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Infosys: Strong growth of 13.7% in constant currency in a seasonally weak quarter
BENGALURU, India, Jan. 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ --

- Strongest large deal wins in the last 8 quarters at $3.3 billion
- Revenue guidance for FY23 revised to 16.0%-16.5%

Infosys (NSE: INFY) (BSE: INFY) (NYSE: INFY), a global leader in 
next-generation digital services and consulting, reported strong Q3 performance 
with year-on-year growth at 13.7% and sequential growth at 2.4% in constant 
currency. Year on year growth was in double digits for most business segments 
and geographical regions in constant currency terms. Large deal TCV for the 
quarter was the strongest in the last 8 quarters at $3.3 billion. Digital 
comprised 62.9% of overall revenues and grew at 21.7% in constant currency. 
Operating margin for the quarter remained resilient at 21.5%. FY23 revenue 
guidance revised to 16.0%-16.5%. FY23 operating margin guidance retained at 
21%-22%.
"Our revenue growth was strong in the quarter, with both digital business and 
core services growing. This is a clear reflection of our deep client relevance, 
industry-leading digital, cloud, and automation capabilities, and the 
unrelenting dedication of our employees", said Salil Parekh, CEO and MD. "As 
reflected in the large deals momentum, we continue to gain market share as a 
trusted transformation and operational partner for our clients. Our end-to-end 
capabilities and global scale make us a preferred choice as clients look at 
consolidating vendors. We remain focused on helping businesses accelerate their 
digital agenda to uncover new value and growth, as well as improve operational 
and cost effectiveness," he added.

21.7% YoY 
CC Digital growth

13.7% YoY  
2.4% QoQ  
CC Revenue growth

21.5 %	
Operating margin

13.4% YoY	
Increase in EPS
(INR terms)

$3.3 bn  
Large deal TCV 

1.  Key highlights:

For the quarter ended December 31, 2022	
•	Revenues in CC terms grew by 13.7% YoY and 2.4% QoQ
•	Reported revenues at $4,659 million, growth of 9.6% YoY 
•	Digital revenues at 62.9% of total revenues, YoY CC growth of 21.7%
•	Operating margin at 21.5%, decline of 2.0% YoY and stable QoQ 
•	Basic EPS at $0.19, growth of 3.3% YoY 
•	FCF at $576 million, decline of 19.9% YoY; FCF conversion at 72.0% of net 
profit

For nine months ended December 31, 2022	
•	Revenues in CC terms grew by 17.8% YoY 
•	Reported revenues at $13,657 million, growth of 13.5% YoY 
•	Digital revenues at 61.9% of total revenues, YoY CC growth of 29.5% 
•	Operating margin at 21.0%, decline of 2.6% YoY 
•	Basic EPS at $0.53, growth of 1.7% YoY 
•	FCF at $1,821 million, decline of 20.6% YoY; FCF conversion at 81.4% of net 
profit 
"Operating margins in Q3 remained resilient due to cost optimization benefits 
which offset the impact of seasonal weakness in operating parameters", said 
Nilanjan Roy, Chief Financial Officer. "Attrition reduced meaningfully during 
the quarter and is expected to decline further in the near-term," he added.
 
2.  Capital Allocation
Pursuant to the Board recommendation and subsequent to shareholders' approval 
through postal ballot, the company has started share buyback program through 
open market route from December 7, 2022 and till date, has bought back 31.3 
million shares worth ₹4,790 crore (app. $0.6 billion*) or 51.5% of total 
authorization of ₹9,300 crore at an average price of approx. ₹1,531 
per share (compared to maximum Buyback Price of ₹1,850 per share).
*USD-INR rate of 82.00
 
3.  Client wins & Testimonials
•	Centric Brands has selected Infosys to be a strategic technology partner to 
provide a range of digital, IT, business operations and transformation 
services. Infosys will leverage its cognitive first IT framework along with its 
industry leading digital, cognitive AI, cloud and retail industry solution 
accelerators to improve and transform the technology landscape. Anurup Pruthi, 
Global CFO, Centric Brands, said, "By partnering with Infosys, we will be able 
to standardize our internal processes, bring in the best practices and tools, 
and strengthen the skills needed for continued success in the Retail B2B 
marketplace."
•	Infosys helped develop a cloud-based platform to digitize and automate manual 
processes at Envision AESC, a world-leading battery technology company's 
Electric Vehicle (EV) battery manufacturing plants. "At Envision AESC, we 
believe that advancements in battery technology will propel the EV revolution 
to newer heights. The manufacturing processes of our breakthrough batteries 
need a robust digital foundation to accelerate the speed and scale of 
innovation. We are confident that Infosys, with their trusted cloud 
technologies and deep expertise in the automotive industry, will help us 
continue on our journey towards achieving our transformation goals," said, 
Brian Sullivan, Executive Vice President of Global Manufacturing and Supply 
Chain at Envision AESC.
•	Infosys and Microsoft modernized Spark New Zealand's corporate functions to 
enhance business resilience, operational simplicity, workplace agility, and 
customer experience. Mark Beder, Chief Operating Officer, Spark, said, "As we 
embarked on a journey to revamp our business operations and step out of our 
legacy systems, we were looking for partners that understand and provide 
strength to our vision for an ERP-driven business transformation. It has been 
great working with Infosys and Microsoft as our transformation partners. The 
level of ERP implementation expertise and scale they bring to the table in this 
endeavor underpinned by best-fit digital solutions and resources is helping us 
to unshackle legacy system constraints and will help us improve operational 
simplicity, workplace agility and customer experience."
•	Infosys collaborated with CIRCOR, one of the world's leading providers of 
mission critical flow control products and services for the Industrial, 
Aerospace & Defense markets, to help transform its IT landscape and modernize 
its IT infrastructure. Pete Sattler, Chief Information Officer, CIRCOR, said, 
"The goal of our alliance with Infosys is to offer all our customers – both 
internal and external – faster and more reliable service, enhance our 
cybersecurity, and provide 24x7 monitoring for our global IT environment."
•	Avon, part of Natura Group, entered a five-year strategic collaboration with 
Infosys to advance its digital transformation journey, implement cognitive 
operations, drive continuous innovation, and help in better serving its 
customers. Karen McElhatton, CIO, Avon, said, "Through this collaboration, 
Infosys will accelerate the realization of our Digital vision, through a 
well-planned transformation roadmap to reduce opex spends, increase resilience 
and reliability of our application landscape, and prepare us better for new 
digital capabilities. We are confident that Infosys, with its sound expertise 
in Infrastructure Management Services, Cybersecurity, and Application Services, 
will enable us to continue to provide cutting-edge services to our members and 
customers."
•	Conagra has entered into a five-year strategic partnership with Infosys to 
innovate its IT operations. Conagra and Infosys will be implementing product 
based cognitive-first delivery model, with focus on improving operational 
excellence, drive continuous innovation, and most importantly improve the 
quality of service for Conagra's customers. Andy Xydakis, CTO, Conagra, said, 
"We wanted to change the way we run our IT operations. Delivering in true agile 
fashion where teams focus on value delivery. Our partnership with Infosys will 
help achieve the vision, given their deep Industry knowledge and ability to 
align this new way of working to support our overarching business strategy. 
Through this collaboration, Infosys will help accelerate the adoption of our 
product based continuous delivery operating model, by creating capacity to 
deliver features, increase resiliency and reliability of our infrastructure and 
application landscape, thereby helping Conagra advance new digital 
capabilities."
 
4.  Recognitions
•	Infosys received the Great Place to Work® Certification across five regions 
including India, Australia, United Kingdom, Germany, and Mexico. Infosys BPM 
received the Great Place to Work® Certification in Philippines
•	Infosys recognized as the Champion of Inclusion in the Most Inclusive 
Companies Index (MICI) and featured in the "100 Best – Hall of Fame" by Avtar & 
Seramount, 2022
•	Infosys secured a place in CDP's annual 'A List' for its leadership in 
corporate transparency and performance on climate change
•	Infosys rated as "Most Noteworthy" Company by DiversityInc, USA
•	Infosys recognized as a constituent of the Dow Jones Sustainability World 
Index for 2022
•	Infosys InStep Ranked as the 'Best Internship Program' in the 2023 Vault 
Internship Rankings
•	Infosys won the 2022 Marketing Excellence Gold Award from Information 
Technology Services Marketing Association (ITSMA) for Infosys Cobalt
•	Infosys, along with client Lanxess recognized as a winner in the "Workplace 
of the Future" category in 2022 ISG Paragon Awards™ EMEA
•	Infosys positioned as a leader in Gartner Magic Quadrant for IT Services for 
Communications Service Providers, Worldwide
•	Infosys recognized as a leader in Forrester Wave™: Cloud Migration and 
Managed Service Partners in Asia Pacific, Q4 2022
•	Infosys positioned as a leader in IDC MarketScape: Asia/Pacific Salesforce 
Implementation Services 2022 Vendor Assessment
•	Infosys recognized as a leader in Software Product Engineering Services PEAK 
Matrix® Assessment 2023 by Everest
•	Infosys recognized as a leader in System Integration (SI) Capabilities on 
Google Cloud Platform (GCP) PEAK Matrix® Assessment 2022 by Everest
•	Infosys recognized as a leader in HFS Horizons: Cloud Native Transformation, 
2022
•	Infosys ranked as a leader in Next-Gen ADM Services 2022 ISG Provider lens™ 
study in US
•	Infosys positioned as a leader in IDC Worldwide Manufacturing Service 
Life-Cycle Management Strategic Consulting 2022
•	Infosys recognized as a leader in Workplace Communication and Collaboration 
(WCC) Services PEAK Matrix® Assessment 2023 by Everest
•	Infosys positioned as a leader in IDC MarketScape: EMEA Industrial Internet 
of Things Service Providers for Oil and Gas Companies 2022 Vendor Assessment
•	Infosys recognized as a leader in Application and Digital Services (ADS) in 
Property & Casualty (P&C) Insurance PEAK Matrix® Assessment 2023 by Everest
•	Infosys recognized as a leader in Risk & Compliance in BFS IT Services PEAK 
Matrix® Assessment 2023 by Everest
•	Infosys positioned as a leader in Avasant's Utilities Digital Services 
2022–2023 RadarViewTM
•	Infosys positioned as a leader in Avasant's Manufacturing Digital Services 
2022–2023 RadarViewTM
•	Infosys Finacle positioned as a Leader in The Everest Group PEAK Matrix® for 
Wealth Management Products Provider 2023 report
•	Infosys BPM ranked as Leader and Star Performer in Everest Group's Finance 
and Accounting Outsourcing (FAO) PEAK Matrix® Assessment 2022
 
About Infosys
Infosys is a global leader in next-generation digital services and consulting. 
Over 300,000 of our people work to amplify human potential and create the next 
opportunity for people, businesses and communities. With over four decades of 
experience in managing the systems and workings of global enterprises, we 
expertly steer clients, in more than 50 countries, as they navigate their 
digital transformation powered by the cloud. We enable them with an AI-powered 
core, empower the business with agile digital at scale and drive continuous 
improvement with always-on learning through the transfer of digital skills, 
expertise, and ideas from our innovation ecosystem. We are deeply committed to 
being a well-governed, environmentally sustainable organization where diverse 
talent thrives in an inclusive workplace.

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

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Infosys Limited and subsidiaries
Extracted from the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet under IFRS as 
at:                         (Dollars in millions)

	                                                   December 31, 2022	March 31, 
2022
ASSETS 		
Current assets 		
Cash and cash equivalents 	                                        
1,401	         2,305
Current investments	                                                
1,055	           880
Trade receivables	                                                
3,343	         2,995
Unbilled revenue	                                                1,588	         
1,526
Other Current assets	                                                
1,366	         1,159
Total current assets	                                                
8,753	         8,865
Non-current assets		
Property, plant and equipment and Right-of-use assets	                
2,405	         2,429
Goodwill and other Intangible assets	                                
1,098	         1,042
Non-current investments	                                                
1,497	         1,801
Unbilled revenue	                                                  
206	           124
Other non-current assets	                                        1,267	         
1,294
Total non-current assets	                                        6,473	         
6,690
Total assets	                                                       
15,226	        15,555
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY 		
Current liabilities 		
Trade payables	                                                          
579	           545
Unearned revenue	                                                  
861	           834
Employee benefit obligations	                                          
290	           288
Other current liabilities and provisions	                        3,251	         
2,766
Total current liabilities 	                                        
4,981	         4,433
Non-current liabilities 		
Lease liabilities	                                                  
795	           607
Other non-current liabilities 	                                          
424	           521
Total non-current liabilities	                                        
1,219	         1,128
Total liabilities 	                                                
6,200	         5,561
Total equity attributable to equity holders of the company	        
8,975	         9,941
Non-controlling interests	                                           
51	            53
Total equity	                                                        
9,026	         9,994
Total liabilities and equity 	                                       
15,226	        15,555
		
 
Extracted from the Condensed Consolidated statement of Comprehensive Income 
under IFRS for:
(Dollars in millions except per equity share data)
				
                 	   3 months ended    3 months ended    9 months ended	9 
months ended
                           December 31,      December 31,      December 
31,	December 31,
	                   2022		     2021	       2022		2021	
Revenues	                   4,659	    4,250	     13,657	      12,031
Cost of sales	                   3,230	    2,856	      9,544	       8,041
Gross profit	                   1,429	    1,394	      4,113	       3,990
Operating expenses:				
   Selling and marketing expenses    196	      177	        574	         513
   Administrative expenses	     232	      219	        671	         642
Total operating expenses	     428	      396	      1,245	       1,155
Operating profit	1,001	     998	    2,868	      2,835
Other income, net (3)	84	      61	      229	        203
Profit before income taxes	   1,085	    1,059	      3,097	       3,038
Income tax expense 	             285	      283	        859	         823
Net profit (before minority interest) 800	      776	      2,238	       2,215
Net profit (after minority interest)  800	      774	      2,237	       2,211
Basic EPS ($)	                     0.19	     0.18	       0.53	        0.52
Diluted EPS ($)	                     0.19	     0.18	       0.53	        0.52
				
 
NOTES:
1.	The above information is extracted from the audited condensed consolidated 
Balance sheet and Statement of Comprehensive Income for the quarter and nine 
months ended December 31, 2022, which have been taken on record at the Board 
meeting held on January 12, 2023.
2.	A Fact Sheet providing the operating metrics of the Company can be 
downloaded from www.infosys.com.
3.	Other income is net of Finance Cost.
4.	The quarter figures added up to the figures reported in previous quarters 
might not always add up to the nine months ended figures reported in this 
statement as all figures are taken from the source and rounded off to the 
nearest digits.

IFRS-INR Press Release: 
https://www.infosys.com/investors/reports-filings/quarterly-results/2022-2023/q3/documents/ifrs-inr-press-release.pdf

Fact sheet: 
https://www.infosys.com/investors/reports-filings/quarterly-results/2022-2023/q3/documents/fact-sheet.pdf

 
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