HCL TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED      
Distribution of Shareholding As on December 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     161,517,167 50.22%
     HCL Peripherals Limited        1,500,000 0.47%
     HCL Holdings Private Limited - OCB       61,129,604 * 19.01%
   
      224,146,771 69.69%
   
  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               5,487 ** 0.00%
  Sub - Total     224,152,455 69.69%
           
B. Non-Promoters Holding      
   
  3 Institutional Investors  
  a. Mutual Funds and UTI       15,511,299 4.82%
  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        4,284,213 1.33%
  ii.Others           497,746 0.15%
   
  c. FIIs  
  i. Holding more than 1% of the shares of the Company  
  HSBC GLOBAL INVESTMENT FUNDS A/C HSBC GLOBALINVESTMENT FUNDS MAURITIUS LTD       12,679,944 3.94%
  OPPENHEIMER FUNDS INC. A/C OPPENHEIMER DEVELOPING MARKETS FUND        4,080,700 1.27%
  EMERGING MARKETS MANAGEMENT, L.L.C. A/C EMSAF- MAURITIUS        3,570,957 1.11%
  ii.Others       22,887,330 7.12%
  Sub - Total       63,512,189 19.75%
   
  4 Others  
  a. Private Corporate Bodies  
          Holding more than 1%  
          Appollo Trading & Finance Private Limited        3,762,284 1.17%
            DEUTSCHE EQUITIES INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED - (Category - Clearing Member)        3,442,096 1.07%
      Others        4,988,787 1.55%
   
  b. Indian Public        8,671,264 2.70%
   
  c. NRIs / OCBs        1,408,339 0.44%
   
  d. Any other  
      -DEUTSCHE BANK AG FRANKFURT,CORPORATE INVESTMENTS - (Category - Foreign Bank)       11,615,393 3.61%
      -Foreign Nationals             73,418 0.02%
      -Foreign Banks               1,100 0.00%
      -Trusts               3,537 0.00%
    Sub - Total       33,966,218   10.56%
         
    GRAND TOTAL   321,630,862   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, 2005 comprise of 117,446,785 shares aggregating to 36.52% of the total capital.