CRISIL Ltd. — Investor Presentation 2021

Jul 23, 2021

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July 23, 2021

Listing Department Listing Department National Stock Exchange of India Ltd. BSE Limited Exchange Plaza, 5[th] floor P J Towers Plot No. C/1, G Block Dalal Street Bandra-Kurla Complex Mumbai 400 001 Bandra (East) Mumbai 400 051

Dear Sirs,

Sub.: Corporate Presentation Q2 2021

We are enclosing herewith our corporate presentation updated with the Q2 FY 2021 Financial Results. This presentation will be published on the Company's website - www.crisil.com shortly.

Kindly take this communication on record.

Yours faithfully, For CRISIL Limited MINAL Digitally signed by AMIT MINAL AMIT BHOSALE Date: 2021.07.23 BHOSALE 14:47:30 +05'30' Minal Bhosale Company Secretary ACS 12999

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CRISIL Limited

Corporate Identity Number: L67120MH1987PLC042363

Registered Office: CRISIL House, Central Avenue, Hiranandani Business Park, Powai, Mumbai - 400076. Phone: +91 22 3342 3000 | Fax: +91 22 3342 3001 www.crisil.com

Disclaimer / Safe Harbor

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Information has been obtained by CRISIL from sources which it considers reliable. However, CRISIL does not guarantee the accuracy, adequacy or completeness of information on which this Presentation is based and is not responsible for any errors or omissions or for the results obtained from the use of this Presentation. CRISIL, especially states that it has no financial liability whatsoever to the subscribers/ users/ transmitters/ distributors of this Presentation.

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Agenda

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1. CRISIL Overview 2. Business Environment 3. Financial Performance 4. Segment Performance 5. Thought Leadership 6. Corporate Social Responsibility

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CRISIL is a leading global analytics company driven by its mission of making markets function better

Ratings Benchmarking Insights Research Services Risk Solutions

Market Insights & Analytics

Empowering decisionmaking with cutting-edge #Analytics

#Global footprint #Innovation to drive growth #Agile to market needs

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Agenda

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1.	CRISIL Overview
2.	Business Environment
3. 4.	Financial Performance Segment Performance
5.	Thought Leadership
6.	Corporate Social Responsibility

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Domestic macros impacted by second wave; Developed economies drive global growth

India	Indicator	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022F
	GDP (y-o-y %)	6.5	4.2	-7.3	9.5
	10 year G-sec yield (%, March)	7.5	6.2	6.2	6.5
	Fiscal deficit (% of GDP)	3.4	4.6	9.5@	6.8#
	Exchange rate (Re/$, March avg.)	69.5	74.4	72.8	75.0
	CPI Inflation (%)	3.4	4.8	6.2	5.3
	Gross NPA (%)	9.1	8.2	~7.5*	~8.0-9.0*
	Repo Rate (%, March-end)	6.25	4.40	4.00	4.25
	Gross Bank Credit Growth (%)	11.0	6.0	~5.0	~9.0-10.0

Global	Indicator	CY2018	CY2019	CY2020	CY2021F
	World GDP (y-o-y %)	3.6	2.9	-3.4	5.9
	United States of America (y-o-y %)	2.9	2.3	-3.5	6.7
	Eurozone (Euro Area-19) (y-o-y %)	1.9	1.2	-6.7	4.4
	China GDP (y-o-y %)	6.6	6.1	2.3	8.3

Note: F=forecast; [# ] Budget estimate; [@ ] Revised Estimate Source: NSO, RBI, CRISIL, S&P Global Economics and Oxford Economics * Excluding restructured accounts

FY represents the financial year (Apr-Mar period) 6 CY represents the calendar year (Jan-Dec period)

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Key business trends

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Economic revival

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Accelerated digital transformation

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Buoyant capital markets

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Emphasis on social and sustainable practices

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Financial and credit stress

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Increasing focus on nonfinancial risk

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AI/ML adoption

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Remote working and distributed model

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1. CRISIL Overview 2. Business Environment 3. Financial Performance 4. Segment Performance 5. Thought Leadership 6. Corporate Social Responsibility

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Q2 2021 income from operations at ₹528.5 cr.; PAT at ₹100.8 cr.

Income from Operations

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₹ crore ₹ crore
+12.0% +13.8%
528.5 1,023.7
471.8 899.6
Q2 2020 Q2 2021 H1 2020 H1 2021
Profit After Tax
₹ crore ₹ crore
+19.3%
+51.9% 100.8 184.3
154.5
66.3
Q2 2020 Q2 2021 H1 2020 H1 2021
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CRISIL’s commitment to ESG

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Agenda

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1.	CRISIL Overview
2.	Business Environment
3. 4.	Financial Performance Segment Performance - Ratings
5.	Thought Leadership
6.	Corporate Social Responsibility

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Significant dip in bond market activity and bank credit growth remains muted impacted by the pandemic

Bond Issuances (₹ billion)

Credit Growth

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24.0%
Bond issuance quantum
7,890 19.0%
8,000
7,152
7,000 14.0% 12.4%
6,000
5,000 9.0%
6.0%
4,000
-61%
3,000 4.0%
2,220 0.9%
2,000
864 -1.0%
1,000
0
CY2019 CY2020 Q2 2020 Q2 2021
# of Credit Growth Wholesale Credit Growth Retail Credit Growth
547 458 190 99
Issuers
8 Jan-1 Mar-18 May-18 Jul-18 Sep-18 Nov-18 Jan-19 Mar-19 May-19 Jul-19 Sep-19 Nov-19 Jan-20 Mar-20 May-20 Jul-20 Sep-20 Nov-20 Jan-21 Mar-21 May-21
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Source: RBI, SEBI, Ministry of Finance, Prime Database, CRISIL CY represents the calendar year (Jan-Dec period);

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Ratings: Q2 2021 highlights

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Financials

Particulars(₹ cr)	Q2 2020	Q2 2021
Income from Operations	144.1	136.6
Segment Profits	59.3	52.0
Margin	41.2%	38.1%
Particulars(₹ cr)	H1 2020	H1 2021
Income from Operations	277.3	285.5
Segment Profits	116.8	122.3
Margin	42.1%	42.8%

Note: Numbers rounded off

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Business update

• Ratings business continued to hold its leading position in the corporate bond market and added new clients during the quarter despite the challenging credit landscape

• Further, on the new products front, the Ratings business saw traction across stressed assets and structured finance

• The Global Analytical Centre continued to scale up coverage in analytical and strategic support

Innovation and franchise

• Continued focus on franchise activities with over 30 press releases published and several webinars covering steel, power, stressed assets, dairy, sugar, real estate, renewable energy etc.

• Continued publishing key opinion pieces. Some notable ones were ‘Half of CRISIL-rated mid-sized cos eligible for restructuring 2.0’, ‘RBI liquidity window can augment healthcare infra,’ ‘Second wave and rural vulnerability high-base effect to slow domestic tractor volume growth to 3-5%’

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Agenda

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1.	CRISIL Overview
2.	Business Environment
3. 4.	Financial Performance Segment Performance - Research
5.	Thought Leadership
6.	Corporate Social Responsibility

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Indian Capital market remains buoyant; Globally, performance of CIB industry is normalising

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₹ ‘000 crore
3,349
2,993
2,687
2,366
2,237
India
1,693
mutual fund 1,341
AUM
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Apr-Jun
2021
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*Average AUM for the Quarter; Source: AMFI

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₹ ‘000 crore
442 451
Alternative 348
Investment 239 185 200
142
Funds (AIFs) 93
2018 2019 2020 Mar-21
Source: SEBI
Commitments Investments
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$ billion

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566 558
535 523
2018 2019 2020E 2021F
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Global CIB
revenue
pools
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Revenues Pools analysis includes revenues from all Institutional Clients and Corporates with annual sales turnover > $ 1.5bn; Above analysis is as per Coalition Standard Taxonomy; Numbers are restated based on Coalition methodology; Source: Coalition Proprietary Analytics

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14.0%
11.2% 10.9% 10.8%
CIB Return
on Equity
(%)
2017 2018 2019 2020E
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Source: Coalition Proprietary Analytics; ROE is based on Coalition Index Universe and is calculated as operating profit post-tax divided by Capital

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Evolving regulations present opportunities

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USA: Maturing
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CCAR
• Europe: Tightening
DFAST
• •
FRTB EBA/PRA Stress Testing Asia: Nascent
• IBOR • BASEL III
•
IFRS9
• CECL • FRTB
•
IBOR
• UMR (Phase V and VI ) • TRIM •
Stress Testing
•
IBOR
•
UMR (Phase V and VI)
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CCAR: Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review DFAST: Dodd-Frank Act Stress Tests CECL: Current Expect Credit Loss EBA: European Banking Authority MiFID: Markets in Financial Instruments Directive UMR: Uncleared Margin Rules

PRA: Prudential Regulation Authority TRIM: Targeted Review of Internal Models IFRS: International Financial Reporting Standards IBOR: Interbank Lending Rate FRTB: Fundamental Review of Trade Book

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Research: Q2 2021 highlights

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Financials

Particulars(₹ cr)	Q2 2020	Q2 2021
Income from Operations	295.7	355.4
Segment Profits	46.7	79.9
Margin	15.8%	22.5%
Particulars(₹ cr)	H1 2020	H1 2021
Income from Operations	560.1	667.7
Segment Profits	102.4	133.1
Margin	18.3%	19.9%

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1. Numbers rounded off

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Business update

• The Research segment had a strong quarter, growing its revenue by 20.2%, with all businesses in the segment delivering growth for the quarter. The segment during the quarter also witnessed margin expansion of over 670 bps

• Global Research & Risk Solutions (GR&RS) saw good growth across risk analytics and buy-side research

• Growth in Coalition-Greenwich was aided by client adds in CIB space and increased traction for commercial banking analytics

• India Research grew on account of continued demand for data, capital marketrelated insights and new products launched in funds and fixed-income. The business also launched Environmental, Social, Governance (ESG) scores for 225 Indian corporates across 18 sectors, which was well received by the market.

Innovation and franchise

• Hosted inaugural CRISIL India ESG Leadership Summit engaging with 900+ clients from 600+ organizations

• Launched joint wealth management programme in association with National Institute of Securities Markets (NISM), SEBI

• Released white papers on topical areas such as Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), ESG Reporting Standards, climate risk and stress testing

• Coalition Greenwich hosted multiple webinars on market structure trends, transaction banking and released several opinion pieces on VOC and market structures

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VOC – Voice of Customer

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1.	CRISIL Overview
2.	Business Environment
3. 4.	Financial Performance Segment Performance - Advisory
5.	Thought Leadership
6.	Corporate Social Responsibility

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Advisory: Q2 2021 highlights

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Financials

Particulars(₹ cr)	Q2 2020	Q2 2021
Income from Operations	32.0	36.5
Segment Profits	0.3	4.4
Margin	0.9%	12.1%
Particulars(₹ cr)	H1 2020	H1 2021
Income from Operations	62.2	70.5
Segment Profits	1.0	7.0
Margin	1.6%	9.9%

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Business update

• The advisory segment witnessed robust revenue growth of 14.0% during the quarter from new wins and pipeline conversion

• Our proprietary technology platforms in the Business Intelligence and Risk Solutions business continued to garner interest from clients

Innovation and franchise

• Participated in the S&P Global Ratings’ panel discussion on the topic - ‘India and South East Asia: New Funding Structures and Credit Risks – The Growing Role of Project Finance and Project Bonds’

• Participated in a roundtable discussion on ‘Accelerating a Sustainable and Inclusive COVID-19 recovery’ covering trends in Infrastructure financing in emerging markets, success factors and role of Infra Funds, and PPP project bankability

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Risks

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Prolonged impact of Covid-19 pandemic and delay in economic revival

Evolving regulatory environment

Information security and cyber-related risks

Adverse currency movement

Intense competition Reputation risk

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1. CRISIL Overview 2. Business Environment 3. Financial Performance 4. Segment Performance Franchise and thought 5. Leadership 6. Corporate Social Responsibility

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A ‘TRUSTED’ voice in Media

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Webinars & Events
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Reports
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ESG Summit

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Hosted the inaugural CRISIL India ESG Leadership Summit in June 2021

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1. CRISIL Overview 2. Business Environment 3. Financial Performance 4. Segment Performance

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Creating sustained social impact through CSR initiatives

Furthering CRISIL’s ESG agenda by driving inclusive growth and conserving the environment

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Financial capability building of rural women in Assam, Rajasthan, Haryana and Maharashtra

• Mein Pragati expanded its outreach through 1,036 trained Sakhis in 1,789 villages of Assam and Rajasthan

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• Over 56,000 linkages facilitated to formal banking & social welfare schemes

• Through RBI-CFL pilot, over 15,000 beneficiaries provided handholding support through the GramSahay helpline

• Under GramShakti Certification, 720+ new users on-boarded – taking cumulative user base to 2,700+

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Promoting environment conservation, disaster relief and larger social consciousness among employees

• Over 500 CRISILites engaged through virtual volunteering initiatives which covered mentoring the field teams and teaching children from rural communities

• Undertook Project ‘Oxygen For All’ – to enable purchase and deployment of oxygen concentrators and cylinders

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About CRISIL

CRISIL is a leading, agile and innovative global analytics company driven by its mission of making markets function better.

It is India’s foremost provider of ratings, data, research, analytics and solutions with a strong track record of growth, culture of innovation, and global footprint.

It has delivered independent opinions, actionable insights, and efficient solutions to over 100,000 customers through businesses that operate from India, the US, the UK, Argentina, Poland, China, Hong Kong and Singapore.

It is majority owned by S&P Global Inc, a leading provider of transparent and independent ratings, benchmarks, analytics and data to the capital and commodity markets worldwide.

For more information, visit www.crisil.com

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