HCL TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
Distribution of Shareholding As on March 31, 2005
   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
50.92%
   HCL Peripherals Limited
1,500,000
0.47%
   HCL Holdings Private Limited - OCB
61,129,604
*
19.21%
224,646,771
70.61%
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
          193,487
** 0.06%
Sub - Total
    224,840,455
70.67%
B. Non-Promoters Holding
3 Institutional Investors
  a. Mutual Funds and UTI
      12,708,568
3.99%

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
       3,327,190
1.05%
ii.Others
          752,786
0.24%
c. FIIs
i. Holding more than 1% of the shares of the Company
HSBC Global Investment Funds A/C HSBC Global investment Funds Mauritius Ltd
      11,656,924
3.66%

Oppenheimer Funds Inc. A/C Oppenheimer Developing Markets Fund

       4,118,600
1.29%
ii.Others
      20,731,317
6.52%
Sub - Total
      53,295,385
16.75%
4 Others
  a. Private Corporate Bodies Holding more than 1%
Appollo Trading & Finance Private Limited
       4,393,284
1.38%
Others
       5,285,773
1.66%
b. Indian Public
       9,464,292
2.97%
c. NRIs / OCBs
       1,459,778
0.46%
d. Any other
    -Deutsche Bank AG, Foreign Corporate Body
      19,358,989
6.08%
    -Foreign Nationals
            52,254
0.02%
      -Foreign Banks
              1,100
0.00%
    -Trusts
              2,062
0.00%
Sub - Total
      40,017,532
12.58%
GRAND TOTAL
  318,153,372
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 March 31, 2005 comprise of 118,508,566 shares aggregating to 37.25% of the total capital.