Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), a leading IT services, consulting and business solutions organization, announced today that it will pay employees a Special Reward or one-time bonus to mark the 10th anniversary of the company's initial public offering in 2004.

Globally all employees who have completed at least one year of service will be eligible for the special bonus payment. Each employee will be given a reward equivalent to one week's salary for every year of service completed at TCS.

For the company, the total consideration for this Special Reward to employees to mark ten years of listing on India's largest stock exchanges will be Rs 26.28 billion.

N Chandrasekaran, CEO & MD congratulated all the employees for helping build TCS into one of the world's most energetic and innovative organisations. ''Today, we act as a strategic partner to many global customers and TCSers are well-known for their ability to execute, innovate and provide leadership in the customer's context. This Special Reward to employees acknowledges the role they have played in building TCS into one of the most respected and valued technology services companies in the world.''

Shares of the company declined Rs 39.5, or 1.5%, to settle at Rs 2,585.20. The total volume of shares traded was 115,355 at the BSE (Thursday).