EX-99.1 2 u93015exv99w1.htm EX-99.1 EARNINGS RELEASE OF WNS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED DATED MAY 14, 2007. EX-99.1 Earnings release of WNS (Holdings) Limited
 

Exhibit 99.1
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WNS Fiscal 2007 Net Income Increases 45.0%;
Net Income (Excluding Share-Based Compensation Expense and
Amortization of Intangible Assets) Increases 52.4%
Revenue Increases 73.7%;
Revenue Less Repair Payments Increases 48.5%,
Over the Prior Fiscal Year
Guidance for Fiscal 2008 Indicates Continued Momentum
MUMBAI, INDIA, and NEW YORK, May 14, 2007 — WNS (Holdings) Limited (NYSE: WNS), a leading provider of offshore business process outsourcing (BPO) services, today announced strong results for the fiscal fourth quarter and fiscal year ended March 31, 2007, and provided its guidance for the 2008 fiscal year.
“At the end of our first fiscal year as a public company, I am pleased to report that we have shown strong growth in revenue less repair payments of 48.5%. This is well ahead of the overall market growth rate of 32% according as estimated by Nasscom” said Neeraj Bhargava, Group Chief Executive Officer. ”Not only is our revenue engine powerful, we also achieved the higher end of our target net income range for the year. Also, our fourth quarter was very strong on both revenue growth and margins and the growth in particular, strengthens our confidence in achieving next year’s targets.”
WNS recorded net income of $26.6 million for fiscal 2007. Further, it announced that net income excluding amortization of intangible assets and share-based compensation expense was $32.2 million for the year, which was at the higher end of its guidance range of $30.5 million to $32.5 million.
“The profitability from our incremental revenue allowed us to met the higher end of our revenue guidance, despite a higher provision for income taxes and a higher national

 


 

insurance contribution expense” said Zubin Dubash, Group Chief Financial Officer. “The higher national insurance contribution expense was driven by a large number of our UK employees exercising their stock options upon expiration of the post IPO lock-up period.”
Financial Highlights: Fourth Quarter Ended March 31, 2007
  Quarterly revenue of $110.7 million, up 109.1% from the corresponding quarter last year.
  Quarterly revenue less repair payments of $64.0 million, up 54.5% from the corresponding quarter last year.
  Quarterly net income of $8.9 million, up 140.8% from the corresponding quarter last year.
  Quarterly net income (excluding share-based compensation expense and amortization of intangible assets) of $10.6 million, up 140.1% from the corresponding quarter last year.
  Quarterly basic income per ADS of 22 cents, up from 10 cents for the corresponding quarter last year.
  Quarterly basic income per ADS (excluding share-based compensation expense and amortization of intangible assets) of 26 cents, up from 13 cents for the corresponding quarter last year.
Financial Highlights: Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2007
  Revenue of $352.3 million, up 73.7% from fiscal 2006.
  Revenue less repair payments of $219.7 million, up 48.5% from fiscal 2006.
  Net income of $26.6 million, up 45.0% from fiscal 2006.
  Net income (excluding share-based compensation expense and amortization of intangible assets) of $32.2 million, up 52.4% from fiscal 2006.
  Basic income per ADS of 69 cents, up from 56 cents for fiscal 2006.
  Basic income per ADS (excluding share-based compensation expense and amortization of intangible assets) of 83 cents, up from 64 cents for fiscal 2006.
Reconciliations of non-GAAP financial measures to GAAP operating results are included at the end of this release.
Key Announcements
    As announced today, the acquisition of Marketics Technologies was completed on May 9, 2007.
    Anish Nanavaty will take over the position of CEO — WNS Knowledge Services from Amit Bhatia. Mr. Nanavaty has been with WNS for five years and has played a key role in establishing the company’s presence in the North American market. Over the last three years, he has focused on building WNS’ travel sector focused business, leading several key client relationships. Prior to joining WNS, Mr. Nanavaty spent 10 years as a strategy consultant with The Monitor Group and Mars & Company in the US and India. Mr. Bhatia will move on to focus on talent management issues as part of the CEO’s office.
    Under the leadership of Akos Csernus, a new hire with a track record of working in the outsourcing industry in Europe with Genpact and PwC Consulting, WNS will set-up a new delivery facility in Bucharest, Romania with an initial capacity of

 


 

    125 seats. This facility is expected to be commissioned by the second half of fiscal 2008.
Fiscal 2008 Guidance
WNS also provided its guidance for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2008:
    The guidance assumes an exchange rate of 42 Indian Rupees to 1 US Dollar and 2.00 US Dollars to 1 Pound Sterling
    Revenue less repair payments expected to be between $302 million and $307 million representing a growth of between 37.5% and 39.7%. This guidance conservatively assumes the loss of revenue from January 2008 related to a Build-Operate-Transfer contract if the client exercises the transfer option in December 2007.
    Net income (excluding share-based compensation expense and amortization of intangible assets) is expected to be between $41.0 million to $ 43.0 million. This represents a growth of between 27.5% and 33.7%, despite the significant appreciation of the Indian Rupee
    Our net income (excluding share-based compensation expense and amortization of intangible assets) guidance includes a loss of approximately $1.7 million expected from our new Eastern European facility announced today
“Our analysis indicates that for every 1% depreciation/appreciation in the US dollar against the Indian rupee, our net income margins (excluding share-based compensation expense and amortization of intangible assets) will decrease/increase by approximately 0.5% for fiscal 2008.” said Zubin Dubash, Group Chief Financial Officer. “Similarly, for every 1% depreciation/appreciation in the US dollar against the Pound Sterling, our net income margins (excluding share-based compensation expense and amortization of intangible assets) will increase/decrease by approximately 0.3% for fiscal 2008.”
Conference call
WNS will host a conference call on May 15, at 8 a.m. (EST) to discuss the company’s quarterly and fiscal year results. To participate, callers can dial 800-295-3991 from within the U.S. or +1-617-614-3924 from any other country. The participant passcode is 1352836. A replay will be made available online at www.wnsgs.com for a period of three months beginning two hours after the end of the call.
About WNS
WNS is a leading provider of offshore business process outsourcing, or BPO, services. We provide comprehensive data, voice and analytical services that are underpinned by our expertise in our target industry sectors. We transfer the execution of the business processes of our clients, which are typically companies located in Europe and North America, to our delivery centers located primarily in India. We provide high quality execution of client processes, monitor these processes against multiple performance metrics, and seek to improve them on an ongoing basis.

 


 

Our ADSs are listed on the New York Stock Exchange. For more information, please visit our website at www.wnsgs.com.
About Non-GAAP Financial Measures
For financial statement reporting purposes, the company has two reportable segments: WNS Global BPO and WNS Auto Claims BPO. In the auto claims segment, WNS provides claims-handling and accident-management services, in which it arranges for automobile repairs through a network of third-party repair centers. In its accident-management services, WNS acts as the principal in dealings with the third-party repair centers and clients.
The amounts invoiced to WNS clients for payments made by WNS to third-party repair centers are reported as revenue. As the company wholly subcontracts the repairs to the repair centers, it evaluates its financial performance based on revenue less repair payments to third party repair centers, which is a non-GAAP measure.
WNS believes revenue less repair payments reflects more accurately the value addition of the business process services it directly provides to its clients. The presentation of this non-GAAP information is not meant to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for the company’s financial results prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. WNS revenue less repair payments may not be comparable to similarly titled measures reported by other companies due to potential differences in the method of calculation.
Safe Harbor Statement under the provisions of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995
This news release contains forward-looking statements, as defined in the safe harbor provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those that may be projected by these forward looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include but are not limited to a slowdown in the U.S. and Indian economies and in the sectors in which our clients are based, a slowdown in the BPO and IT sectors world-wide, competition, the success or failure of our past and future acquisitions, attracting, recruiting and retaining highly skilled employees, technology, legal and regulatory policy as well as other risks detailed in our reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. These filings are available at www.sec.gov. We may, from time to time, make additional written and oral forward-looking statements, including statements contained in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission and our reports to shareholders. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which reflect management’s current analysis of future events. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

 


 

WNS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME (UNAUDITED)
(Amounts in thousands, except share and per share data)
                 
    Three months ended   Year ended
    March 31, 2007   March 31, 2006   March 31, 2007    
    (Unaudited)   (Unaudited)   (Unaudited)   March 31, 2006
 
               
Revenue
  110,671   52,920   352,286   202,809
Cost of Revenue [refer to note (a) below]
  85,157   37,323   271,174   145,731
Gross Profit
  25,514   15,597   81,112   57,078
Operating expenses:
               
Selling, general and administrative expenses [refer to note (b) as below]
  16,280   11,367   52,461   36,346
Amortization of intangible assets
  456   508   1,896   856
Operating income
  8,778   3,722   26,755   19,876
Other income, net
  1,251   277   2,500   456
Interest expense
    (54)   (100)   (429)
Income before income taxes
  10,029   3,945   29,155   19,903
Provision for income taxes
  (1,156)   (261)   (2,574)   (1,574)
Net income
  8,873   3,685   26,581   18,329
Basic income per share
  $0.22   $0.10   $0.69   $0.56
Diluted income per share
  $0.21   $0.10   $0.65   $0.52
Basic weighted average ordinary shares outstanding
  40,866,567   35,174,350   38,608,188   32,874,299
Diluted weighted average ordinary shares outstanding
  42,796,992   37,724,432   41,120,497   35,029,766
 
               
Note:
               
Includes the following share-based compensation amounts:
               
(a) Cost of Revenue
  465   127   995   127
(b) Selling, general and administrative expenses
  819   101   2,688   1,795
Non-GAAP measure note:
In addition to its reported operating results in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (US GAAP). WNS has included in the table below non-GAAP operating measures that the Securities and Exchange Commission defines as “non-GAAP financial measures”. Management believes that such non-GAAP financial measures, when read in conjunction with the company’s reported results, can provide useful supplemental information for investors analyzing period to period comparisons of the company’s results. The non-GAAP financial measures disclosed by the company should not be considered a substitute for, or superior to, financial measures calculated in accordance with GAAP, and the financial results calculated in accordance with GAAP and reconciliations to those financial statements should be carefully evaluated.

 


 

Reconciliation of revenue less repair payments (non-GAAP) to revenue (GAAP)
                             
                Amount in
                thousands
    Three months ended   Year ended
    March 31, 2007   March 31, 2006   March 31, 2007   March 31, 2006
     
 
                           
     
Revenue less repair payments (Non-GAAP)
  64,034     41,444       219,700       147,906  
Add: Payments to repair centers
  46,637     11,476       132,586       54,903  
Revenue (GAAP)
  110,671     52,920       352,286       202,809  
Reconciliation of cost of revenue (non-GAAP to GAAP)
                             
                Amount in
                thousands
    Three months ended   Year ended
    March 31, 2007   March 31, 2006   March 31, 2007   March 31, 2006
     
 
                           
     
Cost of revenue (Non-GAAP)
  38,520     25,847       138,588       90,828  
Add: Payments to repair centers
  46,637     11,476       132,586       54,903  
Cost of revenue (GAAP)
  85,157     37,323       271,174       145,731  
Reconciliation of selling, general and administrative expense excluding share-based compensation expense (non-GAAP) to selling, general and administrative expense (GAAP)
                             
                Amount in
                thousands
    Three months ended   Year ended
    March 31, 2007   March 31, 2006   March 31, 2007   March 31, 2006
     
 
                           
     
Selling, general and administrative expenses (excluding share-based compensation expense) (Non-GAAP)
  15,461     11,266       49,773       34,551  
Add: Share-based compensation expense
  819     101       2,688       1,795  
Selling, general and administrative expenses (GAAP)
  16,280     11,367       52,461       36,346  

 


 

Reconciliation of operating income excluding share-based compensation and amortization of intangible assets (non-GAAP) to operating income (GAAP)
                             
                Amount in
                thousands
    Three months ended   Year ended
    March 31, 2007   March 31, 2006   March 31, 2007   March 31, 2006
     
 
                           
     
Operating income (excluding share-based compensation and amortization of intangible assets) (Non-GAAP)
  10,518     4,458       32,334       22,654  
Less: Share-based compensation expense
  1,284     228       3,683       1,922  
Less: Amortization of intangible assets
  456     508       1,896       856  
Operating income (GAAP)
  8,778     3,722       26,755       19,876  
Reconciliation of net income excluding share-based compensation expense and amortization of intangible assets (non-GAAP) to net income (GAAP)
                             
                Amount in
                thousands
    Three months ended   Year ended
    March 31, 2007   March 31, 2006   March 31, 2007   March 31, 2006
     
 
                           
     
Net income (excluding share-based compensation and amortization of intangible assets) (Non-GAAP)
  10,612     4,421       32,160       21,107  
Less: Share-based compensation expense
  1,284     228       3,683       1,922  
Less: Amortization of intangible assets
  456     508       1,896       856  
Net income (GAAP)
  8,872     3,685       26,581       18,329  

 


 

Reconciliation of basic income per ADS (excluding amortization of intangibles assets and share-based compensation expense) to basic income per ADS (non-GAAP to GAAP)
                             
    Three months ended   Year ended
    March 31, 2007   March 31, 2006   March 31, 2007   March 31, 2006
     
 
                           
     
Basic income per ADS (excluding amortization of intangible assets and share based compensation expense) (Non-GAAP)
  0.26     0.13       0.83       0.64  
Less: Adjustments for amortization of intangible assets and share-based compensation expense
  0.04     0.03       0.14       0.08  
Basic income per ADS (GAAP)
  0.22     0.10       0.69       0.56  
Reconciliation of diluted income per ADS (excluding amortization of intangibles assets and share-based compensation expense) to diluted income per ADS (non-GAAP to GAAP)
                             
    Three months ended   Year ended
    March 31, 2007   March 31, 2006   March 31, 2007   March 31, 2006
     
 
                           
     
Diluted income per ADS (excluding amortization of intangible assets and share based compensation expense) (Non-GAAP)
  0.25     0.12       0.78       0.60  
Less: Adjustments for amortization of intangible assets and share-based compensation expense
  0.04     0.02       0.13       0.08  
Diluted income per ADS (GAAP)
  0.21     0.10       0.65       0.52  

 


 

WNS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(Amounts in thousands, except share and per share data)
                 
    March 31, 2007   March 31, 2006
    (Unaudited)    
ASSETS    
Current assets
               
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 112,340     $ 18,549  
Bank deposits
    12,000        
Accounts receivable, net of allowance of $364 and $373, respectively
    40,340       25,976  
Accounts receivable — related parties
    252       2,105  
Funds held for clients
    6,589       3,047  
Employee receivables
    1,289       922  
Prepaid expenses
    2,162       1,225  
Prepaid income taxes
    4,526       2,488  
Deferred tax assets
          353  
Other current assets
    4,524       2,730  
     
Total current assets
    184,022       57,395  
 
               
Goodwill
    37,356       33,774  
Intangible assets, net
    7,091       8,713  
Property and equipment, net
    41,830       30,623  
Deposits
    3,081       2,990  
Deferred tax assets
    3,802       1,308  
     
TOTAL ASSETS
    277,182     $ 134,803  
     
 
               
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
               
Current liabilities
               
Accounts payable
    18,505     $ 22,238  
Accounts payable — related parties
    246       836  
Accrued employee costs
    18,492       11,173  
Deferred revenue
    14,878       8,994  
Income taxes payable
    1,389       726  
Obligations under capital leases — current
    13       184  
Deferred tax liabilities
          368  
Other current liabilities
    16,239       8,781  
     
Total current liabilities
    69,762       53,300  
 
               
Obligation under capital leases — non current
          2  
Deferred rent
    1,098       824  
Accrued employee cost
    771       163  
Deferred tax liabilities — non current
    23       2,350  
 
               
Shareholders’ equity:
               
Ordinary shares, $0.16 (10 pence) par value Authorized: 50,000,000 shares and 40,000,000 shares, respectively
               
Issued and outstanding: 41,842,879 and 35,321,511 shares, respectively
    6,519       5,290  
Additional paid-in-capital
    154,952       62,228  
Ordinary shares subscribed, 30,022 and 4,346 shares, respectively
    137       10  
Retained earnings
    30,685       4,104  
Deferred share-based compensation
          (582 )
Accumulated other comprehensive income
    13,235       7,114  
     
Total shareholders’ equity
    205,528       78,164  
     
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
  $ 277,182     $ 134,803