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 (MARKET WIRE)
--
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.

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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

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