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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
____________________ 
Form 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
 ____________________
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 25, 2020
Accenture plc
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Ireland
 
001-34448
 
98-0627530
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
 
(Commission
File Number)
 
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
1 Grand Canal Square
Grand Canal Harbour
Dublin 2, Ireland
(Address of principal executive offices)
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Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0000225 per share
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Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition
On June 25, 2020, Accenture plc (“Accenture”) issued a news release announcing financial results for its third quarter of fiscal 2020, which ended on May 31, 2020.
A copy of the news release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99. All information in the news release is furnished but not filed.
Non-GAAP Financial Information
In the attached news release Accenture discloses the following non-GAAP financial measures:

Free cash flow (defined as operating cash flow net of property and equipment additions). Accenture’s management believes that this information provides meaningful additional information regarding the company’s liquidity.

Percentage changes in revenues and bookings on a local currency basis. Financial results in local currency are calculated by restating current period activity into U.S. dollars using the comparable prior year period’s foreign currency exchange rates. This approach is used for all results where the functional currency is not the U.S. dollar. Accenture’s management believes that information regarding changes in its revenues and bookings that excludes the effect of fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates facilitates meaningful comparison of its revenues.
Reconciliations of these non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable financial measures calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP are included in the news release. While Accenture’s management believes that this non-GAAP financial information is useful in evaluating Accenture’s operations, this information should be considered as supplemental in nature and not as a substitute for the related financial information prepared in accordance with GAAP.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits
Exhibit No.
Description
99
104
The cover page from this Current Report on Form 8-K, formatted in Inline XBRL






SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.
 
Date: June 25, 2020
ACCENTURE PLC
 
 
 
 
 
By:
 
/s/ Joel Unruch   
 
Name:
 
Joel Unruch
 
Title:
 
General Counsel & Corporate Secretary