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Cigniti Technologies Ltd — Interim / Quarterly Report 2021
Jan 29, 2021
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Cigniti Technologies Ltd. Investor Update
Q3 & 9M FY21

Q3FY21 Highlights
- Cigniti Technologies appoints Ganesh Ramamoorthy as Chief Revenue Officer (CRO). Responsible to drive strategy and scale overall revenues of the organization. Cigniti positioned as a 'Niche player' in Gartner 2020 Magic Quadrant for Application Testing Services, Worldwide. This is the 6th consecutive year Cigniti has been positioned in this Magic Quadrant. The Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange (DGCX), has selected Cigniti Technologies Assurance service provider as the Exchange seeks to upgrade its technology platform. • It will enable the DGCX Group to 'acceptance test' the applications – covering both functional and non-functional testing – and reduce the amount of overall time and effort expended on testing. • Toyota Motor Corporation Australia Selects Cigniti Technologies as a Strategic Quality Engineering Partner. • To help accelerate its Quality & Digital transformation journey over the next 3 years. • London based BABB partners with Cigniti Technologies for software testing of their cryptocurrency platform. • Cigniti is working with leading banks across the globe.
Cigniti: Business Overview & Key Metrics
Cigniti is a globally recognized player in Specialized Quality Engineering Services and an emerging leader with Digital offerings

Cigniti: A Global Leader in Specialized Quality Engineering Services

| Financial Overview | ||
|---|---|---|
| Business Metrics Q3FY21 | Business Metrics 9MFY21 | |
| Revenues: 223.90 Cr | Revenues: 663.50 Cr | |
| EBITDA: 31.94 Cr | EBITDA: 112.21 Cr | |
| PBT: 31.97 Cr | PBT: 110.78 Cr | |
| PAT: 26.35 Cr | PAT: 80.68 Cr |
Headquartered in Hyderabad, India, Cigniti is North America's largest Independent Quality Engineering Services company with operations in 13 countries. It offers wide variety of QA testing services including Testing Advisory & consulting leveraging IP (BlueSwan) for Digital transformation. Company Overview

Awards & Recognitions

Q3 & 9M-FY21 Operational Highlights
- The Company's Consolidated Revenue from operations for the quarter under consideration stood at Rs 223.90 crore as against Rs 221.20 crore in Q2FY20, up by 1%
- EBIDTA for the December quarter was at Rs 31.94 crore and EBIDTA margin stood at 14.3%. Reduction is mainly on account of rollback of payroll cut which was in force for the H1'FY 2020-21.
- Reported Net Profit for Q3FY21 stood at Rs 26.35 crore as against Net Profit of Rs 25.22 crore in Q2FY21
- 9M'FY21 PAT is after onetime tax adjustment of Rs 8.95 crores on account of tax assessment for earlier years of US subsidiary Cigniti Technologies Inc.; Net profit before taxes for earlier years stood at Rs 110.78 crores.
Cigniti's Core Service Offerings for Large Enterprise Clients

- Performance Engineering
- Service Virtualization
- Test Data Management
- Tools Streamlining
- End to End Automation
- DevOps Enablement
- Test Environment Management
- Resiliency and Reliability Testing
Quality Assurance and Traditional Offerings
- Security Testing
- Functional Testing
- Test Automation
- Globalization Testing
- Performance Testing
- Compatibility Testing
- Regression Testing
• IoT Assurance Digital and Next Generation Offerings

- Cloud Assurance
- Omni and Multi-Channel Testing
- AI testing
- Blockchain Testin
- Robotics Automation
- Mobile Testing
- Customer Experience Testing

Board Members

Led by Dedicated Promoters & Managed by Professional Leadership Team • In 1998, Mr. Subramanyam founded Chakkilam Infotech Pvt. Ltd.

C V Subramanyam, Chairman and Managing Director
- as an IT services company providing IT solutions
- Successfully took the company public in 2004
- Holds a Bachelors in Commerce and Law and Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management

Srikanth Chakkilam, Chief Executive Officer, Cigniti Technologies Inc.
- Drives client acquisition strategies, provides oversight to Sales, sets business targets, and maintains the P&L and related activities • Key decision maker in the vision and growth of Cigniti & plays a vital role in
- evaluating, analyzing & deciding Cigniti's pursuits related to inorganic growth
- Focused to build a highly successful, impactful and ethical business in all forms
- Has an MS from the University of Southern California


Diversified Client base Leading to Better Stability


Marquee Clients Across Industry Verticals
In high-spend Industry verticals, Cigniti has marquee clients.


| Financial Highlights Q3FY21- | Consolidated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All values are in INR Million | |||||
| ParticularsIncome | Q3FY21 | Q2FY21 | Q3FY20 | Q-o-Q | Y-o-Y |
| Revenue from operations | 2,239 | 2,212 | 2,167 | 1% | 3% |
| Revenue from operations ($M) | 30.49 | 30.13 | 30.91 | ||
| Expenses | |||||
| Employee benefit expense | 1,332 | 1,232 | 1,289 | 8% | 3% |
| Other expenses | 588 | 538 | 592 | 9% | -1% |
| EBITDA | 319 | 442 | 286 | -28% | 12% |
| % EBITDA | 14.3 | 20.0% | 13.2% | ||
| Depreciation & Amortization | 31 | T30 | 28 | 3% | 12% |
| EBIT | 288 | 412 | 258 | 12% | |
| Other Income(Expense) | 8 | 8 | 37 | -8% | -79% |
| Finance Income | 36 | 21 | 19 | 49% | 86% |
| Finance Costs | 12 | 16 | 20 | -25% | -39% |
| PBT | 320 | 425 | 294 | -25% | 8% |
| Tax* | 56 | 173 | 13 | -68% | 317% |
| PAT | 264 | 252 | 281 | 4% | -6% |
| EPS (Basic) | 9.45 | 9.06 | 10.15 |

| Financial Highlights 9MFY21- | Consolidated | All values are in INR Million | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Particulars | 9MFY21 | 9MFY20 | Y-o-Y |
| Income | |||
| Revenue from operations | 6,635 | 6,398 | 4% |
| Revenue from operations ($M) | 90 | 91 | |
| Expenses | |||
| Employee benefit expense | 3,875 | 3,834 | 1% |
| Other expenses | 1,638 | 1,584 | 3% |
| EBITDA | 1,122 | 971 | 16% |
| % EBITDA | 16.9% | 15.2% | |
| Depreciation & Amortization | T91 | 85 | 8% |
| EBIT | 1,031 | 886 | 16% |
| Other Income(Expense) | 39 | 111 | -65% |
| Finance Income | 82 | 39 | 113% |
| Finance Costs | 44 | 60 | -26% |
| PBT | 1,108 | 976 | 13% |
| Tax* | 301 | 53 | 469% |
| PAT | 807 | 923 | -13% |
| % PAT | 12.2% | 14.5% | |
| EPS (Basic) | 28.96 | 33.36 |

| Cigniti's Income statement - | Consolidated | All values are in INR Million | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Particulars | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | 9MFY21 | |
| Income | |||||
| Revenue from operations | 6,933 | 8,161 | 8,720 | 6,635 | |
| Revenue from operations ($M) | 108 | 117 | 124 | 90 | |
| Expenses | |||||
| Employee benefit expense | 4,701 | 4,754 | 5,190 | 3,875 | |
| Other expenses | 1,715 | 2,080 | 2,243 | 1,638 | |
| EBITDA | 517 | 1,327 | 1,287 | 1,122 | |
| % EBITDA | 7.5% | 16.2% | 14.8% | 16.9% | |
| Depreciation & Amort | 27 | 31 | 115 | 91 | |
| EBIT | 490 | 1,296 | 1,172 | 1,031 | |
| % EBITOther Income | 7.1%7 | 15.9%264 | 13.4%158 | 15.5%39 | |
| Finance Income | 2 | 8 | 58 | 82 | |
| Finance costs | 170 | 146 | 80 | 44 | |
| PBT | 329 | 1,422 | 1,308 | 1,108 | |
| % PBT | 4.8% | 17.4% | 15.0% | 16.7% | |
| Tax | 8 | -52 | 92 | 301 | |
| PAT | 322 | 1,474 | 1,216 | 807 | |
| % PAT | 4.6% | 18.1% | 13.9% | 12.2% | |
| EPS (Basic) | 12.1 | 53.6 | 43.87 | 28.96 | |

| Cigniti's Balance Sheet H1FY21- | Consolidated | All values are in INR Million | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Particulars | H1-FY21 | H1-FY20 | Particulars | H1-FY21 | H1-FY20 |
| Property Plant & equipment | 165 | 141 | Equity & Liabilities | ||
| Right-to-use asset | 258 | 326 | Equity share capital | 278 | 277 |
| Goodwill | 549 | 549 | Other equity | 2,924 | 1,819 |
| Capital WIPOther intangible assets | -- | -- | Sub totalNon-current liabilities | 3,202 | 2,096 |
| Financial assets | Financial liabilities | ||||
| Investment | - | - | Lease Obligation | 250 | 323 |
| Loans | 51 | 30 | Borrowings | - | - |
| Other non-financial assets | 1 | - | Long term provisions | 109 | 75 |
| Deferred tax assets net | 30 | - | Deferred tax liability | - | - |
| Other non current assets | - | - | |||
| Sub total | 1,054 | 1,046 | Sub total | 359 | 398 |
| Current assets | Current liabilities | ||||
| Financial assets | Financial liabilities | ||||
| Investment | 745 | 171 | Short term borrowings | 669 | 741 |
| Loans | 6 | 20 | Trade payables | 499 | 539 |
| Trade receivables | 1,400 | 1,276 | Lease Obligation | 87 | 76 |
| Cash and cash equivalent | 414 | 173 | Other current financial liabilities | 4 | 17 |
| Other Bank balances | 868 | - | Short term provisions | 33 | 29 |
| Other current financial assets | 591 | 1,118 | Current tax liability, net | 221 | 17 |
| Current tax assets net | 14 | 51 | Other current liabilities | 146 | 134 |
| Other current assets | 128 | 190 | |||
| Sub total | 4,166 | 3,000 | Subtotal | 1,659 | 1,552 |
| Total | 5,220 | 4,046 | Total | 5,220 | 4,046 |


Cashflow Generation 9M FY21
| Cashflow Generation 9M FY21 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Figures in INR Mn. | 9M FY21 | 9M FY20 | FY20 | |
| Profit before tax | 1,108 | 976 | 1,308 | Cash Generation |
| (+/-) Non-cash & non operatingItems | 65 | 98 | 116 | Cash and cash equivalents (including fixeddeposits) at a healthy level of 1,327 Mn. |
| Operating Profit before WC Changes | 1,173 | 1,074 | 1,424 | Company has invested in Mutual Funds, NCDs |
| (+/-) DSO Movement (Receivables) | 284 | (74) | (382) | and Bonds to the tune of 716 Mn. and 963 Mn in |
| (+/-) Other charges | 99 | (186) | (141) | Bank FDs |
| Operating CF after WC changes | 1,556 | 813 | 901 | FCF generated during 9M FY21 is exceeding the |
| Less: Taxes | (206) | (18) | (35) | FCF generated in the FY 20 mainly driven by |
| (22) | (54) | (70) | efficiency in collections, reduction in G&A andcapex optimization despite non recurrence of | |
| 796 | export incentives | |||
| 1,327 | 741 | |||
| Less: CapexFree cash flow generatedEBITDA | 1,122 | 971 | 1,287 |
- Cash and cash equivalents (including fixed deposits) at a healthy level of 1,327 Mn.
- Company has invested in Mutual Funds, NCDs and Bonds to the tune of 716 Mn. and 963 Mn in Bank FDs
- FCF generated during 9M FY21 is exceeding the FCF generated in the FY 20 mainly driven by efficiency in collections, reduction in G&A and capex optimization despite non recurrence of export incentives
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