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Mumbai, September 03, 2021- Cigniti Technologies, the world’s leading independent Quality Engineering & Software Testing services company is hosting Cignithon, an annual global software testing hackathon on September 4, 2021, virtually from 10 AM IST to 9 PM IST on 5th September 2021.

Cignithon is a platform for testers to compete globally and test live products for Functionality, UI, and Security, as well as to test applications from different domains and tech stacks. It is a great platform that enables participants to network and interact with professionals from the same community and share their ideas.

The annual event will take place for two days starting from September 4, 2021, where it will begin with the virtual welcoming of the participants and introduction of Cigniti and The Test Tribe. It will be followed by a briefing of the event format and the beginning of the hackathon. The results of the hackathon will be declared on September 5, 2021.

Cignithon aims to target software testers globally, with the winners being awarded prize money up to INR 200,000 along with other rewards and perks.

Registration for Cignithon is open to software testers around the world. For more details and registrations, visit https://cigniti.com/cignithon-2021/

About Cigniti: Cigniti Technologies is a Global Leader in Independent Quality Engineering & Software Testing services. Cigniti’s 3,100+ experienced professionals are spread across US, UK, Canada, Australia, India, UAE, and South Africa. We are a strategic quality engineering partner for leading global organisations and assist them in accelerating time-to-market by predicting and preventing unanticipated failures, leveraging AI-driven, proprietary Continuous Testing & Test Automation solutions, with customer-centricity at the core of the transformation. Our test offerings are Quality Engineering, Advisory & Transformation, Digital Assurance, and Quality Assurance solutions.

Contact: Midhun Pingili | Midhun.pingili@cigniti.com | www.cigniti.com

Consolidated Revenue Rs. 264.36 crores and Net Profit Rs. 20.42 Cr
Standalone Revenue Rs. 93.88 crores and Net Profit Rs. 7.18 Cr

Mumbai, July 23, 2021: Cigniti Technologies Limited, a global leader in independent quality engineering and software testing services, announced the consolidated financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2021.

The Company’s Consolidated Revenue from operations for the quarter under consideration grew by 13.4% to Rs. 264.36 crore as against Rs. 233.02 crore in Q4FY21.

The company’s Net Profit for Q1FY22 stood at Rs 20.42 crore as against Net Profit of Rs 24.67 crore in Q4FY21.

EBIDTA for the June quarter was at Rs 24.31 crore and EBIDTA margin stood at 9.2%.

Other income includes Net foreign exchange gain of Rs. 0.27 Cr. for the quarter ended June 30, 2021.

During the current quarter, the Group has invested in additional manpower in line with its business transformation initiatives which has affected the current quarter profitability.  The addition in manpower has reduced the offshore utilization and expected to yield revenue in the coming quarter

Management Commentary
Commenting on the results Mr. C V Subramanyam, Chairman & MD said, “I am happy that the first quarter of the fiscal year has been successful with improved performance coupled with increased efficiency and demand. As a company, we continue to consistently implement strategies to increase our market share as well as market size. Keeping in mind the increasing demand of the industry, we have made additions to our extensive product portfolio and services and are gearing up for further enhancing our offerings in the software testing industry.

We are confident of building an even robust order book in the upcoming quarters and achieve steady growth on account of efficient order execution.”

Highlights for the quarter ended June 30, 2021

• Revenue from top 5 clients contributed approximately 20.8% of the Revenue
• BFSI, Travel & Transport and Retail & e-Commerce sectors contributed the most to the revenue for Q1FY22
• Revenue split geographically: North America & Canada – 85%, UK & Europe – 9%, Rest of the World 6%

About Cigniti Technologies Limited
Cigniti Technologies is a Global Leader in Independent Quality Engineering & Software Testing services. Cigniti’s 3,100+ experienced professionals are spread across US, UK, Canada, Australia, India, UAE, and South Africa. We are a strategic quality engineering partner for leading global organizations and assist them in accelerating time-to-market by predicting and preventing unanticipated failures, leveraging AI-driven, proprietary Continuous Testing & Test Automation solutions, with customer-centricity at the core of the transformation. Our test offerings are Quality Engineering, Advisory & Transformation, Digital Assurance, and Quality Assurance solutions.

Singapore, July 1, 2021: Cigniti Technologies, world’s leading Independent Quality Engineering & Software Testing Services company, today announced the opening of their first office in Singapore. With this new expansion, Cigniti further extends its global footprint in the Asia Pacific region to meet the growing digital transformation needs of leading enterprises based in the region.

“Cigniti is recognised globally for its innovative approach to assisting enterprises in their Quality Engineering and Digital transformation initiatives leveraging proprietary IP, AI & ML driven frameworks and highly agile & DevOps development methodologies. As more and more enterprises in the Asia Pacific region look towards aligning their transformation roadmaps to leverage the benefits of next-generation technologies such as RPA, Automation, AI, Cloud and IoT, Cigniti is committed to providing customers with the insights, advisory and services they need to accelerate their digital and business transformation, and drive higher ROI from their QA initiatives”, said Nanda Padmaraju, Cigniti’s head of RoW business. “This is a key milestone for us and we are keen on investing in the region, leverage the diverse hi-tech talent available locally and help towards further strengthening the QA community in the region”, he added.

“As we looked at expanding our presence in Asia Pacific, Singapore was a natural choice as it is a global business hub, with great connectivity, technologically sophisticated infrastructure, and overall a very supportive business ecosystem and government,” said Srikanth Chakkilam, CEO, Cigniti.

We already are working with several leading enterprises in Singapore as their strategic quality engineering partner, and our new office in the heart of Singapore will enable us to be more agile and responsive to the needs of our clients in the region and serve them better.

About Cigniti: Cigniti Technologies is a Global Leader in Independent Quality Engineering & Software Testing services. Cigniti’s 2,900+ experienced professionals are spread across US, UK, Canada, Australia, India, UAE, and South Africa. We are a strategic quality engineering partner for leading global organizations and assist them in accelerating time-to-market by predicting and preventing unanticipated failures, leveraging AI-driven, proprietary Continuous Testing & Test Automation solutions, with customer-centricity at the core of the transformation. Our test offerings are Quality Engineering, Advisory & Transformation, Digital Assurance, and Quality Assurance solutions.

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Contact: Midhun Pingili, Director, Marketing | Midhun.pingili@cigniti.com | www.cigniti.com

Cigniti Technologies Q4FY21 Revenue:
Consolidated Revenue Rs. 233.02 crores and Net Profit Rs. 24.67 Cr
Standalone Revenue Rs. 84.65 crores and Net Profit Rs. 12.93 Cr

Hyderabad, April 29, 2021: Cigniti Technologies Limited, a global leader in independent quality engineering and software testing services, announced the consolidated financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2021.

The company’s reported Net Profit for Q4FY21 stood at Rs 24.67 crore as against Net Profit of Rs 26.35 crore in Q3FY21.

The Company’s Consolidated Revenue from operations for the quarter under consideration stood at Rs 233.02 crore as against Rs 223.90 crore in Q3FY21.

EBIDTA for the March quarter was at Rs 33.25 crore and EBIDTA margin stood at 14.3%.

In Q4FY21 the Board of Directors recommended dividend of Rs. 2.50/- per share on face value of Rs. 10/- each, subjected to the approval of shareholders in the Annual General Meeting of the Company.

Management Commentary
Commenting on the results Mr. C V Subramanyam, Chairman & MD said, “I am happy to announce that we delivered a good performance for Q4 and year ended FY21 which is in line with our goals. Even with COVID-19 disrupting the economy, we were able to lay a strong foundation and consolidate our position.”

“We continued to generate a positive cash flow. I am happy that the board recommended maiden dividend of 25% and as a part of prudent governance we have also approved a dividend policy for the benefit of the investors. The company has entered the new financial year with a healthy sales run rate and a good order book position and is confident of marching ahead positively in the coming years”, he added.

Highlights for the quarter ended March 31, 2021

• Revenue from top 5 clients contributed approximately 21.0% of the Revenue
• BFSI, Retail & e-Commerce and Travel & Transport sectors contributed the most to the revenue for Q4FY21
• Revenue split geographically: North America & Canada – 89%, UK & Europe – 7%, Rest of the World 4%

About Cigniti Technologies Limited
Cigniti Technologies Limited (www.cigniti.com), Global Leaders in Independent Software Testing and Quality Engineering Services, is headquartered at Hyderabad, India. Cigniti’s 2500+ employees are spread across US, UK, India, Australia, and Canada. Cigniti is the world’s first Independent Software Testing Services Company to be appraised at CMMI-SVC v1.3, Maturity Level 5, and is also ISO 9001:2008 & ISO 27001:2013 certified. Cigniti’s test offerings include Quality Engineering, Advisory & Transformation, Digital Assurance, and Quality Assurance.

Dallas, April 8, 2021: Cigniti Technologies, world’s leading Independent Quality Engineering & Software Testing services company, today announced the appointment of Jayabrata Nag as their Vice President and Global Head of Partnership and Alliances, responsible for building strategic partnerships that contribute to the overall growth and expansion of the company.

Jayabrata comes with 22 years of experience as an accomplished partnership, strategy, marketing and business development leader with a proven track record in leading high-impact strategic initiatives across global markets. When engaging Fortune 500 enterprises as well as born-digital start-ups, he focuses on enterprise IT products and services addressing Digital transformations, Data and Analytics led competitive advantages, Hyperautomation benefits, experience enrichment through Conversational Computing with AI driven NLP, Cybersecurity, and Hybrid Cloud technologies. He has delivered strong consistent results for global IT leaders such as HCL Technologies and Infosys across multiple verticals including BFSI, Healthcare, Life Sciences, Media & Entertainment, Education, and other industries.

Announcing on Jayabrata’s appointment, Srikanth Chakkilam, CEO at Cigniti said, “at Cigniti, we have been working with several leading tool vendors to offer better solutions to our clients. The hiring of Jayabrata is a strategic one as we aim to institutionalize the partnerships with these vendors that would help exponential business growth. We have also identified few business partners based on growth and long-term strategy of the company to generate revenue through these channels by building capability and GTM plans.”

Jayabrata holds an MBA in Marketing from IMI, New Delhi, India.

About Cigniti: Cigniti Technologies is a Global Leader in Independent Quality Engineering & Software Testing services. Cigniti’s 2,700+ experienced professionals are spread across US, UK, Canada, Australia, India, UAE, and South Africa. We are a strategic quality engineering partner for leading global organizations and assist them in accelerating time-to-market by predicting and preventing unanticipated failures, leveraging AI-driven, proprietary Continuous Testing & Test Automation solutions, with customer-centricity at the core of the transformation. Our test offerings are Quality Engineering, Advisory & Transformation, Digital Assurance, and Quality Assurance solutions.

Contact: Midhun.pingili@cigniti.com

Consolidated Revenue Rs. 223.90 crores and Net Profit Rs. 26.35 Cr
Standalone Revenue Rs. 78.69 crores and Net Profit Rs. 12.77 Cr

Consolidated Financial Performance for Q3FY21 v/s Q3FY20 (Corresponding Year)

• Revenue of 223.90 crore v/s. Rs. 216.75 crore [á 3.3%]
• EBITDA of 31.94 crore v/s. Rs. 28.62 crore
• PAT of 26.35 crore v/s. Rs. 28.11 crore
• Current year PAT is after full taxation

Consolidated Financial Performance for Q3FY21 v/s Q2FY21 (Corresponding Quarter)

• Revenue of 223.90 crore v/s. Rs. 221.20 crore [á1.2%]
• EBITDA of 31.94 crore v/s. Rs. 44.21 crore
• PAT of 26.35 crore v/s. Rs. 25.22 crore
• Current year PAT is after full taxation. Q2FY21 PAT is after onetime tax adjustment of Rs 8.95 crores on account of tax assessment for earlier years of US subsidiary Cigniti Technologies Inc.

Consolidated Financial Performance for 9MFY21 v/s 9MFY20 (Corresponding Year)

• Revenue of 663.50 crore v/s. Rs. 638.93 crore [á 3.8%]
• EBITDA of 112.21 crore v/s. Rs. 97.14 crore
• PAT of 80.68 crore v/s. Rs. 92.34 crore
• 9M’FY21 PAT is after onetime tax adjustment of Rs 8.95 crores on account of tax assessment for earlier years of US subsidiary Cigniti Technologies Inc.; Net profit before taxes for earlier years stood at Rs 110.78 crores.

Mumbai, January 28, 2021: Cigniti Technologies Limited, a global leader in independent quality engineering and software testing services, announced the consolidated financial results for the quarter ended December 31, 2020.

The company’s reported Net Profit for Q3FY21 stood at Rs 26.35 crore as against Net Profit of Rs 25.22 crore in Q2FY21.

The Company’s Consolidated Revenue from operations for the quarter under consideration stood at Rs 223.90 crore as against Rs 221.20 crore in Q2FY21.

EBIDTA for the December quarter was at Rs 31.94 crore and EBIDTA margin stood at 14.3%. Reduction in EBITDA is on account of rollback of payroll cut which was in force for the H1’FY 2020-21.

Management Commentary
Commenting on the results Mr. C V Subramanyam, Chairman & MD said, “Q3FY21 has been a successful quarter for the company with promising numbers and sustained growth. We plan on capitalizing on this momentum going forward. The COVID-19 pandemic led to technological disruptions, thus paving the way for us towards investment and growth opportunities. I would like to extend my gratitude to our dedicated employees, clients and customers for their unwavering support in these challenging times. For the coming quarter we expect the Union Budget to positively have provisions to incentivize the IT and Technology sector. Overall, I feel the next phase of implementation will only take place once the industry has settled down and assessed the overall impact of the pandemic.”

Highlights for the quarter ended December 31, 2020

• Revenue from top 5 clients contributed approximately 22.2% of the Revenue
• BFSI, Retail & e-Commerce and Travel & Transport sectors contributed the most to the revenue for Q3FY21
• Revenue split geographically: North America & Canada – 88%, UK & Europe – 7%, Rest of the World 5%

About Cigniti Technologies Limited
Cigniti Technologies Limited (www.cigniti.com), Global Leaders in Independent Software Testing and Quality Engineering Services, is headquartered at Hyderabad, India. Cigniti’s 2500+ employees are spread across US, UK, India, Australia, and Canada. Cigniti is the world’s first Independent Software Testing Services Company to be appraised at CMMI-SVC v1.3, Maturity Level 5, and is also ISO 9001:2008 & ISO 27001:2013 certified. Cigniti’s test offerings include Quality Engineering, Advisory & Transformation, Digital Assurance, and Quality Assurance.

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Cigniti Technologies
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