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Infosys: Continued Momentum in Digital Drives 11.1% YTD Growth
BANGALORE, India, Jan. 10, 2020 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/--

    FY 20 revenue guidance increased to 10.0%-10.5%

 "Q3 results further underscore that we remain steadfast in our journey of 
sustained client relevance and deepening engagement with them, as they partner 
with us in navigating their next in the digital transformation era", said Salil 
Parekh, CEO and MD. "For us, this has translated into double digit growth 
year-to-date, leading to an increase in revenue guidance, accompanied by 
expanding operating margins."

40.8% YoY               9.5% YoY       1% QoQ          
21.9%                        $1.8 bn
Digital CC growth      Cc growth      CC growth       Operating Margin        
Large deal signings


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Infosys
- Q3 20 revenues grew year-on-year by 8.6% in USD; 9.5% in constant currency 
- Q3 20 revenues grew sequentially by 1.0% in USD and in constant currency 
- Q3 20 Digital revenues at $1,318 million (40.6% of total revenues), 
year-on-year growth of 40.8% and sequential growth of 6.8% in constant currency 
- Q3 20 operating margin at 21.9%, 0.2% improvement over Q2 20 
- Year-to-date revenues grew by 11.1% in constant currency 
- Year-to-date operating margin at 21.4%, within the margin guidance for the 
year 
- Increased FY 20 revenue guidance; revised guidance is 10.0%-10.5% in constant 
currency
 
Maintained FY 20 operating margin guidance range of 21%-23%
1.Financial Highlights – Consolidated results under International Financial 
Reporting Standards (IFRS)
- For the quarter ended December 31, 2019 
    - Revenues were $3,243 million, growth of 8.6% YoY and 1% QoQ 
    - Operating profit was $711million, increase of 5.4% YoY and 2.2% QoQ. 
Operating margin was 21.9%. 
    - Basic EPS was $0.15, growth of 27.7% YoY and 10.2% QoQ 
- For nine months ended December 31, 2019 
    -Revenues were $9,583 million, growth of 9.7% YoY 
    - Operating profit was $2,049 million, growth of 0.6% YoY. Operating margin 
was 21.4%. 
    - Basic EPS was $0.41, growth of 9.7% YoY
 
"Overall performance during the quarter was satisfactory on multiple counts – 
broad-based growth, steady increase in client metrics and healthy large deal 
wins", said Pravin Rao, COO. "Large deal wins continue to be robust with growth 
of 56% so far this year. We had a further reduction in attrition, demonstrating 
the results of our continued efforts towards strengthening employee engagement 
and value proposition."

"Operating margins improved further during the quarter driven by relentless 
cost optimization and operating leverage", said Nilanjan Roy, CFO. "Cash 
generation was extremely strong with cumulative free cash flow crossing $ 1.5 
bn. Return on Equity increased further to 25.9% driven by margin expansion and 
increased shareholder payouts."

2.  Update on Whistleblower Matters

The company has issued a separate press release announcing conclusion of the 
independent investigation into allegations contained in the anonymous 
whistleblower complaints disclosed earlier.

3.  Client wins & Testimonials

- We were selected by Telenet, a Belgian telecommunication provider as its 
preferred IT partner to deliver several digital and data initiatives for the 
next five years. Telenet plans to leverage Infosys' ecosystem to drive 
simplification of its existing landscape, build new digital and data 
capabilities, extract relevant insights from data and leverage existing talent 
more effectively. 

- We entered a strategic long-term partnership with Siemens Gamesa Renewable 
Energy (SGRE) to support its digital transformation journey. Infosys will 
provide end-to-end IT infrastructure transformation of SGRE, including hybrid 
cloud transformation, roll-out of a software defined network, set-up of an 
intelligent service desk and digital workplace services. 

- We were selected as the main supplier to deliver Volvo Cars' digital 
transformation services for its Enterprise Digital Commercial Operations 
Applications and Products. As part of this engagement, Infosys will offer next 
generation application services leveraging its Global Delivery Model (GDM), 
agile delivery, automation and other service optimization levers to deliver 
effective service operations. 

-Infosys entered an agreement with the Australian Federal Government's Services 
Australia to transform the entitlement calculation engine for the nation's 
welfare system. The project will enable Services Australia to more quickly 
implement policy changes for the benefit of Australians without disrupting 
services and deliver operational cost savings. The Welfare Payment 
Infrastructure Transformation (WPIT) programme will replace a significant 
portion of Centrelink's 30-year-old platform, modernizing the way Services 
Australia calculates entitlements for Australians needing government support. 

- Benjamin Kreider, Global Traceability Director, Mars Global Services, said, 
"At Mars, we are delighted to enter into a partnership with Infosys for our 
Digital Supply Chain initiative focused on improving the ongoing market 
traceability of all of our products, across all business segments, by using 
Infosys' Traceability Solution for the Food, Beverage, and CPG Industry on 
their TradeEdge Market Connect Platform. The efficiency and agility of this 
platform make it strongly suited to meet the unique needs of our industry, 
across a variety of ERP and warehouse management systems in our factories and 
third party manufacturers who service our global markets." 

- Christian Bornfeld, Chief Innovation & Technology Officer (Group COO) and 
Executive Board Member at ABN AMRO Bank, said, "At ABN AMRO Bank, we're excited 
to be working with Infosys and accomplish our strategic goals and deliver this 
very key IT transformation in the coming years. Infosys' strategic investment 
in Cloud, Digital and DevOps has helped create best in class solutions and we 
are confident that this partnership will help us transform our IT environment 
in a timely and cost-effective way." 

- Jean-Luc Galzi, CIO, GEFCO, said: "We are pleased to begin our digital 
transformation journey with Infosys. Digital innovation in the supply chain 
sector is key and our new partnership will help strengthen GEFCO's expertise 
and bring value to our customers."

4.  Recognitions

Infosys was recognized as a 2020 Top Employer in Australia, Singapore and Japan 
Our flagship global internship program, Infosys InStep, has been ranked number 
one in the Best Overall Internship category in 2020 Internship Rankings by 
Vault.com, a career intelligence organization 
Recognized as a leader in Gartner Magic Quadrant for Application Testing 
Services, Worldwide 
Ranked as a leader in IDC MarketScape: Asia/Pacific (Excluding Japan) Microsoft 
Dynamics 365 Implementation Services 2019 Vendor Assessment 
Rated as a leader by ARC Advisory for Engineering Services by Global Service 
Providers in India Global Market 2018-2023 
Recognized in HFS Top 10: IOT Service Providers 2019 
Recognized in HFS Top 10: ServiceNow Services 2019 
Recognized in HFS Top 10: Retail and CPG Services 2019 
Recognized in HFS Top 10: Insurance Services Providers 2019 
Recognized in HFS Top 10: Life Science Services 2019 
Recognized in HFS Top 10: Industry 4.0 Services 
Recognized as a leader in NelsonHall's Agile & DevOps Services – NEAT Analysis 
Recognized as a leader in Enterprise Blockchain Services PEAK Matrix(TM) 
Assessment 2020 by Everest Group 
Recognized as a leader in Application and Digital Banking PEAK Matrix(TM) 
Vendor Assessment 2020 by Everest Group 
Recognized as a leader in Healthcare Payer Digital Services PEAK Matrix(TM) 
2020 by Everest Group 
Recognized as a leader in Application and Digital Services Capital Markets Peak 
Matrix(TM) Vendor Assessment 2020 by Everest Group 
Recognized as leader in Insurance Application and Digital Services Life 
Insurance Peak Matrix(TM) 2020 by Everest Group 
Awarded the Excellent Partner Award by Mazda 
Infosys Finacle won the Juniper Research Future Digital Awards in the category 
Banking Innovation for Best Banking Platform 2019 
Infosys Finacle awarded the Banking Technology Awards for Best Use of Emerging 
or Innovative Technology 
Infosys Finacle won the IBS Global FinTech Innovation Awards 2019 for Best 
Payments System implementation 
Conferred with the 2019 Asia IP Elite award excellence in developing innovative 
Intellectual Property (IP) functions and creating IP value 
Compass – The career enablement platform at Infosys won the international 
Association for Talent Development (ATD) Excellence in Practice Award 
Awarded the IT Ratna of Karnataka for 2018-19 for outstanding performance in IT 
Exports and being the biggest exporter and employer in the state of Karnataka 
Awarded the NASSCOM Corporate Award for Excellence (2019) for the Inclusion of 
Persons with Disability 
About Infosys

Infosys is a global leader in next-generation digital services and consulting. 
We enable clients to navigate their digital transformation, leveraging our 
teams from over 46 countries. With over three decades of experience in managing 
the systems and workings of global enterprises, we expertly steer our clients 
through their digital journey. We do it by enabling the enterprise with an 
AI-powered core that helps prioritize the execution of change. We also empower 
the business with agile digital at scale to deliver unprecedented levels of 
performance and customer delight. Our always-on learning agenda drives their 
continuous improvement through building and transferring digital skills, 
expertise, and ideas from our innovation ecosystem.

Visit www.infosys.com to see how Infosys (NYSE: INFY) can help your enterprise 
navigate your next.

Safe Harbor

Certain statements mentioned in this release concerning our future growth 
prospects are forward-looking statements regarding our future business 
expectations intended to qualify for the 'safe harbor' under the Private 
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, which involve a number of risks and 
uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those 
in such forward-looking statements. The risks and uncertainties relating to 
these statements include, but are not limited to, risks and uncertainties 
regarding fluctuations in earnings, fluctuations in foreign exchange rates, our 
ability to manage growth, intense competition in IT services including those 
factors which may affect our cost advantage, wage increases in India, our 
ability to attract and retain highly skilled professionals, time and cost 
overruns on fixed-price, fixed-time frame contracts, client concentration, 
restrictions on immigration, industry segment concentration, our ability to 
manage our international operations, reduced demand for technology in our key 
focus areas, disruptions in telecommunication networks or system failures, our 
ability to successfully complete and integrate potential acquisitions, 
liability for damages on our service contracts, the success of the companies in 
which Infosys has made strategic investments, withdrawal or expiration of 
governmental fiscal incentives, political instability and regional conflicts, 
legal restrictions on raising capital or acquiring companies outside India, 
unauthorized use of our intellectual property and general economic conditions 
affecting our industry and the outcome of pending litigation and government 
investigation. Additional risks that could affect our future operating results 
are more fully described in our United States Securities and Exchange 
Commission filings including our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year 
ended March 31, 2019. These filings are available at www.sec.gov. Infosys may, 
from time to time, make additional written and oral forward-looking statements, 
including statements contained in the Company's filings with the Securities and 
Exchange Commission and our reports to shareholders. The Company does not 
undertake to update any forward-looking statements that may be made from time 
to time by or on behalf of the Company unless it is required by law.




Infosys Limited and subsidiaries
Audited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as at:
(Dollars in millions except equity share data)


										December 31, 2019	March 31, 2019
ASSETS 	 	 
Current assets 		
Cash and cash equivalents							2,422			2,829
Current investments								431			958
Trade receivables								2,529			2,144
Unbilled revenue								914			777
Prepayments and other current assets						820			827
Income tax assets								1			61
Derivative financial instruments						5			48
Total current assets								7,122			7,644
Non-current assets		
Property, plant and equipment							1,896			1,931
Right-of-use assets(B4)								540			-
Goodwill									584			512
Intangible assets								185			100
Non-current investments								594			670
Deferred income tax assets							195			199
Income tax assets								739			914
Other non-current assets							255			282
Total non-current assets							4,988			4,608
Total assets									12,110			12,252
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY 		
Current liabilities 		
Trade payables									263			239
Lease liabilities(B4)								79			-
Derivative financial instruments						13			2
Current income tax liabilities							216			227
Client deposits									2			4
Unearned revenue								438			406
Employee benefit obligations 							268			234
Provisions									85			83
Other current liabilities 							1,438			1,498
Total current liabilities 							2,802			2,693
Non-current liabilities 		
Lease liabilities(B4)								501			-
Deferred income tax liabilities							88			98
Employee benefit obligations							6			6
Other non-current liabilities 							136			55
Total liabilities 								3,533			2,852
Equity 		
Share capital- `5 ($0.16) par value 4,800,000,000 (4,800,000,000) equity shares
authorized, issued and outstanding 4,239,766,436 (4,335,954,462) equity shares 
fully paid up, net of 18,781,564 (20,324,982) treasury shares as at December 
31, 
2019 (March 31, 2019)								332			339
Share premium									300			277
Retained earnings 								10,458			11,248
Cash flow hedge reserve								(2)			3
Other reserves									560			384
Capital redemption reserve							17			10
Other components of equity 							(3,141)			(2,870)
Total equity attributable to equity holders of the company			8,524			9,391
Non-controlling interests							53			9
Total equity									8,577			9,400
Total liabilities and equity 							12,110			12,252






									Three months ended 	Three months ended 	Nine months ended 	Nine months 
ended  
									December 31, 2019	December 31, 2018	December 31, 2019	December 31, 2018
Revenues								3,243			2,987			9,583			8,740
Cost of sales								2,159			1,956			6,420			5,660
Gross profit								1,084			1,031			3,163			3,080
Operating expenses				
   Selling and marketing expenses					169			161			502			464
   Administrative expenses						204			195			612			578
Total operating expenses						373			356			1,114			1,042
Operating profit							711			675			2,049			2,038
Other income, net (A3) (B2)						116			105			312			317
Finance cost (B4)							(6)			-			(18)			-
Reduction in the fair value of Disposal Group held for 
sale(A1)		-			-			-			(39)
Adjustment in respect of excess of carrying amount over recoverable 
	-			(65)			-			(65)
recoverable amount on reclassification from “Held for Sale” (A2)
Profit before income taxes						821			715			2,343			2,251
Income tax expense							194			213			597			633
Net profit								627			502			1,746			1,618
Other comprehensive income 				
Items that will not be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss: 				
Re-measurements of the net defined benefit liability/asset, 
net		(16)			(4)			(22)			(3)
Equity instrument through other comprehensive income, net		(6)			8			(5)			10
									(22)			4			(27)			7

Items that will be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss: 				
Fair valuation of investments, net					(1)			6			1			(3)
Fair value changes on derivatives designated as cash flow hedge, net 
	(4)			8			(5)			5
Foreign currency translation						(40)			295			(247)			(634)
									(45)			309			(251)			(632)

Total other comprehensive income/(loss), net of tax			(67)			313			(278)			(625)
Total comprehensive income 						560			815			1,468			993
				
Profit attributable to:				
Owners of the Company  							626			502			1,741			1,618
Non-controlling interests						1			-			5			-
									627			502			1,746			1,618
Total comprehensive income attributable to:				
Owners of the Company  							559			815			1,465			993
Non-controlling interests						1			-			3			-
									560			815			1,468			993
Earnings per equity share				
Basic ($)								0.15			0.12			0.41			0.37
Diluted ($)								0.15			0.12			0.41			0.37
Weighted average equity shares used in computing earnings	
per equity share			
Basic									4,239,607,543		4,347,673,466		4,263,569,478		4,347,130,342
Diluted									4,245,716,437		4,352,731,387		4,270,509,294		4,352,705,150






NOTES: 

A.  Notes pertaining to previous quarters / periods

1. In the quarter ended June 30, 2018, the Company had recorded a reduction in 
the fair value amounting to $39 million in respect of its subsidiary Panaya. 
2. In the quarter ended December 31, 2018, the Company had recorded an 
adjustment in respect of excess of carrying amount over recoverable amount of 
$65 million in respect of its subsidiary Skava 
3. Other income includes interest on income tax refunds amounting to $7 million 
for the three and nine month ended Dec 31, 2018.

B.  Notes pertaining to the current quarter

1. The audited interim condensed consolidated Balance sheet and Statement of 
Comprehensive Income for the three months and nine months ended December 31, 
2019 have been taken on record at the Board meeting held on January 10, 2020 
2. Other income includes interest on income tax refunds amounting to $34 
million for the three month ended Dec 31, 2019 and $35 million for the nine 
month ended Dec 31, 2019. 
3. A Fact Sheet providing the operating metrics of the Company can be 
downloaded from www.infosys.com. 
4. On account of adoption of IFRS 16- Leases effective April 1, 2019.


INR: 
https://www.infosys.com/investors/reports-filings/quarterly-results/2019-2020/q3/documents/ifrs-inr-press-release.pdf 
  


Factsheet: 
https://www.infosys.com/investors/reports-filings/quarterly-results/2019-2020/q3/documents/fact-sheet.pdf 
  


Contact

Investor Relations 
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+91-80-3980-1018 
Sandeep_Mahindroo@infosys.com  


Media Relations 
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