India's HCLTech wins $1.14 billion deal with European firm


Employees of HCLTech walk inside the office premises on the outskirts of Lucknow, India, March 20, 2024. REUTERS/Pawan Kumar

BENGALURU, July 3 (Reuters) - ⁠India's HCLTech has won a $1.14 billion ⁠deal with a major European firm, the ‌software services exporter said on Friday.

The announcement pushed HCLTech's shares up by as much as 6.3%, boosting ​gains on the Nifty IT ⁠index, which was up ⁠2.7%.

Here are some details:

• The deal will help ⁠HCLTech ‌establish an AI-driven operating model to transform and manage the client's ⁠global digital workplace and enterprise networks, the ​company said.

• ‌The deal will last for five-and-a-half ⁠years and ​is extendable by another five years, it added, without providing further details about the European ⁠firm.

• This is entirely new ​business for the company, HCLTech said, and not from an existing client or a deal renewal.

• ⁠This is the largest deal HCLTech has announced since winning a $2.1 billion deal with Verizon in August 2023.

• HCLTech, which will ​report its results for the ⁠first quarter of fiscal 2027 on July ​13, has forecast revenue growth ‌of 1%-4% for the ​year.

(Reporting by Haripriya Suresh in Bengaluru; Editing by Janane Venkatraman and Rashmi Aich)

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