HCL TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
Distribution of Shareholding As on September 30, 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
54.65%
   HCL Peripherals Limited
1,500,000
0.51%
   HCL Holdings Private Limited - OCB
61,129,604
*
20.62%
224,646,771
75.77%
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
          250,158
** 0.08%
Sub - Total
    224,897,126
75.86%
B. Non-Promoters Holding
3 Institutional Investors
  a. Mutual Funds and UTI
      10,690,730
3.61%
  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
1.12%
ii.Others
          553,659
0.19%
      
c. FIIs
i. Holding more than 1% of the shares of the Company
 

Genesis Indian Investment Company Limited -General Sub Fund

       3,300,000
1.12%
HSBC Global Investment Funds A/C HSBC Global investment Funds Mauritius Ltd
       8,458,477
2.85%

Oppenheimer Funds Inc. A/C Oppenheimer Developing Markets Fund

       4,240,200
1.43%
ii.Others
      18,735,874
6.32%
Sub - Total
      49,302,795
16.63%
4 Others
  a. Private Corporate Bodies
          Holding more than 1%
        Appollo Trading & Finance Private Limited
       4,393,284
1.48%
    Others
       5,415,845
1.83%
b. Indian Public
       9,718,386
3.28%
c. NRIs / OCBs
       2,452,901
0.83%
d. Any other
    -Foreign Nationals
          111,032
0.04%
    -Trusts
          187,445
0.06%
Sub - Total
      22,278,893
7.51%
GRAND TOTAL
  296,478,814
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 September 30, 2004 comprise of  9,84,28,088 shares aggregating to 33.20% of the total capital.