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Persistent Systems Limited Investor Presentation 2022

Apr 27, 2022

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NSE & BSE / 2022-23 / 14

April 27, 2022

The Manager Corporate Services, National Stock Exchange of India Limited Exchange Plaza, Bandra Kurla Complex, Bandra (E), Mumbai 400 051

Ref: Symbol: PERSISTENT

The Manager Corporate Services, Bombay Stock Exchange Limited 14th Floor, P J Towers, Dalal Street, Mumbai 400 001

Ref: Scrip Code: 533179

Dear Sir/Madam,

Sub: Fact Sheet – Consolidated Financial Data – for the quarter and year ended March 31, 2022

Please find enclosed the fact sheet of the Consolidated Financial Data for the quarter and year ended March 31, 2022.

Please note there is no change in the earlier fact sheet submitted by the Company vide its letter bearing reference no. NSE & BSE / 2022-23 / 10 dated today. However, the presentation has been attached twice inadvertently.

Apart from the above, there is no change in the earlier filing. Request you to take this filing on record and oblige.

Please acknowledge the receipt.

Thanking you,

Yours Sincerely, For Persistent Systems Limited

AMIT MURARI ATRE Digitally signed by AMIT MURARI ATRE Date: 2022.04.27 18:33:06 +05'30'

Amit Atre Company Secretary ICSI Membership No.: A20507

Encl: As above

Analyst Presentation

Quarter and Financial Year Ended March 31, 2022

April 27, 2022

Forward-looking and cautionary statements

Certain statements in this Presentation 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, our revenues highly dependent on customers located in the United States, 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, concentration of major operations of the Company in one city, 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. The Company may, from time to time, make additional written and oral forward-looking statements, including statements contained in the Company's filings with the Stock Exchanges 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.

We are Persistent.

A trusted Digital Engineering and Enterprise Modernization partner.

\$765.6M FY22 Revenue

\$869.3M

Annualized revenue run rate based on Q4FY22

\$217.3M Q4FY22 Revenue

₹6.9B FY22 PAT

\$4.3B Market cap +35.2% YoY +42.2% YoY +53.2% YoY +115% YoY +36% YoY

18,599 Employees

*1 USD = INR 75.91; market cap as on March 31, 2022

Strong global presence with 18,500+ team members across key geographies

North & Central America 78.6% Revenue 1,932 Employees Europe 8.4% Revenue 362 Employees India 11.0% Revenue 16,094 Employees the world

Employees`

Rest of

2.0% Revenue

211

Our core strengths in Digital Engineering fuel the next wave of transformation for our clients

We've bolstered expertise, solutions and partnerships across the cloud hyperscaler ecosystem

Google Cloud partners have a significant opportunity to support businesses' digital transformations and to deliver critical services to help customers thrive in a digital world. Persistent and Media Agility offer deep expertise in business transformation across multiple industries, and hundreds of Google Cloud certified professionals in key transformation areas like collaboration and machine learning. We look forward to working together to help customers succeed.

Thomas Kurian

Chief Executive Officer, Google Cloud

Businesses and governments are seeking reliable technology partners to help them navigate the rapid digital proliferation. By establishing a business unit focusing on Microsoft Azure, Persistent builds on our longstanding relationship to develop competencies and solutions to serve customers with their Azure and Microsoft technology needs.

Anant Maheshwari

President, Microsoft India

We are helping market leaders transform their industries

8 of 10

Largest banks in both US & India

25+ Global FinTechs

45+

Companies

Global Fortune 500

6 of 10

Top Medical Device Companies

3 of 5 Top CROs & Analytical Instrument Companies

4 of 10 Top US Health Systems & Payors

5 of 10

Top Pharmaceutical Companies

We continue to be recognized for our customer excellence and expertise

Our 2021 awards build on our previous recognition from ISG

Persistent was recognized in 2020 as the leader for Customer and Delivery Excellence in BFSI, HCLS, North America and APAC.

We are building on our long-term growth journey

Delivering consistent growth in revenue and margins

Q1FY21 Q2FY21 Q3FY21 Q4FY21 Q1FY22 Q2FY22 Q3FY22 Q4FY22

On account of broad-based growth across all industry segments

Quarterly Revenue (\$M), % YoY Growth

* This chart excludes revenue from the top client

Leading to lower client concentration, broad-based growth

Client Concentration Large Client Count

Top 10 clients as % of total revenue >\$5M Annual Revenue

Q1FY21 Q2FY21 Q3FY21 Q4FY21 Q1FY22 Q2FY22 Q3FY22 Q4FY22

Q1FY21 Q2FY21 Q3FY21 Q4FY21 Q1FY22 Q2FY22 Q3FY22 Q4FY22

Creating significant shareholder value

Performance Highlights

Growth and grit defined this year for Persistent Systems. Amidst global uncertainty, we've remained focused and flexible in driving client success as a leader in Digital Engineering and Enterprise Modernization.

Persistent's sustained growth underscores the values and commitment of our entire team to confidently transform new ideas into tangible business results.

Anand Deshpande

Founder, Chairman and Managing Director

FY22 was a banner year for Persistent with 35.2% year-over-year growth. Our ability to identify emerging industry and technology trends and deliver value to clients through our expertise has given us a significant competitive advantage in the market. We are grateful to our clients, partners, employees, and other stakeholders for their continued trust in our team and ongoing collaboration.

n addition to delivering industr leading growt , we've futureproofed our business to fuel the next phase of our growth through strategic investments, acquisitions and leadership hiring. These moves have bolstered our Digital Engineering skills, enhanced our partnerships across the hyperscaler ecosystem, and deepened our expertise in our core industries. With this foundation, we remain focused on expanding the business outcomes we deliver to our clients and look forward to building the next phase of Persistent.

Sandeep Kalra

Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director

Financial highlights for Q4 FY22

TCV and ACV bookings in Q4FY22

Trailing Twelve Month TCV (New) \$1,222.6M \$649.8M

Trailing Twelve Month ACV*

Trailing Twelve Month ACV (New) \$943.1M \$461.9M

FY22 full year performance

Notable News and Achievements

Key wins for the quarter

Software, Hi-Tech & Emerging Industries

Launching product engineering center of excellence to drive efficiency and reduce time to market for a pioneer in no-code technology

Managing and modernizing end-to-end IT operations for a company that builds telecom expense management software

Designing, building and managing a hybrid multi-cloud infrastructure transformation program for a leading global media company

Banking, Financial Services & Insurance

Modernizing Core and Enterprise Data platforms and migrating to cloud for a payments network provider

Scaling technology operations while executing digital transformation initiatives for a leading wealth-tech company that provides financial advisor software for businesses

Providing advisory and consulting services to drive process efficiency and vendor consolidation for one of the largest US banks

Healthcare & Life Sciences

Engineering the next generation platform to scale diagnostics and drug discovery business for a leader in immune-driven medicine

Enhancing patient relationship management and experience with Salesforce for a global biopharmaceutical company

Transforming traditional supply chain into a modern network powered by patient demand for a multinational pharmaceutical company

Dividend update

Persistent Board of Directors recommended a final dividend of ₹11 er s are is along wit an interim dividend of ₹20 er s are ma es total dividend of ₹31* on t e face value of ₹10 eac for the Financial Year 2021-2022. Dividend recommended by the Board is subject to the approval of the members during the ensuing Annual General Meeting

*Compared to full year dividend of for FY21.

Acquisitions in FY22 enhanced our expertise and relationships across our partner ecosystem

Acquired MediaAgility, building on our existing partnership
with Google and laying the foundation for a
dedicated
Google business unit.
Acquired Data Glove, forming a new Microsoft business
unit
to enhance our partnership and expand our expertise in
Azure-based Digital Transformation.
Tentative closing in first week of May 2022 March 2022
Acquired
Software Corporation
International adding Payments expertise
and forming new Payments unit.
Acquired assets
from
bolster Cloud and IT Management
capabilities.
Shree Partners to Acquired assets from Sureline Systems
to bolster Cloud Migration capabilities.
October 2021 November 2021 May 2021

We continued to strengthen our leadership to fuel the next wave of our growth

Announcing Joining our team

Advisor Network

Sameer Bendre Chief of Operations (ESG, EIS, Risk Management & Admin)

Merlyn Mathew Head of Delivery Excellence & Talent Management

Yogesh Patgaonkar Chief People Officer

Larry Modder Vice President of Sourcing Advisory

Siba Padhy Senior Vice President, Salesforce

Phil Fasano Former CIO of AIG & Kaiser Permanente joins the Persistent Advisor Network

Other highlights for the quarter

9 years of Zinnov leadership — Persistent takes top position in 2021 Engineering Research and

Development Services ratings

OutSystems names Persistent Partner of the Year in Americas for 3rd consecutive year

For the 4th year in a row, Persistent named to Constellation Shortlist™ for Innovation Services and Engineering

The Three Phases Of 'Sustained' Software Engineering

with Karthik Balasubramanian

Agile transformation: 5 ways to measure progress

with Vikas Gupta

Learn More

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Financial Details

Sequential Q4FY22 vs Q3FY22

Expenses / Sales % Expenses / Sales %
Particulars Q4FY22 Q3FY22 Change QoQ Q4FY22 Q3FY22
Revenue (\$ M)
Services 197.91 172.68 14.6%
IP Led 19.41 26.44 -26.6%
Revenue (\$ M) 217.32 199.12 9.1%
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75.37 74.92 0.6%
Revenue (₹ M) 16,378.54 14,917.17 9.8%
Cost of Revenue Rs. M Rs. M
Employee Related Expenses 10,629.69 9,683.14 9.8% 64.9% 64.9%
Purchase / Royalty 153.06 141.50 8.2% 0.9% 0.9%
Project Related Travel Expenses 76.74 55.70 37.8% 0.5% 0.4%
Total Direct Costs 10,859.49 9,880.34 9.9% 66.3% 66.2%
Gross Profit 5,519.05 5,036.83 9.6% 33.7% 33.8%
Sales & Marketing Expenses 1,337.72 1,291.26 3.6% 8.2% 8.7%
Admin. & Other Expenses 1,349.60 1,206.48 11.9% 8.2% 8.1%
Doubtful Debt Provision (25.69) 13.26 -293.7% -0.2% 0.1%
CSR Activities 45.68 15.00 204.5% 0.3% 0.1%
Total SGA 2,707.31 2,526.00 7.2% 16.5% 16.9%
EBITDA 2,811.74 2,510.83 12.0% 17.2% 16.8%
Depreciation 231.18 187.41 23.4% 1.4% 1.3%
Amortization 280.17 240.44 16.5% 1.7% 1.6%
EBIT 2,300.39 2,082.98 10.4% 14.0% 14.0%
Other Income / (Loss) 251.28 251.25 0.0% 1.5% 1.7%
Exchange Gain / (Loss) 120.16 29.89 302.0% 0.7% 0.2%
PBT 2,671.83 2,364.12 13.0% 16.3% 15.8%
Tax 661.93 600.17 10.3% 4.0% 4.0%
PAT 2,009.90 1,763.95 13.9% 12.3% 11.8%

YoY Comparison Q4FY22 vs Q4FY21

Expenses / Sales % Expenses / Sales %
Particulars Q4FY22 Q4FY21 Change YoY Q4FY22 Q4FY21
Revenue (\$ M)
Services 197.91 129.99 52.3%
IP Led 19.41 22.83 -15.0%
Revenue (\$ M) 217.32 152.82 42.2%
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75.37 72.85 3.4%
Revenue (₹ M) 16,378.54 11,133.58 47.1%
Cost of Revenue Rs. M Rs. M
Employee Related Expenses 10,629.69 7,173.48 48.2% 64.9% 64.4%
Purchase / Royalty 153.06 150.52 1.7% 0.9% 1.4%
Project Related Travel Expenses 76.74 39.04 96.6% 0.5% 0.4%
Total Direct Costs 10,859.49 7,363.04 47.5% 66.3% 66.1%
Gross Profit 5,519.05 3,770.54 46.4% 33.7% 33.9%
Sales & Marketing Expenses 1,337.72 990.98 35.0% 8.2% 8.9%
Admin. & Other Expenses 1,349.60 889.65 51.7% 8.2% 8.0%
Doubtful Debt Provision (25.69) 4.73 -643.1% -0.2% 0.0%
CSR Activities 45.68 1.89 2316.9% 0.3% 0.0%
Total SGA 2,707.31 1,887.25 43.5% 16.5% 17.0%
EBITDA 2,811.74 1,883.29 49.3% 17.2% 16.9%
Depreciation 231.18 124.68 85.4% 1.4% 1.1%
Amortization 280.17 294.37 -4.8% 1.7% 2.6%
EBIT 2,300.39 1,464.24 57.1% 14.0% 13.2%
Other Income / (Loss) 251.28 210.77 19.2% 1.5% 1.9%
Exchange Gain / (Loss) 120.16 173.77 -30.9% 0.7% 1.6%
PBT 2,671.83 1,848.78 44.5% 16.3% 16.6%
Tax 661.93 471.19 40.5% 4.0% 4.2%
PAT 2,009.90 1,377.59 45.9% 12.3% 12.4%

Annual Comparison FY22 vs FY21

Expenses / Sales % Expenses / Sales %
Particulars FY22 FY21 Change YoY FY22 FY21
Revenue (\$ M)
Services 675.04 471.90 43.0%
IP Led 90.55 94.18 -3.9%
Revenue (\$ M) 765.59 566.08 35.2%
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74.59 73.98 0.8%
Revenue (₹ M) 57,107.46 41,878.88 36.4%
Cost of Revenue
Employee Related Expenses 37,017.33 26,468.18 39.9% 64.8% 63.2%
Purchase / Royalty 610.36 1,012.65 -39.7% 1.1% 2.4%
Project Related Travel Expenses 267.25 169.41 57.8% 0.5% 0.4%
Total Direct Costs 37,894.94 27,650.24 37.1% 66.4% 66.0%
Gross Profit 19,212.52 14,228.64 35.0% 33.6% 34.0%
Sales & Marketing Expenses 4,898.17 3,703.01 32.3% 8.6% 8.8%
Admin. & Other Expenses 4,656.65 3,369.80 38.2% 8.2% 8.0%
Doubtful Debt Provision (39.79) 121.62 -132.7% -0.1% 0.3%
CSR Activities 115.78 204.06 -43.3% 0.2% 0.5%
Total SGA 9,630.81 7,398.49 30.2% 16.9% 17.7%
EBITDA 9,581.71 6,830.15 40.3% 16.8% 16.3%
Depreciation 720.10 466.78 54.3% 1.3% 1.1%
Amortization 940.02 1,288.72 -27.1% 1.6% 3.1%
EBIT 7,921.59 5,074.65 56.1% 13.9% 12.1%
Other Income / (Loss) 1,051.79 985.97 6.7% 1.8% 2.4%
Exchange Gain / (Loss) 269.41 33.81 696.8% 0.5% 0.1%
PBT 9,242.79 6,094.43 51.7% 16.2% 14.6%
Tax 2,338.93 1,587.66 47.3% 4.1% 3.8%
PAT 6,903.86 4,506.77 53.2% 12.1% 10.8%

Balance Sheet

Particulars As on
March 31, 2022
As on
March 31, 2021
Assets
PPE and Intangible assets 16,406.93 4,691.23
Non-Current Assets 5,513.71 1,613.85
Cash and Investments 17,372.57 19,830.98
Other Current Assets 14,847.76 10,519.18
Total 54,140.97 36,655.24
Equity and Liabilities
Equity 33,682.20 27,956.66
Non-Current Liabilities 6,249.22 1,001.38
Current Liabilities 14,209.55 7,697.20
Total 54,140.97 36,655.24
Nos. / % Q4FY22 Q3FY22 Q2FY22 Q1FY22 Q4FY21 FY22 FY21
Revenue from Operations, USD M 217.3 199.1 182.3 166.8 152.8 765.6 566.0
% Q-o-Q growth 9.1% 9.2% 9.3% 9.2% 4.6%
Revenue % Y-o-Y growth 42.2% 36.2% 34.0% 27.3% 20.3% 35.2% 12.9%
Revenue from Operations, INR M 16,379 14,917 13,512 12,299 11,134 57,107 41,879
% Q-o-Q growth 9.8% 10.4% 9.9% 10.5% 3.5%
% Y-o-Y growth 47.1% 38.7% 34.1% 24.1% 20.2% 36.4% 17.4%
Description / % Q4FY22 Q3FY22 Q2FY22 Q1FY22 Q4FY21 FY22 FY21
Business Services 91.1% 86.7% 87.5% 86.9% 85.1% 88.2% 83.4%
Offerings
Revenue Mix
IP Led 8.9% 13.3% 12.5% 13.1% 14.9% 11.8% 16.6%
Total 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Description / % Q4FY22 Q3FY22 Q2FY22 Q1FY22 Q4FY21 FY22 FY21
Segment
Revenue Mix
BFSI 32.4% 32.2% 30.7% 30.8% 30.1% 31.6% 30.8%
Healthcare & Life Sciences 20.7% 20.7% 21.2% 20.5% 19.3% 20.8% 19.3%
Software, Hi-Tech & Emerging Industries 46.9% 47.1% 48.1% 48.7% 50.6% 47.6% 49.9%
Total 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Description / % Q4FY22 Q3FY22 Q2FY22 Q1FY22 Q4FY21 FY22 FY21
North America 78.6% 79.2% 78.7% 78.9% 79.2% 78.8% 80.8%
Geography Europe 8.4% 8.3% 8.8% 9.5% 10.0% 8.7% 9.2%
Revenue Mix India 11.0% 10.9% 10.5% 9.8% 8.9% 10.6% 8.4%
ROW 2.0% 1.6% 2.0% 1.8% 1.9% 1.9% 1.6%
Total 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Description / % Q4FY22 Q3FY22 Q2FY22 Q1FY22 Q4FY21 FY22 FY21
Revenue Top 1 14.0% 17.5% 16.9% 17.0% 17.9% 16.2% 18.4%
Concentration Top 5 32.5% 36.1% 35.8% 36.5% 36.4% 35.1% 38.7%
Top 10 42.1% 45.0% 45.4% 46.7% 46.3% 44.6% 47.7%
Description / % Q4FY22 Q3FY22 Q2FY22 Q1FY22 Q4FY21 FY22 FY21
Revenue
by
Delivery
Global Development Centers 34.5% 31.4% 30.4% 31.4% 30.4% 32.1% 31.8%
India 56.6% 55.3% 57.1% 55.5% 54.7% 56.1% 51.6%
Centers IP Led 8.9% 13.3% 12.5% 13.1% 14.9% 11.8% 16.6%
Total 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Nos. Q4FY22 Q3FY22 Q2FY22 Q1FY22 Q4FY21 FY22 FY21
Clients Billed Services 678 625 596 568 558 845 722
IP Led 125 122 130 132 140 237 239
Nos. Q4FY22 Q3FY22 Q2FY22 Q1FY22 Q4FY21 FY22 FY21
Client
Engagement
Size
Large > USD 5M 25 24 22 21 17 25 17
Medium, USD 1M to USD 5M 93 90 84 76 66 93 66
Nos. Q4FY22 Q3FY22 Q2FY22 Q1FY22 Q4FY21 FY22 FY21
Technical 17,283 15,721 14,657 13,833 12,706 17,283 12,706
People
Numbers
Sales and Business Development 317 294 296 308 273 317 273
Others 999 974 926 763 701 999 701
Total 18,599 16,989 15,879 14,904 13,680 18,599 13,680
USD / Per Person Month Q4FY22 Q3FY22 Q2FY22 Q1FY22 Q4FY21 FY22 FY21
Linear
Revenue
Per
Billed PM*
Global Delivery Centers 16,383 16,043 16,544 17,004 16,603 16,459 16,851
India 4,317 4,252 4,307 4,286 4,203 4,291 4,250
% Q4FY22 Q3FY22 Q2FY22 Q1FY22 Q4FY21 FY22 FY21
Attrition Rate TTM Basis 26.6% 26.9% 23.6% 16.6% 11.7% 26.6% 11.7%
IP Led Nos. Q4FY22 Q3FY22 Q2FY22 Q1FY22 Q4FY21 FY22 FY21
IP Led Person Months 3,225 3,911 4,000 3,918 3,546 15,055 15,076
DSO Nos. Q4FY22 Q3FY22 Q2FY22 Q1FY22 Q4FY21 FY22 FY21
Days 59 58 55 54 55 59 55
Description / Nos. / % Q4FY22 Q3FY22 Q2FY22 Q1FY22 Q4FY21 FY22 FY21
Billable Person Months 41,025 35,938 33,212 30,807 28,670 140,982 99,264
Global Delivery Centers 5,260 4,519 3,840 3,480 3,345 17,099 12,595
India 35,766 31,419 29,372 27,327 25,325 123,883 86,669
Billed Person Months 33.050 29,819 27,503 24,676 22,686 115,048 79,357
Efforts
and
Utilization
Mix —
Linear
Global Delivery Centers 4,578 3,891 3,354 3,080 2,794 14,903 10,687
India 28,472 25,928 24,149 21,596 19,892 100,145 68,670
Linear Utilization
Blended 80.6% 83.0% 82.8% 80.1% 79.1% 81.6% 79.9%
Global Delivery Centers 87.0% 86.1% 87.3% 88.5% 83.5% 87.2% 84.8%
India 79.6% 82.5% 82.2% 79.0% 78.5% 80.8% 79.2%