Infosys (NYSE: INFY) Announces Results for the Quarter and Year ended March 31, 2013

Bangalore, India (ots/PRNewswire) -

Q4 revenues grew by 1.4% sequentially; FY13 revenues grew by 5.8%

Financial Highlights

Consolidated results under International Financial Reporting
Standards (IFRS) for the quarter ended March 31, 2013

- Revenues were $1,938 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2013;
QoQ growth was 1.4%
YoY growth was 9.4%
- Net profit was $444 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2013;
QoQ growth was 2.3%
YoY decline was 4.1%
- Earnings per American Depositary Share (EPADS) was $0.78 for the quarter ended
March 31, 2013; QoQ growth was 2.6%
YoY decline was 3.7%
- The Board of Directors recommended a final dividend of `27 per ADS for fiscal
2013 (equivalent to final dividend of approximately $0.50 per ADS at the prevailing
exchange of `54.29 per US$). The Register and Share Transfer Books of the Company will
be closed from June 1, 2013 to June 15 2013 (both days inclusive)
- Liquid assets including cash and cash equivalents, current available-for-sale
financial assets, investment in certificates of deposits and government bonds were
$4.4 billion versus $4.1 billion as on December 31, 2012

Other highlights:

- Infosys and its subsidiaries added 56 clients during the quarter
- Gross addition of 8,990 employees (net addition of 1,059) for the quarter by
Infosys and its subsidiaries
- 156,688 employees as on March 31, 2013 for Infosys and its subsidiaries
- The company listed its American Depository Shares (ADS) on NYSE Euronext's
(NYX) London and Paris markets
- The company has decided to set aside up to US$100 million to invest in
products, platforms and solutions ideas in line with Infosys 3.0 strategy

"Global economic uncertainties remain challenging for the IT
industry," said S. D. Shibulal, CEO and Managing Director. "We are
progressing well on our strategic direction of building a
high-quality company which is relevant to our clients. We are making
all the investments necessary to differentiate ourselves in the
market place while positioning ourselves as a partner of choice for
our clients."

"The global currency market continues to be volatile reflecting
the uncertain economic environment. Our hedging strategy helps us to
minimize the volatility impact," said Rajiv Bansal, Chief Financial
Officer. "We have a healthy balance sheet with our cash and cash
equivalents at US$ 4.4 billion."

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Outlook*

The company's outlook (consolidated) for the fiscal year ending
March 31, 2014, under IFRS is as follows:

Revenues are expected to grow 6% to 10.0%;

* Exchange rates considered for major global currencies: AUD / USD
- 1.04; GBP / USD - 1.51; Euro / USD - 1.28

Business Highlights

- We continue to see good adoption our products and platforms from our
clients. This quarter we had 12 wins (excluding Finacle(TM)) across industries and
geographies, taking our total number of clients for products and platforms to over 75.
- In the last quarter we expanded our global footprint with a new delivery
center in Munich, Germany, an onshore operations center in the Metro Atlanta Area,
U.S. and a new delivery center for our BPO subsidiary in San Jose, Costa Rica.
- The District of Columbia awarded us to implement the District of Columbia
Access System (DCAS). DCAS will be a state-of-the-art health and human services
solution that provides the District's Health Benefit Exchange, a new integrated
eligibility system for Medicaid, private health insurance and other programs with new
case management capabilities that span programs and agencies. This system will be used
to determine eligibility and to enroll individuals, families, and small businesses
that purchase health care coverage through the Exchange's online marketplace.
- Our focus on Cloud and Big Data as new growth areas continues to yield
results; we currently have more than 200 engagements and 3,500 experts in our Cloud
practice. Over the last quarter, we won over 10 engagements across Cloud services, Big
Data and security. Our vision of investing in new growth areas with differentiated
solutions was strengthened by the launch of Infosys BigDataEdge that radically
simplifies the complex task of analyzing Big Data to discover relevant information.
- Mobility is an important focus for enterprises to make their organizations
more efficient and customer centric and we are helping our clients realize the full
business potential of mobility. In the last quarter we started 18 new engagements
across various areas like business and technology consulting, customer outreach,
mobile marketing, field services, enterprise efficiency.
- During the fourth quarter, we applied for 21 unique patent applications in
India and the U.S. With this, we have 532 patent applications undergoing various
stages of patent prosecution in India, the U.S. and other jurisdictions, and have been
granted 84 patents by the United States Patent and Trademark Office and three patents
by the Luxembourg patent office.

Awards and Recognition

- Infosys Cloud Ecosystem Hub won the 2012 Golden Peacock Award for the most
innovative product/service.
- The National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM)
presented its prestigious Business Innovation Award to Infosys Edge(TM).
- We have been named a 2013 Computerworld Honors Laureate in recognition of our
use of information technology to promote and advance public welfare, benefit society
and business and change the world for the better.
- Our enterprise mobility services were rated highly by various analysts,
including a leader rating in The Forrester Wave(TM): Enterprise Mobility Services, Q1
2013 report.
- Ovum, the global analyst firm, recognized Flypp(TM) Digital Experience
Platform as a well-developed ecosystem of services, large repository of apps
(comparable to Google Play and the App Store) and monetization processes.
- We won top accolades at the National Council for Work Experience (NCWE) Awards
2013, marking us as one of UK's best internship providers.

Board of Directors

Mr. Leo Puri has been appointed Additional Director of the Company
with effect from April 11, 2013. He will hold office up to the date
of the Annual General Meeting, when his appointment as a director
will be placed for the approval of the shareholders.

Mr. Puri is a Senior Advisor to McKinsey & Company's Asia-Pacific
Financial Institution Practice. He has served as a Senior Partner of
the firm, and has 25 years of experience of working in consulting to
financial institutions. Between 2007 and 2011, he was a Managing
Director with Warburg Pincus & Company, a leading Private Equity
Firm, responsible for investments in India and financial institutions
in relevant Asian markets.

Welcoming Leo Puri to the Board, K. V. Kamath, Chairman said, "Leo
Puri is one of the best known leaders of corporate India. He brings
enormous value with his vast experience in the consulting field."

About Infosys Ltd

Infosys partners with global enterprises to drive their
innovation-led growth. That's why Forbes ranked Infosys #19 among the
top 100 most innovative companies. As a leading provider of
next-generation consulting, technology and outsourcing solutions,
Infosys helps clients in more than 30 countries realize their goals.

Visit http://www.infosys.com [http://isinfwp2/pages/index.aspx ]
and see how Infosys , with its 156,000+ people, is Building
Tomorrow's Enterprise(R) today.

Safe Harbor

Certain statements in this release concerning our future growth
prospects are forward-looking statements, 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, and unauthorized use of our
intellectual property and general economic conditions affecting our
industry. 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, 2012 and on Form 6-K for the
quarter ended June 30, 2012, September 30, 2012 and December 31,
2012. These filings are available at http://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

Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of

(Dollars in millions except share data)

March 31, 2013 March 31, 2012
ASSETS
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents $4,021 $4,047
Available-for-sale financial assets 320 6
Investment in certificates of deposit - 68
Trade receivables 1,305 1,156
Unbilled revenue 449 368
Prepayments and other current assets 391 300
Derivative financial instruments 19 -
Total current assets 6,505 5,945
Non-current assets
Property, plant and equipment 1,191 1,063
Goodwill 364 195
Intangible assets 68 34
Available-for-sale financial assets 72 2
Deferred income tax assets 94 62
Income tax assets 201 204
Other non-current assets 44 32
Total non-current assets 2,034 1,592
Total assets $8,539 $7,537
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
Current liabilities
Derivative financial instruments - $9
Trade payables 35 5
Current income tax liabilities 245 207
Client deposits 6 3
Unearned revenue 152 107
Employee benefit obligations 113 98
Provisions 39 26
Other current liabilities 568 482
Total current liabilities 1,158 937
Non-current liabilities
Deferred income tax liabilities 23 2
Other non-current liabilities 27 22
Total liabilities 1,208 961
Equity
Share capital-5 ($0.16) par value
600,000,000 equity shares authorized, issued
and outstanding 571,402,566 and 571,396,401,
net of 2,833,600 treasury shares each as of
March 31, 2013 and March 31, 2012,
respectively 64 64
Share premium 704 703
Retained earnings 7,666 6,509
Other components of equity (1,103) (700)
Total equity attributable to equity holders
of the company 7,331 6,576
Non-controlling interests - -
Total equity 7,331 6,576
Total liabilities and equity $8,539 $7,537

Infosys Limited and subsidiaries

Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive
Income

(Dollars in millions except share and per equity share data)

Three Three
months months Year ended Year ended
ended March ended March March 31, March 31,
31, 2013 31, 2012 2013 2012
Revenues $1,938 $1,771 $7,398 $6,994
Cost of sales 1,261 1,041 4,637 4,118
Gross profit 677 730 2,761 2,876
Operating expenses:
Selling and marketing
expenses 96 91 373 366
Administrative expenses 124 111 479 497
Total operating expenses 220 202 852 863
Operating profit 457 528 1,909 2,013
Other income 125 131 433 397
Profit before income taxes 582 659 2,342 2,410
Income tax expense 138 196 617 694
Net profit $444 $463 $1,725 $1,716
Other comprehensive income
Fair value changes on
available-for-sale
financial asset, net of
tax effect 1 - 1 (2)
Exchange differences on
translating foreign
operations 74 244 (404) (760)
Total other comprehensive
income $75 $244 $(403) $(762)
Total comprehensive income $519 $707 $1,322 $954
Profit attributable to:
Owners of the company $444 $463 $1,725 $1,716
Non-controlling interests - - - -
$444 $463 $1,725 $1,716
Total comprehensive income
attributable to:
Owners of the company $519 $707 $1,322 $954
Non-controlling interests - - - -
$519 $707 $1,322 $954
Earnings per equity share
Basic ($) 0.78 0.81 3.02 3.00
Diluted ($) 0.78 0.81 3.02 3.00
Weighted average equity
shares used in computing
earnings per equity share
Basic 571,402,566 571,392,171 571,399,238 571,365,494
Diluted 571,402,566 571,399,573 571,400,091 571,396,142

NOTE:

1. The unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance sheets and
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income for the
three months and year ended March 31, 2013 has been taken on record
at the Board meeting held on April 12, 2013

2. A Fact Sheet providing the operating metrics of the company can
be downloaded from http://www.infosys.com

Fact Sheet: http://multivu.prnewswire.com/mnr/prne/operations/Fact
-sheet-Q4-2013.pdf

INR Press Release: http://multivu.prnewswire.com/mnr/prne/operatio
ns/INR-press-release-Q4.pdf

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