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Infosys: 37.8% Growth in Digital Portfolio Leads to Strong 9.8% Growth in FY 20
BENGALURU, India, April 20, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --AsiaNet/ -

"I am proud of the Infosys team that has worked exceptionally well to achieve 
93% remote working today and ensuring consistent service delivery for our 
clients in this rapidly changing environment. Our focus on the health of our 
employees and our commitment to our clients helped us navigate the past few 
weeks," said Salil Parekh, CEO and MD. "We had an exceptional year in financial 
year 2020 with growth of 9.8% and operating margin of 21.3%. While the 
immediate short-term will be challenging, looking ahead, we can see that there 
is a strong interest to consolidate with partners with high-quality and agile 
service delivery and strong financial resilience. I am confident we will emerge 
from this stronger."

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31.7% YoY	  6.4% YoY	21.1% Q4	-0.8% CC	$1.65bn Q4
37.8% FY	   9.8% FY	21.3% FY	-1.4% Reported	$9.0bn FY
Digital CC growth  CC growth	Operating margin QoQ growth	Large deal signings
         


FY20 revenues grew by 8.3% in USD, 9.8% in constant currency 
FY 20 operating margin at 21.3% 
FY 20 Free Cash Flow at $2.15 billion; Free Cash Flow to net profit conversion 
at 92% 
Q4 20 revenues grew year-on-year by 4.5% in USD; 6.4% in constant currency 
Q4 20 revenues declined sequentially by 1.4% in USD; 0.8% in constant currency 
Q4 20 Digital revenues at $1,341 million (41.9% of total revenues), 
year-on-year growth of 31.7% and sequential growth of 2.6% in constant currency 
Announces final dividend of `9.50 per share 
Considering the business uncertainty emanating from COVID-19, the company is 
unable to provide guidance on revenues and margins for FY 21 at this stage. The 
company 

will provide guidance after visibility improves
1.  Financial Highlights – Consolidated results under International Financial 
Reporting Standards (IFRS)


For the quarter ended March 31, 2020         For the Year ended March 31, 2020
Revenues were $3,197 million, growth         Revenues were $12,780 million, 
of 4.5% YoY and decline of 1.4% QoQ           growth of 8.3% 
YoY                                   

    
Operating profit was $674 million,           Operating profit was $2,724 
million, growth 
increase of 2.6% YoY and decline             of 1.0% YoY. Operating margin was 
21.3%.
of 5.2% QoQ. Operating margin was 21.1%.


Basic EPS was $0.14, growth of 4.2% YoY       Basic EPS was $0.55, growth of 
8.3% YoY
and decline of 5.7% QoQ
 

"We completed a satisfying year on multiple counts – growth in all verticals 
and geographies, significant increase in large deal wins, good client mining 
and operational discipline", said Pravin Rao, COO. "The impact caused by 
COVID-19 since last few weeks of March has led to significant displacement in 
the operating model while severely testing business continuity plans of 
companies. We demonstrated what a 'Live Enterprise' truly is by improving the 
infrastructure and technology enablement for our employees in a short time span 
and ensuring business continuity for clients."

"We continue to remain focused on execution excellence in a period of high 
uncertainty. Our relentless focus on liquidity will be supported by our strong 
Balance Sheet of $3.6 billion cash, backed by accelerated cost take-outs and 
operational rigor", said Nilanjan Roy, CFO. "The final dividend of `9.50 per 
share is a testimony of a strong free cash flow performance for FY 20."

2.  COVID-19 update

As the world comes together to manage the impact of the crisis caused by 
COVID-19, Infosys is making every effort to tackle the turbulence. The company 
is prioritizing employee well-being, assuring services for business continuity 
and strategizing offerings to improve business resilience for its clients, 
while also supporting community initiatives. Over 93% of our workforce is 
enabled to work from home, in countries still under lockdown, and from the 
company's offices, wherever possible – are all in sync with the company's 
priorities and working tirelessly to help make sure clients are running their 
businesses and preparing for a future of resilience. 

(Please refer to the separate press release on our COVID-19 response released 
today)

3.  Update on whistleblower matters

The Audit Committee appointed an external legal counsel to conduct an 
independent investigation into the whistleblower allegations which have been 
previously disclosed to stock exchanges on October 22, 2019 and to the 
Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) on Form 6-K on the same date. As 
previously disclosed on January 10, 2020 the outcome of the investigation has 
not resulted in restatement of previously issued financial statements. 

The Company cooperated with an investigation by the SEC regarding the same 
matters. In March 2020, the Company received notification from the SEC that the 
SEC has concluded its investigation and the Company does not anticipate any 
further action by the SEC on this matter. The Company is responding to all the 
inquires received from the Indian regulatory authorities and will continue to 
cooperate with the authorities for any additional requests for information. 
Additionally, in October 2019, a shareholder class action lawsuit was filed in 
the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York against 
the Company and certain of its current and former officers for alleged 
violations of the US federal Securities Laws. The Company is presently unable 
to predict the scope, duration or the outcome of these matters.

4.  Board changes

DN Prahlad, Independent Director, has resigned from the company to devote more 
time for his other business commitments with effect from April 20, 2020. The 
Board placed on record its appreciation for the services rendered by him during 
his tenure.

The Company announced the appointment of Uri Levine as an Independent Director 
of the Company, effective April 20, 2020, based on the recommendations of the 
Nomination and Remuneration Committee of the Board. The appointment is for a 
period of three years and is subject to the approval of shareholders.

Uri Levine is a passionate serial entrepreneur and disruptor. He co-founded 
Waze, the world's largest community-based driving traffic and navigation app, 
with more than 500 million drivers around the globe, which was acquired by 
Google on June 2013 for more than $1.1 billion. Uri has been in the high-tech 
business for the last 30 years with half of them in the start-up scene.

5.  Client wins & Testimonials

"Thank you. For employing great people at Infosys. For above and beyond 
service. And, for a long and prosperous relationship. Not all of our partners 
were able to get their teams fully up and running. With great pride, I was able 
to tell the leadership team that Infosys is fully operational for us. Thank 
you! May Infosys and India weather this storm well and emerge stronger", Head 
of US Operations at a global financial services firm. 

"Your team has supported a historic shift of office-based employees to 
work-from-home-status in record time here in the US. The planning, execution 
and subsequent experience of our staff in the new work modality has been 
outstanding. The CEO and our board have recognized the incredible efforts that 
have taken place from the IT teams", CIO of a leading healthcare company. 
Reckitt Benckiser (RB), a FTSE 100 company, has renewed its partnership with 
Infosys to reimagine its infrastructure and application operations. As part of 
this engagement, Infosys will bring in advanced AI and Automation to build a 
Cognitive First IT Enterprise at Reckitt Benckiser, offering a seamless digital 
experience for its enterprise users. 
E.ON has awarded Infosys a multi-year engagement to run and transform its 
future workplace services. Infosys would transition the workplace services for 
the E.ON group from the existing incumbent and then continue to transform and 
operate it till 2025. This expands the strategic partnership between E.ON and 
Infosys and builds upon the existing contract which Infosys has with E.ON's 
subsidiary innogy. Infosys would leverage its Digital Innovation Center in 
Düsseldorf, Germany, to deliver services for this engagement. 

Infosys has been selected by Siemens to deploy Wingspan, Infosys' Digital 
Learning and Talent Transformation Platform. The company-wide deployment of 
next generation, talent transformation platform will enhance learning 
experience for 385,000 Siemens employees. 

Infosys entered a long-term strategic partnership with GE Appliance, a Haier 
company, to effectively streamline IT operations. As a part of this alliance, 
Infosys will assist GE Appliances to accelerate their digital and workplace 
transformation through automation-driven managed IT services support across 
global command centres, service desks, end-user computing, IT infrastructure, 
and applications. 

A large CPG company selected Infosys to accelerate the transformation of the 
company's digital technology capabilities and optimize costs. In addition to 
being the strategic transformation partner Infosys will also provide end-to-end 
support for enabling integrated operations across Applications, Infrastructure 
and Cybersecurity.

6.  Recognitions

Infosys was positioned as a leader in IDC MarketScape: North American 
Distributed Energy Resource Management Systems Strategic Consultants and 
Systems Integrators 2020 

Vendor Assessment 
Positioned as a leader in IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Business and Industrial 
IoT Consulting and Systems Integration Services 2020 Vendor Assessment 
Recognized as a leader in IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Business and Industrial 
IoT Engineering and Managed Services 2020 Vendor Assessment 
Positioned as a Leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Integrated Payment 
Platforms 2019-2020 Vendor Assessment 
Ranked as a leader in NelsonHall NEAT for Cognitive and Self-Healing IT 
Infrastructure Management Services 
Ranked as a leader in NelsonHall NEAT for Digital Manufacturing Services 
Infosys BPM has been recognized with the elite international award- Brandon 
Hall Human Capital Excellence Awards, 2019 under three diverse categories. 
Infosys BPM has won the Best Practices in CSR Awards 2020 for the Skill 
Development Initiative of IBPM at 6th International Conference of Corporate 
Social 

Responsibility by Institute of Public Enterprise, Hyderabad.

About Infosys

Infosys is a global leader in next-generation digital services and consulting. 
We enable clients in 46 countries to navigate their digital transformation. 
With nearly four 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 in this release concerning our future growth prospects, 
financial expectations and plans for navigating the COVID-19 impact on our 
employees, clients and stakeholders are forward-looking statements 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 COVID-19 and the 
effects of government and other measures seeking to contain its spread, risks 
related to an economic downturn or recession in India, the United States and 
other countries around the world, changes in political, business, and economic 
conditions, 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)		
									March 31, 2020	March 31, 2019
ASSETS 		
Current assets 		
Cash and cash equivalents						2,465		2,829
Current investments							615		958
Trade receivables							2,443		2,144
Unbilled revenue							941		777
Prepayments and other current assets					739		827
Income tax assets							1		61
Derivative financial instruments					8		48
Total current assets							7,212		7,644
Non-current assets		
Property, plant and equipment						1,810		1,931
Right-of-use assets(B3)							551		-
Goodwill								699		512
Intangible assets							251		100
Non-current investments							547		670
Deferred income tax assets						231		199
Income tax assets							711		914
Other non-current assets						248		282
Total non-current assets						5,048		4,608
Total assets								12,260		12,252
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY 		
Current liabilities 		
Trade payables								377		239
Lease liabilities(B3)							82		-
Derivative financial instruments					65		2
Current income tax liabilities						197		227
Client deposits								2		4
Unearned revenue							395		406
Employee benefit obligations 						242		234
Provisions								76		83
Other current liabilities 						1,321		1,498
Total current liabilities 						2,757		2,693
Non-current liabilities 			
Lease liabilities(B3)							530		-
Deferred income tax liabilities						128		98
Employee benefit obligations						5		6
Other non-current liabilities 						139		55
Total liabilities 							3,559		2,852
Equity 		
Share capital- `5 ($0.16) par value 4,800,000,000 (4,800,000,000) 
equity shares authorized, issued and outstanding 4,240,753,210 (4,335,954,462) 
equity shares fully paid up, net of 18,239,356 (20,324,982) 
treasury shares as at March 31, 2020
(March 31, 2019)							332		339
Share premium								305		277
Retained earnings 							11,014		11,248
Cash flow hedge reserve							(2)		3
Other reserves								594		384
Capital redemption reserve						17		10
Other components of equity 						(3,614)		(2,870)
Total equity attributable to equity holders of the company		8,646		9,391
Non-controlling interests						55		9
Total equity								8,701		9,400
Total liabilities and equity 						12,260		12,252


 
				
Infosys Limited and subsidiaries				
Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income for the:				
							(Dollars in millions except equity share and per equity share data)				
					Unaudited			Audited	
					3 months ended 	3 months ended 	Year ended 	Year ended 
					March 31, 2020	March 31, 2019	March 31, 2020	March 31, 2019


Revenues				3,197		3,060		12,780		11,799
Cost of sales				2,133		2,028		8,552		7,687
Gross profit				1,064		1,032		4,228		4,112
Operating expenses				
   Selling and marketing expenses	161		174		664		638
   Administrative expenses		229		200		840		778
Total operating expenses		390		374		1,504		1,416
Operating profit			674		658		2,724		2,696
Other income, net (A3) (B2)		84		94		395		411
Finance cost(B3)			(6)		-		(24)		-
Reduction in the fair value 
of Disposal Group held for sale(A1)	-		-		-		(39)
Adjustment in respect of excess of 
carrying amount over recoverable 
amount on reclassification from 
"Held for Sale" (A2)			-		-		-		(65)
Profit before income taxes		752		752		3,095		3,003
Income tax expense (A4)			160		171		757		803
Net profit				592		581		2,338		2,200
				
Other comprehensive income 				
Items that will not be reclassified 
subsequently to profit or loss: 
					
Re-measurements of the net defined 
benefit liability/asset, net (B4)	(2)		-		(24)		(3)
Equity instrument through other 
comprehensive income, net		-		-		(5)		10
					(2)		-		(29)		7
Items that will be reclassified 
subsequently to profit or loss: 				

Fair valuation of investments, net	2		3		3		-
Fair value changes on derivatives
designated as cash flow hedge, net 	-		(2)		(5)		3
Foreign currency translation		(473)		74		(720)		(560)
					(471)		75		(722)		(557)
Total other comprehensive income/(loss),
net of tax				(473)		75		(751)		(550)
Total comprehensive income 		119		656		1,587		1,650
				
Profit attributable to:				
Owners of the Company  			590		580		2,331		2,199
Non-controlling interests		2		1		7		1
					592		581		2,338		2,200
Total comprehensive income attributable to:				
Owners of the Company  			117		655		1,582		1,649
Non-controlling interests		2		1		5		1
					119		656		1,587		1,650
Earnings per equity share				
Basic ($)				0.14		0.13		0.55		0.51
Diluted ($)				0.14		0.13		0.55		0.51
Weighted average equity shares used in computing earnings per equity share				
Basic					4,240,181,854	4,347,129,592	4,257,754,522	4,347,130,157
Diluted					4,245,981,386	4,353,023,863	4,265,144,228	4,353,420,772

 

NOTES: 

A.  Notes pertaining to previous year

During the year ended March 31, 2019, the Company had recorded a reduction in 
the fair value amounting to $39 million in respect of its subsidiary Panaya. 
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 
during the 

year ended March 31, 2019. 
Other income includes interest on income tax refunds amounting to $7 million 
for the year ended March 31, 2019. 
During the year ended March 31, 2019, on account of conclusion of an Advanced 
Pricing Agreement (APA) in an overseas jurisdiction, the Company had reversed 
income tax 

expense provision of $14 million, which pertains to previous periods.
B.  Notes pertaining to the current quarter / year

The audited condensed consolidated Balance sheet and Statement of Comprehensive 
Income for the year ended March 31, 2020 have been taken on record at the Board 
meeting 

held on April 20, 2020. 
Other income includes interest on income tax refunds amounting to $2 million 
for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and $37 million for the year ended 
March 31, 

2020. 
On account of adoption of IFRS 16- Leases effective April 1, 2019. 
Includes unrealized losses on certain investments carried in the PF trust for 
the quarter and year ended March 31, 2020.
C.  A Fact Sheet providing the operating metrics of the Company can be 
downloaded from www.infosys.com (https://www.infosys.com/)

INR- 
https://www.infosys.com/investors/reports-filings/quarterly-results/2019-2020/q4/documents/ifrs-inr-press-release.pdf 


Factsheet- 
https://www.infosys.com/investors/reports-filings/quarterly-results/2019-2020/q4/documents/fact-sheet.pdf 
  


SOURCE- Infosys