BANGALORE, India and EAST BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, January 16, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --
IT Services Revenue grew 3.7% sequentially in constant currency
Net Income for the quarter grew 9% YoY
Wipro Limited (NYSE:WIT) today announced financial results under International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) for its third quarter ended December 31, 2014.
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Highlights of the Results for the Quarter ended December 31, 2014:
Performance for the quarter ended December 31, 2014
Azim Premji, Chairman of Wipro, said, "Developments in the Global currency and commodity markets are affecting major economies unevenly even as India anticipates growth led by next-generation of economic reforms."
T K Kurien, Executive Director & Chief Executive Officer of Wipro, said, "We had a very satisfying quarter in terms of sequential revenue growth. We continue to see strong deal momentum as we are seen as the partner of choice for customers seeking to differentiate by using digital technologies as well as save costs in the traditional business."
Suresh Senapaty, Executive Director & Chief Financial Officer of Wipro, said - "During the quarter, we saw all round growth led by growth in our Healthcare & Life Sciences business and Global Infrastructure Services. The share of fixed price contracts increased to over 55% of engagements - a reflection of the maturity of Wipro's customer engagement model."
Outlook for the Quarter ending March 31, 2015
We expect Revenues from our IT Services business to be in the range of $ 1,814 million to $ 1,850 million*.
* Guidance is based on the following exchange rates: GBP/USD at 1.56, Euro/USD at 1.23, AUD/USD at 0.84, USD/INR at 62.90 and USD/CAD at 1.15
IT Services
The IT Services segment had a headcount of 156,866 as of December 31, 2014. We added 44 new customers during the quarter.
Wipro continued its momentum in winning Large Deals globally as listed below:
Wipro was selected by Levi Strauss & Co. (LS&Co), one of the world's largest brand-name apparel companies and global leader in Jeanswear, as its primary partner for global applications maintenance and development, infrastructure and BPO services. The five-year contract is geared towards bringing cost efficiencies and enabling enhanced optimization of applications, infrastructure, and BPO services within HR, Finance, IT, Customer Service, and Consumer Relations areas, thereby helping Levi Strauss & Co with their ongoing efficiency and cost saving measures to improve profitability.
Wipro has been selected by a large global food company as its partner for all its infrastructure and hosting needs. Wipro will leverage its US-based data centers and industry leading ServiceNXT Framework to enable world class Infrastructure services to support the customer's evolving business needs. The five-year contract will optimize applications and infrastructure across the entire enterprise, thereby helping the client with its ongoing business and technology needs.
Wipro has won a multi-year payments transformation and platform management deal with a top 10 bank and card issuer in the US. The deal further enhances Wipro's leadership position in the growing payments space and strengthens its consulting and delivery capabilities in payments and cards.
Wipro has been chosen as a strategic partner by a global leader in payments technology as part of their transformation strategy. The multi-year deal will result in Wipro partnering with the payments major across application development, maintenance, testing and infrastructure services.
Advanced Technologies & Solutions continued its traction with customers in the areas of Cloud, Mobility, Analytics, Big Data, and Workplace Collaboration, across verticals. Some marquee wins in Q3 include engineering of a big data platform on public cloud for a pharma major, financial risk and compliance analytics for a leading global investment bank.
Wipro has been empaneled by one of the world's largest providers of financial services as one of its IT services providers. Wipro was selected for its depth and breadth of services and its ability to scale and support the customer's goal of consolidation and growth, as the latter continues to invest in IT.
Wipro has been chosen by Cairn India Limited, India's largest independent oil and gas exploration and production company as its IT partner for a business transformation program. Through this program Cairn India limited will achieve improved service delivery and meet its expansion plans.
Wipro has been chosen by the Government of Assam to design, develop and maintain an IT Solution for the state's National Register of Citizens (NRC). The company will support the setting-up of the NRC Data Center, 'Seva Kendras' and digitization of the citizen application forms for updating the data.
Wipro has been selected to provide advisory and project management services to help set-up the IT landscape of a new bank, being launched by IDFC Limited, a leading Indian infrastructure finance company.
Awards and accolades
Wipro Digital has been named to the 'Winner's Circle' by the analyst firm HfS Research in its inaugural Marketing Operations and Digital Customer Experience Management Blueprint Report. The report evaluates service providers on their execution and innovation capabilities across marketing content development and management, campaign management, digital customer relationship management services and marketing analytics services. As per the report, Wipro Digital is a leader at developing strong client relationships, executing services beyond expectations and is highly flexible when meeting client needs. The report further states that Wipro Digital has a strong vision for the future, invests in future capabilities, works across verticals and with external partners to increase value for clients.
Wipro has been positioned as a 'Leader' in the first ever published Gartner Magic Quadrant for Application Testing Services, Worldwide 2014 authored by Susanne Matson and Patrick J. Sullivan, published on 25 November 2014. The report evaluated 16 different software vendors on 15 criteria and placed Wipro Ltd. in the Leaders quadrant. Gartner defines "Application testing services" as a comprehensive term used to capture all types of verification and validation services for the purposes of supporting clients' applications quality control and quality assurance (QA). Verification assesses the technical behavior, and validation assesses the functional behavior of tested elements.
Wipro was positioned as a 'Leader' in Gartner Magic Quadrant Oracle Application Implementation Services, Worldwide 2014 authored by Alex Soejarto and Susanne Matson, published on 04 December 2014. The report evaluated 14 different software vendors on their completeness of vision and ability to execute and placed Wipro Ltd. in the Leaders quadrant. Gartner defines, "Leaders are performing well today, gaining traction and mind share in the market; they have a clear vision of the market's direction, are helping clients beyond product road maps, and are actively building competencies to sustain their leadership position in the market.
Wipro has been named a "Leader" by technology global research and advisory firm Forrester Research Inc. in its report, "The Forrester Wave™: Business Intelligence Service Providers, Q4 2014". The report states that Wipro is amongst vendors that present formidable management consulting capabilities, capable of tackling not just tactical, but strategic and advisory initiatives.
IT Products
Please refer the table on page 7 for reconciliation between IFRS IT Services Revenue and IT Services Revenue on a non-GAAP constant currency basis.
Pursuant to the announcement issued as part of the press release on October 22, 2014, Wipro Inc. Benefit Trust sold 1.8 million shares of Wipro Limited and the same is reflected in the financial statements of the quarter ended December 31, 2014.
1. For the convenience of the reader, the amounts in Indian rupees in this release have been translated into United States dollars at the noon buying rate in New York City on December 31, 2014, for cable transfers in Indian rupees, as certified by the Federal Reserve Board of New York, which was US $1=INR 63.04. However, the realized exchange rate in our IT Services business segment for the quarter ended December 31, 2014 was US$1=INR 63.19
2. Refers to 'Profit for the period attributable to equity holders of the company'
About Non-GAAP financial measures
This press release contains non-GAAP financial measures within the meaning of Regulation G and Item 10(e) of Regulation S-K. Such non-GAAP financial measures are measures of our historical or future performance, financial position or cash flows that are adjusted to exclude or include amounts that are excluded or included, as the case may be, from the most directly comparable financial measure calculated and presented in accordance with IFRS.
The table on page 7 provides IT Services Revenue on a constant currency basis, which is a non-GAAP measure that is calculated by translating IT Services Revenue from the current reporting period into U.S. dollars based on the currency conversion rate in effect for the prior reporting period. We refer to growth rates in constant currency so that business results may be viewed without the impact of fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates, thereby facilitating period-to-period comparisons of our business performance.
This non-GAAP financial measure is not based on any comprehensive set of accounting rules or principles and should not be considered a substitute for, or superior to, the most directly comparable financial measure calculated in accordance with IFRS, and may be different from non-GAAP measures used by other companies. In addition to this non-GAAP measure, the financial statements prepared in accordance with IFRS and the reconciliation of these non-GAAP financial measures with the most directly comparable IFRS financial measure should be carefully evaluated.
Results for the quarter ended December 31, 2014, prepared under IFRS, along with individual business segment reports, are available in the Investors section of our website http://www.wipro.com.
Quarterly Conference Call
We will hold an earnings conference call today at 07:15 p.m. Indian Standard Time (08:45 a.m. US Eastern Time) to discuss our performance for the quarter. An audio recording of the management discussions and the question and answer session will be available online and will be accessible in the Investor Relations section of our website at http://www.wipro.com.
About Wipro Limited (NYSE: WIT)
Wipro Ltd. (NYSE:WIT) is a leading Information Technology, Consulting and Business Process Services company that delivers solutions to enable its clients do business better. Wipro delivers winning business outcomes through its deep industry experience and a 360 degree view of "Business through Technology" - helping clients create successful and adaptive businesses. A company recognized globally for its comprehensive portfolio of services, a practitioner's approach to delivering innovation, and an organization wide commitment to sustainability, Wipro has a workforce of over 150,000, serving clients in 175+ cities across 6 continents.
For more information, please visit http://www.wipro.com
Forward-looking statements
The forward-looking statements contained herein represent Wipro's beliefs regarding future events, many of which are by their nature, inherently uncertain and outside Wipro's control. Such statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding Wipro's growth prospects, its future financial operating results, and its plans, expectations and intentions. Wipro cautions readers that the forward-looking statements contained herein are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from the results anticipated by such statements. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, risks and uncertainties regarding fluctuations in our earnings, revenue and profits, our ability to generate and manage growth, intense competition in IT services, our ability to maintain 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, our ability to manage our international operations, reduced demand for technology in our key focus areas, disruptions in telecommunication networks, our ability to successfully complete and integrate potential acquisitions, liability for damages on our service contracts, the success of the companies in which we make strategic investments, withdrawal of fiscal governmental incentives, political instability, war, legal restrictions on raising capital or acquiring companies outside India, unauthorized use of our intellectual property, and general economic conditions affecting our business and industry. Additional risks that could affect our future operating results are more fully described in our filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, including, but not limited to, Annual Reports on Form 20-F. These filings are available at http://www.sec.gov. We 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. We do not undertake to update any forward-looking statement that may be made from time to time by us or on our behalf.
Wipro limited and subsidiaries
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED INTERIM STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION
(Rupees in millions, except share and per share data, unless otherwise stated)
As of March 31, As of December 31,
Notes 2014 2014 2014
Convenience
translation
into US
dollar in
millions
(unaudited)
Refer Note
2(iv)
ASSETS
Goodwill 5 63,422 69,327 1,100
Intangible assets 5 1,936 8,798 140
Property,plant and equipment 4 51,449 54,168 859
Derivative assets 13 286 576 9
Available for sale investments 7 2,676 3,029 48
Non-current tax assets 10,192 10,122 161
Deferred tax assets 3,362 3,579 57
Other non-current assets 10 14,295 14,449 229
Total non-current assets 147,618 164,048 2,603
Inventories 8 2,293 4,361 69
Trade receivables 85,392 93,757 1,487
Other current assets 10 39,474 57,270 908
Unbilled revenues 39,334 42,238 670
Available for sale investments 7 60,557 82,985 1,316
Current tax assets 9,774 6,123 97
Derivative assets 13 3,661 2,511 40
Cash and cash equivalents 9 114,201 122,113 1,937
Total current assets 354,686 411,358 6,524
TOTAL ASSETS 502,304 575,406 9,127
EQUITY
Share capital 4,932 4,937 78
Share premium 12,664 13,903 221
Retained earnings 314,952 364,399 5,780
Share based payment reserve 1,021 1,186 19
Other components of equity 10,472 14,120 224
Shares held by controlled trust (542) - -
Equity attributable to the
equity holders of the company 343,499 398,545 6,322
Non-controlling interest 1,387 1,504 24
Total equity 344,886 400,049 6,346
LIABILITIES
Long - term loans and
borrowings 11 10,909 12,522 199
Deferred tax liabilities 1,796 2,861 45
Derivative liabilities 13 629 310 5
Non-current tax liability 3,448 6,361 101
Other non-current liabilities 12 4,174 4,273 68
Provisions 12 6 7 -
Total non-current liabilities 20,962 26,334 418
Loans and borrowings and
bank overdrafts 11 40,683 57,084 906
Trade payables and accrued
expenses 52,256 53,677 852
Unearned revenues 12,767 15,838 249
Current tax liabilities 12,482 7,489 119
Derivative liabilities 13 2,504 1,833 29
Other current liabilities 12 14,394 11,765 187
Provisions 12 1,370 1,337 21
Total current liabilities 136,456 149,023 2,363
TOTAL LIABILITIES 157,418 175,357 2,781
TOTAL EQUITY AND LIABILITIES 502,304 575,406 9,127
Wipro limited and subsidiaries
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED INTERIM STATEMENTS OF INCOME
(Rupees in millions, except share and per share data, unless otherwise stated)
Three Months ended December 31,
2013 2014 2014
Convenience
translation
into US
dollar in
millions
(unaudited)
Gross revenues 112,713 119,929 1,902
Cost of revenues (76,365) (82,867) (1,315)
Gross profit 36,348 37,062 587
Selling and marketing expenses (7,759) (7,524) (119)
General and administrative expenses (5,775) (6,426) (102)
Foreign exchange gains/(losses), net 604 922 15
Results from operating activities 23,418 24,034 381
Finance expenses (898) (810) (13)
Finance and other income 3,812 5,035 81
Profit before tax 26,332 28,259 449
Income tax expense (6,060) 6,228) (99)
Profit for the period 20,272 22,031 350
Attributable to:
Equity holders of the company 20,147 21,928 348
Non-controlling interest 125 103 2
Profit for the period 20,272 22,031 350
Earnings per equity share:
Attributable to equity share
holders of the company
Basic 8.20 8.92 0.14
Diluted 8.18 8.88 0.14
Weighted average number of equity shares used in
computing earnings per equity share
Basic 2,455,541,979 2,457,766,859 2,457,766,859
Diluted 2,462,432,622 2,469,323,243 2,469,323,243
Additional Information
Segment Revenue
IT Services Business Units
BFSI 27,305 29,177 463
HLS 10,914 13,247 210
RCTG 15,116 16,005 254
ENU 16,625 18,637 296
MFG 19,199 20,718 329
GMT 14,115 15,661 248
IT SERVICES TOTAL 103,274 113,445 1,800
IT PRODUCTS 10,155 7,740 123
RECONCILING ITEM (112) (334) (5)
TOTAL 113,317 120,851 1,917
Segment Result
IT Services Business Units
BFSI 6,377 7,035 112
HLS 1,847 2,981 47
RCTG 3,164 3,255 52
ENU 4,683 4,262 68
MFG 4,565 4,228 67
GMT 2,845 3,438 55
OTHERS - -
UNALLOCATED 309 (458) (7)
TOTAL IT SERVICES 23,790 24,741 392
IT PRODUCTS (116) 89 1
RECONCILING ITEM (256) (796) (13)
TOTAL 23,418 24,034 381
FINANCE EXPENSE (898) (810) (13)
FINANCE AND OTHER INCOME 3,812 5,035 81
PROFIT BEFORE TAX 26,332 28,259 449
INCOME TAX EXPENSE (6,060) (6,228) (99)
PROFIT FOR THE PERIOD 20,272 22,031 350
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Wipro limited and subsidiaries
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED INTERIM STATEMENTS OF INCOME
(Rupees in millions, except share and per share data, unless otherwise stated)
Nine Months ended December 31,
2013 2014 2014
Convenience
translation
into US dollar
in millions
(unaudited)
Gross revenues 317,734 348,125 5,522
Cost of revenues (217,788) (238,675) (3,786)
Gross profit 99,946 109,451 1,736
Selling and marketing expenses (22,224) (22,709) (360)
General and administrative expenses (17,028) (19,217) (305)
Foreign exchange gains/(losses), net 2,849 3,343 53
Results from operating activities 63,543 70,867 1,124
Finance expenses (2,049) (2,687) (43)
Finance and other income 10,585 14,383 228
Profit before tax 72,079 82,563 1,309
Income tax expense (16,064) (18,369) (291)
Profit for the period 56,015 64,194 1,018
Attributable to:
Equity holders of the company 55,703 63,808 1,012
Non-controlling interest 312 386 6
Profit for the period 56,015 64,194 1,018
Earnings per equity share:
Attributable to equity share holders
of the company
Basic 22.69 25.97 0.41
Diluted 22.63 25.85 0.41
Weighted average number of equity
shares used in computing earnings
per equity share
Basic 2,454,745,433 2,457,491,867 2,457,491,867
Diluted 2,462,073,492 2,468,262,835 2,468,262,835
Additional Information
Segment Revenue
IT Services Business Units
BFSI 77,567 85,653 1,359
HLS 29,855 36,713 582
RCTG 43,481 45,951 729
ENU 46,750 53,792 853
MFG 55,328 59,721 947
GMT 40,335 45,933 729
IT SERVICES TOTAL 293,316 327,763 5,199
IT PRODUCTS 27,695 24,552 389
RECONCILING ITEM (428) (847) (13)
TOTAL 320,583 351,468 5,575
Segment Result
IT Services Business Units
BFSI 17,148 19,904 316
HLS 5,155 7,534 120
RCTG 8,964 9,648 153
ENU 12,531 13,483 214
MFG 12,439 12,630 200
GMT 8,237 10,696 170
OTHERS 583 9
UNALLOCATED (195) (1,606) (25)
TOTAL IT SERVICES 64,279 72,872 1,156
IT PRODUCTS 167 316 5
RECONCILING ITEM (903) (2,321) (37)
TOTAL 63,543 70,867 1,124
FINANCE EXPENSE (2,049) (2,687) (43)
FINANCE AND OTHER INCOME 10,585 14,383 228
PROFIT BEFORE TAX 72,079 82,563 1,309
INCOME TAX EXPENSE (16,064) (18,369) (291)
PROFIT FOR THE PERIOD 56,015 64,194 1,018
Segment result represents operating profits of the segments and dividend income and gains or losses (net) relating to strategic investments, which are presented within "Finance and other income" in the statement of Income.
The Company is organized by the following operating segments; IT Services and IT Products.
IT Services: The IT Services segment primarily consists of IT Service offerings to our customers organized by industry verticals as
follows: Banking, Financial Services and Insurance (BFSI), Healthcare and Life Sciences (HLS), Retail, Consumer, Transport and
Government (RCTG), Energy, Natural Resources and Utilities (ENU), Manufacturing (MFG), Global Media and Telecom (GMT). Starting with
quarter ended September 30, 2014, it also includes Others which comprises dividend income and gains or losses (net) relating to
strategic investments, which are presented within "Finance and other income" in the statement of Income. Key service offering to
customers includes software application development and maintenance, research and development services for hardware and software design,
business application services, analytics, consulting, infrastructure outsourcing services and business process outsourcing services.
The IT Products segment sells a range of Wipro personal desktop computers, Wipro servers and Wipro notebooks. The Company is also a
value added reseller of desktops, servers, notebooks, storage products, networking solutions and packaged software for leading
international brands. In certain total outsourcing contracts of the IT Services segment, the Company delivers hardware, software
products and other related deliverables. During the fiscal year ended March 31, 2014 the Company ceased the manufacturing of 'Wipro
branded desktops, laptops and servers'. Revenue relating to the above items is reported as revenue from the sale of IT Products.
Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Constant Currency IT Services Revenue to IT
Services Revenue as per IFRS ($MN)
IT Services Revenue as per IFRS $ 1,795 IT Services Revenue as per IFRS $ 1,795
Effect of Foreign currency exchange Effect of Foreign currency
movement $ 41 exchange movement $ 47
Non-GAAP Constant Currency IT Services
Non-GAAP Constant Currency IT Services
Revenue based on previous quarter Revenue based on previous year
exchange rates $ 1,836 exchange rates $ 1,842
Contact for Investor Relations
Aravind V S
Phone: +91-80-2505-6186
aravind.viswanathan@wipro.com
Vaibhav Saha
Phone: +1-732-509-1362
vaibhav.saha@wipro.com
Contact for Media & Press
Vipin Nair
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vipin.nair1@wipro.com
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