HCL TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
Distribution of Shareholding As on December 31, 2004
   Category No. of Shares Held (Face Value Rs. 2/-)
%  of Shareholding
A. Promoter's Holding
1 Promoters
Indian Promoters
a. Holding more than 1% of the shares of the Company
   HCL Corporation Limited
162,017,167
51.07%
   HCL Peripherals Limited
1,500,000
0.47%
   HCL Holdings Private Limited - OCB
61,129,604
*
19.27%
224,646,771
70.82%
b. Others
197
0.00%
 
Foreign Promoters  
a. Holding more than 1% of the shares of the Company
Nil
Nil
b. Others
Nil
Nil
2 Persons acting in concert #
Shri Sivasubramaniya Nadar Educational and Charitable Trust
200,037
** 0.06%
Sub - Total
224,847,005
70.88%
B. Non-Promoters Holding
3 Institutional Investors
  a. Mutual Funds and UTI
8,202,936
2.59%
  i. Holding more than 1% of the shares of the Company
  Unit Trust of India
  ii.Others (Mutual Funds)

b. Banks, Financial Institutions, Insurance Companies
(Central / State Govt. Institutions / Non-government Institutions)

i. Holding more than 1% of the shares of the Company
Life Insurance Corporation of India
3,323,855
1.05%
ii.Others
670,127
0.21%
c. FIIs
i. Holding more than 1% of the shares of the Company
Genesis Indian Investment Company Limited -General Sub Fund
3,300,000
1.04%
HSBC Global Investment Funds A/C HSBC Global investment Funds Mauritius Ltd
10,702,874
3.37%

Oppenheimer Funds Inc. A/C Oppenheimer Developing Markets Fund

4,995,600
1.57%
ii.Others
20,279,037
6.39%
Sub - Total
51,474,429
16.23%
4 Others
  a. Private Corporate Bodies  Holding more than 1%
Appollo Trading & Finance Private Limited
4,393,284
1.38%
Others
5,798,066
1.83%
b. Indian Public
9,563,735
3.01%
c. NRIs / OCBs
1,718,738
0.54%
d. Any other
    -Deutsche Bank AG, Foreign Corporate Body
19,358,989
6.10%
    -Foreign Nationals             64,460 0.02%
    -Trusts               2,562 0.00%
Sub - Total
40,899,834
12.89%
GRAND TOTAL
  317,221,268
100.00%
Notes
*   This is an Overseas Corporate Body.
**  This is a public charitable trust in which promoter does not hold any beneficial interest.
The foreign shareholding of the Company as on December 31, 2004 comprise of 121,549,302 shares aggregating to 38.32% of the total capital.