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INFINITE COMPUTER SOLUTIONS (INDIA) LIMITED
ANNUAL REPORT 2011-2012
MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
Overview:
The consolidated financial statements have been prepared by the Company in
accordance with the requirements of Accounting Standard (AS) 21, the
consolidated financial statements prescribed by the Companies (Accounting
Standards) Rules, 2006 and in accordance with the Indian Generally Accepted
Accounting Principles (GAAP), and the provisions of the Companies Act,
1956, to the extent applicable. Our management accepts responsibility for
the integrity and objectivity of these financial statements, as well as for
various estimates and judgments used therein. The estimates and judgments
related to the financial statements were made on a prudent and reasonable
basis, so that the financial statements reflect in a true and fair manner,
the form and substance of transactions and reasonably present our state of
affairs, profits and cash flows for the year.
Synopsis
Infinite Computer Solutions (India) Limited is a global service provider of
application management, infrastructure management, product engineering and
mobility solutions, with a focus on telecom, energy and utilities, media
and content, healthcare and BFSI industries. Our services are spread across
application management services, packaged application services, independent
validation and verification, product development and support, to higher
value-added offerings, including product engineering and mobility and
messaging products and solutions.
With telecom being our key vertical, we aim to be a dominant player in the
market to provide services to the telecom and media industry, providing IT
services to service providers, equipment manufacturers and software
vendors.
Our footprint spans several countries in four continents offering onsite,
offsite, and near-shore capabilities in major international markets. We
established our presence in most of the large telecom and IT services
markets globally, with offices at multiple locations in the U.S, the U.K.
India, Singapore, Malaysia, and China.
We recorded a revenue growth (in USD terms) of 14% in FY 2012, a volatile
year for the IT sector. The year also witnessed the Company crossing the Rs
10,000 million annual revenue milestone. Revenues of Rs 10,558 million was
achieved despite a few setbacks which included an unforeseen decline in
contribution from our top client and the transfer of a BOT project for
another leading client. However, we overcame these reversals owing to a
distinguished client base. The latter was further enhanced in FY 2012 by
addinglO large global corporations, who have the potential to be US $10
million plus accounts for us over the next couple of years. These clients,
together with our existing clients which are fairly, diversified, and large
provides us with a very strong platform for continued growth and will
reduce the client concentration risk going ahead. The operating margin for
FY 2012 was 17.35%, a marginal increase compared to the previous year.
Economic Environment & Industry Outlook
Despite widespread macroeconomic instability and a volatile financial
scenario during 2011, worldwide IT spending exceeded USD 1.7 trillion,
recording a steady annual growth of 5.4%. Software products, IT and BPO
services continued to lead, accounting for over USD 1 trillion - 63% of the
total spend. In 2011, global IT services spend grew to USD 605 billion, an
annual growth of 3.2%, a marginal decline from 3.4% recorded in 2010. The
year saw global sourcing grow twice as fast as global technology spend at
12%, suggesting a steady widening of the boundaries of outsourcing.
Within the global sourcing industry, India was able to increase its market
share from 51% in 2009 to 58% in 2011, highlighting the country's continued
competitiveness and the effectiveness of India-based providers in enhancing
their value-appeal to clients. This resulted in the Indian IT-BPO sector
recording aggregate
revenues of USD 100 billion in FY 2012, an annual growth of 14%. Software
and services revenues, comprising nearly 87% of the total industry revenue
grew by 15% over FY 2011. Within software and services exports, IT services
accounts for 58%, BPO nearly 23% and engineering R&D and software products
account for 19%. Exports, excluding hardware, at USD 69 billion grew by 16%
and continue to be the mainstay for the sector.
Global GDP, after growing by 2.7 per cent in 2011, is expected to grow by
2.5 per cent in 2012 owing to uncertainties on the macroeconomic front.
This coupled with other geographical factors is expected to slow the growth
rate of worldwide IT spending in 2012. Gartner cut its forecast for 2012
worldwide IT spending growth to 3.7 percent from its earlier estimate of
4.6 percent growth. The forecast was further reduced to 2.5% due to the
recent strengthening in the value of the US dollar.
IT services is expected to grow by 4.3% in 2012, and 4.7% in 2013 as
organisations use IT to improve operational efficiencies and enhance
competitive advantage. The IT outsourcing market is set to grow at a CAGR
of about 8% during 2011 to 2013, while BPO off shoring is expected to grow
over 7% during the same period. The growth in the global outsourcing market
was buoyed by buyer dissatisfaction with large-size contracting as well as
by suppliers expanding their capabilities and collaborating to deliver
outcomes.
Nasscom's forecast for growth of IT-BPO exports in FY 2013 is 11-14%.
Industry experts also predicted a transition to accelerate spending post
the slowdown on the back of a shift from older technologies to newer
technologies such as analytics, mobile devices, software-as-a-service-based
collaborative process apps, among others. Nasscom reckons that technology
changes coupled with socio-economic issues and better economic prospects
will present a new set of opportunities, which can propel industry revenues
to USD 225 billion by 2020.
We strongly support the notion that the future of the technology services
industry will extend beyond services - it will be a combination of
services, solutions and platforms. Hence, the business model is expected to
transform from a traditional human capital-intensive model to a software
capital-intensive model over time. Consequently, IP-based solutions and
investments in IP-based offerings will become critical to the
competitiveness of the Indian IT services industry.
Accordingly, the focus will need to be on investing in skills development,
especially around software product engineering, business analytics, domain
(industry) expertise, consulting, and programme management capabilities.
Business strategy/technology focus/services portfolio
Our focus is not merely on revenue and margin growth, but also on
transforming our service portfolio from traditional IT services to more
higher value-added services like infrastructure management, product
engineering and R&D, mobility and messaging. There is also an emphasis on
moving away from time and material work to doing more business using fixed
bids and revenue share models.
We believe that enhanced presence in niche business segments and superior
client mining strategies will enable us to not only grow but also overcome
issues of high client concentration and delayed project ramp-ups. Moreover,
presence in niche business segments help in complex and innovative deal
wins, which in-turn could help in faster growth as well as higher customer
recall.
IT is now a key element of every business and customers are increasingly
looking at how IT can be used to increase productivity. Mobile-enabling
applications is an important aspect in fulfilling this need. Customers are
looking for a system integrator for complete implementation in the mobile
application space.
We are currently active on the Enterprise Messaging space. We possess a
robust platform that has been in the market place for and as of today it
supports about 130 million subscribers and close to about 700 billion
messages per year. The initial services were focused on one-way and two-way
text-based messaging providing wireless customers or employees, alerts and
requesting confirmation of appointments and authorisation for financial
transactions. These services are now evolving into more complex and more
valuable mobile business communications involving instant messaging chats
and services that contribute to improving revenue and will command higher
fees.
In FY12, we launched next-generation mobility and messaging products into
the market place. We also launched PMC which is the Personal Messaging
Cloud. All of these platforms and products will deliver a much higher user
experience in terms of messaging.
Our R&D and product engineering services are at present focused on the
telecom vertical, which is undergoing significant changes across the value
chain. Unlike conventional R&D, our value proposition is to take over
retiring end-of-life products, support these products, and extend the shelf
life of the product by adding functionality and features. The advantage of
this model is that while we get a share of the revenue that a client is
generating from the product, the client is able to stretch the R&D budget
especially in the prevailing scenario.
Our IMS offerings revolve around our expertise in remote infrastructure and
network management, enhancing data centre and IT security services,
production support and end-user computing services. Our focus is towards
building capabilities that enable us to offer end-to-end IMS as a Managed
Service Offering. The Build Operate Transfer model that we use helps our
customers to leverage our infrastructure, technology, people and process to
save huge investments. This model works efficiently for customers, as they
can focus on their business functions and leave the technology to us. Our
differentiation is in our understanding of the customers strategy or vision
and partnering with them to ensure their success with accountability for
their IT.
Risks and concerns
The rhetoric of protectionism in the US and Europe invariably comes to the
fore in troubled times, threatening to narrow the limits of outsourcing and
marring our prospects as well as issuing visas. Though the impact of such
discourse in the past has not been significant, fallout of such negative
sentiments, increased hiring outside India, could dent our competitive
advantage and impact margins.
Our progress is also dependant on the movement of the domestic currency,
which has depreciated in the last year. The rupee witnessed a steep
depreciation in recent times which is a reversal of the pattern seen in
early 2012. While a fall in the rupee will enhance margins, currency
volatility poses a significant challenge and could have an impact on the
hedges taken by us.
The continuing uncertainties in the global economy, especially in the euro
zone, could have an impact on the IT spend by corporates, leading to
concerns on demand and in some cases, pricing.
The demand scenario has an inevitable and immediate impact on talent
availability and retention. There is also a direct correlation with wage
increases, which can affect operating margins.
There could be dilution in differentiation if competitors develop similar
capabilities or our inability to introduce higher-value service offerings
and innovative business models. Such a dilution will lead to growth
constraints and pressure on margins.
Our work with governmental agencies exposes us to additional operational
and financial risks.
Financial performance
The financial performance discussed below is based on the consolidated
financial results for the year ended March 31, 2012.
Share capital
The authorised share capital of the Company is Rs 500 million comprising 50
million equity shares of Rs 10 each. The paid up share capital stands at Rs
425.6 million as on March 31, 2012.
Reserves and surplus
General reserve
General reserve stands at Rs 158.2 million on March 31, 2012 compared with
Rs 63.5 million in the previous year. The increase in general reserves over
the previous year is on account of mandatory transfer of profits to
reserves on declaration of interim and final dividend that was made during
the current year.
Capital redemption reserve
Capital redemption reserve stands at Rs 15 million on March 31, 2012
compared with Rs 1 million in the previous year.
Profit and loss account
The balance retained in the profit and loss account as of March 31, 2012 is
Rs 3,534.5 million compared with Rs 2,857 million as of March 31, 2011.
Forex translation reserve
The balance retained in the forex translation reserve as of March 31, 2012
is Rs 280.3 million compared with Rs (23.1) million as of March 31, 2011.
Shareholder's fund
The total shareholders' funds increased to Rs 5,089.4 million as of March
31, 2012 from Rs 4,162.8 million as of the previous year. The book value
per share increased to Rs 119.58 as of March 31, 2012 as compared with Rs
94.70 as of March 31, 2011.
Loan Funds
Our loan funds decreased to Rs 308.5 million as of March 31, 2012 from Rs
476.9 million as of previous year. This reduction is mainly due to decrease
in long-term borrowings to Rs 43.5 million as of March 31, 2012 from Rs
269.5 million as of the previous year. We repaid Rs 1.8 million of our
other long-term liabilities during the year, thereby, bringing the
outstanding amount as on March 31, 2011 to nil.
Deferred tax liabilities
Deferred tax liabilities as on March 31, 2012 were Rs 229.4 million as
compared with Rs 161.2 million as of March 31, 2011.
Current liabilities and provisions
Current liabilities and provisions were Rs 4,767.3 million as of March 31,
2012 as compared with Rs 3,622.2 million as of March 31, 2011.
Our working capital related borrowings increased to Rs 547.8 million as of
March 31, 2012 as compared with Rs 246.1 million in the previous year.
Trade payables increased to Rs 1,256.4 million from 1,145.7 million in the
previous year.
Other current liabilities reduced to Rs 552.8 million from Rs 641.8 million
in the previous year.
Fixed assets
The movement in fixed assets is shown in the table below:
Assets Gross Block as on Gross Block as on
March 31, 2012 March 31, 2011
Land 110.6 83.2
Buildings 165.5 163.4
Computers 329.2 226.3
Office equipment 119.0 95.2
Furniture and fixtures 129.4 106.8
Vehicles 38.5 44.3
Leasehold improvements 60.8 10.0
IT and networking equipment 550.6 438.4
Plant and machinery 38.8 38.8
Electrical installations 56.7 41.8
Intangible assets - software 1,160.3 923.1
Total 2,759.4 2,171.3
The net block of fixed assets, capital work in progress and intangible
asset under development increased to Rs 2,153.4 million from Rs 1,739.8
million as on March 31, 2011. This increase is due to an increase of Rs
272.9 millions in tangible and intangible assets, a reduction of Rs 34.1
million in capital work in progress and an increase of Rs 174.8 million in
intangible assets under development.
Goodwill
Opening goodwill as shown in the Consolidated Balance Sheet was Rs 541.9
million in respect of acquisition of 100% stock of Comnet International
Company by Infinite Computer Solutions Inc. which increased to Rs 646.0
million as on March 31, 2012, an increase of Rs 104.1 million over the
previous year's balance.
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Investments
The Company has made several strategic investments in a number of wholly-
owned 100% subsidiaries, the details of which are as per the table below.
Sl. Name of the subsidiary Country of Percentage of Ownership
No. company Incorporation Interest as at
31st March 31st March
2012 2011
1 Infinite Computer Solutions
Pte. Ltd. Singapore 100% 100%
2 Infinite Computer Solutions Inc. USA 100% 100%
3 Infinite Computer Solutions
Sdn, Bhd Malaysia 100% 100%
4 Infinite Computer Solutions
(Shanghai) Co. Ltd China 100% 100%
5 Infinite Computer Solutions Ltd United
Kingdom 100% 100%
6 Comnet International Company USA 100% 100%
Subsidiary Subsidiary
of Sr. No.2 of Sr. No.2
7 India Comnet International
Pvt Ltd India 100% 100%
Subsidiary Subsidiary
of Sr. No.6 of Sr. No.6
8 Infinite Infosoft Services
Pvt. Ltd. India 100% 100%
9 Infinite Data Systems Pvt. Ltd. India 100% 100%
10 Infinite Data Systems UK Ltd. UK 100% 100%
Subsidiary Subsidiary
of Sr.no.9 of Sr. no.9
11 Infinite Convergence
Solutions Inc. USA 100% 100%
12 Infinite Infocomplex
Pvt. Ltd. India 100% 100%
13 Infinite Computer UAE Incorporated Incorporated
Solutions FZE on June 24, on June 24,
2010. 2010.
Investment Investment
is yet is yet
to be made to be made
14 Infinite Infoworld Ltd. India 100% 100%
15 Infinite Infopark Ltd. India 100% -
(Incorporated
on December
2011)
Infinite Computer Solution Inc., USA, has a contingent liability of USD
325,000 with respect to the Investment in Servesharp Inc.in accordance with
the 'Second Closing' clause of the share purchase agreement, this amount
shall be payable subject to Servesharp Inc meeting the criteria set forth
in the said agreement. As of the balance sheet date, it cannot be
ascertained or estimated with reasonable accuracy whether Servesharp Inc
would or would not meet the set criteria. Considering the nature of the
transaction, this liability has not been included in the value of
investment in Servesharp Inc.
Consequently, this liability is being disclosed as a contingency, via this
note.
During 2011 -12, Infinite Infopark Ltd. was incorporated, which is a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Infinite Computer Solutions (India) Limited.
Deferred tax asset
Deferred tax asset as on March 31, 2012 was Rs 200.4 million as compared
with Rs 135.2 million as of March 31, 2011.
Current assets
Trade receivables
Trade receivables decreased to Rs 2,322.2 million after provision for
doubtful debts amounting to Rs 50.9 million as of March 31, 2012 from Rs
2,338.8 million after provision for doubtful debts amounting to Rs 37.7
million as of March 31, 2011.
Included in the debtors are those pertaining to pass-through revenue-Rs 753
million and Rs 889.1 million for the year ended March 31, 2012 and 2011
respectively.
The Days Sales Outstanding (DSO) as appears in the financials is 135 days
for the year ended March 31, 2012 as compared with 137 days for the
previous year.
The DSO of the core business (excluding pass through) reduced from 102 days
in FY11 to 98 in FY12.
Cash and cash equivalents
The cash and cash equivalents at the end of March 31, 2012 are Rs 1,506
million as compared with Rs 834.4 million as on March 31, 2011. The bank
balances in India include both rupee accounts and foreign currency
accounts. The bank balances in overseas current accounts are of the
Company's overseas subsidiaries, its branches and an overseas collection
account.
Short-term loans and advances
Loans and advances as on March 31, 2012 were Rs 1,026.6 million as compared
with Rs 1,141.9 million as on March 31, 2011. The decrease is mainly due to
the reduction in advance to vendors.
Other current assets
Other current assets increased to Rs 1,984.3 million as of March 31, 2012
from Rs 1,235.4 million on March 31, 2011. The increase in this is mainly
due to increase in unbilled receivables. Unbilled receivables pertain to
services provided to customers during the financial year but have been
invoiced after March 31, 2012. The unbilled receivables as on March 31,
2012 were Rs 1,940.9 million as compared with Rs 1,207.9 million for the
previous year.
Consolidated revenue
The financial year 2012 was a great one for Infinite as the Company made
remarkable progress in its business performance. The year saw Infinite
grow its topline by 19.5% in INR terms to Rs 10,558 million and about 14%
in USD terms to USD 220.7 million. We classified our revenues into four
geographic segments comprising the Americas, Europe, Asia Pacific and
domestic (India). The geographic breakdown of revenues contained in the
following table, is based on the location of the specific client entity for
which the project has been executed, irrespective of the location where the
invoice is raised or whether the work is performed onsite or from our
offshore delivery centers in India.
Geographical location 31st March 2012 31st March 2011
Domestic 1,330.4 662.9
Americas 8,085.3 7,313.9
Europe 442.2 543.8
APAC 700.2 312.2
Our revenues are generated from time and material, fixed price and revenue
share projects. On time-and-material contracts revenues are recognised as
the related services are rendered. Revenue from fixed price contracts is
recognized as per the proportionate completion method. Revenue from revenue
share contracts is recognised as and when it accrues.
The segmentation of software services by project type is as follows:
Project Type FY 2012 FY 2011
Fixed price/SOW 27.1% 35.0%
Revenue share 16.5% 14.5%
Time and material 56.4% 50.5%
Our revenues are also segmented into onsite and offshore revenues. Onsite
revenues are those where the services are provided at our clients locations
while offshore revenues are those where the services are provided from our
software development centers located in India. This segmentation is as
follows:
Revenue Mix FY 2012 FY 2011
Onsite 64.8% 67.8%
Offshore/domestic 35.2% 32.2%
The services performed onsite typically generate higher revenues per-
capita, but at a lower gross margin in percentage as compared with services
performed at our own facilities. Therefore, any increase in onsite effort
impacts our margins. The growth in revenue is due to an all-round growth in
various segments of the business mix and is mainly due to growth in
business volumes.
Other income
Other income for the year ended March 31, 2012 is Rs 124.1 million and
increased 100% over the previous year's income of Rs 61.9 million. Out
this, an increase of Rs 42.8 million is on account of an exchange gain in
the current year. Another reason for this increase is the increase in
interest and dividend income over the previous year of Rs 18.3million.
Expenses
The overall expenditure of the Company grew by 20.39% over the last year to
Rs 9,075.3 million. The expenses mainly comprise manpower cost, other
expenses, financial cost and depreciation. The increase is due to increase
in business volume, increase in number of office locations in India and
overseas and overall growth in business activity.
Manpower related expenses
Manpower related expenses include salaries, wages and bonus, contribution
to provident fund and other funds, staff welfare costs and expenses towards
contractual services. These expenses grew by 16.68% in the fiscal year 2012
over fiscal year 2011.
General and administration expenses
The administration and other expenses saw an increase of 30.2% in fiscal
2012. Increase in depreciation is mainly due to increase in investment in
infrastructure and equipment, as well as amortisation of software to
service our growing business.
The Company incurred an interest expense of Rs 18.7 million in fiscal 2012
on borrowings as compared with Rs 18.4 million in fiscal 2011.
EBITDA margins
This period saw our EBITDA rise by 24.08% in INR terms to Rs 1,834.9
million and by 18.10% in USD terms to USD 38.3 million. EBITDA margins as a
percentage of revenue was 17.39% in fiscal 2012 as compared to 16.74% in
fiscal 2011.
Profit before Tax
Profit before tax, prior period and extraordinary items increased by 18.47%
to Rs 1,606.8 million in fiscal 2012 from Rs 1,356.3 million in fiscal
2011. Profit before tax as a percentage of revenue was 15.22% in fiscal
2012 as compared with 15.36% in fiscal 2011.
Taxes
The provision of current tax and deferred tax for the year ended March 31,
2012 is Rs 399.8 million as compared with Rs 284.5 million in the previous
year. The effective tax rate in these years is 24.88% and 20.97%
respectively.
Net profit
The profit after tax (PAT), for the year ended March 31, 2011 was up by
12.61% in INR terms to Rs 1,207 million and by 7.40% in USD terms to USD
25.2 million. Profit after tax as a percentage of revenue was 11.44% in
fiscal 2012 and 12.13% fiscal 2011.
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INFINITE COMPUTER SOLUTIONS (INDIA) LIMITED
ANNUAL REPORT 2010-2011
MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
Overview
The financial statements have been prepared in compliance with the
requirements of the Companies Act 1956, guidelines issued by Securities &
Exchange Board of India (SEBI). Our management accepts responsibility for
the integrity and objectivity of these financial statements, as well as for
various estimates and judgments used therein. The estimates and judgments
related to the financial statements have been made on a prudent and
reasonable basis, so that the financial statements reflect in a true and
fair manner, the form and substance of transactions and reasonably present
our state of affairs, profits and cash flows for the year.
Synopsis
Established in 1999 and listed in 2010, Infinite has come a long way in the
past decade, both in terms of establishing sound fundamentals as well as
being applauded for our client focus and management.
With an exemplary clientele, comprising of Fortune 500 and Global 1000
companies, our focus on blue chip companies has paid off and we have been
able to acquire, retain as well as grow these large accounts consistently
over time.
Despite the industry challenges and the economic downturn over the past two
years, Infinite has shown a significant jump in both its top-line and
bottom-line growth. Even amidst the slowdown, Infinite's revenues from USA
grew at a two-year CAGR of 43% during FY08-FY10. For FY 2011, we have
posted a consolidated annual revenue growth in rupee terms of 33 % and PAT
of 35.4%.
Economic Environment & Industry Outlook
Fiscal 2011 has been a defining year for the Indian IT industry. With the
global economic crisis in the background, many positive factors have
redefined the industry. From growth rates exceeding expectations, markets
opening up to generate healthy talent management and attrition issues and
fast changing business dynamics, the year has played out very positively.
As per NASSCOM, by 2020, demographic shifts will fuel the growth of new
sectors, markets, and service lines in the IT sector and 80% of incremental
growth will be driven by opportunities outside the current core markets,
verticals and customer segments. Business services will account for 60% of
the total opportunity in 2020 and as such there is a strong need for new
business models. NASSCOM also lays emphasis on the expansion of new
verticals of Public Sector, Healthcare, Media and Utilities in developed
countries.
The exports component of the Indian industry is expected to expand three-
fold and reach USD 175 billion and the domestic component will grow to USD
50 billion by 2020. Also, Asia (including Japan) will bypass Europe in the
global economy, by having a 30% share in the Global GDP.
Business Overview
Infinite's biggest dtrength lies in its ability to constantly question
itself. Last year we thought on five key points.
Business drivers in terms of client engagement and our shift to new and
reinvented business models
It is rightly perceived that clients today are demanding more for less and
are looking for value beyond cost saving. Cost arbitrage alone will not
survive in the long run. With the high degree of business uncertainty, it
is imperative that new productivity frontiers need to be identified and
innovative pricing and operating models be implemented. Companies want to
dispose non core activities and focus on core activities. To this end, we
have made a strategic shift of focus on transaction and outcome pricing
model, state of the art forecasting and sizing models, shared services
model and productivity driven incentive. However, for risks to be
successfully shared between customers and suppliers, in depth investment
needs to be made in the deal structure, both in terms of money as well as
expertise, to make it work for both parties. We have managed to
successfully develop subject matter expertise and benchmarking based value
delivery models to implement this. Most importantly, we became trusted
business partners, in terms of values, ethics and compliance.
Emphasis on employee engagements and workforce strategies and re-evaluating
the same
In 2010, we participated in the Best IT Employer Survey conducted by
Dataquest, and were overall ranked 5th. It was heartening to see the
solidarity displayed by our employees.
With companies being under pressure to maintain current profit levels and
reduce costs, the industry implemented a number of measures such as
increased working hours, salary freezes or low single digit increases and
higher controls. However, at Infinite, not only did we give an average
double digit growth, we continued our hiring process. We made an attempt to
rethink our workforce strategies, by thinking of new ways of building
domain expertise and staying focused on the innovation roadmap, continuing
to invest in training, making changes to the grade structure and overall
strengthening processes. We have made every effort to capture the changing
mood of the organization, evaluate the people metrics in place, align
training programs to roles, recruit as well as retain the right talent and
ensure a transparent system of performance management.
Dealing with volatility: Building effective relations with investors
Post being a listed Company, it has been a strategic management
responsibility to maintain an effective two way communication between the
Company and the financial community. We realize the necessity for a Company
to showcase its ability to achieve its business goals and increase long
term shareholder value, by integrating economic, environmental and social
opportunities to its business strategies. We have proactively engaged with
the market to provide information on our continued progress over each
quarter, to try and gauge the interest of the financial community and
address their concerns through regularity and transparency of information.
Managing Costs and Risks
With the objective to move to best-in-class, we understand that it is
imperative to manage costs and the risks associated with them effectively.
The key to it is to build a customer-centric culture where everyone is
empowered and energized to continuously drive service excellence and
profitable growth, with unyielding integrity. Also, fixed costs need to be
turned into variable to support expansion and growth and excessive onshore
capital expenditure needs to be avoided. Tactical measures should
/'continue to help achieve cost savings and greater productivity.
Sustainable bottom line through operational excellence
We acknowledged the need of a leaner operating model to create a domain and
business value focus on the operations floor. We have continued with our
efforts to make internal centers even more cost effective, without
compromising the quality of operations. Pricing has been classified to be
pricing per FTE, pricing per transaction and pricing per volume of
transaction. We continue to strive to move from an FTE pricing to a
transaction or value based pricing.
To increase our bottom line efficiency, we also lay emphasis on FX
volatility. In the long term, this can be best done through creating a
natural hedge by diversifying revenue and cost. In the medium and short
term, clearly defined policies with specified risk tolerances,
differentiated contract type and certainty of exposures will play a key
role.
Financial Performance
The financial performance discussed below is based on the consolidated
financial results for the year ended March 31, 2011.
Share Capital
The authorized share capital of the Company is Rs 500 Million consisting of
50 Million equity shares of Rs 10 each. The paid up share capital stands at
Rs 439.60 Million as on March 31, 2011, the same amount as in the previous
year.
Reserves and Surplus
General Reserve
General Reserve stands at Rs 63.50 Million on March 31, 2011 compared to Rs
29.13 Million in the previous year. The increase in general reserves over
the previous year is on account of mandatory transfer of profits to
reserves on declaration of Interim Dividend that was made in the third
quarter of the current year.
Capital Redemption Reserve
Capital redemption reserve as on March 31, 2011 and March 31, 2010 stands
at Rs 1.05 Million.
Profit & Loss Account
The balance retained in the profit and loss account as of March 31, 2011 is
Rs 2,856.98 Million compared to Rs 1,973.31 Million as of March 31, 2010.
Forex Translation Reserve
The balance retained in the Forex translation reserve as of March 31, 2011
is Rs. (23.14) Million compared to Rs 1.61 Million as of March 31, 2010.
Shareholders' Fund
The total shareholders' funds increased to Rs 4,162.79 Million as of March
31, 2011 from Rs 3,269.51 Million as of the end of the previous year. The
book value per share increased to Rs 94.70 as of March 31, 2011 as compared
to Rs 74.37 as of March 31, 2010.
Loan Funds
Our working capital related borrowings have increased to Rs 297.37 Million
as of March 31, 2011 as compared to Rs 147.83 Million in the previous year.
We have repaid Rs 13.0 Million of our term loans during the year, thereby,
bringing the outstanding amount of term loan as on March 31, 2011 to nil.
Deferred Tax Liabilities
Deferred tax liabilities as on March 31, 2011 were Rs 161.16 Million as
compared to Rs 64.09 Million as of March 31, 2010.
Fixed Assets
The movement in the Fixed Assets is shown in the table below:
Rs. in Million
Assets Gross block Gross block
as on as on
March 31, 2011 March 31, 2010
Land 8.32 4.42
Buildings 16.34 14.33
Computers 22.63 17.97
Office Equipment 9.52 6.91
Furniture & Fixtures 10.68 6.93
Vehicles 4.43 3.43
Leasehold Improvements 1.00 0.55
Software 91.57 13.83
IT & Networking Equipments 43.84 36.55
Plant & Machinery 3.88 3.84
Electrical Installations 4.18 3.77
Intangible Assets 0.25 0.25
Finance Lease - Software 0.50 0.50
TOTAL 217.13 113.30
The net block of fixed assets, capital advances, capital work in progress
and software work in progress increased to Rs 1,848.38 Million from Rs
929.63 Million. This increase is due to an increase in net fixed assets of
Rs 872.59 Million and of Rs 46.16 Million on account of capital advances
and capital work in progress
Goodwill
Opening goodwill as shown in the Consolidated Balance Sheet was Rs. 545.81
Million in respect of acquisition of 100% stock of Comnet International
Company by Infinite Computer Solutions Inc. During the year, an additional
consideration of USD 88,279 was paid to Comnet International Company. This
amount is related to refund of income taxes paid during the pre-acquisition
period and has therefore been treated as the cost of investment. This has
resulted in a corresponding increase in the value of goodwill. However, the
goodwill at the end of the year is reduced to Rs. 541.96 Million due to
foreign exchange difference.
Deferred Tax Asset
Deferred tax asset as on March 31, 2011 was Rs 135.18 Million as compared
to Rs. 135.89 Million in March 31, 2010.
Investments
The Company has made several strategic investments in a number of wholly
owned 100 % subsidiaries, the details of which are as per the table below.
During the year the Company's subsidiary Infinite Computer Solutions, Inc.
USA acquired rights to invest in 98,000 preferred stock of Servesharp Inc.,
USA for a total cost of USD 550,000. The Company has recognized the rights
entitlement to this investment to the extent of USD 225,000 (Rs. 10.05
Million) during the reporting period. Besides the above investments the
Company also has invested Rs 158.38 Million in various mutual funds. Out of
these Rs 79.39 Million is from the IPO proceeds and Rs 78.99 Million is
from internal accruals.
Values in Rs
As on March 31, 2011
Name of the Country of % of Amount in
Subsidiaries Incorporation ownership Rs.
investment
1. Infinite Computer Singapore 100% 26,717,648
Solutions Pte. Ltd.
2. Infinite Computer
Solutions Inc. USA 100% 229,532,000
3. Infinite Computer
Solutions Sdn, Bhd Malaysia 100% 4,144,004
4. Infinite Computer
Solutions (Shanghai)
Co. Ltd China 100% 8,512,775
5. Infinite Computer
Solutions Ltd United Kingdom 100% 16,881,531
6. Infinite Australia
Pty Limited, Australia Australia 100% 103,759
(after diminution
of INR 97,976)
7. Comnet International USA 100% 702,852,394
Company Subsidiary
of Sr. No.2
8. India Comnet India 100% 11,077,074
International Pvt Ltd Subsidiary
of Sr. No.7
9. Infinite Infosoft
Services Pvt. Ltd. India 100% 10,000,000
10. Infinite Data Systems
Pvt. Ltd. India 100% 10,000,000
11. Infinite Data Systems UK 100% 5,105,800
UK Ltd. Subsidiary
of Sr. No.10
12. Infinite Convergence USA 100% 434,570,000
Solutions Inc.
13. Infinite Infocomplex India 100% 30,200,000
Pvt. Ltd.
14. Infinite Computer UAE Incorporated
Solutions FZE on June 24,
2010.
Investment is
yet to be made
15. Infinite Infoworld India 100% 11,800,000
Pvt. Ltd.
During the year 2010-11, a provision of Rs. 0.10 Million has been made for
diminution in the value of investment made by the parent company in
Infinite Australia Pty. Ltd which is carrying accumulated losses of
Rs.0.263 Million in excess of the original investment.
Sundry Debtors
Sundry debtors increased to Rs.2,338.85 Million after provision for
doubtful debts amounting to Rs. 37.78 Million as of March 31, 2011 from Rs.
2,194.32 Million with provision for doubtful debts amounting to Rs. 18.36
Million as of March 31, 2010.
Included in the debtors are those pertaining to pass-through revenue - Rs
889.18 Million and Rs.706.34 Million for the year ended March 31, 2011 and
2010, respectively.
The Days Sales Outstanding (DSO) is 103 days for the year ended March 31,
2011 as compared to 117 days for the previous year.
The DSO of the core business (excluding pass through) has reduced from 102
days in Q3 to 90 in Q4.
Cash and Bank Balance
The cash and bank balance at the end of March 31, 2011 is Rs 834.43 Million
as compared to Rs 548.38 Million as on March 31, 2010. The bank balances in
India include both rupee accounts and foreign currency accounts. The bank
balances in overseas current accounts are maintained by overseas
subsidiaries of the
Other Current Assets
Other Current Assets increased to Rs. 1,232.73 Million as of March 31, 2011
from Rs. 922.17 Million on March 31, 2010. The increase is mainly due to
increase in unbilled receivables. Unbilled receivables pertain to services
provided to customers during the financial year but have been invoiced
after March 31, 2011. The unbilled receivables as on March 31, 2011 were Rs
1,207.99 Million as compared to Rs 900.44 Million for the previous year.
Loans and Advances
Loans and advances as on March 31, 2011 were Rs. 950.32 Million as compared
to Rs. 500.04 Million as on March 31, 2010. The increase is mainly due to
advances paid to vendors from whom services will be received during the
next fiscal.
Current Liabilities and Provisions
Current liabilities and provisions were Rs. 3,265.44 Million as of March
31, 2011 as compared to Rs. 2,730.92 Million as of March %31, 2010.
Consolidated Revenue
Fiscal 2011 was a great one for Infinite as the Company made remarkable
progress in its business performance. The year saw Infinite grow its top
line by 32.96% in INR terms to Rs. 8,832.81 Million and about 37.88x% in
USD terms to USD 193.58 Million. We have classified our revenues into four
geographic segments comprising the Americas, Europe, Asia Pacific and
Domestic (India). The geographic breakdown of revenues contained in the
following table, is based on the location of the specific client entity for
which the project has been executed, irrespective of the location where the
invoice is raised or whether the work is performed onsite or from our
offshore delivery centers in India.
Rs. in Million
Geographical 2011 2010
Location
Domestic 662.89 269.08
Americas 7,313.92 5,839.18
Europe 543.81 395.40
APAC 312.18 139.31
Our revenues are generated from Time and Material, Fixed Price and Revenue
Share projects. On time-and-material contracts revenues are recognized as
the related services are rendered. Revenue from fixed price contracts is
recognized as per the proportionate completion method. Revenue from revenue
share contracts is recognized as and when it accrues.
The segmentation of software services by project type is as follows:
Project Type 2011 2010
Fixed Price/SOW 34.95% 41.95%
Revenue Share 14.53% 7.03%
Time and Material 50.55% 51.02%
Our revenues are also segmented into onsite and offshore revenues. Onsite
revenues are those where the services are provided at our clients locations
while offshore revenues are those where the services are provided from our
software development centers located in India. This segmentation is as
follows:
Revenue Mix 2011 2010
Onsite 67.7% 66.20%
Offshore/Domestic 32.3% 33.80%
The services performed onsite typically generate higher revenues per-
capita, but at a lower gross margin in percentage as compared to services
performed at our own facilities. Therefore, any increase in onsite effort
impacts our margins. The growth in revenue is due to an all-round growth in
various segments of the business mix and is mainly due to growth in
business volumes.
Other Income
Other income for the year ended March 31, 2011 is Rs 61.62 Million, and has
increased by 215.54 % over the previous year's income of Rs 19.52 Million.
Out of this an increase of Rs. 18.94 million is on account of an exchange
gain in the current year. In the previous year, there was a loss of Rs.
83.32 Million. The increase in Interest and Dividend from Rs 11.90 Million
in FY 2010 to Rs 39.35 Million in FY 2011 has also contributed to the
increase in other income.
Expenses
The overall expenditure of the Company grew by 35.54 % over the last year
to Rs 7,336.21 Million. Operating and other expenses mainly include
subcontracting costs, travelling expenses, project costs, communication
expenses, rent, repairs and maintenance, and professional fee. The increase
is due to increase in business volume, increase in number of office
locations in India and overseas and overall growth in business activity.
Employee Related Expenses
Employee related expenses include salaries, wages and bonus, contribution
to provident fund and other funds and staff welfare costs. These expenses
grew by 48.42% in fiscal 2011 over fiscal 2010, mainly due to increase in
headcount that rose by 45 % in the year, as well as due to annual
increments that were paid to eligible employees.
General and Administration Expenses
The administration & other expenses (excluding the impact of exchange
difference) saw an increase of 16.79% compared to the previous fiscal.
Increase in depreciation is mainly due to increase in investment in
infrastructure and equipment, as well as amortization of software to
service our growing business.
The Company incurred interest expense of Rs 16.75 Million in fiscal 2011 on
borrowings as compared to Rs. 12.65 Million in fiscal 2010.
EBITDA Margins
This period saw our EBITDA rise by 21.88% in INR terms to Rs.1,478.88
Million and by 26.12% in USD terms to USD 32.41 Million. EBITDA margins as
a percentage of revenue was 16.74% in fiscal 2011 as compared to 18.27% in
fiscal 2010, in rupee terms.
Profit before Tax
Profit before tax, prior period and extraordinary items increased by 26.59%
to Rs 1,356.28 Million in fiscal 2011 from Rs 1,071.37 Million in fiscal
2010. Profit before tax as a percentage of revenue was 15.36% in fiscal
2011 as compared to 16.13% in fiscal 2010.
Taxes
The provision of current tax and deferred tax for the year ended March 31,
2011 is Rs 284.46 Million as compared to Rs 231.33 Million in the previous
year. The effective tax rate in these years is 20.97% and 21.59%
respectively.
Net Profit
The Profit after Tax (PAT), for the year ended March 31, 2011 was up by
35.39% in INR terms to Rs 1,071.82 Million and by 39.85% in USD terms to
USD 23.49 Million. Profit after tax as a percentage of revenue was 12.13%
in fiscal 2011 and 11.92% in fiscal 2010. (FY10 numbers are after
extraordinary and prior period items).
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INFINITE COMPUTER SOLUTIONS (INDIA) LIMITED
ANNUAL REPORT 2009-2010
MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
Overview:
The financial statements have been prepared in compliance with the
requirements of the Companies Act 1956, guidelines issued by Securities &
Exchange Board of India (SEBI). Our management accepts responsibility for
the integrity and objectivity of these financial statements, as well as for
various estimates and judgments used therein. The estimates and judgments
related to the financial statements have been made on a prudent and
reasonable basis, so that the financial statements reflect in a true and
fair manner, the form and substance of transactions and reasonably present
our state of affairs, profits and cash flows for the year.
Economic Environment:
While robust fundamentals ensured that the recession impact on India was
relatively moderate, yet in an increasingly globalised environment, it
could not escape declining GDP growth, rising unemployment and weakened
consumer demand. However, prompt action by governments across the world and
stimulus packages, helped to contain this downfall and make way for revival
by the end of 2009.
2009 was also instrumental for more ways than one for the Indian IT
industry. While the industry displayed tenacity and resilience, it also
commenced its journey to achieve its aspirations in view of the altered
landscape. It commenced working on its agenda to diversify beyond core
offerings and markets, through new business and pricing models, specialized
to provide end-to-end service offerings with deeper penetration across
verticals, transformed the process delivery through re-engineering and
enabling technology, innovated through research and development, to drive
inclusive growth in India by developing targeted solutions for the domestic
market.
All these measures, along with India's game changing value proposition have
helped India widen its leadership position in the global sourcing market.
The advent of 2010 has signaled the revival of outsourcing within core
markets, along with the emerging markets increasingly adopting outsourcing
for enhanced competitiveness. Key demand indicators such as Increased deal
flow, volume growth, stable pricing, and faster decision making has made
the industry post good results. Though full recovery is expected,
development of new growth levers, improved efficiency and changing demand
outlook signifies early signs.
India's knowledge sector today offers great opportunity for companies like
Infinite to join the high growth trajectory and its future. Though the
country recorded more than 7% growth over the last 5 years, the next
challenge is inclusive growth. There is scope and opportunities in areas of
information technology, knowledge and innovations. Our strong domestic
investment drivers will support healthy rates of growth over the long term.
Indian economy has weathered the global storm with a high degree of
resilience and it is expected to have robust growth ahead of other
economies. Against this backdrop, Infinite sees before it a wide
opportunity spectrum in infrastructure investment potential and the vast
Indian diaspora spanning the globe.
Industry Outlook:
As per NASSCOM, the global technology related spending is expected to grow
from 2010 onwards, led by growth in outsourcing adoption and despite the
unprecedented economic downturn the IT industry will witness sustainable
growth. There will be greater focus on cost and operational efficiencies,
which is expected to enhance global sourcing. India Inc would remain
focused on tactical measures to achieve cost savings and greater
productivity. The Services and Software segments are estimated to cross USD
1.2 trillion by 2012. This is more than the 5.2 per cent growth expected in
the total IT spending. The industry will continue to diversify in terms of
geographies; verticals and service lines & SMBs are expected to emerge as a
significant opportunity due to lower IT adoption currently. Lack of working
age population in the developed economies and a significant long term cost
arbitrage indicates, India's sustained cost competitiveness and service
providers are expected to enhance focus on domestic market to de-risk
business and tap into the local growth opportunities.
At this year's NASSCOM India Leadership Forum held in Mumbai in mid-
February, officials were cheering about how the industry had triumphed over
troubled times and reached its USD 50 billion export target. India's
software exports for the year ending March were estimated to total USD 49.7
billion. Export growth in 20092010 was expected to be 5.5%. Yet according
to NASSCOM, the performance of the industry this year is far stronger than
what is reflected in the growth numbers. As for next year, the association
reports, software and services export revenues should be up 12% to 15% to
around USD 56.57 billion. On the domestic front, growth in 2009-2010 is
expected to be much higher, at 12% with revenues expected to reach USD 13
billion and rising 15% to 17% next year.
Business Overview:
The financial year 2010 was great for Infinite as the Company listed on
Indian bourses, made remarkable progress in business against the backdrop
of a slowly recovering economy. Our limited or no exposure to some of the
business sectors that underwent the turmoil made a big difference. Our long
term relationships with global large clients- a key attribute of our
business model, kept us away from the susceptibility.
During the year, we made a strategic acquisition of Intellectual Property
and several organic investments for accelerated growth. As part of the
recent acquisition, the Company's wholly owned subsidiary Infinite
Convergence Solutions Inc. entered into a strategic alliance with Motorola
to further develop and support Motorola's software enabled short message
service (SMS) and multi-media messaging service (MMS) messaging solutions.
Under this ten year agreement, the Company has acquired a non transferable,
non-assignable, royalty bearing, world-wide non-exclusive license to
Motorola's messaging product solutions, in order to reproduce and prepare
derivative works of the base license product for the purpose of developing
an application product and related services to be sold as a licensed
implementation to Motorola, its clients and third parties. Title to, and
the intellectual property ownership of the licensed messaging products
remain with Motorola, while we retain all rights, title to, and the
intellectual property of all add-on software developed by Infinite.
Motorola and Infinite will share the revenue from the provisions of the
messaging platform service to Motorola's current clients and new clients of
both Motorola and Infinite, in a pre-defined revenue sharing model. As per
our projections, based on the currently available data, our share of
revenue per year, in FY 2010-11 is expected to be around USD 20 million,
while starting FY 2011-12 it is expected to be upwards of USD 40 million
per year.
The increased focus by the Indian enterprises as well as by the Government
on IT spends has provided us with an opportunity to cater to the domestic
IT market. Our domain knowledge and expertise in the Telecom, Textile and
Utility sectors provides us with an opportunity to tap the growing market
in India. The Government sector, where we've previously executed complex
projects in the State Utilities arena is an area we will continue to tap
into, to deliver value and demonstrate capability. We bagged Uttarakand
Power Corporation's IT modernization project worth Rs. 125 crores. This
project is a part of the larger Restructured Accelerated Reforms Program
(R-APDRP), an initiative driven by the Government of India in collaboration
with the States. This win testifies our strengths, expertise and track
record in the Utility vertical. We are excited to be part of this
government initiative that is expected to revolutionize power distribution
in the country. We are actively engaged in the bidding process in a number
of States and are hopeful of positive results in a few more States.
Our Remote Infrastructure Management Division continued to grow its
existing revenue streams as well as acquire new clients. We signed a three-
year agreement with iYogi Inc. to set up Service Desk Operations to support
iYogi's customers across US, Canada, United Kingdom and Australia. This
center is expected to scale between 500 to a 1000 technical support agents
in the next twelve months.
Our focus and investment in developing productized solutions for the SME
segment in the manufacturing vertical, has in the last year found its niche
with our breaking into this segment with an ERP-specific domain competency.
During this year, we successfully completed end-to-end implementation of
this solution for two of the leading textile manufactures in India.
Financial Performance
1. Share Capital:
The authorized share capital of the Company is Rs. 50 crores which includes
4.65 crore equity shares of Rs 10 each and 35 lakh 0% convertible
preference shares of Rs 10 each. The paid up share capital stands at Rs.
43.96 crores as on March 31,2010 compared to Rs. 38.22 crores on March 31,
2009. The increase in paid up capital during the year is due to a fresh
allotment of 5,735,952 equity shares on completion of the Company's Initial
Public Offering (IPO).
2. Reserves and Surplus:
a) Share Premium Account:
The addition to the share premium account of Rs. 88.90 crores during the
year is due to the premium received on issue of 5,735,952 equity shares at
a premium of Rs. 155 per share. This amount has been reduced by Rs. 7.07
crores being share issue expenses related to the IPO. The net increase to
share premium account is Rs. 81.83 crores.
b) General Reserve:
General reserve stands at Rs. 2.91 crores on March 31,2010 and there is no
change from March 31,2009.
c) Capital Redemption Reserve:
Capital redemption reserve stands at Rs. 10.49 lakhs on March 31, 2010 and
there is no change from March 31,2009.
d) Profit and Loss Account:
The balance retained in the profit and loss account as of March 31, 2010 is
Rs. 197.33 crores compared to Rs. 118.16 crores as of March 31,2009.
e) Forex Translation Reserve:
The balance retained in the Forex translation reserve as of March 31, 2010
is Rs. 0.16 crores compared to Rs. (7.75) crores as of March 31,2009.
f) Shareholders' Funds:
The total shareholders' funds increased to Rs 326.95 crores as of March 31,
2010 from Rs 152.30 crores as of the previous year end. The book value per
share increased to Rs 74.37 as of March 31,2010 as compared to Rs 39.84 as
of March 31,2009.
3. Loan Funds:
Our working capital related borrowings have reduced to Rs. 14.78 crores as
of March 31, 2010 as compared to Rs. 16.76 crores in the previous year.
We have repaid Rs 2.60 crores of our term loan during the year, thereby,
bringing the outstanding amount as on March 31, 2010 toRs 1.30 crores
4. Deferred Tax Liabilities:
Deferred tax liabilities as on March 31, 2010 were at Rs. 6.41 crores as
compared to Rs. 3.70 crores as of Match 31,2009.
5. Fixed Assets:
During the year we incurred capital expenditure of Rs 50.70 crores
comprising of additions to gross block of Rs 39.02 crores. Out of this Rs
5.07 crores was funded from internal accruals and the balance Rs 33.95
crores from the finance lease towards acquisition of IT and Networking
equipment by the Company's wholly owned subsidiary - Infinite Convergence
Solutions Inc. The expenditure on buildings, computers, office equipments,
furniture and fixtures, vehicles was Rs 0.43 crores, Rs 1.07 crores,
Rs.0.52 crores, Rs 0.12 crores, respectively.
The movement in the Fixed Assets is shown in the table below:
Amount in Rs.
Assets Gross block Gross block
as on as on
March 31, 2010 March 31, 2009
Leasehold Land 44,196,800 44,196,800
Buildings 143,334,111 139,041,212
Computers 179,677,832 168,964,314
Office Equipment 69,064,371 63,807,685
Furniture & Fixtures 69,339,744 61,020,466
Vehicles 34,328,040 33,093,343
Leasehold Improvements 5,517,342 5,479,090
Software 138,348.227 124,048,039
IT & Networking Equipments 365,546,358 26,008,261
Plant & Machinery 38,376,116 38,376,116
Electrical Installations 37,735,283 36,215,022
Intangible Assets 2,482,700 2,488,963
Finance Lease - Software 5,043,070 -
TOTAL 1,132,989.994 742,739,311
The net block of fixed assets, capital advances and capital/software work
in progress increased to Rs.92.96 crores from Rs. 48.51 crores as on March
31,2010. Out of the increase, Rs. 11.51 crores and Rs. 33.94 crores relate
respectively to software development and networking infrastructure
equipment, acquired on finance lease by the Company's new subsidiary
Infinite Convergence Solutions Inc.
6. Goodwill:
The goodwill has increased to Rs. 54.58 crores in March 31.2010 from
Rs41.01 crores on March 31, 2009. This increase is attributable to an
additional consideration of USD 1.50 million paid by Infinite Computer
Solutions Inc, USA towards the final settlement of acquisition of Comnet
International Company, USA. The balance is attributable to exchange
difference on restatement of investment from USD to Rupees.
Values in Rs.
As on March 31, 2010
S. Name of the Country of % of ownership Amount in
No. subsidiary Incorporation investment Rs.
company
1. Infinite Computer
Solutions Pte. Ltd. Singapore 100% 26,717,648
2. Infinite Computer
Solutions Inc. USA 100% 2,342,000
3. Infinite Computer
Solutions Sdn, Bhd. Malaysia 100% 1,087,500
4. Infinite Computer Solutions
(Shanghai) Co. Ltd China 100% 8,512,775
5. Infinite Computer
Solutions Ltd United Kingdom 100% 16,881,531
6. Infinite Australia Pry. Ltd. Australia 100% 201,735
7. Comnet International Company USA 100% 572,068,151
Subsidiary
of Sr. No.2
8. India Comnet International India 100% 10,027,667
Pvt Ltd Subsidiary
of Sr. No.7
9. Infinite Infosoft Services India 100% 1,000,000
Pvt Ltd.
10. Infinite Data
Systems Pvt Ltd. India 100% 10,000,000
11. Infinite Data
Systems UK Ltd. UK 100% 5,105,800
Subsidiary
of Sr. no.10
12. Infinite Convergence
Solutions Inc. USA 100% 232,300,000
7. Deferred Tax Asset:
Deferred tax asset as on March 31,2010 was Rs. 13.59 crores as compared to
Rs. 10.10 crores as of March 31,2009.
8. Investments:
The Company has made several strategic investments in a number of wholly
owned 100% subsidiaries, the details of which are as the per table below.
During the year the Company invested Rs 23.23 crores in Infinite
Convergence Solutions, Inc., this was invested out of the money received by
the Company from the IPO proceeds.
Besides the above investments the Company also has invested Rs 76.44 crores
in various mutual funds. Out of these Rs 57.27 crores is from the IPO
proceeds and Rs 19.14 crores is from internal accruals.
9. Sundry Debtors:
Sundry debtors reduced to Rs. 219.43 crores with provision for doubtful
debts amounting to Rs. 1.83 crores as of March 31,2010 from Rs. 246.85
crores with provision for doubtful debts amounting to Rs. 2.15 crores as of
March 31,2009.
Included in the debtors are those pertaining to pass-through revenue - Rs
70.60 crores and Rs 64.90 crores for the year ended March 31, 2010 and 2009
respectively. The Days Sales Outstanding (DSO) is 105 days for the year
ended March 31,2010 as compared to 100 days for the previous year.
10. Cash and Bank Balance:
The cash and bank balance at the end of March 31, 2010 is Rs 54.84 crores
as compared to Rs 24.31 crores as on March 31,2009.
The bank balances in India include both rupee accounts and foreign currency
accounts. The bank balances in overseas current accounts are maintained by
overseas subsidiaries of the Company.
11. Other Current Assets:
Other Current Assets increased to Rs. 92.22 crores as of March 31, 2010
from Rs. 12.81 crores on March 31, 2009. The increase in this is mainly due
to increase in unbilled receivables. Unbilled receivables pertain to
services provided to customers during the financial year but have been
invoiced after March 31, 2010. The unbilled receivables as on March 31,
2010 were Rs 90.04 crores as compared to Rs 12.72 crores for the previous
year.
12. Loans and Advances:
Loans and advances as on March 31,2010 were Rs. 50.04 crores as compared to
Rs. 27.63 crores as on March 31, 2009. The increase is mainly due to
advances paid to vendors from whom services will be received during the
next financial year.
13. Current Liabilities and Provisions:
Current liabilities and provisions were Rs. 273.09 crores as of March 31,
2010 as compared to Rs.234.56 crores in March 31, 2009.
14. Consolidated Revenue:
The financial year 2010 was a great one for Infinite as the Company made
remarkable progress in business performance. The year saw Infinite grow its
top line by 34.3% in INR terms to Rs. 666.2 5 crores and about 32% in USD
terms to USD 140.9 million.
We have classified our revenues into four geographic segments comprising
the Americas, Europe, Asia Pacific and Domestic (India). The geographic
breakdown of revenues contained in the following table, is based on the
location of the specific client entity for which the project has been
executed, irrespective of the location where the invoice is raised or
whether the work is performed onsite or from our offshore delivery centres
in India.
Rs. in Crores
Geographical 2010 2009
location
Domestic 26.91 24.53
Americas 583.92 446.53
Europe 39.54 10.04
APAC 13.93 8.76
Of the total revenue for the year ended March 31,201095.95% were derived
from overseas operations as compared to 94.99 % for the previous year.
Our revenues are generated from Time and Material, Fixed Price and Revenue
share projects. On time-and-material contracts revenues are recognized as
the related services are rendered. Revenue from fixed price contracts is
recognized as per the proportionate completion method. Revenue from revenue
share contracts is recognized as and when it accrues.
The segmentation of software services by project type is as follows:
Our revenues are also segmented into onsite and offshore
Project Type 2010 2009
Fixed Price 41.95% 42.80%
Revenue Share 7.03% 6.20%
Time and Material 51.02% 52.00%
revenues. Onsite revenues are those where the services are provided at our
clients locations while offshore revenues are those where the services are
provided from our software development centers located in India. This
segmentation is as follows:
The services performed onsite typically generate higher revenues
Revenue Mix 2010 2009
Onsite 66.20% 71.90%
Offshore 33.80% 29.10%
per-capita, but at a lower gross margin in percentage as compared to
services performed at our own facilities. Therefore, any increase in onsite
effort impacts our margins.
The growth in revenue is due to an all-round growth in various segments of
the business mix and is mainly due to growth in business volumes.
15, Other Income:
Other income for the year ended March 31,2010 is Rs 1.95 crores, and has
reduced by 68.6% over the previous year's income of Rs 6.21 crores. This is
mainly because there was an exchange gain of Rs. 4.80 crores in the
previous year. In the current year, there is a loss of Rs. 8.33 crores.
16, Expenses:
The overall expenditure of the company grew by 27.6% over the last year to
Rs 559.11 crores. Operating and other expenses mainly include
subcontracting costs, travelling expenses, communication expenses, rent,
repairs and maintenance, office establishment costs, software expenses and
professional fees. The increase is due to increase in business volume,
increase in number of office locations in India and overseas and overall
growth in business activity.
17, Employee Related Expenses:
Employee related expenses include salaries, wages and bonus, contribution
to provident fund and other funds and staff welfare -costs. These expenses
grew by 31.9% in the fiscal year 2010 over fiscal year 2009, mainly due to
increase in headcount that rose by 40% in the year and also due to annual
increments that were paid to eligible employees.
18. General and Administration Expenses:
The administration & other expenses (excluding the impact of exchange
difference) saw a rise of about 17% in the same period.
Increase in depreciation is mainly due to increase in investment in
infrastructure and equipment, to service our growing business.
The Company incurred interest expense of Rs. 1.26 crores in fiscal 2010 on
borrowings as compared to Rs. 1.48 crores in fiscal 2009.
19. EBITDA Margins:
This period saw our EBITDA rise by over 79% in INR terms to Rs 114.96
crores and by about 75% in USD terms to USD 24.20 million. EBITDA margins
as a percentage of revenue was 17.25% in fiscal 2010 as compared to 12.92%
in fiscal 2009.
20. Profit before Tax:
Profit before tax, prior period and extraordinary items increased by 85.47%
to Rs. 107.14 crores in fiscal 2010 from Rs. 57.76 crores in fiscal 2009.
Profit before tax as a percentage of revenue was 16.08% in fiscal 2010 as
compared to 11.6% in fiscal 2009.
21. Taxes:
The provision of current tax, deferred tax and fringe benefits tax for the
year ended March 31, 2010 is Rs. 23.13 crores as compared to Rs. 12.03
crores in the previous year. The effective tax rate in these years is
20.73% and 20.76%, respectively.
22. Net Profit:
The Profit after Tax (PAT), for the year ended March 31,2010 shot up by
about 73.15% in INR terms to Rs 79.17 crores and by 70.74% in USD terms to
USD 16.80 million. Profit after tax as a percentage of revenue was 11.9% in
fiscal 2010 and 9.2% in fiscal 2009.
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