Persistent Systems Ltd

NSE: PERSISTENT BSE: 533179

₹5829

-69 (1.17%)

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MTF 5xInvest in Persistent Systems Ltd with 5x Leverage Buy with MTF

Market Cap (in Cr)92936.05

PE Ratio47.72

Dividend0.68

Technology Services

Information Technology Services

24.5K

Persistent Systems Balance Sheet

Income Statement Balance Sheet Cashflow

Particulars	Mar 2007	Mar 2008	Mar 2009	Mar 2010	Mar 2011	Mar 2012	Mar 2013	Mar 2014	Mar 2015	Mar 2016	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025
Interest expense on debt	-1.12M	0	0	0	0	—	-360.00K	-530.00K	-3.37M	-920.00K	-910.00K	-790.00K	-3.05M	-63.32M	-57.94M	-118.35M	-473.40M	-467.27M	-671.29M
Pretax equity in earnings	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Equity in earnings	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total assets	2.95B	4.05B	5.12B	8.17B	9.92B	11.61B	12.82B	15.57B	18.01B	21.44B	23.78B	27.07B	28.97B	31.14B	36.78B	54.34B	66.73B	74.18B	87.37B
Total current assets	956.71M	1.37B	2.03B	4.26B	6.93B	7.40B	6.97B	9.37B	11.07B	13.36B	14.04B	17.74B	18.90B	19.86B	26.70B	28.39B	34.47B	41.51B	50.25B
Cash and short term investments	112.72M	113.16M	165.39M	1.92B	3.50B	3.29B	3.68B	5.03B	6.04B	6.35B	6.05B	9.20B	10.21B	9.63B	15.88B	13.31B	10.78B	12.85B	13.54B
Cash & equivalents	108.84M	109.05M	163.18M	1.90B	230.16M	433.14M	341.83M	856.59M	1.02B	1.46B	1.52B	1.41B	1.83B	1.98B	3.10B	2.98B	4.67B	6.63B	6.76B
Short term investments	3.89M	4.11M	2.21M	21.76M	3.27B	2.86B	3.34B	4.17B	5.01B	4.89B	4.53B	7.79B	8.38B	7.66B	12.78B	10.33B	6.11B	6.22B	6.78B
Total receivables, net	661.15M	1.07B	1.44B	2.25B	2.52B	2.61B	3.29B	4.34B	4.92B	6.66B	7.68B	7.31B	7.55B	8.11B	9.37B	13.66B	21.14B	24.96B	28.99B
Accounts receivable - trade, net	565.65M	834.15M	1.16B	1.36B	1.69B	2.17B	2.81B	3.67B	4.39B	5.88B	6.52B	6.55B	6.76B	7.99B	7.88B	12.61B	20.05B	23.28B	27.74B
Other receivables	95.50M	240.08M	280.82M	888.84M	830.60M	435.40M	480.65M	662.74M	528.09M	786.25M	1.16B	761.61M	791.14M	116.82M	1.48B	1.04B	1.08B	1.68B	1.26B
Total inventory	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other current assets, total	0	0	1.21M	45.33M	0	0	0	4.69M	122.29M	343.71M	311.39M	1.24B	1.14B	1.05B	1.34B	879.50M	1.49B	2.84B	5.11B
Total non-current assets	1.99B	2.68B	3.10B	3.91B	2.99B	4.21B	5.85B	6.20B	6.94B	8.08B	9.74B	9.33B	10.07B	11.29B	10.08B	25.95B	32.26B	32.67B	37.11B
Long term investments	246.91M	691.71M	880.12M	1.56B	0	134.43M	703.60M	1.36B	2.22B	2.41B	3.33B	3.13B	4.93B	5.16B	3.87B	7.50B	5.79B	6.38B	7.13B
Note receivable - long term	—	—	—	—	—	9.53M	29.37M	70.49M	19.42M	104.59M	158.78M	208.20M	237.65M	199.11M	221.51M	3.52B	730.65M	740.60M	665.10M
Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries	0	0	0	0	0	50.00K	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other investments	246.91M	691.71M	880.12M	1.56B	0	124.85M	674.23M	1.28B	2.20B	2.30B	3.17B	2.92B	4.69B	4.96B	3.64B	3.98B	5.06B	5.64B	6.46B
Net property/plant/equipment	1.74B	1.97B	2.18B	2.32B	2.29B	2.99B	3.97B	3.09B	3.10B	3.57B	2.83B	2.62B	2.35B	2.98B	3.44B	5.45B	7.85B	7.77B	8.22B
Gross property/plant/equipment	2.77B	3.26B	3.75B	4.20B	3.99B	4.98B	6.29B	5.82B	6.21B	7.42B	7.10B	7.36B	7.40B	8.13B	8.92B	11.50B	14.92B	15.71B	16.74B
Deferred tax assets	2.75M	16.46M	39.54M	28.41M	124.00M	209.56M	277.16M	392.76M	576.09M	373.67M	619.01M	1.01B	816.06M	1.18B	1.17B	1.27B	1.13B	1.46B	2.02B
Net intangible assets	0	—	0	0	573.03M	738.73M	702.10M	1.29B	1.02B	1.64B	2.83B	2.58B	1.98B	1.66B	1.32B	11.06B	16.36B	15.60B	17.99B
Goodwill, net	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	22.94M	23.91M	77.87M	76.23M	76.61M	81.24M	88.94M	85.94M	2.79B	7.18B	10.91B	12.34B
Other intangibles, net	0	—	0	0	573.03M	738.73M	—	1.27B	995.30M	1.57B	2.76B	2.51B	1.90B	1.57B	1.23B	8.27B	9.17B	4.69B	5.66B
Other long term assets, total	0	0	0	0	0	59.64M	53.94M	65.55M	23.27M	85.90M	131.31M	0	0	296.55M	296.55M	533.52M	808.51M	963.70M	1.51B
Short term debt	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20.17M	4.58M	4.58M	4.58M	4.58M	313.91M	223.85M	1.87B	2.93B	2.80B	952.30M
Current portion of LT debt and capital leases	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	20.17M	4.58M	4.58M	4.58M	4.58M	313.91M	223.85M	1.87B	2.93B	2.80B	952.30M
Short term debt excl. current portion of LT debt	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Accounts payable	225.40M	260.39M	179.77M	313.13M	464.97M	289.13M	319.00M	433.73M	528.72M	1.60B	1.21B	1.67B	1.52B	2.25B	2.73B	4.30B	5.69B	8.14B	8.89B
Income tax payable	1.24M	24.06M	245.91M	13.59M	749.85M	1.36B	20.39M	27.19M	—	—	—	119.51M	74.80M	132.16M	358.85M	348.72M	294.14M	547.29M	505.85M
Long term debt	0	0	0	0	0	0	14.20M	31.87M	24.72M	26.91M	21.71M	16.55M	11.97M	399.58M	760.44M	3.92B	3.65B	1.71B	2.16B
Long term debt excl. lease liabilities	0	0	0	0	0	0	14.20M	31.87M	24.72M	26.91M	21.71M	16.55M	11.97M	399.58M	760.44M	3.92B	3.65B	1.71B	2.16B
Total equity	2.52B	3.29B	3.95B	6.39B	7.47B	8.41B	10.18B	12.22B	14.06B	16.58B	18.99B	21.27B	23.45B	23.86B	27.96B	33.68B	39.65B	49.58B	63.19B
Shareholders' equity	2.52B	3.29B	3.95B	6.39B	7.47B	8.41B	10.18B	12.22B	14.06B	16.58B	18.99B	21.27B	23.45B	23.86B	27.96B	33.68B	39.65B	49.58B	63.19B
Common equity, total	2.50B	3.29B	3.95B	6.39B	7.47B	8.41B	10.18B	12.22B	14.06B	16.58B	18.99B	21.27B	23.45B	23.86B	27.96B	33.68B	39.65B	49.58B	63.19B
Other common equity	1.57B	2.36B	2.97B	4.06B	5.33B	6.27B	8.05B	4.90B	5.83B	7.14B	8.33B	9.48B	10.96B	13.01B	15.63B	19.36B	24.71B	29.94B	33.13B
Total debt	0	0	0	0	0	0	14.20M	31.87M	44.89M	31.49M	26.29M	21.13M	16.55M	713.49M	984.29M	5.78B	6.58B	4.51B	3.11B
Net debt	-112.72M	-113.16M	-165.39M	-1.92B	-3.50B	-3.29B	-3.66B	-5.00B	-5.99B	-6.32B	-6.02B	-9.17B	-10.19B	-8.92B	-14.90B	-7.53B	-4.21B	-8.34B	-10.43B
Change in accounts receivable	-228.63M	-307.82M	-412.01M	-364.37M	-220.41M	-400.74M	-691.06M	-1.03B	-576.08M	-644.66M	-738.76M	145.39M	-322.95M	-894.77M	58.49M	-3.51B	-5.55B	-1.81B	-2.39B
Change in taxes payable	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Change in accounts payable	—	—	—	—	0	—	129.73M	—	201.71M	923.70M	-302.05M	305.93M	-180.13M	—	757.56M	2.49B	2.69B	4.63B	1.47B
Change in other assets/liabilities	173.96M	261.29M	10.52M	862.82M	268.54M	-203.52M	-160.36M	518.87M	98.14M	-1.14B	-20.88M	-406.97M	213.04M	-473.80M	762.14M	611.76M	-1.51B	-4.16B	-5.31B
Sale of fixed assets & businesses	11.89M	2.88M	15.72M	1.04M	1.84M	3.02M	4.09M	2.66M	3.27M	11.94M	6.67M	3.12M	5.04M	12.68M	30.02M	46.02M	11.98M	29.35M	436.14M
Purchase/sale of investments, net	-131.32M	-451.16M	-163.98M	-710.18M	-1.68B	182.14M	-1.24B	-1.42B	-1.67B	263.66M	-321.22M	-2.69B	-2.23B	515.17M	-4.08B	2.99B	3.88B	-593.66M	-2.49B
Sale/maturity of investments	950.67M	1.98B	5.34B	6.38B	13.84B	9.13B	9.85B	11.64B	13.80B	14.50B	11.13B	14.33B	29.90B	20.87B	25.42B	37.38B	41.80B	50.30B	52.86B
Purchase of investments	-1.08B	-2.43B	-5.50B	-7.09B	-15.53B	-8.95B	-11.08B	-13.06B	-15.47B	-14.24B	-11.45B	-17.02B	-32.13B	-20.36B	-29.50B	-34.39B	-37.92B	-50.89B	-55.35B
Other investing cash flow items, total	0	0	0	0	0	111.51M	401.66M	0	130.00K	100.15M	150.00K	180.00K	-16.96M	0	0	-3.52B	0	-2.07B	-489.64M
Issuance/retirement of debt, net	0	0	0	0	0	6.54M	7.66M	17.67M	13.02M	-14.61M	-4.57M	-4.58M	-4.58M	34.52M	-4.54M	4.28B	-40.23M	-2.23B	-2.06B
Issuance/retirement of long term debt	0	0	0	0	0	6.54M	7.66M	17.67M	13.02M	-14.61M	-4.57M	-4.58M	-4.58M	-4.62M	-4.54M	4.28B	-40.23M	-2.23B	-2.06B
Issuance/retirement of short term debt	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Issuance/retirement of other debt	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	39.14M	0	—	—	—	—
Total cash dividends paid	-30.73M	-43.03M	-32.27M	-21.52M	-239.74M	-199.94M	-339.72M	-439.76M	-667.29M	-1.25B	-577.73M	-950.02M	-1.02B	-1.30B	-1.07B	-1.99B	-2.98B	-4.08B	-4.60B
Other financing cash flow items, total	-4.64M	-7.31M	-3.65M	45.11M	-55.20M	-48.01M	-55.15M	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.00M	9.00M	0	0	0	0

Particulars	Mar 2007	Mar 2008	Mar 2009	Mar 2010	Mar 2011	Mar 2012	Mar 2013	Mar 2014	Mar 2015	Mar 2016	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025
Interest expense on debt	-1.12M	0	0	0	0	—	-360.00K	-530.00K	-3.37M	-920.00K	-910.00K	-790.00K	-3.05M	-63.32M	-57.94M	-118.35M	-473.40M	-467.27M	-671.29M
Pretax equity in earnings	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Equity in earnings	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total assets	2.95B	4.05B	5.12B	8.17B	9.92B	11.61B	12.82B	15.57B	18.01B	21.44B	23.78B	27.07B	28.97B	31.14B	36.78B	54.34B	66.73B	74.18B	87.37B
Total current assets	956.71M	1.37B	2.03B	4.26B	6.93B	7.40B	6.97B	9.37B	11.07B	13.36B	14.04B	17.74B	18.90B	19.86B	26.70B	28.39B	34.47B	41.51B	50.25B
Cash and short term investments	112.72M	113.16M	165.39M	1.92B	3.50B	3.29B	3.68B	5.03B	6.04B	6.35B	6.05B	9.20B	10.21B	9.63B	15.88B	13.31B	10.78B	12.85B	13.54B
Cash & equivalents	108.84M	109.05M	163.18M	1.90B	230.16M	433.14M	341.83M	856.59M	1.02B	1.46B	1.52B	1.41B	1.83B	1.98B	3.10B	2.98B	4.67B	6.63B	6.76B
Short term investments	3.89M	4.11M	2.21M	21.76M	3.27B	2.86B	3.34B	4.17B	5.01B	4.89B	4.53B	7.79B	8.38B	7.66B	12.78B	10.33B	6.11B	6.22B	6.78B
Total receivables, net	661.15M	1.07B	1.44B	2.25B	2.52B	2.61B	3.29B	4.34B	4.92B	6.66B	7.68B	7.31B	7.55B	8.11B	9.37B	13.66B	21.14B	24.96B	28.99B
Accounts receivable - trade, net	565.65M	834.15M	1.16B	1.36B	1.69B	2.17B	2.81B	3.67B	4.39B	5.88B	6.52B	6.55B	6.76B	7.99B	7.88B	12.61B	20.05B	23.28B	27.74B
Other receivables	95.50M	240.08M	280.82M	888.84M	830.60M	435.40M	480.65M	662.74M	528.09M	786.25M	1.16B	761.61M	791.14M	116.82M	1.48B	1.04B	1.08B	1.68B	1.26B
Total inventory	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other current assets, total	0	0	1.21M	45.33M	0	0	0	4.69M	122.29M	343.71M	311.39M	1.24B	1.14B	1.05B	1.34B	879.50M	1.49B	2.84B	5.11B
Total non-current assets	1.99B	2.68B	3.10B	3.91B	2.99B	4.21B	5.85B	6.20B	6.94B	8.08B	9.74B	9.33B	10.07B	11.29B	10.08B	25.95B	32.26B	32.67B	37.11B
Long term investments	246.91M	691.71M	880.12M	1.56B	0	134.43M	703.60M	1.36B	2.22B	2.41B	3.33B	3.13B	4.93B	5.16B	3.87B	7.50B	5.79B	6.38B	7.13B
Note receivable - long term	—	—	—	—	—	9.53M	29.37M	70.49M	19.42M	104.59M	158.78M	208.20M	237.65M	199.11M	221.51M	3.52B	730.65M	740.60M	665.10M
Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries	0	0	0	0	0	50.00K	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other investments	246.91M	691.71M	880.12M	1.56B	0	124.85M	674.23M	1.28B	2.20B	2.30B	3.17B	2.92B	4.69B	4.96B	3.64B	3.98B	5.06B	5.64B	6.46B
Net property/plant/equipment	1.74B	1.97B	2.18B	2.32B	2.29B	2.99B	3.97B	3.09B	3.10B	3.57B	2.83B	2.62B	2.35B	2.98B	3.44B	5.45B	7.85B	7.77B	8.22B
Gross property/plant/equipment	2.77B	3.26B	3.75B	4.20B	3.99B	4.98B	6.29B	5.82B	6.21B	7.42B	7.10B	7.36B	7.40B	8.13B	8.92B	11.50B	14.92B	15.71B	16.74B
Deferred tax assets	2.75M	16.46M	39.54M	28.41M	124.00M	209.56M	277.16M	392.76M	576.09M	373.67M	619.01M	1.01B	816.06M	1.18B	1.17B	1.27B	1.13B	1.46B	2.02B
Net intangible assets	0	—	0	0	573.03M	738.73M	702.10M	1.29B	1.02B	1.64B	2.83B	2.58B	1.98B	1.66B	1.32B	11.06B	16.36B	15.60B	17.99B
Goodwill, net	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	22.94M	23.91M	77.87M	76.23M	76.61M	81.24M	88.94M	85.94M	2.79B	7.18B	10.91B	12.34B
Other intangibles, net	0	—	0	0	573.03M	738.73M	—	1.27B	995.30M	1.57B	2.76B	2.51B	1.90B	1.57B	1.23B	8.27B	9.17B	4.69B	5.66B
Other long term assets, total	0	0	0	0	0	59.64M	53.94M	65.55M	23.27M	85.90M	131.31M	0	0	296.55M	296.55M	533.52M	808.51M	963.70M	1.51B
Short term debt	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20.17M	4.58M	4.58M	4.58M	4.58M	313.91M	223.85M	1.87B	2.93B	2.80B	952.30M
Current portion of LT debt and capital leases	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	20.17M	4.58M	4.58M	4.58M	4.58M	313.91M	223.85M	1.87B	2.93B	2.80B	952.30M
Short term debt excl. current portion of LT debt	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Accounts payable	225.40M	260.39M	179.77M	313.13M	464.97M	289.13M	319.00M	433.73M	528.72M	1.60B	1.21B	1.67B	1.52B	2.25B	2.73B	4.30B	5.69B	8.14B	8.89B
Income tax payable	1.24M	24.06M	245.91M	13.59M	749.85M	1.36B	20.39M	27.19M	—	—	—	119.51M	74.80M	132.16M	358.85M	348.72M	294.14M	547.29M	505.85M
Long term debt	0	0	0	0	0	0	14.20M	31.87M	24.72M	26.91M	21.71M	16.55M	11.97M	399.58M	760.44M	3.92B	3.65B	1.71B	2.16B
Long term debt excl. lease liabilities	0	0	0	0	0	0	14.20M	31.87M	24.72M	26.91M	21.71M	16.55M	11.97M	399.58M	760.44M	3.92B	3.65B	1.71B	2.16B
Total equity	2.52B	3.29B	3.95B	6.39B	7.47B	8.41B	10.18B	12.22B	14.06B	16.58B	18.99B	21.27B	23.45B	23.86B	27.96B	33.68B	39.65B	49.58B	63.19B
Shareholders' equity	2.52B	3.29B	3.95B	6.39B	7.47B	8.41B	10.18B	12.22B	14.06B	16.58B	18.99B	21.27B	23.45B	23.86B	27.96B	33.68B	39.65B	49.58B	63.19B
Common equity, total	2.50B	3.29B	3.95B	6.39B	7.47B	8.41B	10.18B	12.22B	14.06B	16.58B	18.99B	21.27B	23.45B	23.86B	27.96B	33.68B	39.65B	49.58B	63.19B
Other common equity	1.57B	2.36B	2.97B	4.06B	5.33B	6.27B	8.05B	4.90B	5.83B	7.14B	8.33B	9.48B	10.96B	13.01B	15.63B	19.36B	24.71B	29.94B	33.13B
Total debt	0	0	0	0	0	0	14.20M	31.87M	44.89M	31.49M	26.29M	21.13M	16.55M	713.49M	984.29M	5.78B	6.58B	4.51B	3.11B
Net debt	-112.72M	-113.16M	-165.39M	-1.92B	-3.50B	-3.29B	-3.66B	-5.00B	-5.99B	-6.32B	-6.02B	-9.17B	-10.19B	-8.92B	-14.90B	-7.53B	-4.21B	-8.34B	-10.43B
Change in accounts receivable	-228.63M	-307.82M	-412.01M	-364.37M	-220.41M	-400.74M	-691.06M	-1.03B	-576.08M	-644.66M	-738.76M	145.39M	-322.95M	-894.77M	58.49M	-3.51B	-5.55B	-1.81B	-2.39B
Change in taxes payable	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Change in accounts payable	—	—	—	—	0	—	129.73M	—	201.71M	923.70M	-302.05M	305.93M	-180.13M	—	757.56M	2.49B	2.69B	4.63B	1.47B
Change in other assets/liabilities	173.96M	261.29M	10.52M	862.82M	268.54M	-203.52M	-160.36M	518.87M	98.14M	-1.14B	-20.88M	-406.97M	213.04M	-473.80M	762.14M	611.76M	-1.51B	-4.16B	-5.31B
Sale of fixed assets & businesses	11.89M	2.88M	15.72M	1.04M	1.84M	3.02M	4.09M	2.66M	3.27M	11.94M	6.67M	3.12M	5.04M	12.68M	30.02M	46.02M	11.98M	29.35M	436.14M
Purchase/sale of investments, net	-131.32M	-451.16M	-163.98M	-710.18M	-1.68B	182.14M	-1.24B	-1.42B	-1.67B	263.66M	-321.22M	-2.69B	-2.23B	515.17M	-4.08B	2.99B	3.88B	-593.66M	-2.49B
Sale/maturity of investments	950.67M	1.98B	5.34B	6.38B	13.84B	9.13B	9.85B	11.64B	13.80B	14.50B	11.13B	14.33B	29.90B	20.87B	25.42B	37.38B	41.80B	50.30B	52.86B
Purchase of investments	-1.08B	-2.43B	-5.50B	-7.09B	-15.53B	-8.95B	-11.08B	-13.06B	-15.47B	-14.24B	-11.45B	-17.02B	-32.13B	-20.36B	-29.50B	-34.39B	-37.92B	-50.89B	-55.35B
Other investing cash flow items, total	0	0	0	0	0	111.51M	401.66M	0	130.00K	100.15M	150.00K	180.00K	-16.96M	0	0	-3.52B	0	-2.07B	-489.64M
Issuance/retirement of debt, net	0	0	0	0	0	6.54M	7.66M	17.67M	13.02M	-14.61M	-4.57M	-4.58M	-4.58M	34.52M	-4.54M	4.28B	-40.23M	-2.23B	-2.06B
Issuance/retirement of long term debt	0	0	0	0	0	6.54M	7.66M	17.67M	13.02M	-14.61M	-4.57M	-4.58M	-4.58M	-4.62M	-4.54M	4.28B	-40.23M	-2.23B	-2.06B
Issuance/retirement of short term debt	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Issuance/retirement of other debt	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	39.14M	0	—	—	—	—
Total cash dividends paid	-30.73M	-43.03M	-32.27M	-21.52M	-239.74M	-199.94M	-339.72M	-439.76M	-667.29M	-1.25B	-577.73M	-950.02M	-1.02B	-1.30B	-1.07B	-1.99B	-2.98B	-4.08B	-4.60B
Other financing cash flow items, total	-4.64M	-7.31M	-3.65M	45.11M	-55.20M	-48.01M	-55.15M	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.00M	9.00M	0	0	0	0