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Infosys (NASDAQ: INFY) Announces Results for the Quarter and Year Ended March 31, 2012 (2)

We are partnering with public sector organisations in the U.S. to help them leverage the potential of technology to drive business value. A Medicaid managed care organization has engaged us for Medicaid claims processing services to be delivered from our U.S. BPO center in Atlanta. We are customizing and testing a new trading partner system for a Blue Cross and Blue Shield health plan operator to transact with healthcare providers and other parties in compliance with the U.S. government mandates, and improve partner satisfaction.

Another Blue Cross and Blue Shield health plan operator implemented our iTransform(TM) product to fast-track compliance with the U.S. government International Classification of Diseases revision-10 (ICD-10) mandate and improve medical coder productivity. A health system provider has selected us to assess the impact of ICD-10 transition on its financial neutrality, contracts and clinical documentation.

Engineering services

Our engineering and technology services are seeing good traction. A semi-conductor chip manufacturer, partnered with us to develop and validate a path breaking Wi-Fi solution, built on a future tablet platform. We are designing and developing a new wireless medical communication chipset, along with firmware, pre-compliance testing and prototype development for a medical device major in collaboration with its eco-system of labs and board manufacturing partners.

A provider of industrial productivity solutions has engaged us to improve the collaboration of its research and development centers across the globe, reduce time to market and product development costs through a transformational Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) implementation. The marine division of an independent safety assurance player selected us to develop knowledge based engineering solutions and tools to monitor the structural health and sea worthiness of its ships.

An aircraft manufacturer partnered with us to harmonize its design and PLM systems to overhaul performance and improve the time to volume for critical aircraft parts.

Products, Platforms and Solutions

Infosys Products and Platforms business continued to gain momentum.

We had twelve client wins in this category this quarter, eight for Infosys Edge(TM) and four for our industry-focused products.

Infosys Edge(TM) saw strong momentum across its platforms. Airtel, an integrated telecommunications company with operations in 19 countries across Asia and Africa, partnered with us to build India's first-of-its-kind mobile wallet service. The Infosys WalletEdge(TM) platform, with Finacle(TM) Digital Commerce solution at its core, will enable a ubiquitous mobile wallet service to support cashless payments and settlement needs of diverse customer segments. A consumer packaged goods company has selected Infosys TradeEdge(TM) to improve data collection from distributors and retailers. The platform will use this data to help plan production, distribution and enhance the efficiency of its supply chain.

A loan servicing and real estate niche player has chosen Infosys Credit Servicing Platform to integrate various business operations across geographies, driving business efficiency and visibility by streamlining loan servicing and real estate asset management processes. The Infosys Digital Marketing Platform is driving the digital transformation initiative for a European consumer goods major, allowing its marketing teams to create, share, and re-use all forms of digital assets.

Our industry specific products are seeing traction across sectors. A European oil and gas company selected us to maintain the integrity of its pipeline system. The product offered by us will also provide damage assessment and 3D visualization of close to 500 kms of pipelines. A telecommunications company in the Middle East has chosen Infosys Flypp(TM) and mConnect(TM) to offer consumers a host of ready-to-use experiential applications across multiple devices.

Finacle(TM)

Finacle(TM), our flagship offering for the banking industry, continued to grow its business with 14 client wins this quarter. Of these, six were from Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and eight were from the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region. 12 client projects went live on Finacle(TM) in the quarter. Of these, four went live in APAC, six in EMEA and two in the Americas.

ING Belgium selected Finacle(TM) universal banking solution to transform its core banking software, expanding Infosys' footprint in the Benelux market. The solution from Infosys will replace the banks existing legacy systems to provide future ready technology which can be customized to meet the bank's on-going operational, product and regulatory requirements. Kotak Mahindra Bank, one of India's fastest growing banks completed the successful implementation of Finacle(TM) across its 335 branches. The bank has already seen a 44% increase in the number of accounts added post the Finacle(TM) implementation.

Cloud

We continue to grow our Cloud business and currently have close to 140 engagements and 3,000 experts in our Cloud practice. We are working with over 30 partners as we strengthen our proposition as a Cloud Ecosystem Integrator. Over the last quarter, we won 15 programs across Cloud services, Big Data and Security.

We were selected by a retail major in America to migrate its applications to the Windows Azure platform in a phased manner. A manufacturing company based out of North America partnered with us for its Big Data journey, including the implementation of a reconciliation platform to store and process millions of transactions across the globe, at a fraction of the cost and time.

A railroad company in North America has selected as the principal partner for a large technology modernization program to re-host its mainframe applications on Windows servers on a private Cloud. We have been engaged in a program to revamp the reservations system of an international hotel chain using Cloud leveraged Big Data solutions to add agility to its sales and marketing functions.

Mobility

Our mobile technology solutions are helping clients realise the potential of mobility. A resources conglomerate with interests in oil and gas, partnered with us to build a tablet based business intelligence solution to monitor energy consumption patterns and aid faster decision making to optimize energy consumption. An oilfield services company has engaged us to build a mobile asset tracking solution to monitor and manage heavy equipment deployed on the field.

We have created a tablet based sales lead management solution for senior executives of a Canada based insurer. For an American retailer, we are creating a gift catalogue application, combining the power of mobile and social media allowing its customers to choose products and share it as gift wish lists with their friend circles.

Process Innovation

During the fourth quarter, Infosys applied for 38 unique patent applications in India and the U.S. With this, Infosys has an aggregate of 474 unique patent applications (pending) in India, the U.S. and other jurisdictions, and has been granted 47 patents by the United States Patent and Trademark Office and 1 patent by Luxembourg patent office.

Liquidity

As on March 31, 2012, cash and cash equivalents, including investments in available-for-sale financial assets and certificates of deposits was $4.1bn ($3.8bnas on March 31, 2011).

"We had a very difficult quarter with revenues declining sequentially. Our focus on high quality growth coupled with strong financial discipline helped us to deliver on EPS guidance in US dollar terms," said V. Balakrishnan, Member of the Board and Chief Financial Officer. "The global currency market volatility continues to be a challenge for the industry."

About Infosys Ltd

Many of the world's most successful organizations rely on the 150,000 people of Infosys to deliver measurable business value. Infosys provides business consulting, technology, engineering and outsourcing services to help clients in over 30 countries build tomorrow's enterprise.

For more information about Infosys , visit http://www.infosys.com

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