BANGALORE, India, October 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --
Q2 Revenues grew by 2.9% Year on Year
Highlights
Consolidated results under International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) for the quarter ended September 30, 2012
Revenues were $1,797 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2012; YoY growth was 2.9%
Net income after tax was $431 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2012; YoY growth was 4.9%
Earnings per American Depositary Share (EPADS) was $0.75 for the quarter ended September 30, 2012; YoY growth was 4.2%
39 clients were added during the quarter by Infosys and its subsidiaries
Gross addition of 10,420 employees (net addition of 2,610) for the quarter by Infosys and its subsidiaries
153,761 employees as on September 30, 2012 for Infosys and its subsidiaries
Declared an interim dividend of `15 per ADS (equivalent to an interim dividend of $0.28 per ADS, at the prevailing exchange rate of `53.00 per US$). The record date for the payment of dividend is October 19, 2012.
"Global economic uncertainties continue to face the industry," said S. D. Shibulal, CEO and Managing Director. "We have increased employee wages, used some of our cash in a transformational acquisition of a consulting business and enhanced our investment in R&D and solutions. These initiatives will position us well in the industry and provide a strong platform for future growth."
Business outlook*
The company's outlook (consolidated) for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2013, under IFRS is as follows:
Revenues are expected to be at least $7.343bn; YoY growth of 5% (5.7% in constant currency terms)
Earnings per American Depositary Share (EPADS) is expected to be at least $2.97 ( Fiscal 2013 guidance given on July 12, 2012 was $ 3.03 which is reset at the current exchange rate at $2.97)
| | Exchange | rates | considered | for | major | global | currencies: | AUD | / | USD | - | 1.04; | GBP | / | USD | - | 1.62; | Euro | / | USD | - | 1 |
Awards and Recognition
Infosys was recognized by analysts, industry bodies and other influencers in the last quarter
- We were recognized as one of the Achievers 50 Most Engaged Workplaces(TM)
in the United States (U.S.) for our leadership and innovation towards engaging
employees.
- We were ranked second on The 2012 Global Outsourcing 100 List compiled
annually by the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals (IAOP) for our
performance across all four survey assessment categories, namely, size and growth,
customer references, organizational competencies, and management capabilities.
- For the second consecutive year, we have won the P&G Global Business Services
Organization's External Business Partner Excellence Award for the quality of our
execution, commitment to relationship and work with P&G's ecosystem of partners and
co-creating innovation.
- Infosys China has been listed among the Top 10 Global Service Providers in
China by the China Council for International Investment Promotion for the second
consecutive year.
- Infosys BPO won the Award for Innovation in Learning at the Best Learning &
Development Awards 2012.
- Infosys BPO won the Golden Peacock HR Excellence Award 2012.
- Infosys BPO won the Award for Institution Building at the Asia Pacific HRM
Congress Awards - 2012.
Expansion of services and significant projects
Infosys is focused on delivering measurable business value to clients by enabling transformational process changes, accelerating innovation and optimizing their operations
Consulting and Systems Integration
An elevator and escalator manufacturer chose us to implement service and maintenance solutions using Oracle Siebel Customer Relationship Management (CRM) application for its India and United Arab Emirates (UAE) businesses. A provider of consumer and commercial banking, trust, securities brokerage, mortgage and insurance products and services, selected us to implement a single sign-on solution for its commercial banking customers - to provide simplified access to all commercial banking applications in a unified portal, thereby improving customer experience.
A life insurance firm in the U.S. has partnered with us to implement a next-generation CRM solution based on the Microsoft Dynamics platform; covering more than 12,000 active field force members, 21 million client contacts and 2 million households. For an integrated energy company we will implement an enterprise wide identity and access management solution.
India Business Unit
We were selected by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) to further strengthen and transform the new phase of the MCA 21 V2 project. MCA 21 is the first Mission Mode Project (MMP) under National e-Governance Plan (NeGP) of India and has been a transformational and successful project that has enabled easy and secure access to MCA services by its stakeholders, corporate sector as well as investors, through an online portal.
Business IT Services
A manufacturer of paints, coatings and powder coatings selected us to develop a solution for its Research and Development (R&D) department to standardize paint test information storage and retrieval, thereby enhancing productivity. We have been selected to partner with the quality assurance and testing division of a bank for the assessment, solution, roadmap definition, and establishment of a Testing Center of Excellence (CoE).
A property and casualty insurer in the U.S. chose us as its strategic partner for infrastructure management services. We have been engaged as a preferred partner to provide business IT services across application development and support, testing, infrastructure and change management to a public personal lines insurer in the U.S.
We signed a managed services contract with a company in the food industry to outsource its application services, infrastructure operations and deployment activities in its SAP transformation program. A U.S. logistics and freight transportation provider partnered with us to optimize, support, and administer its complete IT infrastructure aimed at higher infrastructure reliability, on-time performance, and enhanced customer service.
Infosys Public Services
We are partnering with leading healthcare and public sector organizations in the U.S. and Canada to help them leverage technology solutions and services to derive business value.
A postal solution provider engaged us to create a robust business intelligence system to provide accurate health and safety data to field personnel to increase self-service, improve efficiency and reduce costs. For a Blue Cross-Blue Shield Plan we are enhancing its provider portal to support self-service functions and information updates via web, to improve data accuracy and productivity. Another Blue Cross-Blue Shield Plan engaged us to provide end-to-end migration and testing services to support the strategic migration of its business processes from an enterprise legacy platform to third party administrators
Engineering Services
We offer a wide range of engineering and technology services that cover our client's entire product lifecycle from design to sustenance. With a global footprint supported by 9,000 engineers working with more than 200 clients in 30 countries, Infosys' Engineering Services are delivered across nine different industry verticals.
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