Infosys Technologies (NASDAQ: INFY) Announces Results for the Quarter Ended September 30, 2009

By Prne, Gaea News Network
Thursday, October 8, 2009

BANGALORE, India -

- Q2 Revenues Sequentially Grew by 2.9%

Highlights Consolidated results for the quarter ended September 30, 2009 Revenues were $ 1,154 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2009; YoY decline was 5.1% - Net income after tax was $ 317 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2009; YoY decline was 0.9% - Earnings per American Depositary Share (ADS) was 0.56 for the quarter ended September 30, 2009; YoY growth of 0.0%

“In the second quarter, the business climate has improved,” said S. Gopalakrishnan, CEO and Managing Director. “Clients are now looking to invest in a few strategic initiatives and relationships to maximize value from opportunities when the economic downturn ends.”

Business outlook

The company’s outlook (consolidated) for the quarter ending December 31, 2009 and for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2010, under International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), is as follows:

Outlook under IFRS* Quarter ending December 31, 2009 - Consolidated revenues are expected to be in the range of $1,155 million and $ 1,165 million; YoY decline of 1.4% to 0.5% - Consolidated earnings per American Depositary Share are expected to be $0.50; YoY decline of 13.8% Fiscal year ending March 31, 2010 - Consolidated revenues are expected to be in the range of $4.60 billion and $ 4.62 billion; YoY decline of 1.3% to 1.0% - Consolidated earnings per American Depositary Share are expected to be in the range of $ 2.09 and $ 2.10; YoY decline of 7.1% to 6.7% * Exchange rates considered for quarters ending December 31, 2009 and March 31, 2010 for major global currencies: AUD / USD - 0.87; GBP / USD - 1.60; Euro / USD - 1.46

Expansion of services and significant projects

Our strategy through the downturn has been to build our strengths rather than limit ourselves to navigating the challenges. Following this route, we are confident of emerging stronger when the economic environment improves and better poised to deliver enhanced value to all our stakeholders. We are sharpening focus on Research & Development, Intellectual Property-based solutions, and ‘New Engagement Models’ (NEMs) that offer flexible pricing and greater operational control and efficiency to clients. In addition, true to the spirit of our Global Delivery Model, we are continuing to invest and expand in regions such as India, Brazil, Mexico, and China. We have a sales group dedicated to large outsourcing deals that has helped us secure significant projects this year. We believe our expertise in large-scale transition management will differentiate us in the near future.

Clients have been impressed by our engineering services. An industrial products and services company is testing our ‘Enterprise Collaboration Platform’ to transform its intranet from an information repository into a next-generation content hub that engages employees better. A leading mobile service provider selected us as its strategic partner to run its ‘Bid Management Process’. The deal involves setting up our patent-pending ‘Infosys Sales Effectiveness Center’ that will own the bid process, pricing, and contract services. For an apparel manufacturer, we are implementing our ‘Product Master Syndication Solution’ that will support the entire product lifecycle and provide a single source of data. A power major sought our ‘Plant Design and Management System Solution’ that enables collaboration across distributed teams. A large manufacturer selected us as its prime systems integration partner to implement and support our Product Lifecycle Management solution based on Siemens TeamCenter product.

We continue to focus on large transformational engagements, especially through our consulting and enterprise solution offerings. A broadcasting company partnered with us to develop new digital media services. A service provider for retailers engaged us to develop an Order Management System. A large bank selected us to conduct end-to-end testing as well as user-acceptance testing for the implementation of Finacle(TM), our core banking solution and integration with other applications. A large bank chose us for end-to-and systems integration in the transformation program of its corporate banking e-channel system. A provider of high-performance networking systems partnered with us for a transformational program to scale up its core engineering processes.

“The global currency markets continue to be extremely volatile, even though we have seen some stability in the rupee against the US dollar this quarter,” said V. Balakrishnan, Chief Financial Officer. “We continue to focus on high quality growth with superior margins. Our balance sheet has been further strengthened with cash and cash equivalents reaching US$ 2.8 billion.”

About Infosys Technologies Ltd.

Infosys (NASDAQ: INFY) defines, designs and delivers IT-enabled business solutions that help Global 2000 companies win in a Flat World. These solutions focus on providing strategic differentiation and operational superiority to clients. With Infosys, clients are assured of a transparent business partner, world-class processes, speed of execution and the power to stretch their IT budget by leveraging the Global Delivery Model that Infosys pioneered. Infosys has over 105,000 employees in over 50 offices worldwide. Infosys is part of the NASDAQ-100 Index and The Global Dow. For more information, visit www.infosys.com.

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, 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 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, 2009 and on Form 6-K for the quarter ended June 30, 2009. 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.

Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements (Condensed) in compliance with International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (IFRS) Infosys Technologies Limited and subsidiaries Unaudited Consolidated Balance Sheets as of (Dollars in millions except share data) September 30, March 31, 2009 2009 ASSETS Current assets Cash and cash equivalents $2,208 $2,167 Available-for-sale financial assets 670 - Trade receivables 700 724 Unbilled revenue 164 148 Derivative financial instruments 5 - Prepayments and other assets 108 81 Total current assets $3,855 $3,120 Non-current assets Property, plant and equipment 946 920 Goodwill 144 135 Intangible assets 6 7 Deferred income tax assets 109 88 Income tax assets 59 54 Other non-current assets 69 52 Total non-current assets 1,333 1,256 Total assets $5,188 $4,376 LIABILITIES AND EQUITY Current liabilities Trade payables $2 $5 Derivative financial instruments - 22 Current income tax liabilities 137 115 Tax on dividend - - Client deposits 1 1 Unearned revenue 116 65 Employee benefit obligations 29 21 Provisions 22 18 Other current liabilities 354 290 Total current liabilities 661 537 Non-current liabilities Deferred income tax liabilities 8 7 Employee benefit obligations 48 48 Total liabilities 717 592 Equity Share capital - Rs. 5 ($0.16) par value 600,000,000 equity shares authorized, issued and outstanding 570,478,093 and 572,830,043 as of September 30, 2009 and March 31, 2009, respectively 64 64 Share premium 681 672 Retained earnings 4,070 3,618 Other components of equity (344) (570) Total equity attributable to equity holders of the company 4,471 3,784 Total liabilities and equity $5,188 $4,376

Infosys Technologies Limited and subsidiaries Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Dollars in millions except share data) Three months ended Six months ended September 30, September 30, 2009 2008 2009 2008 Revenues $1,154 $1,216 $2,276 $2,371 Cost of revenues 662 691 1,305 1,388 Gross profit 492 525 971 983 Operating Expenses: Selling and marketing expenses 57 68 110 129 General and administrative expenses 85 96 173 183 Total operating expenses 142 164 283 312 Operating Profit 350 361 688 671 Other income/(expense) 8 (28) 15 (46) Finance income 41 43 89 89 Profit before income taxes 399 376 792 714 Income tax expense 82 56 162 86 Net Profit $317 $320 $630 $628 Earnings per equity share Basic ($) 0.56 0.56 1.10 1.10 Diluted ($) 0.56 0.56 1.10 1.10 Weighted average equity shares used in computing earnings per equity share Basic 570,343,178 569,592,198 570,229,204 569,479,023 Diluted 571,046,545 570,721,306 570,948,478 570,723,017

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Contact Investor Shekar Narayanan, India Sandeep Mahindroo, USA Relations +91-80-4116-7744 +1-646-254-3133 shekarn@infosys.com sandeep_mahindroo@infosys.com Media Sarah Vanita Gideon, India Peter McLaughlin, USA Relations +91-80-4156-4998 +1-213-268-9363 Sarah_Gideon@infosys.com Peter_McLaughlin@infosys.com

Source: Infosys Technologies Ltd.

Investor Relations: Shekar Narayanan, India, +91-80-4116-7744, shekarn at infosys.com; Sandeep Mahindroo, USA, +1-646-254-3133, sandeep_mahindroo at infosys.com; Media Relations: Sarah Vanita Gideon, India, +91-80-4156-4998, Sarah_Gideon at infosys.com; Peter McLaughlin, USA, +1-213-268-9363, Peter_McLaughlin at infosys.com

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