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HDFC Bank Limited has concluded a legal review regarding Mr. Atanu Chakraborty's resignation letter, with external law firms finding no basis for his statement.
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HDFC Bank Limited has informed the Exchange regarding 'Conclusion of Previously Announced Legal Review'.
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CIN: L65920MH1994PLC080618 HDFC Bank Limited,
Email: shareholder.grievances@hdfc.bank.in Sandoz House,
Website: www.hdfc.bank.in Shivsagar Estate,
Dr. Annie Besant Road,
Worli, Mumbai – 400018
Tel. No.: 022-66521000
Ref. No. SE/2026-27/58
June 26, 2026
BSE Limited National Stock Exchange of India Limited
Dept of Corporate Services The Listing Department
Phiroze Jeejeebhoy Towers, Exchange Plaza
Dalal Street, Fort, Bandra Kurla Complex,
Mumbai 400 001 Mumbai 400 051
Scrip code: 500180 Scrip code: HDFCBANK
Dear Sir/Madam,
Sub: HDFC Bank Limited Announces Conclusion of Previously Announced Legal Review
This is in furtherance to the intimation made by the Bank on March 24, 2026 in relation to the
appointment of external law firms (domestic and international), to conduct review regarding Mr.
Atanu Chakraborty’s resignation letter.
We now wish to inform you that following an extensive review process, the external law firms
have issued a detailed report. Please refer ‘Annexure A’ for more details.
This is for your information and appropriate dissemination.
Thank you.
Yours faithfully,
For HDFC Bank Limited
Ajay Agarwal
Company Secretary
Group Head – Secretarial & Group Oversight
Encl: a/a
Regd. Office: HDFC Bank Limited, HDFC Bank House, Senapati Bapat Marg, Lower Parel (West), Mumbai – 400 013
Annexure A
HDFC Bank Limited Announces Conclusion of Previously Announced Legal Review
This is further to the intimation dated March 24, 2026, wherein HDFC Bank Limited (the “Bank”)
had announced initiation of a legal review. The review evaluated if any concern was evident as
raised in the statement made by Mr. Atanu Chakraborty in his resignation letter, and if Mr.
Chakraborty recorded any dissent, and whether it was addressed.
The Bank today announces the conclusion of the legal review by external law firms.
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C. (“Wilson Sonsini”) and Wadia Ghandy & Co. (“Wadia
Ghandy”) (together, “External Law Firms”) conducted the legal review. The terms of reference
for the review defined the relevant time period as the two years preceding Mr. Chakraborty’s
resignation and included, among other procedures to be performed, reviewing meeting minutes
and agenda papers, conducting interviews, and reviewing additional documents and information.
External Law Firms reviewed the minutes and agenda materials of meetings of the Board and the
relevant Committees during the reference time period. Further, the External Law Firms interacted
individually with each of the Independent Directors including the Chairpersons of the relevant
Committees, the Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer and other senior management
personnel heading certain control and assurance functions of the Bank.
The External Law Firms have submitted their report to the Board post the conclusion of the legal
review.
The statement provided by External Law Firms is given hereunder:
* * * *
External Law Firms conducted a thorough and objective review of Mr. Chakraborty’s Statement,
pursuant to the terms of reference. The legal review was conducted over a three-month period and
involved the review of thousands of documents and interviews of the Independent Directors and
several members of senior management. The Bank and External Law Firms repeatedly requested
that Mr. Chakraborty speak with External Law Firms as part of the legal review, but ultimately the
interview with Mr. Chakraborty did not occur.
Having now completed an extensive legal review, External Law Firms found that Mr.
Chakraborty’s Statement and its implications were not substantiated by the record and witness
interviews. Specifically:
• The minutes of the meetings Mr. Chakraborty attended were a product of a comprehensive
drafting, review and approval process that afforded Mr. Chakraborty an opportunity to record
any “happenings and practices” that purportedly were not in congruence with his personal
values and ethics;
• No contemporaneous support for Mr. Chakraborty’s Statement was found in the Board or
Board Committee minutes or materials reviewed, or in contemporaneous communications
about the review and approval of the minutes of meetings he attended;
• Witness interviews did not support or substantiate the Statement; and
• Although Mr. Chakraborty referred to the Dubai matter in post-resignation public statements,
no contemporaneous evidence was identified reflecting that he raised any concerns about his
personal values and ethics, or that he disagreed with any decisions made by the Board or
relevant Board Committees, in connection with the Dubai matter (or any other matters that the
Board and those Committees addressed).
In sum, the contemporaneous evidence reviewed was inconsistent with Mr. Chakraborty’s
Statement, and External Law Firms’ review did not identify any basis for the Statement.