DRAFT RED HERRING PROSPECTUS

Dated December 30, 2016

(This Draft Red Herring Prospectus will be updated upon filing with the RoC)

Please read Section 32 of the Companies Act, 2013

100% Book Building Offer

HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION LIMITED

Our Company was incorporated at New Delhi as The Housing and Urban Development Finance Corporation Private Limited on April 25, 1970, as a private limited company under the Companies Act, 1956 and

was granted a certificate of incorporation by the then Registrar of Companies, Delhi. Subsequently, the name of our Company was changed to its present name, Housing and Urban Development Corporation

Limited and a fresh certificate of incorporation dated July 9, 1974, was issued by the then Registrar of Companies, Delhi & Haryana. Our Company was notified as a public financial institution under Section 4A of

the Companies Act, 1956 on December 9, 1996, by the Department of Company Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Government of India. The National Housing Bank issued a certificate of registration to our Company

on July 31, 2001, permitting us to carry on the business of a housing finance institution. For further details of changes in the name and registered office of our Company, see History and Certain Corporate

Matters on page 143.

Registered and Corporate Office: HUDCO Bhawan, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi 110 003, India; Tel: +91 11 2464 9610-27; Fax: +91 11 2464 8427

Contact Person: Harish Kumar Sharma, Company Secretary and Compliance Officer; Tel: +91 11 2461 6899; Fax: +91 11 2461 5534

E-mail: cswhudco@hudco.org; Website: www.hudco.org Corporate Identity Number: U74899DL1970GOI005276

PROMOTER OF OUR COMPANY: THE PRESIDENT OF INDIA, ACTING THROUGH, THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN POVERTY ALLEVIATION, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA,

THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA AND THE MINISTRY OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA.

INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING OF 200,190,000 EQUITY SHARES OF FACE VALUE OF ` 10 EACH (EQUITY SHARES) OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION LIMITED (OUR COMPANY OR THE ISSUER) THROUGH AN OFFER FOR SALE BY THE PRESIDENT OF INDIA, ACTING THROUGH THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN POVERTY ALLEVIATION,

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (THE SELLING SHAREHOLDER), FOR CASH AT A PRICE OF ` []* PER EQUITY SHARE (THE OFFER PRICE), AGGREGATING TO ` [] MILLION (THE OFFER). THE OFFER SHALL CONSTITUTE 10% OF THE POST-OFFER PAID-UP EQUITY SHARE CAPITAL OF OUR COMPANY.

SUBJECT TO RECEIPT OF NECESSARY APPROVALS FROM THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (GOI), UPTO [] ADDITIONAL EQUITY SHARES MAY BE RESERVED FOR ALLOCATION AND

ALLOTMENT ON A PROPORTIONATE BASIS TO ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES (DEFINED BELOW) THROUGH THE OFFER (THE EMPLOYEE RESERVATION PORTION). THE EMPLOYEE

RESERVATION PORTION, IF ANY, SHALL NOT EXCEED 5% OF THE POST-OFFER PAID-UP EQUITY SHARE CAPITAL OF THE COMPANY, OR INCREASE THE SIZE OF THE OFFER BY MORE

THAN 20%. IF THE EMPLOYEE RESERVATION PORTION IS OFFERED, THE OFFER WILL COMPRISE OF A NET OFFER (DEFINED BELOW) OF 200,190,000 EQUITY SHARES AND THE EMPLOYEE

RESERVATION PORTION OF UPTO [] EQUITY SHARES.

THE FACE VALUE OF THE EQUITY SHARES IS ` 10 EACH. THE OFFER PRICE IS [] TIMES THE FACE VALUE OF THE EQUITY SHARES. THE PRICE BAND, THE RETAIL DISCOUNT, EMPLOYEE DISCOUNT, AS APPLICABLE AND THE MINIMUM BID LOT SIZE WILL BE DECIDED BY THE SELLING SHAREHOLDER AND OUR COMPANY IN CONSULTATION WITH THE BOOK RUNNING LEAD

MANAGERS (BRLMS) AND WILL BE ADVERTISED IN [] EDITIONS OF THE ENGLISH DAILY NEWSPAPER [] AND [] EDITIONS OF THE HINDI DAILY NEWSPAPER [] (HINDI BEING THE

REGIONAL LANGUAGE OF DELHI WHEREIN THE REGISTERED AND CORPORATE OFFICE OF OUR COMPANY IS LOCATED), EACH WITH WIDE CIRCULATION, AT LEAST FIVE WORKING DAYS

PRIOR TO THE BID/ OFFER OPENING DATE AND SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE BSE LIMITED (BSE) AND THE NATIONAL STOCK EXCHANGE OF INDIA LIMITED (NSE, AND

TOGETHER WITH BSE, THE STOCK EXCHANGES) FOR THE PURPOSE OF UPLOADING ON THEIR RESPECTIVE WEBSITES.

*A discount of up to 5% (equivalent to up to ` []) on the Offer Price may be offered to Retail Individual Bidders (Retail Discount) and to Eligible Employees (defined below) Bidding in the Employee Reservation Portion (if any) (Employee

Discount).

In case of any revision in the Price Band, the Bid/ Offer Period shall be extended for at least three additional Working Days after such revision of the Price Band, subject to the total Bid/ Offer Period not exceeding

10 Working Days. Any revision in the Price Band, and the revised Bid/ Offer Period, if applicable, shall be widely disseminated by notification to the Stock Exchanges by issuing a press release and also by

indicating the change on the websites of the BRLMs and at the terminals of the Syndicate Members.

The Offer is being made in terms of Rule 19(2)(b)(iii) of the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Rules, 1957, as amended (SCRR), wherein at least 10% of the post-Offer paid-up Equity Share capital of our Company

will be offered to the public. The Offer is being made through the Book Building Process in accordance with Regulation 26(1) of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements)

Regulations, 2009, as amended (SEBI ICDR Regulations), wherein not more than 50% of the Net Offer shall be available for allocation on a proportionate basis to Qualified Institutional Buyers (QIB Portion). Such

number of Offered Shares (defined below) representing 5% of the QIB Portion shall be available for allocation on a proportionate basis to Mutual Funds only. The remainder of the QIB Portion shall be available for

allocation on a proportionate basis to all QIBs, including Mutual Funds, subject to valid Bids being received from them at or above the Offer Price. However, if the aggregate demand from Mutual Funds is less than 5% of

the QIB Portion, the balance Offered Shares available for allocation in the Mutual Fund Portion will be added to the remaining QIB Portion for proportionate allocation to QIBs. Further, not less than 15% of the Net Offer

shall be available for allocation on a proportionate basis to Non-Institutional Bidders and not less than 35% of the Net Offer shall be available for allocation to Retail Individual Bidders in accordance with the SEBI ICDR

Regulations, subject to valid Bids being received from them at or above the Offer Price. Further, subject to receipt of necessary approvals from the GoI, upto [] Equity Shares may be offered for allocation and

Allotment on a proportionate basis to the Eligible Employees Bidding in the Employee Reservation Portion, conditional upon valid Bids being received from them at or above the Offer Price. All Bidders shall

participate in the Offer mandatorily through the Applications Supported by Blocked Amount (ASBA) process by providing the details of their respective ASBA Accounts in which the corresponding Bid Amount

will be blocked by the SCSBs. For details, see Offer Procedure on page 534.

RISKS IN RELATION TO FIRST OFFER

This being the first public issue of the Equity Shares of our Company, there has been no formal market for the Equity Shares. The face value of the Equity Shares is ` 10 each and the Floor Price is [] times of the face value and the Cap Price is [] times of the face value of the Equity Shares. The Offer Price, as determined and justified by the Selling Shareholder and our Company in consultation with the BRLMs in

accordance with the SEBI ICDR Regulations and as stated in Basis for Offer Price on page 87 should not be taken to be indicative of the market price of the Equity Shares after such Equity Shares are listed. No

assurance can be given regarding an active and/or sustained trading in the Equity Shares, or the price at which the Equity Shares will be traded after listing.

GENERAL RISKS

Investments in equity and equity-related securities involve a degree of risk and investors should not invest any funds in this Offer unless they can afford to take the risk of losing their entire investment. Investors are

advised to read the risk factors carefully before taking an investment decision in this Offer. For taking an investment decision, investors must rely on their own examination of our Company and this Offer, including

the risks involved. The Offered Shares have not been recommended or approved by the SEBI, nor does SEBI guarantee the accuracy or adequacy of the contents of this Draft Red Herring Prospectus. Specific

attention of the investors is invited to Risk Factors on page 17.

THE COMPANY AND THE SELLING SHAREHOLDERS ABSOLUTE RESPONSIBILITY

Our Company and the Selling Shareholder, having made all reasonable inquiries, accepts responsibility for and confirms that this Draft Red Herring Prospectus contains all information with regard to our Company,

the Selling Shareholder and this Offer, which is material in the context of this Offer, that the information contained in this Draft Red Herring Prospectus is true and correct in all material aspects and is not

misleading in any material respect, that the opinions and intentions expressed herein are honestly held and that there are no other facts, the omission of which makes this Draft Red Herring Prospectus as a whole or

any of such information or the expression of any such opinions or intentions, misleading in any material respect.

LISTING

The Offered Shares are proposed to be listed on BSE and NSE. Our Company has received in-principle approvals from BSE and NSE for listing of the Equity Shares pursuant to their letters dated [] and [],

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