Mid-day News Winner of the CIO Choice 2025 Award for HR and Global Payroll Software

Mumbai, February 2025: ZingHR, a Gartner recognized, global HR tech venture accelerated at Microsoft and backed by Tata Capital Growth Fund II, has been bestowed with the CIO CHOICE 2025 Honor and Recognition as the most Trusted ICT Brand in HR Tech & Global Payroll category. The recognition is awarded by an established and expert CIO panel with global experience in ICT functions. This distinguished recognition was bestowed at the exclusive CIO CHOICE 2025 Red Carpet Night, produced by CORE Media, with KPMG as the Knowledge Partner. The winning brands are selected througha unique pan-India voting platform, where CIOs and Digital Leaders nominate and vote for their most trusted and preferred brands, based on their firsthand experiences and top-ofmind recall.

Prasad Rajappan, Founder & MD of ZingHR said, "A heartfelt thanks to all theesteemed CIOs who voted for ZingHR as a CIO Choice 2025. This recognition is a truetestament to the trust and confidence you have placed in us. We are committed tocontinuously improving our HRMS platform to meet the evolving needs of our customers.Your support and feedback are invaluable to us as we strive to be the leading provider ofHR technology solutions.CIO Choice is a highly respected award in the Indian ICT industry, and we are deeplyhonored to be recognized by our peers. This award reflects the hard work and dedicationof our entire team at ZingHR for over 18 years, who strive to deliver innovative andimpactful HR solutions that help organizations thrive. Today our team supports 1100+enterprises and 2.3Mn+ active users across India, Southeast Asia & Middle East.We would like to thank our investors for their trust and belief in us."Now in its 13th year, CIO CHOICE continues to be the most prestigious and only discoveryrecognition platform, honoring ICT brands for their excellence in product and serviceinnovation, customer-centric approaches, and efficient delivery, selected based on thestated preferences of CIOs and ICT Decision Makers.

CIO CHOICE is known as the 'Seal of Trust,'given to ICT brands by the very CIOs andDigital Leaders who rely on them.The winning brands are selected through a unique pan-India voting platform, where CIOsand Digital Leaders nominate and vote for their most trusted and preferred brands, basedon their firsthand experiences and top-of-mind recall.

About Zing HRZingHR, accelerated by Microsoft and funded by Tata Capital Growth Fund II, offers aninnovative cloud-based, Hire to Rehire HCM solution delivered using future-readytechnologies including Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, Machine and Deep LearningAlgorithms, helping enterprises realise the 'Power of One'. ZingHR is uniquely positionedwith their Outcomation Framework that has been well received especially by Boards andCEOs apart from CIOs, CHROs and CFOs. This framework allows an enterprise toassess their readiness and aligns with Board room priorities like EBIDTA margins, Topline, Market Growth, Diversity, ESG, Succession Planning. ZingHR is the onlyorganisation that offers payroll services besides the integrated platform providingindustry-specific solutions. ZingHR was also recognized by Gartner as Customer'sChoice in 2024 in their Voice ofthe Customer quadrants for Cloud HCM Suites for 1000+Employee Enterprises.With over 1200+ enterprise customers across India, Middle East Africa and SoutheastAsia over 2.3 million active users now use ZingHR supporting 26 global languages. TheirMarquee customers include one of the largest public sector banks, the largest Indianconglomerate and other prominent enterprises like Kubota, HDB Finance, ICICI HomeFinance, Deloitte, BDO, JK Fenner, Autoliv, Al-Sats, Arenco, Credit Access Grameen,Fusion, Teleperformance, Panasonic, DHL, Jaguar Land Rover, BPCL, Burger King,KFC, Saraswat Bank and several others across 8-10 verticals globally.