UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

FORM 20-F

o		REGISTRATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR 12(g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
OR
þ		ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
		For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2008
OR
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		For the transition period from                      to
OR
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		Date of event requiring this shell company report

Satyam Computer Services Limited

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

N/A (Translation of Registrant’s Name Into English)		Republic of India (Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)

Satyam Infocity
—Unit — 12, Plot No. 35/36
Hi-tech City layout, Survey No. 64, Madhapur
Hyderabad — 500 081
Andhra Pradesh, India
(91) 40 3063 6363
(Address and Telephone Number of Principal Executive Offices)

Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

	Title of Each Class			Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered
	American Depositary Shares,			The New York Stock Exchange
	each represented by two equity shares,
	par value Rs. 2.0 per share

(Title of Class)

Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
None
(Title of Class)

Securities for which there is a reporting obligation pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Act
None
(Title of Class)

     Indicate the number of outstanding shares of each of the issuer’s classes of capital or common stock as of the close of the period covered by the annual report.

     670,479,293 equity shares, including 130,505,900 underlying equity shares for 65,252,950 ADSs, were issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2008.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

SATYAM COMPUTER SERVICES LIMITED

ITEM 1. IDENTITY OF DIRECTORS, SENIOR MANAGEMENT AND ADVISERS		4
ITEM 2. OFFER STATISTICS AND EXPECTED TIMETABLE		4
ITEM 3. KEY INFORMATION		4
ITEM 4. INFORMATION ON THE COMPANY		19
ITEM 4A. UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS		35
ITEM 5. OPERATING AND FINANCIAL REVIEW AND PROSPECTS		35
ITEM 6. DIRECTORS, SENIOR MANAGEMENT AND EMPLOYEES		57
ITEM 7. MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS		65
ITEM 8. FINANCIAL INFORMATION		66
ITEM 9. THE OFFER AND LISTING		66
ITEM 10. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION		68
ITEM 11. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK		85
ITEM 12. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES OTHER THAN EQUITY SECURITIES		86
ITEM 13. DEFAULTS, DIVIDEND ARREARAGES AND DELINQUENCIES		86
ITEM 14. MATERIAL MODIFICATIONS TO THE RIGHTS OF SECURITY HOLDERS AND USE OF PROCEEDS		86
ITEM 15. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES		86
ITEM 16A. AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT		87
ITEM 16B. CODE OF ETHICS		87
ITEM 16C. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES		87
ITEM 16D. EXEMPTIONS FROM THE LISTING STANDARDS FOR AUDIT COMMITTEES		88
ITEM 16E. PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES BY THE ISSUER AND AFFILIATED PURCHASERS		88
ITEM 17. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS		89
ITEM 18. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS		89
ITEM 19. EXHIBITS		89
EX-8.1 List of Significant Subsidiaries.
EX-12.1 Certification of Chief Executive Officer under Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act 2002.
EX-12.2 Certification of Chief Financial Officer under Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act 2002.
EX-13.1 Certification of Chief Executive Officer under Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act 2002.
EX-13.2 Certification of Chief Financial Officer under Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act 2002.
EX-15.1 Consent of Price Waterhouse, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.

CURRENCY OF PRESENTATION AND CERTAIN DEFINED TERMS

Unless otherwise stated in this Annual Report on Form 20-F, or “Annual Report,” or unless the context otherwise requires, references in this Annual Report to “we,” “our,” “us,” “Satyam,” “Satyam Computer Services” and “our company” are to Satyam Computer Services Limited and its consolidated subsidiaries and other consolidated entities.

In this Annual Report, references to “US” or the “United States” are to the United States of America, its territories and its possessions. References to “India” are to the Republic of India. References to “$,” “Dollars” or “U.S. dollars” are to the legal currency of the United States, and references to “Rs.,” “rupees” or “Indian rupees” are to the legal currency of India. References to a particular “fiscal” year are to our fiscal year ended or ending March 31 of such year.

For your convenience, this Annual Report contains translations of some Indian rupee amounts into U.S. dollars which should not be construed as a representation that those Indian rupee or U.S. dollar amounts could have been, or could be, converted into U.S. dollars or Indian rupees, as the case may be, at any particular rate, the rate stated below, or at all.

Except as otherwise stated in this Annual Report, all translations from Indian rupees to U.S. dollars contained in this Annual Report have been based on the noon buying rate in the City of New York on March 31, 2008 for cable transfers in Indian rupees as certified for customs purposes by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. The noon buying rate on March 31, 2008 was Rs.40.02 per $1.00.

Information contained in our websites, including our corporate website, www.satyam.com, is not part of this Annual Report.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS MAY PROVE INACCURATE

We have included statements in this Annual Report which contain words or phrases such as “may,” “will, “ “will likely result,” “believe,” “expect,” “will continue,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “intend,” “plan,” “contemplate,” “seek to,” “future,” “objective,” “goal,” “project,” “should” and similar expressions or variations of such expressions, that are “forward-looking statements.” Actual results may differ materially from those suggested by the forward-looking statements due to risks or uncertainties associated with our expectations with respect to, but not limited to, our ability to implement our strategy and our growth and expansion.

In addition to historical information, this Annual Report contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Act, and section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act. The forward-looking statements contained herein are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in the forward-looking statements. Factors that might cause such a difference include, but are not limited to, those discussed in the section entitled “Item 3. Key Information — Risk Factors.” “Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects” and elsewhere in this Annual Report. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which reflect management’s analysis only as of the date of this Annual Report. In addition, you should carefully review the other information in this Annual Report and in our periodic reports and other documents filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, from time to time. Our filings with the SEC are available on its website, www.sec.gov.

In addition, other factors that could cause results to differ materially from those estimated by the forward-looking statements contained in this document include, but are not limited to, general economic and political conditions in India, Southeast Asia, and other countries which have an impact on our business activities, changes in Indian and foreign laws, regulations and taxes, changes in competition and other factors beyond our control, including the factors described in this “Risk Factors” section.

     We are not required to update any of the forward-looking statements after the date of this Annual Report to conform such statements to actual results or to reflect events or circumstances that occur after the date the statement is made or to account for unanticipated events.

PART I

ITEM 1. IDENTITY OF DIRECTORS, SENIOR MANAGEMENT AND ADVISERS

     Not applicable.

ITEM 2. OFFER STATISTICS AND EXPECTED TIMETABLE

     Not applicable.

ITEM 3. KEY INFORMATION

Selected Financial Data

You should read the following selected consolidated historical financial data in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and the related notes and “Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects” included elsewhere in this Annual Report. The statement of operations data for the five years ended March 31, 2008 and the balance sheet data as of March 31,2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, and 2004 are derived from our consolidated audited financial statements including the notes, which have been prepared and presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP.

		Year Ended March 31,
		2008				2007				2006				2005				2004
		(dollars in millions, except per share and per ADS data, or as stated otherwise)
Statement of operations data
Revenues:
IT services		$	2,093.2			$	1,432.5			$	1,082.7			$	786.7			$	565.1
BPO			44.9				28.9				13.6				6.9				1.3
Total revenues			2,138.1			$	1,461.4			$	1,096.3			$	793.6			$	566.4
Cost of revenues(1)			(1,359.2	)			(937.6	)			(689.0	)			(506.8	)			(343.6	)
Gross profit			778.9				523.8				407.3				286.8				222.8
Operating expenses:
Selling, general and administrative expenses (2)			(370.2	)			(232.2	)			(187.6	)			(124.3	)			(101.7	)
Total operating expenses			(370.2	)			(232.2	)			(187.6	)			(124.3	)			(101.7	)
Operating income			408.7				291.6				219.7				162.5				121.1
Interest income			67.4				37.3				26.3				22.3				20.3
Interest expense			(5.1	)			(3.6	)			(1.3	)			(0.4	)			(0.5	)
Gain on sale of shares in associated companies/ other investments			—				—				43.6				—				2.7
Gain/(loss) on foreign exchange transactions			(12.0	)			(3.3	)			0.3				(4.6	)			(8.9	)
Gain/(Loss) on forward and option contracts			9.0				6.2				(0.8	)			0.4				2.3
Other income			1.8				—				—				—				—
Income/(loss) before income taxes, minority interest and equity in earnings/ (loss) of associated companies			469.8				328.2				287.8				180.2				137.0
Income taxes			(52.9	)			(30.6	)			(37.7	)			(25.3	)			(22.5	)
Minority interest			—				—				0.1				—				—
Income before equity in earnings/(losses) of associated companies			416.9				297.6				250.2				154.9				114.5
Equity in earnings/ (losses) of associated companies, net of taxes			0.1				0.8				(0.8	)			(1.1	)			(2.6	)
Net income		$	417.0			$	298.4			$	249.4			$	153.8			$	111.9

		Year Ended March 31,
		2008				2007				2006				2005				2004
		(dollars in millions, except per share and per ADS data, or as stated otherwise)
Earnings per share(3):
Basic		$	0.63			$	0.46			$	0.39			$	0.24			$	0.18
Diluted			0.61				0.45				0.38				0.24				0.18
Earnings per ADS:
Basic			1.26				0.92				0.78				0.48				0.36
Diluted			1.22				0.90				0.75				0.48				0.36
Weighted average equity shares used in computing earnings per shares (in millions):
Basic			666.4				652.5				641.2				632.4				626.4
Diluted			679.4				666.0				662.8				647.2				634.2

		Year Ended March 31,
		2008				2007				2006				2005				2004
		(dollars in millions, except per share and per ADS data, or as stated otherwise)
Weighted average equity shares used in computing earnings per ADS:
Basic			333.2				326.3				320.6				316.2				313.2
Diluted			339.7				333.0				331.4				323.6				317.1
Cash dividend per equity share			0.06				0.13				0.11				0.12				0.08
Cash dividend per ADS			0.12				0.26				0.22				0.24				0.17

		As at March 31,
		2008				2007				2006				2005				2004
		(dollars in millions)
Balance sheet data
Cash and cash equivalents		$	290.5			$	152.2			$	292.8			$	129.8			$	86.7
Investments in bank deposits			826.7				767.6				403.7				411.6				332.1
Total assets			2,243.3				1,624.1				1,181.2				884.1				713.8
Total long-term debt, excluding current portion			24.8				22.2				17.9				1.2				1.8
Preferred stock of subsidiary (1)			—				—				20.0				20.0				10.0
Total shareholders’ equity			1,861.8				1,371.0				994.4				767.9				633.9
Capital stock(2)			627.4				587.2				481.5				449.5				431.7

Risk Factors

The following factors, together with the other information contained in this Annual Report and other reports and documents submitted to, or filed with, the SEC, could affect our results. If any of the following risks actually occur, our company could be seriously harmed, and the market price of our ADSs could decline.

Risks Related to Our Overall Operations

Our revenues and profitability are difficult to predict and can vary significantly from period to period which could cause our share price to decline significantly.

Our revenues and profitability have grown rapidly in recent years and may fluctuate significantly in the future from period to period. Therefore, we believe that period-to-period comparisons of our results of operations are not necessarily meaningful and should not be relied upon as an indication of our future performance. The quarterly fluctuation of revenues is primarily because we derive our revenues from fees for services generated on a project-by-project basis. Our projects vary in size, scope and duration. For example, we have some projects that employ several people for only a few weeks and we have other projects that employ over 100 people for six months or more. A customer that accounts for a significant portion of our revenue in a particular period may not account for a similar portion of our revenue in future periods. In addition, customers may cancel contracts or defer projects at any time for a number of different reasons. Furthermore, increasing wage pressures, employee attrition, pressure on billing rates, the time and expense needed to train and productively utilize new employees and changes in the proportion of services rendered offshore can affect our profitability in any period. There are also a number of factors, other than our performance, that are not within our control that could cause fluctuations in our operating results from period to period. These include (i) the duration of tax holidays or tax exemptions and the availability of other Government of India or GoI incentives; (ii) currency fluctuations, particularly when the rupee appreciates in value against the U.S. dollar, since the majority of our revenues are in U.S. dollars and a significant part of our costs are in rupees; and (iii) other general economic and political factors, including, in particular, the economic conditions in the United States. As a result, our revenues and our operating results in a particular period are difficult to predict, may decline in comparison to corresponding prior periods regardless of the strength of our business. If any of the foregoing were to occur, the price of our equity shares and our ADSs would likely decline significantly.

Any inability to manage our rapid growth could disrupt our business and reduce our profitability.

We have experienced significant growth in recent periods. In fiscal 2008, our total revenues increased by 46.3% as compared to fiscal 2007, and in fiscal 2007, our total revenues increased by 33.3% as compared to fiscal 2006. As of March 31, 2008, we had 50,570 employees, whom we refer to as associates, worldwide as compared to 39,018 associates as of March 31, 2007. In addition, we are continuing our geographical expansion. We have offshore facilities in India and overseas facilities located in Australia, Canada, China, Egypt Hungary, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom and United States. In addition, we have sales and marketing offices located in Brazil, Canada, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom and United States. We have incurred $96.7 million of capital expenditures in fiscal 2008 and in fiscal 2009 we expect to incur capital expenditures of approximately $125.0 million to finance the construction of new facilities and the expansion of our existing facilities in our offshore centers and to establish offsite centers outside of India.

We expect our growth to place significant demands on our management and other resources and to require us to continue to develop and improve our operational, financial and other internal controls, both in India and elsewhere. In particular, continued growth increases the challenges involved in:

	•		recruiting and retaining sufficiently skilled technical, marketing and management personnel
	•		providing adequate training and supervision to maintain our high quality standards;
	•		preserving our culture and values and our entrepreneurial environment; and
	•		developing and improving our internal administrative infrastructure, particularly our financial, operational, communications and other internal systems

     Our inability to manage our growth effectively could disrupt our business and reduce our profitability.

The economic environment, pricing pressure and rising wages have negatively impacted our revenues and operating results.

We experience pricing pressures from our customers, which can negatively impact our operating results. If economic growth slows, our utilization and billing rates for our associates could be adversely affected which may result in lower gross profits and operating income.

Wage costs in India, including in the IT services industry, have historically been significantly lower than wage costs in the United States and Europe for comparably skilled professionals, which has been one of our competitive advantages. However, large companies are establishing offshore operations in India, resulting in wage pressures for Indian companies, which may prevent us from sustaining this competitive advantage and may negatively affect our profit margins. Wages in India are increasing at a faster rate than in the United States, which could result in increased cost of IT professionals, particularly project managers and other mid-level professionals. We may need to increase the levels of our employee compensation more rapidly than in the past to remain competitive with other employers, or seek to recruit in other low labor cost jurisdictions to keep our wage costs low. Compensation increases may result in a material adverse effect on our financial performance.

Our business will suffer if we fail to anticipate and develop new services and enhance existing services in order to keep pace with rapid changes in technology and the industries on which we focus.

The IT services market is characterized by rapid technological change, evolving industry standards, changing customer preferences and new service introductions. Our future success will depend on our ability to anticipate these advances and develop new service offerings to meet customer needs and complement our offerings of end-to-end IT services. For example, we have invested resources in research and development efforts in order to continually develop capabilities to provide new services to our customers. Should we fail to develop such capabilities on a timely basis to keep pace with the rapidly changing IT market or if the services or technologies that we develop are not successful in the marketplace, our business and profitability will suffer and it is unlikely that we would be able to recover our research and development costs. Moreover, products, services or technologies that are developed by our competitors may render our services non-competitive or obsolete.

Our revenues are highly dependent on customers primarily located in the United States and customers concentrated in certain industries, and economic slowdowns or factors that affect the economic health of the United States and our customers’ industries may affect our business.

In fiscal 2008, fiscal 2007 and fiscal 2006, approximately 60.1%, 63.2% and 64.9% respectively, of our total revenues were derived from the North America. For the same periods, we earned 23.9 %, 27.0% and 28.6% of our IT revenues from the manufacturing industry and 22.1%, 26.3% and 27.3% of our IT revenues from the banking, financial services and insurance sector respectively. If the economy in the United States weakens, our customers may reduce or postpone their technology spending significantly, which may in turn lower the demand for our services and negatively affect our revenues and profitability. Any slowdown or recession in the United States economy will have an adverse impact on us since a large portion of our revenues is derived from the United States. Further, any significant decrease in the growth of the manufacturing or banking and finance sectors, or other industry segments on which we focus, may reduce the demand for our services and negatively affect our revenues and profitability.

Some countries and organizations have expressed concerns about a perceived association between offshore outsourcing and the loss of jobs. In the United States, in particular, there has been increasing political and media attention on these issues following the growth of offshore outsourcing. Any changes in existing laws or the enactment of new legislation restricting offshore outsourcing may adversely impact our ability to do business in the United States, which is the largest market for our services. In the recent past, some U.S. states have proposed legislation restricting government agencies from outsourcing their back office processes and IT solutions work to companies outside the United States or have enacted laws that limit or to discourage such outsourcing. Such laws restrict our ability to do business with U.S. government- related entities. It is also possible that U.S. private sector companies working with these governmental entities may be restricted from outsourcing projects related to government contracts or may face disincentives if they outsource certain projects. Any of these events could adversely affect our revenues and profitability. Similarly, legislation came into effect in the United Kingdom in April 2006 requiring offshore outsourcing providers in certain circumstances to compensate U.K. employees for loss of jobs arising from the offshore migration of business processes.

We face intense competition in the IT services and BPO markets which could prevent us from attracting and retaining customers and could reduce our revenues.

The markets for IT services and business process outsourcing, or BPO, are rapidly evolving and highly competitive, and we expect that competition will continue to intensify. We face competition in India and elsewhere from a number of companies, including:

	•		offshore IT services firms such as Infosys Technologies Limited, Tata Consultancy Services Limited and Wipro Limited
	•		consulting firms such as Accenture, Bearing Point, Capgemini and Deloitte Consulting;
	•		divisions of large multinational technology firms such as Hewlett-Packard; and
	•		IT outsourcing firms such as Computer Sciences Corporation, Electronic Data Systems and IBM Global Services;

We also compete with software firms such as Oracle and SAP, service groups of computer equipment companies, in-house IT departments of large corporations, programming companies and temporary staffing firms. Satyam BPO Limited (formerly known as Nipuna Services Limited), our wholly-owned subsidiary, through which we provide BPO services, faces competition from firms like Infosys BPO Limited (formerly known as Progeon Limited) and Wipro BPO Solutions Limited (formerly known as Wipro Spectramind Services Limited).

A significant part of our competitive advantage has historically been the cost advantage relative to service providers in the United States and Europe. Since wage costs in this industry in India are presently increasing at a faster rate than those in the United States and Europe, our ability to compete effectively will become increasingly dependent on our reputation, the quality of our services and our expertise in specific markets. Many of our competitors have significantly greater financial, technical and marketing resources than we have and generate greater revenues than we do, and we cannot assure you that we will be able to compete successfully with such competitors and will not lose existing customers to such competitors. We believe that our ability to compete also depends in part on a number of factors outside our control, including the ability of our competitors to attract, train, motivate and retain highly skilled technical associates, the price at which our competitors offer comparable services and the extent of our competitors’ responsiveness to customer needs.

Our revenues are highly dependent upon a small number of customers.

We derive a significant portion of our revenues from a limited number of corporate customers. In fiscal 2008, fiscal 2007 and fiscal 2006, our largest customer together with its affiliates, accounted for 4.9%, 6.3% and 8.8% respectively, of our total revenues. In fiscal 2008, fiscal 2007 and fiscal 2006, our second largest customer accounted for 4.8%, 4.4% and 5.1% respectively, of our total revenues. In fiscal 2008, fiscal 2007 and fiscal 2006, our five largest customers accounted for 19.3%, 23.3% and 24.2% respectively, of our total revenues. The volume of work performed for specific customers is likely to vary from year to year, particularly since we are usually not the exclusive outside service provider for our customers.

There are a number of factors other than our performance that could cause the loss of a customer and that may not be predictable. In certain cases, services provided by us to a customer may be significantly reduced when the customer either changes its outsourcing strategy by moving more work in-house or replaces its existing software with packaged software supported by the licensor. Some customers could also potentially develop competing offshore IT centers in India and as a result, work that may otherwise be outsourced to us may instead be performed in-house. Reduced technology spending in response to a challenging economic or competitive environment may also result in lower revenues or loss of a customer. If we lose one of our major customers or one of our major customers significantly reduces its volume of business with us, our revenues and profitability would be adversely affected.

Our fixed-price contracts expose us to additional risks, many of which are beyond our control, which may reduce the profitability of these contracts.

We offer our services either on a fixed-price basis or on a time-and-materials basis. In fiscal 2008, fiscal 2007 and fiscal 2006, we derived 31.9%, 39.0% and 35.1% respectively, of our IT services revenues from fixed-price contracts. Although we use our software engineering processes and past project experience to reduce the risks associated with estimating, planning and performing fixed-price projects, we bear the risk of cost overruns, completion delays and wage inflation in connection with these projects. We may also have to pay damages to our customers for completion delays. Many of these project risks may be beyond

our control. Our failure to accurately estimate the resources and time required for a project, future wage inflation and currency exchange rates, or our failure to complete our contractual obligations within the time frame committed could reduce the profitability of our fixed-price contracts.

Our customers may terminate projects before completion or choose not to renew contracts, many of which are terminable at will, which could adversely affect our profitability.

Our contracts with customers do not commit our customers to provide us with a specific volume of business and can typically be terminated by our customers with or without cause, with little or no advance notice and without penalty. Any failure to meet a customer’s expectations could result in a cancellation or non-renewal of a contract. Additionally, our contracts with customers are typically limited to a specific project and not any future work. Our multi-year contracts will be due for renewal from time to time, and we cannot assure you that our customers will choose to renew such contracts for a similar or longer duration, on terms as favorable as their current terms or at all. Other than our performance, there are also a number of factors not within our control that could cause the loss of a customer. Our customers may demand price reductions, change their outsourcing strategy by moving more work in-house or to one of our competitors, or replace their existing software with packaged software supported by licensors, any of which could reduce our revenue and profitability.

A number of our customer contracts may be conditioned upon our performance, which, if unsatisfactory, could result in less revenues than previously anticipated.

We have not yet offered any performance-based or variable pricing terms to our customers. However we continue to consider the viability of introducing performance-based or variable-pricing contracts. Should we use value-based pricing terms, it will become more difficult for us to predict the revenues we will receive from our customer contracts, as such contracts would likely contain a higher number of contingent terms for payment of our fees by our customers. Our failure to meet contract goals or a customer’s expectations in such performance-based contracts may result in lower revenues, and a less profitable or an unprofitable engagement.

Some of our multi-year customer contracts contain certain provisions which, if triggered, could result in lower future revenues and profitability under the contract.

Some of our multi-year customer contracts contain benchmarking provisions, most favored customer clause and/or provisions restricting personnel from working on projects of our customers’ competitors. Benchmarking provisions allow a customer in certain circumstances to request a benchmark study prepared by an agreed upon third-party comparing our pricing, performance and efficiency gains for delivered contract services with that of an agreed list of other service providers for comparable services. Based on the results of the benchmarking study and depending on the reasons for any unfavorable variance, we may be required to make improvements in the services we provide or to reduce the pricing for services to be performed under the balance term of the contract, which may result in lower future revenues and profitability under the contract.

Most favored customer clauses generally provide that if, during the term of the contract, we were to offer similar services to any other customers on terms and conditions more favorable than those provided in such contract, we would be obligated to offer equally favorable terms and conditions to the customer. As pricing pressures increase, some customers may demand price reductions or other pricing incentives. Any pricing reduction agreed to in a subsequent contract may require us to offer equally favorable terms to other customers with whom we have a most favored contract under the remaining term of contracts with those customers which may result in lower future revenues and profitability.

The contracts containing benchmarking provisions/most favored customer/and other similar clauses impact new projects or future services on existing projects and do not impact the terms of previously delivered projects/services. The most favored customer clause provides that the Company will offer the best pricing to a new customer if they are identified as a most favored customer. If an existing customer is granted a most favored customer status, the revised terms would apply to the services rendered to such customer after the grant of the most favored customer status. This clause is triggered if a similar contract is negotiated at a lower rate with a new / existing customer having similar volume, skill set, services offered, geography and domain. The reduction in the rates for a most favored customer would be applicable only from the time the Company offers a lower rate to any other customer who enters into a contract similar in nature to the most favored customer.

Historically no delivery / price adjustments have been required to be made on account of any of these clauses and we do not anticipate that these clauses will have a material future effect on our financial condition and results of operations.

A number of our customer contracts provide that, during the term of the contract and for a certain period thereafter ranging from six to twelve months, we may not provide similar services to any of their competitors using the same personnel. This restriction may hamper our ability to compete for and provide services to customers in the same industry, which may result in lower future revenues and profitability.

We may be unable to attract skilled professionals in the competitive labor market.

Our ability to execute projects and to obtain new customers depends largely on our ability to attract, train, motivate and retain highly skilled technical associates, particularly project managers, project leaders and other senior technical personnel. We believe that there is significant competition for technical associates who possess the skills needed to perform the services that we offer. An inability to hire and retain additional qualified personnel will impair our ability to bid for or obtain new projects and to continue to expand our business. Also, we cannot assure you that we will be able to assimilate and manage new technical associates effectively. In fiscal 2008, fiscal 2007 and fiscal 2006, we experienced associate attrition in the IT services segment at a rate of 13.1%, 15.7% and 19.2% respectively. Any increase in our attrition rates, particularly the attrition rate of experienced software engineers, project managers and project leaders, could harm our growth strategy. We cannot assure you that we will be successful in recruiting and retaining a sufficient number of replacement technical associates with the requisite skills to replace those technical associates who leave. Further, we cannot assure you that we will be able to redeploy and retrain our technical associates to keep pace with continuing changes in evolving technologies and changing customer preferences. If we are unable to successfully recruit, retain, redeploy or retrain our technical associates, we may become less attractive to potential customers and may fail to satisfy the demands of existing customers, which would result in a decrease in revenues and profitability.

We dedicate significant resources to develop international operations which may be more difficult to manage and operate.

In addition to our offshore IT centers in India, we have established IT centers in Australia, Canada, China, Hungary, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom and the United States and plan to open additional international facilities. Because of our limited experience in managing and operating facilities outside of India, we are subject to additional risks related to our international expansion strategy, including risks related to complying with a wide variety of national and local laws, restrictions on the import and export of certain technologies and multiple and possibly overlapping tax structures. In addition, we may face competition in other countries from companies that may have more experience with local conditions or with international operations generally. We may also face difficulties integrating new facilities in different countries into our existing operations, as well as integrating employees that we hire in different countries into our existing corporate culture.

We are investing substantial cash assets in new facilities and physical infrastructure and our profitability could be reduced if our business does not grow proportionately.

As of March 31, 2008, we had contractual commitments of approximately $101.0 million for capital expenditures, and we estimate a total spending of $125.0 million in fiscal 2009. We may encounter cost overruns or project delays in connection with new facilities. These expansions will significantly increase our fixed costs. If we are unable to grow our business and revenues proportionately, our profitability will be reduced.

Restrictions on immigration may affect our ability to compete for and provide services to customers in the United States and in other countries, which could hamper our growth and cause our revenues to decline.

The vast majority of our associates are Indian nationals. Most of our projects require a portion of the work to be completed at the customer’s location which is typically outside India. The ability of our associates to work in the United States, Europe and in other countries outside India depends on the ability to obtain the necessary visas and work permits. As of March 31, 2008, the majority of our associates located outside India were in the United States and held either H-1B visas or L-1 visas, allowing the employee to remain in the United States during the term of the work permit only temporarily. Although there is no limit to new L-1 visas, there is a limit to the aggregate number of new H-1B visas that the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, or CIS, may approve in any government fiscal year. The 2005 Appropriations Bill further precludes foreign companies from obtaining L-1 visas for employees with specialized knowledge: (1) if such employees will be stationed primarily at the worksite of another company in the U.S. and the employee will not be controlled and supervised by his employer, or (2) if the placement is essentially an arrangement to provide labor for hire rather than in connection with the employee’s specialized knowledge. The CIS has also issued new guidelines to more closely verify the qualifying criteria to restrict the liberal usage of L1visas. Immigration laws in the United States may also require us to meet certain levels of compensation and to comply with other legal requirements including labor certifications as a condition to obtaining or maintaining work visas for our associates working on H1B in the United States.

The CIS announced on April 8, 2008 that it had received sufficient applications to fill up all 65,000 H-1B visas that are available for the calendar year 2009.

Immigration laws in the United States and in other countries are subject to legislative change, as well as to variations in standards of application and enforcement due to political forces and labor and economic conditions. It is difficult to predict the political and economic events that could affect immigration laws, or the restrictive impact they could have on obtaining or monitoring work visas for our employees. Our reliance on work visas for a significant number of associates makes us particularly vulnerable to such changes and variations as it affects our ability to staff projects with associates who are not citizens of the country where the work is to be performed. As a result, we may not be able to obtain a sufficient number of visas for our associates or may encounter delays or additional costs in obtaining or maintaining the condition of such visas.

We may engage in acquisitions, strategic investments, strategic partnerships or alliances or other ventures that may or may not be successful.

We may acquire or make strategic investments in complementary businesses, technologies, services or products, or enter into strategic partnerships or alliances with third parties in order to enhance our business. It is possible that we may not be able to identify suitable acquisitions targets and candidates for strategic investments or partnerships, or if we do identify such targets or candidates, we may not be able to complete those transactions on terms commercially acceptable to us, or at all. The inability to identify suitable acquisition targets or investments or the inability to complete such transactions may affect our competitiveness and our growth prospects.

If we acquire a company, we could have difficulty in assimilating that company’s personnel, operations, technology and software. In addition, the key personnel of the acquired company may decide not to work for us. In some cases, we could have difficulty in integrating the acquired products, services or technologies into our operations. These difficulties could disrupt our ongoing business, distract our management and employees and increase our expenses.

We may make strategic investments in early-stage technology start-up companies in order to gain experience in or exploit niche technologies. However, our investments may not be successful. The lack of profitability of any of our investments could have a material adverse effect on our operating results.

System failure could disrupt our business.

To deliver our services to our customers, we must maintain a high speed network of satellite, fiber optic and land lines and an active voice and data communications 24 hours a day between our main offices in Hyderabad, our other IT centers in India and globally and the offices of our customers worldwide. Any systems failure or a significant lapse in our ability to transmit voice and data through satellite and telephone communications could result in loss of customers and curtailed operations which would reduce our revenue and profitability.

We may be liable to our customers for damages caused by disclosure of confidential information or system failure.

We are often required to collect and store sensitive or confidential customer and consumer data based on the agreements we enter into with our customers. Many of our customer agreements do not limit our potential liability for breaches of confidentiality. If any person, including any of our associates, penetrates our network security or misappropriates sensitive data, we could be subject to significant liability from our customers or from our customers’ clients for breaching contractual confidentiality provisions or privacy laws. Unauthorized disclosure of sensitive or confidential customer and consumer data, whether through breach of our computer systems, system failure or otherwise, could damage our reputation and cause us to lose customers. Many of our contracts involve projects that are critical to the operations of our customers’ businesses and provide benefits which may be difficult to quantify. Any failure in a customer’s system or breaches of security could result in a claim for substantial damages against us, regardless of our alleged responsibility for such failure. Generally, we attempt to limit our contractual liability for consequential damages in rendering our services; however these limitations on liability may be unenforceable in some cases, or may be insufficient to protect us from liability for damages. In respect of some of our contracts, we sub-contract a part of the work to certain sub-contractors. We are liable to our customers for any breach or non-performance by our sub-contractors under the sub-contracts. We maintain general liability insurance coverage, including coverage for errors and omissions; however this coverage may not continue to be available on reasonable terms and may be unavailable in sufficient amounts to cover one or more large claims. Further, an insurer might disclaim coverage as to any future claim. A successful assertion of one or more large claims against us that exceeds our available insurance coverage or results in changes in our insurance policies, including premium

increases or the imposition of a large deductible or co-insurance requirement, could adversely affect our operating results and profitability.

Our success depends in large part upon our management team and key personnel and our ability to attract and retain them.

We are highly dependent on the senior members of our management team. Our future performance will be affected by any disruptions in the continued service of these persons. We do not maintain key man life insurance for any of the senior members of our management team or other key personnel, except for our chief executive officer. Competition for senior management in our industry is intense, and we may not be able to retain such senior management personnel or attract and retain new senior management personnel in the future. The loss of any member of our senior management team or other key personnel may have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

Our insiders, who are shareholders, may be able to influence the election of our board and may have interests which conflict with those of our shareholders or holders of our ADSs.

Our executive officers and directors, together with members of their immediate families, beneficially owned, in the aggregate approximately 0.5% of our outstanding equity shares as of March 31, 2008. In addition, two of our executive directors control SRSR Holdings Private Limited, which holds approximately 8.3 % of our outstanding equity shares as of March 31, 2008. As a result, acting together, this group may be able to exercise influence over most matters requiring our shareholders’ approval, including the election and removal of directors and significant corporate transactions. These insider shareholders may exercise influence even if they are opposed by our other shareholders and may delay or prevent us from entering into transactions (including the acquisition of our company by third parties) that may be viewed as beneficial to us and our other shareholders.

The value of our interest in our subsidiaries may decline.

Satyam BPO, our wholly-owned subsidiary, has experienced losses during each year since its inception and it is likely that it will continue to experience such losses in the future. Our other acquired subsidiaries, Citisoft and Knowledge Dynamics have also experienced losses since their acquisition and they may also incur losses that might have an adverse effect on our operating results in future periods.

Impairment of goodwill on account of our investments may impact our net income under U.S. GAAP.

We make estimates in the preparation of financial statements including testing of goodwill for impairment, if any. Changes in such estimates resulting from events, many of which are outside of our control, may result in the impairment of goodwill which would negatively impact our net income under U.S. GAAP. Such impact on net income may result in a reduction of the market value of our shares.

Stock-based compensation expenses may significantly reduce our net income.

Our reported income has been and will continue to be affected by the grant of warrants, options or RSUs under our various employee benefit plans. Under the terms of our existing plans, employees are typically granted warrants, options or RSUs to purchase equity shares at a substantial discount to the current market value. Effective April 1, 2006, we adopted the fair value recognition provisions of SFAS 123R. We adopted SFAS 123R using the modified prospective transition method, which required the application of the accounting standard as of April 1, 2006, the first day of our fiscal year 2007. Under this transition method, stock-based compensation expensed for the year ended March 31, 2008 includes

	a)		compensation expense for all stock-based compensation awards granted prior to, but not yet vested as of April 1, 2006, based on the grant-date fair value estimated in accordance with the original provisions of SFAS 123 and
	b)		Stock-based compensation expenses for all stock-based compensation awards granted after April 1, 2006 is based on the grant-date fair value estimated in accordance with the provisions of SFAS 123R. In accordance with the modified prospective transition method, our consolidated financial statements for the prior periods have not been restated to reflect and do not include, the impact of SFAS 123R. Depending on the grant date fair value and future grants are made, amortization of deferred stock-based compensation may contribute to reducing our operating income and net income. Our subsidiaries also have stock option schemes which may generate stock-based compensation expenses and which have and in the past reduced, and may in the future reduce our operating income and net income.

Compliance with new and changing corporate governance and public disclosure requirements adds uncertainty to our compliance policies and increases our costs of compliance.

Changing laws, regulations and standards relating to accounting, corporate governance and public disclosure, including the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the SEC, regulations, the New York Stock Exchange or NYSE, rules, NYSE EURONEXT rules, Financial Markets Supervision Act (FMSA) of The Netherlands, the Securities and Exchange Board of India, or SEBI, rules, and Indian stock market listing regulations are creating uncertainty for companies like ours. These new or changed laws, regulations and standards may lack specificity and are subject to varying interpretations. Their application in practice may evolve over time, as new guidance is provided by regulatory and governing bodies. This could result in continuing uncertainty regarding compliance matters and higher costs of compliance as a result of ongoing revisions to such corporate governance standards.

In particular, our efforts to continue to comply with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the related regulations regarding our required assessment of our internal controls over financial reporting requires the commitment of significant financial and managerial resources. We consistently assess the adequacy of our internal controls over financial reporting, remediate any control deficiencies that may be identified, and validate through testing that our controls are functioning as documented. While currently we do not have any material weaknesses there can be no assurance that future tests will not result in our independent auditors being unable to issue unqualified attestation reports on the operating effectiveness of our internal controls over financial reporting.

Additionally, under revised corporate governance standards adopted by the Bombay Stock Exchange Ltd, or BSE, and the National Stock Exchange of India Limited, or NSE, which we collectively refer to as the Indian Stock Exchanges, we have been required to comply with additional standards from December 31, 2005. These standards include a certification by our chief executive officer and chief financial officer that they have evaluated the effectiveness of our internal control systems and that they have disclosed to our independent auditors and our audit committee any deficiencies in the design or operation of our internal controls of which they may become aware, as well as any steps taken or proposed to resolve the deficiencies.

We are committed to maintaining high standards of corporate governance and public disclosure, and our efforts to comply with evolving laws, regulations and standards in this regard have resulted in, and are likely to continue to result in, increased general and administrative expenses and a diversion of management time and attention from revenue-generating activities to compliance activities. In addition, the new laws, regulations and standards regarding corporate governance may make it more difficult for us to obtain director and officer liability insurance. Further, our board members, chief executive officer and chief financial officer could face an increased risk of personal liability in connection with their performance of duties. As a result, we may face difficulties attracting and retaining qualified board members and executive officers, which could harm our business. If we fail to comply with new or changed laws, regulations or standards of corporate governance, our business and reputation may be harmed.

As a foreign private issuer, we are subject to different U.S. securities laws and rules than a domestic issuer, which may, among other things, limit the information available to holders of our securities.

As a foreign private issuer, we are subject to requirements under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, which are different from the requirements applicable to domestic U.S. issuers. For example, our officers, directors and principal shareholders are exempt from the reporting and “short-swing” profit recovery provisions of Section 16 of the Exchange Act and the rules there under with respect to their purchases and sales of our equity shares and/or ADSs. The periodic disclosure required of foreign private issuers is more limited than the periodic disclosure required of domestic U.S. issuers and therefore there may be less publicly available information about us than is regularly published by or about U.S. public companies in the United States.

Terrorist attacks or a war could adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.

Terrorist attacks, such as the attacks of September 11, 2001 in the United States, the attacks of July 7, 2005 in London, the attacks of July 11, 2006 in Mumbai, the attacks of June 30, 2007 in Glasgow airport, and other acts of violence or war, such as the continuing conflict in Iraq, have the potential to have a direct impact on our customers. To the extent that such attacks affect or involve the United States, our business may be significantly impacted, as the majority of our revenues are derived from customers located in the United States. In addition, such attacks may make travel more difficult, may make it more difficult to obtain work visas for many of our associates who are required to work in the United States, and may effectively curtail our ability to deliver our services to our customers. Such obstacles to operate our business may increase our expenses and negatively affect the results of our operations. Many of our customers visit several IT services firms, including their offshore facilities, prior to reaching a decision on vendor selection. Terrorist threats, attacks or war could make travel to our facilities more difficult for our customers and may delay, postpone or cancel decisions to use our services.

Risks Related to Investments in Indian Companies

We are incorporated in India, and a substantial portion of our assets and our employees are located in India. Consequently, our financial performance and the market price of our ADSs will be affected by changes in exchange rates and controls, interest rates, GoI policies, including taxation policies, as well as political, social and economic developments affecting India.

The GoI has recently taken actions to curtail or eliminate tax benefits that we have historically benefited from.

The statutory corporate income tax rate in India is currently 30.0%. This tax rate is presently subject to a 10.0% surcharge. The amount of tax and surcharge payable is further subject to a 3.0% education cess, resulting in an effective tax rate of 33.99%. We benefit from tax incentives provided to software entities such as an exemption from payment of Indian corporate income taxes until the earlier of fiscal 2010 or 10 consecutive years of operations for software development facilities designated as “Software Technology Parks,” or STP units. The benefits of this tax incentive have historically resulted in our effective tax rate being well below statutory rates. The exemption for our STP units was reduced from 100.0% to 90.0% from fiscal 2003. The exemption for two of our STP units in Hyderabad expired at the beginning of fiscal 2006, one STP unit in Bangalore expired at the beginning of fiscal 2007, one STP unit each in Hyderabad, Chennai, Pune and Bhubaneswar expired at the beginning of fiscal 2008. The benefit for one STP unit in Hyderabad expired at the beginning of fiscal 2009 and the remaining thirteen STP units, including five in Hyderabad, three in Chennai, two in Bangalore and one each in Visakhapatnam, Gurgaon and Pune were scheduled to expire after fiscal 2009. The GoI has extended the tax exemption for STP units by one year to March 31, 2010, pursuant to the extension, the exemption for the balance thirteen of our STP units will be extended by one year and expire in fiscal 2010. We also earn certain other foreign income and domestic income, which is taxable irrespective of the above tax exemption.

When our tax holidays expire or terminate, our tax expense will materially increase, reducing our profitability. We cannot assure you as to what action the present or future governments of India will take regarding tax incentives for the IT industry.

In addition, we are in the process of setting up many offices in various special economic zones (SEZs) in India which are subject to the SEZ Act, 2005. SEZs have many tax incentives, including 100% exemption from income tax for the first 5 years and 50% for the next 5 years.

Foreign investment restrictions under Indian law may adversely impact the value of our ADSs, including, for example, restrictions that limit your ability to reconvert equity shares into ADSs, which may cause our equity shares to trade at a discount or premium to the market price of our ADSs.

Our equity shares are listed and traded on the Indian Stock Exchanges, and they may trade on these stock exchanges at a discount or premium to the ADSs traded on the NYSE and NYSE EURONEXT, in part because of restrictions on foreign ownership of the underlying shares.

Our ADSs are freely convertible into our equity shares under the deposit agreement governing their issuance, or the Deposit Agreement. The Reserve Bank of India, or RBI, prescribes fungibility regulations permitting, subject to compliance with certain terms and conditions, the reconversion of equity shares to ADSs provided that such equity shares are purchased from an Indian Stock Exchange through stock brokers and the actual number of ADSs outstanding after such reconversion is not greater than the original number of ADSs outstanding. If you elect to surrender your ADSs and receive equity shares, you will only be able to trade those equity shares on an Indian Stock Exchange and, under present law, it is unlikely you will be permitted to reconvert those equity shares to ADSs. Additionally, investors who exchange ADSs for the underlying equity shares and are not holders of record will be required to declare to us details of the holder of record, and the holder of record will be required to disclose the details of the beneficial owner. Any investor who fails to comply with this requirement may be liable for a fine of up to Rs.1,000 for each day such failure continues. Such restrictions on fungibility of the underlying equity shares to ADSs may cause our equity shares to trade at a discount or premium to the ADSs.

The sale of equity shares underlying the ADSs by a person not resident in India to a resident of India does not require the prior approval of the RBI, provided such sales are effected through the Indian Stock Exchanges. Any sale of such underlying equity shares by a person not resident in India to a resident of India outside of the Indian Stock Exchanges can, however, be completed without prior RBI approval, provided such equity shares are transferred based on a pricing formula established by the Indian foreign exchange laws which set a maximum price requirement for sale of such equity shares.

Regional conflicts or natural disasters in South Asia and elsewhere could adversely affect the Indian economy, disrupt our operations and cause our business to suffer.

South Asia has from time to time experienced instances of civil unrest and hostilities among neighboring countries, including between India and Pakistan. In recent years there have been military confrontations between India and Pakistan that have occurred in the region of Kashmir and along the India-Pakistan border. There has also been a recent increase in the incidence of terrorist attacks in India, including bombings at Delhi, Mumbai and Hyderabad. Military activity or terrorist attacks in the future could influence the Indian economy by disrupting communications and making travel more difficult and such political tensions could create a perception that investments in Indian companies involve higher degrees of risk. This, in turn, could have a material adverse effect on the market for securities of Indian companies, including our equity shares and our ADSs, and on the market for our services. In addition, as an international company, our offshore and onsite operations may be impacted by natural disasters such as earthquakes, tsunamis, floods, disease and health epidemics. In December 2004, certain parts of India were severely affected by a tsunami triggered by an earthquake in the Indian Ocean, and in October 2005, certain parts of northern India, Pakistan and Afghanistan were severely devastated by a major earthquake. Though our operations were not affected by these disasters, we cannot guarantee that in the future our operations will not be affected by the effect such natural disasters may have on the economies of India and other countries in the region.

Political instability could seriously harm business and economic conditions in India generally and our business in particular.

During the past decade, the GoI has pursued policies of economic liberalization, including significantly relaxing restrictions on the private sector. Nevertheless, the role of the Indian central and state governments in the Indian economy as producers, consumers and regulators has remained significant. The general elections in 2004 for the lower house of the Indian Parliament resulted in no party winning an absolute majority and a coalition government was formed. We cannot assure you that these liberalization policies will continue in the future. Government corruption scandals and protests against privatization could slow down the pace of liberalization and deregulation. The rate of economic liberalization could change, and specific laws and policies affecting technology companies, foreign investment, currency exchange rates and other matters affecting investment in our securities could change as well. A significant change in India’s economic liberalization and deregulation policies could disrupt business and economic conditions in India generally and our business in particular.

Currency exchange rate fluctuations may affect the value of our ADSs and our financial condition.

Our functional currency is the Indian rupee, although we transact a major portion of our business in U.S. dollars and several other currencies and accordingly face foreign currency exposure through our sales in the United States and elsewhere and purchases from overseas suppliers in U.S. dollars and other currencies. Historically, we have held a substantial majority of our cash funds in rupees. Accordingly, changes in exchange rates may have a material adverse effect on our revenues, other income, cost of services sold, gross margin and net income, which may in turn have a negative impact on our business, operating results and financial condition.

The exchange rate between the rupee and the U.S. dollar has changed substantially in recent years and may fluctuate substantially in the future. In fiscal 2008, fiscal 2007, and fiscal 2006, our U.S. dollar-denominated revenues represented 71.7%, 74.7% and 77.6% respectively, of our total revenues. We expect that a majority of our revenues will continue to be generated in U.S. dollars for the foreseeable future and that a significant portion of our expenses, including personnel costs as well as capital and operating expenditures, will continue to be denominated in rupees. Consequently, our results of operations will be adversely affected to the extent that the rupee appreciates against the U.S. dollar. Depreciation of the rupee will result in foreign currency translation losses in respect of foreign currency borrowings, if any.

We have sought to reduce the effect of exchange rate fluctuations on our operating results by entering into foreign exchange forward and options contracts to cover a portion of outstanding accounts receivable. As of March 31, 2008 and 2007, we had outstanding forward and options contracts in the amount of $1,133.1 million and $ 452.6 million respectively. We may not be able to purchase contracts adequate to insulate ourselves from foreign exchange currency risks. Additionally, the policies of the RBI may change from time to time which may limit our ability to hedge our foreign currency exposures adequately.

Fluctuations in the exchange rate between the rupee and the U.S. dollar will also affect the U.S. dollar conversion by our Depositary of any cash dividends paid in rupees on the equity shares represented by the ADSs. In addition, fluctuations in the exchange rate between the Indian rupee and the U.S. dollar will affect the U.S. dollar equivalent of the Indian rupee price of our equity shares on the Indian Stock Exchanges. As a result, these fluctuations are likely to affect the prices of our ADSs. These fluctuations will also affect the dollar value of the proceeds a holder would receive upon the sale in India of any equity shares

withdrawn from our Depositary under the deposit agreement. We cannot assure you that holders of ADSs will be able to convert rupee proceeds into U.S. dollars or any other currency or with respect to the rate at which any such conversion could occur. In addition, our market valuation could be seriously harmed by the devaluation of the rupee if U.S. investors analyze our value based on the U.S. dollar equivalent of our financial condition and results of operations.

Our ability to acquire companies organized outside India as part of our growth strategy depends on the approval of the GoI and/or the RBI and failure to obtain this approval could negatively impact our business.

We have developed a growth strategy based on, among other things, expanding our presence in existing and new markets and selectively pursuing joint venture and acquisition opportunities. Foreign exchange laws in India presently permit Indian companies to acquire or invest in foreign companies without any prior governmental approval if the transaction amount does not exceed 400% of the net worth of the foreign company as of the date of its most recent audited balance sheet. If consideration for the transaction is paid out of the proceeds of an American Depositary Receipt, or ADR, or Global Depositary Receipt, or GDR, sale, Indian exchange control laws do not impose any investment limits. Acquisitions in excess of the 400% net worth threshold require prior RBI approval. It is possible that any required approval from the RBI may not be obtained. Our failure to obtain approvals for acquisitions of companies organized outside India may restrict our international growth, which could negatively affect our business and prospects.

If we are unable to protect our intellectual property rights, or if we infringe on the intellectual property rights of others, our business may be harmed.

The laws of India do not protect intellectual property rights to the same extent as the laws in the United States. Further, the global nature of our business makes it difficult for us to control the ultimate destination of our products and services. The misappropriation or duplication of our intellectual property could curtail our operations or reduce our profitability.

We rely upon a combination of non-disclosure and other contractual arrangements and copyright, trade secret and trademark laws to protect our intellectual property rights. Ownership of software and associated deliverables created for customers is generally retained by or assigned to our customers, and we do not retain an interest in such software and deliverables.

We have registered “Satyam” and other related marks in India and the United States under certain classes and have applied for the registration of such marks in other jurisdictions where we carry on business. We currently require our technical associates to enter into non-disclosure and assignment of rights agreements to limit use of, access to and distribution of confidential and proprietary information. We cannot assure you that the steps taken by us in this regard will be adequate to prevent misappropriation of confidential and proprietary information or that we will be able to detect unauthorized use and take appropriate steps to enforce our intellectual property rights.

Although we believe that our services and products do not infringe upon the intellectual property rights of others, we cannot assure you that such a claim will not be asserted against us in the future. Assertion of such claims against us could result in litigation, and we cannot assure you that we would prevail in such litigation or be able to obtain a license for the use of any infringed intellectual property from a third party on reasonable commercial terms.

We expect that the risk of infringement claims against us will increase if more of our competitors are able to obtain patents for software products and processes. Any such claims, regardless of their outcome, could result in substantial cost to us and divert the management’s attention from our operations. In the future, litigation may be necessary to enforce our intellectual property rights or to determine the validity and scope of the proprietary rights of others. Any infringement claim or litigation against us could therefore result in substantial costs and diversion of resources.

Indian laws limit our ability to raise capital outside India and may limit the ability of others to acquire us, which could prevent us from operating our business or entering into a transaction that is in the best interests of our shareholders.

Presently, Indian technology companies such as ours are able to raise capital outside of India without the prior approval of any Indian governmental authority through an ADR or GDR issuance or an issuance of convertible debt securities so long as the proceeds are kept outside India and used only for specified permitted purposes, and subject with respect to convertible debt issuances to a limit of $500 million in any fiscal year. Changes to Indian foreign exchange laws may create restrictions on our capital raising abilities. For example, a limit on the foreign equity ownership of Indian technology companies may constrain our ability to seek and obtain additional equity investment by foreign investors. In addition, these restrictions, if applied to us, may

prevent us from entering into certain transactions, such as an acquisition by a non-Indian company, which might otherwise be beneficial for us and the holders of our equity shares and ADSs.

Conditions in the Indian securities market may affect the price or liquidity of our equity shares and our ADSs.

The Indian securities markets are more volatile than securities markets in more developed economies. The Indian stock exchanges have in the past experienced substantial fluctuations in the prices of listed securities and the price of our equity shares has been especially volatile.

The Indian Stock Exchanges have also experienced problems that have affected the market price and liquidity of the securities of Indian companies. These problems have included temporary exchange closures, the suspension of stock exchange administration, broker defaults, settlement delays and strikes by brokers. In addition, the governing bodies of the Indian Stock Exchanges have, from time to time, restricted securities from trading, limited price movements and restricted margin requirements. Moreover, from time to time, disputes have occurred between listed companies and stock exchanges and other regulatory bodies, which in some cases may have had a negative effect on market sentiment. Similar problems could occur in the future and, if they do, they could harm the market price and liquidity of our equity shares and our ADSs.

It may be difficult for you to enforce any judgment obtained in the United States against us or our affiliates.

We are incorporated under the laws of the Republic of India. Many of our directors and key managerial personnel and some of the experts named in this document reside outside the United States. In addition, virtually all of our assets and the assets of many of these persons are located outside the United States. As a result, you may be unable to:

	•		effect service of process upon us outside India or these persons outside the jurisdiction of their residence; or
	•		enforce against us in courts outside of India or these persons outside the jurisdiction of their residence, judgments obtained in United States courts, including judgments predicated solely upon the federal securities laws of the United States.

We have been advised by our Indian counsel, that the United States and India do not currently have a treaty providing for reciprocal recognition and enforcement of judgments (other than arbitration awards) in civil and commercial matters. Therefore, a final judgment for the payment of money rendered by any federal or state court in the United States on civil liability, whether or not predicated solely upon the federal securities laws of the United States, may not be enforceable in India. However, the party in whose favor such final judgment is rendered may bring a new suit in a competent court in India based on a final judgment which has been obtained in the United States. If and to the extent Indian courts were of the opinion that fairness and good faith so required, it would, under current practice, give binding effect to the final judgment which had been rendered in the United States unless such a judgment was founded on a claim which breached the laws of India.

You may be subject to Indian taxes arising out of capital gains on the sale of the underlying equity shares.

Generally, capital gains, whether short-term or long-term, arising from the sale of the underlying equity shares in India are subject to Indian capital gains tax. For the purpose of computing the amount of capital gains subject to tax, Indian law specifies that the cost of acquisition of the equity shares will be deemed to be the share price prevailing on the BSE or the NSE on the date the Depositary advises the custodian to exchange receipts for underlying equity shares. The period of holding of such equity shares, for determining whether the gain is long-term or short-term, commences on the date of the giving of such notice by our Depositary to the custodian. With effect from October 1, 2004, any gains realized on the sale of listed equity shares held for more than 12 months to an Indian resident, or a non-resident investor in India, will not be subject to Indian capital gains tax if the securities transaction tax has been paid on the transaction. Investors are advised to consult their own tax advisors and to consider carefully the potential tax consequences of an investment in our ADSs.

There may be less company information available in Indian securities markets than securities markets in other countries.

There is a difference between the level of regulation and monitoring of the Indian securities markets and the activities of investors, brokers and other participants and that of markets in the United States and other developed economies. SEBI is responsible for improving disclosure and other regulatory standards for the Indian securities markets. SEBI has issued regulations and guidelines on disclosure requirements, insider trading and other matters. There may, however, be less publicly available information about Indian companies than is regularly made available by public companies in developed economies.

Risk Related to our ADSs and our Trading Market

Historically, our ADSs have traded at a significant premium to the trading prices of our underlying equity shares, a situation which may not continue.

Historically, our ADSs have traded on the NYSE at a substantial premium to the trading prices of our underlying equity shares on the Indian Stock Exchanges. We believe that this price premium has resulted from the relatively small portion of our market capitalization represented by ADSs, restrictions imposed by Indian law on the conversion of equity shares into ADSs, and an apparent preference for some investors to trade U.S. dollar-denominated securities. Over time, some of the restrictions on the issuance of the ADSs imposed by Indian law have been relaxed and we expect that other restrictions may be relaxed in the future. As a result, the historical premium enjoyed by ADSs as compared to equity shares may be reduced or eliminated due to sponsored ADS offering or similar transactions in the future, a change in Indian law permitting further conversion of equity shares into ADSs or changes in investor preferences.

You may be restricted in your ability to exercise preemptive rights under Indian law and thereby may suffer future dilution of your ownership position.

Under the Companies Act, 1956 of India, or the Companies Act, a company incorporated in India must offer its holders of equity shares preemptive rights to subscribe and pay for a proportionate number of shares to maintain their existing ownership percentages before the issuance of any new equity shares, unless the preemptive rights have been waived by adopting a special resolution by holders of three-fourths of the shares which are voted on the resolution. You may be unable to exercise preemptive rights for equity shares underlying ADSs unless a registration statement under the Securities Act is effective with respect to the rights or an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act is available. Our decision to file a registration statement will depend on the costs and potential liabilities associated with any given registration statement as well as the perceived benefits of enabling the holders of our ADSs to exercise their preemptive rights and any other factors that we deem appropriate to consider at the time the decision must be made. We may elect not to file a registration statement relating to preemptive rights otherwise available by law to you. In the case of future issuances, the new securities may be issued to our Depositary, which may sell the securities for your benefit. The value, if any, our Depositary would receive upon the sale of such securities cannot be predicted. To the extent that you are unable to exercise preemptive rights granted in respect of the equity shares represented by your ADSs, your proportional interests in our company would be reduced.

Holders of ADSs may be restricted in their ability to exercise voting rights.

At our request, our Depositary will mail to you any notice of shareholders’ meeting received from us together with information explaining how to instruct our Depositary to exercise the voting rights of the securities represented by ADSs. If our Depositary timely receives voting instructions from you, it will endeavor to vote the securities represented by your ADSs in accordance with such voting instructions. However, the ability of our Depositary to carry out voting instructions may be limited by practical and legal limitations and the terms of the securities on deposit. We cannot assure you that you will receive voting materials in time to enable you to return voting instructions to our Depositary in a timely manner. Securities for which no voting instructions have been received will not be voted.

Under Indian law, subject to the presence in person at a shareholder meeting of persons holding equity shares representing a quorum, all resolutions proposed to be approved at that meeting are voted on by a show of hands unless a poll is demanded by a shareholder or shareholders present in person or by proxy holding at least 10.0% of the total shares entitled to vote on the resolution or by those holding shares with an aggregate paid up value of at least Rs. 50,000. Equity shares not represented in person at the meeting, including equity shares underlying ADSs for which a holder has provided voting instructions to our Depositary, are not counted in a vote by show of hands. As a result, only in the event that a shareholder present at the meeting demands that a poll be taken will the votes of ADS holders be counted. Securities for which no voting instructions have been received will not be voted on a poll.

As a foreign private issuer, we are not subject to the SEC’s proxy rules, which regulate the form and content of solicitations by U.S.-based issuers of proxies from their shareholders. To-date, our practice has been to provide advance notice to our ADS holders of all shareholder meetings and to solicit their vote on such matters through our Depositary, and we expect to continue this practice. The form of notice and proxy statement that we have been using does not include all of the information that would be provided under the SEC’s proxy rules.

An active or liquid trading market for our ADSs is not assured.

We cannot predict the extent to which an active, liquid public trading market for our ADSs will exist. Active, liquid trading markets generally result in lower price volatility and more efficient execution of buy and sell orders for investors. The lack of an active, liquid trading market could result in the loss of market makers, media attention and analyst coverage. If there is no longer a market for our equity shares, or if we fail to continue to meet eligibility requirements, we may be required to delist from the NYSE or NYSE EURONEXT and this may cause our share prices to decrease significantly. In addition, if there is a prolonged decline in the price of our equity shares, we may not be able to issue equity securities to fund our growth, which would cause us to limit our growth or to incur higher cost funding, such as short-term or long-term debt.

Liquidity of a securities market is often a function of the volume of the underlying shares that are publicly held by unrelated parties. Although you are entitled to withdraw the equity shares underlying the ADSs from our Depositary at any time, there is no public market for our equity shares in the United States.

The future sales of securities by our company or existing shareholders may harm the price of our ADSs or our equity shares.

The market price of our ADSs or our equity shares could decline as a result of sales of a large number of ADSs or equity shares or the perception that such sales could occur. Such sales also might make it more difficult for us to sell ADSs or equity securities in the future at a time and at a price that we deem appropriate. As of March 31, 2008, we had an aggregate of equity shares outstanding of 668,277,613 (excluding 2,201,680 equity shares held by the Satyam Associate Trust), which includes underlying equity shares of 130,505,900 represented by 65,252,950 ADSs. In addition, as of March 31, 2008 we had outstanding options to purchase approximately 21,908,995 of our equity shares. All ADSs are freely tradable, other than ADSs purchased by our affiliates. The remaining equity shares outstanding may be sold in the United States only pursuant to a registration statement under the Securities Act or an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act.

ITEM 4. INFORMATION ON THE COMPANY

Business Overview

We were incorporated under the laws of the Republic of India in June 1987. Our principal executive office has moved to Satyam Infocity, Unit 12 Plot No. 35/36, Hi-tech City layout, Survey No. 64, Madhapur, Hyderabad, 500 081, Andhra Pradesh, India. Previously, our principal executive office was located at Satyam Technology Center, Bahadurpallay Village, Qutbullapur Mandal, R.R. District, Hyderabad — 500 855, Andhra Pradesh, India. Our telephone number at this address is (91) 40-30636363. Our website address is www.satyam.com and information contained on our website does not constitute a part of this Annual Report.

We are a global information technology (“IT”) solutions provider, offering a comprehensive range of IT services to our customers including, application development and maintenance services, consulting and enterprise business solutions, extended engineering solutions and infrastructure management services. We also offer business process outsourcing or BPO services through our wholly-owned subsidiary, Satyam BPO. We began providing IT services to businesses in 1988 and were the fourth largest Indian IT services company, based on the amount of export revenues generated during fiscal 2008. Our revenues grew to $2,138.1 million in fiscal 2008 from $793.6 million in fiscal 2005, representing a compound annual growth rate, or CAGR of 39.1%. For the same period, our net income grew from $ 153.8 million to $ 417.0 million. The number of our employees, whom we refer to as associates, grew from 20,690 as of March 31, 2005 to 50,570 as of March 31, 2008.

We provide services to customers from various industries including manufacturing, banking and financial services, insurance, telecommunications, infrastructure media & entertainment, semiconductors or TIMES, healthcare, retail, transportation, life sciences, oil & gas and Utilities. We believe we have the ability to develop large, long-term customer relationships, by demonstrating an understanding of our customers’ business requirements through our industry expertise and by continually providing high quality services in a cost effective manner. As of March 31, 2008, we had 654 active customers, including 185 Fortune Global 500 or Fortune U.S. 500 companies and 80 companies that generated more than $5.0 million in annual revenues in fiscal 2008. 92.4% of our revenues for fiscal 2008 and 86.7% of our revenues for fiscal 2007 were from repeat business given by our existing customers.

In June 2002, we established our wholly-owned BPO subsidiary, Satyam BPO, which offers back-office transaction processing services, customer care services and product support and technical help desk services in the areas of finance and accounting, human resources, claims administration and document management. Satyam BPO has added services such as research, analytics

and animation to its portfolio of service offerings. As of March 31, 2008, Satyam BPO had 3,997associates and 29 customers, of which 16 are Fortune Global 500 and Fortune U.S. 500 companies.

On November 20, 2006, we entered into a Share Purchase, Redemption and Amendment Agreement (“SPRA Agreement”) with the investors and Satyam BPO. Out of the total preference shares, 50% of the preference shares ($10 million) were to be redeemed for $13.6 million at the target date on May 21, 2007 and the balance were to be converted into equity shares of Satyam BPO based on the terms of the existing subscription agreement. The investors gave Satyam BPO a notice of conversion of preference shares and in January 2007 preference shares amounting to $10 million have been converted into 6,422,267 equity shares of Satyam BPO. Due to the issue of shares by Satyam BPO, our ownership interest in Satyam BPO was reduced from 100.0% as at March 31, 2006 to 74.0% as at March 31, 2007.

During fiscal 2008, in accordance with the Share Purchase, Redemption and Amendment Agreement (“SPRA Agreement”), we acquired 26% equity shares of Satyam BPO from the Investors for a consideration of $46.5 million. Further, during fiscal 2008, Satyam BPO issued 358,952 equity shares to its employees which were acquired by us at the fair value of $7.2 per share. Pursuant to the above transactions, our ownership interest in Satyam BPO increased to 100.0% as at March 31, 2008 from 74.0% as at March 31, 2007. The shares issued to the investors are at amounts per share higher than Satyam Computer Services’ average cost per share. With respect to this transaction, the resulting gain of $7.9 million, net of taxes during the year ended March 31, 2007 has been recorded as an increase in additional paid in capital. Since the losses applicable to the minority interest in Satyam BPO exceeded the minority interest in the equity capital of Satyam BPO, such excess and further losses have been charged in Satyam’s consolidated statements of income.

On May 12, 2005, we acquired a 75% interest in Citisoft, a specialist business and systems consulting firm that has focused on the investment management industry since 1986. Citisoft is a UK-based firm, with a presence in London, Boston and New York. On June 29, 2006, we exercised the call option and acquired the remaining 25% equity interest in Citisoft, for a deferred consideration (non-contingent) of $5.9 million that was paid during fiscal 2008. On June 29, 2007, we entered into an amendment agreement with the selling shareholders (the “EBT Amendment Agreement”). During fiscal 2008, Satyam Computer Services also contributed $2.0 million to Employee Benefit Trust (“EBT”) formed by Citisoft. Satyam Computer Services also entered into an amendment agreement with the selling shareholders due to which it made additional employee related pay out of $0.4 million in lieu of 2008 earn-out consideration and EBT contribution. These have been accounted for as part of cost of revenues in the consolidated statements of income.

On October 1, 2005, we acquired a 100% interest in Knowledge Dynamics. The results of Knowledge Dynamics operations have been consolidated by us from the consummation date of October 1, 2005.

On November 7, 2005, we offered to sell an aggregate of 11,182,600 equity shares, representing our entire investment of 31.61% of the outstanding equity shares of Sify. The sale transaction was consummated on November 9, 2005 at a sale price of $5.60 per equity share aggregating to $62.3 million.

On August 21, 2006, our shareholders approved a two-for-one stock split (in the form of stock dividend) which was effective as of October 10, 2006. Consequently, Satyam capitalized an amount of $17.7 million from its retained earnings to common stock. All references to number of shares, per share amounts, stock option data, and market prices of Satyam Computer Services’ equity shares have been retroactively restated to reflect the stock split unless otherwise noted.

On October 23, 2007, we announced our intention to acquire 100% of the shares of Nitor Global Solutions Ltd (“Nitor”), a company based in United Kingdom specializing in the Infrastructure Management Services (IMS). The total consideration for this acquisition will be approximately $5.6 million, including a performance-based payment of up to $2.5 million payable over two years and conditional upon specified revenue and profit targets being met. The initial consideration of $3.1 million was paid on January 4, 2008 and the transaction was consummated on January 4, 2008.

On January 21, 2008, we announced our intention to acquire 100% of the shares of Bridge Strategy Group LLC, (“Bridge”), a Chicago based strategy and general management consulting firm, for a total consideration of $35.0 million comprising of initial consideration, deferred non-contingent consideration and a contingent consideration. The transaction was consummated on April 4, 2008.

On April 21, 2008, we announced our intention to acquire S&V Management Consultants (“S&V”), a Belgium based supply chain management consulting firm for a total cash consideration of $35.5 million comprising of an up-front, deferred guaranteed and deferred retention payments. The transaction has not been consummated as of June 30, 2008.

On April 21, 2008, we also announced our intention to acquire Computer Associates Inc’s (“CA Inc”) 50% equity held in CA Satyam ASP Pvt. Ltd. (“CA Satyam”), a joint venture founded in 2001 between CA Inc and us, and to rename the organization “C&S Pvt. Ltd”. The proposed acquisition will increase our ownership interest in CA Satyam to 100%, for a total consideration of $1.5 million, payable in two tranches. The transaction has not been consummated as of June 30, 2008.

On April 21, 2008, we announced our intention to acquire the Market research and Customer Analytics (MR&CA) business unit from Caterpillar Inc. (CAT), a United States based company, including the related intellectual property which consists of software, processes and know-how. The proposed acquisition is for a consideration of $60.0 million comprising of initial and deferred consideration. The transaction has not been consummated as of June 30, 2008.

We entered into a joint venture agreement with Venture Global Engineering LLC (“VGE”) to form Satyam Venture Engineering Services Pvt. Ltd (“SVES”) in India. As a result of VGE’s breach of the agreement between the parties, we filed a request for arbitration, naming VGE as respondent, with the London Court of International Arbitration (“LCIA”), seeking, among other things, to purchase VGE’s 50% interest in SVES at the agreed upon book value price of the shares. The LCIA Arbitrator issued an Award on April 3, 2006 in our favour, which we successfully enforced in the United States District Court in Michigan. During the enforcement proceedings in the US, VGE filed a petition challenging the Award before the district court, Secunderabad and made an appeal to the High court of Andhra Pradesh, both of which were rejected. Subsequently, in a special leave petition filed by VGE, the Supreme Court of India set aside the orders of the district court and the High Court and granted an interim stay of the share transfer portion of the Award. The matter has been remanded back to the district court, Secunderabad for trial on merits. Our management believes that this will not have an adverse effect upon our results of operations, financial condition and cash flows.

Industry Overview

Global IT Services Overview

Global IT services spending has been estimated to have aggregated to $467.0 billion in 2006. The global IT services spending remained strong in 2007 with the estimated aggregate total of $495.0 billion, a growth of 6% compared to 2006.

We believe the growth of global IT services spending is driven by the following factors and trends:

•      Increased importance of IT to businesses. In today’s increasingly competitive business environment, companies have become dependent on information technology not only to conduct day-to-day operations, but also as a strategic tool to enable them change their business model, optimize their operations and enable new revenue growth. As information systems continually become more complex with the use of multiple applications and rapidly changing technologies, companies are increasingly turning to external IT service providers to develop and implement new technologies and integrate them with existing applications in which they may have already made considerable investments.

•      Impact of the Internet and other new technologies on business. Businesses are increasingly using the Internet to interact with new and existing customers and create new revenue opportunities. Businesses conducted electronically over the Internet extend beyond Internet-based applications to include packaged software tools, such as customer and supply chain management software, that need to be integrated with a company’s enterprise systems. These initiatives are often large and difficult to manage in-house and need to keep pace with constantly evolving business processes and technological innovations leading to demand for IT services companies.

•      Managing and upgrading existing systems. Managing and upgrading existing systems has become critical given the importance of IT and related systems to new business initiatives. Internal IT departments often do not have the appropriate resources or breadth of skills necessary to manage or upgrade existing systems. As a result, companies are increasingly looking to external service providers to design, integrate, implement and maintain their applications based on new technologies.

•      Increasing trend towards adoption of global delivery model. The increasing complexities and costs of IT services, together with an increasing need for highly skilled technology professionals and tightening IT budgets for companies, are driving demand for professional IT services companies who are able to provide a cost effective, high quality, comprehensive range of services using the global delivery model. The model is enabling companies to increasingly outsource complex assignments and generate not only cost savings in IT services but also greater efficiencies in their business processes. In addition, companies are increasingly using the “utility computing” or “pay for what you use”, model for infrastructure, data- warehousing and IT system usage, which is further fueling growth in infrastructure, network outsourcing and network management services.

Indian IT Services Industry Overview

India is considered to be the most favored destination for offshore IT service delivery. According to the National Association of Software and Services Companies, or NASSCOM strategic review 2008, the export revenue generated from the software and service industry (IT-BPO) in India was approximately $ 24 billion in fiscal 2006. In fiscal 2007, the export revenue increased by 31% to $31.8 billion. The projected export revenue for fiscal 2008 is approximately $40.8 billion and which is likely to increase to $60 billion by the end of 2010. The key factors that are expected to contribute to this growth are:

•      High quality delivery record. Indian companies have developed high quality delivery processes. As of December 2007, over 498 India-based centres had acquired quality certifications with 85 companies certified at SEI CMM level 5 — which was higher than any other country, according to the Indian Ministry of Communications and Information Technology. Level five is the highest level attainable under the SEI-CMM standards, which assess an organization’s quality management system and systems engineering processes and methodologies.

•      Large supply of English-speaking IT professionals. We believe that India ranks second only to the United States as the country with the largest population of English-speaking IT professionals. According to the NASSCOM strategic review 2008, educational institutes in India were expected to add approximately 500,000 technical personnel (Engineering degree/master’s degree in computer applications) in fiscal 2008. Given the shortage of technical labor in the United States and other developed economies, the availability of technically skilled personnel is proving to be a competitive advantage for Indian IT service companies.

•      Significant cost advantage. We believe that the cost of employing IT professionals in India is significantly lower than in developed countries such as the United States. The use of high quality, low cost resources provides a significant opportunity for companies to realize cost savings by offshoring IT services to India.

•      Evolving “beyond-cost” proposition. The Indian IT industry continues to explore means of delivering value beyond operational cost savings. These beyond-cost benefits offer the potential to realize cost savings significantly higher than the traditional cost advantages derived by offshoring the delivery of IT services.

Trends

The Indian IT services industry has been witnessing changes in customer demands and we believe that service providers who are best able to adapt to these changes will succeed in the long run. Some key emerging industry trends are described below:

•      Enhanced expectations. Increasingly, companies are expecting more value from their IT service providers than just the traditional cost advantages derived by offshoring the delivery of IT services. Companies increasingly prefer service providers that can provide strategic advice related to designing and increasing efficiencies of business processes and also assist in implementing their recommendations. Also, service providers with strong industry expertise are favored over those who can only provide strong technical skills.

•      Large, multi-year, end-to-end contracts. Companies are increasingly looking for IT service providers that can provide end-to-end solutions over a long period of time. In addition, companies, which have a presence across various geographies, need

IT support on a global scale and often seek a single service provider that can offer a comprehensive range of services on a long-term basis across the world, and understand and integrate a wide spectrum of emerging technologies with existing systems.

•      Relationships with customers’ key senior management. As outsourcing contracts increasingly gain strategic importance to businesses, customers’ senior management teams have become more involved in outsourcing contract negotiation and monitoring. As a result, IT service providers need to ensure that their senior account managers develop strong and lasting working relationships with customers’ senior management.

•      Performance measurement. Companies are increasingly demanding transparency in performance measurement. IT service providers with their own well developed benchmarks, frameworks and models to measure performance or demonstrate potential benefits are likely to have significant advantage over their competitors who offer more generic IT services.

•      Increasing globalization of engineering and R&D. Companies are increasingly looking for IT applications not only to achieve operational efficiencies but across the value chain, including the product development process. There is an increasing reliance on technology for R&D and engineering which is evident by the incorporation of technology in end-products in sectors such as telecom and automobile

Our Competitive Strengths

We believe that we are strongly placed to consolidate our market position as a leading IT service provider due to our competitive strengths which include:

•      Comprehensive range of services combined with specialized industry expertise. Our comprehensive range of end-to-end technology-based services encompasses application development and maintenance services, consulting and enterprise business solutions, integrated engineering solutions, infrastructure management services and BPO services. Our comprehensive range of services enables us to broaden our dialogue with potential customers, deepen our relationships with existing customers and diversify our revenue base. Our services are built on a foundation of a rich understanding of the industries in which our customers operate and the underlying technologies that drive those industries. Our industry-focused business units such as manufacturing, banking and financial services, insurance, telecommunications, infrastructure, media & entertainment, semiconductors, healthcare, life sciences, retail, oil & gas, utilities and transportation, allow us to understand the strategic issues facing our customers. Our dedicated technology competency centers, which we refer to as “centers of excellence,” track trends in key technologies, which facilitate creation of solutions based on these technologies. Our centers of excellence work closely with the industry-focused business units in areas such as business intelligence, data warehousing, customer relationship management, product life cycle management and supply chain management to ensure that our services fulfill our customers’ business objectives and IT requirements.

•      Flexible, highly evolved delivery model. We provide our services through development centres in various locations worldwide, including in Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Egypt, Germany, Hungary, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, South Africa, Thailand, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom and the United States and our onsite teams operating at our customers’ premises. As of March 31, 2008, we had development centers in 27 cities located in 14 countries out of which 20 cities are outside India. Over the past decade, we have made substantial investments in our infrastructure, processes and systems allowing us to evolve our global delivery model to effectively integrate offshore, offsite, near shore and onsite services and perform a greater volume of work at our offshore development centers. This delivery model seeks to provide customers with seamless solutions in reduced timeframes, enabling them to achieve operating efficiencies and realize significant cost savings. It also enables us to deliver the most appropriate mix of resources and services on a 24/7 basis. Furthermore, our robust delivery model is flexible, so that it can be adapted to respond to customer objectives relating to critical issues such as scalability and security. We continue to evolve our delivery model and believe that our customer-oriented approach and ongoing refinements represent an important competitive advantage.

•      Established leadership position in consulting and enterprise business solutions. Our consulting and enterprise business solutions help customers optimize their operating costs, enhance the efficiency of their business processes and improve their overall competitiveness. These solutions span the development, implementation, integration and maintenance of various enterprise-wide applications. Our solutions are enhanced by our strategic alliances with more than 80 leading technology providers such as SAP and Oracle. Our highly evolved delivery model, coupled with our industry expertise and center of excellence-driven technology competencies, allows us to provide customers with a value proposition in consulting and enterprise solutions. Over the past few years, we have made strategic investments to augment our capabilities in this area which is reflected

in the growing revenues from this business. During fiscal 2007 and fiscal 2006 39.7% and 39.2% respectively, of our revenues, was generated from consulting and enterprise business solutions.

•      Strong relationships with blue chip customers. We have long-standing relationships with large multinational corporations built on our successful execution of prior engagements. We believe we have significantly more Fortune Global 500 or Fortune U.S. 500 corporations as customers, relative to scale of revenue, as compared to other leading Indian IT services companies. As of March 31, 2008, we had 654 active customers, including 185 Fortune Global 500 or Fortune U.S. 500 companies. Our track record of delivering comprehensive solutions based on demonstrated industry and technology expertise has helped in forging strong relationships with our major customers and gaining increased business from them. We have a history of high customer retention and derive a significant proportion of our revenue from repeat business. During fiscal 2008 and fiscal 2007, 92.4% and 86.7%, respectively, of our revenues, was generated from existing customers.

•      Track record of high quality execution. Our process framework is aligned to various Quality models, process improvement frameworks and standards and is made available to all associates through our integrated Quality Management System.

We are globally certified under ISO9001, ISO27001 and ISO20000 standards based on an integrated audit conducted by Bureau Veritas Certification, UK. ISO27001 is the latest standard that certifies the presence of adequate information security across our company. ISO20000 is the standard for IT service management. We also conform to ISO14001 and OHSAS 18001 standards, which are the standards for Health, Safety and Environment (HSE). We have a comprehensive Business Continuity Management System framework to ensure business continuity in the event of disruptions. During the recent re-certification audit in July 2007, we have added ten new centers in India to be audited for potential certification from the International Organization for Standardization (“ISO”). In addition we hold domain specific certifications such as AS9100 / EN9100 for the Aerospace domain, and PCI DSS 1.1 for the payment card industry. Our project execution processes are assessed at a maturity level 5 on SEI CMMI model version 1.1. We are working to achieve the highest level maturity on SEI CMMI model version 1.2. We have also made significant progress toward achieving the Auto-SPICE certification for the automotive domain.

Our Quality Management System involves, among other things, a rigorous review of software development processes, review and testing of work product and regular quality audits. As part of our ongoing efforts towards reinforcing the culture of providing highest quality to our customers, we have successfully implemented the online Quality Management System (QMS) certification. We continue to focus on Six Sigma to further improve our processes and provide the highest levels of quality to our customers. Currently, we have completed about 2,200 Six Sigma projects and certified 160 Six Sigma Black Belts, 2200 Six Sigma Green Belts and 19 Six Sigma Master Black Belts, as part of process improvement.

We have a large pool of highly skilled, well-trained technical associates spanning 60 nationalities. As of March 31, 2008, we employed 47,405 technical associates in the IT services area. Each new technical associate participates in an intensive 12 week initial training program and a minimum of 40 hours training each year on development and leadership. We constantly benchmark our processes, people and infrastructure against globally recognized standards.

•      Culture of innovation. We have a history of innovation that is facilitated by our entrepreneurial culture and our management’s willingness to make strategic investments in growth markets. We believe we were one of the pioneers in the delivery of India-based IT services. For example, we believe that in 1992 we were among the earliest Indian IT service companies to set up a dedicated satellite link between a customer’s facilities and our India operations. Our technology laboratories continue to develop and bring to market new solutions based on new technologies. For instance, we are one of the few companies in India to offer utility and grid computing services to customers. We have also been innovative in our internal organization and have introduced industry leading practices in hiring, resource planning and knowledge sharing. These accomplishments and initiatives have further enhanced our brand and reputation in the marketplace.

Our Growth Strategy

Our goal is to be a leading global provider of comprehensive IT solutions and services. We intend to accomplish our goal by:

•      Building on our long-standing customer relationships to cross-sell our comprehensive range of services. Our goal is to build long-term sustainable business relationships with our customers to generate consistent revenues. We plan to continue to expand the scope and range of services provided to our existing customers by continuing to build our expertise in major industries and extending our capabilities into new and emerging technologies. For example, we intend to capitalize on the BPO services offered by Satyam BPO by cross-selling these services to our existing customers, which will enable us to secure a higher share of

our customers’ spending. To further strengthen our relationships and broaden the scope and range of services we provide to existing customers, our senior corporate executives have specific account management and relationship responsibilities. We have successfully established strong relationships with our customers’ chief information officers and are continuing to strengthen our relationships with other key members of our customers’ management teams. These strong relationships have helped us to better understand our customers’ business needs and enabled us to provide effective solutions to meet these needs.

•      Continuing to focus on enterprise-wide business solutions and high quality value-added services. To better serve our customers in key industry segments, we intend to continue to focus on providing end-to-end enterprise-wide business solutions and increasing our share of value-added services, such as data warehousing and business intelligence, application portfolio management, process and quality consulting, business performance management, industry and regulatory specific solutions and grid computing solutions. To continue to differentiate our services and achieve recognition as a leading global provider of comprehensive IT services, we intend to continually invest in research and development and broaden our range of solution offerings as new technologies become available.

•      Expanding our presence in existing markets and penetrating new geographic markets. We plan to expand our presence in our existing markets and establish a presence in new geographic markets throughout North America, Europe, Latin America, and the Asia-Pacific region. We intend to accomplish this by increasing our brand visibility and leveraging our global solution centers to extend our services to customers located in these geographies. We also plan to continue to hire local associates to staff and manage our global solution centers and to strengthen our sales and marketing functions to facilitate building strong relationships. We believe that the use of locally hired technical associates and managers working from our global development centers will enable us to increase our market share in the local markets and compete effectively by combining local expertise with our global delivery capabilities. We expect that a wider geographical presence will also facilitate revenue generation in multiple currencies, reduce our exposure to volatility in a particular currency, and help hedge against margin erosion due to currency fluctuations.

•      Continuing to enhance our industry expertise. We aim to have an in-depth understanding of targeted industries including manufacturing, banking and financial services, insurance, telecommunications, infrastructure, media & entertainment, semiconductors, life sciences, retail, oil & gas, utilities , healthcare, retail and transportation, which will help us identify and understand customer needs and proactively design and offer customized IT solutions to address those needs. By focusing on targeted industries, we believe we can develop industry-specific solutions and services that can be leveraged effectively to deliver services within the same industry, thereby lowering our cost of delivering those services. We intend to enhance our business knowledge and competencies in the various industries that we service by hiring additional specialists with deep industry knowledge and expertise.

•      Develop a strong cadre of leaders. We believe that our strategy for growth can only be successful if we are able to create a strong force of leaders who will enhance Satyam’s performance. In order to attract, and retain talent towards this objective, we plan to continue to provide an environment that rewards entrepreneurial initiative and performance, including competitive salaries and benefits as well as performance-linked incentives. We also intend to continue to devote significant resources to enhance the technical and leadership capabilities of our associates. We have recently set up the Satyam School of Leadership to facilitate the process of building leaders.

•      Enhancing our capabilities through technology alliances and acquisitions. We intend to continue to explore the formation of new alliances as well as strengthen existing partnerships with key technology vendors to enable us to leverage our partners’ strengths. We will also consider acquisitions to gain access to specific technologies and exploit synergies with our existing business. We regularly engage in discussions and negotiations in the ordinary course of our business relating to potential investment, technology alliances and acquisitions that would achieve these objectives.

Service Offerings

We offer a comprehensive range of IT services including business process outsourcing based on existing and emerging technologies that are tailored to meet the specific needs of our customers. Our services include:

Application development and maintenance services

Application development

We design, develop and implement customized IT solutions software for a variety of business processes and requirements. Our solution implementations range from single-platform, single-site systems to multi-platform, multiple-site systems. A project may involve the development of a new application, customizing packaged software, enhancing the capabilities of existing software applications, upgrading a legacy solution both to suit the newer technology environments and to enhance the lifetime of such applications. Each development project typically involves the full life-cycle of software development, including, definition, prototyping, architecting, designing, piloting, programming, testing, installing and subsequent maintenance.

Application maintenance

We provide maintenance services for large software systems, including modifications and enhancements to the business functionality as well as providing production support to facilitate around the clock availability of applications spread across multiple geographies encompassing diverse technologies. We interact with the business users to map new functionalities and enhance the application systems to cater to new set of business rules. We also assist customers in migration or re-hosting to new technologies, such as Microsoft and Open systems, to extend the useful life of existing systems. We perform most of the maintenance work at our offshore global solution centers using satellite links to our customers’ systems. In addition, we maintain a small team on our customers’ premises to coordinate support functions. In certain instances, we utilize our offsite and nearshore development centers to coordinate these support functions with either no or minimal work at the customer’s site.

Consulting and enterprise business solutions

Leveraging our alliances with independent software vendors such as Oracle, SAP and Informatica, we offer an extensive portfolio of consulting and enterprise business solutions to enhance our customers’ business competitiveness. We provide solutions and services in the areas of enterprise resource planning, customer relationship management and supply chain management, data warehousing and business intelligence, knowledge management, document management and enterprise application integration to address the customer’s needs and to integrate systems and processes across the organization for optimized business performance. These solutions enable our customers to strengthen relationships with their customers and business partners, create new revenue opportunities, enhance operating efficiencies and improve communication.

Integrated Engineering solutions

We provide end-to-end services globally across the full life cycle of engineering product development for various industries. Our focus is to enable our customers to realize significant cost benefits in the aerospace, automotive, industrial & farm equipment, consumer products and semiconductor industries through our services such as mechanical engineering solutions, embedded engineering solutions, product life cycle management solutions and geographical information systems. With about 4,500 associates and over 13 years of service experience, we believe our key expertise lies in conceptualizing the product, product engineering, sourcing and manufacturing support, value engineering and reliability engineering consultancy.

Infrastructure management services

Our Infrastructure Management Services (IMS) supports customers in recognizing increased business value from their IT operations by providing alternatives to internal management. We address almost every aspect of IT infrastructure with a range of service offerings ranging from desktop computing and application packaging, application deployment, network and data center management, security, messaging and collaboration to advanced technologies such as grid computing and virtualization. By leveraging our data center facilities in India and in Cleveland, Ohio, United States, we provide various hosting services to our clients.

Our services encompass the full lifecycle of IT — infrastructure ranging from consulting and design, to integration and customization, to 24x7x365 management through onsite and offshore delivery models. To provide our clients with services that meet their individual needs, we operate under a flexible delivery and support model which includes staff augmentation in onsite and offshore models, Remote Infrastructure Management (RIM) and Remote Support Services (RSS), and complete outsourcing in offsite facilities.

We offer services which cover a range of hardware platforms (including IBM, HP and Sun) and environments (including UNIX,

AIX, Solaris, HP-UX and Windows). Our services are supported through alliances with leading technology vendors throughout the world.

Business Process Outsourcing

Satyam BPO offers an array of innovative service offerings that deliver measurable business value to customers. We believe that this helps us differentiate ourselves in the market as the ‘outsourcing partner of choice’ for global leading companies. Satyam BPO’s spectrum of industry -generic services include inbound and outbound customer contact services, animation, artwork and packaging, research & analytics, procurements services, finance and accounting services and human resources outsourcing processes. We also deliver end -to -end industry specific service offerings, like healthcare provider support, insurance payer and customer support, insurance policy and claims management, clinical research support and pharmacovigilance services, and asset management and asset accounting services for banking and financial companies across the world.

Delivery of IT Services

We leverage our integrated global delivery model, which we refer to as the “Right Sourcing Model,” to provide flexible service delivery alternatives to our customers through our offshore centers located in India, offsite centers established in our major markets, nearshore centers located geographically near our customers’ premises and through our onsite teams operating at our customers’ premises. Our offshore, offsite and nearshore centers are linked to our customer’s onsite system through a high performance communication network, enabling us to provide integrated services from each delivery location. Our global delivery model allows us the flexibility to transition onsite IT services seamlessly to our offsite, nearshore or offshore centers, which benefits our customers and provides us with greater returns.

Offshore centers

We typically assign a team of technical associates to visit a customer’s premises to determine the scope and requirements of a particular project. Some members of the initial team remain onsite to facilitate direct liaison with the customer, while others return to India to establish and supervise a larger project team of suitably qualified technical associates to implement the project. Typically, approximately 20% of a project team is onsite but the ratio can vary based on the nature and complexity of the project.

We have also entered into arrangements with several customers where an entire project team is assigned to a single customer. Such teams, called dedicated offshore centers, work from our facilities in India and are staffed and managed by us. Once the project priorities are established by the customer, we, in conjunction with the customer’s IT department, manage the execution of the project. When needed, such offshore centers have equipment specific to the customer, or have a designated work area with its own security protocols. In such cases, the customer agrees to regular periodic billing regardless of the work performed.

Offsite centers

We believe that a key success factor in meeting our customers’ needs is our physical proximity to the customer. Accordingly, we have expanded and improved our offshore development model by establishing offsite centers in our major markets. We have 29 offsite centers in locations in Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Germany, Hungary, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, South Africa, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom and United States.

In addition, many of our existing customers are expanding into new geographic markets and are requiring us to serve them in these new locations. This trend has led us to increase the number of offsite centers as a part of our “Follow the Customer” strategy. We believe that these offsite centers, apart from serving our existing customers, also help us generate new business in these geographic locations. We believe our offsite centers allow us to respond quickly to customer requests, to interact closely with the customer to develop IT services where the customer’s specifications are not clearly defined and to market services tailored to meet the needs of specific geographic markets. We staff our offsite centers with locally-hired managers, marketers and technical associates which we believe enable us to compete more effectively with local IT service providers.

Nearshore centers

In addition to using our offshore and onsite locations for solution delivery, we also utilize nearshore centers or centers located in close proximity to the customer to perform a variety of life cycle activities. For example, for certain development projects, we have created prototypes of the solution in these nearshore centers. Since the development of prototypes typically involve a high level of interaction with the customer and our onsite teams, the nearshore centers facilitate quick turnaround times. In addition,

the nearshore centers also provide benefits such as operating in the same time zone as the customer and a better understanding of the cultural environment in which the customer operates.

We use our China development center as a nearshore center for the Asia-Pacific region to leverage the language capability and also multi-byte data for Asian languages. Similarly, we use our Hungary development center for the European markets and intend to use our Brazilian development centre for North and South American markets.

Onsite teams

Many assignments require the presence of our project teams at the customers’ premises, particularly for mission critical or higher involvement projects as well as for knowledge transfer activities at the project initiation stage.. The customer’s team and our project team collaborate to develop IT services that meet the customer’s specifications.

Quality and Project Management

Delivery excellence through customer satisfaction is the key to achieve our vision “to become one of the five most valuable globally integrated IT and BPO services companies”. Our process framework is aligned to various quality models, process improvement frameworks and standards and is made available to all associates through our integrated quality management system, QUALIFY. Our focus on process-centric approach supports our delivery excellence objectives.

We are globally certified to ISO9001, ISO27001 and ISO20000 standards based on an integrated audit conducted by Bureau Veritas Certification, UK. ISO27001 is the latest standard that certifies the presence of adequate information security across our company. ISO20000 is the standard for IT service management. We also conform to ISO14001 and OHSAS,18001 standards, which are the standards for Health, Safety and Environment (HSE). We have a comprehensive Business Continuity Management System framework to ensure business continuity in the event of disruptions. During the recent re-certification audit in July 2007, we have added ten new centers in India to be audited for potential certification from the ISO. In addition we hold domain specific certifications such as AS9100 / EN9100 for the Aerospace domain, and PCI DSS 1.1 for the payment card industry. Our project execution processes are assessed at a maturity level 5 on SEI CMMI model version 1.1. We are working to achieve the highest level maturity on SEI CMMI model version 1.2. We have also made significant progress toward achieving the Auto-SPICE certification for the automotive domain.

Our Quality Management System involves, among other things, a rigorous review of software development processes, review and testing of work product and regular quality audits. As part of our ongoing efforts towards reinforcing the culture of providing highest quality to our customers, we have successfully implemented the online Quality Management System (QMS) certification. Meeting the critical success factors and project objectives is facilitated through automation and effective quality assurance activities. The projects are scheduled and managed through tools such as OPTIMA, INSIGHT, and RESOLVE. Project Process Monitoring (PPM) ensures compliance with process and identifying strengths and shortcomings within the projects. Going forward, we expect that the process workflow will be automated to create a project workbench and will move from “product out” approach to a “customer in” approach for delivery by establishing an internal customer who will do the necessary checks to ensure that all the customer requirements are met before delivery. Our capabilities in project estimation has significantly improved through the implementation of a new estimation software, Knowledge-PLAN ^® (Knowledge-PLAN is a registered trademark of Software Productivity Research (www.spr.com)) and an internal certification program, Satyam Certified Function Point Champion. Currently there are 261 Satyam Certified Function Point Champions. We continue to focus on Six Sigma to further improve our processes and provide the highest levels of quality to our customers. Currently, we have completed approximately 2,200 Six Sigma projects and certified 160 Six Sigma Black Belts, 2200 Six Sigma Green Belts and 19 Six Sigma Master Black Belts, as part of process improvements.

Customers

We market our services primarily to companies in the United States, Europe, the Middle East and the Asia-Pacific region. We have a global customer base which, as of March 31, 2008, consisted of 654 customers including 185 Fortune Global 500 and Fortune U.S. 500 companies.

While we derive a significant proportion of our revenues from a limited number of customers, our strategy is to seek new customers and at the same time secure additional engagements from existing customers by providing high quality services and cross-selling new services. The strength of our relationships has resulted in significant recurring revenue from existing customers. Our business from existing customers in fiscal 2008, fiscal 2007 and fiscal 2006 accounted for 86.7%, 90.6% and 92.1% of IT

services revenues, respectively. In fiscal 2008, fiscal 2007 and fiscal 2006, our largest customer, together with its affiliates, accounted for 4.9%, 6.3% and 8.8%, respectively, of our total revenues. In fiscal 2008, fiscal 2007 and fiscal 2006, our second largest customer accounted for 4.8%, 4.4% and 5.1% respectively, of our total revenues. Our top five customers accounted for 19.3%, 21.0% and 24.2% of our total revenues in fiscal 2008, fiscal 2007 and fiscal 2006 respectively.

The following is a distribution of our customers by our revenues on a trailing 12-month basis or for the fiscal indicated:

		Fiscal
		2008				2007				2006
No. of $1+ million customers			158				116				101
No. of $5+ million customers			36				26				22
No. of $10+ million customers			44				31				23

Our customers are from diverse industry segments, including from the manufacturing, banking and finance, insurance, and telecom segments. The manufacturing segment accounts for the highest contribution of our revenues followed by the banking and finance segment. We continue to witness accelerated growth in the healthcare segment, while customers have been increasing in newer segments such as retail, energy and utilities.

The following is a distribution of our IT revenues across our industry segments for the three most recent fiscal years:

		Fiscal
		2008				2007				2006
Banking, Financial services and insurance			22.1	%			26.3	%			27.3	%
Manufacturing			23.9				27.0				28.5
TIMES			22.0				20.3				18.4
Healthcare and Pharma			7.4				7.2				6.1
Retail, Transportation and Logistics			8.3				5.8				5.7
Others			16.3				13.4				14.0
Total			100.0	%			100.0	%			100.0	%

Sales and Marketing

Our sales operations comprise a Sales team, Account management team and our Strategic Deals Group. Sales associates work solely on acquiring new customers. The second group consists of relationship managers who cross-sell services to existing customers and are responsible for building long-term relationships with such customers. Satyam has also invested in a strategic deals group, which focuses on acquiring large strategic deals.

In markets such as the United States and the United Kingdom, we have an industry-focused sales operation, while in other markets we have regional heads who oversee the sales activity.

In order to create greater visibility and recognition of our Satyam brand, we continue to invest in focused programs to enhance customer intimacy. These programs include holding annual customer summits to facilitate customer interaction, organizing forums, and participating in and sponsoring industry events to position Satyam as a business partner.

As of March 31, 2008, we employed 352 marketing and sales associates.

BPO Services and Satyam BPO

Satyam BPO offers an array of innovative service offerings that deliver measurable business value to customers. We believe that this helps us differentiate ourselves in the market as the ‘outsourcing partner of choice’ for global leading companies. Satyam BPO’s spectrum of industry -generic services include inbound and outbound customer contact services, animation, artwork and packaging, research & analytics, procurements services , finance and accounting services and human resources outsourcing processes. We also deliver end -to -end industry specific service offerings, like healthcare provider support, insurance payer and customer support, insurance policy and claims management, clinical research support and pharmacovigilance services, and asset management and asset accounting services for banking and financial companies across the world.

Satyam BPO was established in fiscal 2002. Satyam BPO activities include among others providing BPO, soliciting existing or prospective customers of Satyam BPO to obtain the services offered by Satyam BPO from other service providers and investing in companies engaged in the same or similar business as Satyam BPO. See “Item 3. Key Information — Risk Factors — Risks Related to Our Overall Operations — We face intense competition in the IT services and BPO markets which could prevent us from attracting and retaining customers and could reduce our revenues.”

During fiscal 2008, we entered into the Share Purchase, Redemption and Amendment Agreement (“SPRA Agreement”) to acquire 26% equity shares of Satyam BPO from the investors for a consideration of $46.5 million. Further, during fiscal 2008, Satyam BPO issued 358,952 equity shares to its employees which were acquired by us at the fair value of $7.2 per share. Pursuant to the above transactions our ownership interest in Satyam BPO increased to 100.0% as at March 31, 2008 from 74.0% as at March 31, 2007

As of March 31, 2008, Satyam BPO had 29 customers including 16 Fortune Global 500 and Fortune U.S. 500 companies. For fiscal 2008, fiscal 2007, fiscal 2006 and fiscal 2005, Satyam BPO had revenues of $60.6 million, $38.1 million, $20.0 million and $10.0 million respectively. Satyam BPO handles more than 63 business processes for its customers, a majority of which are also customers of Satyam. A majority of Satyam BPO’s customers are Fortune Global 500 and Fortune U.S. 500 companies, who have offshored their critical business processes to Satyam BPO.

The services offered by Satyam BPO include:

Function-specific offerings

1)

Finance and Accounting: Our long-term relationship with global financial services companies equips us with first-hand understanding of the industry evolution, critical business issues and trends. Satyam has competencies in managing a multitude of finance and accounting processes.

Among the industries we serve are insurance and healthcare, pharma, banking and finance, manufacturing and automobile, media and telecom, and digital media & entertainment. We offer services such as claims processing, policy issuance, premium accounting, contact centers for customer service, product support and helpdesk services.

2.)

Human Resources: We offer customized, cost-effective and comprehensive human resource services. Our customized, need-based, cost-effective and comprehensive human resource services help customers achieve greater efficiency without relying on investing in people and technology.

3)

Knowledge Process Outsourcing (KPO): We believe that we are one of the pioneers in offering KPO services. We offer end-to-end solutions in the analytics domain across multiple industry verticals suiting customers’ service requirements. Our experienced analytics team leverages its consultancy experience in econometric and computing proficiency, and its industrial expertise in market analytics, customer analytics, risk & decision analytics and expenditure analytics to deliver industry-best solutions to clients.

4)

Customer Contact Services: We provide inbound and outbound contact center services around the world, offering high-quality, cost-effective, and risk-proof coverage of a diverse and geographically distributed customer base. Our customer contact services include customer care, information dissemination, survey programs, data collection and customer complaints.

5)

Technical Helpdesk: Our IT helpdesk services provide technical solutions and support for corporate employees. The GETS (Global Enterprise Technical Support) solution provides basic hardware and software support, and technical and service desk support across a wide range of applications, including specific technologies such as SAP, Oracle, Peoplesoft, and Ariba.

6)

Procure to Pay Outsourcing: We enable clients to overcome their procure to pay outsourcing challenges by offering a broad range of services that encompass all categories of procure to pay outsourcing functions. We provide our clients with an onsite-offshore structure, including offerings such as transactional purchasing and supplier relationship management & strategic sourcing support, that best encompasses a modular and scalable project model.

Industry-specific Offerings

1.)		Healthcare, Insurance and Pharma: The healthcare, insurance and pharma practice at Satyam BPO has been successfully managing and growing relationships with large global clients for the past three years. Satyam BPO offers a wide spectrum of services in such practices, ranging from simple data entry to high-end complex analytics across the value chain, as well as KPO, customer contact centers, integrated revenue cycle management (IT-BPO), back-office administration & pharma.
2.)		Banking & Financial Services (BFS): In the field of BFS, Satyam BPO provides outsourcing solutions in retail, wholesale and investment banking. Satyam BPO has Subject Matter Experts (SME) in the BFS domain, who have over eight decades of collective experience, and expertise in providing outsourcing solutions which are customized to suit specific business requirements of clients. We provide a cost-effective value proposition for our clients by using Six Sigma and process re-engineering, and rely on the tenets of effective knowledge transfer, cultural integration, management of the human capital and adherence to pre-defined business rules and processes.
3.)		Manufacturing and Automotive: Satyam BPO offers a wide spectrum of process outsourcing services to manufacturing and automotive companies around the world. Satyam BPO provides services such as; procure-to-pay, production and industrial engineering, global enterprise technical support, customer management and data, and document processing services.
4.)		Media and Telecom: The convergence of information, communication and entertainment holds immense potential for Business Process Outsourcing (BPO). Satyam BPO provides a diverse portfolio of comprehensive, high-quality BPO services to leading telecom and media corporations. For telecom companies, our service offerings can be broadly classified into assurance and billing, technical support, customer care and other back-office operations. Our service offerings for the media industry can be broadly categorized as content development, writing and editing services, data management and design.
5.)		Digital Media and Entertainment: The Digital Media and Entertainment team of Satyam BPO has made inroads in the animation industry. Our offerings include visual effects (VFX), 3D animation and multimedia, visualization (BEAMS) and gaming.

Strategic Alliances

We have in the past entered into, and plan to continue to enter into, strategic alliances with leading technology vendors and system integrators where both parties invest to develop innovative solutions, build competencies and serve customers. We have partnered with some of the leading names in key application areas such as Enterprise Resource Planning (SAP & Oracle), Customer Relationship Management, Business Intelligence (SAS and Informatica) and industry-specific alliances in life sciences (Ocimum Biosolutions), manufacturing (Synchrono) and insurance (Sistran). Some of our other prominent alliance partners include Software AG, Siemens PLM, Dassault Systemes and Pegasystems. We believe that our existing alliances with over 80 leading technology vendors spanning distinct parts of our customers’ value chain have enhanced our ability to offer integrated solutions across a wide array of technologies and platforms to our customers. We work closely with our alliance partners who provide assistance in technology evaluation and selection, product support and product enhancements. We also have alliances with education and research institutions (Indian School of Business, Indian Institute of Science, Carnegie Mellon University) to facilitate research and develop solutions to business problems. None of these alliances are exclusive in nature and some of the alliance agreements need to be renewed periodically.

Our joint venture with Venture Engineering Global LLC, Satyam Venture, is engaged in providing engineering solutions, software development, and customization services specifically for the automotive industries worldwide. See “Item 8 — Financial information — Legal Proceedings.” See also note 18(e) consolidated financial statements included in this Annual Report. In addition, our joint venture with Computer Associates International, Inc., or CA Satyam, is engaged in the business of hosting, delivering and administering selective applications consisting of software products licensed by Computer Associates International, Inc. These two joint ventures are accounted using equity method of accounting.

On April 21, 2008, we also announced our intention to acquire Computer Associates Inc’s (“CA Inc”) 50% equity held in CA Satyam ASP Pvt. Ltd. (“CA Satyam”), a joint venture founded in 2001 between CA Inc and us, and to rename the organization “C&S Pvt. Ltd”. The proposed acquisition will increase our ownership interest in CA Satyam to 100%, for a total consideration of $1.5 million, payable in two tranches. The transaction has not been consummated.

Employees

We refer to our employees as “associates.” Our success depends in large part on our ability to attract, develop, motivate and retain highly skilled technical associates. Besides competitive salaries and incentive pay, we also offer extensive training, an entrepreneurial work environment and opportunities to work overseas. Since May 1998, we have offered stock options to our associates. Subject to certain exceptions, we had stopped all stock based compensation with effect from October 1, 2004 until fiscal 2006. Effective fiscal 2007 we resumed offering stock options to our associates on selective basis under ASOP — RSUs and ASOP — RSUs (ADS). As of March 31, 2008, we had 50,570 associates including Satyam BPO’s 3,997 associates representing a compound annual growth rate in the number of our associates of 29% since fiscal 2001. None of our associates are represented by a union. We believe that our relationship with our associates is good.

Our growth has been driven by our ability to attract top quality talent and effectively engage them. We strongly believe in caring for our associates’ welfare and were selected as one of the Top 3 Best Employers in India by BT-TNS-Mercer in 2006.

Recruiting

We recruit graduates from the engineering departments of India’s leading universities, engineering and technical colleges and management institutes. India has over 1,500 such institutions and, with the rapid growth of the IT services industry in India, the number of students pursuing education in software engineering has increased in recent years. This has allowed us to recruit from a large pool of qualified applicants who undergo our rigorous selection process involving a series of tests and interviews. We also hire professionals who have relevant prior experience from working in India and outside India.

Learning and Developmental Training

We devote significant resources for the training and development of our associates. We established the Satyam Learning Center & Satyam School of Leadership which promotes our culture of learning and serves as a catalyst for us to sustain our technological, managerial and leadership edge by building a robust leadership pipeline. We require all associates to undergo a minimum of 40 hours of learning per year. We have qualified full-time faculty at our learning center that provides ongoing training to our associates at all levels, through which we build competencies in emerging disciplines necessary to meet our customers’ needs. Our training initiatives provide us with a pool of qualified associates which in turn provides us the flexibility to ramp up resources to meet the demands of particular projects and to redeploy our personnel across projects according to our business needs. Apart from technical oriented learning, we also provide leadership training, language training and training on cultural sensitization. SLC has launched the “Satyam Learning World” a new learning management system procured by SLC, technology assisted learning has gained significant momentum this year. Satyam Learning World (SLW) is a unique and first of its kind Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) in India. The curriculum focuses on providing practical training to the associates and preparing them to be project ready from the start and develop their competencies through competency development plans. Satyam School of Leadership offers a plethora of learning initiatives for the leaders of organization. This is aimed at broadening our leadership bandwidth and developing our associates into business leaders for critical business areas such as program management and relationship management. These leaders grow other leaders by teaching and contributing to learning in the organization Trainers for our leadership training include professors from the Harvard Business School. We also recruit managers in non-software engineering fields for positions as project leaders and project managers and provide them with extensive training, usually over a six-month period, in software engineering and project management skills.

Retention

To attract, retain and motivate our associates, we seek to provide an environment that rewards entrepreneurial initiative and performance. We also provide competitive salaries and benefits as well as incentives in the form of cash bonuses. In fiscal 2008, 2007 and 2006, we experienced associate attrition in IT services at a rate of 13.1% ,15.7% and 19.2% respectively, which included involuntary attrition ranging from 2% to 4% as part of our systematic quality campaign.

Our human resources policies and practices are oriented towards enhancing associate engagement levels by proactively addressing the factors that impact retention. Several learning and development opportunities are provided to ensure that associates not only upgrade their skills and competencies but are also able to keep pace with cutting edge technologies and prepare themselves to take up challenging roles. Through our comprehensive rewards and recognitions programs and opportunities for job rotation across technologies, industries and locations, we ensure that our associates are motivated and performance oriented.

Our professionals who work onsite at customers’ premises in the United States on temporary and extended assignments are typically required to obtain visas. H-1B visas are generally used for deploying personnel to the United States for onsite work, and L-1 visas are typically used for intra-company transfers of employees. Although there is no limit to new L-1 petitions, there is a limit to the number of new H-1B petitions that the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service may approve in any government fiscal year and in recent years this limit has been reached well before the end of the fiscal year. We are generally able to obtain H-1B and L-1 visas within two to four months of applying for such visas, which remain valid for three years and can be extended for a further three years. We plan for our visa requirements by forecasting our annual needs for such visas in advance and applying for such visas as soon as practicable. Our internal processes enable us to anticipate the amount and type of visas we need for our associates and to plan our resources in advance to meet our project needs.

Competition

     We operate in a highly competitive and rapidly changing market and compete primarily with:

	•		consulting firms such as Accenture, Bearing Point, Capgemini and Deloitte Consulting;
	•		divisions of large multinational technology firms such as Hewlett-Packard and IBM;
	•		IT outsourcing firms such as Computer Sciences Corporation, Electronic Data Systems and IBM Global Services; and
	•		offshore IT services firms such as Infosys Technologies Limited, Tata Consultancy Services Limited and Wipro Limited.

We also compete with software firms such as Oracle and SAP, service groups of computer equipment companies, in-house IT departments of large corporations and programming companies and temporary staffing firms. In addition, Satyam BPO faces competition from firms like Infosys BPO (formerly known as Progeon Ltd.) and Wipro BPO Solutions Limited (formerly known as Wipro Spectramind Services Limited).

In the future, we expect competition from firms establishing and building their offshore presence and firms in countries with lower personnel costs than those prevailing in India. However, we recognize that price advantage alone cannot be a sustainable competitive advantage. We believe that the principal competitive factors in our business include our range of services offered, our level of technical expertise and industry knowledge, our responsiveness to customers’ business needs and the perceived value added. We believe we compete favorably with respect to these factors.

Communications Infrastructure

A key component of our IT services delivery model is our ability to connect the customer’s system with our offsite and offshore centers through a robust and high performance communications network. Our data and voice network, SatyamNet, connects our facilities worldwide through a high speed network with a backbone of diverse high capacity fiber optic and land lines. SatyamNet is also connected to the Internet using high speed multiple DS3 pipes from multiple Internet service providers with secure firewalls protecting the enterprise Network. SatyamNet provides flexibility for the projects to operate from any of the development facilities inside Satyam providing for seamless integration.

We have a dedicated multi megabits telecommunication network based on Multi Protocol Label Switching, or MPLS, technology and leased lines from reputed service providers such as Orange Business Services (formerly known as Equant Inc.) for global connectivity, Sify Ltd for India domestic connections, VSNL, Bharti, Reliance and BSNL for intra-city communications in India. This network permits data communication between our facilities in India and our customers’ facilities abroad. In the United States, we have communication hubs in Vienna, Virginia and Parsippany, New Jersey to connect to our customers’ sites. Our other network hubs are Melbourne in Australia, London for the UK and rest of Europe. The entire telecommunication network is a converged infrastructure supporting voice, video and data transfer.

We monitor the network performance and continually upgrade SatyamNet to enhance and optimize network efficiency across all operating locations. We currently have 120 Mbps cumulative bandwidth for International data communication and 175 Mbps Internet bandwidth globally. In addition, we have 135 Mbps of bandwidth on India MPLS connecting various cities, with our intra-city links being connected by multiple 20 Mbps lines totaling to 510 Mbps across the country. We upgrade the bandwidth based on our requirements.

Our network has surplus capacity available to service new customers in the immediate future and to permit sudden bursts of data transfer and other contingent uses. We use voice over Internet protocols (VoIP) for our voice communication. We have created a resilient network through redundancy in the network and keep adequate stock of spares to ensure high availability and reliability of our networks.

Virtual collaboration tools like audio conference, video conference, web collaboration, web streaming, latest Microsoft mailing systems and instant messaging are implemented to enhance the collaboration among Satyam Associates, and with customers and business partners.

SatyamNet has extensive security and virus protection capability built to conform to stringent customer and international standards to protect Satyam from virus attacks and provide the necessary security to customers’ data. We have created plans for business continuity and disaster recovery by defining multiple sites across India and other development centers as backup centers for continuity of work.

Facilities

Our corporate headquarters, Satyam Infocity, is located in Hyderabad, India. We own this facility, which provides a modern workspace for approximately 4,000 software associates in two buildings covering an aggregate area of approximately 676,000 square feet, which are linked to our other facilities through SatyamNet. Satyam Infocity also has recreational facilities and housing for up to 750 associates which covers an area of approximately 285,000 square feet. This center also houses learning facilities covering an area of approximately 115,000 square feet to train 1,440 associates.

We also have additional offshore software technology centers located in Bangalore, Bhubaneshwar, Chennai, Hyderabad, Vizag and Pune in India with facilities aggregating approximately 2,900,000 square feet. We own some of the facilities while others are leased by us on a long-term basis ranging from six to nine years.

Each facility is equipped with computers, servers, telecommunications lines and back-up electricity generation facilities sufficient to ensure an uninterrupted power supply. In addition to the offshore centers in India, we operate offsite and nearshore centers in major markets to establish a local presence closer to our customers. We lease all of our offsite and nearshore centers for durations ranging from two years to seven years.

We have incurred $96.7 million in fiscal 2008 and in fiscal 2009 we expect capital expenditure of approximately $125 million to finance the construction of new facilities and the expansion of our existing facilities in our offshore centers and to establish offsite centers outside of India.

Intellectual Property

Ownership of software and associated deliverables created for customers is generally retained by or assigned to the customer, and we do not usually retain an interest in such software or deliverables. We have registered “Satyam” and other related marks in India and the United States under certain classes and have applied for the registration of such marks in other jurisdictions where we carry on business. We generally apply for trademarks and service marks to identify our various service offerings. Although we believe that our services do not infringe the intellectual property rights of others, we cannot assure you that such a claim will not be asserted against us in the future.

Seasonality

Our business is generally not affected by seasonality.

Government Regulation

Regulation of our business by the Indian government affects our business in several ways. We benefit from tax incentives provided to software entities such as an exemption from the payment of Indian corporate income taxes until the earlier of fiscal 2010 or 10 consecutive years of operations for software development facilities designated as “Software Technology Parks,” or STP units. The benefits of this tax incentive have historically resulted in our effective tax rate being well below statutory rates. We have also benefited from the liberalization and deregulation of the Indian economy by the successive Indian governments since 1991. Further, there are restrictive parts of Indian law that effect our business, including the fact that we are generally required to obtain approval from the RBI and/or the Ministry of Finance of the GoI to acquire companies organized outside India,

and we are generally required, subject to some exceptions, to obtain approval from relevant government authorities in India in order to raise capital outside India. Finally, the conversion of our equity shares into ADSs is governed by guidelines issued by the RBI.

Please see “Item 10. Additional Information”, as well as “Item 3. Key Information—Risk Factors” for additional information on the effects of governmental regulation of our business.

ITEM 4A. UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS

As of the date of filing of this Annual Report, we do not have any unresolved written comments from the Commission staff regarding our periodic reports under the Exchange Act.

ITEM 5. OPERATING AND FINANCIAL REVIEW AND PROSPECTS

The following discussion of the financial condition and results of operations of our company should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and the related notes included elsewhere in this document. This discussion contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. For additional information regarding these risks and uncertainties, please see “Item 3. Key Information—Risk Factors”.

Overview

We are a global information technology (“IT”) solutions provider, offering a comprehensive range of IT services to our customers, including application development and maintenance services, consulting and enterprise business solutions extended engineering solutions, infrastructure management services. We also offer business process outsourcing or BPO services through our wholly-owned subsidiary, Satyam BPO Limited (formerly known as Nipuna Services Limited) or Satyam BPO. We are the fourth largest Indian IT services company, based on the amount of export revenues generated during our fiscal year ended March 31, 2008. Our total revenues for fiscal 2008 were $2,138.1 million and over the past three fiscal years our revenues have grown at a compound annual growth rate of 39.1%.

On May 12, 2005, we acquired a 75% interest in Citisoft Plc or Citisoft, a specialist business and systems consulting firm that has focused on the investment management industry since 1986. Citisoft is a UK-based firm, with operating presences in London, Boston and New York. On June 29, 2006, we exercised the call option and acquired the remaining 25% equity interest in Citisoft, making Citisoft our wholly-owned subsidiary from that date. The operating results of Citisoft are evaluated by the management under IT services segment. On June 29, 2007, Satyam Computer Services entered into an amendment agreement with the selling shareholders. During fiscal 2008, Satyam Computer Services also contributed $2.0 million to Employee Benefit Trust (“EBT”) formed by Citisoft. Satyam Computer Services also entered into an amendment agreement with the selling shareholders due to which it made additional employee related pay out of $0.4 million in lieu of 2008 earn-out consideration and EBT contribution. These have been accounted for as part of cost of revenues in the consolidated statements of income.

On August 21, 2006, the shareholders of Satyam Computer Services approved a two-for-one stock split (in the form of stock dividend) which was effective on October 10, 2006. Consequently, Satyam capitalized an amount of $17.7 million from its retained earnings to common stock. All references to number of shares, per share amounts, stock option data and market prices of Satyam Computer Services’ equity shares have been retroactively restated to reflect the stock split unless otherwise noted.

On November 20, 2006, a Share Purchase, Redemption and Amendment Agreement (“SPRA Agreement”) was entered into between Satyam, the investors and Satyam BPO. Out of the total preference shares, 50% of the preference shares ($10 million) were to be redeemed for $13.6 million at the target date on May 21, 2007 and the balance 50% were to be converted into equity shares of Satyam BPO based on the terms of the existing subscription agreement. Since 50% of the preference shares were mandatorily redeemable, Satyam Computer Services reclassified 50% of the preference shares as a current liability measured at fair value and accrued redemption premium amounting to $3.6 million up to March 31, 2007. The 50% preference shares were redeemed in August 2007 for $13.8 million.

The investors gave Satyam BPO a notice of conversion of preference shares and in January 2007 preference shares amounting to $10.0 million were converted into 6,422,267 equity shares of Satyam BPO. Due to the issue of shares by Satyam BPO, Satyam Computer Services’ ownership interest in Satyam BPO was reduced from 100.0% as at March 31, 2006 to 74.0% as at March 31, 2007. The shares issued to the investors were at amounts per share higher than Satyam Computer Services’ average cost per share. With respect to this transaction, the resulting gain of $7.9 million, net of taxes during the year ended March 31, 2007 was

recorded as an increase in additional paid in capital. Since the losses applicable to the minority interest in Satyam BPO exceeded the minority interest in the equity capital of Satyam BPO, such excess and further losses were charged to Satyam’s consolidated statement of income.

During fiscal 2008, we entered into the Share Purchase, Redemption and Amendment Agreement (“SPRA Agreement”) to acquire 26% equity shares of Satyam BPO from the investors for a consideration of $46.5 million. Further, during fiscal 2008, Satyam BPO issued 358,952 equity shares to its employees which were acquired by us at the fair value of $7.2 per share. Pursuant to the above transactions our ownership interest in Satyam BPO increased to 100.0% as at March 31, 2008 from 74.0% as at March 31, 2007. The shares issued to the investors are at amounts per share higher than Satyam Computer Services’ average cost per share. With respect to this transaction, the resulting gain of $7.9 million, net of taxes during the year ended March 31, 2007 has been recorded as an increase in additional paid in capital. Since the losses applicable to the minority interest in Satyam BPO exceeded the minority interest in the equity capital of Satyam BPO, such excess and further losses have been charged in Satyam’s consolidated statements of income.

During fiscal 2008, we acquired 100% of the shares of Nitor Global Solutions Limited, United Kingdom (“Nitor”), a Company specialized in the Infrastructure Management Services (IMS) space. The total consideration for this acquisition was approximately $5.6 million including a performance-based payment of up to $2.5 million over two years conditional upon specified revenue and profit targets being met. The initial consideration of $3.1 million was paid on January 4, 2008. The results of Nitor’s operations have been consolidated from the consummation date of January 04, 2008.

On January 21, 2008, we announced our intention of acquiring 100% of the shares of Bridge Strategy Group LLC, (“Bridge”) a Chicago based strategy and general management consulting firm for a total consideration of $35.0 million comprising of initial consideration, deferred consideration (non contingent) and a contingent consideration. The transaction was consummated on April 4, 2008.

On April 21, 2008, we announced our intention of acquiring S&V Management Consultants (“S&V”) a Belgium based SCM Strategy consulting firm for a total consideration of $35.5 million comprising of an up-front, deferred guaranteed and deferred retention payments. The transaction has not been consummated as of June 30, 2008.

On April 21, 2008, we also announced our intention to acquire Computer Associates Inc’s (“CA Inc”) 50% equity held in CA Satyam ASP Pvt. Ltd. (“CA Satyam”), a joint venture founded in 2001 between CA Inc and us, and to rename the organization “C&S Pvt. Ltd”. The proposed acquisition will increase our ownership interest in CA Satyam to 100%, for a total consideration of $1.5 million, payable in two tranches. The transaction has not been consummated as of June 30, 2008.

On April 21, 2008, we announced our intention to acquire the Market research and Customer Analytics (MR&CA) business unit from Caterpillar Inc., USA (CAT) including the related Intellectual Property which consists of software, processes and know-how. The proposed acquisition is for a consideration of $60.0 million comprising of initial and deferred consideration. The transaction has not been consummated as of June 30, 2008.

During fiscal 2007, we also established the following schemes “Associate Stock Option Plan — Restricted Stock Units (ASOP — RSUs)” and the “Associate Stock Option Plan — RSUs (ADS)”.

We believe customers are increasingly demanding full-service IT providers that have expertise in both existing systems and new technologies, access to a large pool of highly-skilled technical personnel and the ability to serve customers globally at competitive rates. To meet these requirements, we offer our customers an integrated global delivery model, which we refer to as the “Right Sourcing Model,” to provide flexible delivery alternatives to our customers through our offshore centers located in India, offsite centers which we have established in our major markets, nearshore centers located geographically near our customers’ premises and through our onsite teams operating at our customers’ premises. In addition, we use the expertise resident in our focused industry groups to provide specialized services and solutions to our customers in the manufacturing, banking and financial services, insurance, telecommunications, infrastructure, media & entertainment, semiconductors, healthcare, life sciences, retail, oil & gas, utilities and transportation.

Our revenues and profitability have grown significantly in recent years. Our total revenues increased by 46.3% to $2,138.1 million in fiscal 2008 as compared to $1,461.4 million in fiscal 2007. Our net income increased by 39.7% to $417.0 million in fiscal 2008 from $298.4 million in fiscal 2007. Our total revenues increased by 33.3% to $1,461.4 million in fiscal 2007 as compared to $1,096.3 million in fiscal 2006. Our net income increased by 19.6% to $298.4 million in fiscal 2007 from $249.4 million in fiscal 2006. Our revenue and profitability growth is attributable to a number of factors related to the expansion of our business, including increase in the volume of projects completed for our widening customer base, increase in our associate numbers, increased growth in our consulting and enterprise business solutions business and a strengthening of our customer base in United States and Europe. Our growth has continued despite increasing pressure for higher wages for our associates coupled with pressure for lower prices for our customers. In fiscal 2008, fiscal 2007 and fiscal 2006 our five largest customers accounted

for 19.3%, 23.3% and 24.2% respectively, of our total revenues. As of March 31, 2008, we had 50,570 employees (including employees of our subsidiaries), whom we refer to as associates, worldwide as compared to 39,018 associates as of March 31, 2007. With our continuing geographical expansion we now have offshore facilities in India and facilities located overseas including Australia, Canada, China, Hungary, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom and the United States. We also have sales and marketing offices located in Brazil, Canada, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States and sales and marketing offices in the rest of the world.

In accordance with SFAS 131 No., “Disclosures about Segments of an Enterprise and Related Information”, the operating segments reported below are the segments of Satyam for which separate financial information is available and for which operating profit/loss amounts are evaluated regularly by executive management in deciding how to allocate resources and in assessing performance. Management evaluates performance based on stand-alone revenues and net income for the companies in Satyam. The executive management evaluates Satyam’s operating segments based on the following two business groups:

	•		IT services: We provide a comprehensive range of IT services, including application development and maintenance, consulting and enterprise business solutions, extended engineering solutions and infrastructure management services. We seek to be the single service provider capable of serving all of our customers’ IT requirements. Our consulting and enterprise business solutions includes services in the area of enterprise resource planning, customer relationship management and supply chain management, data warehousing and business intelligence, knowledge management, document management and enterprise application integration. We also assist our customers in making their existing computing systems accessible over the Internet. The IT segment information also includes the results of Citisoft and Knowledge Dynamics Pte Ltd, Singapore, or Knowledge Dynamics, which were acquired during fiscal 2006 and Nitor acquired during fiscal 2008.
	•		BPO: We provide outsourced BPO services in areas such as human resources, finance and accounting, customer care (such as voice, email and chat) besides also providing industry-specific transaction processing services. We target our BPO services at the insurance, healthcare, pharma, banking and financial services, manufacturing and automobile, media and telecom and digital media & entertainment. Revenues from this business segment currently do not constitute a significant proportion of our total revenues; however, we anticipate that this proportion will increase over time. Our BPO services are offered through our wholly-owned subsidiary, Satyam BPO.

Revenues

We generate revenues through fees for professional services rendered in our two segments, namely, IT services and BPO services.

The following table sets forth the total revenues (excluding inter-segment revenues) for our business segments for fiscal 2008, 2007 and 2006:

		Year ended March 31,
		2008								2007								2006
Segment		Amount				%				Amount				%				Amount				%
		(in millions, except percentages)
IT services		$	2,093.2				97.9	%		$	1,432.5				98.0	%		$	1,082.7				98.8	%
BPO			44.9				2.1				28.9				2.0				13.6				1.2
Total		$	2,138.1				100.0	%		$	1,461.4				100.0	%		$	1,096.3				100.0	%

We discuss below the components of our IT services revenues by technology type, contract type, offshore or onshore designation, top customers and customer geography:

Revenues by technology

The vast majority of our revenues are generated from our various IT service offerings. The following table presents our IT services revenues (excluding inter-segment revenues) by type of service offering for the periods indicated:

		Year ended March 31,
		2008								2007								2006
Technology type		Amount				%				Amount				%				Amount				%
		(in millions, except percentages)
Application development and maintenance services		$	916.9				43.8	%		$	675.2				47.1	%		$	541.4				50.0	%
Consulting and enterprise business solutions			944.9				45.2				599.8				41.9				429.5				39.7
Extended engineering solutions			143.0				6.8				93.5				6.5				70.2				6.5
Infrastructure management services			88.4				4.2				64.0				4.5				41.6				3.8
Total		$	2,093.2				100.0	%		$	1,432.5				100.0	%		$	1,082.7				100.0	%

Revenues by contract type

Our IT services are provided on a time-and-material basis or on a fixed-price basis. Revenues from IT services provided on a time-and-material basis are recognized in the period that the services are performed. Revenues from IT services provided on a fixed-price basis are recognized under the proportional performance basis of accounting and are recorded when we can reasonably estimate the time period to complete the work. The proportional performance estimates are subject to periodic revisions and the cumulative impact of any revision in the estimates of the proportional performance is reflected in the period in which the changes become known to us. Although we have revised our project completion estimates from time to time, such revisions have not materially affected our reported revenues to date. In recent years, we have experienced some pricing pressure from our customers, which has had a negative impact on margins. In response to current market trends, we are considering the viability of introducing performance-based or variable-pricing contracts. Even though in percentage terms there has been decline in fixed-price contracts in fiscal 2008 as compared with fiscal 2007, we expect that revenue from fixed-price contracts will increase in the long term.

The following table presents our IT services revenues (excluding inter-segment revenues) by type of contract for the periods indicated:

		Year ended March 31,
		2008								2007								2006
Contract type		Amount				%				Amount				%				Amount				%
		(in millions, except percentages)
Time-and-material basis		$	1,425.1				68.1	%		$	873.2				61.0	%		$	702.8				64.9	%
Fixed-price basis			668.1				31.9				559.3				39.0				379.9				35.1
Total		$	2,093.2				100.0	%		$	1,432.5				100.0	%		$	1,082.7				100.0	%

Revenues based on offshore and onsite/offsite

We provide our IT services through a combination of (i) offshore centers located throughout India, (ii) teams working onsite at a customer’s location, (iii) nearshore centers located in Canada, China and Hungary to serve U.S.-based, Asia Pacific based and Europe based customers, respectively and (iv) offsite centers in locations including Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Germany, Hungary, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, South Africa, Thailand, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom and the United States. Offshore IT services’ revenues consist of revenues earned both from IT services work conducted at our offshore centers in India as well as onsite work conducted at customers’ premises which is related to offshore work. Offshore IT services’ revenues do not include revenues from our offsite or nearshore centers located outside of India or revenues from onsite work which is not related to any offshore work. These latter revenues are included in onsite/offsite revenues.

We generally charge higher rates and incur higher compensation expenses for work performed by our onsite teams at our customer’s premises or at our offsite and nearshore centers, as compared to work performed at our offshore centers in India. Services performed by our onsite teams or at our offsite centers typically generate higher revenues per capita, but at a lower gross margin, than the same amount of services performed at our offshore centers in India.

The following table presents our IT services revenues (excluding inter-segment revenues) based on the location where services are performed for the periods indicated:

		Year ended March 31,
		2008								2007								2006
Location		Amount				%				Amount				%				Amount				%
		(in millions, except percentages)
Offshore		$	1,073.8				51.3	%		$	704.1				49.2	%		$	496.0				45.8	%
Onsite/Offsite			1,019.4				48.7				728.4				50.8				586.7				54.2
Total		$	2,093.2				100.0	%		$	1,432.5				100.0	%		$	1,082.7				100.0	%

Revenues by top customers

Our top two customers accounted for 10.0% of our IT services’ revenues in fiscal 2008, as compared to 11.0% and 14.1% of IT services’ revenues in fiscal 2007 and 2006 respectively. Our top five customers accounted for 19.7% of IT services’ revenues in fiscal 2008, as compared to 21.5% and 24.5% of IT services’ revenues in fiscal 2007 and 2006 respectively.

Revenues based on customer location

We have experienced increasing volumes of business from customers located in the United States and Europe, attributable to both new customers and additional business from existing customers, even though we experienced a small decline in percentage terms in our revenues from the United States in fiscal 2008 compared to fiscal 2007. We expect that most of our revenues will be generated in the United States followed by Europe and Rest of the world in fiscal 2009. The following table gives the composition of our IT services revenues (excluding inter-segment revenues) based on the location of our customers for the periods indicated:

		Year ended March 31,
		2008								2007								2006
Geographic location		Amount				%				Amount				%				Amount				%
		(in millions, except percentages)
United States		$	1,239.4				59.3	%		$	908.7				63.4	%		$	699.0				64.6	%
Europe			437.3				20.9				274.7				19.3				204.8				18.9
Asia Pacific			291.3				13.9				160.9				11.2				111.2				10.3
India			71.8				3.4				63.4				4.4				45.1				4.2
Rest of the world			53.4				2.5				24.8				1.7				22.6				2.1
Total		$	2,093.2				100.0	%		$	1,432.5				100.0	%		$	1,082.7				100.0	%

Expenses

Cost of revenues

Our cost of revenues consists primarily of the compensation cost of technical staff, stock-compensation cost, depreciation on dedicated assets and system and application software costs, amortization of intangibles, travel costs, data communication expenses and other expenses incurred that are related to the generation of revenue.

The principal component of our cost of revenues is the wage cost of our technical associates. Wage cost in India, including in the IT services industry, has historically been significantly lower than wage cost in the United States and Europe for comparably skilled professionals. However, as wages in India increase at a faster rate than in the United States, we may experience increase in our costs of personnel, particularly project managers and other mid-level professionals.

The utilization levels of our technical associates also affect our revenue and gross profits. We calculate utilization levels on a monthly basis, based on the ratio of the actual number of hours billed by technical associates in such month to the total number of billable hours. For purposes of such calculation, we assume that an associate is 100.0% utilized if he or she works 157 hours per month. We manage utilization by monitoring project requirements and timetables. The number of associates assigned to a project will vary according to size, complexity, duration and demands of the project. Associate utilization levels for IT services were 81.8%, 83.8% and 85.0% in fiscal 2008, 2007 and 2006 respectively.

Selling, general and administrative expenses

Selling, general and administrative expenses generally include the compensation costs of sales, management and administrative personnel, stock-compensation cost, travel costs, advertising, business promotion, depreciation on assets, rent, repairs, electricity and other general expenses not attributable to cost of revenues.

Subsidiaries

As of March 31, 2008, we have eight wholly-owned subsidiaries, Satyam BPO, Satyam Technologies Inc., or STI, Satyam Computer Services (Shanghai) Co. Ltd, or Satyam Shanghai, Citisoft, Knowledge Dynamics, Satyam Computer Services (Nanjing) Co. Ltd, Satyam Computer Services (Egypt) S.A.E and Nitor. These eight subsidiaries have been consolidated in our consolidated financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2008.

Citisoft

On May 12, 2005, Satyam Computer Services acquired a 75% interest in Citisoft Plc or Citisoft, a specialist business and systems consulting firm located in the United Kingdom that has focused on the investment management industry since 1986. The results of Citisoft’s operations have been consolidated by Satyam Computer Services from the consummation date of May 12, 2005.

The consideration for the 75% equity interest in Citisoft amounted to $17.4 million comprising of an initial consideration of $14.3 million (including direct acquisition costs of $0.9 million) and deferred consideration (non-contingent) of $3.1 million (paid in June 2006). On June 29, 2006, Satyam Computer Services exercised its call option to acquire the remaining 25% equity interest in Citisoft for a deferred consideration (non-contingent) of $5.9 million (paid during fiscal 2008). Satyam was also required to pay an earn-out consideration based on achievement of targeted revenues and profits for the years ended April 30, 2007 and 2008 respectively. However since the revenue and profit targets have not been achieved, the total earn out consideration is not payable. During fiscal 2008, Satyam Computer Services also contributed $2.0 million to Employee Benefit Trust (“EBT”) formed by Citisoft.. Satyam Computer Services also entered into an amendment agreement with the selling shareholders due to which it made additional employee related pay out of $0.4 million in lieu of 2008 earn-out consideration and EBT contribution. These have been accounted for as part of cost of revenues in our consolidated statement of income

The purchase price was allocated as follows: $2.9 million to net current assets, $0.4 million to tangible assets, $7.2 million to customer contracts and relationships, $0.8 million to trade name, $2.7 million deferred tax liability and the balance $14.7 million to goodwill. The goodwill was allocated to the IT services segment.

Knowledge Dynamics

On October 1, 2005, Satyam Computer Services acquired a 100% interest in Knowledge Dynamics Pte Ltd, Singapore, (“Knowledge Dynamics”), a leading Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence Solutions provider. The results of Knowledge Dynamics operations have been consolidated by Satyam Computer Services from the consummation date of October 1, 2005. The consideration for this acquisition amounted to $3.3 million comprising of initial consideration of $1.8 million (including direct acquisition costs of $11 thousand) and deferred consideration (non-contingent) of $1.5 million (paid in fiscal 2007 and 2008). Satyam was also required to pay an earn-out consideration based on achievement of targeted revenues and profits for the years ended April 30, 2007 and 2008 respectively. However since the revenue and profit targets have not been achieved, the 2007 earn out consideration is not payable. During fiscal 2008, Satyam Computer Services also entered into an amendment agreement with the selling shareholders due to which it has accounted for $0.9 million, in lieu of 2008 earn-out consideration, as part of cost of revenues in the consolidated statement of income.

The purchase price was allocated as follows: $0.5 million to net current assets, $1.0 million to customer contracts and relationships, $0.1 million to trade name, $0.4 million deferred tax liability and the balance $2.1 million to goodwill. The goodwill has been allocated to the IT services segment.

Acquisition of Minority Interests in Satyam BPO

During the year ended March 31, 2008, in accordance with the share purchase agreement, Satyam Computer Services acquired 26% equity shares of Satyam BPO from the Investors for a consideration of $46.5 million. Further during the year ended March 31, 2008, an Employee Stock Option Exercises and Share Transfer Agreement was entered into between Satyam Computer Services, Satyam BPO and certain employees of Satyam BPO holding Satyam BPO-ESOP. The exercise of options by the employees has resulted in a dilution of ownership interest of Satyam Computer Services in Satyam BPO. Satyam BPO issued 358,952 equity shares to the employees at amounts per share higher than Satyam Computer Services’ average cost per share. With respect to this transaction the resulting gain of $1.0 million, net of taxes has been recorded as an increase in additional paid-in capital during the year ended March 31, 2008. Satyam Computer Services has acquired these shares at their fair value determined

based on an independent valuation of $7.2 per share. Since the awards were fully vested and were cash settled at its current fair value as of the settlement date no incremental compensation cost has been recognized.

The purchase price was allocated as follows: $8.9 million to customer relationships, $3.0 million to deferred tax liability and the balance $43.4 million to goodwill. The goodwill was allocated to the BPO services segment.

Satyam Computer Services’ ownership interest in Satyam BPO is 100% as at March 31, 2008 as against 74% as at March 31, 2007.

Preferred Stock of Subsidiary

Satyam BPO issued 45,669,999 and 45,340,000 0.05% convertible redeemable cumulative preference shares of par value Rs. 10 ($0.23) per share in October 2003 and June 2004 respectively to the investors at an issue price of Rs. 10 ($0.23) per share, in exchange for an aggregate consideration of $20 million. On November 20, 2006, a Share Purchase, Redemption and Amendment Agreement (“SPRA Agreement”) was entered into between Satyam, the Investors and Satyam BPO. Satyam had reclassified 50% of the preference shares as a current liability as of March 31, 2007 and these were redeemed in August 2007 for $13.8 million. The balance 50% got converted into equity shares of Satyam BPO in January 2007 based on the terms of the existing subscription agreement into 6,422,267 equity shares of Satyam BPO. Due to the issue of shares by Satyam BPO, Satyam Computer Services’ ownership interest in Satyam BPO reduced from 100.0% as at March 31, 2006 to 74.0% as at March 31, 2007 and the resulting gain of $7.9 million, net of taxes during the year ended March 31, 2007 was recorded as an increase in additional paid in capital. The Investors holding in Satyam BPO had been accounted for as a minority interest. Further as per the SPRA Agreement, Satyam agreed to purchase and the Investors agreed to sell these equity shares at an aggregate purchase price based on a formula. The forward contract was freestanding and had been accounted for under SFAS 150. The forward contract had a zero fair vale since as per regulatory requirements the transaction could take place only at fair value. During the year ended March 31, 2008, Satyam Computer Services acquired the minority interest of 26% equity shares in Satyam BPO from the investors for a consideration of $46.5 million.

Acquisition of Nitor

Satyam Computer Services acquired 100% of the shares of Nitor Global Solutions Ltd, United Kingdom (“Nitor”), a Company specialized in the Infrastructure Management Services (IMS) space. The results of Nitor’s operations have been consolidated by Satyam Computer Services from the consummation date of January 4, 2008. The consideration for this acquisition amounted to US$5.6 million comprising of initial consideration of US$3.1 million and performance-based payment of up to US$2.5 million over two years conditional upon specified revenue and profit targets being met.

The purchase price was allocated as follows: $0.7 million to current assets, $0.1 million to non compete agreement, $0.6 million to customer contracts and relationships, $0.2 million to internally developed technology, $0.2 million deferred tax liability and the balance $1.7 million to goodwill. The goodwill was allocated to the IT services segment.

Acquisition of Bridge

On January 21, 2008, Satyam Computer Services announced its intention of acquiring 100% of the shares of Bridge Strategy Group LLC, (“Bridge”) a Chicago based strategy and general management consulting firm for a total consideration of $35.0 million comprising of initial consideration, deferred consideration (non contingent) and a contingent consideration. The transaction has been consummated on April 4, 2008. The initial consideration of $19.0 million was paid on April 4, 2008.

Income Taxes

The statutory corporate income tax rate in India is currently 30.0%. This tax rate is presently subject to a 10.0% surcharge. The amount of tax and surcharge payable is further subject to a 3.0% education cess, resulting in an effective tax rate of 33.99%. The provision for foreign taxes is due to income taxes payable in overseas tax jurisdictions by our offsite, nearshore and onsite centers, principally in the United States. We benefit from tax incentives provided to software entities as an exemption from payment of Indian corporate income taxes until the earlier of fiscal 2010 or 10 consecutive years of operations of software development facilities designated as “Software Technology Parks,” or STP units. The benefits of this tax incentive have historically resulted in our effective tax rate being well below statutory rates. The exemption for two of our STP units in Hyderabad expired at the beginning of fiscal 2006, one STP unit in Bangalore expired at the beginning of fiscal 2007, one STP unit each in Hyderabad, Chennai, Pune and Bhubaneswar expired at the beginning of fiscal 2008. The benefit for one STP unit in Hyderabad expired at the beginning of fiscal 2009 and the remaining thirteen STP units, including five in Hyderabad, three in Chennai, two in Bangalore and one each in Visakhapatnam, Gurgaon and Pune which were to expire in fiscal 2009 will now expire in fiscal 2010 pursuant to the extension of holiday period by one year.

Our subsidiaries are subject to income taxes of the countries in which they operate. Our subsidiaries’ operating loss carried forward for tax purposes amounted to approximately $81.9 million as of March 31, 2008, which is available as an offset against future taxable income of such entities. These carry forwards expire at various dates primarily over a period of 8 years in India and 20 years in other jurisdictions. Realization is dependent on such subsidiaries generating sufficient taxable income prior to expiration of the loss carried forward. A valuation allowance is established attributable to deferred tax assets and losses carried forward in subsidiaries where, based on available evidence, it is more likely than not that they will not be realized. Currently, a full valuation allowance has been made for such losses since we believe that our subsidiaries will not generate sufficient taxable income prior to expiration of carry forwards and under Indian regulations we are not allowed to file a consolidated tax return.

In addition, we are in the process of setting up many offices in various special economic zones (SEZs) in India which are subject to the SEZ Act, 2005. SEZs have many tax incentives, including 100% exemption from income tax for the first 5 years and 50% for the next 5 years.

Effective April 1, 2007, Satyam adopted the provisions of Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Interpretation No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes—an interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109 (“FIN 48”). As a result of the adoption of FIN 48, we did not have to recognize any increase/decrease in the liability for unrecognized tax benefits related to tax positions taken in prior periods.

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

The following table sets forth operating data in dollars and as a percentage of total revenues for the periods indicated:

		Year ended March 31,
		2008								2007								2006
Statement of income:		Amount				%				Amount				%				Amount				%
		(in millions, except percentages)
Revenues:
IT services		$	2,094.5				98.0	%		$	1,433.2				98.1	%		$	1,083.5				98.8	%
BPO			60.6				2.8				38.0				2.6				19.9				1.8
Inter-segment			(17.0	)			(0.8	)			(9.8	)			(0.7	)			(7.1	)			(0.6	)
Total revenues			2,138.1				100.0				1,461.4				100.0				1,096.3				100.0
Cost of revenues: (1)
IT services			(1,327.1	)			(62.1	)			(920.0	)			(63.0	)			(678.1	)			(61.9	)
BPO			(47.9	)			(2.2	)			(26.9	)			(1.8	)			(17.6	)			(1.6	)
Inter-segment			15.8				0.7				9.3				0.6				6.7				0.6
Total cost of revenues			(1.359.2	)			(63.6	)			(937.6	)			(64.2	)			(689.0	)			(62.8	)
Gross profit:
IT services			767.4				35.9				513.2				35.1				405.4				37.0
BPO			12.7				0.6				11.1				0.8				2.3				0.2
Inter-segment			(1.2	)			(0.1	)			(0.5	)			(0.0	)			(0.4	)			(0.0	)
Total gross profit			778.9				36.4				523.8				35.8				407.3				37.2
Operating expenses:
Selling, general and administrative expenses: (2)
IT services			(354.6	)			(16.6	)			(219.0	)			(15.0	)			(176.8	)			(16.1	)
BPO			(16.8	)			(0.8	)			(13.7	)			(0.9	)			(11.2	)			(1.0	)
Inter-segment			1.2				0.1				0.5				0.0				0.4				0.0
Total selling, general and administrative expenses			(370.2	)			(17.3	)			(232.2	)			(15.9	)			(187.6	)			(17.1	)
Operating income/(loss):
IT services			412.8				19.3				294.2				20.1				228.6				20.9
BPO			(4.1	)			(0.2	)			(2.6	)			(0.2	)			(8.9	)			(0.8	)
Inter-segment			—				—				—				—				—				—
Total operating income			408.7				19.1				291.6				20.0				219.7				20.0
Interest income			67.4				3.2				37.3				2.6				26.3				2.4
Interest expense			(5.1	)			(0.2	)			(3.6	)			(0.2	)			(1.3	)			(0.1	)
Gain on sale of shares in associated companies/ others			—				—				—				—				43.6				4.0
Gain/ (loss) on foreign exchange transactions			(12.0	)			(0.6	)			(3.3	)			(0.2	)			0.3				0.0
Gain/ (loss) on foreign exchange forward and option contracts			9.0				0.4				6.2				0.4				(0.8	)			(0.1	)
Other income/(expense), net			1.8				0.1				—				—				—				—
Income before income taxes and equity in earnings/(losses) of associated companies			469.8				22.0				328.2				22.5				287.8				26.3
Income taxes			(52.9	)			(2.5	)			(30.6	)			(2.1	)			(37.7	)			(3.4	)
Minority interest			—				—				—				—				0.1				0.0
Equity in earnings/(losses) of associated companies, net of taxes			0.1				—				0.8				0.1				(0.8	)			(0.1	)
Net income		$	417.0				19.5			$	298.4				20.4			$	249.4				22.7
Depreciation			39.7				1.9				32.4				2.2				30.6				2.8

     Comparison of results for fiscal 2008 and fiscal 2007.

Revenues. Our revenues increased by 46.3% to $2,138.1 million in fiscal 2008 from $1,461.4 million in fiscal 2007. This revenue growth of $676.7 million in fiscal 2008 was primarily the result of an increase in business from existing customers. Revenues from existing customers increased by 55.9% to $1,975.9 million in fiscal 2008 from $1,267.3 million in fiscal 2007, the increase being primarily due to new projects/orders from our existing customers. Revenue from new customers amounted to $162.1 million in fiscal 2008 as compared to $194.1 million in fiscal 2007. We added 130 and 138 customers including 12 and 7 from the Fortune Global 500 and Fortune U.S. 500 list in fiscal 2008 and 2007, respectively.

During fiscal 2008, revenues (IT services excluding inter-segment revenues) from consulting and enterprise business solutions increased by $345.1 million, revenues from application development and maintenance increased by $241.7 million and revenue from extended engineering solutions and infrastructure management services, increased by $49.5 million and $24.4 million respectively. In terms of percentage growth in fiscal 2008 over fiscal 2007, revenues from consulting and enterprise solutions has grown by 57.5%, application development and maintenance services has grown by 35.8%, extended engineering solutions and infrastructure management services have grown by 52.9% and 38.3%, respectively.

Revenues from IT services (excluding inter-segment revenues) provided on a time-and-materials basis increased to 68.1% in fiscal 2008 from 61.0% in fiscal 2007. Revenues from IT services provided on a fixed-price basis decreased to 31.9% in fiscal 2008 from 39.0% in fiscal 2007.

The onsite revenues increased to $740.8 million in fiscal 2008 from $545.0 million in fiscal 2007 primarily on account of new engagements in consulting and enterprise business solutions and the need for extensive interactions with customers in the early stages of new engagements to understand their business needs and create the relevant processes before we move the appropriate portion of the work offshore.

Of the total increase of $676.7 million in revenues in fiscal 2008, $361.0 million was due to increased business in the United States, $163.3 million in Europe, $128.2 million in Asia Pacific and $30.9 million in rest of the world which was offset by decrease in business in India by $6.7 million. Our increased business in the United States, Europe and rest of the world was due to additional business from existing customers.

Cost of Revenues. Cost of revenues increased by 45.0% to $1,359.2 million in fiscal 2008 from $937.6 million in fiscal 2007. Cost of revenues represented 63.6% of revenues in fiscal 2008 and 64.2% in fiscal 2007. This increase of $421.6 million was attributable primarily to increases in associate compensation and benefits expenses, traveling expenses, communication expenses, depreciation and other expenses, attributable largely to an overall increase in our business during this period. Associate compensation and benefits expenses increased by 51.3% to $1,097.3 million, or 51.3% of revenues, in fiscal 2008 from $725.2 million, or 49.6% of revenues, in fiscal 2007. The increase in the associate compensation and benefits is due to: (i) the revision of salaries on July 1, 2007 to the associates (ii) an increase in the total number of technical associates by 10,408 to 47,405 as of March 31, 2008 from 36,997 as of March 31, 2007 (iii) an increase in number of onsite technical associates by 2,655 to 9,941 as of March 31, 2008 from 7,286 as of March 31, 2007, to whom we pay a higher compensation. Traveling expenses increased by 29.0% to $106.7 million, or 5.0% of revenues, in fiscal 2008 from $82.7 million or 5.7% of revenues, in fiscal 2007. This increase was primarily due to increase in the number of travels resulting from increase in the number of technical associates. Communication expenses increased by 23.3% to $19.2 million or 0.9% of revenues in fiscal 2008 from $15.6 million, or 1.1% of revenues in fiscal 2007. This increase was primarily due to increase in number of locations of operations, both in India and overseas. Depreciation expense increased by 24.4% to $35.7 million, or 1.7% of revenues, in fiscal 2008 from $28.7 million, or 2.0% of revenues in fiscal 2007. Other expenses comprised mainly of rent, power and fuel and maintenance expenses. Other expenses increased by 24.4% to $90.6 million, or 4.2% of revenues, in fiscal 2008 from $72.8 million, or 5.0% of revenues in fiscal 2007. Stock-based compensation expenses were $9.8 million, or 0.5% of revenues, in fiscal 2008 as compared to $12.8 million, or 0.9% of revenues in fiscal 2007.

Selling, general and administrative expenses. Selling, general and administrative expenses increased by 59.4% to $370.2 million in fiscal 2008 from $232.2 million in fiscal 2007. Selling, general and administrative expenses represented 17.3% of revenues in fiscal 2008 and 15.9% of revenues in fiscal 2007. This increase of $138.0 million in fiscal 2008 was a result primarily of increase in associate compensation and benefits for non-technical associates, communication expenses and traveling expenses. Associate compensation and benefits increased by 53.4% to $197.7 million, or 9.2% of revenues, in fiscal 2008 as compared to $128.9 million or 8.8% of revenues in fiscal 2007 primarily on account of (i) the revision of salaries on July 1, 2007 to the associates. and (ii) an increase in number of non-technical associates by 1,144 to 3,165 as of March 31, 2008 from 2,021 as of March 31, 2007. Professional charges increased by 118.7% to $29.3 million or 1.4% of revenues in fiscal 2008 from $13.4 million or 0.9% of

revenues in fiscal 2007, primarily on account of advisory services. Traveling expenses increased by 41.6% to $36.1 million or 1.7% of revenues in fiscal 2008 from $25.5 million or 1.7% of revenues in fiscal 2007. Communication expenses increased by 33.3% to $9.2 million or 0.4% of revenues in fiscal 2008 as compared to $6.9 million or 0.5% of revenues in fiscal 2007. Stock-based compensation expenses increased to $13.0 million, or 0.6% of revenues, in fiscal 2008 from $2.9 million, or 0.2% of revenues in fiscal 2007 due to issue of Restricted Stock Units in January 2007. Marketing expenses increased by 41.1% to $15.8 million or 0.7% of revenues in fiscal 2008 from $11.2 million or 0.8% of revenues in fiscal 2007. Other expenses comprised primarily of power and fuel, rent, marketing, repairs and maintenance and advertisement expenses. Other expenses increased by 60.3% to $68.6 million or 3.2% of revenues in fiscal 2008 from $42.8 million, or 2.9% of revenues in fiscal 2007.

Operating income. Our total operating income was $408.7 million in fiscal 2008, representing an increase of 40.2% over the total operating income of $291.6 million in fiscal 2007. As a percentage of revenues, operating income was 19.1% in fiscal 2008, as compared to 20.0% of revenues in fiscal 2007. This decrease in operating income as a percentage of revenues was primarily due to increase in selling and general administrative expenses from 15.9% of revenues in fiscal 2007 to 17.3% of revenues in fiscal 2008.

Interest income. Interest income increased by 80.7% to $67.4 million in fiscal 2008 from $37.3 million in fiscal 2007. This increase in interest income was primarily due to accrual of interest for full year in fiscal 2008 as against accrual for four months (since December 2006) in fiscal 2007.

Gain/(loss) on foreign exchange transactions. Our revenues generated in U.S. dollars were 71.7% and 74.7% of revenues in fiscal 2008 and 2007, respectively. The average exchange rate of Indian rupee to U.S. dollar in fiscal 2008 was Rs. 40.13 against Rs. 45.11 in fiscal 2007. As at March 31, 2008, the Indian rupee appreciated to Rs. 40.02 against Rs. 43.10 at March 31, 2007. As a result of these fluctuations in exchange rates during fiscal 2008 and fiscal 2007, loss on foreign exchange transactions was $12.0 million in fiscal 2008 as compared to a loss of $3.3 million in fiscal 2007.

Gain/(Loss) on foreign exchange forward and option contracts. Gain on foreign exchange forward and option contracts were $9.0 million in fiscal 2008, as compared to gain on foreign exchange forward and option contracts were $6.2 million in fiscal 2007. The increase in the gain on foreign exchange forward and option contracts is primarily on account of gain on forward and options contracts due to rupee appreciation to Rs. 40.02 as on March 31, 2008 from Rs 43.10 as on March 31, 2007 and Rs.44.48 as on March 31, 2006 and also due to increase in outstanding forward and option contracts by $680.5 million to $1,133.1 million as on March 31, 2008 from $452.6 million as on March 31, 2007.

Income taxes. Income taxes were $52.9 million in fiscal 2008, representing in an increase of 72.9% from $30.6 million in fiscal 2007. The expiry of tax exemption benefit for four of our STP units at the beginning of fiscal 2008 resulted in an increase in income taxes by $24.7 million.

Equity in earnings/(losses) of associated companies, net of taxes. Equity in earnings/(losses) of associated companies was $0.1 million in fiscal 2008 as compared to $0.8 million in fiscal 2007. Equity in earnings/(losses) of Satyam Venture Engineering Services Private Limited, or Satyam Venture, CA Satyam ASP Private Limited, or CA Satyam amounted to $48 thousands and $76 thousands respectively, in fiscal 2008 as compared to $0.6 million and $0.2 million respectively, in fiscal 2007.

Net income. As a result of the foregoing, our net income was $417.0 million in fiscal 2008, representing an increase of 39.7% over our net income of $298.4 million in fiscal 2007. As a percentage of revenues, net income decreased to 19.5% in fiscal 2008 from 20.4% in fiscal 2007.

Comparison of results for fiscal 2007 and fiscal 2006.

Revenues. Our revenues increased by 33.3% to $1,461.4 million in fiscal 2007 from $1,096.3 million in fiscal 2006. This revenue growth of $365.1 million in fiscal 2007 was primarily the result of an increase in business both from existing customers and new customers. Revenues from existing customers increased by 27.6% to $1,267.3 million in fiscal 2007 from $993.0 million in fiscal 2006. Revenues from new customers increased by 87.9% to $194.1 million in fiscal 2007 from $103.3 million in fiscal 2006. We added 138 and 120 customers including 7 and 12 from the Fortune Global 500 and Fortune U.S. 500 list in fiscal 2007 and 2006, respectively.

During fiscal 2007, revenues (IT services excluding inter-segment revenues) from consulting and enterprise business solutions increased by $170.5 million, revenues from application development and maintenance increased by $133.7 million and revenue from extended engineering solutions and infrastructure management services, increased by $23.3 million and $22.3 million

respectively. In terms of percentage growth in fiscal 2007 over fiscal 2006, revenues from consulting and enterprise solutions has grown by 39.7%, application development and maintenance services has grown by 24.7%, extended engineering solutions and infrastructure management services have grown by 33.2% and 53.6%, respectively.

Revenues from IT services (excluding inter-segment revenues) provided on a time-and-materials basis decreased to 61.0% in fiscal 2007 from 64.9% in fiscal 2006. Revenues from IT services provided on a fixed-price basis increased to 39.0% in fiscal 2007 from 35.1% in fiscal 2006. The increase in fiscal 2007 for fixed-price contracts is primarily due to the shift in customer preference regarding type of contracts from time-and-material to fixed-price.

The onsite revenues increased as a result of new engagements in consulting and enterprise business solutions in fiscal 2007, and the need for extensive interactions with customers in the early stages of new engagements to understand their business needs and create the relevant processes before we move the appropriate portion of the work offshore.

Of the total increase of $365.1 million in total revenues in fiscal 2007, $212.9 million is due to increased business in United States, $70.2 million in Europe, $49.5 million in Asia Pacific, $30.1 million in India and $2.4 million in Rest of the World. Our increased business in United States and Europe was due to new customers and additional business from existing customers.

Cost of Revenues. Cost of revenues increased by 36.1% to $937.6 million in fiscal 2007 from $689.0 million in fiscal 2006. Cost of revenues represented 64.2% of revenues in fiscal 2007 and 62.8% in fiscal 2006. This increase by $248.6 million was attributable primarily to increases in associate compensation and benefits expenses, traveling expenses, communication expenses, depreciation and other expenses, attributable largely to an overall increase in our business during this period. Associate compensation and benefits expenses increased by 33.2% to $725.2 million, or 49.6% of revenues, in fiscal 2007 from $544.4 million, or 49.7% of revenues, in fiscal 2006. The increase in the associate compensation and benefits is due to: (i) revision of salaries on July 1, 2006 to the associates (ii) increase in the total number of technical associates by 10,286 to 36,997 as of March 31, 2007 from 26,711 as of March 31, 2006. (iii) increase in number of onsite technical associates by 1,959 to 7,286 as of March 31, 2007 from 5,327 as of March 31, 2006, for which we pay a higher compensation and (iv) salary incentives amounting to $22.9 million given to technical associates in fiscal 2007 as compared to $20.9 million in fiscal 2006. Traveling expenses increased by 73.7% to $82.7 million, or 5.7% of revenues, in fiscal 2007 from $47.6 million or 4.3% of revenues, in fiscal 2006. This increase was primarily due to increase in the number of travels resulting from increase in the number of technical associates. Communication expenses increased by 5.8% to $15.6 million or 1.1% of revenues in fiscal 2007 from $14.7 million, or 1.3% of revenues in fiscal 2006. This increase was primarily due to increase in number of locations of operations, both in India and abroad. Stock-based compensation expenses increased to $12.8 million, or 0.9% of revenues, in fiscal 2007 from $8 thousand in fiscal 2006 due to adoption of SFAS 123R effective from April 1, 2006. Depreciation expense increased by 10.0% to $28.7 million, or 2.0% of revenues, in fiscal 2007 from $26.1 million, or 2.4% of revenues in fiscal 2006. Other expenses comprised mainly of rent, power and fuel and maintenance expenses. Other expenses increased by 29.5% to $72.8 million, or 5.0% of revenues, in fiscal 2007 from $56.2 million, or 5.1% of revenues in fiscal 2006.

Selling, general and administrative expenses. Selling, general and administrative expenses increased by 23.7% to $232.2 million in fiscal 2007 from $187.6 million in fiscal 2006. Selling, general and administrative expenses represented 15.9% of revenues in fiscal 2007 and 17.1% of revenues in fiscal 2006. This increase of $44.6 million in fiscal 2007 was a result primarily of increase in associate compensation and benefits for non-technical associates, communication expenses, and traveling expenses. Associate compensation and benefits increased by 27.7% to $128.8 million, or 8.8% of revenues, in fiscal 2007 as compared to $100.9 million or 9.2% of revenues in fiscal 2006 primarily on account of (i) revision of salaries on July 1, 2006 to the associates and (ii) increase in number of non-technical associates by 108 to 2,021 as of March 31, 2007 from 1,913 as of March 31, 2006. Traveling expenses increased by 36.4% to $25.5 million or 1.7% of revenues in fiscal 2007 from $18.7 million or 1.7% of revenues in fiscal 2006. Professional charges increased by 11.7% to $13.4 million or 0.9% of revenues in fiscal 2007 from $12.0 million or 1.1% of revenues in fiscal 2006. Communication expenses increased by 9.5% to $6.9 million or 0.5% of revenues in fiscal 2007 as compared to $6.3 million or 0.6% of revenues in fiscal 2006. Stock-based compensation expenses increased to $2.9 million, or 0.2% of revenues, in fiscal 2007 from $0.8 million, or 0.1% of revenues in fiscal 2006 due to adoption of SFAS 123R effective from April 1, 2006 Other expenses comprised primarily of power and fuel, rent, marketing, repairs and maintenance and advertisement expenses. Other expenses increased by 11.9% to $54.5 million or 3.7% of revenues in fiscal 2007 from $48.7 million, or 4.4% of revenues in fiscal 2006.

Operating income. Our operating income was $291.6 million in fiscal 2007, representing an increase of 32.7% over the operating income of $219.7 million in fiscal 2006. As a percentage of revenues, operating income was 20.0% in fiscal 2007, as compared to 20.0% of revenues in fiscal 2006.

Interest income. Interest income increased by 41.8% to $37.3 million in fiscal 2007 from $26.3 in fiscal 2006. The increase is primarily due to additional bank deposits made in fiscal 2007 amounting to $745.6 million.

Gain on sale of investments. Gain on sale of investments was $Nil in fiscal 2007 as compared to $43.6 million in fiscal 2006. The gain of $43.6 million in fiscal 2006 was on account of the gain on sale of 11,182,600 equity shares representing its entire 31.61% investment in Sify.

Gain/(loss) on foreign exchange transactions. Our revenues generated in U.S. dollars were 74.7% and 77.6% of total revenues in fiscal 2007 and 2006, respectively. The average exchange rate of Indian rupee to U.S. dollar in fiscal 2007 was Rs. 45.11 against Rs. 44.18 in fiscal 2006. As at March 31, 2007, the Indian rupee appreciated to Rs. 43.10 against Rs. 44.48 at March 31, 2006. As at March 31, 2006, the Indian rupee depreciated to Rs. 44.48 against 43.62 at March 31, 2005. As a result of these fluctuations in exchange rates during fiscal 2007 and fiscal 2006, loss on foreign exchange transactions was $3.3 million in fiscal 2007 as compared to a gain of $0.3 million in fiscal 2006.

Gain/(Loss) on foreign exchange forward and option contracts. Gain on forward and option contracts were $6.2 million in fiscal 2007, as compared to loss on forward and option contracts of $(0.8) million in fiscal 2006. The gain on foreign exchange forward and option contracts is primarily on account of rupee appreciation to Rs 43.10 as on March 31, 2007 from Rs 44.48 as on March 31, 2006.

Income taxes. Income taxes were $30.6 million in fiscal 2007, representing a decrease of 18.8% from $37.7 million in fiscal 2006. The decrease in income taxes is primarily on account of income taxes on sale of shares in Sify amounting to $7.7 million in fiscal 2006. The expiry of tax exemption benefit for one of our STP unit at the beginning of fiscal 2007 resulted in increase in income taxes by $10.3 million, which is offset by decrease in income of foreign branches primarily on account of rupee appreciation.

Equity in earnings/(losses) of associated companies, net of taxes. Equity in earnings/(losses) of associated companies was $0.8 million in fiscal 2007 as compared to $(0.8) million in fiscal 2006. Equity in earnings/(losses) of Satyam Venture Engineering Services Private Limited, or Satyam Venture, CA Satyam ASP Private Limited, or CA Satyam and Sify amounted to $0.6 million, $0.2 million and Nil, respectively, in fiscal 2007 as compared to $0.5 million, $(15) thousand and $(1.3) million, respectively, in fiscal 2006.

Net income. As a result of the foregoing, our net income was $298.4 million in fiscal 2007, representing an increase of 19.6% over net income of $249.4 million in fiscal 2006. As a percentage of total revenues, net income decreased to 20.4% in fiscal 2007 from 22.7% in fiscal 2006.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Net cash provided by operating activities

Net cash provided by operating activities was $339.1 million, $261.5 million and $162.7 million in fiscal 2008, fiscal 2007 and fiscal 2006 respectively.

In fiscal 2008, non-cash adjustments to reconcile the $417.0 million net income to net cash used in operating activities consisted primarily of depreciation and amortization expense of $41.5 million, stock-based compensation expense of $22.8 million and increase in net accounts receivable and unbilled revenues. Net accounts receivable and unbilled revenues increased by $155.0 million primarily as a result of an increase in our revenues and increase in collection period. Accounts payable and accrued expenses increased by $95.9 million primarily on account of provision for gratuity and unutilized leave by $15.9 million, other accrued expenses by $61.8 million and increase in provision for taxation net of payments by $10.9 million.

In fiscal 2007, non-cash adjustments to reconcile the $298.4 million net income to net cash used in operating activities consisted primarily of depreciation and amortization expense of $33.6 million, stock-based compensation expense of $15.7 million and increase in net accounts receivable and unbilled revenues. Net accounts receivable and unbilled revenues increased by $127.7 million primarily as a result of an increase in our revenues and increase in collection period. Accounts payable and accrued expenses increased by $42.1 million primarily on account of increase in provision for gratuity and unutilized leave by $23.7 million and increase in provision for taxation net of payments by $7.0 million.

In fiscal 2006, non-cash adjustments to reconcile the $249.4 million net income to net cash used in operating activities consisted primarily of depreciation and amortization expense of $31.5 million, gain on sale of investment of $43.6 million and increase in net accounts receivable and unbilled revenues. Net accounts receivable and unbilled revenues increased by $81.9 million primarily as a result of an increase in our revenues. Accounts payable and accrued expenses increased by $37.6 million primarily on account of accrued compensation and benefits of $7.7 million and increase in provision for gratuity and unutilized leave by $5.7 million.

Net cash used in investing activities

Net cash used in investing activities was $156.3 million, $422.7 million and $5.2 million in fiscal 2008, fiscal 2007 and fiscal 2006 respectively.

Net cash used in investing activities in fiscal 2008, decreased by $266.4 million to $156.3 million from $422.7 million in fiscal 2007. This decrease in net cash used in investing activities was primarily due to investments in bank deposits (net of maturity) of $337.6 million made in fiscal 2007 as compared to Nil in fiscal 2008.

Net cash used in investing activities in fiscal 2007 increased by $417.5 million to $422.7 million from $5.2 million in fiscal 2006. This increase in net cash used in investing activities was primarily due to investment in bank deposits amounting to $745.6 million and purchase of premises, plant and equipment of $81.5 million during fiscal 2007 due to expansion of new facilities at Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad and Visakhapatnam which is offset by receipt of proceeds from maturity of bank deposits amounting to $408.0 million.

Net cash used in investing activities in fiscal 2006 decreased by $110.3 million to $5.2 million from $115.5 million in fiscal 2005. This decrease in net cash used in investing activities was primarily due to proceeds from the sale of shares of Sify amounting to $62.3 million, offset by (i) payment of consideration for the acquisition of Citisoft Plc amounting to $12.1 million net of cash acquired,(ii) payment for acquisition of Knowledge Dynamics amounting to $1.6 million net of cash acquired and (iii) increase in purchases of premises, plant and equipment to $54.1 million in fiscal 2006 due to purchase of premises and equipment, primarily infrastructure, computers and other equipment associated with the expansion of new facilities at Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad and Visakhapatnam.

Net cash used in financing activities

Net cash provided by/(used in) financing activities was $(54.6) million, $16.1 million and $6.1 million in fiscal 2008, fiscal 2007 and fiscal 2006, respectively.

Net cash provided by/(used in) financing activities in fiscal 2008, increased by $(70.7) million to $(54.6) million from $16.1 million in fiscal 2007. This increase in net cash used in financing activities was primarily due to cash dividends paid amounting to $68.3 million in fiscal 2008 as compared to $56.7 million in fiscal 2007 and due to redemption of preferred stock of subsidiary for $13.8 million in fiscal 2008. We also used cash in repayment of loans amounting to $15.2 million. This increase in net cash used in financing activities was offset by cash received from short-term debt by Satyam BPO of $26.7 million.

Net cash provided by financing activities in fiscal 2007, increased by $10.0 million to $16.1 million from $6.1 million in fiscal 2006. We received cash from exercise of associate stock options (including shares subscribed but unissued) of $66.2 million, $10.9 million from short term debt by Satyam BPO and $4.3 million from long term debts by Satyam BPO. We used cash in repayment of loans amounting to $8.6 million. Cash dividends paid amounted to $56.7 million in fiscal 2007.

Net cash provided by/(used in) financing activities in fiscal 2006, increased by $19.0 million to $6.1 million from $(12.9) million in fiscal 2005. We received cash from exercise of associate stock options (including shares subscribed but unissued) of $31.4 million, $3.6 million from short term debt and $16.3 million from long term debts by Satyam BPO. We used cash in repayment of loans amounting to $3.9 million. Cash dividends paid amounted to $41.3 million in fiscal 2006.

As of March 31, 2008, we had cash and cash equivalents of $290.5 million, U.S. dollar denominated loans of Satyam BPO amounting to $21.2 million, short-term borrowings of Satyam BPO amounting to $26.9 million and hire purchase loans amounting to $6.0 million with maturities ranging from one to three years. As of March 31, 2008, we had an unused lines of credit of $35.0 million from banks.

The following table describes our outstanding credit facilities as of March 31, 2008

Amount

Interest

Computation

Loan Type

Lenders

outstanding

(per annum)

method

(dollars in millions)

Working capital term loan

BNP Paribas

10.7

6 month LIBOR +0.95%

Floating

External commercial borrowing

BNP Paribas

10.5

6 month LIBOR +0.95%

Floating

Overdraft facility

BNP Paribas

26.9

6 month LIBOR +0.25%

Floating

Other loans

Various other parties

6.0

3.0%-14.5%

Fixed

Total

54.1

We have incurred capital expenditure of $96.7 million in fiscal 2008 and we anticipate capital expenditure of approximately $125.0 million in fiscal 2009, primarily to finance construction of new facilities in our offshore centers, expand facilities in offshore centers in India and establish offsite centers outside India. We believe that existing cash and cash equivalents and funds generated from operations will be sufficient to meet these requirements. However, we may significantly alter our proposed capital expenditures plans and accordingly, may require additional financing to meet our requirements. In either case, we cannot assure you that additional financing will be available at all or, if available, that such financing will be obtained on terms favorable to us or that any additional financing will not be dilutive to our shareholders.

The following table sets forth our contractual obligations and commitments to make future payments as of March 31, 2008. The following table excludes our accounts payable, accrued operating expenses and other current liabilities which are payable in normal course of operations.

		Payments due as at March 31, 2008,
		Within 1				1-3				3-5				After 5
		Year				Years				Years				Years				Total
		(dollars in millions)
Long-term debt			19.0				8.0				0.2				—				27.2
Operating leases			17.5				33.9				34.0				13.4				98.8
Unconditional purchase obligations:
Other commercial commitments			101.0				—				—				—				101.0
Bank guarantees			9.3				2.9				8.2				5.6				26.0
Gratuity Plan			3.7				10.3				14.1				27.5				55.6
Knowledge Dynamics deferred and earn-out consideration (1)			0.7				—				—				—				0.7
Nitor deferred and earn-out consideration (2)			1.0				1.6				—				—				2.6
Total contractual cash obligations.			152.2				56.7				56.5				46.5				311.9

Based on past performance and current expectations, we believe that our cash and cash equivalents and cash generated from operations will satisfy our working capital needs, capital expenditures, investment requirements, stock repurchases, commitments and other liquidity requirements associated with our existing operations through at least the next 12 months. In addition, there are no transactions, arrangements and other relationships with unconsolidated entities or other persons that are reasonably likely to materially affect liquidity or the availability of our requirements for capital resources.

Stock-based Compensation

Effective April 1, 2006, Satyam adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (“SFAS”) No. 123R, “Share-Based Payment,” utilizing the modified prospective method. SFAS 123R requires the recognition of stock-based compensation expense in the consolidated financial statements for awards of equity instruments to employees based on the grant-date fair value of those awards, estimated in accordance with the provisions of SFAS 123R. Satyam recognizes these compensation costs as the stock options vest consistent with the vesting schedule of the stock options. Prior to the adoption of SFAS 123R, Satyam followed the intrinsic value method to account for its employee stock option plans in accordance with the recognition and measurement principles of Accounting Principles Board Opinion (“APB”) No. 25, “Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees” and Related Interpretations (“APB 25”), as allowed by SFAS 123 and as amended by SFAS No. 148, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation — Transition and Disclosure”. Satyam historically reported pro forma results under the disclosure-only provisions of SFAS 123.

Under the modified prospective method, the provisions of SFAS 123R apply to all awards granted or modified after the date of adoption. In addition, the unrecognized expense of awards not yet vested at the date of adoption, determined under the original provisions of SFAS No. 123, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation” (“SFAS 123”), are recognized in net income in the periods after the date of adoption. In accordance with the modified prospective transition method, Satyam’s Consolidated Financial Statements for the prior periods have not been restated to reflect, and do not include, the impact of SFAS 123R.

We have five associate stock option plans. See “Item 6. Directors, Senior Management and Employees — Employee Benefit Plans”.

Satyam’s Consolidated Financial Statements as of and for the year ended March 31, 2008 reflect the impact of SFAS 123R. In accordance with the modified prospective transition method, Satyam’s Consolidated Financial Statements for the prior periods have not been restated to reflect and do not include, the impact of SFAS 123R. As required by SFAS 123(R), management has made an estimate of expected forfeitures and is recognizing compensation costs only for those equity awards expected to vest. Upon adoption of SFAS 123R, Satyam had no cumulative adjustment on account of expected forfeitures for stock-based awards granted prior to April 1, 2006. During the year ended March 31, 2008, Satyam recorded stock-based compensation related to stock options of $22.8 million on a graded vesting basis for all unvested options granted prior to and options granted after the adoption of SFAS 123R. As of March 31, 2008, there was $19.3 million of unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested options which is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 0.88 years.

The fair value of each option award is estimated on the date of grant using the Black Scholes option-pricing model. The following table gives the weighted-average assumptions used to determine fair value:

		Year ended March 31, 2008
Dividend yield			0.78	%
Expected volatility			57	%
Risk-free interest rate			8	%
Expected term (in years)			2.51

Expected Term: The expected term represents the period that the Company’s stock-based awards are expected to be outstanding and was determined based on historical experience of similar awards, giving consideration to the contractual terms of the stock-based awards, vesting schedules and expectations of future employee behavior.

Risk-Free Interest Rate: The risk-free interest rate is based on the applicable rates of government securities in effect at the time of grant.

Expected Volatility: The fair values of stock-based payments were valued using a volatility factor based on the Company’s historical stock prices.

Expected Dividend: The Black Scholes option-pricing model calls for a single expected dividend yield as an input.

Estimated Pre-vesting Forfeitures: When estimating forfeitures, the Company considers voluntary termination behavior. Estimated forfeiture rates are trued-up to actual forfeiture results as the stock-based awards vest.

Effect of recently issued accounting pronouncements

In September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS 157, Fair Value Measurements, which establishes a framework for measuring fair value in generally accepted accounting principles, and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. This Statement applies under other accounting pronouncements that require or permit fair value measurements. SFAS 157 is effective from fiscal year beginning on April 1, 2008 to Satyam. Satyam is in the process of evaluating the impact SFAS 157 will have on the financial position, results of operations, liquidity and its related disclosures.

In February 2007, the FASB issued FASB Statement 159, The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities (“SFAS 159”). SFAS 159 allows the company to choose to measure many financial assets and financial liabilities at fair value. Unrealized gains and losses on items for which the fair value option has been elected are reported in earnings. SFAS 159 is effective from fiscal year beginning on April 1, 2008 to Satyam. Satyam is in the process of evaluating the impact SFAS 159 will have on the financial position, results of operations, liquidity and its related disclosures.

In December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 141 (revised 2007), Business Combinations (“SFAS 141R”), which replaced SFAS 141. SFAS 141R retains the fundamental requirements of SFAS 141, but revises certain principles, including the definition

of a business combination, the recognition and measurement of assets acquired and liabilities assumed in a business combination, the accounting for goodwill, and financial statement disclosure. This Statement applies to Satyam prospectively to business combinations for which the acquisition date is on or after April 1, 2009. Early adoption of SFAS 141R is prohibited. Satyam will adopt this statement in fiscal year 2009 and its effect on future periods will depend on the nature and significance of any acquisitions that are subject to this statement.

In December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 160, Noncontrolling Interests in Consolidated Financial Statements — An Amendment of ARB No. 51. SFAS 160 establishes new accounting and reporting standards for the non-controlling interest in a subsidiary and for the deconsolidation of a subsidiary. Specifically, this statement requires the recognition of a non-controlling interest (minority interest) as equity in the consolidated financial statements and separate from the parent’s equity. The amount of net income attributable to the non-controlling interest will be included in consolidated net income on the face of the income statement. SFAS 160 clarifies that changes in a parent’s ownership interest in a subsidiary that do not result in deconsolidation are equity transactions if the parent retains its controlling financial interest. In addition, this statement requires that a parent recognize a gain or loss in net income when a subsidiary is deconsolidated. Such gain or loss will be measured using the fair value of the non-controlling equity investment on the deconsolidation date. SFAS 160 also includes expanded disclosure requirements regarding the interests of the parent and its non-controlling interest. SFAS 160 is effective from fiscal year beginning on April 1, 2009 to Satyam. Satyam does not expect the adoption of this statement to have a material effect on the consolidated financials statements.

In March 2008, the FASB issued SFAS No. 161, Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities (“SFAS 161”). SFAS 161 requires disclosure of the fair values of derivative instruments and their gains and losses in a tabular format. It also requires more information about an entity’s liquidity by requiring disclosure of derivative features that are credit risk-related. Finally, it requires cross-referencing within footnotes to enable location of important information about derivative instruments. SFAS 161 is effective from year ending March 31, 2009 to Satyam. Satyam is in the process of evaluating the impact SFAS 161 will have on the disclosures.

Critical Accounting Policies

The following is a brief discussion of the more significant accounting policies and methods used by us. We have identified the policies below as critical to our business operations and the understanding of our results of operations. The impact and any associated risks related to these policies on our business operations is discussed throughout this section where such policies affect our reported and expected financial results. For a detailed discussion on the application of these and other accounting policies, see Note 1 in the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 20-F.

Our preparation of this Annual Report on Form 20-F requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amount of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of our financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period. Management bases its estimates and judgments on historical experience and on various other factors that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. There can be no assurance that actual results will not differ from those estimates.

Management believes the following critical accounting policies, among others, affect its more significant judgments and estimates used in the preparation of its consolidated financial statements.

Revenue recognition

Our revenue recognition policy is significant because our revenue is a key component of our results of operations. We follow very specific and detailed guidelines in measuring revenue; however, certain judgments affect the application of our revenue policy. Revenue results are difficult to predict, and any shortfall in revenue or delay in recognizing revenue could cause our operating results to vary significantly from quarter to quarter and could result in future operating losses.

We derive our revenues primarily from IT services, which includes application development and maintenance services, consulting and enterprise business solutions, extended engineering solutions, and infrastructure management services.

Our IT service contracts are either on a time-and-material or fixed-price basis. The IT contracts on a fixed-price basis specify a fixed fee to create a specific deliverable for IT services within a fixed time frame. Typically, contracts for maintenance services specify the fee amounts for maintenance services during a fixed period, typically a month. In the case of development projects, the contracts specify the deliverable to be provided to the client at pre-determined prices.

Revenues earned from services performed on a time-and-material basis are recognized as the services are performed. IT services performed on time bound fixed-price engagements; require accurate estimation of the costs which include salaries and related expenses of technical associates, related communication expenses, travel costs, scope and duration of each engagement. Revenue and the related costs for these projects are recognized on proportional performance basis, with revisions to estimates reflected in the period in which changes become known. The use of the proportional performance basis reflects the pattern in which the obligations to the customer are fulfilled. We have used an input-based approach since the input measures are a reasonable surrogate for output measures. Provisions for estimated losses on such engagements are made during the period in which a loss becomes probable and can be reasonably estimated.

We believe that the proportional performance basis is appropriate for revenue recognition as our revenues are earned as services are provided over the contractual term of the arrangement by rendering services to create a specific deliverable or as maintenance services are provided. In determining whether delivery has occurred, we pay careful attention to the terms of the arrangement, specifically our’s and the customer’s rights and obligations. The use of the proportional performance basis reflects the pattern in which the obligations to the customer are fulfilled. We have used an input-based approach since the input measures are a reasonable surrogate for output measures. Our method to measure progress-to-completion on our contracts best approximates progress-to-completion as:

	▪		We have established a direct relationship between units of input and productivity.
	▪		We evaluate each contract and apply judgment to ensure the existence of a relationship between efforts expended and productivity.
	▪		We periodically ensure that no inefficiencies exist between the input and productivity and that the incurrence of an input results in progress-to-completion.
	▪		We periodically review and confirm by alternative measures the acceptability of the results provided by the input measures with the output measures.

The progress of work on a specific deliverable is monitored on a continuous basis using a project plan developed specifically for each project. The progress of the project is measured based on units of work performed (hours incurred by staff members) on a continuous basis and any modifications to the project plan are made with requisite customer approvals.

At any point in time, it is possible to determine: a) the extent of progress to date on the project, b) estimates of future efforts for completion of the project and c) the variance of the revised project plan(s) from the original project plan. As there is a direct relationship between the efforts expended and the productivity in measuring progress towards completion, the efforts expended method has been used since it is found to be reliable and also the best approximation of progress towards completion.

We provide our customers with one to three months warranty as post-sale support for our fixed-price engagements. Historically, we have not incurred any material expenditure on account of warranties and since the customer is required to formally sign off on the work performed, any subsequent work is usually covered by an additional contract.

Delivery of services/deliverables to the customer is clearly the point at which all of our obligations have been completed (i.e., the earnings process is complete and revenue recognition is appropriate) and the Company is not required to perform any additional steps. We have conformed to SAB 104 (SAB Topic 13) framework for evaluating whether customer acceptance has occurred and when a customer acceptance clause is substantively a right of return clause, a warranty provision or an arrangement for demonstration purposes.

The title to the deliverable/services passes upon their delivery and the payment is due after a specified period after customer acceptance but we are not responsible for any post-delivery services other than those imposed by the terms of the contract’s warranty. Customer acceptance is indicated either by the customer’s formal sign-off or by the passage of credit period, if the customer makes no claim under the acceptance provisions during such time. The customer sign-off only ensures that the services would not be rejected for failure to meet specifications that had already been determined to be in compliance with the arrangement, and therefore, the customer-acceptance provision is evaluated as a warranty under FAS 5, Accounting for Contingencies. We are able to reasonably and reliably estimate the amount of its warranty obligation at the time of revenue recognition.

In respect of the customer sign-offs in our arrangements:

	▪		we do not have any arrangements where services / deliverables are for trial or evaluation purposes and we do not grant a right of return / exchange;
	▪		the fees for these contracts are fixed and non refundable and delivery occurs on a prorate basis as the services are rendered. The customer sign-off rights are generally identical to those granted to all others within the same class of customer and for which satisfaction can be generally assured without consideration of conditions specific to the customer;
	▪		we are able to objectively demonstrate that the deliverables meet the specified criteria and that these provisions are not different from general or specific warranties and accordingly should be accounted for as warranties in accordance with FAS 5, Accounting for Contingencies. We are able to reliably estimate the related warranty costs based on a demonstrated history of substantially similar transactions; and
	▪		no uncertainty exists about customer acceptance once the services have been rendered. We are able to reliably demonstrate that the criteria specified in the acceptance provisions and all other revenue recognition criteria are met prior to formal customer sign-off. We believe that we would be successful in enforcing a claim for payment even in the absence of formal sign-off.

Impairment of Goodwill

Goodwill represents the excess of the cost of an acquired entity over the net of the amounts assigned to assets acquired and liabilities assumed.. Effective April 1, 2002, we adopted provisions of SFAS No. 142, “Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets” which sets forth the accounting for goodwill and intangible assets subsequent to their acquisition. Goodwill is tested annually for impairment, or sooner when circumstances indicate an impairment may exist, using a fair-value approach at the reporting unit level.

We assess the impairment of goodwill whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value may not be recoverable. Factors we consider important which could trigger an impairment review include the following:

	▪		significant underperformance relative to expected historical or projected future operating results;
	▪		significant changes in the manner of our use of the acquired assets or the strategy for our overall business;
	▪		significant negative industry or economic trends;
	▪		significant decline in our stock price for a sustained period; and
	▪		our market capitalization relative to net book value.

When we determine that the carrying value of goodwill may not be recoverable based upon the existence of one or more of the above indicators of impairment, we measure any impairment based on the two-step impairment recognition and measurement guidance in accordance with SFAS 142.

The first step of the impairment test, used to identify potential impairment, compares the fair value of the reporting unit with its carrying amount, including goodwill. If the carrying amount of the reporting unit exceeds its fair value, goodwill of the reporting unit is considered impaired, and step two of the impairment test is performed. The second step of the impairment test quantifies the amount of the impairment loss by comparing the carrying amount of goodwill to the implied fair value. An impairment loss is recorded to the extent the carrying amount of goodwill exceeds its implied fair value.

We amortize other intangible assets over their estimated useful lives on a straight line basis unless such lives are deemed indefinite. Amortizable intangible assets are tested for impairment based on undiscounted cash flows, and, if impaired, written down to fair value based on either discounted cash flows or appraised values. Intangible assets with indefinite lives are tested annually for impairment and written down to fair value as required.

We performed an annual impairment review of goodwill in 2006, 2007 and 2008, based on these tests there is no impairment of goodwill. Future events could cause us to conclude that impairment indicators exist and that goodwill associated with our

acquired businesses is impaired. Any resulting impairment loss could have a material adverse impact on our financial condition and results of operations.

Accounts Receivable

We estimate the amount of uncollectible receivables each period and establish an allowance for uncollectible amounts. The amount of the allowance is based on the age of unpaid amounts, information about the creditworthiness of customers, and other relevant information. Estimates of uncollectible amounts are revised each period, and changes are recorded in the period they become known. A significant change in the level of uncollectible amounts would have a significant effect on our results of operations.

Accounting for income taxes

As part of the process of preparing our consolidated financial statements we are required to estimate our income taxes in each of the jurisdictions in which we operate. This process involves us estimating our actual current tax exposure together with assessing temporary differences resulting from differing treatment of items for tax and accounting purposes. These differences result in deferred tax assets and liabilities, which are included within our consolidated balance sheet. We must then assess the likelihood that our deferred tax assets will be recovered from future taxable income and to the extent we believe that recovery is not likely, we must establish a valuation allowance. To the extent we establish a valuation allowance or increase this allowance in a period, we must include an expense within the tax provision in the statement of operations.

Significant management judgment is required in determining our provision for income taxes, our deferred tax assets and liabilities and any valuation allowance recorded against our net deferred tax assets. The valuation allowance is based on our estimates of taxable income by jurisdiction in which we operate and the period over which our deferred tax assets will be recoverable. In the event that actual results differ from these estimates or we adjust these estimates in future periods we may need to establish an additional valuation allowance which could materially impact our financial position and results of operations.

Stock-Based Compensation Expense

Effective April 1, 2006 we adopted SFAS 123R using the modified prospective method and therefore have not restated prior periods’ results. Under the fair value recognition provisions of SFAS 123R, we recognize stock-based compensation net of an estimated forfeiture rate and therefore only recognize compensation cost for those shares expected to vest over the service period of the award.

Prior to SFAS 123R adoption, we accounted for share-based payments under APB 25 and accordingly, generally recognized stock-based compensation expense related to stock options with intrinsic value and accounted for forfeitures as they occurred.

Calculating stock-based compensation expense requires the input of highly subjective assumptions, including the expected term of the stock-based awards, stock price volatility, and the pre-vesting option forfeiture rate. We estimate the expected life of options granted based on historical exercise patterns, which we believe are representative of future behavior. We estimate the volatility of our common stock on the date of grant based on the historically volatility of our common stock. The assumptions used in calculating the fair value of stock-based awards represent our best estimates, but these estimates involve inherent uncertainties and the application of management judgment. As a result, if factors change and we use different assumptions, our stock-based compensation expense could be materially different in the future. In addition, we are required to estimate the expected forfeiture rate and only recognize expense for those shares expected to vest. We estimate the forfeiture rate based on historical experience of our stock-based awards that are granted, exercised and cancelled. If our actual forfeiture rate is materially different from our estimate, the stock-based compensation expense could be significantly different from what we have recorded in the current period.

Effects of Inflation

India has experienced relatively high rates of inflation in the past however it has not had a significant effect on our results of operations and financial condition to date.

Exchange Rates

The following table sets forth, for each of the months indicated, information concerning the number of Indian rupees for which one U.S. dollar could be exchanged based on the average of the noon buying rate in the City of New York on the last day of each month during each of such months for cable transfers in Indian rupees as certified for customs purposes by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York:

Month		Month end				Average				High				Low
		(Rupees)
April-2006			44.86				44.82				45.09				44.39
May-2006			46.22				45.20				46.22				44.69
June-2006			45.87				45.89				46.25				45.50
July-2006			46.49				46.37				46.83				45.84
August-2006			46.43				46.45				46.61				46.32
September-2006			45.95				46.01				46.38				45.74
October-2006			44.90				45.36				45.97				44.90
November-2006			44.59				44.73				45.26				44.46
December-2006			44.11				44.48				44.70				44.11
January-2007			44.07				44.21				44.49				44.07
February-2007			44.08				44.02				44.21				43.87
March-2007			43.10				43.79				44.43				42.78
April-2007			41.04				42.02				43.05				40.56
May-2007			40.36				40.57				41.04				40.14
June-2007			40.58				40.59				40.90				40.27
July-2007			40.18				40.27				40.42				40.12
August-2007			40.63				40.68				41.15				40.25
September-2007			39.75				40.17				40.81				39.50
October-2007			39.26				39.37				39.72				38.48
November-2007			39.52				39.33				39.68				39.11
December-2007			39.41				39.38				39.55				39.29
January-2008			39.31				39.27				39.55				39.13
February-2008			39.96				39.67				40.11				39.12
March-2008			40.02				40.15				40.46				39.76

RISK MANAGEMENT POLICY

Our functional currency is the Indian rupee, however we transact a major portion of our business in U.S. dollars and other currencies and accordingly face foreign currency exposure from our sales in the United States and elsewhere and from our purchases from overseas suppliers in U.S. dollars and other currencies. Accordingly, we are exposed to substantial risk on account of adverse currency movements in global foreign exchange markets. The exchange rate between the rupee and the U.S. dollar has changed substantially in recent years and may fluctuate substantially in the future.

We manage risk on account of foreign currency fluctuations through treasury operations. Our risk management strategy is to identify risks we are exposed to, evaluate and measure those risks, decide on managing those risks, regular monitoring and reporting to management. The objective of our risk management policy is to minimize risk arising from adverse currency movements by managing the uncertainty and volatility of foreign exchange fluctuations by hedging the risk to achieve greater predictability and stability. Our risk management policies are approved by senior management and include implementing hedging strategies for foreign currency exposures, specification of transaction limits; specifying authority and responsibility of the personnel involved in executing, monitoring and controlling such transactions.

We enter into foreign exchange forward and options contracts to mitigate the risk of changes in foreign exchange rates on cash flows denominated in U.S. dollars. We enter into foreign exchange forward and options contracts where the counter party is generally a bank. We consider the risks of non-performance by the counter party as non-material. These contracts mature between one and twenty seven months. These contracts do not qualify for hedge accounting under SFAS No. 133, “Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities”, as amended (“SFAS 133”). Any derivative that is either not a designated hedge, or is so designated but is ineffective per SFAS No. 133, is marked to market and recognized in earnings.

The following tables give details in respect of our outstanding foreign exchange forward and options contracts:

		As at March 31,
		2008				2007				2006
		Amount				Amount				Amount
		(dollars in millions)
Aggregate contracted principal amounts of contracts outstanding:
Forward contracts		$	395.7			$	100.0			$	79.0
Options contracts			737.4				352.6				137.0
Total		$	1,133.1			$	452.6			$	216.0
Gains/(loss) on outstanding contracts:
Forward contracts		$	(0.7	)		$	2.1			$	0.4
Options contracts			(1.6	)			2.4				(1.8	)
Total		$	(2.3	)		$	4.5			$	(1.4	)

Gains/(losses) on foreign exchange forward and options contracts included in the statement of income and are as stated below:

		Year ended March 31,
		2008				2007				2006
		Amount				Amount				Amount
		(dollars in millions)
Forward contracts		$	5.4			$	2.6			$	0.8
Options contracts			3.6				3.6				(1.6	)
Total		$	9.0			$	6.2			$	(0.8	)

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

We currently do not engage in any off-balance sheet arrangements.

Foreign Currency Transactions/ Translation

During fiscal 2008, 2007 and 2006, 71.7% 74.7% and 77.6%, respectively, of our total revenues were generated in U.S. dollars. A significant amount of our expenses were incurred in Indian rupees and the balance was primarily incurred in U.S. dollars, European currencies and Japanese yen. Our functional currency and the functional currency for our subsidiaries located in India is the Indian rupee; however, U.S. dollar, Pound Sterling, Singapore Dollar and Renminbi are the functional currencies of our foreign subsidiaries located in the United States, United Kingdom, Singapore and China respectively. The translation of such foreign currencies into U.S. dollars (our reporting currency) is performed for balance sheet accounts using current exchange rates in effect at the balance sheet date and for revenue and expense accounts using monthly simple average exchange rates prevailing during the reporting periods. Adjustments resulting from the translation of functional currency financial statements to reporting currency are accumulated and reported as other comprehensive income, a separate component of shareholders’ equity.

We expect that a majority of our revenues will continue to be generated in U.S. dollars for the foreseeable future and that a significant portion of our expenses, including personnel costs as well as capital and operating expenditures, will continue to be denominated in Indian rupees. Consequently, our results of operations will be affected to the extent the rupee appreciates/ depreciates against the U.S. dollar.

The average exchange rate of rupee to U.S. dollar in fiscal 2008 was Rs. 40.13 against Rs. 45.11 in fiscal 2007. As at March 31, 2008, the rupee appreciated to Rs. 40.02 against Rs. 43.10 as at March 31, 2007. As at March 31, 2007, the rupee appreciated to Rs. 43.10 against Rs. 44.48 as at March 31, 2006. As a result, loss on foreign exchange transactions was $12.0 million in fiscal 2008 as compared to a loss of $3.3 million in fiscal 2007.

ITEM 6. DIRECTORS, SENIOR MANAGEMENT AND EMPLOYEES

The following table sets forth the name, age, and position of each of our directors and key management personnel of Satyam, as of March 31, 2008:

Directors

Name		Age				Position
B. Ramalinga Raju			52			Chairman
B. Rama Raju			48			Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer(3)
Ram Mynampati			51			President & Whole Time Director
Dr. Mangalam Srinivasan			69			Director(1)(2)
Krishna G. Palepu			53			Director
Vinod K. Dham			57			Director(2)
M. Rammohan Rao			66			Director(1)(2)
T.R. Prasad			66			Director(1)(3)
V.S. Raju			67			Director(1)(2)(3)

Key Management Personnel (4)

Name		Age				Position
Anand T R			52			Director and Senior Vice President, Vertical Business Unit — TIMES
Hetzel Folden			52			Head — Global Strategic Deals Group
Jayaraman G			52			Global Head — Corporate Governance and Company Secretary
Joseph Lagioia			55			Senior Vice President and Global Head of Consulting and Enterprise Solutions
Keshab Panda			49			Head — Europe Operations
Manish Sukhlal Mehta			51			Global Head — Horizontal Competency Unit — SAP, Engineering & Spatial Services
Srinidhi Sharma			48			Global Head — Infrastructure Management Services
Shailesh Shah			47			Head — Corporate Strategy Group
Srinivas V			48			Chief Financial Officer
Subramanian D			48			Director and Senior Vice President — Vertical Business Unit — Manufacturing,
						Automotive, Energy, Oil and Gas and Utilities
TSK Murthy			54			Global Head, Senior Vice President, Integrated Engineering Solutions
Vijay Prasad Boddupalli			56			Director and Senior Vice President — Horizontal Competency Unit — Enterprise
						Applications and Business Intelligence Solutions
Virender Aggarwal			47			Director and Senior Vice President — Regional Business Unit-India, Middle East,
						Africa & Asia Pacific