-down wholly-owned subsidiary HCL America Inc., entered into a Joint Venture agreement dated April 12, 2018 with Sumeru Equity Partners, a technology and growth-focused private equity frm. The purpose of the JV arrangement was to acquire Actian Corporation, a Delaware company. Actian Corporation is a leader in hybrid data management, cloud integration and analytics solutions-powers insight-driven enterprises around the globe.

In terms of the said JV agreement, 80% of the shareholding in the JV company named HCL Technologies SEP Holdings Inc., is held by HCL America Inc., 19.50% is held by Sumeru Equity Partners and the balance 0.5% is held by the CEO of Actian Corporation. The JV Company had a wholly-owned subsidiary, Octavian Acquisition Corp., which ultimately acquired 100% stake in Actian Corporation.

Pursuant to this acquisition, Actian Corporation and its all subsidiaries have become the step-down subsidiaries of the Company with effect from July 17, 2018, being the date of completion of the acquisition.

Honigsberg & Duvel Datentechnik GmbH

The Company, through its step-down wholly-owned subsidiary HCL Technologies Germany GmbH, acquired Honigsberg & Duvel Datentechnik GmbH, an IT and engineering service provider headquartered in Wolfsburg, Germany.

Pursuant to this acquisition, Honigsberg & Duvel Datentechnik GmbH and all its subsidiaries have become the wholly-owned step-down subsidiaries of the Company with effect from October 2, 2018 being the date of completion of acquisition.

IBM Software Products

The Company entered into a definitive agreement with IBM Corporation, USA, for the asset purchase of IBMâs seven software products for an aggregate amount of USD 1.8 billion, across three portfolios - Security â AppScan and BigFix; Marketing - Commerce Software, Unica and DX Software and Collaboration Solutions - Notes/Domino and Connections.

The transaction is expected to close by mid-2019, subject to the completion of applicable regulatory approvals.

Acquisitions after the close of the financial year:

Strong-Bridge Holdings, Inc.

The Company, through its step-down wholly-owned subsidiary HCL America Inc., acquired Strong-Bridge Holdings, Inc. (doing business as Strong-Bridge Envision or SBE), a Delaware company. SBE is a provider of digital transformation strategy consulting, digital / agile program management and organizational change management.

Pursuant to this acquisition, Strong-Bridge Holdings, Inc. and its subsidiaries have become the wholly-owned step-down subsidiaries of the Company with effect from April 1, 2019 being the date of completion of acquisition.

8. SUBSIDIARIES, ASSOCIATES AND JOINT VENTURES

As on March 31, 2019, the Company has 133 subsidiaries and 8 associate companies within the meaning of Sections 2(87) and 2(6) of the Companies Act, 2013 (the âActâ) respectively. There has been no material change in the nature of business of the subsidiaries.

As per the provisions of Section 129(3) of the Act, a statement containing the salient features of the financial statements of the Companyâs subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures in Form AOC-1 forms part of this Annual Report.

In accordance with the provisions of Section 136 of the Act and Regulation 46 of the Listing Regulations, the standalone and consolidated financial statements of the Company along with relevant documents and the financial statements in respect of the subsidiaries, are available on the website of the Company. The Company would provide the financial statements of the subsidiaries and the related detailed information to the shareholders on specific request made in this regard by the shareholders.

Subsidiaries incorporated during the year -

- HCL Technologies Vietnam Company Limited, a private limited company, was incorporated under the laws of Vietnam.

- HCL Guatemala, Sociedad Anonima, a private limited company, was incorporated under the laws of Guatemala.

Subsidiaries closed during the year -

- Pursuant to the Merger Agreement dated April 12, 2018, Octavian Acquisition Corp. was merged with and into its wholly-owned subsidiary Actian Corporation, upon the successful completion of the acquisition of Actian Corporation.

- HCL Mortgage Holdings, LLC, a Delaware company, was incorporated by the Company as its step-down wholly-owned subsidiary, solely for the purposes of acquisition of Urban Fulfillment Services LLC. Since the acquisition was successfully completed during the previous financial year, HCL Mortgage Holdings, LLC was voluntarily dissolved during the year.

- Ingres Canada Corporation, a subsidiary of Actian Corporation, became the step-down wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company pursuant to the acquisition of Actian Corporation. However, it was not in operation and was therefore voluntarily dissolved during the year.

Other restructurings during the year -

- Pursuant to the stock transfer agreement(s) executed between HCL America Inc. and HCL Technologies UK Limited, wholly-owned step-down subsidiaries of the Company, the entire shareholding of HCL Italy SRL and HCL Great Britain Limited was transferred from HCL America Inc. to HCL Technologies UK Limited.

- HCL had entered into a joint venture agreement with DXC Technology (DXC) in July 2015 pursuant to which a joint venture company namely CeleritiFinTech Limited was formed, in which the Company held 51% stake through HCL Technologies UK Limited, a wholly-owned step-down subsidiary of the Company and the balance stake was held by DXC. CeleritiFinTech Italy S.r.l was incorporated as a wholly-owned subsidiary of CeleritiFinTech Limited.

With a view to leveraging the capabilities of the Company and DXC, the joint venture arrangement was discontinued w.e.f. September 30, 2017 and the Company entered into a new arrangement (IP Partnership) with DXC. Pursuant to the termination of the JV agreement, the 51% stake held by HCL Technologies UK Limited in CeleritiFinTech Italy S.r.l was transferred to DXC.

9. DIRECTORS AND KEY MANAGERIAL PERSONNEL

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

As on the date of this Annual Report, the Board of Directors of the Company consists of ten members, of which three are Women Directors. The Board consists of one Wholetime Director and nine Non-Executive Directors of whom eight are Independent Directors. The Whole-time Director is the Promoter Director who is designated as the Chairman & Chief Strategy Officer of the Company.

Appointment(s) / Re-appointment(s)

The Board of Directors of your Company appointed / re-appointed the following Directors during the financial year:

a. Mr. James Philip Adamczyk (DIN - 08151025) was appointed as an Additional Director in the capacity of Independent Director by the Board of Directors of the Company w.e.f. July 26, 2018. Subsequently, at the Twenty Sixth Annual General Meeting (âAGMâ) of the Company held on September 18, 2018, Mr. James Philip Adamczyk was appointed as an Independent Director of the Company in terms of Section 149 of the Act, to hold office for a period of five years.

b. At the Twenty Second AGM of the Company held on December 4, 2014, Mr. R. Srinivasan, Ms. Robin Ann Abrams, Dr. Sosale Shankara Sastry and Mr. S. Madhavan were appointed as Independent Directors of the Company for a period of five consecutive years and therefore, their first term of appointment shall end at the conclusion of the ensuing Twenty Seventh AGM of the Company to be held in the year 2019. Considering their immense contributions towards the Company and pursuant to the recommendations of the Nomination & Remuneration Committee, the Board in its meeting held on May 9, 2019 recommended to the shareholders of the Company, the re-appointment of Mr. R. Srinivasan, Ms. Robin Ann Abrams, Dr. Sosale Shankara Sastry and Mr. S. Madhavan as Independent Directors for a second term of five consecutive years from the conclusion of the Twenty Seventh AGM of the Company scheduled to be held in the year 2019 till the conclusion of the Thirty Second AGM to be held in the year 2024.

The Independent Directors have furnished the certificate of independence stating that they meet the criteria of independence as mentioned under Section 149 (6) of the Act and Regulation 16 (1)(b) of the Listing Regulations. Based on the disclosures received from all Independent Directors and also in the opinion of the Board, the Independent Directors fulfill the conditions as specified in the Act and the Listing Regulations and are independent of the Management.

Retirement by Rotation

In accordance with the provisions of Section 152 of the Act and the Articles of Association of the Company, Mr. Shiv Nadar was re-appointed as the Managing Director of the Company in the category of Non-Retiring Director in the AGM held on September 21, 2017 for a period of five years. However, pursuant to the Articles of Association of the Company, if at any time, the number of Directors liable to retire by rotation fall below one-third of the total number of Directors (excluding Independent Directors), the term of Mr. Shiv Nadar as a Director shall be liable to retire by rotation for the time such number is below one-third.

Currently, the number of Directors liable to retire by rotation has fallen below one-third. Accordingly, Mr. Shiv Nadar shall retire by rotation at the ensuing AGM and being eligible, has offered himself for re-appointment as Director of the Company. However, his term as the Managing Director of the Company would continue uninterrupted post his re-appointment as Director.

Necessary resolutions in respect of re-appointment of Directors mentioned above are included in the Notice convening the ensuing AGM. Your Board recommends the re-appointments of Mr. Shiv Nadar, Mr. R. Srinivasan, Ms. Robin Ann Abrams, Dr. Sosale Shankara Sastry and Mr. S. Madhavan. The particulars in respect of these Directors as required under Regulation 36(3) of the Listing Regulations, are mentioned elsewhere in the Notice of AGM.

Resignations

Mr. Sudhindar Krishan Khanna (DIN - 01529178), who was a Non-Executive Non-Independent Director of the Company, resigned from the Board of the Company w.e.f. April 8, 2019.

The Board placed on record its sincere appreciation and gratitude for Mr. Khannaâs valuable services, guidance and contribution to the Company during his tenure as a member of the Board and its Committees.

KEY MANAGERIAL PERSONNEL

During the financial year under review, Mr. Prateek Aggarwal was appointed as the Chief Financial Officer of the Company on October 1, 2018, in place of Mr. Anil Kumar Chanana, who stepped down from the position of Chief Financial Officer.

The Board placed on record its sincere appreciation and gratitude for Mr. Chananaâs valuable services, guidance and contribution to the Company during his tenure as the Key Managerial Person of the Company.

10. NUMBER OF MEETINGS OF THE BOARD

During the year, nine meetings of the Board of Directors were held. The details of the meetings are provided in the Corporate Governance Report which forms part of this Annual Report.

11. BOARD COMMITTEES

The following 8 (eight) Committees have been constituted by the Board of Directors of the Company:

i) Audit Committee

ii) Corporate Social Responsibility Committee

iii) Nomination & Remuneration Committee

iv) Finance Committee

v) Stakeholdersâ Relationship Committee

vi) Employee Stock Options Allotment Committee

vii) Risk Management Committee

viii) Diversity Committee.

The composition of Committees as on March 31, 2019 was as under:

S. No.	Name of the Committee	Composition
1	Audit Committee	Mr. S. Madhavan (Chairman) Mr. Deepak Kapoor Ms. Nishi Vasudeva Ms. Robin Ann Abrams
2	Corporate Social	Ms. Roshni Nadar Malhotra
	Responsibility	(Chairperson)
	Committee	Mr. Shiv Nadar Mr. S. Madhavan

3	Nomination & Remuneration Committee	Mr. R. Srinivasan (Chairman) Mr. Shiv Nadar Ms. Robin Ann Abrams Ms. Roshni Nadar Malhotra
4	Finance Committee	Mr. S. Madhavan (Chairman) Mr. Shiv Nadar Ms. Roshni Nadar Malhotra Mr. R. Srinivasan Mr. Sudhindar Krishan Khanna*
5	Stakeholdersâ Relationship Committee	Mr. S. Madhavan (Chairman) Mr. Shiv Nadar Ms. Roshni Nadar Malhotra
6	Employee Stock Options Allotment Committee	Mr. Shiv Nadar Mr. S. Madhavan Mr. Prateek Aggarwal
7	Risk Management Committee	Mr. S. Madhavan (Chairman) Mr. Deepak Kapoor Ms. Nishi Vasudeva Ms. Robin Ann Abrams
8	Diversity Committee	Ms. Robin Ann Abrams (Chairperson) Ms. Roshni Nadar Malhotra Mr. Shiv Nadar

*Mr. Sudhindhar Krishan Khanna resigned as a Director of the Company w.e.f. April 8, 2019.

The number of meetings held and other requisite details of the Board Committees are set out in the Corporate Governance Report which forms part of this Annual Report.

12. FAMILIARIZATION PROGRAMME

The details of the familiarization programme have been provided under the Corporate Governance Report which forms part of this Annual Report.

13. BOARD EVALUATION

Pursuant to the provisions of the Act and Listing Regulations, an Annual Performance Evaluation of the Board, its Committees and the individual Directors is to be carried out either by the Board or by the Nomination and Remuneration Committee or by an independent external agency and the Board is required to review its implementation and compliance.

In view of the above, the Annual Performance Evaluation was undertaken by the Board. The framework and criteria of evaluation has been approved by the Nomination & Remuneration Committee of the Company. The process and criteria of evaluation is explained in the Corporate Governance Report, which forms part of this Annual Report.

14. STATUTORY AUDITORS AND STATUTORY AUDITORSâ REPORT

Pursuant to Section 139 of the Act, and the rules made thereunder, it is mandatory to rotate the Statutory Auditors of the Company on the completion of two terms of five consecutive years, as permitted under the said Section.

M/s. S.R. Batliboi& Co. LLP, Chartered Accountants, have been the Statutory Auditors of your Company since the year 2009-10. Their first term of appointment ended at the AGM held on December 4, 2014, at which, they were reappointed as the Statutory Auditors for a second term of five consecutive years. Accordingly, their second term of appointment shall be concluding at the ensuing Twenty Seventh AGM of the Company to be held in the year 2019 and the new Statutory Auditors of the Company will be appointed at the said AGM.

Statutory Auditorsâ Report

There are no qualifications, reservations, adverse remarks or disclaimer made by M/s. S.R. Batliboi & Co. LLP, Statutory Auditors in their report for the financial year ended March 31, 2019. The Statutory Auditors have not reported any incident of fraud to the Audit Committee of the Company for the financial year under review.

15. SECRETARIAL AUDITOR AND SECRETARIAL AUDIT REPORT

In terms of Section 204 of the Act, M/s. Chandrasekaran Associates, Practicing Company Secretaries were appointed as the Secretarial Auditor of the Company for the financial year ended March 31, 2019. The report of the Secretarial Auditor is enclosed as Annexure 1 to this Report. The report is self-explanatory and does not call for any further comments. There are no qualifications, reservations, adverse remarks or disclaimer made by the Secretarial Auditor in its report for the financial year ended March 31, 2019.

16. MAINTAINENCE OF COST RECORDS

The Central Government has not prescribed the maintenance of cost records under sub-section (1) of section 148 of the Act, and accordingly, such cost accounts and records are not maintained by the Company.

17. EXTRACT OF ANNUAL RETURN

Pursuant to Section 134(3)(a) and Section 92(3) of the Act, the extract of the Annual Return in Form MGT-9, for the financial year ended March 31, 2019, is enclosed as Annexure 2 to this Report.

18. POLICY ON DIRECTORSâ APPOINTMENT AND REMUNERATION

The Nomination & Remuneration Committee of the Company formulates the criteria for determining the qualifications, positive attributes and independence of Directors in terms of its charter. In evaluating the suitability of individual Board members, the Committee takes into account factors such as educational and professional background, general understanding of the Companyâs business dynamics, standing in the profession, personal and professional ethics, integrity and values, willingness to devote sufficient time and energy in carrying out their duties and responsibilities effectively.

The Committee also assesses the independence of Directors at the time of their appointment / re-appointment as per the criteria prescribed under the provisions of the Act and the rules made thereunder and the Listing Regulations.

The Remuneration Policy for Directors, Key Managerial Personnel and other employees is provided in the Corporate Governance Report forming part of this Report.

19. RISK MANAGEMENT POLICY

The Company has developed and implemented a Risk Management Policy that ensures appropriate management of risks in line with its internal systems and culture.

20. INTERNAL FINANCIAL CONTROL SYSTEMS AND THEIR ADEQUACY

The Companyâs internal financial control systems are commensurate with its size and the nature of its operations. The controls are adequate for ensuring orderly and efficient conduct of the business and these controls are working effectively. These controls have been designed to provide reasonable assurance with regard to recording and providing reliable financial and operational information, adherence to the Companyâs policies, safeguarding of assets from unauthorized use and prevention and detection of frauds and errors.

21. SIGNIFICANT AND MATERIAL ORDERS

There are no significant and material orders passed by the regulators or courts or tribunals impacting the going concern status and Companyâs operations in future.

22. PARTICULARS OF LOANS, GUARANTEES AND INVESTMENTS

The particulars of loans, guarantees and investments have been disclosed in the financial statements which forms part of this Annual Report.

23. TRANSACTIONS WITH RELATED PARTIES

The particulars of transactions entered into with the related parties referred to in Section 188(1) and applicable rules of the Act, have been given in Annexure 3 in Form AOC-2 which forms part of this Annual Report. The Company also has in place a âRelated Party Policyâ, which is available on the website of the Company at https://www.hcltech.com/ investors/governance-policies.

24. CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

The Corporate Social Responsibility (âCSRâ) committee comprises of three members, namely Ms. Roshni Nadar Malhotra, Mr. Shiv Nadar and Mr. S. Madhavan. The Committee is inter-alia responsible for formulating and monitoring the CSR Policy of the Company. A brief outline of the CSR Policy of the Company and the initiatives undertaken by the Company on CSR activities during the year are set out in Annexure 4 of this Report in the form as prescribed under the Companies (Corporate Social Responsibility Policy) Rules, 2014. The CSR Policy is available on the website of the Company at https://www. hcltech.com/investors/governance-policies.

25. DIVIDEND DISTRIBUTION POLICY

The Company has formulated and published a Dividend Distribution Policy which provides for the circumstances under which the shareholders may / may not expect dividend, the financial parameters, internal and external factors, utilization of retained earnings, parameters with regard to different classes of shares etc. The provisions of this Policy are in line with Regulation 43A of the Listing Regulations, and the Policy is available on the website of the Company at https://www.hcltech.com/ investors/governance-policies. The details of the Dividend Distribution Policy forms part of the Corporate Governance Report annexed with this Annual Report.

26. UNCLAIMED DIVIDENDS AND TRANSFER TO IEPF

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 124 of the Act, those dividend amounts which have remained unpaid or unclaimed for a period of seven consecutive years from the date of declaration have been transferred by the Company to the Investor Education and Protection Fund (âIEPFâ) established by the Central Government pursuant to Section 125 of the Act. The details of the unpaid / unclaimed dividend amounts which will be transferred to IEPF in the subsequent years are given in the Corporate Governance Report, annexed with this the Annual Report.

Further, according to the IEPF Authority (Accounting, Audit, Transfer and Refund) Rules, 2016 (the âIEPF Rulesâ), the shares in respect of which dividends have not been paid or claimed by the shareholders for seven consecutive years or more are also required to be transferred to the demat account created by the IEPF Authority. Accordingly, during the year, the Company transferred 5,945 equity shares to the demat account of the IEPF Authority. The details of such shares are available on the website of the Company at https://www.hcltech.com/investors/iepf-details.

27. DEPOSITS

The Company has not accepted any deposits from the public.

28. CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

The Corporate Governance Report in terms of Regulation 34(3) of the Listing Regulations, along with the Statutory Auditorsâ certificate is attached and forms part of this Annual Report.

29. BUSINESS RESPONSIBILITY REPORT

The Listing Regulations mandates the inclusion of Business Responsibility Report (âBRRâ) as part of the Annual Report for top 500 listed companies based on market capitalization. In Compliance with this regulation, the Company has prepared a BRR for the financial year 2018-19 which describes the initiatives taken by the Company from an environmental, social and governance perspective and the same forms part of this Annual Report.

30. INSIDER TRADING REGULATIONS

Pursuant to the provisions of SEBI (Prohibition of Insider Trading) Regulations, 2015 (as amended from time to time), the Company has formulated a Code of Conduct on Prohibition of Insider Trading (âInsider Trading Codeâ) and a Code of Practices and Procedures for fair disclosure of Unpublished Price Sensitive Information (âFair Disclosure Codeâ) which are in force. The Fair Disclosure Code is available on the website of the Company at https://www. hcltech.com/investors/governance-policies.

31. AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS

Awards -

1. The Company was awarded with Outstanding Achievement Award in Automation Implementation at the Asia Outsourcing Leadership Awards 2019 for EXACTOâ¢, which harnesses the latest innovations in AI, Machine Learning and Computer Vision techniques that integrate seamlessly with Robotic Process Automation to create differentiated solutions.

2. The Company was awarded the Americaâs Partner of the Year award by Dell and was also included in the Dellâs Presidentâs Circle.

3. The Company was awarded the Cisco 2018 Award for Excellence in Software and Cloud.

4. The Companyâs solution DRYiCEâ¢ XSM was conferred the âAward of Distinctionâ at the Open Group Awards for Innovation and Excellence in Kochi in February 2019.

5. The Company was awarded the NASSCOM BPM Customer Excellence Award 2018 in co-creation category for helping its customer, a leading multinational bank and a Financial Services company to bring in customer-centricity with an innovative digital transformation of its Asset Management business and NASSCOM Artificial Intelligence Game Changer Award 2018 for Best 50 Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence Solution.

6. HCL Foundation, a CSR arm of the Company, was positioned amongst the top 10 Responsible Businesses in India at the Social and Business Enterprise Responsible Awards 2018 (SABERA). This award is an acknowledgement for the work being done to create a positive and inclusive environment.

7. The Company was awarded the SAP Pinnacle Award 2018 as the âGSSP SAP Business Transformation Partner of the Yearâ.

8. The Company won Silver Award by Brandon Hall group for the Best inclusion & Diversity strategy, Gold Award for the Coaching & Mentoring Program, Silver Award for Best Advance in Employee Engagement Programmes, Bronze Award in Wellness & Benefits Program where we showcased our wellness & wellbeing initiative.

Recognitions -

9. The Company was positioned as a âLeaderâ in Gartner MQ for Managed Workplace Services, North America and Europe.

10. The Company was positioned as a âLeaderâ in Gartner MQ for DCO & Hybrid Infrastructure Managed Services, North America and Europe.

11. The Company was positioned as a âLeaderâ in ISG Provider Lens SIAM / ITSM: Service Design and Transition / Service Information Management.

12. The Company was positioned as a âLeaderâ in ISG Provider Lens Next-Gen Application Development & Maintenance (ADM) Services - Next Gen ADM, Agile Services and Continuous Testing 2019.

13. The Company was positioned as a âLeaderâ and âStar Performerâ in Everestâs Application Services in Global Banking PEAK Matrix 2018 Assessment.

14. The Company was positioned as a âLeaderâ in the Forrester Waveâ¢: Global IoT Services Wave for Connected Business Operations, Q4 2018.

15. The Company was positioned as a âLeaderâ in IDC Market Scape Worldwide DevOps Service, 2018.

16. The Company was positioned as a âLeaderâ in ISG Provider Lens^TM Research Quadrant for Digital Business Transformation 2019.

17. The Company was positioned as a âLeaderâ in ISG Provider Lensâ¢ Research Quadrant for Cyber Security Solutions & Services.

18. The Company was positioned as a âLeaderâ in Everest IT Infrastructure Services Automation PEAK, 2018.

32. SUSTAINABILITY

The Company believes in a better tomorrow and based on this strong belief has embarked on a sustainability programme. The Companyâs continuous focus on improving all aspects of sustainability demonstrates its commitment to a sustainable tomorrow without compromising on the well-being of its employees today. To do this, the Company partners with multiple stakeholders to form an inclusive working group to create policies, processes and other organizational measures. Today, the sustainability function runs a vital program to drive the sustainability vision within the organization.

The ongoing success of the programme depends on a consistent and sustainable vision, ease and flexibility of implementation and most importantly employee engagement. At HCL, sustainability actions are a part of everyday operations. It believes that responsible investments in sustainability will generate long term value for all the stakeholders by improving competitiveness and reducing risk.

Sustainability can be created when we are able to integrate broader societal concerns into business strategy and performance as part of the Companyâs business model. This common sense of ownership can be realized by incorporating the interests of all those with whom the Company has mutually dependent relationships.

33. ORGANIZATION EFFECTIVENESS

Employee Strength and Expansion

As we close out another successful year, the Company has reached impressive employee additions and an employee strength of 1,37,965 and continues to build and support the business strategy of âMode 1, 2 and 3â.

The emphasis and commitment to talent localization continues as can be seen in our employee expansion and tenure milestones in the course of the last financial year. The Company believes that this strategy confers competitive advantages in a tightening regulatory environment with respect to workforce mobility. The Company continues to focus on tapping the unique advantages of tier 2 cities in India. These cities enable higher operational resilience, stability and scalability.

Employee Experience Initiatives

The Company strives to enhance employee experience and equip the workforce with tools and platforms to help accelerate their professional growth. Through âSimplify HRâ, a suite of tools has been revamped with simplified functionality to provide an improved user experience. The tools have been simplified and enhanced to automate the talent acquisition, talent integration, talent assessment and employee travel processes. Virtual assistance and âbotificationâ have been enabled across multiple tools.

Talent Acquisition, Talent Development and Career Management

The talent acquisition and talent management practices of the Company are aligned to its Mode 1-2-3 strategy. The Company has leveraged digital technologies to enhance the quality and experience of talent acquisition, talent development and career management programs.

Talent Acquisition

With an impressive gross hiring of about 51,680 professionals across the globe, the Company leveraged artificial intelligence and data science to hire the right talent at the right time. âIntelligent Neural Networkâ engine was deployed that searches through the database of a million candidate records and supports our talent acquisition along with prescriptive insights.

Talent Development and Career Progression

Talent development offers integrated and comprehensive learning ecosystem focusing on development of HCL ideapreneurs and driving key business outcomes in alignment to the Companyâs Mode 1-2-3 strategy. It offers a robust and nurturing learning framework to empower the employees with the relevant skill sets and to become 21^st century leaders.

In the past financial year, the Company used demand, fulfilment and learning analytics to create a governance framework that constantly align the demand and learning systems to identify focused skills for the next 2 years and build them at scale. Structured learning journeys have been curated and learning solutions have been designed in partnership with globally benchmarked learning partners offering world class content. An entire gamut of leadership and behavioral learning journeys have also been customized, covering all aspects of defined competencies. These learning programs act as touch-points during an employeeâs life-cycle, which positively impacts current performance and productivity in their respective roles and prepares them to be future ready.

The training approach at client and business line level has helped the employees to proactively identify training needs and deepen their skills in new technologies.

In the commitment to engage employees from diverse backgrounds meaningfully, the Company actively supports and fosters a number of Employee Resource Groups (âERGsâ). These ERGs are led and driven by employees themselves and act as platforms for employees to anchor organizational change and development. The Company also undertakes various employee welfare initiatives that extend to the families of the employees. Details of such initiatives have been given in the Business Responsibility Report, forming part of this Annual Report.

Career Management

The Companyâs prescriptive career recommendation platform, leveraging Artificial Intelligence and Big Data achieved further traction during the financial year.

9,000 employees progressed to their destinations in their career journeys during the financial year taking the launch to date count to 17,000.

Diversity and Inclusion

As an organization, the Company believes that diversity inspires creative thinking and leads to sustained innovation within the workplace. The Company prides itself on being an organization with an open, transparent, and inclusive culture. Our focus is to create an inclusive environment for employees with diverse backgrounds combined with concerted efforts from our leaders. It has enabled to improve the diversity ratio at all levels. Our overall gender diversity rate is currently at 24.90%. Our various programs on networking, advocacy and professional development are helping to build an inclusive workforce which goes beyond demographic differences to include gender, nationality, culture, ethnicity, age and the differing abilities of individuals. The Company now has 39% more women in senior leadership roles directly aligned with business heads and gender ratio at senior leadership has just doubled. The Company ensures fair representation of diverse candidates in the hiring process to attract top talent and consider the cognitive diversity while hiring a candidate for the position.

The Companyâs Diversity and Inclusion strategy focuses on talent attraction, talent growth and talent retention. These 3 strategies work in tandem to ensure a unifed experience in promoting gender diversity, cultural diversity and inclusivity across the enterprise.

With the aim of enabling strong career development for women, the Company has launched focused programs for women employees at all levels with a special focus on increasing the representation of women leaders in the leadership. These include -

- Stepping Stones - enabling mid-level women managers to connect with leadership and experience learning from globally acclaimed vendors.

- ASCEND Program - provides a platform to women leaders for their career development through range of experiential learning, powering up the network and creating visibility in the leadership forums. The programâs key elements include mentoring by senior leaders, SME guided peer coaching, leadership connect session, virtual learnings enabled by LinkedIn and Harvard.

- PRELUDE - a relatively new program launched with an objective to tap in to existing open positions and mapping with next level role of women leaders specifcally in technical domains.

- Senior Hire Integration - helps integration and assimilation of senior women hiring into the Companyâs ecosystem through upwards and lateral coaching by senior leaders, peer buddies and direct reports.

- iBelieve - a program for women who wish to start or restart careers in IT. Eligible candidates enrolling into this program get trained for skilled job opportunities and post the successful completion of the training, they are employed with the Company. The program has received an overwhelming response.

- Networking and Advocacy - iMotivate, Feminspiration, Women Connect, BlogHer are the platforms wherein successful women leaders address the aspiring young leaders, help the employees gain insight into successful leadership as well as understand perspectives on gender matters.

The Company is making conscious efforts to create an environment which is more and more amenable and friendly to our employees. Some of our key initiatives include:

- Facilitating work life balance and flexible work arrangement through policies like Telecommute and Day Care;

- Quarterly lunch meet of senior women leaders with the Board Members;

- Pre and post maternity counselling for managers and new mothers;

- Workshop focusing on inclusion and unconscious biases, inclusion assessments and labs; and

- Women connect group in each geo to promote gender diversity.

Recognition of HCL Culture and Engagement Practices across the world

- The Company was recognized as the Top Employer in the United Kingdom for the thirteenth consecutive year in recognition of its best-in-class employee engagement and people practices.

- The People Capital Index (PCI) study 2019 announced the Company in the top 50 companies for developing their people capital organized by Jombay.

- In continued recognition of its innovative HR best practices, the Company was felicitated with various Brandon Hall Group Excellence Awards under various categories including âBest Advance in Coaching & Mentoring Programâ, âBest Advance in Leadership Development Strategyâ, âBest Inclusion & Diversity Strategyâ, âBest Advance in Employee Engagement Programmesâ, âBest Advance in Career Management & Succession Planning at Workplaceâ and âBest in Wellness & Benefts Programâ.

34. CONSERVATION OF ENERGY, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, TECHNOLOGY ABSORPTION, FOREIGN EXCHANGE EARNINGS AND OUTGO

35. DIRECTORSâ RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT

36. STOCK OPTIONS PLANS

1999 Stock Option Plan / 2000 Stock Option Plan / 2004 Stock Option Plan

The details of these plans have been annexed as Annexure 7 to this Annual Report.

37. PARTICULARS OF EMPLOYEES

The information required pursuant to Section 197(12) of the Act read with Rule 5(1) of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014 are given below:

a. The ratio of remuneration of each director to the median remuneration of the employees of the Company for the financial year:

Sl. No.	Name of Director	Ratio to median remuneration of employees
Executive Director(s)
1.	Mr. Shiv Nadar⁽¹⁾	52.52
Non-Executive Director(s)
2.	Mr. Deepak Kapoor	7.00
3.	Mr. James Philip Adamczyk⁽²⁾	-
4.	Mr. Keki Mistry⁽³⁾	-
5.	Mr. S. Madhavan	9.01
6.	Ms. Nishi Vasudeva	6.94
7.	Ms. Robin Ann Abrams	13.12
8.	Ms. Roshni Nadar Malhotra	8.38
9.	Dr. Sosale Shankara Sastry	10.29
10.	Mr. R. Srinivasan	12.26
11.	Mr. Sudhindar Krishan Khanna⁽⁴⁾	6.44
12.	Mr. Thomas Sieber	10.29

The remuneration of Non-Executive Directors also includes sitting fees paid during the year.

(1) The ratio has been calculated after taking into account the remuneration drawn from the Company as well as the subsidiaries.

(2) Mr. James Philip Adamczyk was appointed as a Director of the Company w.e.f. July 26, 2018. Hence, the said information is incomparable and not provided.

(3) Mr. Keki Mistry resigned as a Director of the Company w.e.f. April 30, 2018. Hence, the said information is incomparable and not provided.

(4) Mr. Sudhindhar Krishan Khanna resigned as a Director of the Company w.e.f. April 8, 2019.

b. The percentage increase in remuneration of each Director, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Company Secretary in the financial year:

Sl. No.	Name of Director / KMP	% increase in remuneration in the financial year
Director(s)
1.	Mr. Shiv Nadar⁽¹⁾	(2.64)
2.	Mr. Deepak Kapoor⁽²⁾	-
3.	Mr. James Philip Adamczyk⁽³⁾	-
4.	Mr. Keki Mistry<⁴-	-
5.	Mr. S. Madhavan	4.25
6.	Ms. Nishi Vasudeva	(0.31)
7.	Ms. Robin Ann Abrams	4.04
8.	Ms. Roshni Nadar Malhotra	1.04
9.	Dr. Sosale Shankara Sastry	4.98
10.	Mr. R. Srinivasan	3.77
11.	Mr. Sudhindar Krishan Khanna ⁽⁵⁾	0.34
12.	Mr. Thomas Sieber	13.37
Key Managerial Personnel
13.	Mr. C. Vijayakumar (President & Chief Executive Officer)	(15.67)
14.	Mr. Prateek Aggarwal (Chief Financial Officer) ⁽⁶⁾	-
15.	Mr. Anil Kumar Chanana (Chief Financial Officer) ⁽⁶⁾	-
16.	Mr. Manish Anand (Company Secretary)	20.73

The remuneration of Non-Executive Directors also includes sitting fees paid during the year.

(1) The % has been calculated after taking into account the remuneration drawn from the Company as well as the subsidiaries and the change is on account of exchange rate difference.

(2) Mr. Deepak Kapoor was appointed as a Director of the Company w.e.f. July 26, 2017. Hence, the said information is incomparable and not provided.

(3) Mr. James Philip Adamczyk was appointed as a Director of the Company w.e.f. July 26, 2018. Hence, the said information is incomparable and not provided.

(4) Mr. Keki Mistry resigned as a Director of the Company w.e.f. April 30, 2018. Hence, the said information is incomparable and not provided.

(5) Mr. Sudhindhar Krishan Khanna resigned as a Director of the Company w.e.f. April 8, 2019.

(6) Mr. Prateek Aggarwal was appointed as the CFO of the Company w.e.f. October 1, 2018 in place of Mr. Anil Kumar Chanana who stepped down from the position of CFO. Accordingly, the said information is incomparable and not provided.

c. The percentage increase in the median remuneration of employees in the financial year: 6.4%

d. The number of permanent employees on the rolls of Company:

There were 69,853 permanent employees on the rolls of the Company. In addition, the Company had 68,112 employees on the rolls of its subsidiaries.

e. Average percentile increase already made in the salaries of employees other than the managerial personnel in the last financial year and its comparison with the percentile increase in the managerial remuneration and justification thereof and point out if there are any exceptional circumstances for increase in the managerial remuneration:

The average percentile increase made in the salaries of employees other than the managerial personnel in the last financial year was 4.2%.

Mr. Shiv Nadar, being the Managing Director is the managerial person of the Company. There has been no change in the overall remuneration of Mr. Shiv Nadar. Mr. Shiv Nadar receives remuneration from the overseas subsidiaries of the Company, hence, the difference in the remuneration as appearing above of -2.64% is on account of exchange rate difference.

f. Affirmation that the remuneration is as per the remuneration policy of the Company:

The Company affirms that the remuneration is as per the Remuneration Policy of the Company.

38. STATEMENT OF EMPLOYEES PURSUANT TO RULE 5(2) THE COMPANIES (APPOINTMENT AND REMUNERATION OF MANAGERIAL PERSONNEL) RULES, 2014

A list containing the top ten employees in terms of the remuneration drawn in the financial year 2018-19 and a statement containing the names of the employees employed throughout the financial year and in receipt of remuneration of Rs. 1.02 crore or more and employees employed for part of the year and in receipt of Rs. 8.50 lacs or more per month, pursuant to Rule 5(2) of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014 is provided as Annexure 8 to this Annual Report.

39. VIGIL MECHANISM / WHISTLEBLOWER POLICY

The Company has formulated and published a Whistleblower Policy to provide Vigil Mechanism for employees including the Directors of the Company to report genuine concerns and to ensure strict compliance with ethical and legal standards across the Company. The provisions of this Policy are in line with the provisions of the Section 177(9) of the Act and the Listing Regulations and is available on the website of the Company at https://www.hcltech. com/investors/governance-policies. The details of the Whistleblower Policy form part of the Corporate Governance Report annexed with this Annual Report.

40. DISCLOSURE UNDER SEXUAL HARASSMENT OF WOMEN AT WORKPLACE (PREVENTION, PROHIBITION AND REDRESSAL) ACT, 2013

The Company has in place a Prevention and Redressal of Sexual Harassment at Work Place Policy in line with the requirements of Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013. The Company has constituted an Internal Committee for the redressal of all sexual harassment complaints. These matters are also being reported to the Audit Committee. The details of the Policy and the complaints are given under Corporate Governance Report and the Business Responsibility Report respectively, annexed with this Annual Report.

41. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The Board wishes to place on record its appreciation of the significant contributions made by the employees of the Company and its subsidiaries during the year under review. The Company has achieved impressive growth through competence, hard work, solidarity, cooperation and support of employees at all levels. Your Directors thank the customers, vendors and other business associates for their continued support in the Companyâs growth. Your Directors also wish to thank the government authorities, banks and shareholders for their cooperation and assistance extended to the Company.

For and on behalf of the Board of Directors

SHIV NADAR

Chairman & Chief Strategy Officer

Place: Noida (U.P.), India

Date: May 9, 2019

Mar 31, 2018

DIRECTORSâ REPORT

Dear Shareholders,

The Directors have immense pleasure in presenting the Twenty Sixth Annual Report together with the audited financial statements for the financial year ended March 31, 2018.

1. FINANCIAL RESULTS Key highlights of the financial results of your Company prepared as per the Indian Accounting Standards (âInd ASâ) for the financial year ended March 31, 2018 are as under:

Rs, in crores)

Particulars	Consolidated		Standalone
	Year ended		Year ended
	March 31, 2018	March 31, 2017	March 31, 2018	March 31, 2017
Total Income	51,786	48,641	22,775	20,274
Â	Â	Â	Â	Â
Total Expenditure	40,775	38,101	13,650	11,998
Â	Â	Â	Â	Â
Profit before tax	11,024	10,542	9,125	8,276
Provision for tax	(2,302)	(1,936)	(1,763)	(1,403)
Share of profit of associates	13	2	-	-
Profit for the year	8,722	8,606	7,362	6,873
Other Comprehensive Income	260	(301)	(226)	405
Total Comprehensive Income	8,982	8,305	7,136	7,278
Total Comprehensive Income attributable to Owners of the Company	8,981	8,343	N.A.	N.A.

2. RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND THE STATE OF COMPANYâS AFFAIRS

On a standalone basis, the Company achieved a revenue of Rs,22,775 crores in the financial year 2017-18 and the profit for the financial year 2017-18 is Rs,7,362 crores .

On a consolidated basis, the Company achieved a revenue of Rs,51,786 crores in the financial year 2017-18 and the profit for the financial year is Rs,8,722 crores.

The state of affairs of the Company is presented as part of the Management Discussion and Analysis Report forming part of this report.

3. DIVIDEND

During the financial year ended March 31, 2018, your Directors had declared and paid four interim dividends as per the details given below:

S. No.	Interim dividend paid during the financial year ended March 31, 2018	Date of Declaration	Rate of dividend per share (face value of Rs,2 each)	Amount of dividend paid	Dividend Distribution tax paid by the Company	Total Outflow
S. No.		Date of Declaration	Rate of dividend per share (face value of Rs,2 each)	(? in crores)
1	1^st Interim Dividend	May 11, 2017	Rs,6	856	174	1,030
2	2^nd Interim Dividend	July 27, 2017	Rs,2	278	56	334
3	3^rd Interim Dividend	October 25, 2017	Rs,2	278	53	331
4	4^th Interim Dividend	January 19, 2018	Rs,2	278	57	335
Total				1,690	340	2,030

The Board of Directors in its meeting held on April 30- May

2, 2018 declared an interim dividend of Rs,2 per equity share of face value of Rs,2 each fully paid up for the financial year 2018-19. The Directors did not recommend final dividend for the financial year ended March 31, 2018.

4. TRANSFER TO RESERVES

No amount was transferred to the General Reserve Account for the financial year ended March 31, 2018.

5. CHANGES IN CAPITAL STRUCTURE The changes in the capital structure of the Company during the year under review, are as follows:

(i) During the year under review, the Company allotted 4,62,960 fully paid up equity shares of Rs,2/- each under its Employees Stock Option Plan.

(ii) 3,50,00,000 fully paid up equity shares of Rs,2/- each of the Company were bought back from the shareholders under the Buyback Offer made by the Company as on July 4, 2017. The said shares were extinguished / physically destroyed on July 6, 2017.

Issued and Paid-up share capital as on March 31, 2018

As on March 31, 2018, the issued, subscribed and paid-up share capital of the Company was Rs,2,78,44,92,768/divided into 1,39,22,46,384 equity shares of face value of Rs,2/- each.

6. DEBENTURES

Your Company has not issued any fresh debentures during the financial year under review. In addition, there are no debentures outstanding.

7. MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS

The Management Discussion and Analysis Report, in terms of Regulation 34 (3) of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, is attached and forms a part of this Report.

8. SUBSIDIARIES / ACQUISITIONS

As on March 31, 2018, the Company has 94 subsidiaries and 9 associate companies within the meaning of Sections 2(87) and 2(6) of the Companies Act, 2013 (âActâ) respectively. There has been no material change in the nature of business of the subsidiaries.

As per the provisions of Section 129(3) of the Act, a statement containing salient features of the financial statements of the Company''s subsidiaries (which includes associate companies and joint ventures) in Form AOC-1

forms part of the Annual Report.

As per the provisions of Section 136 of the Act, the standalone financial statements of the Company, consolidated financial statements along with relevant documents and separate audited accounts in respect of subsidiaries, shall be available on the website of the Company. The Company would provide the annual accounts of the subsidiaries and the related detailed information to the shareholders on specific request made to it in this regard by the shareholders.

The following acquisitions have been made by the Company through its step-down subsidiaries during the year under review:

- HCL America, Inc. (a wholly owned step down subsidiary of the Company) acquired Urban Fulfillment Services, LLC, a limited liability company formed under the laws of State of Delaware, pursuant to which Urban Fulfillment Services, LLC became a step-down wholly owned subsidiary of HCL America, Inc.

For the purpose of the said acquisition, the Company incorporated HCL Mortgage holdings, LLC, a limited liability company formed under the laws of State of Delaware as a wholly owned subsidiary of HCL America, Inc.

- HCL Technologies UK Limited (a wholly owned step down subsidiary of the Company) acquired ETL Factory Limited, a company formed under the laws of U.K., pursuant to which ETL Factory Limited became the wholly owned subsidiary of HCL Technologies U.K Limited.

The Company acquired 8% equity shares of HCL Eagle Limited from its JV partner viz. Great American Insurance Company, USA, thereby making HCL Eagle Limited a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company.

Further, as a part of the internal restructuring, the following were undertaken during the year under review:

- The Company has incorporated HCL Technologies Corporate Services Limited, a private limited company, under the laws of United Kingdom.

- The Company has transferred its entire shareholding in HCL Training & Staffing Services Private Limited (âHCL TSSâ), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company to HCL Comnet Limited, another wholly owned subsidiary of the Company. Post the transfer of shareholding, HCL TSS has become a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of HCL Comnet Limited and a step-down wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company.

- Axon Solution Inc. a wholly owned subsidiary of HCL America, Inc. got merged with and into HCL America, Inc., with effect from July 1, 2017.

- HCL Expense Management Services, Inc. a step-down subsidiary of the Company was not in operation and was therefore voluntarily dissolved.

Acquisitions / Joint Ventures after the close of the financial year:

- HCL America, Inc. (a wholly owned step down subsidiary of the Company) acquired Telerx Marketing, Inc. (doing business as C3i Solutions) a company formed under the laws of State of Delaware, pursuant to which Telerx Marketing, Inc. and all its subsidiaries have become the wholly owned subsidiary(ies) of HCL America Inc., with effect from the date of completion of acquisition, i.e. April 06, 2018.

- HCL America, Inc. (a wholly owned step down subsidiary of the Company) has entered into a Joint Venture agreement with Sumeru Equity Partners, a newly incorporated technology and growth-focused private equity firm named as HCL Technologies SEP Holdings, Inc., for the purpose of acquisition of Actian Corporation, a provider of a hybrid data management company formed under the laws of State of Delaware.

Pursuant to the above agreement, Actian Corporation and all its subsidiaries will become the step down subsidiaries of HCL America Inc., with effect from the date of completion of acquisition which is expected in the current financial year.

9. DIRECTORS AND KEY MANAGERIAL PERSONNEL

The Board of Directors of the Company consists of eleven members, of which three are Women Directors. The Board consists of one Whole-time Director and ten non-executive Directors of whom eight are independent Directors. The Whole-time Director is the promoter director who is designated as the Chairman and Chief Strategy Officer of the Company.

Mr. Deepak Kapoor (DIN -00162957) was appointed as an Additional Director by the Board of Directors of the Company w.e.f. July 26, 2017. Subsequently, at the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on September 21, 2017, Mr. Deepak Kapoor was appointed as an Independent Director of the Company in terms of section 149 of Companies Act, 2013, to hold office for a period of five years.

Mr. Amal Ganguli (DIN - 00013808) who was a Non Executive Independent Director of the Company, ceased to be a Director of the Company due to his demise on May 8, 2017.

The Independent Directors have furnished the certificate of independence stating that they meet the criteria of Independence as mentioned under Section 149 (6) of the Act and Regulation 16 (1) (b) of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015.

As per the provisions of Section 152 (6) of the Act, Ms. Roshni Nadar Malhotra shall retire by rotation at the ensuing Annual General Meeting and being eligible, has offered herself for re-appointment as the Director of the Company.

Changes in the composition of the Board after the close of the financial year:

Mr. Keki Mistry resigned as an Independent Director of the Company w.e.f. April 30, 2018. The Board places on record its sincere appreciation and gratitude for Mr. Mistry''s valuable services, guidance and contribution to the Company during his tenure as a member of the Board and its Committees.

10. NUMBER OF MEETINGS OF THE BOARD

During the year, seven meetings of the Board were held. The details of the meetings are provided in the Corporate Governance Report.

11. FAMILIARIZATION PROGRAMME

The details of familiarization programme have been provided under the Corporate Governance Report.

12. BOARD EVALUATION

Pursuant to the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, an Annual Performance Evaluation is to be made by the Board of its own performance and that of the Committees and individual Directors.

In view of the above, the Annual Performance Evaluation was undertaken by the Board. The framework and criteria of evaluation was as approved by the Nomination and Remuneration Committee of the Company (basis the Guidance note on Board evaluation that was issued by SEBI on January 5, 2017). The process and criteria of evaluation is explained in the Corporate Governance Report, which forms part of this report.

13. AUDITORS

M/s. S.R. Batliboi and Co. LLP, Chartered Accountants, were appointed as the Statutory Auditors of your Company in the Annual General Meeting held on December 4, 2014 for a term of five years until the conclusion of the Twenty Seventh Annual General Meeting of the Company to be held in the year 2019.

14. AUDITORSâ REPORT

There are no qualifications, reservations, adverse remarks or disclaimer made by M/s. S.R. Batliboi and Co. LLP, Statutory Auditors in their report for the financial year ended March 31, 2018. The Statutory Auditors have not reported any incident of fraud to the Audit Committee of the Company for the year under review.

15. SECRETARIAL AUDIT REPORT

In terms of Section 204 of the Act, M/s. Chandrasekaran Associates, Practicing Company Secretaries were appointed as the Secretarial Auditor of the Company. The report of the Secretarial Auditor is enclosed as Annexure 1 to this Report. The report is self-explanatory and does not call for any further comments. There are no qualifications, reservations, adverse remarks or disclaimer made by the Secretarial Auditor in their report for the financial year ended March 31, 2018.

16. EXTRACT OF ANNUAL RETURN

Pursuant to Section 134(3)(a) and Section 92(3) of the Act, the extract of the Annual Return in Form MGT-9 is enclosed as Annexure 2 to this Report.

17. DIRECTORSâ APPOINTMENT AND REMUNERATION

In accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 (âActâ), the Nomination and Remuneration Committee formulates the criteria for determining the qualifications, positive attributes and independence of Directors in terms of its charter.

In evaluating the suitability of individual Board members, the Committee takes into account, factors such as educational and professional background, general understanding of the Company''s business dynamics, standing in the profession, personal and professional ethics, integrity and values, willingness to devote sufficient time and energy in carrying out their duties and responsibilities effectively.

The Committee also assesses the independence of Directors at the time of appointment / re-appointment as per the criteria prescribed under the provisions of the Act and rules made there under and the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015.

The Remuneration Policy for Directors, Key Managerial Personnel and other employees are provided in the Corporate Governance Report forming part of this Report.

18. AUDIT COMMITTEE

As on March 31, 2018, the Audit Committee comprises of five Independent Directors viz. Mr. Keki Mistry, Mr. Subramanian Madhavan, Mr. Deepak Kapoor, Ms. Robin Ann Abrams and Ms. Nishi Vasudeva.

Mr. Deepak Kapoor was co-opted as a member of the Committee w.e.f. November 01, 2017.

Mr. Keki Mistry ceased to be the Chairman of the Committee due to his resignation from the board of the Company w.e.f. April 30, 2018. Mr. Subramanian Madhavan was appointed as the Chairman of the Committee in place of Mr. Keki Mistry.

All the recommendations made by the Audit Committee, during the financial year 2017-18, were accepted by the Board.

19. RISK MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE

As on March 31, 2018, the Risk Management Committee comprises of five Independent Directors viz. Mr. Keki Mistry, Mr. Subramanian Madhavan, Mr. Deepak Kapoor, Ms. Robin Ann Abrams and Ms. Nishi Vasudeva.

Mr. Deepak Kapoor was co-opted as a member of the Committee w.e.f. January 19, 2018.

All the recommendations made by the Committee, during the financial year 2017-18, were accepted by the Board.

20. RISK MANAGEMENT POLICY

The Board of the Company has formed a Risk Management Committee to inter-alia assist the Board in overseeing the responsibilities with regard to the identification, evaluation and mitigation of operational, strategic and external environmental risks. In addition, the Audit Committee is also empowered to oversee the areas of risks and controls.

The Company has developed and implemented a Risk Management Policy that ensures the appropriate management of risks in line with its internal systems and culture.

21. INTERNAL FINANCIAL CONTROL SYSTEMS AND THEIR ADEQUACY

The Company''s internal financial control systems are commensurate with its size and the nature of its operations. The controls are adequate for ensuring the orderly and efficient conduct of the business and these controls are working effectively. These controls have been designed to provide reasonable assurance with regard to recording and providing reliable financial and operational information, adherence to the Company''s policies, safeguarding of assets from unauthorized use and prevention and detection of frauds and errors.

22. SIGNIFICANT AND MATERIAL ORDERS

There are no significant and material orders passed by the regulators or courts or tribunals impacting the going concern status and Company''s operations in future.

23. PARTICULARS OF LOANS, GUARANTEES AND INVESTMENTS

The particulars of loans, guarantees and investments have been disclosed in the financial statements.

24. TRANSACTIONS WITH RELATED PARTIES

The particular of transactions entered with related parties referred to in section 188(1) and applicable rules of the Companies Act, 2013 has been given in Annexure 3 in Form AOC-2 and the same forms part of this Report. The Company also has in place a ''Related Party Policy'', which is available on the website of the Company at https://www.hcltech.com/investors/governance-policies.

25. CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

The Corporate Social Responsibility (âCSRâ) committee comprises of three members, namely Mr. Shiv Nadar, Ms. Roshni Nadar Malhotra and Mr. Subramanian Madhavan. The Committee is inter alia responsible for formulating and monitoring the CSR Policy of the Company. A brief outline of the CSR Policy of the Company and the initiatives undertaken by the Company on CSR activities during the year are set out in Annexure 4 of this Report in the form as prescribed in the Companies (Corporate Social Responsibility Policy) Rules, 2014. The Policy is available on the website of the Company at https://www.hcltech. com/investors/governance-policies.

26. DIVIDEND DISTRIBUTION POLICY

The Company has formulated and published a Dividend Distribution Policy which provides for the circumstances under which shareholders may / may not expect dividend, the financial parameters, internal and external factors, utilization of retained earnings, parameters with regard to different classes of shares. The provisions of this Policy are in line with Regulation 43A of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, and the Policy is available on the website of the Company at https://www.hcltech.com/investors/governance-policies. The details of the Dividend Distribution Policy forms part of the Corporate Governance Report annexed with this Report.

27. TRANSFER OF UNCLAIMED SHARES AND UNCLIAMED DIVIDEND AMOUNTS TO IEPF

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 124 of the Companies Act, 2013 (âActâ), the dividend amounts which have remained unpaid or unclaimed for a period of seven consecutive years from the date of declaration have been transferred by the Company to the Investor Education and Protection Fund (âIEPFâ) established by the Central Government pursuant to Section 125 of the Act. The details of the unpaid / unclaimed dividend amounts which will be transferred to IEPF in the subsequent years are given in the Corporate Governance section of the Annual Report.

Further, according to the IEPF Authority (Accounting, Audit, Transfer and Refund) Rules, 2016 (âthe IEPF Rulesâ), the shares in respect of which dividends have not been paid or claimed by the shareholders for seven consecutive years or more were also required to be transferred to the demat account created by the IEPF Authority. Accordingly, during the year, the Company transferred 78,973 equity shares of the Company to the demat account of the IEPF Authority. The details of such shares are available on the website of the Company at https://www.hcltech.com/investors/iepf-details.

28. DEPOSITS

The Company has not accepted any deposits from public.

29. CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

The Corporate Governance Report, in terms of Regulation 34 (3) of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, along with the Statutory Auditors certificate is attached and forms part of this Annual Report.

30. BUSINESS RESPONSIBILITY REPORT

The SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 mandates inclusion of Business Responsibility Report (âBRRâ) as part of the Annual Report for top 500 listed companies based on market capitalization. In Compliance with the regulation, the Company has prepared a Business Responsibility Report (âBRRâ) which describes the initiatives taken by the Company from an environmental, social and governance perspective for the financial year 2017-18 and forms part of this Annual Report.

31. INSIDER TRADING REGULATIONS

Pursuant to the provision under SEBI (Prohibition of Insider Trading) Regulations, 2015, the Company has formulated a Code of Conduct to Regulate, Monitor and Report Trading by Insiders (''Insider Trading Code'') and a Code of Practices and Procedures for fair disclosure of Unpublished Price Sensitive Information (''Fair Disclosure Code'') which are in force. The Fair Disclosure Code is available on the website of the Company at https://www. hcltech.com/investors/governance-policies.

32. AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS

Your Company relentlessly pursues excellence and is delighted to receive phenomenal share of recognitions and awards this year, not only from the media, but also from analysts, governing bodies, academic institutions, partners and even customers Some of the key honors received during the year include:

1. At the 2017 BMA B2 Marketing Awards, the Company was awarded for excellence in various categories such as ''Existing Customer Retention and Growth''; ''Corporate Brand / Identity Program''; ''Digital Advertising''; ''Social Media''; ''Custom Publishing''; ''Sports Marketing'', and ''Marketer of the Year''. Further, The Asian Customer Engagement Forum (ACEF) awarded the Company for ''Best Publication Capability Category'' and ''Excellence in Brand management''.

2. The Company was bestowed with the Everest Group PEAK Matrix ''Service Provider of the Yearâ¢ 2017'' award for ''Cloud and Infrastructure Services (CIS)''.

3. The Company positioned as a leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Data Center Outsourcing and Infrastructure Utility Services in Europe, 2017.

4. At the ''National CSR Leadership Congress & Awards 2017'', presented by the World CSR Congress, HCL Foundation has been conferred with ''Best Innovation in CSR'' award for its role in promoting a more sustainable and equitable society.

5. In continued recognition of its innovative HR best practices, the Company was felicitated with gold awards at the 2017 Brandon Hall Group Excellence Awards under the categories of:

- ''Best Advance in HR Data Analytics'' category for ''New Employee Turnover & Retention - Predictive Analytics''

- ''Best Inclusion and Diversity Strategy'' category for ''Gender Diversity at HCL America, Inc., a step down wholly owned subsidiary of the Company''

- ''Best Advance in Women''s Leadership Development'' category for ''Women''s Leadership Development Program''

6. The Company''s Business Services has been conferred with ''Excellence in Automation'' award at the ''CMO Outsourcing Excellence Awards 2017'' hosted by CMO Asia in Singapore. The Company showcased how its service capabilities in automation, management philosophy, employee engagement policies and innovation, are transforming the entire customer journey for excellence.

7. DRYiCEâ¢ COPA (Cognitive Orchestrated Process Autonomics) Platform that applies A.I. to drive enterprise-wide process automation & orchestration won the ''Best Innovation in RPA'' at the prestigious AIconics - the world''s only independently judged AI awards, at the AI Summit San Francisco.

8. The Company''s Red Ladder Initiative was recognized as the finalist at the 14th Annual Stevie Awards for Women in Business in the category - ''Women Helping Women''. The ''Red Ladder'' initiative helps women at the workplace, identifying high performing leaders and supporting them towards effective leadership roles.

9. The Company was conferred with ''The key to the Heart of Gothenburg'' award by Business Region Goteborg, Sweden, for being one of the most important international businesses established in 2016 / 2017 and undertaking significant investments, including launch of new delivery centre and acquisition of Volvo''s external IT business.

10. The IT Services Marketing Association (ITSMA) felicitated the Company among 2017 Marketing Excellence Awards Winners for:

- ''Best-in-class'' in ''Transforming Marketing for Digital Leadership'' by creating an agile, data-driven marketing organization through frugal digital transformation.

- Executing a 360-degree integrated campaign for ''Driving business with Thought Leadership'' by leveraging the Company''s first global survey on IoT Adopters and a thought paper with MIT Sloan Management Review.

11. At the Kapost Customer Awards 2017, which recognize ''The Best of the Best in B2B Content Operations'', the

Company was awarded the Biggest T transformation of 2017'' for automating the content and digital marketing operations across the business.

12. The Company''s Business Services has been conferred with ''NASSCOM Customer Excellence Awards 2017'' in ''Return on Investment'' category for driving digital transformation for a leading UK-based banking organization. The Company showcased how it deployed the three lever BPM for digital transformation roadmap of the bank, enabling faster service delivery, greater visibility across teams and transparency of volumes and productivity.

13. The Company positioned in the Leadership zone for its Aerospace Engineering and Medical Devices services in the Zinnov Zones 2017 Product Engineering Services report.

14. The Company has been named a Top Employer in the United Kingdom by The Top Employers Institute for the twelfth consecutive year in recognition of its best-in-class employee engagement and people practices.

33. SUSTAINABILITY

The Company believes in a better tomorrow and based on this strong belief has embarked on a Sustainability 2020 programme. The Company''s continuous focus on improving all aspects of sustainability demonstrates its commitment to a sustainable tomorrow without compromising on the well-being of its employees today. To do this, the Company partners with multiple stakeholders to form an inclusive working group to create policies, processes and other organizational measures. Today, the Sustainability Department runs a multi-layered corporate program to drive the sustainability vision.

The ongoing success of the programme depends on a consistent and sustainable vision, ease and flexibility of implementation and most importantly Employee Engagement. At HCL, sustainability actions are a part of everyday operations. It believes that responsible investments in sustainability will generate long term value for all the stakeholders by improving competitiveness and reducing risk.

Sustainability can be created when we are able to integrate broader societal concerns into business strategy and performance as part of the Company''s business model. This common sense of ownership can be realized by incorporating the interests of all those with whom the Company has mutually dependent relationships.

34. Organization EFFECTIVENESS Employee Strength and Expansion

The Company has reached an employee strength of 1,20,000 and has successfully delivered an industry leading revenue per employee. Company continued its focus on talent localization strategy in global locations, which we started in the last 10 years and it is working well for us. Under the banner of the New Vistas program, our operations in tier-2 cities in India like Madurai, Luck now, Coimbatore, Vijayawada and Nagpur houses close to 6,900 employees.

In FY18, human resource function continued to build on its organization strategy of - Mode 1-2-3. Our various initiatives were focused to simplify HR function, impacting entire hire to retire cycle, enhancing employee experience by delivering distinctive people practices. HR function collaborated with business for enhanced business value addition by driving operational efficiencies and effective organization design.

Talent Acquisition, Talent Development & Career Management

Talent acquisition & talent management practices are aligned to our Mode 1-2-3 strategy. We have leveraged Digital technologies to enhance the quality and experience of our Talent Acquisition, Talent Development and Career management programs.

Talent Acquisition

With an impressive gross hiring of about 33,700 professionals across the globe, we leveraged artificial intelligence & data science to hire the right talent at the right time. We deployed âIntelligent Neural Networkâ engine that searches through the database of a million candidate records & supports our talent acquisition along with prescriptive insights.

Training / Talent Development

The Company believes in LEARN.. UNLEARN... RELEARN. This is a continuous process, and it will bring in new models of employment and force organizations to rethink Future of Work and Workplace.

We shifted focus on enhancing the business value through increasing passion, proficiency and value by enabling our employees to drive Performance, Productivity and Innovation. Our training approach at client and business line level has helped our employees to proactively identify training needs and deepen their skills in new technologies.

- Last year, our employees invested 1.6 million hours in training to enhance and learn new skills resulting in training of over 70,000 unique employees

- Over 15,000 employees were trained on digital skills

Talent Development''s prime focus is to enhance the behavioral and leadership competencies of the Individual Contributors, Managers & Leaders.

In alignment to our Mode 1-2-3 strategy, Talent Development at the Company is committed to incorporate the next-gen skills and competencies to our employees. Our research with globally benchmarked vendors, L&D associations & research agencies led us to identify the new age competencies practiced industry wide and capability development initiatives that align to Individual and Managerial Development.

Career Management

Career Connect 2.0 is a prescriptive career recommendation platform, leveraging big data to provide a career concierge service to employees, suggesting career paths, learning, mentors & jobs at the Company relevant to the employee''s profile:

- The value is to provide intelligent career paths to over 100 thousand employees for internal opportunities which has resulted in designing and closing over 8,000 Career Development Plans for our employees.

- The Career-Connect 2.0 not only helps employees to choose career paths as a prescriptive analytics engine but also suggests shortlisted internal jobs basis their profile, instead of looking from a whole list of jobs available.

- The pilot of the platform is progressing well as we have already witnessed over 66,000 hits and it will be ready for mass deployment over the next 2 quarters.

Diversity

As an organization, the Company focuses on enhancing awareness and advocacy to understand and accept diversity and inclusion; be it gender, culture, ethnicity or ability. The Company truly believes in building Relationships Beyond the Contract, and therefore, our focus on women advancement is not just limited to internal employees but externally also in the communities we operate in.

The Company has taken a three-tiered approach to improve gender diversity and inclusion outcomes which has helped us sustain our overall gender diversity rate at 24%. The three key elements of the Company''s gender diversity strategy involve:

1. Leadership commitment and extensive ongoing advocacy to address the unconscious bias in the workplace

2. On-boarding multiple stakeholders and driving the agenda based on diversity and inclusion goals of the respective unit, wherein the framework is global but the implementation is to suit varied business and location needs

3. Two enabling programs for women leadership development which are based on formal mentoring.

- ASCEND is the key diversity initiative which provides a platform to women leaders for their career development through range of experiential learning, powering up the network, and creating visibility in the leadership forums. The program''s key elements include Creation of DAPs, Mentoring by senior leaders, Peer Mentoring, Action Learning Projects, and Leadership Webinar Series.

- The second program is called ''Stepping Stones'', which is a focused career development program to enable mid-level Women employees to realise their career aspirations and potential to help them in their developmental journey.

The Company has also launched ''iBelieve - Company''s Second Career Program for Women'' a platform for women to restart their tech careers after a break. The program was launched in Chennai recently, though the Company will be extending this program to other locations too. The program focuses on refreshing the candidates existing skills and provides training on new age technologies to make them future ready. To be eligible, applicants must have had a career break of 2 to 6 years after a minimum of 2 years of work experience. Women who meet the eligibility criteria will undergo a rigorous selection process where they are assessed on their current knowledge and are allocated a suitable job role & salary commensurate to their previous experience. The training period varies from 1 month to

3 months depending on the candidates skill proficiency assessed during the selection process. The program has received overwhelming response and candidates are currently undergoing assessments as part of the selection process.

These initiatives along with our Networking & Advocacy sessions - âiMotivateâ, âFeminspirationâ, âWomen Connectâ, âBlogHerâ wherein successful women leaders address the aspiring young leaders, help HCLites gain insight into successful leadership as well as understand perspectives on gender matters.

Recognition of HCL Culture and Engagement Practices across the world

To reinforce alignment of core beliefs, and actions, the Company continues to transform its policies, processes and practices. This has further enabled and empowered the employees, a fact that has been well recognized by various industry forums and leading associations.

HCL Continues to be Employer of Choice across the globe

- In FY 18, the Company has been named as one of the most sought-after employers in India. Surpassing its peers and major contenders from other industries in LinkedIn ranking, the Company ranks at #6 amongst all industries put together & at no. 1 amongst IT Services company to feature in the Top 10 attractive employer for the second consecutive year by LinkedIn.

- The Company was recognized as the Top Employer in UK for the Twelfth consecutive year by Top Employers Institute, UK for its distinctive culture and employment practices among which Ideaprenuership plays a major role.

Leadership Development Programs & Gender Diversity Recognized Globally

- The Company is committed to gender diversity which reflects in our practices and initiatives like âAscendâ

- our women leadership development flagship program where senior women leaders are given a platform to learn & exhibit transformational leadership which won Gold award in Best Advance in women leadership development by Brandon Hall Group.

- One of the wholly owned subsidiaries of the Company, HCL America, Inc., was also recognized for Best diversity & Inclusion strategy for Gender Diversity showcasing our programs for women career development programs by Brandon Hall.

- Superior learning experience delivered through our asset Harvard learning program Certified HCL Career Program enables leaders to manage projects effectively through gasified learning has been recognized by Leap vault. This Practice is winning Awards globally from past 3 Quarters & making the Company Proud.

Our Social Career Development & Advanced Talent Analytics has become industry benchmarks

- The Company''s flagship social career navigation platform Career connect has been recognized as Excellence in Practice by ATD (Association of Talent Development) as it enables crowd sourced career management for its employees through peers, colleagues and its managers to design a disruptive career path. This is introduced to design the individual''s Career Path in the organization in line with their aspirations.

- The Company''s New employee turnover & retention-predictive analytics practice have won Gold in Best Advance in HR Data analytics by Brandon Hall.

35. CONSERVATION OF ENERGY, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, TECHNOLOGY ABSORPTION, FOREIGN EXCHANGE EARNINGS AND OUTGO

Disclosures of particulars as required under Section 134(3) (m) of the Companies Act, 2013, read with the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014 to the extent applicable to the Company, are set out in Annexure 5 to this Report.

36. DIRECTORSâ RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT

37. STOCK OPTIONS PLANS

1999 Stock Option Plan / 2000 Stock Option Plan / 2004 Stock Option Plan

The details of these plans have been annexed as Annexure 7 to this Annual Report.

38. PARTICULARS OF EMPLOYEES

The information required pursuant to Section 197(12) of the Act read with Rule 5(1) of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014 are given below:

a. The ratio of the remuneration of each director to the median remuneration of the employees of the Company for the financial year:

Sl. No.	Name of Director	Ratio to median remuneration of employees
Executive Director		Â
1.	Mr. Shiv Nadar¹	66.58
Non-Executive Directors		Â
2.	Mr. Keki Mistry	8.93
3.	Mr. Ramanathan Srinivasan	14.58
4.	Ms. Robin Ann Abrams	15.57
5.	Ms. Roshni Nadar Malhotra	10.24
6.	Mr. Subramanian Madhavan	10.67
7.	Mr. Sudhindar Krishna Khanna	7.92
8.	Dr. Sosale Shankara Sastry	12.10
9.	Mr. Thomas Sieber	11.21
10.	Ms. Nishi Vasudeva	8.59
11.	Mr. Deepak Kapoor^A	_-

The remuneration of Non-Executive Directors also includes sitting fees paid during the year.

*The ratio has been calculated after taking into account the remuneration drawn from the Company as well as the subsidiaries.

*Mr. Deepak Kapoor was appointed as Director w.e.f. July 26, 2017. Hence, the said information is incomparable and not provided.

b. The percentage increase in remuneration of each director, chief executive officer, chief financial officer, company secretary in the financial year:

Sl. No.	Name of Director / Key Managerial Personnel	% increase in remuneration in the financial year
Directors		Â
1.	Mr. Shiv Nadar⁽¹⁾	(66.25)
2.	Mr. Keki Mistry	4.04
3.	Mr. Ramanathan Srinivasan	4.15
4.	Ms. Robin Ann Abrams	1.71
5.	Ms. Roshni Nadar Malhotra	18.89
6.	Mr. Subramanian Madhavan	5.82
7.	Mr. Sudhindar Krishna Khanna	0.34
8.	Dr. Sosale Shankara Sastry	4.80
9.	Mr. Thomas Sieber	(2.96)
10.	Ms. Nishi Vasudeva⁽²⁾	-
11.	Mr. Deepak Kapoor⁽³⁾	-
Key Managerial Personnel		Â
12.	Mr. C. Vijayakumar (President and Chief Executive Officer)⁽⁴⁾	-
13.	Mr. Anil Kumar Chanana (Chief Financial Officer)	5.59
14.	Mr. Manish Anand (Company Secretary)	8.73

The remuneration of Non-Executive Directors also includes sitting fees paid during the year.

(1) The % has been calculated after taking into account the remuneration drawn from the Company as well as the subsidiaries.

(2) Ms. Nishi Vasudeva was appointed as Director w.e.f. August 1, 2016. Hence, the said information is incomparable and not provided.

(3) Mr. Deepak Kapoor was appointed as Director w.e.f. July 26, 2017. Hence, the said information is incomparable and not provided.

(4) Mr. C. Vijayakumar was appointed as the President and Chief Executive Officer w.e.f October 20,

2016. Hence, the said information is incomparable and not provided.

c. The percentage increase in the median remuneration of employees in the financial year:

3.20%

d. The number of permanent employees on the rolls of Company: There were 50,853 permanent employees on the rolls of the Company. In addition, the Company had 69,228 number of employees on the rolls of its subsidiaries.

f. Affirmation that the remuneration is as per the remuneration policy of the Company: The

Company affirms that the remuneration is as per the Remuneration Policy of the Company.

39. STATEMENT OF EMPLOYEES PURSUANT TO RULE 5(2) THE COMPANIES (APPOINTMENT AND REMUNERATION OF MANAGERIAL PERSONNEL) RULES, 2014

A list containing top ten employees in terms of the remuneration drawn in the financial year 2017-18 and a statement containing the names of the employees employed throughout the financial year and in receipt of remuneration of Rs,1.02 crores or more and employees employed for part of the year and in receipt of Rs,8.50 lacs or more per month, pursuant to Rule 5(2) of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014 is provided as Annexure 8 to this Annual Report.

40. VIGIL MECHANISM / WHISTLE BLOWER POLICY

The Company has formulated and published a Whistle Blower Policy to provide Vigil Mechanism for employees including Directors of the Company to report genuine concerns and to ensure strict compliance with ethical and legal standards across the Company. The provisions of this Policy are in line with the provisions of the Section 177(9) of the Act and SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, and is available on the website of the Company at https://www.hcltech.com/ investors/governance-policies. The details of Whistle Blower Policy forms part of the Corporate Governance Report annexed with this Annual Report.

41. DISCLOSURE UNDER SEXUAL HARASSMENT OF WOMEN AT WORKPLACE (PREVENTION, PROHIBITION AND REDRESSAL) ACT, 2013

The Company has in place a Prevention and Redressal of Sexual Harassment at Work Place Policy in line with the requirements of Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013. The Company has constituted a committee for the redressal of all sexual harassment complaints. These matters are also being reported to the Audit Committee. The details of the Policy and the complaints are given under Corporate Governance Report and Business Responsibility Report respectively.

42. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The Board wishes to place on record its appreciation of the significant contributions made by the employees of the Company and its subsidiaries during the year under review. The Company has achieved impressive growth through the competence, hard work, solidarity, cooperation and support of employees at all levels. Your Directors thank the customers, vendors and other business associates for their continued support in the Company''s growth. Your Directors also wish to thank the Government Authorities, Banks and Shareholders for their cooperation and assistance extended to the Company.

For and on behalf of the Board of Directors

SHIV NADAR

Chairman and Chief Strategy Officer

Place: Noida (U.P.), India

Date: May 02, 2018

Mar 31, 2017

Dear Shareholders,

The Directors have immense pleasure in presenting the Twenty Fifth Annual Report together with the audited financial statements for the financial year ended March 31, 2017.

1. FINANCIAL RESULTS

Key highlights of the financial results of your Company prepared as per Indian Accounting Standards (âInd ASâ) for the financial year ended March 31, 2017 are as under:

(Rs. in crores)

Particulars	Consolidated		Standalone
	Year ended		Year ended
	March 31, 2017 (Twelve months)	March 31, 2016 (Nine months)	March 31, 2017 (Twelve months)	March 31, 2016 (Nine months)
Total Income	48,640.85	32,002.07	20,273.64	14,403.06

Total Expenditure	38,100.20	24,966.15	11,997.57	8,621.51

Profit before tax	10,540.65	7,035.92	8,276.07	5,781.55
Provision for tax	(1,936.28)	(1,439.00)	(1,403.38)	(1,062.47)
Share of profit of associates	2.10	4.76	-	-
Profit for the year	8,606.47	5,601.68	6,872.69	4,719.08
Other Comprehensive Income	(301.49)	127.76	405.59	70.25
Total Comprehensive Income	8,304.98	5,729.44	7,278.28	4,789.33
Total Comprehensive Income attributable to Owners of the Company	8,343.11	5,730.19	-	-

Note: The Company has adopted Ind AS in accordance with Ind AS 101 for the first time, using July 1, 2015 as the transition date. Accordingly, there are differences in the figures provided for March 31, 2016 in the Annual Report 2016 and in this Annual Report. The detailed explanation in this regard has been provided in the Financial Statements, forming part of this Annual Report.

2. RESULTS OF OPERATIONs AND THE STATE OF COMPANYâS AFFAIRS

On a standalone basis, the Company achieved revenue of Rs.19,318.31 crores in the financial year 2016-17 and the profit for the financial year 2016-17 is Rs.6,872.69 crores .

On a consolidated basis, the Company achieved revenue of Rs.47,567.53 crores in the financial year 2016-17 and the profit for the financial year 2016-17 is Rs.8,606.47 crores.

The state of affairs of the Company is presented as part of Management Discussion and Analysis Report forming part of this report.

In accordance with the provisions of Companies Act, 2013 (âthe Actâ), SEBI (Listing Obligation and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, Indian Accounting Standards (âInd ASâ) 110 on Consolidated Financial Statements, Ind AS 111 on Joint Arrangements and Ind AS 112 on Disclosure of Interests in Other Entities read with Ind AS 28 on Accounting for Investments in Associates and Joint Ventures, the audited consolidated financial statement is provided in the Annual Report.

The previous financial year of the Company was for a nine monthsâ period from July 1, 2015 to March 31, 2016. The figures for the current financial year are therefore not comparable with those of the previous year.

3. DIVIDEND

During the financial year ended March 31, 2017, your directors had declared and paid four interim dividends as per the details given below:

S.No.	Interim dividend paid during the financial year ended March 31, 2017	Date of Declaration	Rate of dividend per share (face value of Rs.2 each)	Dividend Amount	Dividend Distribution tax	Total Outflow
S.No.		Date of Declaration	Rate of dividend per share (face value of Rs.2 each)	( Rs. in crores)
1	1^st Interim Dividend	April 28, 2016	Rs.6	846.34	172.01	1,018.35
2	2^nd Interim Dividend	August 3, 2016	Rs.6	846.50	166.72	1,013.22
3	3^rd Interim Dividend	October 21, 2016	Rs.6	846.55	171.94	1,018.49
4	4^th Interim Dividend	January 24, 2017	Rs.6	846.72	171.95	1,018.67
	Total			3,386.11	682.62	4,068.73

The Board of Directors in its meeting held on May 9-11, 2017 has declared an interim dividend of Rs.6 per equity share of face value of Rs.2 each for the year 2017-18. The Directors did not recommend final dividend for the year ended March 31, 2017.

4. TRANSFER TO RESERVES

No amount was transferred to the General Reserve Account for the Financial Year.

5. COMPOSITE SCHEME OF ARRANGEMENT AND AMALGAMATION (âSCHEMEâ)

In terms of the Composite Scheme of Arrangement and Amalgamation amongst Geometric Limited (âGeometricâ), HCL Technologies Limited (âCompanyâ) and 3D PLM Software Solutions Limited and their respective shareholders and creditors (referred to as âthe Schemeâ or âthe Scheme of Arrangementâ), as sanctioned by the Honâble High Courts of Bombay and Delhi vide their Orders dated December 2, 2016 and January 18, 2017 respectively, the business undertaking of Geometric relating to IT enabled engineering services, Product Lifecycle Management services and engineering design productivity software tools has been demerged from Geometric as a going concern and vested to your Company.

The appointed date of the Scheme was March 31, 2016. The Scheme became effective on March 2, 2017. Pursuant to the Scheme, the Company has issued and allotted 1,55,63,430 equity shares to the shareholders of Geometric, details of which have been provided in point no. 6 to this report.

6. CHANGES IN CAPITAL STRUCTURE

- Shares allotted under Employees stock option plans

During the year, the Company allotted 8,38,680 equity shares of Rs.2 each fully paid-up under its Employees Stock Option Plans.

- Shares Allotted pursuant to the composite scheme of Arrangement and Amalgamation

Pursuant to the Scheme, the Board of Directors of the Company in its meeting held on March 20, 2017, has allotted 1,55,63,430 equity shares of face value Rs.2/each, fully paid-up to the equity shareholders of the Geometric. In terms of the Scheme, the shareholders of Geometric have been allotted 10 equity shares of face value of Rs.2/- of the Company for every 43 equity shares of face value of Rs.2/- each held by them in Geometric as on the Record date of March 15, 2017.

Issued and paid-up share capital as on March 31, 2017

As on March 31, 2017, the issued, subscribed and paid-up share capital of the Company was Rs.285,35,66,848/divided into 142,67,83,424 equity shares of face value of Rs.2/- each.

Buyback of Equity shares

The Board of Directors of the Company in its meeting held on March 20, 2017 approved the proposal for Buyback of upto 3,50,00,000 fully paid-up Equity Shares of Rs.2/- each of the Company representing upto 2.48 % of the total paid-up Equity Share capital of the Company as on March 31, 2016, at a price of Rs.1,000 / - (Rupees One Thousand Only) per Equity Share payable in cash for an aggregate amount of up to Rs.3,500 crores (Rupees Three Thousand Five Hundred Crores Only) excluding any expenses incurred or to be incurred for the Buyback like filing fees payable to the Securities and Exchange Board of India (referred to as SEBI), advisorsâ fees, public announcement publication expenses, printing and dispatch expenses, transaction costs viz. brokerage, applicable taxes such as securities transaction tax, service tax, stamp duty, etc., which is 16.39% and 13.62%, of the aggregate of the fully paid-up Equity Share capital and free reserves as per the standalone and consolidated audited accounts of the Company for the financial year ended March 31, 2016 respectively (the last audited Financial Statements availbale as on the date of the Board Meeting approving the Buyback), through the âTender Offerâ route as prescribed under the Buyback Regulations using the âMechanism for acquisition of shares through Stock Exchangeâ notified by SEBI vide circular no. CIR / CFD / POLICYCELL / 1 / 2015 dated April 13, 2015 read with circular no. CFD / DCR2 / CIR / P / 2016 / 131 dated December 9, 2016 or such other mechanism as may be applicable, on a proportionate basis, from the equity shareholders / beneficial owners of the Equity Shares of the Company as on the Record Date.

The Buyback is subject to the approval of the shareholders of the Company which is being taken through Postal Ballot. The results of the Postal Ballot will be declared on May 17, 2017.

Post the approval of the shareholders, the approval of SEBI and such other approvals, as may be required will be taken for the said Buyback.

7. DEBENTURES

Your Company has not issued any fresh debentures during the financial year under review.

8. MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS

The Management Discussion and Analysis Report, in terms of Regulation 34 (3) of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, forms part of this Annual Report.

9. SUSIDIARIES / ACQUISITIONS

As on March 31, 2017, the Company has 92 subsidiaries and 9 associate companies within the meaning of Sections 2(87) and 2(6) of the Companies Act, 2013 (âActâ) respectively. There has been no material change in the nature of the business of the subsidiaries.

As per the provisions of Section 129(3) of the Act, a statement containing salient features of the financial statements of the Companyâs subsidiaries (which includes associate companies and joint ventures) in Form AOC-1 forms part of the Annual Report.

As per the provisions of Section 136 of the Act, the standalone financial statements of the Company, consolidated financial statements along with relevant documents and separate audited accounts in respect of subsidiaries, shall be available on the website of the Company. The Company would provide the annual accounts of the subsidiaries and the related detailed information to the shareholders of the Company on specific request made to it in this regard by the shareholders.

During the year, the Company had incorporated the following step down subsidiaries companies :

Sl No.	Name of subsidiaries	Country of incorporation
1.	HCL Technologies Lithuania UAB	Lithuania
2.	HCL Technologies (Taiwan) Ltd.	Taiwan

In addition to the above, pursuant to the Scheme following subsidiaries and branches of Geometric has become the subsidiaries and branches of the Company effective from March 2, 2017:

Sl.No.	Name of subsidiaries	Country of incorporation
1.	Geometric Americas, Inc.	USA
2.	Geometric Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd.	Singapore
3.	Geometric Europe GmbH	Germany
4.	Geometric China Inc.	China
5.	Geometric SRL	Romania
6.	Geometric SAS	France

Sl. No.	Name of Branches	country of Establishment
1.	Geometric Limited - Germany Branch	Germany
2.	Geometric Limited - France Branch	France
3.	Geometric Europe GmbH - UK Branch	United Kingdom
4.	Geometric Europe GmbH -Netherland Branch	Netherland
5.	Geometric Europe GmbH -Sweden Branch	Sweden
6.	Geometric Americas, Inc. -Canada Branch	Canada
7.	Geometric Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd. - Japan Branch	Japan
8.	Geometric Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd. - Korea Branch	Korea
9.	Geometric Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd. - Australia Branch	Australia

During the year under review, the Company, through its step down subsidiary, HCL America Inc., has acquired the Aerospace and Defense Division of Butler America LLC pursuant to which the following entity formed under the laws of the State of Delaware, became the wholly owned subsidiary of HCL America Inc.

Sl.No.	Name of subsidiary	country of incorporation
1.	Butler America Aerospace LLC	USA

During the year under review, following step-down subsidiaries of the Company which were not in operation were voluntarily dissolved:

Sl.No.	Name of subsidiaries	Effective date of dissolution
1.	HCL Malaysia Sdn. Bhd.	June 27, 2016
2.	HCL BPO Services (NI) Limited	January 24, 2017
3.	HCL Joint Venture Holding Inc.	March 9, 2017

10. DIRECTORS AND KEY MANAGERIAL PERSONNEL

The Board of Directors consists of ten members, of whom three are women Directors. The Board consists of one (1) Whole-time Director and nine (9) non-executive Directors of whom seven (7) are independent Directors. The Wholetime Director is the promoter director who is designated as the Chairman and Chief Strategy Officer of the Company.

Ms. Nishi Vasudeva (DIN - 03016991) was appointed as an additional director by the Board of Directors of the Company w.e.f. August 1, 2016. Subsequently, at the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on September 27, 2016, Ms. Nishi Vasudeva was appointed as an Independent Director of the Company in terms of Section 149 of the Act, to hold office for a period of five years.

Mr. Amal Ganguli (DIN-00013808) who was a Non Executive, Independent Director of the Company, ceased to be a Director of the Company due to his demise on May 8, 2017.

Mr. C. Vijayakumar was appointed as the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company w.e.f. October 20, 2016. Mr. Anant Gupta who held the position of President and Chief Executive Officer, resigned from the Company w.e.f. October 20, 2016.

As per the provisions of Section 152(6) of the Act, Mr. Sudhindar Krishan Khanna (DIN-01529178) shall retire by rotation at the ensuing Annual General Meeting and being eligible, has offered himself for reappointment as the Director of the Company.

Pursuant to the recommendation of Nomination and Remuneration Committee, the Board of Directors at its meeting held on January 23, 2017 has approved the reappointment of Mr. Shiv Nadar as Managing Director of the Company under the designation of Chairman and Chief Strategy Officer for a further period of 5 years from February 1, 2017 to January 31, 2022. Such appointment is subject to the approval of the shareholders of the Company.

11. NUMBER OF MEETINGs OF THE BOARD

During the year, six meetings of the Board were held. The details of the meetings are provided in the Corporate Governance Report.

12. FAMILIARIZATION PROGRAMME

The details of familiarization programme have been provided under the Corporate Governance Report.

13. BOARD EVALUATION

Pursuant to the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and SEBI (Listing Obligation and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, an Annual Performance evaluation is to be made by the Board of its own performance and that of the Committees and individual Directors.

In view of the above, the annual performance evaluation was undertaken by the Board. The framework and criteria of evaluation was approved by the Nomination and Remuneration Committee of the Company after considering the Guidance note on Board evaluation issued by SEBI on January 5, 2017. The process and criteria of evaluation is explained in the Corporate Governance Report, which forms part of this Annual Report.

14. AUDITORS

M/s. S. R. Batliboi & Co. LLP, Chartered Accountants, were appointed as the Statutory Auditors of your Company in the AGM held on December 4, 2014 for a term of five years until the conclusion of the Twenty Seventh AGM of the Company to be held in the year 2019. As per the provisions of Section 139 of the Act, the appointment of the Statutory Auditors is required to be ratified by the members at every AGM of the Company. Accordingly, the appointment of M/s. S. R. Batliboi & Co. LLP, Chartered Accountants, as Statutory Auditors of the Company, shall be placed for ratification by the members in the ensuing AGM. In this regard, the Company has received a certificate from the Auditors to the effect that their re-appointment, if made, would be within the limits prescribed under Section 141 of the Act and that they are not disqualified for such reappointment within the meaning of the said Section.

15. AUDITORSâ REPORT

There are no qualifications, reservations, disclaimer or adverse remarks made by M/s. S. R. Batliboi & Co. LLP, Statutory Auditors in their report for the financial year ended March 31, 2017. The Statutory Auditors have not reported any incident of fraud to the Audit Committee of the Company in the year under review.

16. SECRETARIAL AUDIT REPORT

In terms of Section 204 of the Act, M/s. Chandrasekaran Associates, Practicing Company Secretaries were appointed as the Secretarial Auditor of the Company. The report of the Secretarial Auditor is enclosed as Annexure 1 to this Report. The report is self-explanatory and does not call for any further comments. There are no qualifications, reservations, disclaimer or adverse remarks made by the Secretarial Auditor in their report for the financial year ended March 31, 2017.

17. EXTRACT OF ANNUAL RETURN

Pursuant to Section 134(3)(a) and Section 92(3) of the Act, the extract of the Annual Return in Form MGT-9 is enclosed as Annexure 2 to this Report.

18. DIRECTORSâ APPOINTMENT AND REMUNERATION

In accordance with the provisions of Companies Act, 2013, the Nomination and Remuneration Committee formulates the criteria for determining the qualifications, positive attributes and independence of Directors in terms of its charter.

In evaluating the suitability of individual Board members, the Committee takes into account factors, such as educational and professional background, general understanding of the Companyâs business dynamics, standing in the profession, personal and professional ethics, integrity and values, willingness to devote sufficient time and energy in carrying out their duties and responsibilities effectively.

The Committee also assesses the independence of Directors at the time of appointment / re-appointment as per the criteria prescribed under the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and rules made thereunder and the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015.

The Remuneration Policy for Directors, Key Managerial Personnel and other employees are provided in the Corporate Governance Report forming part of this report.

19. AUDIT COMMITTEE

The Audit Committee comprises of four Independent Directors viz. Mr. Keki Mistry, Ms. Robin Ann Abrams, Mr. Subramanian Madhavan and Ms. Nishi Vasudeva.

During the year under review, Ms. Nishi Vasudeva was co-opted as a member of the Committee w.e.f. January 3, 2017. Mr. Keki Mistry was appointed as a Chairman of the Committee in place of Mr. Amal Ganguli, who continued to be the member of the Committee effective from January 23, 2017. However, Mr. Amal Ganguli ceased to be a Director of the Company due to his demise on May 8, 2017.

All the recommendations made by the Audit Committee, during the financial year 2016-17, were accepted by the Board.

20. RISK MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE

The Risk Management Committee comprises of four Independent Directors viz. Mr. Keki Mistry, Ms. Robin Ann Abrams, Mr. Subramanian Madhavan and Ms. Nishi Vasudeva.

During the year under review, Ms. Nishi Vasudeva was coopted as a member of the Committee w.e.f. January 23, 2017. Mr. Keki Mistry was appointed as a Chairman of the Committee in place of Mr. Amal Ganguli, who continued to be the member of the Committee effective from January 23, 2017. However, Mr. Amal Ganguli ceased to be a Director of the Company due to his demise on May 8, 2017.

All the recommendations made by the Risk Management Committee, during the financial year 2016-17, were accepted by the Board.

21. RISK MANAGEMENT POLICY

The Company has developed and implemented a Risk Management Policy that ensures the appropriate management of risks in line with its internal systems and culture.

22. INTERNAL FINANCIAL CONTROL SYSTEMS AND THEIR ADEQUACY

The Companyâs internal financial control systems are commensurate with its size and the nature of its operations. The controls are adequate for ensuring the orderly and efficient conduct of the business and these controls are working effectively. These controls have been designed to provide reasonable assurance with regard to recording and providing reliable financial and operational information, adherence to the Companyâs policies, safeguarding of assets from unauthorized use and prevention and detection of frauds and errors.

23. SIGNIFICANT AND MATERIAL ORDERS

There are no significant and material orders passed by the regulators or courts or tribunals impacting the going concern status and Companyâs operations in future.

24. PARTICULARS OF LOANS, GUARANTEES AND INVESTMENTS

The particulars of loans, guarantees and investments have been disclosed in the financial statements.

25. TURANSACTIONS WITH RELATED PARTIES

None of the transactions with related parties falls under the provisions of Section 188(1) of the Act. Information on transactions with related parties pursuant to Section 134(3)(h) of the Act read with rule 8(2) of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014 are given in Annexure 3 in Form AOC-2 and the same forms part of this Report. The Company also has in place a âRelated Party Policyâ, which is available on the website of the Company at https://www. hcltech.com/investors/governance-policies.

26. CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

The Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) committee comprises of three members, namely Mr. Shiv Nadar, Ms. Roshni Nadar Malhotra and Mr. Subramanian Madhavan. The Committee is inter alia responsible for formulating and monitoring the CSR Policy of the Company. A brief outline of the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Policy of the Company and the initiatives undertaken by the Company on CSR activities during the year are set out in Annexure 4 of this Report in the form as prescribed in the Companies (Corporate Social Responsibility Policy) Rules, 2014. The Policy is available on the website of the Company at https:// www.hcltech.com/investors/governance-policies.

27. DIVIDEND DISTRIBUTION POLICY

The Company has formulated and published a Dividend Distribution Policy which provides for the circumstances under which shareholders may / may not expect dividend, the financial parameters, internal and external factors, utilization of retained earnings, parameters with regard to different classes of shares. The provisions of this Policy are in line with Regulation 43A of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, and the Policy is available on the website of the Company at https://www.hcltech.com/investors/governance-policies. The details of Dividend Distribution Policy form part of the Corporate Governance Report annexed with this Report.

28. TRANSFER OF UNPAID AND UNCLAIMED AMOUNTS TO IEPF

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 124 of the Act, the dividend amounts which have remained unpaid or unclaimed for a period of seven years from the date of declaration have been transferred by the Company to the Investor Education and Protection Fund (âIEPFâ) established by the Central Government pursuant to Section 125 of the Act. The details of unpaid / unclaimed dividend that will be transferred to IEPF in subsequent years are given in the Corporate Governance Report. Further, according to the IEPF Authority (Accounting, Audit, Transfer and Refund) Rules, 2016 (âthe IEPF Rulesâ), the shares in respect of which dividend has not been paid or claimed by the shareholders for seven consecutive years or more shall also be transferred to the demat account created by the IEPF Authority. Accordingly, the Company will transfer the corresponding shares for which the unpaid and unclaimed dividend has been transferred, as per the requirements of the IEPF Rules. The details of such shares are available on the website of the Company at https://www. hcltech.com/investors/iepf-details.

29. DEPOSITS

Your Company has not accepted any deposits from public.

30. CPRPORATE GOVERNANCE

The Corporate Governance Report, in terms of Regulation 34(3) of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, along with the Statutory Auditors certificate forms part of this Annual Report.

31. BUSINESS RESPONSIBILITY REPORT

The SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 (âRegulationsâ) mandates inclusion of Business Responsibility Report (âBRRâ) as part of Annual Report for top 500 listed companies based on market capitalization. In Compliance with the regulation, the Company has prepared a Business Responsibility Report (âBRRâ) which describes the initiatives taken by the Company from an environmental, social and governance perspective for the financial year 2016-17 and forms part of this Annual Report.

32. INSIDER TRADING REGULATIONS

Pursuant to the provision under SEBI (Prohibition of Insider Trading) Regulations, 2015, the Company has formulated a Code of Conduct to Regulate, Monitor and Report Trading by Insiders (âInsider Trading Codeâ) and a Code of Practices and Procedures for fair disclosure of Unpublished Price Sensitive Information (âFair Disclosure Codeâ) which are in force. The Fair Disclosure Code is available on the website of the Company https://www. hcltech.com/investors/governance-policies.

33. AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS

- HCL has been recognized for its global Internet of Things (IoT) leadership and strengths by the IoT Solutions World Congress (IoTSWC). At the First IoT Awards organized by the IoTSWC at Barcelona, âIoT WoRKSâ¢ by HCLâ won the âBest Testbedâ award for its industrial IoT Surgical Kit Track and Trace solution.

- HCLâs innovative HR Practices and policies continued to be recognized. Universum Global listed HCL in âThe Worldâs Most Attractive Employers 2016â Top 100 list and HCL won the LeapVault CLO Gold Award for âCertified HCL Leader Practice for Best Coaching Programâ.

- HCL has been certified as a Top Employer in the UK for the Eleventh Consecutive Year by the Top Employers institute in recognition of its best-in-class employee engagement and people practices.

- HCL continues to be recognized for its innovative HR practices and policies. At the HR Innovation Awards 2016, organized by The Guild and Hindustan Times Mint and presented by Talent Vouch, HCL was awarded for âGetAJob social media campaignâ in the category of âMost Innovative Use of HR Social Mediaâ. Further, HCL was awarded the Silver Award for Innovation, at the Workforce 26 Annual 2016 Optimas Awards, for harnessing mobile technology to empower employees.

- HCL ranked at 8 position in LinkedInâs âTop Attractors Listâ for India. The list is a ranking done by analyzing preferences of over 400 million user-base of LinkedIn, showing where employees want to work. HCL has been recognized for its work culture and employee-led initiatives such as âInspireâ and âIdeapreneurshipâ.

- HCL has emerged as the fastest growing global IT services brand in the world moving upwards by 122 ranks over the last year, in the 2017 Brand Finance Global 500 report released on February 1st, 2017. HCLâs brand value has surged by 38% over the last year. HCL now ranks at number 378^th with a brand value of $4,463 million and AA brand rating.

- HCL won the 2016 ACEF Gold Awards for âUnitedByHCLâ campaign and âIdeapreneurship Premier and Champions Leagueâ. HCL also won the âDrivers of Digital Awards 2016â.

- HCL won the ITSMA Diamond Award for âBuilding Brand differentiationâ at the 2016 Marketing Excellence Awards, for its innovative âGetAJob@HCLTechâ campaign, a first ever in its category. As a result of this campaign, HCL became Indiaâs most preferred millennial employer, surpassing established brands across ecommerce, telecom, technology and FMCG. Further, at the Drivers of Digital Awards 2016, HCL won the Silver Award for âDigital Integrated Campaignâ under the digital marketing category. At the Third edition of the World Marketing Congress, HCL was awarded at the Content Marketing awards for the âWebsite Personalization Programâ in the category of âbest use of intelligent contentâ.

- HCL won the 2016 APEX Awards for Electronic Media (Recruiterâs Handbook), Social Media - Special Purpose and Website Content.

- HCL won the Rs.2016 BMA B2 Awardsâ under various categories for its integrated campaign âUnitedByHCLâ. The B2 Awards recognize the work that business marketers and agencies do â2â engage with customers, employees, channel partners and government. CTO Straight Talk, HCLâs thought leadership community platform, won the 2016 BMA B2 Awards under the category of âCustom Publishing - Magazine, Print or Electronicâ.

- HCL won the ATD Rs.2016 Excellence in Practiceâ award in the category of career development, for its flagship social career navigation platform âCareer Connectâ.

- HCL has been placed among leaders in the IAOP Global Outsourcing 100TM rankings for 2017, an annual listing of the worldâs best service providers by the IAOPÂ®. Additionally, HCL achieved the distinction of being âSuper Star of the Global Outsourcing 100Â®â, attributed to exceptional performance and scores achieved in IAOPÂ® evaluation.

- In continued recognition of its best-in-class marketing and communications practices, HCL won the Paul Writerâs âMarketing Team of the year Awardâ at the 2017 Marketing Excellence Awards and also got recognized for âCustomer Acquisitionâ for its official digital transformation partnership with Manchester United. Further, HCL was honored with the Gold Award for âWebsite Experience Personalizationâ in the category of âMost Innovative Use of Contentâ at the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI), 6th India Digital Awards.

34. SUSTAINABILITY

Your Company believes in a better tomorrow and based on this strong belief has embarked on a Sustainability 2020 programme. The Companyâs continuous focus on improving all aspects of sustainability demonstrates its commitment to a sustainable tomorrow without compromising on the well-being of its employees today. To do this, the Company partners with multiple stakeholders to form an inclusive working group to create policies, processes and other organizational measures. Today, the Sustainability Department runs a multi-layered corporate program to drive the sustainability vision.

35. ORAGANIZATION EFFECTIVENESS

In the last financial year, the human resource function aligned its focus to the strategy of the organization â Mode 1, 2 and 3. Our various initiatives were focused on creating distinctive experiences and people practices around the theme of digital HR with a persona centric approach. This enhances business value through increasing Passion, Proficiency and Value by enabling our employees to drive Performance, Productivity and Innovation. The Company is anchoring its employee happiness and experience proposition around Persona driven Digital journey for people practices, processes and technology.

- HCL has moved from re-design of process and re-implementation of technology, moved from on premises system to cloud systems, shifted from user-interface to a more digital approach of things, keeping a much more mobile environment.

- The transition of making things easier for employee experience at HCL, we over the last few months articulated the mode 3 employee experience architecture, which is aimed at offering employees a distinctive work experience.

- We are focusing on digital technology for delivering people services with a persona centric mind-set.

Talent Acquisition, career and Learning Management

Intelligent Neural network engine that sifts through over a database of over 5 million candidate records provides prescriptive insights to hire right talent.

- More than 6% new joinee attrition which is best in industry with over 90% new joinee happiness.

Career Connect 2.0 or Intelligent Career Maps, which is a prescriptive and predictive platform leveraging big data of employees suggesting career paths, mentors and jobs at HCL relevant to the employeeâs profile.

- At HCL, the value is to power up the intelligence of 100 thousand employees and codify it to predictive analytics insight for the employee.

- The career-connect 2.0 not only helps employees to choose career paths as a prescriptive analytics engine but also suggests shortlisted internal jobs basis their profile, instead of looking from a whole list of jobs available.

- The platform pulls data for the employee through internal systems, profile and feeds it to them giving details about suggested career paths and internal job most suitable for them.

Empowering learning teams to cater right learning modules to employees for cross skilling and training for current and future roles.

- Significant percentage of our demand is fulfilled through re-skilling.

- This enables us to continue to invest in developing employees for future with future ready skills.

Recognition of HCL Culture and Engagement Practices across the world.

To reinforce alignment of our beliefs, intentions, promises and actions, we continue to transform policies, processes and practices to strengthen the capabilities to enable, empower, and engage each one of our employees which has been well recognized by various industry leading associations.

In FYâ.17 our Distinctive People Practices pillared on our philosophies of Ideapreneurship. These ideologies of differentiated Talent attracting strategies and our entire experience delivered continue to and ranked among top 100 for âMost attractive employerâ by Universum.

HCL is an organization belonging to Gen- Y, this has been reflected via digital Job recruiting initiative / campaign -Get a Job, which was awarded as âMost innovative use of HR social mediaâ by HR innovation awards. Superior learning experience delivered through Certified HCL Career Program enables leaders to manage projects effectively through gamified learning to nurture better leaders has been recognized by Leap vault.

Career connect has been recognized as Excellence in Practice by ATD (Association of Talent development) as it enables crowdsourced career management for our employees through their peers, colleagues and managers to design a disruptive career path Similarly workforce practice tools / applications like Go-Mobile recognized as âBest innovative Practiceâ by Workforce Optimus awards as it helps millennialâs to access information on a click of button.

Distinctive employee retention delivered through our turnover analytics work and our Predictive data analytics model which helped sustain employee turnover in FYRs.16 and FYRs.17 in all segments which were under scope of the model recognized under âBest advance in Data analyticsâ by Brandon Hall Group.

36. CONSERVATION OF ENERGY, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, TECHNOLOGY ABSORPTION, FOREIGN EXCHANGE EARNINGS AND OUTGO

Disclosures of particulars as required under Section 134(3) (m) of the Act read with the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014 to the extent applicable to your Company, are set out in Annexure 5 to this Report.

37. DIRECTO RSâ RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT

38. STOCK OPTIONS PLANS

1999 Stock Option Plan / 2000 Stock Option Plan / 2004 Stock Option Plan

The details of these plans have been annexed as Annexure 7 to this Report.

39. MATERIAL CHANGES AND COMMITMENTS AFFECTING THE FINANCIAL POSITION OF THE COMPANY

Except, as disclosed elsewhere in the Report, there have been no material changes and commitments, which can affect the financial position of the Company between the end of the financial year and the date of this Report.

40. PARTICULARS OF EMPLOYEES

The information required pursuant to Section 197(12) of the Act read with Rule 5(1) of The Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014 are given below:

a. The ratio of the remuneration of each Director to the median remuneration of the employees of the Company for the financial year:

Sl. No.	Name of Director	Ratio to median remuneration of employees
Executive Director
1.	Mr. Shiv Nadar¹	177.71
Non-Executive Directors
2.	Mr. Amal Ganguli**	7.09
3.	Mr. Keki Mistry	7.69
4.	Mr. Ramanathan Srinivasan	12.62
5.	Ms. Robin Ann Abrams	13.82
6.	Ms. Roshni Nadar Malhotra	7.81
7.	Mr. Subramanian Madhavan	9.13
8.	Mr. Sudhindar Krishan Khanna	7.09
9.	Dr. Sosale Shankara Sastry	10.45
10.	Mr. Thomas Sieber	10.45
11.	Ms. Nishi Vasudeva^A	-

The remuneration of Non-Executive Directors also includes sitting fees paid during the year.

*The ratio has been calculated after taking into account the remuneration drawn from the Company as well as the subsidiaries.

**Mr. Amal Ganguli ceased to be a Director of the Company due to his demise on May 8, 2017.

^AMs. Nishi Vasudeva was appointed as Director during the year. Hence the said information is incomparable and not provided.

b. The percentage increase in remuneration of each Director, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Company Secretary in the financial year:

The previous financial year of the Company was for the nine monthsâ period from July 1, 2015 to March 31, 2016. Therefore, the figures of the current financial year are not comparable with those of the previous year.

c. The percentage increase in the median remuneration of employees in the financial year: 5%.

d. The number of permanent employees on the rolls of the Company: There were 81,706 permanent employees on the rolls of the Company. In addition, the Company had 34,267 number of employees on the rolls of its subsidiaries.

The average annual increase was 4%. There is 4.2% increase in the managerial remuneration during the year.

f. Affirmation that the remuneration is as per the remuneration policy of the Company:

The Company affirms that the remuneration is as per the remuneration policy of the Company.

41. STATEMENT OF EMPLOYEEs PURSUANT TO RULE 5(2) THE COMPANIES (APPOINTMENT AND REMUNERATION OF MANAGERIAL PERSONNEL) RULES, 2014

A list containing top ten employees in terms of the remuneration drawn in the financial year 2016-17 and a statement containing the names of the employees employed throughout the financial year and in receipt of remuneration of Rs.1.02 crores or more and employees employed for part of the year and in receipt of Rs.8.5 lacs or more per month, pursuant to Rule 5(2) of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014 is provided as Annexure 8 to this Report.

42. VIGIL MECHANISM / WHISTLE BLOWER POLICY

43. DISCLOSURE UNDER SEXUAL HARASSMENT OF WOMEN AT WORKPLACE (PREVENTION, PROHIBITION AND REDRESSAL) ACT, 2013

The Company has in place a Prevention and Redressal of Sexual Harassment at Work Place Policy in line with the requirements of Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013. The Company has constituted a committee for the redressal of all sexual harassment complaints. These matters are also being reported to the Audit Committee. The details of the Policy and the complaints are given under Corporate Governance Report and Business Responsibility Report respectively.

44. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The Board wishes to place on record its appreciation of the significant contributions made by the employees of the Company and its subsidiaries during the year under review. The Company has achieved impressive growth through the competence, hard work, solidarity, cooperation and support of employees at all levels. Your Directors thank the customers, clients, vendors and other business associates for their continued support in the Companyâs growth. The Directors also wish to thank the Government Authorities, Banks and Shareholders for their cooperation and assistance extended to the Company.

For and on behalf of the Board of Directors

Shiv Nadar

Chairman and Chief Strategy Officer

Place: Noida (U.P.), India

Date: May 11, 2017

Mar 31, 2016

Dear Shareholders,

The Directors have immense pleasure in presenting the Twenty Fourth Annual Report together with the audited financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2016 (nine months period from July 1, 2015 to March 31, 2016 hereinafter referred as ''Financial Year'').

1. FINANCIAL RESULTS

Key highlights of the financial results of your Company for the year ended March 31, 2016 are as under:

(Rs. in crores)

Particulars Consolidated Standalone

Year ended Year ended

31st March 30th June, 31st March 30th June, 2016 2015 2016 2015 (Nine (Twelve (Nine (Twelve months) months) months) months)

Total Income 31,676.24 37,840.68 14,402.11 18,352.94

Total Expenditure 24,707.10 28,723.62 8,634.50 10,654.40

Profit before tax 6,969.14 9,117.06 5,767.61 7,698.54

Provision for tax (1,363.89) (1,815.11) (1,033.93) (1,352.59)

Share of profit of associates 56.20 39.90 - -

Profit for the year 5,661.45 7,341.85 4,733.68 6,345.95 Profit attributable to

Owners of the Company 5,643.04 7,317.07 - -

Share of profit of minority interest 18.41 24.78 - -

2. RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND THE STATE OF COMPANY''S AFFAIRS

On a standalone basis, the Company achieved revenue of Rs. 14,402.11 crores in the nine months'' period from July 1, 2015 to March 31, 2016 and a profit of Rs. 4,733.68 crores in the said financial year.

On a consolidated basis, the Company achieved revenue of Rs. 31,676.24 crores in the nine months'' period from July 1, 2015 to March 31, 2016 and a profit of Rs. 5,661.45 crores in the said financial year.

The state of affairs of the Company is presented as part of Management Discussion and Analysis Report forming part of this report.

In accordance with the Companies Act, 2013 ("the Act") and Accounting Standard (AS) - 21 on Consolidated Financial Statements read with AS - 23 on Accounting for Investments in Associates and AS - 27 on Financial Reporting of Interests in Joint Ventures, the audited consolidated financial statements is provided in the Annual Report.

The current financial year of the Company is for a nine months period from July 1, 2015 to March 31, 2016. The figures for the current financial year are therefore not comparable with those of the previous year.

3. DIVIDEND

During the financial year ended March 31, 2016, your Directors had declared and paid three interim dividends as per the details given below:

S. No. Interim dividend paid during Rate of dividend Amount of the period from July 1, 2015 per share (face dividend paid to March 31, 2016 value of Rs. 2 each)

1. 1st Interim Dividend Rs. 5 702.99

2. 2nd Interim Dividend Rs. 5 703.16

3. 3rd Interim Dividend Rs. 6 845.59

Total 2,251.74

S. No Interim dividend paid during the period from July 1, 2015 to March 31, 2016 Dividend Distribution Total Outflow tax paid by the Company (Rs. in crores)

1. 1st Interim Dividend 139.17 842.16

2. 2nd Interim Dividend 139.18 842.34

3. 3rd Interim Dividend 172.14 1017.73

Total 450.49 2,702.23

The Board of Directors in its meeting held on April 27-28, 2016, has declared an interim dividend of Rs. 6 per equity share of face value of Rs. 2 each for the year 2016-17. The Directors did not recommend final dividend for the year ended March 31, 2016.

4. TRANSFER TO RESERVES

No amount was transferred to the General Reserve Account for the Financial Year.

5. CHANGES IN CAPITAL STRUCTURE

Shares allotted under Employees Stock Option Plans

During the year, the Company allotted 44,02,896 equity shares of Rs. 2 each fully paid-up under its Employees Stock Option Plans.

Issued and Paid-up share capital as on March 31, 2016

As on March 31, 2016, the issued, subscribed and paid-up share capital of the Company was Rs. 2,820,762,628 divided into 1,410,381,314 equity shares of face value of Rs. 2 each.

6. DEBENTURES

Your Company has not issued any fresh debentures during the financial year under review.

7. MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS

The Management Discussion and Analysis Report, in terms of Regulation 34 (3) of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, is attached and forms a part of this Report.

8. SUBSIDIARIES/ACQUISITIONS

As on March 31, 2016, the Company has 86 subsidiaries and 9 associate companies within the meaning of Section 2(6) of the Companies Act, 2013 ("Act"). There has been no material change in the nature of the business of the subsidiaries.

As per the provisions of Section 129(3) of the Act, a statement containing salient features of the financial statements of the Company''s subsidiaries (which includes associate companies and joint ventures) in Form AOC-1 is attached to the financial statements of the Company.

As per the provisions of Section 136 of the Act, the standalone financial statements of the Company, consolidated financial statements along with relevant documents and separate audited accounts in respect of subsidiaries, are available on the website of the Company. The Company would provide the annual accounts of the subsidiaries and the related detailed information to the shareholders of the Company on specific request made to it in this regard by the shareholders.

During the year, the Company had incorporated the following step down subsidiaries / associate companies (through Joint Venture): -

S. No. Name of Subsidiary Companies Country of Incorporation

1 HCL Technologies Czech Republic S.R.O. Czech Republic

2 HCL Muscat Technologies LLC Oman

3 HCL Joint Venture Holding Inc. USA

4 CeleritiFinTech Australia Pty. Limited Australia

5 CeleritiFinTech USA Inc. USA

6 CeleritiFintech Italy S.R.L. Italy

7 CeleritiFinTech Germany GmbH Germany

8 CeleritiFinTech Limited United Kingdom

Name of Associate Companies

9 CeleritiFinTech Services Limited United Kingdom

10 CeleritiFinTech Services USA Inc.* USA

11 CeleritiFinTech Services Australia Pty. Limited* Australia

12 CeleritiFinTech Services Italy S.R.L.* Italy

13 CeleritiFinTech Services Germany, GmbH* Germany

14 CeleritiFintech Services India Pvt. Ltd.* India

*CeleritiFintech Services Limited, UK is the holding Company of this Company.

In addition to the above, the Company acquired 100% stake in HCL Training and Staffing Services Private Limited (HCLTSS), a company incorporated in India, engaged in the business of recruitment of engineers and rendering of training in the field of IT and ITES.

HCL Technologies UK Limited, a step down subsidiary of the Company in UK acquired 100% stake in Point to Point Limited and Point to Point Products Limited (jointly referred to as P2P), the companies incorporated in UK, being a niche provider of complex workplace engineering services in UK.

HCL Global Processing Services Limited, a subsidiary of the Company in India acquired 100% stake in Concept2Silicon Systems Private Limited ("C2SiS"), a Company incorporated under the Companies Act, 1956, engaged in providing complete solutions for complex system on Chip and System designs with best in class engineering capabilities and a cost-efficient business model.

HCL America Inc., a step down subsidiary of the Company in USA, acquired the Powerteam LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (popularly known as "PowerObjects"), a leading North American solutions provider and a partner of Microsoft engaged in the business of developing, maintaining, licensing, consulting, servicing etc. related to customer relationship management ("CRM") using the Microsoft Dynamics suite of products.

During the year, the Company has acquired the IT division of Volvo IT AB (''Volvo IT''), a subsidiary of AB Volvo, the holding company of the Volvo Group, which provides IT services to the Volvo group as well as non- Volvo group customers.

The Company also acquired certain assets of privately held T rygstad Technical Services Inc. ("Trygstad"), a US based provider of IT consulting services & solutions to marquee customers, in an all cash deal. Trygstad Technical Services Inc. is a niche company with deep expertise in the areas of core engineering (including operating systems), Internet Of Things (IoT), Embedded Systems and Intelligent Systems.

9. DIRECTORS AND KEY MANAGERIAL PERSONNEL

The Board of Directors consists of ten members, of which,one is the Promoter Director who is designated as the Chairman and Chief Strategy Officer of the Company. The other 9 Directors are Non- Executive Directors, of which 7 are Independent Non-Executive Directors. The Board also comprises of two women Directors.

At the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on December 22, 2015, Mr. Thomas Sieber (DIN - 07311191) was appointed as an Independent Director of the Company in terms of section 149 of Companies Act, 2013, to hold office for a period of five years.

The Independent Directors have furnished the certificate of independence stating that they meet the criteria of independence as mentioned under Section 149 (6) of the Act and Regulation 16 (1) (b) of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015.

As per the provisions of Section 152 (6) of the Act, Ms. Roshni Nadar Malhotra (DIN 02346621) shall retire by rotation at the ensuing Annual General Meeting and being eligible, has offered herself for reappointment as the Director of the Company.

10. NUMBER OF MEETINGS OF THE BOARD

During the year, four meetings of the Board were held. The details of the meetings are provided in the Corporate Governance Report.

11. FAMILIARIZATION PROGRAMME

The details of familiarization programme have been provided under the Corporate Governance Report.

12. BOARD EVALUATION

Pursuant to the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and SEBI (Listing Oblgation and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, a formal Annual Performance evaluation is to be made by the Board of its own performance and that of the Committees and individual Directors. Also, Schedule IV of the said Act requires performance evaluation of Independent Directors by the Board, excluding the Director being evaluated.

In view of the above, the annual performance evaluation was conducted by the Board on the basis of framework and criteria approved by the Nomination and Remuneration Committee of the Company. The process and criteria of evaluation is explained in the Corporate Governance Report, which forms part of this report.

13. AUDITORS

M/s. S.R. Batliboi & Co. LLP, Chartered Accountants, were appointed as the Statutory Auditors of your Company in the Annual General Meeting held on December 4, 2014 for a term of five years until the conclusion of the Twenty Seventh AGM of the Company to be held in the year 2019. As per the provisions of Section 139 of the Act, the appointment of the Statutory Auditors is required to be ratified by Members at every Annual General Meeting. Accordingly, the appointment of M/s. S.R. Batliboi & Co. LLP, Chartered Accountants, as Statutory Auditors of the Company, shall be placed for ratification by the Members in the ensuing Annual General Meeting. In this regard, the Company has received a certificate from the Auditors to the effect that their re-appointment, if made, would be within the limits prescribed under Section 141 of the Companies Act, 2013 and that they are not disqualified for such reappointment within the meaning of the said section.

14. AUDITORS'' REPORT

There are no qualifications, reservations or adverse remarks made by M/s. S.R. Batliboi & Co. LLP, Statutory Auditors in their report for the financial year ended March 31, 2016. The Statutory Auditors have not reported any incident of fraud to the Audit Committee of the Company in the year under review.

15. SECRETARIAL AUDIT REPORT

In terms of Section 204 of the Act, M/s. Chandrasekaran Associates, Practicing Company Secretaries were appointed as the Secretarial Auditor of the Company. The report of the Secretarial Auditor is enclosed as Annexure 1 to this Report. The report is self-explanatory and does not call for any further comments. There are no qualifications, reservations or adverse remarks made by the Secretarial Auditor in their report for the financial year ended March 31, 2016.

16. EXTRACT OF ANNUAL RETURN

Pursuant to Section 134(3)(a) and Section 92(3) of the Act, the extract of the Annual Return in Form MGT-9 is enclosed as Annexure 2 to this Report.

17. DIRECTORS'' APPOINTMENT AND REMUNERATION

In accordance with the provisions of Companies Act, 2013, the Nomination and Remuneration Committee shall formulate the criteria for determining the qualifications, positive attributes and independence of Directors in terms of its charter.

In evaluating the suitability of individual Board members, the Committee takes into account factors, such as Educational and professional background, General understanding of the Company''s business dynamics, Standing in the profession, Personal and professional ethics, integrity and values, Willingness to devote sufficient time and energy in carrying out their duties and responsibilities effectively.

The Committee also assesses the independence of Directors at the time of appointment / re-appointment as per the criteria prescribed under the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and rules made thereunder and the SEBI (Listing Obligation and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015.

The Remuneration Policy for Directors, Key Managerial Personnel and other employees are provided in the Corporate Governance Report forming part of this report.

18. AUDIT COMMITTEE

The Audit Committee comprises of four Independent Directors namely, Mr. Amal Ganguli, Ms. Robin Ann Abrams, Mr. Subramanian Madhavan and Mr. Keki Mistry. During the year, all the recommendations made by the Audit Committee were accepted by the Board.

19. RISK MANAGEMENT POLICY

The Board of the Company has formed a Risk Management Committee to inter-alia assist the Board in overseeing the responsibilities with regard to the identification, evaluation and mitigation of operational, strategic and external environmental risks. In addition, the Audit Committee is also empowered to oversee the areas of risks and controls.

The Company has developed and implemented a Risk Management Policy that ensures the appropriate management of risks in line with its internal systems and culture.

20. INTERNAL FINANCIAL CONTROL SYSTEMS AND THEIR ADEQUACY

The Company''s internal financial control systems are commensurate with its size and the nature of its operations. The controls are adequate for ensuring the orderly and efficient conduct of the business and these controls are working effectively. These controls have been designed to provide reasonable assurance with regard to recording and providing reliable financial and operational information, adherence to the Company''s policies, safe-guarding of assets from unauthorized use and prevention and detection of frauds and errors.

21. SIGNIFICANT AND MATERIAL ORDERS

There are no significant and material orders passed by the regulators or courts or tribunals impacting the going concern status and Company''s operations in future.

22. PARTICULARS OF LOANS, GUARANTEES AND INVESTMENTS

The particulars of loans, guarantees and investments have been disclosed in the financial statements.

23. TRANSACTIONS WITH RELATED PARTIES

None of the transactions with related parties falls under the scope of Section 188(1) of the Act. Information on transactions with related parties pursuant to Section 134(3)(h) of the Act read with rule 8(2) of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014 are given in Annexure 3 in Form AOC-2 and the same forms part of this Report. The Company also has in place a ''Related Party Policy'', which is available on the website of the Company.

24. CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

The Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) committee comprises of three members, namely Mr. Shiv Nadar, Ms. Roshni Nadar Malhotra and Mr. Subramanian Madhavan. The Committee is inter- alia responsible for formulating and monitoring the CSR Policy of the Company. A brief outline of the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Policy of the Company and the initiatives undertaken by the Company on CSR activities during the year are set out in Annexure 4 of this Report in the form as prescribed in the Companies (Corporate Social Responsibility Policy) Rules, 2014. The Policy is available on the website of the Company.

25. TRANSFER OF UNPAID AND UNCLAIMED AMOUNTS TO IEPF

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 124(5) of the Act, the dividend amounts which have remained unpaid or unclaimed for a period of seven years from the date of declaration have been transferred by the Company to the Investor Education and Protection Fund ("IEPF") established by the Central Government pursuant to Section 125 of the Act. The details of unpaid/unclaimed dividend that will be transferred to IEPF in subsequent years are given in the Corporate Governance section of the Annual Report.

26. DEPOSITS

Your Company has not accepted any deposits from public.

27. CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

The Corporate Governance Report, in terms of Regulation 34 (3) of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, along with the Statutory Auditors certificate is attached and forms part of this Report.

28. BUSINESS RESPONSIBILITY REPORT

The Securities and Exchange Board of India ("SEBI") vide the SEBI (Listing Obligation and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, has mandated inclusion of Business Responsibility Report ("BRR") as part of the Annual Report for top 500 listed companies. However, pursuant to these regulations, if a listed Company publishes the Sustainability Report based on internationally accepted reporting framework along with a mapping of the BRR as stated in the said regulations, it would be treated as sufficient compliance of these regulations.

For the financial year 2015-16, as the Company has prepared its sustainability report based on the internationally accepted reporting framework and the principles stated under the above SEBI regulations have been mapped with the Sustainability Report, no separate BRR has been prepared by the Company. The mapping and the Sustainability Report are available on our website at http://www.hcltech.com/socially-responsible-business.

29. INSIDER TRADING REGULATIONS

Based on the requirements under SEBI (Prohibition of Insider Trading) Regulations, 2015, the ''Insider Trading Code'' to regulate, monitor and report trading by insiders and the ''Code of Practices and Procedures for fair disclosure of Unpublished Price Sensitive Information'' are in force.

30. AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS

Your Company relentlessly pursues excellence and is delighted to receive phenomenal share of recognitions and awards this year, not only from the media, but also from analysts, governing bodies, academic institutions, partners and even customers. Some of the key accolades received during the year include:

- Won the coveted Indo-German Chamber of Commerce Award for "Outstanding Contribution towards the Indo-German Economic Relations, 2015". The award was given for creating a strong local presence in Germany while strengthening employment creation & competitiveness in the region.

- ITSMA''s (IT Services Marketing Association) Diamond award for "Delivering an Omnichannel Customer Experience" for corporate positioning - ''Relationship Beyond the Contract'', which has been recognized as industry''s best-in-class, driving business with thought leadership and another Diamond Award for Marketing Excellence.

- Recognized at the Asian Customer Engagement Forum (ACEF) Awards, for "Creativity in Digital Marketing" exhibited in its campaign, showcasing the impact of viral videos for building employer brand affinity amongst existing and prospective employees.

- Recognition as the fastest growing brand for the second consecutive year by the Interbrand, world''s leading brand consultancy.

- Recognized as one of the most admired corporate brands by The Economic Times (ET), in its study on the Best Corporate Brands 2015.

- Recognition as a Top Employer in the UK for ten consecutive years for its exceptional employee offerings and outstanding HR practices.

- Continuing its focus on best-in-class people practices, HCL has been awarded the Special TM Commendation Prize for "Practice of Ideapreneurship" at Asian Human Capital Awards 2015.

- 2015 Governor''s NCWorks Award of Distinction as an "Outstanding Employer" in the state of North Carolina.

- Selected as the winner of the CA Technologies Partner of the Year Awards 2015 in the category of innovation and sales teaming for its ability to drive global innovation and sales teaming in both infrastructure management and service management.

- Positioned as a Leader in the IDC MarketScape Worldwide Life Science Manufacturing and Supply Chain ITO Vendor Assessment 2015.

- Everest Group PEAK Matrix ''Service Provider of the Year Award 2016'' in two categories - ''Overall IT Services'' and ''Banking, Financial Services and Insurance (BFSI) IT''. In both these categories, the Company has been recognized as ''Star Performer of the Year''.

- Positioned among Leaders in IDC MarketScape for Worldwide Application Modernization Services for Oracle Upgrades,2016.

- Positioned in the "Winner''s Circle" for its software product engineering services capabilities by the leading analyst firm HfS in its report "HfS Blueprint Report: Software Product Engineering Services Outsourcing 2015".

- Recognized as a Leader in IDC MarketScape for Worldwide Application Modernization Services for Digital Transformation 2015 Vendor Assessment, Dec 2015.

- Recognized as an Outstanding Contributor to the VLSI/ Embedded Design Industry in the Corporate Category, by Mentor Graphics Corporation and Silicon India, at the Leadership Awards 2015.

- Positioned in the leadership zone in Zinnov''s Media & Entertainment Global Service Providers Rating for Gaming, Entertainment, Marketing & Advertising, Publishing and Information Services, 2016.

- Rated as a Leader in The Forrester WaveÂ: Global Workplace Services, North American Workplace Services, EMEA Workplace Services, Q4 2015 by Wolfgang Benkel and William Martorelli December 17, 2015.

- Positioned as a Leader in IDC MarketScape for Worldwide Microsoft Enterprise Applications Implementation Services, 2015.

31. SUSTAINABILITY

Your Company believes in a better tomorrow and based on this strong belief has embarked on a Sustainability 2020 programme. The Company''s continuous focus on improving all aspects of sustainability demonstrates its commitment to a sustainable tomorrow without compromising on the well-being of its employees today. To do this, the Company partners with multiple stakeholders to form an inclusive working group to create policies, processes and other organizational measures. Today, the Sustainability Department runs a multi-layered corporate program to drive the sustainability vision.

The ongoing success of the programme depends on a consistent and sustainable vision, ease and flexibility of implementation and most importantly Employee Engagement. At HCL, sustainability actions are a part of everyday operations. It believes that responsible investments in sustainability will generate long term value for all the stakeholders by improving competitiveness and reducing risk.

Sustainability can be created when we are able to integrate broader societal concerns into business strategy and performance as part of the Company''s business model. This common sense of ownership can be realized by incorporating the interests of all those with whom the Company has mutually dependent relationships.

The initiatives taken by the Company on sustainability are given in detail in the sustainability report for the year 2015-16 which is hosted on the website of the Company.

32. ORGANIZATION EFFECTIVENESS

The Company has further consolidated its distinctive practices during the financial year under review around the theme of design U2.0. Design U2.0 is a journey of self-discovering and development by which individuals in an organization take responsibility for optimizing their future readiness and will deliver on the four capability areas of Listen, Collaborate, Ideate and Create for the individual and organization both. Your Company is anchoring its employee experience proposition around Design U2.0.

Career & Talent Management

The Social HR framework put in place by the Company saw further recognition for Social Career Management by Brandon Hall (best advance in social talent management technology and another for best advance in leadership development) amongst many similar recognitions.

The social career and talent management platform allows employees to recast their roles as CEO of their own careers. Employees access the Company''s career architecture, understand what it takes to be selected for each opportunity and go through a job based integrated curriculum to advance their career aspirations on a social career management platform. In this social career management platform, employees can refer internal opportunities to other employees and can anonymously vote their career advice to a fellow employee.

Engagement & Culture

The Company continues to be the place where employees can listen, ideate, collaborate and create. For the 1 0th year in a row, the Company was awarded the best employer in UK by the "Top Employers Institute" for its employee engagement and Ideapreneurship culture. The Company has also won the Asian Human Capital award for the practice of Ideapreneurship by the Human Capital Leadership Institute in Singapore.

The culture of Ideapreneurship is how the Company provides its employees or ideapreneurs with the license to ideate, the tools to ideate and the recognition for ideating. This helps us as a firm to deliver a relationship beyond the contract with our customers.

33. CONSERVATION OF ENERGY, TECHNOLOGY ABSORPTION, FOREIGN EXCHANGE EARNINGS AND OUTGO

Disclosures of particulars as required under Section 134(3)(m) of the Act read with the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014 to the extent applicable to your Company, are set out in Annexure 5 to this Report.

34. DIRECTORS'' RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT

A statement of responsibility of the Directors relating to compliance with the financial accounting and reporting requirements in respect of the financial statements, as specified under clause (c) of sub- section 3 of Section 134 of the Act, is annexed as Annexure 6 to this Report.

35. STOCK OPTIONS PLANS

1999 Stock Option Plan / 2000 Stock Option Plan / 2004 Stock Option Plan

The details of these plans have been annexed as Annexure 7 to this Report.

36. MATERIAL CHANGES AND COMMITMENTS AFFECTING THE FINANCIAL POSITION OF THE COMPANY

Except, as disclosed elsewhere in the Report, there have been no material changes and commitments, which can affect the financial position of the Company between the end of the financial year and the date of this Report.

37. PARTICULARS OF EMPLOYEES

The information required pursuant to Section 197(12) of the Act read with Rule 5(1) of The Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014 are given below:

a. The ratio of the remuneration of each Director to the median remuneration of the employees of the Company for the financial year:

Sl. No. Name of Director Ratio to median remuneration of employees Executive Director

1. Mr. Shiv Nadar* 214.47

Non-Executive Directors

2 Mr. Amal Ganguli 10.11

3 Mr. Keki Mistry 8.24

4. Mr. Ramanathan Srinivasan 14.16

5. Ms. Robin Ann Abrams 14.57

6. Ms. Roshni Nadar Malhotra 7.59

7. Mr. Subramanian Madhavan 9.43

8. Mr. Sudhindar Krishan Khanna 7.69

9. Dr. Sosale Shankara Sastry 11.85

10. Mr. Thomas Sieber** -

The remuneration of Non-executive Directors also includes sitting fees paid during the year

*The ratio has been calculated after taking into account the remuneration drawn from the Company as well the subsidiaries.

**He was appointed as Director during the year. Hence the said information is incomparable and not provided.

b. The percentage increase in remuneration of each Director, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Company Secretary in the financial year:

The current financial year of the Company is for a nine months period from July 1, 2015 to March 31, 2016. The figures for the current financial year are therefore not comparable with those of the previous year.

c. The percentage increase in the median remuneration of employees in the financial year: 6.8%

d. The number of permanent employees on the rolls of Company: There were 74,887 permanent employees on the rolls of the Company. In addition the Company has 28,504 number of employees on the rolls of its subsidiaries.

e. The explanation on the relationship between average increase in remuneration and Company performance:

On an average, employees received an annual increase of 8.09% in India. The individual increments varied from 2.4% to 21.92%, based on individual performance.

Employees outside India received average wage increase of 2.5%. The increase in remuneration of employees in India and outside India is in line with the market trends in the respective countries. Increase in remuneration of employees reflects the individual''s and Company''s performance. The Annual Performance Bonus pay out is also linked to organization performance, apart from an individual''s performance.

f. Comparison of the remuneration of the Key Managerial Personnel against the performance of the Company:

(Rs. in crores)

Particulars On the basis of

Standalone Consolidated

Aggregate remuneration of Key 51.26 55.98 Managerial Personnel (KMP) in FY16

Revenue (FY16) 14,402.11 31,676.24

Remuneration of KMP as percentage 0.36 0.18 of Revenue

Profit before Tax (FY16) 5,767.61 6,969.14

Remuneration of KMP as percentage of 0.89 0.80 Profit before Tax

g. Variations in the market capitalisation of the Company, price earnings ratio as at the closing date of the current financial year and previous financial year:

Particulars 31st March 30th June % change 2016 2015

Market Capitalisation (Rs. crore) 114,819 129,312 -11.2%

Price Earnings Ratio 30.54* 35.52 -14.0%

* EPS for FY15-16, has been annualized by multiplying EPS of 9 months ending March, 2016 with 4/3.

h. Percentage increase over decrease in the market quotations of the shares of the Company in comparison to the rate at which the Company came out with the last public offer:

Particulars 31st March 24th December 24th December % change* 2016 1999 (IPO) 1999 (IPO)*

Market Price (NSE) 814.10 580 72.5 1022.9

Market Price (BSE) 814.15 580 72.5 1023.0

* Adjusted for Stock Split (face value of Rs. 4 per share sub-divided into 2 shares of face value of Rs. 2 each in the year 2000) and adjusted for Bonus issues in the year 2007 (1:1) and 2015 (1:1).

i. Average percentile increase already made in the salaries of employees other than the managerial personnel in the last financial year and its comparison with the percentile increase in the managerial remuneration and justification thereof and point out if there are any exceptional circumstances for increase in the managerial remuneration:

The average annual increase was 6%. There is no increase in the managerial remuneration during the year.

j. Comparison of each remuneration of the Key Managerial Personnel against the performance of the Company:

i) On the basis of Standalone accounts

(Rs. in crores)

Mr. Shiv Nadar, Mr. Anant Gupta, Mr. Anil Chanana Mr.Manish Anand, Chairman & Chief Executive Chief Financial Company Chief Strategy Officer Officer Secretary Officer

Remuneration in 9.07 38.19 3.46 0.54 FY16

Revenue 14,402.11

Remuneration as 0.063 0.265 0.024 0.004 % of Revenue

Profit before Tax 5,767.61

Remuneration as 0.157 0.662 0.060 0.009 % of Profit before Tax

ii) On the basis of Consolidated accounts

(Rs. in crores)

Mr. Shiv Nadar, Mr. Anant Gupta, Mr. Anil Chanana Mr.Manish Anand, Chairman & Chief Executive Chief Financial Company Chief Strategy Officer Officer Secretary Officer

Remuneration in 12.60 38.19 4.66 0.54 FY16

Revenue 31,676.24

Remuneration as 0.040 0.121 0.015 0.002 % of Revenue

Profit before Tax 6,969.14

Remuneration as 0.181 0.548 0.067 0.008 % of Profit before Tax

k. The key parameters for any variable component of remuneration availed by the Directors:

The shareholders of the Company in the Annual General Meeting held on December 4, 2014 had granted their approval for payment of commission not exceeding one percent per annum of the net profits of the Company calculated in accordance with the provisions of the Act, to all the Non-executive Directors of the Company for a period of 5 years beginning from July 1, 2014.

The said commission is decided each year by the board of Directors and distributed amongst the Non-executive Directors based on their attendance and contribution at the Board and certain Committee meetings, as well as the time spent on operational matters other than at meetings.

l. The ratio of the remuneration of the highest paid Director to that of the employees who are not Directors but receive remuneration in excess of the highest paid Director during the year:

The ratio of remuneration of Mr. Shiv Nadar, the highest paid Director to that of Mr. Anant Gupta, President & Chief Executive Officer, the highest paid employee is as under:

a) On Consolidated basis: 0.33:1

b) On Standalone basis: 0.24:1

m. Affirmation that the remuneration is as per the remuneration policy of the Company:

The Company affirms that the remuneration is as per the remuneration policy of the Company.

38. STATEMENT OF EMPLOYEES PURSUANT TO RULE 5(2) THE COMPANIES (APPOINTMENT AND REMUNERATION OF MANAGERIAL PERSONNEL) RULES, 2014

A statement containing the names of the employees employed throughout the financial year and in receipt of remuneration of Rs. 60 lacs or more and employees employed for part of the year and in receipt of Rs. 5 lac or more per month, pursuant to Rule 5(2) of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014 is provided as Annexure 8 to this Report.

39. VIGIL MECHANISM / WHISTLE BLOWER POLICY

The Company has formulated and published a Whistle Blower Policy to provide Vigil Mechanism for employees including Directors of the Company to report genuine concerns and to ensure strict compliance with ethical and legal standards across the Company. The provisions of this Policy are in line with the provisions of the Section 177(9) of the Act and SEBI (Listing Obligation & Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, and are available on the website of the Company at http://www.hcltech.com/about-us/corporate-governance/ governance-policies. The details of Whistle Blower Policy forms part of the Corporate Governance Report annexed with this Report.

40. DISCLOSURE UNDER SEXUAL HARASSMENT OF WOMEN AT WORKPLACE (PREVENTION, PROHIBITION AND REDRESSAL) ACT, 2013

The Company has in place a Prevention and Redressal of Sexual Harassment at Work Place Policy in line with the requirements of Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013. The Company has constituted a committee for the redressal of all sexual harassment complaints. These matters are also being reported to the Audit Committee. The details of the Policy and the complaints are given under Corporate Governance Report and the Sustainability Report respectively.

41. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The Board wishes to place on record its appreciation of the significant contributions made by the employees of the Company and its subsidiaries during the year under review. The Company has achieved impressive growth through the competence, hard work, solidarity, cooperation and support of employees at all levels. Your Directors thank the customers, clients, vendors and other business associates for their continued support in the Company''s growth. The Directors also wish to thank the Government Authorities, Financial Institutions and Shareholders for their cooperation and assistance extended to the Company.

For and on behalf of the Board of Directors

Place: Noida (U.P.), India SHIV NADAR

Date : April 28, 2016 Chairman and Chief Strategy Officer

Jun 30, 2015

Dear Shareholders,

The Directors have immense pleasure in presenting the Twenty Third Annual Report together with the audited financial statements for the year ended June 30, 2015.

1. FINANCIAL RESULTS

Key highlights of the financial results of your Company for the year ended June 30, 2015 are as under:

(in crores) Particulars Consolidated

2015 2014

Total Income 37,840.68 32,821.06

Total Expenditure 28,723.62 24,903.73

Profit before tax 9,117.06 7,917.33

Provision for tax (1,815.11) (1,409.57)

Share of profit of associates 39.90 20.06

Share of profit of minority interest (24.78) (18.31)

Profit for the period 7,317.07 6,509.51

Balance in Statement of Profit and Loss brought forward 13,301.04 8,305.19

Transfer from debenture redemption reserve due to 500 - redemption of debentures

Amount available for appropriation 21,118.11 14,814.70 Appropriations

Dividend and Corporate dividend tax 2,824.86 813.66

Transfer to general reserve 650 600.00

Transfer to debenture redemption reserve - 100.00

Balance carried forward to the balance sheet 17,643.25 13,301.04

Particulars Standalone

2015 2014

Total Income 18,352.94 17,156.49

Total Expenditure 10,654.40 9,758.83

Profit Before tax 7,698.54 7,397.66

Provision for tax (1,352.59) (1,413.04)

Share of profit of associates - -

Share of profit of minority interest - -

Profit for the period 6,345.95 5,984.62

Balence in statement of profit and Loss brought forward 11,068.08 6,597.12

Tansfer debenture redumption reserve due to redumption of debenture 500 -

Amount available for approprition 17,914.03 12,581.74

Appropriation

Dividend and Corporate dividend tax 2,824.86 813.66

Transfer to general reserve 650 600.00

Transfer to debenture redumption reserve - 100.00

balence carried forward to the Balence Sheet 14,439.17 11,068.08

2. RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND THE STATE OF COMPANY'S AFFAIRS

On a standalone basis, the Company achieved revenue of Rs. 18,352.94 crores in the financial year 2014-15 as compared to Rs. 17,156.49 crores in the financial year 2013-14, registering a growth of 6.97%. The profit for the financial year 2014-15 is Rs. 6,345.95 crores as compared to Rs. 5,984.62 crores in financial year 2013-14, registering a growth of 6.04%.

On a consolidated basis, the Company achieved revenue of Rs. 37,840.68 crores in the financial year 2014-15 as compared to Rs. 32,821.06 crores in the financial year 2013-14, registering a growth of 15.29%. The profit for the financial year 2014-15 is Rs. 7,317.07 crores as compared to Rs. 6,509.51 crores in financial year 2013-14, registering a growth of 12.41%.

The state of affairs of the Company is presented as part of Management Discussion and Analysis Report forming part of this Report.

In accordance with the Companies Act, 2013 ("the Act") and Accounting Standard (AS) - 21 on Consoldiated Financial Statements read with AS-23 on Accounting for Investments in Associates and AS-27 on Financial Reporting of Interests in Joint Ventures, the audited consolidated financial statement is provided in the Annual Report.

3. DIVIDEND

During the year, your directors had declared and paid four interim dividends as per the details given below:

S. No. Interim dividend paid during Rate of dividend Amount of the year ended June 30, 2015 per share (face dividend paid value of 2 each)

1. 1st Interim Dividend 12 840.57

2. 2nd Interim Dividend 6 420.80

3. 3rd Interim Dividend 8 561.94

4. 4th Interim Dividend 4 562.28

Total 2,385.59

S. Interim dividend paid during Dividend No. the year ended June 30, 2015 Distribution Total Outflow tax paid by the Company (in crores)

1. 1st Interim Dividend 136.60 977.17

2. 2nd Interim Dividend 82.65 503.45

3. 3rd Interim Dividend 105.55 667.49

4. 4th Interim Dividend 114.47 676.75

Total 439.27 2,824.86

The Board of Directors in its meeting held on August 3, 2015, has declared an interim dividend of Rs. 5 per equity share of face value of Rs. 2 each for the year 2015-16. The Directors did not recommend final dividend for the year ended June 30, 2015.

4. TRANSFER TO RESERVES

For the year ended June 30, 2015, on a standalone basis, your Company has transferred Rs. 650 crores to the General Reserve Account. The balance amount of Rs. 500 crores in the Debenture Redemption Reserve Account has been transferred back to the Statement of Profit and Loss on account of redemption of debentures.

5. CHANGES IN CAPITAL STRUCTURE

Bonus Shares

During the year, 70,28,47,961 equity shares of Rs. 2 each fully paid-up were issued as Bonus shares by way of capitalization of a sum of Rs. 140,56,95,922 from the Securities Premium Account of the Company for issue of bonus shares in the proportion of one equity share for every one equity share held by the equity shareholders of the Company on the record date of March 20, 2015.

Shares allotted under Employees Stock Option Plans

During the year, the Company allotted 31,54,076 equity shares of Rs. 2 each fully paid up under its Employees Stock Option Plans.

Issued and Paid-up share capital as on June 30, 2015

As on June 30, 2015, the issued, subscribed and paid-up share capital of the Company was Rs. 2,81,19,56,836 divided into 1,40,59,78,418 equity shares of face value of Rs. 2 each.

6. DEBENTURES

During the year, the Company has redeemed the outstanding debentures worth Rs. 500 crores. The details of the debentures issued and redeemed are given below:

Date of Amount Coupon Rate Maturity Redeemed Issue (in crores) (Payable Date on quarterly)

August 25, 2009 170 7.55% August 25, 2011 August 25, 2011

August 25, 2009 330 8.20% August 25, 2012 August 25, 2012

September 10, 2009 500 8.80% September 10, 2014 September 10, 2014

The debentures were secured by way of mortgage(s) and/ or charges on the specific movable / immovable properties of the Company whether existing / future. The charges have since been released. The Company has paid the interest due on these debentures on time and nothing is payable as on date.

7. MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS

The Management Discussion and Analysis Report, in terms of Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement, is attached and forms part of this Report.

8. SUBSIDIARIES

As on June 30, 2015, the Company has 73 subsidiaries and 3 associate companies. There has been no material change in the nature of the business of the subsidiaries.

As per the provisions of Section 129(3) of the Act, a statement containing salient features of the financial statements of the Company's subsidiaries (which includes associate companies and joint ventures) in Form AOC-1 is attached to the financial statements of the Company.

As per the provisions of Section 136 of the Act, the financial statements of the Company, standalone and consolidated along with relevant documents and separate audited accounts in respect of subsidiaries, are available on the website of the Company. The Company would provide the annual accounts of the subsidiaries and the related detailed information to the shareholders of the Company on specific request made to it in this regard by the shareholders.

During the year, the Company had incorporated the following step down subsidiaries:-

S. No. Name Country of Incorporation

1. HCL Technologies Columbia S A S Columbia

2. HCL Technologies Middle East FZ- LLC United Arab Emirates

3. HCL Technologies Italy S.p.A. Italy

4. HCL Istanbul Bilisim Teknolojileri Limited Sirketi Turkey

5. HCL Technologies Greece Single Member P.C. Greece

6. HCL Technologies, SA Venezuela

7. HCL Technologies (Beijing) Co., Ltd China

8. HCL Technologies Luxembourg S.a.r.l Luxembourg

9. HCL Technologies Egypt Ltd Egypt

10. HCL Technologies (Thailand) Limited Thailand

11. HCL Technologies Estonia OU Estonia

In addition to the above, HCL Foundation was incorporated as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company on December 30, 2014 under Section 8 of the Act with the sole objective of undertaking Corporate Social Responsibility activities.

The Company has entered into a Joint Venture (JV) agreement with Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) and in terms of the said JV agreement two new companies viz., Celeriti Solutions Limited (in which the Company will hold 51% shareholding) and Celeriti Software and Services Limited (in which the Company will hold 49% shareholding) have been incorporated in UK. In terms of another JV agreement with CSC, a step-down subsidiary of the Company viz. HCL Joint Venture Holdings Inc. has been incorporated in USA.

As on June 30, 2015, the Company and its subsidiaries had 15 branches. Subsequent to June 30, 2015, the subsidiary of the Company in Dubai has set up one branch in mainland Dubai.

Axon Solutions Inc., a step down subsidiary of the Company (Axon Solutions) held 49% shares of a Joint Venture Company, Axon Puerto Rico, Inc. (JV). During the year, the entire shareholding held by Axon Solutions in the JV was sold to the Joint Venture partner for cash consideration.

Bywater Limited, a step down subsidiary of the Company which was not in operations was closed w.e.f. January 13, 2015.

HCL BPO Services (NI) Limited, a step down subsidiary of the Company, undertook restructuring of its operations. As part of this exercise, the business, assets and liabilities relating to business process outsourcing and other related IT services in Northern Ireland were sold for a cash consideration to Axon Solutions Limited, which is another step down subsidiary of the Company.

9. DIRECTORS AND KEY MANAGERIAL PERSONNEL

The Board of Directors consists of nine members, of which six are Independent Directors. The Board also comprises of two women Directors.

Pursuant to Section 149 of the Act, Mr. Amal Ganguli (DIN 00013808), Mr. Keki Mistry (DIN 00008886), Mr. Ramanathan Srinivasan (DIN 00575854), Ms. Robin Ann Abrams (DIN 00030840), Dr. Sosale Shankara Sastry (DIN 05331243) and Mr. Subramanian Madhavan (DIN 06451889) were appointed as Independent Directors of the Company in the Annual General Meeting (AGM) held on December 4, 2014.

The Independent Directors were appointed for a tenure starting from December 4, 2014 and ending on the date of AGM for the year ending March 31, 2019. However, the tenure shall not go beyond December 3, 2019. The terms and conditions of appointment of Independent Directors are as per Schedule IV of the Act. The Independent Directors have furnished the certificate of independence stating that they meet the criteria of independence as mentioned under Section 149 (6) of the Act and Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement.

Mr. Srikant Madhav Datar (DIN 01893883), Director of the Company retired at the AGM of the Company held on December 4, 2014 and it was resolved not to fill the vacancy so caused.

The appointment of Mr. Shiv Nadar as the Managing Director of the Company for a period of five years from February 1, 2012 to January 31, 2017 was approved by the shareholders of the Company under the provisions of the erstwhile Companies Act, 1956. The provisions of the Act, which became effective from April 1, 2014, required that the Managing Director who has attained the age of 70 years, during his tenure, shall continue the employment as the Managing Director only with the approval of the members of the Company by way of a special resolution. Accordingly, approval of the members was obtained for Mr. Shiv Nadar to continue as the Managing Director of the Company, beyond the age of 70 years, through special resolution passed in the AGM of the Company held on December 4, 2014.

As per the provisions of Section 152 (6) of the Act, Mr. Sudhindar Krishan Khanna (DIN 01529178) shall retire by rotation at the ensuing Annual General Meeting and being eligible, has offered himself for re-appointment as the Director of the Company.

As per the provisions of Section 203 of the Act, which came into effect from April 1, 2014, your Board of Directors noted the following persons as the Key Managerial Personnel:

- Mr. Shiv Nadar, Managing Director,

- Mr. Anant Gupta, Chief Executive Officer,

- Mr. Anil Kumar Chanana, Chief Financial Officer and

- Mr. Manish Anand, Company Secretary

The Policies of the Company, in regard to: a) Policy for selection of Directors and determining Director's independence; and b) Remuneration Policy for Directors, Key Managerial Personnel and other employees are provided in the Corporate Governance Report forming part of this Report.

10. NUMBER OF MEETINGS OF THE BOARD

During the year, four meetings of the Board were held. The details of the meetings are provided in the Corporate Governance Report forming part of this Report.

11. FAMILIARIZATION PROGRAMME

The details of familiarization programme have been provided under the Corporate Governance Report forming part of this Report.

12. BOARD EVALUATION

The Nomination and Remuneration Committee (NRC) of the Company approved checklists for evaluation of performance of the Board, the Committees of the Board and the individual Directors. NRC evaluated the performance of individual directors.

In terms of the provisions of the Act and Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement, the Board of Directors carried out an annual evaluation of its own performance, the performance of the Board Committees and the individual directors by using the checklists approved by NRC.

The Board also evaluated the performance of its own and of its committees on the basis of the criteria such as the composition of Board and committees, structure and composition, effectiveness of processes, information and functioning, etc.

In a separate meeting of the Independent Directors, performance of the Non-Independent Directors, the Board as a whole and the Chairman were evaluated.

13. AUDITORS

M/s. S.R. Batliboi & Co. LLP, Chartered Accountants, were appointed as the Statutory Auditors of your Company in the last Annual General Meeting held on December 4, 2014 for a term of five years until the conclusion of the Twenty Seventh AGM of the Company to be held in the year 2019. As per the provisions of Section 139 of the Act, the appointment of the Statutory Auditors is required to be ratified by Members at every Annual General Meeting. Accordingly, the appointment of M/s. S.R. Batliboi & Co. LLP, Chartered Accountants, as Statutory Auditors of the Company, shall be placed for ratification by the Members in the ensuing Annual General Meeting. In this regard, the Company has received a certificate from the Auditors to the effect that the ratification of their appointment, if made, would be within the limits prescribed under Section 141 of the Act and that they are not disqualified to act as Auditors within the meaning of the said section.

14. AUDITORS' REPORT

There are no qualifications, reservations or adverse remarks made by M/s S.R. Batliboi & Co. LLP, Statutory Auditors in their report for the financial year ended June 30, 2015. The Statutory Auditors have not reported any incident of fraud to the Audit Committee of the Company during the year under review.

15. SECRETARIAL AUDIT REPORT

In terms of Section 204 of the Act, Dr. S. Chandrasekaran, Practicing Company Secretary was appointed as the Secretarial Auditor of the Company. The report of the Secretarial Auditor is enclosed as Annexure 1 to this Report. The report is self-explanatory and does not call for any further comments.

16. EXTRACT OF ANNUAL RETURN

Pursuant to section 134(3)(a) and section 92(3) of the Act, the extract of the Annual Return in Form MGT-9 is enclosed as Annexure 2 to this Report.

17. DIRECTORS' APPOINTMENT AND REMUNERATION

The Nomination and Remuneration Committee has formulated the criteria for determining the qualifications, positive attributes and independence of directors in terms of its charter. The Company's policy on directors' remuneration pursuant to section 178(3) of the Act has been disclosed in the Corporate Governance Report, which forms part of this Report.

18. AUDIT COMMITTEE

The Audit Committee comprises of four Independent Directors namely, Mr. Amal Ganguli, Ms. Robin Ann Abrams, Mr. Subramanian Madhavan and Mr. Keki Mistry. During the year, all the recommendations made by the Audit Committee were accepted by the Board.

19. RISK MANAGEMENT POLICY

The Board of the Company has formed a Risk Management Committee to inter-alia assist the Board in overseeing the responsibilities with regard to the identification, evaluation and mitigation of operational, strategic and external environmental risks. In addition, the Audit Committee is also empowered to oversee the areas of risks and controls.

The Company has developed and implemented a Risk Management Policy that ensures the appropriate management of risks in line with its internal systems and culture.

20. INTERNAL FINANCIAL CONTROL SYSTEMS AND THEIR ADEQUACY

The Company's internal financial control systems are commensurate with its size and the nature of its operations. The controls are adequate for ensuring the orderly and efficient conduct of the business and these controls are working effectively. These controls have been designed to provide reasonable assurance with regard to recording and providing reliable financial and operational information, adherence to the Company's policies, safe-guarding of assets from unauthorized use and prevention and detection of frauds and errors.

21. SIGNIFICANT AND MATERIAL ORDERS

There are no significant and material orders passed by the regulators or courts or tribunals impacting the going concern status and Company's operations in future.

22. PARTICULARS OF LOANS, GUARANTEES AND INVESTMENTS

The particulars of loans, guarantees and investments have been disclosed in the financial statements.

23. TRANSACTIONS WITH RELATED PARTIES

None of the transactions with related parties falls under the scope of section 188(1) of the Act. Information on transactions with related parties pursuant to section 134(3)(h) of the Act read with rule 8(2) of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014 are given in Annexure 3 in Form AOC-2 and the same forms part of this Report.

24. CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

The Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) committee comprises of three members, namely Mr. Shiv Nadar, Ms. Roshni Nadar Malhotra and Mr. Subramanian Madhavan. The Committee is inter-alia responsible for formulating and monitoring the CSR Policy of the Company. A brief outline of the CSR Policy of the Company and the initiatives undertaken by the Company on CSR activities during the year are set out in Annexure 4 of this Report in the form as prescribed in the Companies (Corporate Social Responsibility Policy) Rules, 2014. The CSR Policy is available on the website of the Company.

25. TRANSFER OF UNPAID AND UNCLAIMED AMOUNTS TO IEPF

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 124(5) of the Act, the dividend amounts which have remained unpaid or unclaimed for a period of seven years from the date of declaration have been transferred by the Company to the Investor Education and Protection Fund ("IEPF") established by the Central Government pursuant to Section 125 of the Act. The details of unpaid/unclaimed dividend that will be transferred to IEPF in subsequent years are given in the corporate governance section of the Annual Report.

26. DEPOSITS

Your Company has not accepted any deposits from public.

27. CORPORATE GOVERNANCE REPORT

The Corporate Governance Report, in terms of Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement, along with the Statutory Auditors' certificate thereon is enclosed and forms part of this Report.

28. BUSINESS RESPONSIBILITY REPORT

The Securities and Exchange Board of India ("SEBI") vide its circular dated August 13, 2012 has mandated inclusion of Business Responsibility Report ("BRR") as part of the Annual Report for top 100 listed companies. Pursuant to these provisions if a listed Company publishes the Sustainability Report based on internationally accepted reporting framework along with a mapping of the BRR as stated in the SEBI Circular, it would be treated as sufficient compliance of this circular.

For the financial year 2014-15, as the Company has prepared its sustainability report based on the internationally accepted reporting framework and the principles stated under the above SEBI circular have been mapped with the Sustainability Report, no separate BRR has been prepared by the Company. The Mapping and the Sustainability Report are available on our website at http://www.hcltech.com/socially-responsible-business.

29. INSIDER TRADING REGULATIONS

Based on the requirements under SEBI (Prohibition of Insider Trading) Regulations, 2015, the 'Insider Trading Code' to regulate, monitor and report trading by insiders and the 'Code of Practices and Procedures for fair disclosure of Unpublished Price Sensitive Information' are in force.

30. AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS

Your Company relentlessly pursues excellence and is delighted to receive phenomenal share of recognitions and awards this year, not only from the media, but also from analysts, governing bodies, academic institutions, partners and even customers. Some of the key accolades received during the year include:

- Ranking in Forbes Asia's prestigious annual listing of the 50 best publicly traded companies in Asia-Pacific called 'Asia's Fab 50 Companies'. The Company has made it to this list for the sixth consecutive year.

- 'IT Outsourcing Project of the Year Award' by European Outsourcing Association for successful IT Transformation project for a leading multinational pharmaceutical firm.

- 'Technology Innovation Accelerated Award' at Intel Developer Forum 2014, in the "Consumer Solution" category for its Intel Galileo - based Building Automation System (BAS).

- Recognition as a Top Employer in UK for the ninth consecutive year for its best HR practices.

- Company's transformation strategy has been showcased as a case study in "Human Capital Insights-Inspiring practices for Asia, from Asia" by Human Capital Leadership Institute, a strategic Alliance between Singapore Ministry of Manpower, Singapore Economic Development Board and Singapore Management University.

- Two Gold Awards in the 'Brand Activation & Promotion' and 'Direct Response - Digital' categories at India's leading Advertising/Marketing award platform, the Abbys.

- '2015 Forrester Groundswell Award' in the category of Social Reach Marketing (B2B).

- National Outsourcing Association award for 'Outsourcing Service Provider of the Year 2014'.

- Frost & Sullivan's 2015 CIO Impact Awards in the categories Enterprise Social Networking, Mobility and Cloud Computing.

- 'TISS LeapVault CLO Gold Award 2014' under the Blended Learning Program category for Project Management Structured Effectiveness Program (PMStEP).

- Positioned as a 'Leader' in IDC MarketScape for Worldwide Cloud Professional Services 2014 Vendor Assessment.

- Recognition as life sciences IT outsourcing Leader and a Star Performer by the leading advisory and research firm, Everest Group in its PEAK Matrix Assessment 2014 report on "IT Outsourcing in Life Sciences Industry".

- Two International ECHO Awards from the Direct Marketing Association (DMA) for its "CoolestInterviewEver" campaign.

31. SUSTAINABILITY

Your Company believes in a better tomorrow and based on this strong belief has embarked on a Sustainability 2020 programme. The Company's continuous focus on improving all aspects of sustainability demonstrates its commitment to a sustainable tomorrow without compromising on the well-being of its employees today. To do this, the Company partners with multiple stakeholders to form an inclusive working group to create policies, processes and other organizational measures. Today, the Company's sustainability department runs a multi-layered corporate program to drive the sustainability vision.

The ongoing success of the programme depends on a consistent and sustainable vision, ease and flexibility of implementation and most importantly Employee Engagement. The sustainability actions are a part of everyday operations and the Company believes that responsible investments in sustainability will generate long term value for all the stakeholders by improving competitiveness and reducing risk.

Sustainability can be created when we are able to integrate broader societal concerns into business strategy and performance as part of the Company's business model. This common sense of ownership can be realized by incorporating the interests of all those with whom the Company has mutually dependent relationships.

The initiatives taken by the Company on sustainability are given in detail in the Sustainability Report for the year 2014-15 which is hosted on the website of the Company.

32. ORGANIZATION EFFECTIVENESS

Last year, your company's endeavor was to build a future ready organization. To engage the next generation of workforce and to help your Company find talent for opportunities seamlessly, the Company has further shaped its people practices under the umbrella of Design U2.0. Design U2.0 is a journey of self- discovering and development by which individuals in an organization take responsibility for optimizing their future readiness and will deliver on the four capability areas of Listen, Collaborate, Ideate and Create for the individual and organization both. Analytics, social collaboration, live feedback for performance, development and value creation are the areas your Company has invested in. Here are some examples of how the practices adopted by the Company have evolved and seen external recognition:

Career Management

Employees have recast their roles as CEO of their own careers. Employees access the Company's career architecture, understand what it takes to be selected for each opportunity and go through a job based integrated curriculum to advance their career aspirations on a social career management platform. The managers and unit heads themselves have come together to create reference - able career development plans to move from one job to another for the Company's employees. Plans found useful by the network are further endorsed for wide adoption. This effort by the network and for the network is a big draw for career aspirants.

In this social career management platform, employees can refer internal opportunities to other employees and can anonymously vote their career advice to a fellow employee. Business groups are already utilizing this platform to internally identify the talent pipeline for roles they have in newer areas like Digital and IOT (Internet of Things).

Corporate Executive Board, an external global research company, has selected the Company's process as a material proof of how social career management can be accomplished and is advocating it as best practice to Fortune 500 companies. People Matters and the Learning and Organization Development roundtable have recognized this as amongst the best talent management practices in Asia. The Company's employees who have authored this framework have been published in reputed management journals.

Performance Management

The Company has made the employees responsible for establishing expectations and seeking feedback at every role that is assigned. The employees have been enabled to influence their network of peers to co-own goals. This has helped enable cross functional collaboration and interlock. Employees can give and receive help on their goals by making them public and also express their likelihood of reaching their goals. This process helps the Company improve predictability of business performance by accessing real time ground level feedback. This has made feedback and expectations exchange more instantaneous and the practice itself more social. The above has been enabled on a cloud based technology platform.

Employee Engagement and Feedback

Understanding employee engagement and views on the employment experience periodically in our view is not reflective of the needs of the workforce today. Your Company's employees continue to use the Smart Survey platform created to advocate a culture of transparency by sharing views triggered at various stages of the lifecycle.

In the last financial year, your Company not only followed a monthly rhythm of measuring employee experience at each event in the employee life cycle, but also addressed this with sharp and specific actions for different talent segments at different instances of the employee experience. More employees participated in giving and receiving feedback in the annual cycle as well. This was reinforced because of the credibility of this process.

Talent Management and Leadership Development

In the 2-year flagship program through which the Company invests in leadership, 150 aspiring leaders have graduated to occupy higher responsibilities.

The Company has in place a talent risk and succession framework for key positions. This helps the Company take development and deployment decisions for individuals.

The Company assesses potential for 100% of the workforce. Every six months, the Company proactively look for high performers and acknowledge their efforts through a high differentiation of rewards and also provide them access to opportunities.

Value Creation

The Company has nurtured an atmosphere where employees are taking the lead in finding solutions and ideas and then leading them to fruition. This culture of innovation defined under Ideapreneurship which is a self-sustaining, self-inspired, innovation engine that drives the Company forward and prepare as an organization of the future. Every employee gets the opportunity to ideate, and where these everyday ideas set a new business paradigm.

Ideapreneurship puts employees at the forefront of innovation where they innovate and collaborate with each other and with customers to seed, nurture and harvest ideas. This innovation and collaboration culture has given rise to a number of platforms (seed platforms) for employees to bring about a business impact - The Value Portal, LeadGen, MAD JAM and Good Practices Conference.

33. CONSERVATION OF ENERGY, TECHNOLOGY ABSORPTION, FOREIGN EXCHANGE EARNINGS AND OUTGO

Disclosures of particulars as required under section 134(3)(m) of the Act read with the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014 to the extent applicable to your Company, are set out in Annexure 5 to this Report.

34. DIRECTORS' RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT

A statement of responsibility of the Directors relating to compliance with the financial accounting and reporting requirements in respect of the financial statements, as specified under clause (c) of sub-section 3 of section 134 of the Act, is annexed as Annexure 6 to this Report.

35. STOCK OPTIONS PLANS

1999 Stock Option Plan / 2000 Stock Option Plan / 2004 Stock Option Plan

The details of these plans have been annexed as Annexure 7 to this Report.

36. MATERIAL CHANGES AND COMMITMENTS AFFECTING THE FINANCIAL POSITION OF THE COMPANY

There have been no material changes and commitments, which can affect the financial position of the Company between the end of the financial year and the date of this Report.

37. PARTICULARS OF EMPLOYEES

The information required pursuant to section 197(12) of the Act read with rule 5(1) of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014 are given below.

a. The ratio of the remuneration of each Director to the median remuneration of the employees of the Company for the financial year:

S. No. Name of Director Ratio to median remuneration of employees

Executive Director

1. Mr. Shiv Nadar 302.39*

Non-Executive Directors

2. Mr. Amal Ganguli 14.22

3. Mr. Keki Mistry 11.49

4. Mr. Ramanathan Srinivasan 19.64

5. Ms. Robin Ann Abrams 20.11

6. Ms. Roshni Nadar Malhotra 10.55

7. Dr. Sosale Shankara Sastry 13.89

8. Mr. Subramanian Madhavan 13.16

9. Mr. Sudhindar Krishna Khanna 10.65

10. Mr. Srikant Madhav Datar** 6.58

The remuneration of Non-executive Directors also includes sitting fees paid during the year.

*The ratio has been calculated after taking into account the remuneration drawn from the Company as well as the subsidiaries.

**This information is not comparable as he was Director for part of the year .

b. The percentage increase in remuneration of each Director, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Company Secretary in the financial year:

S. No. Names % increase in remuneration in the financial year Directors

1. Mr. Shiv Nadar* -

2. Mr. Amal Ganguli 84.43

3. Mr. Keki Mistry 100.00

4. Mr. Ramanathan Srinivasan 109.30

5. Ms. Robin Ann Abrams 116.86

6. Ms. Roshni Nadar Malhotra 152.17

7. Dr. Sosale Shankara Sastry 67.54

8. Mr. Subramanian Madhavan 114.20

9. Mr. Sudhindar Krishna Khanna 90.26

10. Mr. Srikant Madhav Datar** -

Key Managerial Personnel

11. Mr. Anant Gupta (Chief Executive Officer) 578.93

12. Mr. Anil Chanana* (Chief Financial Officer) 120.41

13. Mr. Manish Anand (Company Secretary) 12.82

*% increase includes remuneration from the subsidiaries.

**This information is not comparable as he was Director for part of the year.

c. The percentage increase in the median remuneration of employees in the financial year:

8.00%

d. The number of permanent employees on the rolls of Company:

There were 77,210 permanent employees on the rolls of the Company. In addition, the Company has 28,897 number of employees on the rolls of its subsidiaries.

e. The explanation on the relationship between average increase in remuneration and Company performance:

On an average, employees received an annual increase of 7.43% in India. The individual increments varied from 12.03% to 2.6%, based on individual performance.

Employees outside India received wage increase varying from 4.2% to 0.7%. The increase in remuneration of employees in India and outside India is in line with the market trends in the respective countries. Increase in remuneration of employees reflects the individual's and Company's performance. The Annual Performance Bonus pay out is also linked to organization performance, apart from an individual's performance.

f. Comparison of the remuneration of the key managerial personnel (KMP) against the performance of the Company:

(in crores) Particulars On the basis of Standalone Consolidated

Aggregate remuneration of 49.49 55.55 KMP in FY15

Revenue (FY15) 18,352.94 37,840.68

Remuneration of KMP as 0.27 0.15 percentage of Revenue

Profit before tax (FY15) 7,698.54 9,117.06

Remuneration of KMP as 0.64 0.61 percentage of Profit before tax

g. Variations in the market capitalisation of the Company, price earnings ratio as at the closing date of the current financial year and previous financial year:

Particulars June 30, 2015 June 30, 2014 % change

Market Capitalisation 129,312 105,007 23.15 (crore)

Price Earnings Ratio 35.52 32.64* 8.82

* Adjusted for Bonus issue in the year 2015 (1:1)

h. Percentage increase over decrease in the market quotations of the shares of the Company in comparison to the rate at which the Company came out with the last public offer:

Particulars June 30, 2015 December 24, December 24, % change* 1999 (IPO) 1999 (IPO)*

Market Price (NSE) 919.75 580 72.5 1168.6

Market Price (BSE) 921.05 580 72.5 1170.4

* Adjusted for Stock Split (face value of Rs. 4 per share sub-divided into 2 shares of face value of Rs. 2 each in the year 2000) and adjusted for Bonus issue in the year 2007 (1:1) and 2015 (1:1).

i. Average percentile increase already made in the salaries of employees other than the managerial personnel in the last financial year and its comparison with the percentile increase in the managerial remuneration and justification thereof and point out if there are any exceptional circumstances for increase in the managerial remuneration:

The average annual increase was 7.43%. There is no increase in the managerial remuneration during the year.

j. Comparison of each remuneration of the key managerial personnel against the performance of the Company:

i) On the basis of Standalone accounts

(in crores)

Mr. Shiv Nadar, Mr. Anant Gupta, Mr. Anil Chanana, Mr.Manish Anand, Chairman & Chief Executive Chief Financial Company Chief Strategy Officer Officer Secretary Officer

Remuneration in 12.15 28.66 8.14 0.54 FY15

Revenue 18,352.94

Remuneration as 0.091 1.156 0.044 0.003 % of Revenue

Profit before tax 7,698.54

Remuneration as 0.216 0.372 0.106 0.007 % of Profit before tax

k. The key parameters for any variable component of remuneration availed by the directors:

The shareholders of the Company in the Annual General Meeting held on December 4, 2014 had granted their approval for payment of commission not exceeding one percent per annum of the net profits of the Company calculated in accordance with the provisions of the Act, to all the Non- executive Directors of the Company for a period of 5 years beginning from July 1, 2014.

The said commission is decided each year by the Board of Directors and distributed amongst the Non-executive Directors based on their attendance and contribution at the Board and certain Committee meetings, as well as the time spent on operational matters other than at meetings.

l. The ratio of the remuneration of the highest paid director to that of the employees who are not directors but receive remuneration in excess of the highest paid director during the year:

The ratio of remuneration of Mr. Shiv Nadar, the highest paid

Director to that of Mr. Anant Gupta, President & Chief Executive Officer, the highest paid employee is as under:

a) On Consolidated basis : 0.58:1

b) On Standalone basis : 0.42:1

m. Affirmation that the remuneration is as per the remuneration policy of the Company:

The Company affirms that the remuneration is as per the remuneration policy of the Company.

38. STATEMENT OF EMPLOYEES PURSUANT TO RULE 5(2) THE COMPANIES (APPOINTMENT AND REMUNERATION OF MANAGERIAL PERSONNEL) RULES, 2014

A statement containing the names of the employees employed throughout the financial year and in receipt of remuneration of Rs. 60 lacs or more and the employees employed for part of the year and in receipt of remuneration of Rs. 5 lacs or more per month, pursuant to Rule 5(2) the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014 is provided as Annexure 8 to this Report.

39. VIGIL MECHANISM / WHISTLE BLOWER POLICY

The Company has formulated and published a Whistle Blower Policy to provide vigil mechanism for employees including directors of the Company to report genuine concerns and to ensure strict compliance with ethical and legal standards across the Company. The provisions of this Policy are in line with the provisions of the section 177(9) of the Act and Clause 49 of the Listing Agreements with Stock Exchanges and are available on the website of the Company at http://www.hcltech.com/about-us/corporate-governance/ governance-policies. The details of Whistle Blower Policy forms part of the Corporate Governance Report annexed with this Report.

40. DISCLOSURE UNDER SEXUAL HARASSMENT OF WOMEN AT WORKPLACE (PREVENTION, PROHIBITION AND REDRESSAL) ACT, 2013

The Company has in place a Prevention and Redressal of Sexual Harassment at Work Place Policy in line with the requirements of Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013. The Company has constituted a committee for the redressal of all sexual harassment complaints. These matters are also being reported to the Audit Committee. The details of the Policy and the complaints are given under Corporate Governance Report and the Business Responsibility Report respectively.

41. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The Board wishes to place on record its appreciation of the significant contributions made by the employees of the Company and its subsidiaries during the year under review. The Company has achieved impressive growth through competence, hard work, solidarity, cooperation and support of the employees at all levels. Your Directors thank the customers, clients, vendors and other business associates for their continued support in the Company's growth. The Directors also wish to thank the Government Authorities, Financial Institutions and Shareholders for their cooperation and assistance extended to the Company.

For and on behalf of the Board of Directors

Place: Noida, U.P., India SHIV NADAR

Date : August 3, 2015 Chairman and Chief Strategy Officer

Jun 30, 2014

Dear Shareholders,

The Directors have immense pleasure in presenting this Twenty Second Annual Report together with the Audited Accounts for the year ended June 30, 2014.

FINANCIAL RESULTS

The financial results of your Company prepared for the financial year ended June 30, 2014 are summarized as under:

(Rs. in crores)

Consolidated

2014 2013

Total Income 32,821.06 25,932.17

Total Expenditure 24,903.73 20,662.28

Profit before tax 7,917.33 5,269.89

Provision for tax (1,409.57) (1,225.31)

Share of profit (loss) of associates 20.06 (0.21)

Share of profit of minority interest (18.31) (4.28)

Impact of scheme of amalgamation relating to earlier period - -

Profit for the period 6,509.51 4,040.09

Balance in Statement of Profit and Loss brought forward 8,305.19 5,390.28

Transfer from debenture redemption reserve due to redemption of debentures - 330.00

Surplus acquired under the scheme of amalgamation - -

Amount available for appropriation 14,814.70 9,760.37

Appropriations

Dividend and Corporate dividend tax 813.66 975.18

Transfer to general reserve 600.00 380.00 Transfer to debenture redemption reserve 100.00 100.00

Balance carried forward to the balance sheet 13,301.04 8,305.19

(Rs. in crores)

Standalone

2014 2013

Total Income 17,156.49 12,896.66

Total Expenditure 9,758.83 8,445.46

Profit before tax 7,397.66 4,451.20

Provision for tax (1,413.04) (840.02)

Share of profit (loss) of associates - -

Share of profit of minority interest - -

Impact of scheme of amalgamation relating to earlier period - 93.54

Profit for the period 5,984.62 3,704.72

Balance in Statement of Profit and Loss brought forward 6,597.12 3,185.77

Transfer from debenture redemption reserve due to redemption of debentures - 330.00

Surplus acquired under the scheme of amalgamation - 831.81

Amount available for appropriation 12,581.74 8,052.30

Appropriations

Dividend and Corporate dividend tax 813.66 975.18

Transfer to general reserve 600.00 380.00 Transfer to debenture redemption reserve 100.00 100.00

Balance carried forward to the balance sheet 11,068.08 6,597.12

COMPANY''S PERFORMANCE OVERVIEW

On a standalone basis, the Company achieved revenue of Rs. 17,156.49 crores in the financial year 2013-14 as compared to Rs. 12,896.66 crores in the financial year 2012-13 registering a growth of 33.03% and the profit for the financial year 2013-14 is Rs. 5,984.62 crores in comparison to Rs. 3,704.72 crores in financial year 2012-13 registering a growth of 61.54%.

On a consolidated basis, the Company achieved revenue of Rs. 32,821.06 crores in the financial year 2013-14 as compared to Rs. 25,932.17 crores in the financial year 2012-13 registering a growth of 26.57% and the profit for the financial year 2013-14 is Rs. 6,509.51 crores in comparison to Rs. 4,040.09 crores in financial year 2012-13 registering a growth of 61.12%.

DIVIDEND

During the year under review, your directors had declared and paid three interim dividends as per the details given hereunder:

Sl. Interim dividend paid during Rate of dividend Amount of No. the year ended June 30, 2014 per share dividend paid (face value of Rs. 2 each) 1. 1st Interim Dividend Rs. 2 139.66

2. 2nd Interim Dividend Rs. 4 279.63

3. 3rd Interim Dividend Rs. 4 279.79

Sl. Interim dividend paid during Dividend Distribution Total No. the year ended June 30, 2014 tax paid by the Outflow Company (Rs. in crores)

1. 1st Interim Dividend 23.73 163.39

2. 2nd Interim Dividend 41.92 321.55

3. 3rd Interim Dividend 47.55 327.34

The total amount of dividend paid for the year ended June 30, 2014 was Rs. 699.08 crores. Dividend distribution tax paid by the Company for the year amounted to Rs. 113.2 crores.

The Board of Directors in its meeting held on July 29-31, 2014 has declared an interim dividend of Rs. 12 per equity share of face value of Rs. 2 each for the financial year 2014-15.The Directors did not recommend final dividend for the year ended June 30, 2014.

TRANSFER TO RESERVES

For the year ended June 30, 2014, on a standalone basis, your Company has transferred Rs. 600 crores to the General Reserve Account. An amount of Rs. 100 crores have been transferred to the Debenture Redemption Reserve Account. As on June 30, 2014, the balance available in the Debenture Redemption Reserve Account was Rs. 500 crores for redemption of the outstanding debentures repayable on September 10, 2014.

SUBSIDIARIES

During the year under review, the Company has incorporated the following step down subsidiaries:-

Sl. Name of the Subsidiary Place of Incorporation No.

1. HCL Technologies UK Limited United Kingdom

2. HCL Technologies B.V. Netherlands

3. HCL Technologies Germany GmbH Germany

4. HCL (Ireland) Information Systems Limited Ireland

5. HCL Technologies Belgium BVBA Belgium

6. HCL Technologies Sweden AB Sweden

7. HCL Technologies Finland Oy. Finland

The Company has a Joint Venture namely State Street HCL Holdings (UK) Limited with State Street International Holdings, USA in which the Company holds 49%. The JV entity has formed a subsidiary named Street HCL Services (Philippines) Inc. in Philippines during the year.

The Company has 62 subsidiaries as on June 30, 2014. There has been no material change in the nature of the business of the subsidiaries.

CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Pursuant to the circular no. 2/2011 dated February 8, 2011 issued by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, a general exemption has been granted to the companies from annexing the individual accounts of all the subsidiaries along with the audited financial statements of the Company while publishing the Annual Report subject to certain conditions as mentioned in the said circular. Your Company meets all the conditions stated in the aforesaid circular and therefore the standalone financial statements of each subsidiary are not annexed with the Annual Report for the year ended June 30, 2014.

The audited consolidated financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries are attached in the Annual Report. A statement containing brief financial details of all the subsidiaries of the Company for the year ended June 30, 2014 forms part of the Annual Report.

The Company would provide the annual accounts of the subsidiaries and the related detailed information to the shareholders of the Company on specific request made to it in this regard by the shareholders.

CHANGES IN CAPITAL STRUCTURE

Issue of shares under Employees Stock Option Plans

During the year ended June 30, 2014, the Company allotted 31,06,524 equity shares of Rs. 2 each fully paid up under its Employees Stock Option Plans. This constitutes 0.44% of the total paid up share capital of the Company as on June 30, 2014. As a result of this, the issued, subscribed and paid-up share capital of the Company has increased from Rs. 139,37,39,714 to Rs. 139,99,52,762 during the year ended June 30, 2014.

DEBENTURES

During the financial year ended June 30, 2014, the Company has not redeemed any debentures.The details of the debentures issued, redeemed and outstanding are given hereunder:

Date of Amount Coupon Rate Maturity Redeemed Issue (Rs. in crores) (Payable Date on quarterly)

August August August 25, 2009 170 7.55% 25, 2011 25, 2011

August August August 25, 2009 330 8.20% 25, 2012 25, 2012

September September 10, 2009 500 8.80% 10, 2014 - A debenture trust deed in favor of IDBI Trusteeship Services Limited for the aforesaid issues was executed. The debentures are secured by way of mortgage(s) and / or charges on the specific movable / immovable properties of the Company whether existing / future. The said debentures have been listed on Wholesale Debt Segment of the National Stock Exchange of India Limited. The Company has paid the interest due on the aforesaid debentures on time and nothing is payable as on date.

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT''S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS

As per clause 49 of the Listing Agreement entered into with the Stock Exchanges, Corporate Governance Report titled ''Corporate Governance Report 2013-14'' alongwith the Statutory Auditor''s certificate thereon and Management''s Discussion and Analysis are attached and form part of this Report.

BUSINESS RESPONSIBILITY REPORT

The Securities and Exchange Board of India ("SEBI") vide its circular dated August 13, 2012 has mandated inclusion of Business Responsibility Report ("BRR") as part of the Annual Report for top 100 listed companies. Pursuant to these provisions if a listed Company publishes the sustainability report based on internationally accepted reporting framework along with a mapping of the BRR as stated in the SEBI Circular, it would be treated as sufficient compliance of the aforesaid circular.

For the financial year 2013-14, as the Company has prepared its sustainability report based on the internationally accepted reporting framework and the principles stated under the aforesaid SEBI circular have been mapped with the sustainability report, no separate report has been prepared by the Company. The Sustainability Report as well as mapping as stated above is available on our website at http:/ /www.hcltech.com/socially-responsible-business.

INSIDER TRADING REGULATIONS

Based on the requirements under SEBI (Prohibition of Insider Trading) Regulations, 2011, as amended from time to time, the code of conduct for prevention of insider trading and the code for corporate disclosures are in force.

DIRECTORS

Mr. Vineet Nayar (DIN 02007846) and Mr. Subroto Bhattacharya (DIN 00009524), Directors of the Company who were liable to retire by rotation in the 21st Annual General Meeting of the Company held on December 27, 2013 had expressed their unwillingness to seek re-appointment as Directors of the Company. Accordingly, Mr. Nayar and Mr. Bhattacharya were not re-appointed as Directors and it was resolved not to fill the vacancies so caused.

As per the provisions of Section 152 (6) of the Companies Act, 2013 one third of such of the directors for the time being as are liable to retire by rotation, shall retire by rotation at the ensuing Annual Gen- eral Meeting and shall be considered for re-appointment.

AUDITORS

The Statutory Auditors, M/s. S.R. Batliboi & Co. LLP, Chartered Accountants, hold office till the conclusion of the ensuing Annual General Meeting and they have confirmed their eligibility and willingness to be re-appointed. The Company has received a certificate from the Statutory Auditors to the effect that their appointment, if made, would be within the limits prescribed under section 141 of the Companies Act, 2013 and that they are not disqualified for such appointment within the meaning of the said section. Pursuant to the provisions of section 139 of the Companies Act, 2013 and the rules framed thereunder, it is proposed to appoint M/s. S.R. Batliboi & Co. LLP, Chartered Accountants as the Statutory Auditors for a period of five years subject to ratification of their appointment by members at every Annual General Meeting.

TRANSFER OF UNPAID AND UNCLAIMED AMOUNTS TO IEPF

Pursuant to the provisions of section 205A(5) of the Companies Act, 1956, the dividend amounts which have remain unpaid or unclaimed for a period of seven years from the date of declaration have been transferred by the Company to the Investor Education and Protection Fund ("IEPF") established by the Central Government pursuant to section 205C of the said Act. The details of unpaid/unclaimed dividend that will be transferred to IEPF A/c in subsequent years are given in the corporate governance section of the Annual Report.

FIXED DEPOSITS

Your Company has not accepted any fixed deposits.

AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS

As your Company pursues excellence relentlessly, your Company is delighted to receive phenomenal share of recognitions and awards this year, not just from the media, but also from analysts, governing bodies, academic institutions, partners and even customers. Some of the key accolades received during the year include:

* Prestigious CNBC-TV 18''s India Business Leader Award for ''Outstanding Company of the Year - Penultimate award in corporate excellence''.

* PHD Chamber Good Corporate Citizen Award 2013 by PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

* Mr. Anant Gupta, President & CEO, HCL Technologies has received the ''2014 Women''s Empowerment Principles (WEPs) Leadership Award - 7 Principles'' for developing and implementing a comprehensive internal and external strategy based on the WEPs'' seven principles for advancing and empowering women in the workplace, marketplace and community.

* ''Best Governed Company Award'' by Asian Centre for Corporate Governance and Sustainability at the Asia Business Responsibility Summit 2014. This award is an acclaimed recognition for corporate practicing best corporate governance norms in both letter and spirit.

* ''Diamond and Gold Awards for marketing excellence'' in November 2013 by IT Services Marketing Association (ITSMA), the leading marketing association for technology, communications and professional service providers.

* ''CRY Best Employee Engagement Award'' for the most impactful employee engagement program to address Child Rights issue for its "Power of One" initiative.

* Recognition as one of Britain''s Top Employer for the eighth consecutive year for its employee friendly HR policies and practices.

* Named as a leader in innovation in the Nordic region. This accolade comes as part of a 2013 Nordic IT Outsourcing Service Provider Satisfaction and Performance Survey by KPMG.

* For the fourth consecutive year, HCL has made it to the prestigious annual ''2013 Asia''s fab 50'' list.

SUSTAINABILITY

Responsible corporate citizenship has been a part of our core values and sustainability has been the driving factor in many of our initiatives. Today, the sustainability office runs a multi-layered corporate program to drive our sustainability vision. We partner with multiple stakeholders to form an inclusive working group to create policies, processes and other organizational measures. We believe that responsible investments in sustainability will generate long term value for all our stakeholders by improving competitiveness and reducing risk.

In our everyday practice as a ''Responsible Business'' we focus Value- centricity and Trust through transparency.The initiative taken by the Company on sustainability are given in detail in the sustainability report for the year 2013-14 which is being hosted on the website of the Company.

ORGANIZATION''S EFFECTIVENESS

The Company sees the changing landscape and market conditions as an opportunity to build leadership in the information technology services space, through creation of robust business and people models to enhance its share of the customer wallet.

The Organization Effectiveness function is currently engaged in creating mature people models to leverage human capabilities, thereby generating higher value at the customer-employee interface, which would propel the Company into the next phase of growth globally. It includes Program First, Smart Survey and Talent Management:

Program First

Your Company focuses constantly on reassessing, refreshing and reinventing the organizational and individual capabilities so that it continues to offer a distinctive experience to its employees as well as to its customers. Your Company is on an accelerated journey to enhance the employment experience of its people and create new benchmarks.

In the same light Program FIRST (Future-ready Initiatives for Results and Smart Transformation) was initiated. Program First introduced practices that enable, empower and engage the Company ideapreneurs to drive organization to success in the future. It introduces enhancements to the career, performance, reward, talent, and learning management practices within the organization. Successful implementation and follow through of Program FIRST resulted in tighter coupling of Career, Performance, Talent and Learning Processes around a role based organization.

Smart Survey

Smart Survey is a process of collating effective, constructive and integrated feedback from the employees in an organization that is crucial to the ongoing development and growth of individuals as well as the organization. The tool is built around the 3 key pillars - self, my managers and work environment.

Talent Management

Your Company has always believed its people to be the source of value and have followed formal talent appreciation processes geared to ensure that it has the capability, both capacity and ability, to do what it has committed to do in the immediate and more medium term future. Build / Buy / Secure / Reward / Progress / Invest decisions were taken as a result of this effort. It has also used the occasion to move leaders from one service line to another.

The High Potential employees identified in Talent Reviews have been invited to participate in a rigorous development program for 6- 18 months internally called TOPGUN, now in its 5th edition. The program consists of extensive action learning, coaching and self- reflection as well as opportunities to build networks with peers and executives from across the organization. This program is already generating a healthy pipeline of leadership for the organization.

Your Company instituted the CEO club to recognize individuals who had made significant contribution to the success of the Company in a financial year. 78 Middle managers across the world and across functions were chosen for the FY-12-13 performance contribution and received a "luxury car" as a mark of recognition of their achievements. The O-infinity awards, now an annual feature recognized the top performers from the entry to manager career levels across the world through various events anchored by our leadership thanking employees and their families for making the Company successful.

IDEAPRENEURSHIP

Building the Ideapreneurship Culture Born in 2005 the Employee First Customer Second (EFCS) approach questioned the traditional top down approach and brought the spotlight back on those who created value for the organization - the employee as a catalyst of change. The way any employee creates value centricity is through the power of innovative thinking. EFCS brought the employees'' belief in change, transformation and value centricity which led them to exercise their license to ideate and take advantage of the freedom to decide and act. As a result of it, the culture of ideapreneurship emerged that supports grass-root programs which helps in value creation. Your Company has built programs and platforms that capture small but powerful ideas or grassroot innovations of employees. The continued business growth of your Company, even during the dynamic market situations, is resultant of its culture - ideapreneurship, that empowered its employees and gave them the freedom to ideate, that returned value to customers which were beyond what was the contractual ask.

Reward and Recognition

Your Company recognizes teams and individuals who have contributed to building value for clients through the power of simple ideas by ''Ideapreneur Awards''. Simultaneously, employees are co- rewarded by clients on their ideas which are rated by clients and implemented resulting in hundreds of dollars in savings for clients.

Developing Leader Involvement

Your Company has successfully brought together top leaders to contribute to the ideation process by introducing ''dollar impact of ideation on revenue'' as a key account performance measure. This has led to ideapreneurs being in focus in most internal or client reviews, thus creating leadership momentum and sponsorship to sustain the culture of ideapreneurship.

Ideapreneurship has been featured as a case study in the Cambridge University Students'' Union (CUSU) publication titled Strategies for Success.

RELATIONSHIP BEYOND THE CONTRACT

Your Company''s approach to engagement can be best described by the word ''Relationship''. When your Company signs a contract, it commits to much more than just the Statement of Work because of its belief that an engagement cannot be scripted in any contract to make it a truly worthwhile. Your Company believes in a simple thing called values. A contract can safeguard all that is within the span of control but in today''s uncertain world where business and macro environment are seeing new challenges and undergoing changes every day, your Company believes that its value of Trust, Transparency and Flexibility fuelled by its philosophy of ''Employees First'' will ensure a continued defense of its customers'' interests.

Your Company does not use contracts to save its skin. Your Company believes in taking every relationship beyond the contract by putting its own skin in the game through collaboration, applied innovation and new generation partnership models that put its customers'' interests above all. ''Relationship Beyond the Contract'' is a spirit that is alive in its Ideapreneurs who are passionate about only one thing that is making the customers'' business more efficient through everyday innovation.

TALENT DEVELOPMENT

Learning and Leadership are the most sustainable sources of competitive advantage in our industry, today. As the war for talent continues, leveraging and optimizing learning for stronger performance is the critical need of the time. In the knowledge based economy, creating a learning environment helps address talent gaps, generate ideas, and ultimately leads to an engaged workforce.

Talent Development is the learning Ecosystem of the Company that actively supports holistic employee development through a combination of Technical, Behavioral, Leadership and specialized Domain training. These learning interventions touch the employee from day one in the Company and continue through the employees'' tenure to offer holistic learning programs. Further, the programs are designed on blended delivery mode, i.e., classroom, webinars, e-learning, podcasting, e-books and projects, to create comprehensive learning opportunities for a global workforce.

There are over 25 programs for behavioral training and a long list of technical training programs available across these Academies engaging employees from freshers right up to senior leadership. These are designed to impact key business outcomes and supported by content that is, often, created in partnership with world class training organizations. The Company''s learning approach is unique, as it connects to the career road map of employees by allowing them to take charge of their individual learning needs and sharpen the desired competencies in their current and future roles.

Talent Development is also deeply engaged directly with customers to understand their training needs for teams that work on the project - to provide in time training solutions, which has been highly applauded by many of your valued clients.

CONSERVATION OF ENERGY, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, TECHNOLOGY ABSORPTION, FOREIGN EXCHANGE EARNINGS AND OUTGO

Disclosures of particulars as required by the Companies (Disclosure of Particulars in the Report of Board of Directors) Rules, 1988 to the extent applicable to your Company, are set out in Annexure 1 to this Report.

DIRECTORS'' RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT

A statement of responsibility of the Directors relating to compliance with the financial accounting and reporting requirements in respect of the financial statements, as specified under section 217 (2AA) of the Companies Act, 1956, is annexed as Annexure 2 to this Report.

STOCK OPTIONS PLANS

1999 Stock Option Plan / 2000 Stock Option Plan / 2004 Stock Option Plan

The details of these plans have been annexed as Annexure 3 to this Report.

DISCLOSURES UNDER SECTION 217 OF THE COMPANIES ACT, 1956

Except, as disclosed elsewhere in the Report, there have been no material changes and commitments, which can affect the financial position of the Company between the end of the financial year and the date of this Report.

As required under section 217(2A) of the Companies Act, 1956, read with the Companies (Particulars of Employees) Rules, 1975, as amended, the names and other particulars of employees are set out in Annexure 4 to this Report.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The Board wishes to place on record its appreciation to the contribution made by the employees of the Company and its subsidiaries during the year under review. The Company has achieved impressive growth through the competence, hard work, solidarity, cooperation and support of employees at all levels. Your Directors thank the customers, clients, vendors and other business associates for their continued support in the Company''s growth. The Directors also wish to thank the Government Authorities, Financial Institutions and Shareholders for their cooperation and assistance extended to the Company.

For and on behalf of the Board of Directors

Place: Noida (U.P.), India SHIV NADAR Date : July 31, 2014 Chairman and Chief Strategy Officer

Jun 30, 2013

Dear Shareholders,

The Directors have pleasure in presenting this Twenty First Annual Report together with the Audited Accounts for the year ended June 30, 2013.

FINANCIAL RESULTS

The highlights of the financial results of your Company prepared for the financial year 2012-13 are tabulated below:

(Rs.in crores) Consolidated Standalone 2012-13 2011-12 2012-13 2011-12

Total Income 25,932.17 21,037.05 12,896.66 9,208.08

Total Expenditure 20,662.28 17,827.25 8,445.46 6,847.34

Profit before tax 5,269.89 3,209.80 4,451.20 2,360.74

Provision for tax (1,225.31) (782.72) (840.02) (410.32)

Share of minority interest (4.28) (4.31)

Share of loss of associates (0.21) (0.07)

Profit after tax 4,040.09 2,422.70 3,611.18 1,950.42

Impact of scheme of amalgamation relating to earlier period 93.54

Profit for the year 4,040.09 2,422.70 3,704.72 1,950.42

Balance in Profit and Loss Account brought forward 5,390.28 4,167.94 3,185.77 2,435.71

Transfer from debenture redemption reserve due to redemption of debenture 330.00 170.00 330.00 170.00 Surplus acquired under the scheme of amalgamation 831.81

Amount available for appropriation 9,760.37 6,760.64 8,052.30 4,556.13

Appropriations

Proposed final dividend [including Rs.0.30 crores 418.42 277.60 418.42 277.60

(previous year Rs.0.29 crores) paid for previous year]

Interim dividend 416.94 552.98 416.94 552.98

Corporate dividend tax [including Rs.0.05 crores 139.82 134.74 139.82 134.74

(previous year Rs.0.05 crores) paid for previous year]

Transfer to general reserve 380.00 195.04 380.00 195.04

Transfer to debenture redemption reserve 100.00 210.00 100.00 210.00

Balance carried forward to the balance sheet 8,305.19 5,390.28 6,597.12 3,185.77

TRANSFER TO RESERVES

For the year ended June 30, 2013, on a standalone basis, your Company has transferred Rs.380 crores to the General Reserve Account. An amount of Rs.100 crores has been transferred to the Debenture Redemption Reserve Account and Rs.330 crores has been transferred back to the Profit & Loss Account from the Debenture Redemption Reserve Account on account of redemption of debentures. As on June 30, 2013, the balance available in the Debenture Redemption Reserve Account is Rs.400 crores. An amount of Rs.6,597.12 crores is proposed to be carried forward in the Profit & Loss Account.

OVERVIEW

During the financial year 2012-13, on a consolidated basis, your Company''s revenues stood at Rs.25,581.06 crores registering a growth of 22.80% over the previous year.

A detailed analysis on the Company''s performance is included in the Management''s Discussion and Analysis Report titled as "Management''s Discussion and Analysis", which forms part of this Annual Report.

DIVIDENDS

Your Directors are pleased to recommend a final dividend of Rs.6/-per equity share of par value of Rs.2/- each for the financial year ended June 30, 2013, subject to the approval of the shareholders at the ensuing Annual General Meeting of the Company. During the year under review, your directors had declared and paid three interim dividends as per the details given hereunder:

The total amount of dividends (including interim dividends paid) for the year ended June 30, 2013 shall be Rs.835.36 crores. Dividend distribution tax paid / payable by the Company for the year would amount to Rs.139.82 crores.

SCHEME OF AMALGAMATION

During the year under review, the Hon''ble High Court of Delhi vide its order dated April 12, 2013 has approved the Scheme of Arrangement between HCL Technologies Limited, HCL Comnet Systems & Services Limited and their respective shareholders and creditors under section 391 to 394 of the Companies Act, 1956 for amalgamation of the demerged undertaking of HCL Comnet Systems & Services Limited, a subsidiary of the Company into the Company. The said Order became effective w.e.f. May 17, 2013 being the date of filing of the said order with the Office of Registrar of Companies, NCT of Delhi & Haryana.

SUBSIDIARIES

HCL Technologies Chile SpA

In view of the new business prospects, the Company during the year has incorporated a step down subsidiary in Chile viz. HCL Technologies Chile SpA.

SUBSIDIARIES - FINANCIALS

The Company has 57 subsidiaries as on June 30, 2013. Pursuant to the circular dated February 8, 2011 issued by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs a general exemption has been granted to the companies from annexing the individual accounts of all the subsidiaries along with the audited financial statements of the Company while publishing the Annual Report subject to certain conditions as mentioned in the said circular. Your Company meets all the conditions stated in the aforesaid circular and therefore the standalone financial statements of each subsidiary are not annexed with the Annual Report for the year ended June 30, 2013.

The consolidated financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries are attached in the Annual Report. A statement containing brief financial details of all the subsidiaries of the Company for the year ended June 30, 2013 forms part of the Annual Report. The Company would provide the annual accounts of the subsidiaries and the related detailed information to the shareholders of the Company on specific requests made to it in this regard by the shareholders.

CHANGES IN CAPITAL STRUCTURE

Issue of shares under Employees Stock Option Plans

During the year ended June 30, 2013, the Company allotted 35,76,256 equity shares of Rs.2/- each fully paid up under its Employees Stock Option Plans. This constitutes 0.51% of the total paid up share capital of the Company as on June 30, 2013.

Issue of shares under the Scheme of Arrangement

During the year ended June 30, 2013, the Company allotted 10,125 equity shares of Rs.2/- each fully paid up under the Scheme of Arrangement between HCL Technologies Limited, HCL Comnet Systems & Services Limited and their respective shareholders and creditors under section 391 to 394 of the Companies Act, 1956. This constitutes 0.001% of the total paid up share capital of the Company as on June 30, 2013.

Issued and Paid-up Share Capital

As on June 30, 2013, the issued and paid-up share capital of the Company was Rs.139,37,39,714/- (previous year: Rs.138,65,66,952/-) comprising 69,68,69,857 (previous year: 69,32,83,476) equity shares of Rs.2/- each fully paid-up.

SHARES UNDER COMPULSORY DEMATERIALIZATION

The equity shares of your Company are included in the list of specified scrips where delivery of shares in dematerialized (demat) form is compulsorily effective from July 24, 2000, if the same are traded on a stock exchange, which is linked to a depository. As of June 30, 2013, 99.93% shares were held in demat form.

DEBENTURES

During the financial year ended June 30, 2013, the Company has redeemed the debentures worth Rs.330 crores which was issued in the year 2010. The details of the debentures issued, redeemed and outstanding are given hereunder:

A debenture trust deed in favour of IDBI Trusteeship Services Limited for the aforesaid issues was executed. The debentures are secured by way of mortgage(s) and/ or charges on the specific movable / immovable properties of the Company whether existing / future. The said debentures have been listed on Wholesale Debt Segment of the National Stock Exchange of India Limited. The Company has paid the interest due on the aforesaid debentures on time and nothing is payable as on date.

INTERNAL CONTROL SYSTEM

The Company has put in place an adequate system of internal control commensurate with its size and nature of business. These systems provide a reasonable assurance in respect of providing financial and operational information, complying with applicable statutes, safeguarding of assets of the Company and ensuring compliance with corporate policies.

The Company has a dedicated Internal Audit team which is commensurate with the size, nature and complexity of operations of the Company. Internal Audit reports functionally to the Audit Committee of the Board which reviews and approves risk based annual internal audit plan. The Audit Committee periodically reviews the performance of internal audit function.

The Company has a rigorous business planning system to set targets and parameters for operations which are reviewed with actual performance to ensure timely initiation of corrective action, if required.

The Audit Committee reviews adherence to internal control systems, internal audit reports and legal compliances. This Committee reviews all quarterly and yearly results of the Company and recommends the same to Board for its approval.

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

The report of the Board of Directors of the Company on Corporate Governance is given as a separate section titled ''Corporate Governance Report 2012-13'', which forms part of this Annual Report.

Certificate of the Statutory Auditors of the Company regarding compliance with the Corporate Governance requirements as stipulated in clause 49 of the Listing Agreement with the stock exchanges is annexed with the aforesaid Corporate Governance Report.

MANAGEMENT''S DISCUSSION & ANALYSIS

The Management''s Discussion and Analysis is given separately and forms part of this Annual Report.

BUSINESS RESPONSIBILITY REPORT

The Securities and Exchange Board of India ("SEBI") vide its circular dated August 13, 2012 has mandated inclusion of Business Responsibility Report ("BRR") as part of the Annual Report for top 100 listed companies. Pursuant to these provisions if a listed company publishes its sustainability report under GRI framework along with a mapping of the BRR as stated in the SEBI Circular, it would be treated as sufficient compliance of the aforesaid Circular.

For the financial year 2012-13, as the Company has prepared its sustainability report based on the GRI framework and the principals stated under the aforesaid SEBI circular have been mapped with the sustainability report, no separate report has been prepared by the Company. The Sustainability Report as well as mapping as stated above is available on our website at http://www.hcltech.com/socially-responsible-business/ sustainability-desk.

INSIDER TRADING REGULATIONS

Based on the requirements under SEBI (Prohibition of Insider Trading) Regulations, 1992, as amended from time to time, the code of conduct for prevention of insider trading and the code for corporate disclosures are in force.

DIRECTORS

In accordance with the provision of the Companies Act, 1956 and Articles of Association of the Company, Mr. Vineet Nayar, Mr. Amal Ganguli and Mr. Subroto Bhattacharya shall retire by rotation as Directors of the Company at the ensuing Annual General Meeting and being eligible, have offered themselves for the reappointment as the Directors of the Company.

Mr. Subramanian Madhavan and Mr. Keki Mistry were appointed as Additional Directors of the Company w.e.f. January 15, 2013 and April 15, 2013 respectively. Pursuant to the provisions of section 260 of the Companies Act, 1956, Mr. Subramanian Madhavan and Mr. Keki Mistry hold the office till the ensuing Annual General Meeting and are eligible for appointment as the Directors of the Company.

AUDITORS

The Statutory Auditors, M/s. S.R. Batliboi & Co. LLP, Chartered Accountants, retire at the conclusion of the ensuing Annual General Meeting and they have confirmed their eligibility and willingness to be re-appointed. The Audit Committee and the Board of Directors recommend the reappointment of M/s. S.R. Batliboi & Co. LLP, Chartered Accountants as Statutory Auditors for the financial year 2013-14 for shareholders'' approval.

TRANSFER OF UNPAID AND UNCLAIMED AMOUNTS TO IEPF

Pursuant to the provisions of section 205A(5) of the Companies Act, 1956, the dividend amounts which have remain unpaid or unclaimed for a period of seven years from the date of declaration have been transferred by the Company to the Investor Education and Protection Fund ("IEPF") established by the Central Government pursuant to Section 205C of the said Act. The details of the unpaid/unclaimed dividend that will be transferred to IEPF A/c in subsequent years are given in the corporate governance section of the annual report.

FIXED DEPOSITS

Your Company has not accepted any fixed deposits.

AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS

As your Company pursues excellence relentlessly, your Company is delighted to receive phenomenal share of recognitions and awards this year, not just from the media, but also from analysts, governing bodies, academic institutions, partners and even customers. Some of the key accolades received during the year include:

- The Company has been conferred the prestigious ''ICSI National Award 2012'' for Excellence in Corporate Governance from Institute of Company Secretaries of India. This award is an acclaimed recognition for corporate practicing best corporate governance norms in both letter and spirit.

- The Company has won"Best in Show Award" for online video (branding) for its ''Employees First Effect'' video and ''Silver Award for Best Website Features'' for its corporate website www.hcltech.com at the W3 award. The W3 Awards honor outstanding websites, web advertising, web videos and mobile applications.

- The Company has won the ''NASSCOM HR Award in the ''Glocalisers''category for "successfully driving an integrated global employer brand while balancing the need for localization."

- The Company has been conferred with "Asian HR Leadership Award 2012" for ''Innovative HR Practices''. The Company won this citation for its Talent Management application ''Pulse - The Organization Health Index''. Pulse is a one stop solution to gauge and track the health index of HCL employees based on 27 behavioral traits and 5 broad parameters such as Organization Disconnect, Compensation related, Personal Problems, Career related and Disciplinary issue.

- The Company has won the ''2012 Optimas Award for Global Outlook'' in recognition of its ''Working Across Borders'', program aimed at incubating an inclusive work- culture.

- The Company has been named as a ''Market Leader'' in the report titled "Achieving Market Leadership in Engineering and R&D Services" published in Oct 2012 by Frost & Sullivan. The Company emerged as the strongest India-centric Engineering Services Outsourcing Provider in this report that was attributed to its noteworthy market performance.

- The Company has won the Prestigious ''Asia Pacific Enterprise Leadership Award ("APELA") 2013'' for Corporate Social Responsibility. The APELA award recognizes and honors the achievements of companies in the areas of sustainable development, corporate responsibility, and/or corporate social responsibility.

- The Company has been conferred the ''United Nations- Women Empowerment (UN-WEP) Leadership Award 2013'', for exceptional championship of gender equality and support for Women''s Empowerment Principles. The Company is the only India headquartered Company to make it to the Honor Roll for implementing innovative gender equality initiatives within a Company and Communities.

SUSTAINABILITY

Responsible corporate citizenship has been a part of our core values and sustainability has been the driving factor in many of our initiatives.Today, the sustainability office runs a multi-layered corporate program to drive our sustainability vision. We partner with multiple stakeholders to form an inclusive working group to create policies, processes and other organizational measures. We believe that responsible investments in sustainability will generate long term value for all our stakeholders by improving competitiveness and reducing risk.

In our everyday practice as a ''Responsible Business'' we focus on Value-Centricity and Trust through Transparency. The initiative taken by the Company on sustainability are given in detail in the sustainability report for the year 2012-13 which is being hosted on the website of the Company.

ORGANIZATION EFFECTIVENESS

The Company sees the changing landscape and market conditions as an opportunity to build leadership in the information technology services space, through creation of robust business and people models to enhance its share of the customer wallet.

The Organization Effectiveness function is currently engaged in creating mature people models to leverage human capabilities, thereby generating higher value at the customer-employee interface, which would propel the Company into the next phase of growth globally. It includes Program First, Smart Survey and Talent Management:

Program First

The Company focuses constantly on reassessing, refreshing and reinventing organizational and individual capabilities so that it continues to offer a distinctive experience to its employees as well as to its customers. The Company is on an accelerated journey to enhance the employment experience of its people and create new benchmarks. The commitment to this will bring new opportunities and meaning to all its employees. The beliefs, behaviors and programs reinforce a culture with an entrepreneurial history - and encourage and energize each of its employees to be recognized as an ''ideapreneur'' - making the Company world''s largest ''Ideapreneurship''!

In the same light Program FIRST (Future-ready Initiatives for Results and Smart Transformation) has been initiated. Program First introduces practices that enable, empower and engage the Company ideapreneurs to drive organization to success in the future. It introduces enhancements to the career, performance, reward, talent, and learning management practices within the organization. The objective is to make employees future-ready by enhancing the Company''s employment experience so as to enable individual and organizational growth.

Smart Survey

Smart Survey is a process of collating effective, constructive and integrated feedback from the employees in an organization that is crucial to the ongoing development and growth of individuals as well as the organization. The tool is built around the 3 key pillars - self, my managers and work environment. The outcome of each pillar will act as decision support tool for different stakeholders involved in different phases of employee''s lifecycle. It is a one stop solution to launch new surveys, monitor existing surveys, analyze data for individual surveys, and process data across multiple surveys that provides action oriented approach to deliver on the outcomes of the survey.

Talent Management

Your Company has always believed its people to be the source of value and have followed formal talent appreciation processes geared to ensure that it has the capability, both capacity and ability, to do what it has committed to do in the immediate and more medium term future. Build / Buy / Secure / Reward / Progress / Invest decisions were taken as a result of this effort.

It has also used the occasion to move leaders from one service line to another.

The High Potential employees identified in Talent Reviews have been invited to participate in a rigorous development program for 6-18 months internally called TOPGUN. The program consists of extensive action learning, coaching, and self-reflection, as well as opportunities to build networks with peers and executives from across the organization.

LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT

The Company''s Learning & Development ("L&D") Ecosystem supports holistic employee development through a combination of Technical, Behavioral and specialized Domain training. The Company''s learning interventions are fully woven around job roles and competencies required to perform these roles successfully. Further, the programs are designed on blended delivery mode, i.e., classroom, webinars, e-learning and action projects, to allow comprehensive learning opportunity and the ability to reach a global workforce.

Behavioral learning is delivered through 3 key verticals, namely, Professional Excellence, Leadership Excellence and Sales Excellence. There are over 20 learning programs available across these verticals catering to a wide range of employees- from fresher right up to senior leadership. These are designed to impact key business outcomes and are developed with content in partnership with several world class training organizations. The Company''s learning approach is unique, as it connects to the career road map of employees by allowing them to take charge of their individual learning needs to sharpen the desired competencies in their current and future roles. With reporting managers it encourages mentoring and their development in learning plays a key role in shaping the Company''s leadership pipeline.

L&D is also deeply engaged in a unique ''customer connect'' program which attempts to bring together senior leadership of our key clients and the Company delivery teams for greater cultural alignment, thereby resulting in better working relationships and stronger bonding, which has been highly applauded by many of our valued clients.

CONSERVATION OF ENERGY, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, TECHNOLOGY ABSORPTION, FOREIGN EXCHANGE EARNINGS AND OUTGO

Disclosures of particulars as required by the Companies (Disclosure of Particulars in the Report of Board of Directors) Rules, 1988, are set out in the Annexure 1 to this Report.

DIRECTORS'' RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT

A statement of responsibility of the Directors relating to compliance with the financial accounting and reporting requirements in respect of the financial statements, as specified under section 217(2AA) of the Companies Act, 1956 inserted by the Companies (Amendment) Act, 2000, is annexed as Annexure 2 to this Report.

STOCK OPTIONS PLANS

1999 Stock Option Plan / 2000 Stock Option Plan / 2004 Stock Option Plan

The details of these plans have been annexed as Annexure 3 to this report.

DISCLOSURES UNDER SECTION 217 OF THE COMPANIES ACT, 1956

Except, as disclosed elsewhere in the report, there have been no material changes and commitments, which can affect the financial position of the Company between the end of the financial year and the date of this report.

As required under section 217(2A) of the Companies Act, 1956, read with the Companies (Particulars of Employees) Rules, 1975, as amended, the names and other particulars of employees are set out in the Annexure 4 to this Report.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The Board wishes to place on record its appreciation to the contribution made by the employees of the Company and its subsidiaries during the year under review. The Company has achieved impressive growth through the competence, hard work, solidarity, cooperation and support of employees at all levels. Your Directors thank the customers, clients, vendors and other business associates for their continued support in the Company''s growth. The Directors also wish to thank the Government Authorities, Financial Institutions and Shareholders for their cooperation and assistance extended to the Company.

For and on behalf of the Board of Directors

Noida (U.P.), India

SHIV NADAR

July 31, 2013 Chairman and Chief Strategy Officer

Jun 30, 2012

Dear Shareholders,

The Directors have pleasure in presenting this Twentieth Annual Report together with the Audited Accounts for the year ended June 30, 2012.

FINANCIAL RESULTS

The highlights of the financial results of your Company prepared for the financial year 2011-12 are tabulated below:

(Rs. in crores)

Consolidated Standalone

2011-12 2010-11 2011-12 2010-11

Total Revenue 21,037.05 16,030.08 9,208.08 6,960.75

Total Expenditure 17,827.25 13,894.97 6,847.34 5,670.87

Profit before tax 3,209.80 2,135.11 2,360.74 1,289.88

Provision for tax (782.72) (488.48) (410.32) (91.60)

Share of minority interest (0.07) (0.12) - -

Share of loss of associates (4.31) - - -

Profit after tax 2,422.70 1,646.51 1,950.42 1,198.28

Balance in Profit and Loss Account brought forward 4,167.94 3,535.14 2,435.71 2,260.95

Loss acquired under the scheme of amalgamation - - - (9.81)

Transfer from debenture redemption reserve due to redemption of debenture 170.00 - 170.00 -

Amount available for appropriation 6,760.64 5,181.65 4,556.13 3,449.42

Appropriations

Proposed final dividend [including Rs.0.29 crores 277.60 138.09 277.60 138.09 (previous year Rs.0.35 crores) paid for previous year]

Interim dividend 552.98 376.40 552.98 376.40

Corporate dividend tax [including Rs.0.05 crores 134.74 84.39 134.74 84.39 (previous year Rs.0.06 crores) paid for previous year]

Transfer to general reserve 195.04 119.83 195.04 119.83

Transfer to debenture redemption reserve 210.00 295.00 210.00 295.00

Balance carried forward to the balance sheet 5,390.28 4,167.94 3,185.77 2,435.71

TRANSFER TO RESERVES

During the financial year 2011-12, your Company has transferred Rs.195.04 crores to the General Reserve Account. An amount of Rs.210 crores has been transferred to the Debenture Redemption Reserve Account and Rs.170 crores has been transferred back to the profit & loss account from the debenture redemption reserve account on account of redemption of debentures. As on June 30, 2012, the balance available in the debenture redemption reserve account is Rs.630 crores. An amount of Rs.3,185.77 crores is proposed to be carried forward in the Profit & Loss Account.

OVERVIEW

During the financial year 2011-12, on a consolidated basis, the Company's revenues for the year 2011-12 stood at Rs.20,830.55 crores registering a growth of 32.42% over the previous year.

A detailed analysis on the Company's performance is included in the Management's Discussion and Analysis Report titled as "Management's Discussion and Analysis", which forms part of this Annual Report.

DIVIDENDS

Your Directors are pleased to recommend a final dividend of Rs.4/- per equity share of par value of Rs.2/- each for the financial year ended June 30, 2012, subject to the approval of the shareholders at the ensuing Annual General Meeting of the Company. During the year under review, your directors had declared and paid three interim dividends as per the details given hereunder:

S. No.Interim dividend paid during Rate of dividend Amount of Dividend Distribution Total Outflow the year ended June 30, 2012 per share dividend paid tax paid by the Company (face value of (Rs./crores) Rs.2/- each)

1 1st Interim Dividend Rs. 4/-* 276.06 44.78 320.84

2 2nd Interim Dividend Rs. 2/- 138.39 22.45 160.84

3 3rd Interim Dividend Rs. 2/- 138.53 22.47 161.00

* Including onetime special Milestone dividend of Rs.2/- per equity share.

The total amount of dividends (including interim dividends paid) for the year ended June 30, 2012 shall be Rs.830.58 crores. Dividend distribution tax paid / payable by the Company for the year would amount to Rs.134.74 crores.

SUBSIDIARIES / JOINT VENTURES

Joint Venture with State Street Corporation, USA

During the year the Company entered into a joint venture with State Street Corporation, a company incorporated in USA in which your Company holds 49% stake in the joint venture company through its step down subsidiary in U.K. The operations of the said joint venture are being carried out in State street HCL Services (India) Pvt. Ltd., a company incorporated under the Companies Act, 1956.

Joint Venture with Great American Insurance Company

During the year the Company has entered into a joint venture with Great American Insurance Company (GAIC).The Joint Venture Company has been incorporated in India titled "HCL Eagle Limited" in which 92% stake is held by the Company and balance stake is held by GAIC.

Rationalisation of subsidiaries

During the year, as a part of the process of restructuring, one company in U.S. titled Capital Stream Inc. has been merged with HCL America Inc.; one company in Canada viz. HCL Technologies Canada Inc. has been merged with Axon Solutions (Canada) Inc. and the holding structure of some of the step down subsidiaries was changed. Further the business of one company in Malaysia has been transferred to the other subsidiary in Malaysia and also changed the investment company in Austria to the operational entity.

Closure of subsidiaries

- As a rationalization process your Company has undertaken the strike off of its step down subsidiary in Singapore viz. DSI Financial Solutions Pte. Limited w.e.f. April 11, 2012.

SUBSIDIARIES - FINANCIALS

The Company has 57 subsidiaries as on June 30, 2012. Pursuant to the circular dated February 8, 2011 issued by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs a general exemption has been granted to the companies from annexing the individual accounts of all the subsidiaries along with the audited financial statements of the Company while publishing the Annual Report subject to certain conditions as mentioned in the said circular. Your Company meets all the conditions stated in the aforesaid circular and therefore the standalone financial statements of each subsidiary are not annexed with the Annual Report of the Company for the year ended June 30, 2012.

The consolidated financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries are attached in the Annual Report. A statement containing brief financial details of all the subsidiaries of the Company for the year ended June 30, 2012 forms part of the Annual Report. The Company would provide the annual accounts of the subsidiaries and the related detailed information to the shareholders of the Company on specific request made to it in this regard by the shareholders.

CHANGES IN CAPITAL STRUCTURE

Issue of shares under Employees Stock Option Plans

During the year ended June 30, 2012, the Company allotted 45,94,952 equity shares of Rs.2/- each fully paid up under its Employees Stock Option Plans. This constitutes 0.66% of the total paid up share capital of the Company as on June 30, 2012.

Issued and Paid-up Share Capital

As on June 30, 2012, the issued and paid-up share capital of the Company was Rs.138,65,66,952/- (previous year: Rs.137,73,77,048/-) comprising 69,32,83,476 (previous year: 68,86,88,524) equity shares of Rs.2/- each fully paid-up.

SHARES UNDER COMPULSORY DEMATERIALIZATION

The equity shares of your Company are included in the list of specified scrips where delivery of shares in dematerialized (demat) form is compulsorily effective from July 24, 2000, if the same are traded on a stock exchange, which is linked to a depository. As of June 30, 2012, 99.93% shares were held in demat form.

DEBENTURES

During the financial year ended June 30, 2010, the Company had issued rated, secured, taxable, redeemable non-convertible debenture(s) as per details given hereunder:

Date of Issue Amount Coupon Rate Maturity Redeemed (Rs. in crores) (Payable Date on quarterly)

August 25, 2009 170 7.55% p.a. August 25, 2011 August 25, 2011

August 25, 2009 330 8.20% p.a. August 25, 2012 -

September 10, 2009 500 8.80% p.a. September 10, 2014 -

A debenture trust deed in favour of IDBI Trusteeship Services Limited for the aforesaid issues was executed. The debentures are secured by way of mortgage(s) and/ or charges on the specific movable / immovable properties of the Company whether existing / future. The said debentures have been listed on Wholesale Debt Segment of the National Stock Exchange of India Limited. The Company has paid the interest due on the aforesaid debentures on time and nothing is payable as on date.

INTERNAL CONTROL SYSTEM

The Company has put in place an adequate system of internal control commensurate with its size and nature of business. These systems provide a reasonable assurance in respect of providing financial and operational information, complying with applicable statutes, safeguarding of assets of the Company and ensuring compliance with corporate policies.

The Company has a dedicated Internal Audit team which is commensurate with the size, nature & complexity of operations of the Company. Internal Audit reports functionally to the Audit Committee of Board which reviews and approves risk based annual internal audit plan. Audit Committee periodically reviews the performance of internal audit function.

The Company has a rigorous business planning system to set targets and parameters for operations which are reviewed with actual performance to ensure timely initiation of corrective action, if required.

The Company's audit committee reviews adherence to internal control systems, internal audit reports and legal compliances. This committee reviews all quarterly and yearly results of the Company and recommends the same to Board for its approval.

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

The report of the Board of Directors of the Company on Corporate Governance is given as a separate section titled 'Corporate Governance Report 2011-12', which forms part of this Annual Report.

Certificate of the Statutory Auditors of the Company regarding compliance with the Corporate Governance requirements as stipulated in clause 49 of the Listing Agreement with the stock exchanges is annexed with the aforesaid Corporate Governance Report.

MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION & ANALYSIS

The Management's Discussion and Analysis is given separately and forms part of this Annual Report.

INSIDER TRADING REGULATIONS

Based on the requirements under SEBI (Prohibition of Insider Trading) Regulations, 1992, as amended from time to time, the code of conduct for prevention of insider trading and the code for corporate disclosures are in force.

DIRECTORS

In accordance with the provision of the Companies Act, 1956 and Articles of Association of the Company, Mr. Shiv Nadar and Ms. Robin Abrams shall retire by rotation as Directors of the Company at the ensuing Annual General Meeting and being eligible, they have offered themselves for the reappointment as the Directors of the Company.

Mr. Sudhindar Krishan Khanna was appointed as an Additional Director of the Company w.e.f. November 03, 2011. Pursuant to the provisions of section 260 of the Companies Act, 1956, Mr. Sudhindar Krishan Khanna holds the office till the ensuing Annual General Meeting and is eligible for appointment as the Director of the Company. A brief profile of Mr. Sudhindar Krishan Khanna who is proposed to be appointed as Director of the Company is given in the corporate governance section of the annual report.

Mr. Sosale Shankara Sastry and Mr. Srikant Madhav Datar were appointed as Additional Directors of the Company w.e.f. July 24, 2012. Pursuant to the provisions of section 260 of the Companies Act, 1956, Mr. Sosale Shankara Sastry and Mr. Srikant Madhav Datar holds the office till the ensuing Annual General Meeting and are eligible for appointment as the Directors of the Company. A brief profile of Mr. Sosale Shankara Sastry and Mr. Srikant Madhav Datar who are proposed to be appointed as the Directors of the Company is given in the corporate governance section of the annual report.

AUDITORS

The statutory auditors, M/s. S.R. Batliboi & Co. Chartered Accountants, retire at the conclusion of the ensuing Annual General Meeting and they have confirmed their eligibility and willingness to be re-appointed. The Audit Committee and the Board of Directors recommend the reappointment as statutory auditors of M/s. S.R. Batliboi & Co., Chartered Accountants for the financial year 2012-13 for shareholders' approval.

TRANSFER OF UNPAID AND UNCLAIMED AMOUNTS TO IEPF

Pursuant to the provisions of section 205A (5) of the Companies Act, 1956, the dividend declared and paid by the Company and which have remain unpaid or unclaimed for a period of seven years from the date of declaration have been transferred by the Company to the Investor Education and Protection Fund ("IEPF") established by the Central Government pursuant to Section 205C of the said Act. The details of the unpaid/unclaimed dividend that will be transferred to IEPF A/c in subsequent years are given in the corporate governance section of the annual report.

FIXED DEPOSITS

Your Company has not accepted any fixed deposits.

AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS

As your Company pursues excellence relentlessly, your Company is delighted to receive phenomenal share of recognitions and awards this year, not just from the media, but also from analysts, governing bodies, academic institutions, partners and even customers. Some of the key accolades received during the year include:

- The Company has been ranked in Forbes Asia's prestigious annual listing of the 50 best publicly traded companies in 'Asia Pacific called Asia Fab 50 companies'. The Company made it to this list for the second consecutive year.

- The Company has been recognized as a leader in Gartner's Magic Quadrant for Data Center Outsourcing and Infrastructure Utility Services, North America.

- The Company bagged 4 awards at the Top Ranking Performers Awards 2011, APAC hosted by Contact Center World- the Global Association for Contact Center Best Practices & Networking. The Company won 2 Gold Medals for Best Customer Services and Best Incentive Scheme, a Silver Medal for Best Recruitment Campaign and a Bronze Medal for Best Large Contact Centre. The Company won Contact Center World's Top Ranking Performers Awards for the second consecutive year.

- The Company was felicitated with 3 prestigious recognitions at the Asia's Best Employer Brand Awards 2011, hosted jointly by World HRD Congress, Employer Branding Institute and Stars of the Industry Group. The Company won the awards under 3 categories namely 'HR Professional of the Year', 'Innovation in Recruitment' and 'Managing Health at Work'.

- The Company has been awarded the 'Excellence in Education Award' for 2011 by the Life Office Management Association, a premier Educational Institution in US, providing training and certification in Life & Annuity. This is the 7th time HCL has been bestowed with this Award - a unique feat achieved by any Indian IT Company.

- The Institute of Company Secretaries of India awarded 'Certificate of Recognition' to the Company for adopting excellent practices in Corporate Governance in the year 2011.

- The Company has been felicitated with the prestigious Nasscom Innovation Award 2012 for 'Market Facing Innovation'. The award was given in recognition of HCL's distinctive external facing business models and processes that make an effective impact on clients.

- The Company has been conferred with the prestigious Asian Human Capital Summit 2011 award by the Ministry of Manpower Singapore and INSEAD for its innovative and impactful people practices centered on it Employees First, Customer Second Philosophy.

SUSTAINABILITY

Responsible corporate citizenship has been a part of our core values and sustainability has been the driving factor in many of our initiatives. Today, the sustainability office runs a multi-layered corporate program to drive our sustainability vision. We partner with multiple stakeholders to form an inclusive working group to create policies, processes and other organizational measures. We believe that responsible investments in sustainability will generate long term value for all our stakeholders by improving competitiveness and reducing risk.

In our everyday practice as a 'Responsible Business' we focus Value-centricity, Trust through transparency and Employees First and employees are taking the lead in driving innovation. The initiative taken by the Company on sustainability are given in detail in the sustainability report for the year 2011-12 which is being hosted on the website of the Company.

ORGANIZATION EFFECTIVENESS

The Company sees the changing landscape and market conditions as an opportunity to build leadership in the information technology services space, through creation of robust business and people models to enhance its share of the customer wallet.

The Organization Effectiveness (OE) function is currently engaged in creating mature people models to leverage human capabilities, thereby generating higher value at the customer-employee interface, which would propel the Company into the next phase of growth globally. It would translate into improved margins, productivity and resource utilization apart from creating robust talent processes & systems.

OE has made a significant impact through rolling out role & competency framework and has integrated it with the HR and

Business processes. The function has made significant achievements in bringing sharper focus to management performance and created a pool of leaders through identification and grooming of High-Potential employees.

The role and competency framework is currently being used by about 80% of the organization in designing the right delivery structures, 100% of the organization for deployment, hiring and leadership capability building. The redesigned performance appraisal system has covered more than 35,000 employees in the organization and in the subsequent phases over the next few months all employees would be touched. OE rolled out a high potential identification and progression program at the bottom of the pyramid (Developer, Leads etc.) for 6000 employees and provides discontinuous growth opportunities to them in their careers.

There are two unique people practices that touched new highs during the year- 360 degree feedback - 360 degree feedback aims to build an organization culture that fosters the spirit of collaboration and partnership. Manager can receive feedback from everyone who falls under his/her span of influence rather than the span of control. It touched more and more employees and more managers and leaders got specific and action-able feedback for development.

EPIC (Employee Passion Indicative Count) - EPIC is a year- long initiative which begins with identifying the Top Passion Drivers of an individual through a self assessment. It also touched new highs in participation and post feedback actions. More than 70% employees and their managers participated in EPIC. The initiative epitomizes different strokes for different folks by recognizing the uniqueness of every individual. This ensures that as we scale, we do not treat employees as employee numbers and even as we scale, we remain small and familiar to every employee of the Company.

LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT

The Company's Learning & Development ("L&D") provide integrated and comprehensive professional learning strategy focusing on development of employees aligned to the Employees First, Customers Second strategy, and driving key business outcomes.

L&D is a fully integrated function that provides professional, sales, and leadership development across Company. It offers specifically designed learning opportunities that meet the needs for the business at all stages of its life cycle.

L&D recognizes that grooming employee into globally competitive leaders requires an extensive and nurturing ecosystem. The team works closely with business leaders to develop strategies and learning solutions that meet the performance imperatives of the employees of the Company. L&D's primary responsibility is to prepare a pipeline of specialists and nurture these individuals for current and future opportunities. L&D creates and delivers role-focused learning programs and business aligned learning opportunities to strengthen business competencies thus maximizing billability. With five verticals, Leadership excellence, Performance excellence, Sales excellence, Performance consulting and Learning Centre of Excellence, L & D is able to offer its services to all in the organization.

Leaders and employees are encouraged to teach, share their experiences and to mentor employees, enriching and accelerating the pace of learning. The team uses appropriate learning methods and technologies to deliver learning to all employees globally. L&D partners with educational institutions, education providers and alliance partners to augment internal learning capabilities.

EMPLOYEES FIRST, CUSTOMERS SECOND

One small idea can ignite a revolution just as a single matchstick can start a fire. One such idea - putting Employees First and Customers Second (EFCS) - sparked a revolution in your Company.

Conventional wisdom, of course, says that companies must always put the customer first. However, EFCS is build on the belief that in any services business true value is created in the interface between the customer and the employee. So, by putting employees first, you can bring about fundamental change in the way a company delivers value to its customers and differentiates from its competitors. Through a combination of engaged employees and accountable management a company can create extraordinary value for itself and its customers.

By practicing this philosophy, our organization has changed its business model, nearly tripled its annual revenues, doubled its market capitalization, expanded its employee's base five folds and has been featured in globally renowned publications and discussed in mainstream media. Some of the unique initiatives which we practice to make EFCS a way of life are:-

- SSD (Smart Service Desk) makes the enabling functions accountable to the employees and resolve any issues that they may have within a stipulated time. The right to close or open a ticket lies with the employee and their satisfaction on the nature of the resolution made. With SLA attached to each issue raised, employees are empowered to question the enabling functions and can view/monitor the movement of their issue online.

- Directions- An annual event where the senior management along with the CEO conduct a face-to-face meeting with all the employees to discuss Company's strategy, new processes and policies and what they think should be done in the next year- i.e., together, with the employees the senior leadership charts out the directions for the Company for the next year. Around 25,000 employees were touched by 16 sessions across the globe and sessions were broadcasted to more than 50,000 employees.

- Value Portal- This online platform empowers the employee to think on innovative lines and generate value- add ideas that are in-line with the customer's business and technical engagement. The ideas across the Company are available in this central repository to enable best practice sharing.

- U&I- U&I is an online blog and discussion forum run by the CEO, each employee gets an opportunity to raise issues, share thoughts and ideas as well as debate directly with the CEO.

- MAD JAM (Make A Difference Jamboree) is focused on enhancing the culture of innovation in the organization and focuses on celebrating Transformers by recognizing them for their innovative and unique ideas. More than 20,000 HCLites engaged, 1000 innovators sent their ideas. Customer On-Boarding was chosen as the MAD IDEA 2011 and Mobility Solutions was chosen as the INNOVATOR'S MAD IDEA by the other idea teams present during the finale.

CONSERVATION OF ENERGY, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, TECHNOLOGY ABSORPTION, FOREIGN EXCHANGE EARNINGS AND OUTGO

Disclosures of particulars as required by the Companies (Disclosure of Particulars in the Report of Board of Directors) Rules, 1988, are set out in the Annexure 1 included in this Report.

DIRECTORS' RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT

A statement of responsibility of the Directors relating to compliance with the financial accounting and reporting requirements in respect of the financial statements, as specified under section 217(2AA) of the Companies Act, 1956 inserted by the Companies (Amendment) Act, 2000, is annexed as Annexure 2 to this Report.

STOCK OPTIONS PLANS

1999 Stock Option Plan / 2000 Stock Option Plan / 2004 Stock Option Plan

The details of these plans have been annexed as Annexure 3 to this report.

DISCLOSURES UNDER SECTION 217 OF THE COMPANIES ACT, 1956

Except as disclosed elsewhere in the report there have been no material changes and commitments, which can affect the financial position of the Company between the end of the financial year and the date of this report.

As required under section 217(2A) of the Companies Act, 1956, read with the Companies (Particulars of Employees) Rules, 1975, as amended, the names and other particulars of employees are set out in the Annexure 4 included in this Report.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The Board wishes to place on record its appreciation to the contribution made by the employees of the Company and its subsidiaries during the year under review. The Company has achieved impressive growth through the competence, hard work, solidarity, cooperation and support of employees at all levels. Your Directors thank the customers, clients, vendors and other business associates for their continued support in the Company's growth. The Directors also wish to thank the Government Authorities, Financial Institutions and Shareholders for their cooperation and assistance extended to the Company.

For and on behalf of the Board of Directors

Noida (U.P.), India SHIV NADAR

July 25, 2012 Chairman and Chief Strategy Officer

Jun 30, 2011

Dear Shareholders,

The Directors have pleasure in presenting this Nineteenth Annual Report together with the Audited Accounts for the year ended June 30, 2011.

FINANCIAL RESULTS

The highlights of the consolidated financial results of your Company and its subsidiaries prepared under Indian GAAP are as follows:

(Rs in crores)

Year ended Year ended June 30, 2011 June 30, 2010

Income

Revenues 15,730.43 12,136.29

Other income 299.65 154.12

16030.08 12,290.41

Expenditure

Cost of goods sold 522.13 443.55

Personnel Expenses 8,589.60 6,253.70

Operating and other expenses 4,163.18 3,498.48

Finance costs 160.37 204.14

Depreciation and amortization 459.69 418.11

13894.97 10,817.98

Profit before tax and minority interests 2,135.11 1,472.43

Provision for tax (488.48) (213.43)

Profit before minority interests 1,646.63 1259.00

Share of minority shareholders (0.12) 0.19

Net Profit 1,646.51 1,259.19

The highlights of financial results of your Company as a stand-alone entity prepared under Indian GAAP are as follows:

(Rs in crores)

Year ended Year ended June 30, 2011 June 30, 2010

Income

Revenues 6,794.48 5,078.76

Other income 166.27 171.77

6,960.75 5,250.53

Expenditure

Cost of goods sold 165.31 85.47

Personnel Expenses 3,259.09 2,187.66

Operating and other expenses 1,853.71 1,449.19

Finance Charges 101.39 101.36

Depreciation and amortization 291.37 274.03

5,670.87 4,097.71

Profit before tax 1,289.88 1,152.82

Provision for tax (91.60) (96.24)

Profit after tax 1,198.28 1,056.58

Balance in Profit and Loss Account brought forward 2,260.95 1,920.97

Loss acquired under the scheme of amalgamation (9.81) -

Amount available for appropriation 3,449.42 2,977.55

Appropriations

Proposed final dividend [including Rs 0.35 crores (previous year Rs 0.29 crores) paid for previous year] 138.09 68.16

Corporate dividend tax on proposed final dividend [including Rs 0.06 crores (previous year Rs 0.05 crores) paid for previous year] 22.40 11.32

Interim dividend 376.40 202.33

Corporate dividend tax on interim dividend 61.99 34.13

Transfer to general reserve 119.83 105.66

Transfer to debenture redemption reserve 295.00 295.00

Balance carried forward to the balance sheet 2,435.71 2,260.95

Total 3,449.42 2,977.55

TRANSFER TO RESERVES

Your Company has transferred Rs 119.83 crores to the General Reserve Account and Rs 295 crores to the Debenture Redemption Reserve Account for the year ended June 30, 2011. An amount of Rs 2,435.71 crores is proposed to be carried forward in the Profit & Loss Account.

OVERVIEW

During the financial year 2010-11, on a standalone basis, your CompanyÃs revenues stood at Rs 6,794.48 crores registering a growth of 33.78% over the previous year and on a consolidated basis, the Company's revenues for the year 2010-11 stood at Rs 15,730.43 crores registering a growth of 29.61% over the previous year.

A detailed analysis on the Company's performance is included in the ManagementÃs Discussion and Analysis Report titled as "ManagementÃs Discussion and Analysis", which forms part of this Annual Report.

DIVIDENDS

Your Directors are pleased to recommend a final dividend of Rs 2/- per equity share of par value of Rs 2/- each for the financial year ended June 30, 2011, subject to the approval of the shareholders at the ensuing Annual General Meeting of the Company. During the year under review, your Directors had declared and paid three interim dividends as per the details given hereunder:

S. No. Interim dividend paid during Rate of dividend Amount of Dividend Distribution Total Outflow the year ended June 30, 2011 per share dividend paid tax paid by the Company (face value of (Rs/crores) Rs 2/- each)

1 1st Interim Dividend Rs 1.50/- 102.34 17.00 119.34

2 2nd Interim Dividend Rs 2/- 136.91 22.74 159.65

3 3rd Interim Dividend Rs 2/- 137.15 22.25 159.40

The total amount of dividends (including interim dividends paid) for the year ended June 30, 2011 shall be Rs 514.49 crores. Dividend distribution tax paid / payable by the Company for the year would amount to Rs 84.39 crores.

SCHEME OF AMALGAMATION

During the year under review, the Hon'ble High Court of Delhi vide its order dated August 16, 2010 has approved the Scheme of Amalgamation under section 391 to 394 of the Companies Act, 1956 for amalgamation of HCL Technoparks Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company with the Company. The said Order became effective w.e.f. August 27, 2010 being the date of filing of the said order with the Office of Registrar of Companies, NCT of Delhi & Haryana.

SUBSIDIARIES FORMED DURING THE YEAR

In view of the new business prospects, the Company has incorporated following step down subsidiaries during the year:

Name of the Subsidiary Country of Incorporation

HCL Technologies France France

PT HCL Technologies Indonesia Indonesia

HCL Technologies Philippines, Inc. Philippines

HCL Arabia LLC Saudi Arabia

Anzospan Investments Pty. Limited South Africa

HCL Technologies South Africa (Proprietary) Ltd. South Africa

Filial Espanola De HCL Technoloiges S.L. Spain

SUBSIDIARIES- CLOSED DURING THE YEAR

As a rationalization process, your Company has closed down its two steps down subsidiaries viz. Aspire Solutions Sdn. Bhd., a company incorporated in Malaysia and Axon EBT Trustees Limited, a company incorporated in United Kingdom. These subsidiaries were non operative.

SUBSIDIARIES - FINANCIALS

The Company has 58 subsidiaries as on June 30, 2011. 4 subsidiaries of the Company are not required to prepare the financials as on June 30, 2011 as they have been incorporated during the current year and the first financial year of these companies shall close subsequent to June 30, 2011.

The Ministry of Corporate Affairs vide its General Circular No. 2/2011 dated February 8, 2011 has given general exemption to the companies from annexing the individual accounts of all the subsidiaries along with the audited financial statements of the Company while publishing the Annual Report subject to certain conditions as mentioned in the said circular. Your Company meets all the conditions stated in the aforesaid circular and therefore the standalone financial statements of each subsidiary are not annexed with the Annual Report for the year ended June 30, 2011.

The consolidated financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries are attached in the Annual Report. A statement containing brief financial details of all the subsidiaries of the Company for the year ended June 30, 2011 forms part of the Annual Report. The Company would provide the annual accounts of the subsidiaries and the related detailed information to the shareholders of the Company on specific request made to it in this regard by the shareholders.

CHANGES IN CAPITAL STRUCTURE

Issue of shares under Employees Stock Option Plans

During the year ended June 30, 2011, the Company allotted 99,04,712 equity shares of Rs 2/- each fully paid up under its Employees Stock Option Plans.

Issued and Paid-up Share Capital

As on June 30, 2011, the issued and paid-up share capital of the Company was Rs 137,73,77,048/- (previous year: Rs 135,75,67,624/-) comprising 68,86,88,524 (previous year: 67,87,83,812) equity shares of Rs 2/- each fully paid-up.

SHARES UNDER COMPULSORY DEMATERIALIZATION

The equity shares of your Company are included in the list of specified scrips where delivery of shares in dematerialized (demat) form is compulsorily effective from July 24, 2000, if the same are traded on a stock exchange, which is linked to a depository. As of June 30, 2011, 99.93% shares were held in demat form.

DEBENTURES

During 2009-10, the Company had issued rated, secured, taxable, redeemable non-convertible debenture(s) as per details given hereunder:

Date of Issue Amount Coupon Rate Maturity (Rs in crores) (Payable Period quarterly)

August 25, 2009 170 7.55% p.a. 2 years

August 25, 2009 330 8.20% p.a. 3 years

September 10, 2009 500 8.80% p.a. 5 years

A debenture trust deed in favour of IDBI Trusteeship Services Limited for the aforesaid issues was executed. The debentures are secured by way of mortgage(s) and/ or charges on the movable / immovable properties of the Company whether existing / future. The said debentures have been listed on Wholesale Debt Segment of the National Stock Exchange of India Limited. The Company has paid the interest due on the aforesaid debentures on time and nothing is payable as on date.

INTERNAL CONTROL SYSTEM

The Company has in place adequate internal control systems commensurate with its size and nature of business. These systems provide a reasonable assurance in respect of providing financial and operational information, compliance with applicable statutes and safeguarding of assets of the Company. These systems ensure that transactions are executed in accordance with specified policies and resources are deployed as per the business plans and policies.

The Company has an in-house internal audit division and the head of internal audit function reports directly to the Audit Committee to ensure independence of this function.

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

The report of the Board of Directors of the Company on Corporate Governance is given as a separate section titled ÃCorporate Governance Report 2010-11Ã, which forms part of this Annual Report.

Certificate of the Statutory Auditors of the Company regarding compliance with the Corporate Governance requirements as stipulated in clause 49 of the Listing Agreement with the stock exchanges is annexed with the aforesaid Corporate Governance Report.

MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION & ANALYSIS

The Management's Discussion and Analysis is given separately and forms part of this Annual Report.

INSIDER TRADING REGULATIONS

Based on the requirements under SEBI (Prohibition of Insider Trading) Regulations, 1992, as amended from time to time, the Code of Conduct for prevention of insider trading and the Code for corporate disclosures are in force.

DIRECTORS

In accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act, 1956 and Articles of Association of the Company, Mr. T. S. R. Subramanian, Mr. Ajai Chowdhry and Mr. P. C. Sen, shall retire by rotation as Directors of the Company at the ensuing Annual General Meeting of the Company. Mr. T. S. R. Subramanian, Mr. Ajai Chowdhry and Mr. P. C. Sen have expressed their desire not to seek reappointment as the Directors of the Company.

Mr. R. Srinivasan was appointed as an Additional Director of the Company w.e.f. April 19, 2011. Pursuant to the provisions of section 260 of the Companies Act, 1956, Mr. R. Srinivasan holds the office till the ensuing Annual General Meeting and is eligible for appointment as the Director of the Company.

A brief profile of Mr. R. Srinivasan who is proposed to be appointed as Director of the Company is given in the corporate governance section of the annual report.

AUDITORS

The statutory auditors, M/s. S. R. Batliboi & Co. Chartered Accountants, retire at the conclusion of the ensuing Annual General Meeting and they have confirmed their eligibility and willingness to be re-appointed. The Audit Committee and the Board of Directors recommend the reappointment as statutory auditors of M/s. S. R. Batliboi & Co., Chartered Accountants for the financial year 2011-12 for shareholdersÃ approval.

TRANSFER OF UNPAID AND UNCLAIMED AMOUNTS TO IEPF

Pursuant to the provisions of section 205A (5) of the Companies Act, 1956, the dividend declared and paid by the Company and which have remain unpaid or unclaimed for a period of seven years from the date of declaration have been transferred by the Company to the Investor Education and Protection Fund ("IEPF") established by the Central Government pursuant to Section 205C of the said Act. The details of the unpaid/unclaimed dividend that will be transferred to IEPF A/c in subsequent years are given in the corporate governance section of the annual report.

GROUP

As per the intimation received from the Promoter(s), for the purposes of availing exemption from applicability of the provisions of Regulations 10 to 12 of the Securities Exchange Board of India (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) Regulations, 1997, pursuant to Regulation 3(1)(e)(i) thereof, persons constituting 'Group' as defined in the Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Act, 1969 include the following:

Name of the Companies/Trust

HCL Holdings Pvt. Ltd.

Guddu Investments (Pondi) Pvt. Ltd.

Vama Sundari Investments (Pondi) Pvt. Ltd.

Shiv Nadar Investments (Pondi) Pvt. Ltd.

SSN Investments (Pondi) Pvt. Ltd.

Shiv Nadar Investments (Chennai) Pvt. Ltd.

Shivkiran Investments (Chennai) Pvt. Ltd.

Vamasundari Investments (Delhi) Pvt. Ltd.

SSN Investments (Delhi) Pvt. Ltd.

Vama Sundari Investments (Chennai) Pvt. Ltd.

SSN Investments (Chennai) Pvt. Ltd.

Guddu Investments (Chennai) Pvt. Ltd.

Slocum Investments (Chennai) Pvt. Ltd.

Kiranroshni Investments (Chennai) Pvt. Ltd.

Slocum Investments (Delhi) Pvt. Ltd

Guddu Investments (Delhi) Pvt. Ltd.

Slocum Investments (Pondi) Pvt. Ltd.

KRN Education Pvt. Ltd.

Slocum Management Consultancy Pvt. Ltd.

SSN Trust

Shiv Nadar Foundation

Vama Sundari Scholarship Trust

FIXED DEPOSITS

Your Company has not accepted any fixed deposits.

AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS

As your Company pursues excellence relentlessly, your Company is delighted to receive phenomenal share of recognitions and awards this year, not just from the media, but also from analysts, governing bodies, academic institutions, partners and even customers. Some of the key accolades received during the year include:

- The Company has been declared as one of Britain's Top Employers for 2011 for the fifth consecutive year by the Corporate Research Foundation Institute.

- The International Association of Outsourcing Professionals (IAOP) has named HCL a Leader in 2011.

- Global Outsourcing 100 Service Providers List, which is a comprehensive list of the WorldÃs best outsourcing service providers.

- HCL has been felicitated with the prestigious QCI-DL Shah National Award 2011 on Economics of Quality for the second consecutive year. The Quality Council of India (QCI) and the DL Shah Trust honored HCL with its most prestigious citation - the ÃNational Best of All AwardÃ.

- The Company has won three REMMY (the Recruitment Marketing Awards) awards for 2011. These annual awards, presented by the Times Group, recognize and felicitate the creative genius behind the best advertisements in the field of recruitment marketing.

Sustainability

Responsible corporate citizenship has been a part of our core values and sustainability has been the driving factor in many of our initiatives. Today, the sustainability office runs a multi-layered corporate program to drive our sustainability vision. We partner with multiple stakeholders to form an inclusive working group to create policies, processes and other organizational measures. We believe that responsible investments in sustainability will generate long term value for all our stakeholders by improving competitiveness and reducing risk.

The first sustainability report of the Company for the year ended June 30, 2011 is being hosted on the CompanyÃs website. This report reflects the material issues, which have significant economic, environmental and social impacts that can substantially influence the assessments or decisions of our stakeholders. These are classified under the 4 Rs - Responsible Business, Rebalance Workplace, Renew Ecosystem and Repay Society. A brief of the sustainability initiatives taken by the Company during the year are given in the corporate governance section of the annual report.

Talent Transformation and Intrapreneurship Development (T2ID)

T2ID in your Company identifies and recognizes the need to groom and develop employees for developing the future leaders. T2ID has been marked with continuous endeavors to bring all the elements of "Organizational Effectiveness" together. We are dedicatedly focused on building Capability & Culture - the real sustainable pillars for the Company to stand on. Some of the key initiatives taken during the year include:

EPIC (Employee Passion Indicative Count): EPIC is a year long initiative which begins with identifying the Top Passion Drivers of an individual through a self assessment. This year over 40,000 employees participated in EPIC assessment.

HCL Scholar: HCL Scholar is an application which offers an online certification for all employees across the organization. It is a platform to assess an employee on his understanding about the Company, the culture, business lines, industry sectors, Company's history, investors etc. It helps in promoting a culture of continuous learning and capabilities building within the organization and aims to empower the employees to present their organization well in front of the outside world.

TOP GUN - Next generation Leadership development program: This Leadership Program builds the leadership pipeline of the Company by focusing on equipping the next generation of leaders with the Company's identified leadership competencies in order to create World Class Leaders.

HCL- HARVARD Emerging Leaders Program: To groom business leaders and prepare them to drive strategic initiatives in a very dynamic business environment, your Company has launched Emerging Leaders Program which aims to create a capable and distinctive leadership culture. This is a 20-week program with the focus on five critical areas of leadership development.

iLearn: iLearn has been launched to seamless online registration and tracking of instructor led training sessions (technical and domain) and quick online feedback mechanism including collection, compilation and analysis.

EMPLOYEES FIRST, CUSTOMERS SECOND

An ideal work culture in todayÃs competitive environment is the one where employees have a sense of belongings and feel that their ideas/ decisions are respected and cared for. Since its inception, the Company has placed a pronounced emphasis on organizational culture. However, the biggest milestone in the peoples' transformation story began in 2005 by adopting a unique and most innovative peoples' philosophy of Employees First, Customer Second (EFCS). As we believe that employees bring strategic value to an organization and are critical to its success in the global marketplace. We realized that customers buy value from our employees who deliver services to them. So the maximum value is created at the customer-employee interface (we call it the value zone).

The EFCS philosophy is grounded, with a clear focus on developing entrepreneurial mind-set, decentralizing decision making and transferring the ownership of "change" to the employee in the value zone. The employees can meaningfully contribute to the success of the organization and customer delight through their innovation, creativity and commitment to deliver. Employees First, come to life through 4 core values of honesty, transparency, accountability and empowerment. In order to strengthen these values, many initiatives have been introduced, some of them are:

1. Smart Service Desk where employees can raise SLA-bound tickets on any internal service provider, and only employees' can close these tickets, if satisfied. This brings a culture of reverse accountability.

2. 360 Degree feedback aims to build an organization culture that fosters the spirit of collaboration and partnership. Manager can receive feedback from everyone who falls under his/her span of influence rather than the span of control. This gives every manager an opportunity to exhibit complete Trust and Transparency. It also inverts the pyramid and makes the employees a part of the development journey.

3. EPIC-Employee Passion Indicative Count is a self assessment tool, facilitating each employee to identify his/ her passion drivers so that they can utilize them to enhance their individual productivity and results.

4. Directions- A Direction is an annual event where CEO and senior leadership conducts a face-to-face meeting with all the employees to discuss the Company's strategy and direction. This event allows each employee to speak the same language and hence, with the information shared, the employee is empowered to understand how his/her individual contribution is enabling the Company.

5. U&I is an online blog and discussion forum run by the CEO. Each employee gets an opportunity to raise issues, share thoughts and ideas as well as debate directly with the CEO. Discussions take place on an open and transparent platform where the questions, concerns and comments of employees and their responses are visible to everyone.

6. Value Portal is a platform where employees working on a particular project can give ideas and suggestions to enhance value delivered to the customer. This platform promotes innovation and intrapreneurship amongst the employees and persuades them to think out of the box, thereby, indulging them in more proactive and lateral thinking.

CONSERVATION OF ENERGY, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, TECHNOLOGY ABSORPTION, FOREIGN EXCHANGE EARNINGS AND OUTGO

Disclosures of particulars as required by the Companies (Disclosure of Particulars in the Report of Board of Directors) Rules, 1988, are set out in the Annexure 1 included in this Report.

DIRECTORS' RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT

A statement of responsibility of the Directors relating to compliance with the financial accounting and reporting requirements in respect of the financial statements, as specified under section 217(2AA) of the Companies Act, 1956 inserted by the Companies (Amendment) Act, 2000, is annexed as Annexure 2 to this Report.

STOCK OPTIONS PLANS

1999 Stock Option Plan / 2000 Stock Option Plan / 2004 Stock Option Plan

The details of these plans have been annexed as Annexure 3 to this report.

DISCLOSURES UNDER SECTION 217 OF THE COMPANIES ACT, 1956

Except, as disclosed elsewhere in the report, there have been no material changes and commitments, which can affect the financial position of the Company between the end of the financial year and the date of this report.

As required under section 217(2A) of the Companies Act, 1956, read with the Companies (Particulars of Employees) Rules, 1975, as amended, the names and other particulars of employees are set out in the Annexure 4 included in this Report.

Directors' Responsibility Statement as required under Section 217(2AA) of the Companies Act, 1956 as inserted by the Companies (Amendment) Act, 2000

i) The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the accounting standards issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and the requirements of the Companies Act, 1956, to the extent applicable to the Company. There have been no material departures from prescribed accounting standards while preparing these financial statements;

ii) The Board of Directors has selected the accounting policies described in the notes to the accounts, which have been consistently applied, except where otherwise stated. The estimates and judgments relating to the financial statements have been made on a prudent basis, in order that the financial statements reflect in a true and fair manner, the state of affairs of the Company as at June 30, 2011 and the profit of the Company for the year ended on that date;

iii) The Board of Directors has taken proper and sufficient care for the maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act, 1956 for safeguarding the assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities;

iv) The annual accounts have been prepared on the historical cost convention, as a going concern and on the accrual basis.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The Board wishes to place on record its appreciation to the contribution made by the employees of the Company and its subsidiaries during the year under review. The Company has achieved impressive growth through the competence, hard work, solidarity, cooperation and support of employees at all levels. Your Directors thank the customers, clients, vendors and other business associates for their continued support in the Company's growth. The Directors also wish to thank the Government Authorities, Financial Institutions and Shareholders for their cooperation and assistance extended to the Company.

For and on behalf of the Board of Directors

Noida (U.P.), India SHIV NADAR

July 27, 2011 Chairman and Chief Strategy Officer

Jun 30, 2010

The Directors have pleasure in presenting this Eighteenth Annual Report together with the Audited Accounts for the year ended June 30,2010.

FINANCIAL RESULTS

The highlights of the consolidated financial results of your Company and its subsidiaries prepared under Indian GAAP are as follows:

(Rs. in crores) Year ended Year ended June 30, 2010 June 30,2009

Income

Revenues 12,136.29 10,229.41

Other income 154.12 262.20

12,290.41 10,491.61

Expenditure

Cost of goods sold 443.55 205.47

Personnel Expenses 6,253.70 5,194.38

Operating and other expenses 3,498.48 3000.06

Finance costs 204.14 112.44

Depreciation and amortization 418.11 375.47

10,817.98 8,887.82

Profit before tax and minority interests 1,472.43 1,603.79

Provision for tax (213.43) (284.34)

Profit before minority interests 1259.00 1,319.45

Share of minority shareholders 0.19 0.18

Net Profit 1,259.19 1,319.63

The highlights of financial results of your Company as a stand-alone entity prepared under Indian GAAP are as follows:

(Rs. in crores) Year ended Year ended June 30,2010 June 30,2009

Income

Revenues 5,078.76 4,675.09

Other income 171.77 265.81

5,250.53 4,940.90 Expenditure

Cost of goods sold 85.47 -

Personnel Expenses 2,187.66 1,930.22

Operating and other expenses 1,449.19 1,539.00

Finance Charges 101.36 28.09

Depreciation and amortization 274.03 251.89

4,097.71 3,749.20

Prof it before tax 1152.82 1,191.70

Provision for tax (96.24) (194.39)

Profit after tax 1,056.58 997.31

Balance in Profit and Loss Account brought forward 1,920.97 1,572.73

Amount available for appropriation 2,977.55 2,570.04

Appropriations

Proposed final dividend [including Rs. 0.29 crores (previous year Rs.0.87 crores) 68.16 67.90 paid for previous year]

Corporate dividend tax on proposed final dividend [including Rs.0.05 crores 11.32 11.54 (previous year Rs.0.15 crores) paid for previous year]

Interim dividend 202.33 401.71

Corporate dividend tax on interim dividend 34.13 68.19

Transfer to general reserve 105.66 99.73

Transfer to debenture redemption reserve295.00 --

Balance carried forward to the balance sheet 2260.95 1,920.97

Total 2,977.55 2,570.04

TRANSFER TO RESERVES

Your Company has transferred Rs. 105.66 crores to the General Reserve Account and Rs. 295 crores to the Debenture Redemption Reserve Account as at June 30, 2010. An amount of Rs. 2,260.95 crores is proposed to be carried forward in the Profit & Loss Account.

OVERVIEW

During the financial year 2009-10, on a standalone basis, your Companys revenues stood at Rs. 5,078.76 crores registering a growth of 8.63% over the previous year and on a consolidated basis, the Companys revenues for the year 2009-10 stood at Rs. 12,136.29 crores registering a growth of 18.64% over the previous year.

A detailed analysis on the Companys performance is included in the Managements Discussion and Analysis Report titled as "Managements Discussion and Analysis", which forms part of this Annual Report.

DIVIDENDS

Your directors are pleased to recommend a final dividend of Re.1 per equity share for the financial year ended June 30, 2010, subject to the approval of the shareholders at the ensuing Annual General Meeting of the Company. During the year under review, your directors had declared and paid three interim dividends as per the details given hereunder:

S.No. Interim dividend paid during Rate of dividend Amount of the year ended June 30, 2010 (Per Share) dividend paid

1. 1st Interim Dividend Re. 1/- 67.19

2. 2nd Interim Dividend Re. 1/- 67.45

3. 3rd Interim Dividend Re. 1/- 67.69

Interim dividend paid during Dividend Distribution the year ended June 30, 2010 tax Total Outflow paid by the Company (Rs. in crores)

1st Interim Dividend 11.42 78.61

2nd Interim Dividend 11.46 78.91

3rd Interim Dividend 11.25 78.94

The total amount of dividends (including interim dividends paid) for the year ended June 30, 2010 shall be Rs. 270.20 crores. Dividend distribution tax paid / payable by the Company for the year would amount to Rs. 45.40 crores.

SCHEME OF AMALGAMATION

During the year under review, the Board of Directors of the Company, subject to requisite approvals, had approved the Scheme of Amalgamation ("Scheme") under section 391 to 394 of the Companies Act, 1956 for amalgamation of HCL Technoparks Limited, wholly owned subsidiary of the Company with the Company.

The Company has filed the petition before the Honble High Court of Delhi for approval of the Scheme of Amalgamation. The Scheme, if approved, shall be effective from April 1, 2009.

SUBSIDIARIES/ BRANCHES FORMED DURING THE YEAR

HCL Technologies Denmark ApS and HCL Technologies Norway AS

In view of the new business prospects of the Company, the Company has set up its step down subsidiaries in Denmark viz. HCL Technologies Denmark ApS and in Norway viz. HCL Technologies Norway AS.

During the year, your Company has also set up its branch office in U.S.A.

EXISTING SUBSIDIARIES-CLOSURE DURING THE YEAR

Your Company had acquired Axon Group Ltd. ("Axon") in 2008- 09 which is a leading U.K. based SAP consulting Company. Axon had set up subsidiaries in various countries. As a rationalization process, the applications for winding up were filed with the appropriate authorities for the two dormant entities viz. Aspire Solutions Sdn. Bhd., a company incorporated in Malaysia and Axon EBT Trustees Limited, a company incorporated in U.K. as their businesses were integrated with other entities in these countries.

SUBSIDIARIES - FINANCIALS

The Company has 56 subsidiaries as on June 30, 2010. 3 subsidiaries of the Company are not required to prepare the financials as on June 30, 2010 as they have been incorporated during the current year and the first financial year of these companies shall close subsequent to June 30, 2010.

The Company has been granted exemption under section 212 of the Companies Act, 1956 by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs from annexing the accounts and other information for its subsidiaries along with the accounts of the Company for the year ended June 30, 2010. As per the terms of the exemption letter, a statement containing brief financial details of the Companys subsidiaries for the year ended June 30, 2010 shall form part of the Annual Report.

As required under the Listing Agreement with the Stock Exchanges, consolidated financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries are attached.

CHANGES IN CAPITAL STRUCTURE

Issue of shares under Employee Stock Option Plans

During the year ended June 30, 2010, the Company allotted 85,27,212 equity shares of Rs. 21- each fully paid up under its Employees Stock Option Plans.

Issued and Paid-up Share Capital

As on June 30, 2010, the issued and paid-up share capital of the Company was Rs. 135,75,67,624/- (previous year: Rs. 134,05,13,200/-) comprising 67,87,83,812 (previous year: 67,02,56,600) equity shares of Rs. 21- each fully paid-up.

SHARES UNDER COMPULSORY DEMATERIALIZATION

The equity shares of your Company are included in the list of specified scrips where delivery of shares in dematerialized (demat) form is compulsory effective from July 24, 2000, if the same are traded on a stock exchange , which is linked to a depository. As of June 30, 2010, 99.93% shares were held in demat form.

DEBENTURES

During the year, the Company has issued rated, secured, taxable, redeemable non-convertible debenture(s) as per details given hereunder:

Amount Coupon Rate Date of Issue (Rs. in (Payable Maturity Period crores) quarterly)

August 25, 2009 170 7.55% p.a. 2 years

August 25, 2009 330 8.20% p.a. 3 years

September 10,2009 500 8.80% p.a. 5 years

A debenture trust deed in favour of IDBI Trusteeship Services Limited for the aforesaid issues has been executed. The Debentures are secured by way of mortgage(s) and/ or charges on the movable / immovable properties of the Company whether existing / future. The said debentures have been listed on Wholesale Debt Segment of the National Stock Exchange of India Limited.

INTERNAL CONTROL SYSTEM

The Company has in place adequate internal control systems commensurate with its size and nature of business. These systems provide a reasonable assurance in respect of providing financial and operational information, compliance with applicable statutes and safeguarding of assets of the Company. These systems ensure that transactions are executed in accordance with specified policies and resources are deployed as per the business plans and policies.

The Company has an in-house internal audit division and the head of internal audit function reports directly to the Audit Committee to ensure independence of this function.

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

The report of the Board of Directors of the Company on Corporate Governance is given as a separate section titled Corporate Governance Report 2009-10, which forms part of this Annual Report.

Certificate of the Statutory Auditors of the Company regarding compliance with the Corporate Governance requirements as stipulated in clause 49 of the Listing Agreement with the stock exchanges is annexed with the Corporate Governance Report.

MANAGEMENTS DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS

The Managements Discussion and Analysis is given separately and forms part of this Annual Report.

INSIDERTRADING REGULATIONS

Based on the requirements under SEBI (Prohibition of Insider Trading) Regulations, 1992, as amended from time to time, the Code of Conduct for prevention of insider trading and the Code for corporate disclosures are in force.

DIRECTORS

In accordance with the Articles of Association of the Company, Mr. Subroto Bhattacharya, Mr. Vineet Nayar and Mr. Amal Ganguli, shall retire by rotation as Directors at the ensuing Annual General Meeting and being eligible, they have offered themselves for re-appointment.

AUDITORS

The auditors, M/s. S.R. Batliboi & Co. Chartered Accountants, retire at the conclusion of the ensuing Annual General Meeting and they have confirmed their eligibility and willingness to be re-appointed.

GROUP

As per the intimation received from the Promoter(s), for the purposes of availing exemption from applicability of the provisions of Regulations 10 to 12 of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) Regulations, 1997, pursuant to Regulation 3(1) (e)(i) thereof, persons constituting Group as defined in the (Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Act, 1969) include the following:

Name of the Companies/Trust

HCL Corporation Ltd.

HCL Holdings Pvt. Ltd.

Guddu Investments (Pondi) Pvt. Ltd.

Varna Sundari Investments (Pondi) Pvt. Ltd.

Shiv Nadar Investments (Pondi) Pvt. Ltd.

SSN Investments (Pondi) Pvt. Ltd.

Shiv Nadar Investments (Chennai) Pvt. Ltd.

Shivkiran Investments (Chennai) Pvt. Ltd.

Vamasundari Investments (Delhi) Pvt. Ltd.

SSN Investments (Delhi) Pvt. Ltd.

SSN Trust

Shiv Nadar Foundation

Vamasundari Scholarship Trust

FIXED DEPOSITS

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AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS

As your Company pursues excellence relentlessly, your Company is delighted to receive phenomenal share of recognitions and awards this year, not just from the media, but also from analysts, governing bodies, academic institutions, partners and even customers. Some of the key accolades received during the year include:

- Ranked No. 1 among the top 50 best managed global outsourcing vendors of 2009 by Brown & Wilsons Black Book of Outsourcing.

- Chosen from among more than 188 corporate entries, your Company won the prestigious Golden Peacock Innovation award for its MTaaSTM (a Business Service Management centric service delivery platform) offering in the IT Sector category.

Ranked No.1 amongst the 2009 Top Cross-Industry BPO Vendors by the Black Book of Outsourcing.

- Ranked No.1 in the traditional IT Outsourcing space by Datamonitors, Black Book of Outsourcing 2009-10.

- Ranked No. 1 in the RIMO (Remote Infrastructure Management Outsourcing) space and scores highest in 18 significant ITO criteria and 13 significant RIMO criteria surveyed.

HCL AXON rated a leader in the Forrester Wave for SAP Implementation Providers making it a serious contender across all phases of the SAP implementation life cycle.

QUALITY

Quality policy of your Company is to satisfy the customers by delivering quality products and services that meet their requirements on time, every time.

To operate the quality system in your Company, we have developed a system called Organizational Management System ("OMS") which conforms to the ISO 9001:2000 standard, CMM Ver1.1 and CMMI version 1.2, IEEE (referenced) for the design and development of software and hardware products and related services. The OMS is designed to achieve the Companys quality policy and objectives.

The OMS has been developed to keep in mind the following objectives:

Standardize engineering and management practices across all level of businesses of the Company.

To enhance productivity and effectiveness of the Companys operations and reduce the learning curve.

- Unified approach to our business acquisition and delivery methods.

Align with other common corporate initiatives like SAP, KROSS, PM Smart etc.

Quality Initiatives taken during the year:

- Six Sigma

- Earned Value Management Next Generation OMS Beyond CMMI L5

Quality Journey of HCL Technologies Ltd.:

First company to get assessed for CMMI Level 5 in Investment banking IT services provider group.

First software company to get certified for AS 9100 in India.

Organizational Management System of your Company is compliant to multiple industry and domain specific standards. It has also been enhanced for domain standards like TL 9000 and ISO 16949 and models like CMMI (Dev) V1.2 L5 and CMMI for services.

EMPLOYEES FIRST

Around five years ago, your Company initiated a unique employees focused program that places the needs of employees before that of customers. Your Company believes that employees bring strategic value to an organization and are critical to its success in the global marketplace. The future growth and competitiveness of any organization depends more than ever before on attracting the best talent and engaging and empowering them to achieve their own, and the organizations goals. Your Company always believes that happy and passionate employees offer better value in engagements and directly impact customer satisfaction.

Towards this, your Company practices Employees First - the first of its kind of articulation, which is at the core of our efforts to

provide our employees a work environment and culture that they can take pride in. Employees First is our means of getting into the very core of the individual and decoding their individuality and diversity, unleashing their potential and equipping them with the necessary tools to enhance the value zone.

We believe that the maximum value is created at the employee- customer interface. Therefore we empower our employees to generate delight for our customers, every step of the way. The 5 core values of Employees First are Honesty, Transparency, Accountability, Individuality and Collaboration. In order to strengthen these values, many initiatives have been introduced by your Company. Some key initiatives are:

- Smart Service Desk, where employees can raise SLA- bound tickets on any internal service provider, and only employees can close these tickets, if satisfied. This brings in a culture of reverse accountability.

- CEO Connect through U&l, where the CEO is personally available online to every employee, tours every location and holds interactive discussions complemented by a fully functional blog. This infuses a culture of transparency and open communication between the CEO and the employee.

- Open 360 Degree Feedback, where employees can rate their managers, even the CEO, and the feedback/rating is made public across the organization. This inverts the pyramid and makes the employee a part of the development journey of the manager and also the CEO.

- Talent Transformation is designed to build behavior based competencies in individuals.

- Employees First Academy, comprising three levels: Employees First Lifestyle, Employees First Leadership, and Harvard Emerging Leader Program, to initiate and nurture effective leaders.

- Directions, an annual event where the CEO and senior management conduct a face-to-face meeting with all employees to discuss the Companys strategy and direction. It is a mirror, mirror exercise between the employees and senior management.

Employees First, Customers Second: Mr. Vineet Nayar, CEO and Whole-time Director of the Company has written a book on his innovative concept of Employees First, Customers Second (EFCS). Employees First, Customers Second is a book published by Harvard Press. Admired by many global thought leaders viz. Mr. Tom Peters, Mr. Tony Hsieh, Mr. Gary Hamel, Ms. Judy McGrath, Mr. Ram Charan, and Mr. Victor K. Fung.

The Book got rave reviews from Fortune, CIO Insight, Economist, Washington Post, Sunday Times, Hindu, FOX Business, CNBC Europe, Bloomberg Radio Surveillance and many others.

Talent Transformation and Intrapreneurship Development (T2ID)

T2ID in your Company identifies and recognizes the need to groom and develop employees for developing the future leaders. T2ID rolls out a series of end to end programs that would continuously enhance the value that an employee adds to the Company. In your Company, employees are not just one of the assets but THE Assets. The quintessential "Customer is King" has been replaced by "Employees First"; the bottom line being, if the employee is satisfied, happy and skilled, then only will he/she be able to serve his customer better so that they in turn bring value-add to their clients.

Key Initiatives of T2ID

TOP GUN - Next generation Leadership development programÃ This Leadership Program builds the leadership pipeline of the Company by focusing on equipping the next generation of leaders with the Companys identified leadership competencies in order to create World Class Leaders.

HCL-HARVARD Emerging Leaders ProgramÃ To groom business leaders and prepare them to drive strategic initiatives in a very dynamic business environment, your Company has launched Emerging Leaders Program which aims to create a capable and distinctive leadership culture. This is a 20-week program with the focus on five critical areas of leadership development.

Employee Passion Indicative Count (EPIC)Ã EPIC is a self assessment tool which aims to measure Top 5 Passion Indicators of an employee that drive him to do his day to day work. During the year, 25,100 employees participated in the EPIC assessment and found out their passion drivers.

Good Practices ConferencesÃ Good Practices is an initiative from delivery excellence for systematic collation, evaluation, sharing and adoption of good practices across the Company. Good Practices Conference 2010 is a platform for individuals/ teams to share their good practices as well as lessons learnt from failures.

LearnÃ iLearn has been launched to seamless online registration and tracking of instructor led training sessions (technical and domain) and quick online feedback mechanism including collection, compilation and analysis.

HCL ScholarÃ It is a knowledge enhancement program aimed at providing a structured and robust platform to assess employees of the Company on their understanding about the Company and their respective areas of operation. It aims at promoting a culture of continuous learning and capabilities building within the Company.

CONSERVATION OF ENERGY, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.TECHNOLOGYABSORPTION.FOREIGN EXCHANGE EARNINGS AND OUTGO

Disclosures of particulars as required by the Companies (Disclosure of Particulars in the Report of Board of Directors) Rules, 1988, are set out in the Annexure 1 included in this Report.

DIRECTORS RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT

A statement of responsibility of the Directors relating to compliance with the financial accounting and reporting requirements in respect of the financial statements, as specified under section 217(2AA) of the Companies Act, 1956 inserted by the Companies (Amendment) Act, 2000, is annexed as Annexure 2 to this Report.

STOCK OPTIONS PLANS

1999 Stock Option Plan / 2000 Stock Option Plan / 2004 Stock Option Plan

The details on these plans have been annexed as Annexure 3 to this report.

DISCLOSURES UNDERSECTION2I70FTHECOMPANIES ACT, 1956

Except, as disclosed elsewhere in the report, there have been no material changes and commitments, which can affect the financial position of the Company between the end of the financial year and the date of this report.

As required under section 217(2A) of the Companies Act, 1956, read with the Companies (Particulars of Employees) Rules, 1975, as amended, the names and other particulars of employees are set out in the Annexure 4 included in this Report.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The Board wishes to place on record its appreciation to the contribution made by the employees of the Company and its subsidiaries during the year under review. The Company has achieved impressive growth through the competence, hard work, solidarity, cooperation and support of employees at all levels. Your Directors thank the customers, clients, vendors and other business associates for their continued support in the Companys growth. The Directors also wish to thank the Government Authorities, Financial Institutions and Shareholders for their cooperation and assistance extended to the Company.

For and on behalf of the Board of Directors

Noida (U.P.), India SHIV NADAR

July 29, 2010 Chairman and Chief Strategy Officer

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