HCL Technologies Signs New Five-Year Deal With Dr Pepper Snapple Group to Enhance IT Services and Solutions

SUNNYVALE, CA and NOIDA, INDIA, Jun 30, 2009 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) --
HCLTF | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating -- HCL Technologies Ltd. (HCL), a leading global IT services provider,
today announced that it will provide IT application and
infrastructure operations and management for Dr Pepper Snapple Group
(DPS), a leading producer of flavored beverages. HCL will deliver
application support and maintenance, and manage and monitor
infrastructure support and operations leveraging its Managed Services
Model. DPS will become HCL's anchor service desk customer at HCL's
Raleigh, N.C. global services delivery facility.

"After evaluating a number of global service providers, we selected
HCL due to the strong team and comprehensive technical solution
tailored to our business needs. With its Axon acquisition, HCL also
offers deep SAP capabilities, an area of importance to us," said
Virginia Guthrie, CIO and senior vice president of information
technology for Dr Pepper Snapple Group. "The transparency and
flexibility that HCL provided throughout the entire RFP process was
unmatched, and we look forward to working with the HCL team on our IT
and business process initiatives."

DPS will leverage HCL's Integrated Operations and Management Center
(IOMC) approach to ensure that the applications and infrastructure
teams work out of the same facility to reduce silos and improve
technology-enabled services and solutions. The five-year engagement
will assist DPS in the following areas: application support and
maintenance, end-user computing, integrated service desk and network
management.

"Our main objective in working with DPS is to help the company
achieve its business-aligned IT goals and increase the value of IT to
the business," said Shami Khorana, president, HCL America. "With a
world-class customer like DPS, we continue to expand our leadership
in our Consumer Packaged Goods Vertical and bring on new staff at our
new facility in North Carolina."

HCL will also deliver managed print services for DPS. The services
will be delivered through HCL's partnership with Xerox. This global
partnership was announced in November:
http://www.hcltech.com/pdf/press-releases/2008/hcl-xerox-alliance.pdf.

HCL was recently ranked as the World's No.1 Best Performing IT
Infrastructure Services by Global Services 100 Survey 2008. For more
information, visit: http://www.hcltech.com/.

About Dr Pepper Snapple Group

Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc. (DPS) is the leading producer of
flavored beverages in North America and the Caribbean. Its success is
fueled by more than 50 brands that are synonymous with refreshment,
fun and flavor. DPS has 6 of the top 10 non-cola soft drinks, and 9
of its 12 "power brands" are No. 1 in their respective categories. In
addition to its flagship Dr Pepper and Snapple brands, the DPS
portfolio includes Sunkist soda, 7UP, A&W, Canada Dry, Crush, Mott's,
Squirt, Hawaiian Punch, Penafiel, Clamato, Schweppes, Rose's, Venom
Energy and Mr & Mrs T mixers. To learn more about DPS's iconic brands
and Plano, Texas-based company, please visit www.drpeppersnapple.com.

About HCL Technologies

HCL Technologies is a leading global IT services company, working
with clients in the areas that impact and redefine the core of their
businesses. Since its inception into the global landscape after its
IPO in 1999, HCL focuses on 'transformational outsourcing,'
underlined by innovation and value creation, and offers integrated
portfolio of services including software-led IT solutions, remote
infrastructure management, engineering and R&D services and BPO. HCL
leverages its extensive global offshore infrastructure and network of
offices in 20 countries to provide holistic, multi-service delivery
in key industry verticals including Financial Services,
Manufacturing, Aerospace & Defense, Telecom, Retail & CPG, Life
Sciences & Healthcare, Media & Entertainment, Travel, Transportation
& Logistics, Automotive, Government, Energy & Utilities. HCL takes
pride in its philosophy of 'Employee First' which empowers our 54,026
transformers to create a real value for the customers. HCL
Technologies, along with its subsidiaries, had consolidated revenues
of US$ 2.0 billion (Rs. 9,842 crores), as on 31st March 2009. For
more information, please visit www.hcltech.com.

About HCL

HCL is a $5 billion leading global Technology and IT Enterprise that
comprises two companies listed in India -- HCL Technologies & HCL
Infosystems. Founded in 1976, HCL is one of India's original IT
garage start-ups, a pioneer of modern computing, and a global
transformational enterprise today. Its range of offerings spans
Product Engineering, Custom & Package Applications, BPO, IT
Infrastructure Services, IT Hardware, Systems Integration, and
distribution of ICT products across a wide range of focused industry
verticals. The HCL team comprises over 60,000 professionals of
diverse nationalities, who operate from 23 countries including over
500 points of presence in India. HCL has global partnerships with
several leading Fortune 1000 firms, including leading IT and
Technology firms. For more information, please visit www.hcl.in.

Forward-looking Statements

Certain statements in this release are forward-looking statements,
which involve a number of risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other
factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from
those in such forward-looking statements. All statements, other than
statements of historical fact are statements that could be deemed
forward-looking statements, including but not limited to the
statements containing the words 'planned,' 'expects,' 'believes,'
'strategy,' 'opportunity,' 'anticipates,' 'hopes' or other similar
words. The risks and uncertainties relating to these statements
include, but are not limited to, risks and uncertainties regarding
impact of pending regulatory proceedings, fluctuations in earnings,
our ability to manage growth, intense competition in IT services,
Business Process Outsourcing and consulting services including those
factors which may affect our cost advantage, wage increases in India,
customer acceptances of our services, products and fee structures,
our ability to attract and retain highly skilled professionals, our
ability to integrate acquired assets in a cost effective and timely
manner, time and cost overruns on fixed-price, fixed-time frame
contracts, client concentration, restrictions on immigration, our
ability to manage our international operations, reduced demand for
technology in our key focus areas, disruptions in telecommunication
networks, our ability to successfully complete and integrate
potential acquisitions, the success of our brand development efforts,
liability for damages on our service contracts, the success of the
companies / entities in which we have made strategic investments,
withdrawal of governmental fiscal incentives, political instability,
legal restrictions on raising capital or acquiring companies outside
India, and unauthorized use of our intellectual property, other
risks, uncertainties and general economic conditions affecting our
industry. There can be no assurance that the forward-looking
statements made herein will prove to be accurate, and issuance of such
forward-looking statements should not be regarded as a representation
by the Company, or any other person, that the objective and plans of
the Company will be achieved. All forward-looking statements made
herein are based on information presently available to the management
of the Company and the Company does not undertake to update any
forward-looking statement that may be made from time to time by or on
behalf of the Company.

For details, contact

Kirsten Paragona
Direct Line +978 356-3342
Email: kparagona@hcl.in

John Connolly
BluePoint Venture Marketing for HCL Technologies
Direct Line +781 861-7800
Email: jconnolly@bluepointmktg.com

SOURCE: HCL Technologies Ltd.

mailto:kparagona@hcl.in
mailto:jconnolly@bluepointmktg.com

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