Infosys Ltd

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Market Cap (in Cr)441905.75

PE Ratio14.98

Dividend4.41

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Infosys Ltd Company History

1981

Incorporated as Infosys Consultants Private Limited in Mumbai on July 2.
Promoted by N.R. Narayana Murthy, Nandan M. Nilekani, S. Gopalakrishnan, K. Dinesh, S.D. Shibulal, N.S. Raghavan.

1992

Name changed to Infosys Technologies Private Limited; office moved to Bangalore.
Converted to public limited company as Infosys Technologies Ltd.
Establishes joint venture in USA with KSA.
Sets up offshore centre for General Electric USA.
Yantra Corporation becomes wholly owned subsidiary.

1993

Achieves ISO 9000 certification.
Issues 19,76,100 equity shares.
Reserves 68,600 shares for employees; issues balance to public.
Enters agreement with Analog Devices for GAMANA products.
Acquires 5 acres for software technology park.
Makes public issue of 13,76,000 equity shares at premium.

1994

Opens marketing offices in San Francisco, Cincinnati, New York, Dallas.
Proposes preferential issue of 750,000 warrants for ESOP.
Issues 1:1 bonus shares; allots 550,000 shares at premium.

1995

Inaugurates STP at Electronics City.
BANCS 2000 installed in Kenya.
Receives permissions for wholly owned subsidiaries in USA, Europe, Asia-Pacific.
Establishes Yantra Corporation in USA with US$500,000.

1996

Records six BANCS 2000 installations in Africa & Asia.
Adds SBU-5 for Internet consultancy.

1997

Institute of Chartered Accountants awards Silver Shield for 1995.
Voted India's best-managed company by Asia Money.
Wins awards for export performance.
Announces ADR issue up to US$ 75 million.
Selected by World Economic Forum as remarkable company.
Issues 1:1 bonus shares; allots shares on warrant conversion.

1998

Paid-up capital increases by Rs. 8,75,76,000 via ESOP and 1:1 bonus.
Receives Silver Shield for Best-Presented Accounts.
Voted best in Strategy and Management by Asia Money.
BANCS 2000 receives CSI-WIPRO award.
Receives Certificate of Merit for exports.
Receives special award for software innovation.
Rated best regional company by Bangalore Stock Exchange.
Signs up with Copeland for client services workstation.
Agrees with CyberShop for e-commerce system.
Wins Economic Times Award for Corporate Excellence.
Evaluates software centers in Philippines or China, Europe, US.
Infosys of the Year by Economic Times.

1999

Alpha Data ties up to market banking software in UAE.
Infosys lists on Nasdaq with 1,800,000 ADRs.
Emerges as precious Nasdaq company by market cap.
Strategic alliance with CyberSource for e-commerce services.
NR Narayana Murthy awarded Sir M Visvesvaraya Memorial Award.
NR Narayana Murthy receives Electronics Man of the Year Award.

2000

Confirms plan for export center in Mohali.
Develops methodology to port OS/2 to Windows NT.
Ties up with Toshiba for ERP solutions.
Jammu and Kashmir Bank ties up for internet banking.
Introduces Websetu for e-commerce.
Agrees with Quintessent Communications for telecom applications.
Proposes local support for Mauritius banking customers.
Ties up with Preis24.com for B2B e-commerce.
Launches BankAway for mobile banking.
Ties up with Franklin Templeton for information infrastructure.
Spins off Onscan Inc as independent entity.
Partners with National Bank of Abu Dhabi for e-commerce.
Launches Finacle banking solution.
Establishes strategic partnership with Delphis Bank, Mauritius.
Enters strategic alliance with Evolving Systems.
Sets up Global Development Centre in London.
Establishes partnership with First Atlantic Bank, Nigeria.
Proposes to increase software professionals to 2,400.
Re-emerges as India's second most valuable company.
Expands operations in Pune.
Sets up offshore development centre in UK.
Sets up shop in Hong Kong.
Signs MoU with Sharjah Airport International Free Zone.
Forms alliance with Microsoft.
Goldman Sachs rates Infosys as market outperformer.
Issues 667 equity shares on stock options exercise.
Partners with YadaYada for mobile web portal.
Delphi Automotive ties up with Infosys for embedded software.
Nortel Networks sets up Wireless Centre of Excellence.
Strategic partnership with Standard Trust Bank, Nigeria.
Allots 460 equity shares to Bankers Trust.
Oceanic Bank uses Finacle.
Allots 500 equity shares under 1999 option plan.

2001

Signs MoU with Andhra Pradesh Government for Hyderabad campus.
Sets up biggest software development centre in Bangalore.
Awarded silver shield for best presented accounts for sixth year.
Allots 100 equity shares to Bankers Trust.
Sets up second software centre at Pune Hinjewadi.
Board allocates 67,050 equity shares to employees.
Inaugurates Toronto Global Development Center.
Board allocates 41,050 stock options.
Dr G K Jayaram appointed director of Infosys Leadership Institute.
Emerging Markets Growth Fund holds 5.15% shares.
Sets up four fellowship schemes with ICAI-ARF.
Infosys and TCS lead software exports.
Announces strategic relationship with BNSF Railway.
1994 ESOP matures.
Intel inaugurates R&D lab with Infosys in Bangalore.

2002

Receives Motilal Oswal Award for Wealth Creation.
Nandan Nilekani becomes CEO; Narayanamurthy Chairman & Chief Mentor.
Strategic partnership with First Bank of Nigeria.
Partners with Citadon to develop Citadon CW.
Enters self-governing software-testing services.
Tops IT exporters with Rs 1900 crore exports.
Airbus hires Infosys for wing design.
Acquires 12% stake in Onmobile.
Adjudged best Indian employer by Hewitt Associates and Business Today.
Signs JV with Punjab National Bank for Centralized Banking Solution.
Ties up with Northwestern Mutual for online funds transfer.
Ties up with Nordstrom for Oracle Financial system.
Ties up with Citigroup to form Progeon for BPM.
Eastman Chemical expands work with Infosys.
Brand value increases 35% to Rs 7,257 crore.
Tops Finance Asia survey as best managed company.
National Commercial Bank, Jamaica, enters technology partnership.
Progeon bags $30m order from GreenPoint Mortgage.
Wins Corporate University Xchange Excellence Award.
Nasdaq selects Infosys as best value reporter.
Abandons China offshore centre plan.
ADA signs contract for Autolay Software transfer.
Acquires Trade IQ Product Division of IQ Financial Systems.
Partners with Concours Group.
Achieves CMMI Level 5 for offshore and onsite operations.
RBI permits 100% FII purchase.
Ties up with Avaya for CRM solutions.
Ties up with IBM for knowledge sharing.
Phaneesh Murthy resigns.
Develops process engine for BPML technology.
Assessed at PCMM Level 5.
Settles sexual harassment suit out of court.
Consolidates banking products under one brand.
Starts life sciences practice.
Announces Global Development Centre in Melbourne.
NR Narayana Murthy receives Ernst & Young Entrepreneur award.
Wins MAKE award in Asia.
Implements Balanced Score Card.
Alliance with Kakawa Discount House, Nigeria.
Builds intra-day comparison system for American Stock Exchange.
Bank of Bahrain and Kuwait selects Finacle.
Akshaya Bhargava appointed CEO & MD of Progeon.
Infosys and Sun introduce retail banking reference architecture.
Progeon issues 4,375,000 shares to Citicorp.
Signs MoU with Chandigarh for land acquisition.
Infosys and BNSF selected for best practices in offshore outsourcing.
Emerges as India’s most valuable company by market cap.
Enters Thailand through local partnerships.

2003

Infosys floats development center in Hyderabad.
Narayana Murthy and Nandan Nilekani named Asia's Businessmen of the year by Fortune.
Infosys wins Pune regional ING Vysya Brand Equity Quiz.
Infosys hosts Banking CXO summit in Bangkok.
ICRA gives CGR1 rating for corporate governance.
Infosys felicitated by SUN Microsystems.
Infosys wins order from Sprint.
Infosys launches ethics code.
Infosys certified for TL 9000.
Infosys brand valued at Rs 7,488 crore.
Infosys bags $60 million order from SBC Communications.
NR Narayana Murthy bags Ernst & Young World Entrepreneur award.
Infosys wins ESC award.
Deepak Satwalekar appointed Lead Independent Director.
BusinessWeek ranks Infosys 74th among top infotech companies.
National Commercial Bank, Saudi Arabia, selects Finacle.
Infosys offers ADR at $49 each.
Infosys acquires 100 acres in Pune Infotech Park.
Finacle deployed at Jammu & Kashmir Bank.
Post Bank Uganda goes live with Finacle.
Infosys expands in Chennai with 129 acres.
Infosys gets $50 million order from Telstra.
Finacle recognized as most scalable core-banking solution.
Infosys and Oracle partner for pre-integrated bank solutions.
Infosys allotted highest CRISIL GVC Level 1 rating.
Banque Saudi Fransi chooses Finacle eCorporate.
Infosys and Sun Microsystems reveal core banking performance results.
NMB Bank Ltd selects Finacle.
Infosys acquires Expert Information Services Pty Ltd for A$31 million.
Board allots 22,439 equity shares under 1999 Stock Option Plan.

2004

Infosys revises upward guidance for 2003-04 revenues and earnings.
Infosys incorporates wholly-owned subsidiary in Shanghai, China.
Karnataka Bank deploys Finacle.
Nandan Nilekani ranks 35th in world business leaders.
Infosys gets ICAI award for 2003.
Infosys, Microsoft, and Intel partner for eBanking solutions in Philippines.
Infosys inks pact with British Telecom.
Mauritius Post and Cooperative Bank signs up for Finacle.
Export-Import Bank of Thailand signs up for Finacle.
FMR Corp. acquires additional Infosys shares.
Infosys completes five years on Nasdaq.
Infosys suspends ESOP scheme.
Infosys joins billion dollar club.
Infosys becomes first Indian listed IT firm to net Rs 1000 crore.
NR Narayana Murthy wins IMC Diamond Jubilee Award.
Arab National Bank partners with Infosys.
NR Narayana Murthy joins NDTV Board.
Infosys launches Item Data Integrity solution.
Infosys receives ISO 14001 certification.
Finacle wins Banker Technology Awards 2004.
Oriental Bank of Commerce selects Infosys for IT upgradation.
Infosys issues 3:1 bonus shares.
ASTD rates Infosys best in employee training.
NR Narayana Murthy listed among Time's Global Tech Influentials.
Infosys tops Asian corporate governance score list.
Infosys ties up with Australian company for R&D.
OATSystems ties up with Infosys for RFID.

2005

Aspis Bank signs up for Finacle universal banking solution.
Shop Floor Control System wins InfoWorld 100 award.
Infosys furnishes XBRL data to US SEC.
Infosys and B-Source announce partnership for Business Service Provisioning.
Infosys and Microsoft unveil Catalytic IT concept centre.

2006

Infosys and Microsoft share vision for enterprise information management.
Infosys implements PeopleSoft at Nissan North America.
Infosys issues 1:1 bonus shares.

2007

Infosys opens development center in Mexico.
Infosys receives highest score in strategy in applications outsourcing report.

2008

Infosys and Nihon Unisys sign MoU for strategic business deployment.
DSB Bank partners with Finacle for core banking transformation.
Infosys crosses US$ 4.18 billion revenues.
Annual net profits cross US$ 1 billion.

2009

Infosys bags five-year outsourcing agreement from BP.
Infosys implements IT-enabled transformation for Thermax.
Infosys opens development centers in Brazil and Monterrey, Mexico.
Infosys selected as member of The Global Dow.
Employee strength grows to over 100,000.

2010

Infosys crosses US$ 5 billion revenue mark.
Hay Group names Infosys among world's 20 best companies for leadership.
Infosys launches first rural BPO unit in Andhra Pradesh.
Infosys launches Finacle Treasury-In-A-Box.
Infosys gets CISF protection.
Infosys inks agreement with Microsoft for internal IT services.
Infosys BPO launches enhanced sales support offering.
Infosys issues equity shares to employees.
Infosys awards turnkey AMR contract to Easun Reyrolle.

2011

Finacle wins Leaders in Innovation Award.
Infosys expands operations in Thiruvananthapuram with Rs. 180 crore investment.
Infosys completes three transformational deals.
KV Kamath appointed chairman; Shibulal new CEO.
Infosys Australia and New Zealand acquires News Zealand & Gen-i partnership.
Company name changed to Infosys Ltd.
Infosys BPO signs agreement to acquire Portland Group Pty Ltd.
N. R. Narayana Murthy hands over chairmanship to KV Kamath.
Infosys crosses US$ 6 billion revenue mark; employee strength over 130,000.

2012

Listed on NYSE.
Infosys acquires Lodestone Holding AG.
Forbes ranks Infosys among world's most innovative companies.
Infosys among top 25 performers in Caring for Climate Initiative.
Infosys crosses US$ 7 billion revenue mark.
Bharti Airtel selects Infosys for airtel money.
Infosys partners with GlaxoSmithKline for digital marketing platform.
Infosys signs strategic partnership with Ratnakar Bank for Finacle.
Infosys wins IT Partner of the Year from Analog Devices.
Infosys awarded Pegasystems Partner Excellence Award.
Infosys signs MoU with State of Israel for industrial R&D.
Finacle wins Core Banking Technology Provider of the Year.
Infosys commits to end child diarrheal deaths in India.
Infosys signs multi-year agreement with Ministry of Corporate Affairs.
Infosys launches India In a Box for Japanese companies.
Oracle names Infosys Leader in IDC MarketScape.
Infosys BPO wins 2012 Optimas Award for Managing Change.
Infosys partners with Anglian Water.

2013

N. R. Narayana Murthy appointed Executive Chairman.
Infosys begins trading on NYSE Euronext London and Paris.
Infosys Edge wins NASSCOM Business Innovation Award.
Infosys presented with 2013 Environmental Tracking Carbon Ranking Leader award.

2014

Dr. Vishal Sikka appointed CEO and MD.
Revenue crosses 50,000 crore in rupee terms.
Board decides to increase dividend payout ratio to up to 40%.
Cash and cash equivalents cross 5 billion USD.
Infosys announces 1:1 bonus issue.

2015

Infosys Public Services implements financial management solution for L.A. Care Health Plan.
Infosys and Cornell University collaborate on hospitality research.
Infosys Finacle positioned as leader in IDC MarketScape for core banking solutions.
ICA Gruppen partners with Infosys to revitalize IT operations.
ABN AMRO selects Infosys for business transformation.
Infosys signs 5-year agreement with TNT.
Infosys BPO opens center in Puerto Rico.
Infosys receives Daimler Supplier Award.
Infosys Innovation Fund invests in Airviz.
Infosys signs multi-year IT infrastructure deal with House of Fraser.
Infosys launches Finacle Assure preventive maintenance offering.
Infosys allots 114,84,72,332 equity shares as 1:1 bonus.

2016

Infosys wins award for design thinking services execution.
Infosys invests in Waterline Data Science.
Infosys wins 5-year contract from Commerzbank.
Paytm selects Infosys Finacle for payments bank business.
Infosys seeks government nod for IT SEZ in West Bengal.
Infosys bags 7 Oracle Excellence Awards.
Infosys launches Skava Commerce for mobile-first e-commerce.
Infosys Science Foundation announces winners of Infosys Prize.
Infosys Foundation USA celebrates Computer Science Education Week.
Infosys invests in ideaForge from innovation fund.

2017

Infosys partners with HPE for mainframe modernization.
Infosys wins three Catalyst Awards at TM Forum Live.
Commercial Bank completes pilot on cloud-based blockchain network with Infosys Finacle.
Infosys joins Salesforce Partner Ecosystem for Analytics Cloud Applications.
Infosys opens delivery center in Croatia.
KONE selects Infosys for IT transformation.
Infosys Finacle launches blockchain-based trade finance solution.
Globe Telecom’s Cognitive Digital Agent wins TM Forum Catalyst Award.
ATP and Infosys launch Playerzone for digital experience.
Infosys completes acquisition of Brilliant Basics.
Infosys launches Boundaryless Data Lake on AWS.
Gartner positions Infosys as Leader in SAP Application Services Magic Quadrant.
Infosys Finacle named Leader in Digital Banking Engagement Platforms.
Infosys announces strategic alliance with HP Inc. for digital transformation.

2018

Infosys signs advance pricing agreement with US Internal Revenue Service.
Infosys launches Infosys Business Assurance Store.
Infosys and PTC launch centre for industrial IoT.
Infosys inaugurates Innovation Hub in Indianapolis.
Infosys partners with Siemens to develop solutions on MindSphere.
Infosys partners with NYAS to organize innovation challenge.

2019

Infosys completes formation of JV in Japan with Hitachi, Panasonic, and Pasona.
Infosys promotes turbomachinery capabilities in Baden, Switzerland.
EdgeVerve launches AssistEdge Engage for contact center experience.
Infosys launches Live Enterprise Suite.
Infosys wins UN Global Climate Action Award for Carbon Neutral Now category.

2020

Infosys Foundation partners with Narayana Health City to open 100-bed quarantine facility.
Infosys partners with Avaloq to strengthen wealth management capabilities.
Infosys launches Infosys Modernization Suite.

2022

Infosys collaborates with The Economist Educational Foundation.
Infosys wins Finacle Partner Excellence Awards.
Infosys completes acquisition of BASE life science, a life sciences consulting and technology leader.
Infosys wins 2021 Google Cloud Specialization Partner of the Year Award for Cloud Migration.
Infosys launches Infosys Metaverse Foundry.

2023

Infosys rated Leader in Multicloud Managed Services Providers and Cloud Migration by independent research firm.
Infosys Foundation collaborates with GoSports Foundation to launch Girls for Gold program for women athletes.
Infosys collaborates with LexisNexis for information services across content, enterprise, and products applications.
Infosys recognized as top service provider across Nordics in Whitelane Research and PA Consulting IT Sourcing Study.
United Nations Development Programme collaborates with Infosys Public Services to implement Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications Suite.
Infosys Compaz collaborates with Singapore's StarHub for IT transformation.

2024

Infosys Foundation enables record-setting volunteering initiative with over 200,000 seedballs for reforestation projects across India.
Infosys collaborates with Commerzbank and Murex for capital markets solutions.
Infosys completes acquisition of InSemi, a semiconductor design services provider.
Infosys completes technology landscape separation program for Australian express logistics business.