Thank you very much. We will now begin the question -and-answer session. The first question is from the line of Aditya Dayal from Zeva Consultants. Please go ahead.

Hello. Am I audible?

Thanks for the opportunity. I just had a few questions. First is that the margins that we have posted on a standalone basis, excluding Alldigi, is around 5%, and this has been the run rate since the last quarter. So, the first question is how we are looking on the margins. Second, on an on-ballpark basis, we had converted, I mean, we had orders of around INR500 crores per quarter. So, how many of that orders has been converted till today?

Thanks, Aditya. Let me kind of start with the second one first, and then we'll come to the margin one. Yes, on an average, I think the firm has been clocking INR500 crores as a kind of a closed book that we do, and we carried forward that book into this quarter as well. Going back to some of the points that I shared, we took a deliberate call: one, the contracts that we have, should we continue to service them at the price profile the customer wants us to pay? And we've kind of at least gone back to few of them to discuss if there are some more mutually beneficial T&Cs that we can agree. Second is our book -to-bill conversion for the quarter has been on an average between 11% to 13%. And that's what has been realized in the quarter as well. Third is there are certain customers where there is a deferment of work as well. What I mean by that is things that we were expecting to book and bill in this quarter are actually moving to Q2 and Q3 for various reasons they are having on their side. Either it is because of the tech progress they are doing or is it because of any other micro-macro or management shifts that they are going through. So, those are two or three things that drove the sentiment of where we are in terms of booking as well as in terms of our book -to-bill ratio. On your margin profile, I will let Suraj share our thoughts as well.

Yes, thank you, Sameer. Hi, Aditya. So, your question was on the standalone profit, which is excluding Alldigi. So, if you look at the Q4 to Q1, may not be comparable in that sense because in Q4, there was a dividend income recognized, therefore the movement may not be like-to-like. If you exclude the Alldigi results, which is already in public domain, the remaining of Digitide has also improved sequentially quarter-on-quarter, and the standalone number which you see is because of the Q4 dividend income in last Q4, which is not there in Q1 of this year. I hope that answers your question.

And sir, how are we looking forward towards this margins? I mean, what is the number that we are going to maintain ahead is my first question. And just a follow -up on that, we are targeting some INR9,000 crores of revenues by FY30 or '31, and out of those INR9,000 crores, INR1,800 crores is going to come from inorganic. Now, in case for you guys to capture those inorganic growth, you might require even a one-time sales company at a INR2,000 crores will give a valuation of INR2,000 crores of cash you require on books. So, how is that going to be funded, providingly, like Alldigi has been distributing 100% of its dividend to the Digitide on a consolidated basis? So, how are we looking forward? Is there going to be a equity dilution or are you going to -- or there will be debt on books?

So, let's kind of unpack your question, right? And because there are two, three different things that you've asked. One is what is our M&A strategy and how we're going to do it. So, going back

to the opening comment, I think we will continue to pursue our inorganic and complementary aspirations through a build-partner-acquire strategy. There are certain very niche platforms that we have built, both for India-to-India market as well as India-to-West market, and we'll continue to ensure that there is right kind of investment and management bandwidth and sales bandwidth applied to it. That's one. We have a separate group that is now focusing on partnership and alliances to ensure that our funnel, our revenue, and the capabilities that we have continue to be more relevant for our customers through that channel. The third is acquisition. Now, our acquisition has to tie to our overall strategy at a firm level. We will not go and do one big acquisition. Okay? So, we might have to do 2 or 3 depending upon how we shape up into the next few quarters and bring them in. That's one. Are we open to the idea? Answer is yes. Are we considering options? Answer is yes as well. But it will not, at least how we look at things today, it will not be one big acquisition. Does that answer your questions, Aditya?

Yes. And sir, will there be an equity dilution going ahead?

As a management team, we do not see that as one of the options that we will execute, Aditya. Not something that we have decided or thought about.

Sir, just one last question. We had a spare land or I guess a building, and I think like when is that going to be sold and like the cash is going to come in on the books?

Aditya, we don't have any immediate plans of monetizing the land and buildings at this moment.

Okay. Because sir, last time when I had a call with you and with the company secretary, I guess, he told me that there was a plan to monetize that land going ahead. I think around INR150 crores or something, but the timeline wasn't given.

No, Aditya. The buildings, assets, etcetera, we have primarily for our operating use. This will be evaluated frequently, but there are no immediate plans of monetizing it at the moment. Should there be any plans, we will come out and guide the market accordingly.

Okay. Thank you.

Thank you. The next question is from the line of Sanjay Shah from KSA Securities Private Limited. Thank you and over to you.

Good morning, gentlemen. And Sameer, welcome and the best of luck to you, sir. Sir, my question was more regarding the performance which is deteriorated since we've demerged, and now even in Q1, both the segments, that is BPM has fell and even Tech and Digital is falling, including the most worrying is the TCV which has crashed. And you cited about the going out of some customers and bringing in high -- to bring the high-margin business, let go the low - margin.

So, what we have seen, this is the fifth quarter. So, what we have seen this before when we used to see this as a consolidated Quess, lot of green shots were observed. But after this, every quarter we see something or the other on the red side. And now when you are as a new CEO when you have taken over, we would like to understand from you that what drives you that and what are the verticals where you feel we can grow from here with good margin and very less risk? Because now for us, we believe we have entered in another a new era where 3x3x3 by 2031 is nowhere in the roadshow. So, how we can look this company as under your leadership?

Thank you for kind of zooming onto some of the points we wanted to cover. Honestly, that's a good segue. And also thank you for a warm welcome. See, let's kind of take a pause first, why we are where we are, right? As you rightly pointed out, when we got incubated with Quess, there were learnings that came with it. What we call as Chapter 1 of our existence. We moved into a demerger phase and then got listed. That was kind of the Chapter 2 for the firm's existence. And in that chapter, two things happened. One, we got an independent identity, which we are very proud of, right? And the second is, we started to understand what does it mean to be in public markets. Yes ? And as we kind of take those two lear nings, now we are writing what we are calling as our Chapter 3. In your own words, a new era. Right? Now, I will not say that we are changing our strategy. No, we are not, right? We will continue to kind of focus on some of the learnings and lessons that we had as part of our Chapter 2 and bring more focus and clear accountability, right? The strategy at some point in time has to move into execution, and the execution needs to have outcomes that our shareholders can touch and feel. So, where we are today, our intent is how do we bring those measurable outcomes to all of you? The other point that you shared around Tech and Digital. Now, see, our play in Tech and Digital, if I say, will have 3 tracks. We have our platform businesses focused on 3 very specifi c areas: payroll, insurance, and collections. We'll continue to modernize and invest on those 3 platforms. We'll continue to bring more modules. We'll continue to expand the market penetration of those 3 platforms. So, that's one part of our Tech and Digital. Second is the work that we are picking on AI and cloud, what we call as professional services work. So, in the quarter itself, we signed up six clients on AI and cloud. And we are being very focused here. We are not signing up other what we call as system integration projects. Our focus is very curated on AI and cloud. The third Tech and Digital track is AI for our BPM business. How do we ensure that we continue to drive and deliver business outcomes on the functions that we run on behalf of our customers? And when I say customers, they are both our customers in India as well as in the US, right? So, those are 3 tracks that we are driving in Tech and Digital. They were part of our strategy in Chapter 2 as well, but now there is more rigor, there is more accountability, and there is more sales focus as part of our new operating model. I hope that answered your question.

Yes, you answered well, but need to understand much in deeper. So, for that, a personal meet is required. We'll touch base with you, call you, and have a detailed understanding about the business and the prospects ahead. Thank you.

Definitely, Sanjay. Definitely. Thank you. Appreciate it.

Thank you. The next question is from the line of Manthan Patel from Patel Investments. Please go ahead.

Hello. Am I audible?

Yes, sir, you're audible.

Yes, please. We can hear you.

Sir, right now looking at our company, our current structure is value -dilutive for Digitide shareholders. As you mentioned in your presentation that we are profitable this quarter, but if you remove Alldigi share of profit, then we are in negative. So, any plans for merging Alldigi with our company? And secondly, by when we can see the outcome? Like, will we be able to come to the numbers which were pre-demerger level? Like, we are continuously deteriorating like quarter-on-quarter. So, any light on that?

I think we'll come to the demerger point, I'm sorry, the Alldigi point in a minute, but I want to answer the second one first. What is the road ahead? I think the road ahead is not about chasing revenue at any cost. And that's a decision that we took as I kind of came in and the management team subscribed to it, right? We will chase quality of revenue and quality of earnings, and we want to use that as an input to unlock value for all Digitide stakeholders, right? That includes yourself, that includes our own talent that is working, and that includes our clients as well, eventually. So, the intent here is not chasing blind revenue but quality. Now, it sounds very first principle and going back to basic, and that's the reality. We are going back to basics, right? We do not just want to pick a contract and then come back and see how do we make money on it? If a certain contract does not meet the profile that we want to have, we will not shy away from walking away from it. That's one, right? Second is the quarters ahead of us, okay, will start reflecting more and more on some of the actions that we are taking now. Okay? Coming to a profitable status after 2 quarters is not a victory; it's a sign and an indication that the decisions that we have taken has started to realize some results. All I expect from all of you is to keep tracking us on the actions and the decisions that we take. They will start reflecting on the outcomes that we have promised and committed as well. Now, going back to your first question around Alldigi, I'll ask Suraj to kind of give a response.

Thank you, Manthan. I think we have mentioned this in the past. Any decision on merger of or any merger of Alldigi with Digitide is to be taken by the board of directors at the time. This is something from an organizational construct and the operating model Sameer walked us through. We operate as one interlock across geographies, across entities. The legal entity consolidation is something which the board will decide at an appropriate time. We don't have a specific timeline or an action plan against it at this moment.

Okay. But actually, in previous concalls, you mentioned that some of the Alldigi, I mean, the working expense of Alldigi are absorbed in our Digitide Solutions, and some of, I mean, at the expense of Digitide Solutions, Alldigi is having some kind of revenue. So, that is, I mean, value- dilutive for Digitide shareholders. So, any, I mean, any improvement on that front in future or anything like that?

Yes, you're right, and exactly what we mentioned las t time as well. So, we operate in an interlocked environment where a lot of those strategic leadership, go-to-market, and solutioning capabilities are housed in Digitide. Therefore, optically, it would look like it is incurring losses while Alldigi is profitable. You have to look at the Digitide group as a whole because the way Sameer also articulated, the operating model, the solutioning, the products, service lines, etcetera., are centralized. There are separate tracks for each of those service lines acr oss entities, and therefore there is support and corporate leadership from Digitide as well. So, that's why it is important to look at it --

Sorry to interrupt you, sir. Your voice is breaking.

Okay. Am I audible now?

It's still breaking, sir.

Okay. Let me come a little more closer. Am I audible now?

No, sir, it's still breaking. Shall -- hello, can you please speak something, sir? Your voice is breaking.

Is it audible now to you?

Yes, it's better now.

Okay. So, as I said, the point which I was trying to make is since the operating model which we operate in, where the service lines, capability, and go -to-market are fully interlocked across all our service lines, there are costs of entire group also sitting in Digitide expenses, which is on an arm's length principle being provided to respective entities. Not all of the corporate expenses are cross -charged to the entities at this moment as a group. Some of them are shareholder activities, some of them are senior management activities which manages the entire group. So, in that sense, it will be important and pertinent for the investors to look at the results on a consolidated basis rather than on a standalone basis.

Okay, sir. And another thi ng, my last question. Like, if you -- you have mentioned that AI is helping our company, then if AI is helping our company, then why productivity is being -- is coming down? Like, our employee expense is quite up from previous quarter. And in future, can we see employee expense going down, I mean, AI helping us and improving our productivity?

So, Manthan, let me come to the second part first. As I mentioned in the opening speech, currently we are a BPM-heavy company with almost 55,000 professionals working for us. The labor code introduction across the country has had an impact of the wage definition for all of our employees at large. And as part of the wage code introduction, all the states have also announced their minimum wage revisions from at least 1st of April of this year. So, the operating model has changed by way of regulation, and this has had a impact on our cost of operations. And as I said, many of them are in active discussions for discussion of the clients for repricing a nd renegotiations are underway. So, that is on the people cost perspective on a quarter-on-quarter basis if you were to look at. Second, coming to AI, most of our operations, both internal as well as client -facing, are interfaced with AI. It would not be right to say that the productivities are not shaping in because the efficiencies at which it operates, whether it is internal or our BPM operations overlaid with AI, which Sameer spoke about, are an integral part of the delivery engine. It is not separate that people versus AI; it is actually a combined operation by the people, platforms, and AI on top of it.

Okay. Got it. Thank you.

Thank you. The next question is from the line of Hitaindra Pradhan from Maximal Capital . Please go ahead.

I hope I'm audible?

Yes, sir, you're audible.

Yes. So, my first que stion is like if we exclude Alld igi, so what portion of the BPM and Tech and Digital services belongs to our core company? I mean, the whole digital services that belongs to the core company or part of it also belongs to Alldigi?

Sorry, Hitaindra, we couldn't fully follow you. You may have to repeat the question, please.

Yes, yes. I mean, so the, if you see that in the presentation slide number seven, you have flagged that Alldigi Tech, like the solutions that it covers is the CLM and the payroll, and the Digitide solutions says like, the BPM, the RCM, and the Tech and Digital services. So, just wanted to confirm that, I mean, the Tech and Digital, whole Tech and Digital is under the umbrella of Digitide or some of it also belongs to Alldigi Tech? Just wanted to confirm on the slide number seven that you...

So, from the presentation that you're referring, the Alldigi business again has two components, right? There is what we call as BPM business, which is something that we do for lot of our US

customers and select domestic customers as well. That is classified as CXM , o kay? That's basically the BPO-BPM equivalent business. And then our EXM business is basically the platform business, which we categorize as T&D. So, our Alldigi will have both. It will have a BPM as well as Tech and Digital. And then when you look at Digitide, we have a equal split as well. We do our own BPO for lot of our India-to- India clients. We are actively now pursuing to move into Tech and Digital in India as well. But lot of our international clients are in Tech and Digital for Digitide. Does that answer your question in terms of split and…

Yes, yes. It does. Thanks. And sir, the second question is the BPM, the revenue, I mean, our understanding was that it would be probably HSC or 10% sort of growth for FY27. The current quarter, if I understand it correctly , is because you are selective in terms of client and cost, etcetera. But sir, the, like, the initial concern remains like, this is more vulnerable to the AI disruption. So, if you can give us some granularity in terms of, what are the processes which are being disrupted and how this business is evolving and what kind of growth that we are targeting for the BPM?

Hitaindra, can you hear us? Unfortunately, your voice is coming in quite broken. We're not able to follow your question. So, can you try speaking with the handphone and once again, if you don't mind?

Yes, sir. Using headphone, there's some bit of disturbance since, last two days. Am I clear, sir, now? Hello?

We can hear you but not very clear. So, we're not able to decipher your question really.

Okay, sir. So, maybe I will reach out, post-call to the IR and that would be better. Yes. You can go ahead. Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you. The next question is from the line of Simran Thakkar from Beas Capital. Please go ahead.

Thank you. Welcome, Sameer, on the Board. My first question goes like this. We see the AI-led revenue of INR15 crore s, which is approximately 2% of the revenue, right? But we simultaneously saw degrowth in BPM and Tech and Digital. So, just wanting to understand and to decipher further as to whether this is incremental or was it cannibalization of the othe r two segments into AI revenue? And how do we see it going further based upon FY28 and onwards ambition in terms of AI-led revenue? Thank you.

That's a great question and kind of puts us at a podium to kind of do a little bit more unfiltered sharing, right? One is the AI-led revenue that we are speaking about is new AI projects. It is not

cannibalized business, right? This quarter, as I said earlier, we signed six new clients for whom we are doing some AI strategy work, wherein we did some POCs and now moving into a rollout. There are certain customers f or whom we are helping them choose what is the right AI framework, right? So, we are between different customers in terms of their maturity and their consumption of AI, and that's the revenue that we kind of notified as part of our results. Now, your other question around Tech and Digital and BPM. We do not report the AI that we deploy in Tech and Digital and BPM as a separate AI revenue. That's part of our BPM revenue itself, and in many cases, a lot of time it is co-shared with our customer as well. It's not reported separately.

Understood. Understood. And my second question goes like this. The major, while you were coming up with your opening remarks and you mentioned that our three-industry focus would be payroll, insurance, and collectio ns. My major question would be on insurance. How do we look at the competitive intensity? Because the players playing into this particular industry and especially the geography that you are targeting are actually reporting good contractual terms and the value, etcetera. How do you look at the competitive intensity and where are we standing as of now there?

Yes. So, I think there are two parts to this. One is our market/sector/vertical strategy, and then within that strategy, how do we see ourselves against many of our peers? Now, in terms of the verticals where we are taking bets, BFS (banking, financial services) definitely is one sector we want to double down, both in India as well as in the West. Insurance is a sector wherein we are continuing to expand in the West, not in India that much. We also see healthcare as the next sector wherein there is a lot of attention as well as sales activities converting into some meaningful orders for us are happening. Third, outside BFS insurance, and healthcare, there is a little bit of oil and gas and a little bit of CMT as a sector as well in the US. So, these are, I would say, at a very broad level, four or five sectors wherein we are having conversation and the orders are getting converted. Now, coming to insurance specifically, I think the focus that we have specifically in the US market is more around creating an account strategy which is very different for, let's say, the Tier 1, i.e., the Wall Street clients, as well as the mid -market client. A lot of insurance mid-market clients are currently underserv iced and are under -penetrated by man y large BPM and tech companies. So, our sales activities are very focused around US mid-market and on some very specific topics that we are taking to them. We are not trying to be a catch-all and answer to every question paper that the customer has. The qualification and the response to the question papers that we qualif y is very, very curated, right?

So, I want to take a pause here and see if this kind of answers your question. But that's how we're looking at the verticals overall in the West as well as very specific to insurance, how do we see as our growth going forward?

Understood. Yes, that somewhat answers my question. Thank you for that.

Thank you.

Thank you. The next question is from Jagdish Kumar, an Individual Investor. Please go ahead.

Yes. Thank you. So, the AI part, right? So, we are having a 2% revenue. So, this one is are we getting a new clients or already existing clients we are putting this as a new service? And also when it comes to the deal pipeline or anything regarding the AI, considering the competition, so could you please show little more deep insight into this one? Thank you.

Definitely. I think building onto the previous question, the AI revenue that we have reported is on new clients or rather new projects. So, it's a combination of both. There are some new customers that we have signed , and we are doing AI projects for them, and there are some existing customers for whom we do BPO or some other work who are now calling us to do new AI projects. But it's net new; it's not a reflection of our existing work.

Yes. Any future deal pipeline? I mean, I understand that is difficult to project, but still just to get a clarity or something, right? Maybe could you please show some light there?

That's a valid question, right? Otherwise, how will you track us, Jagdish? So, yes, we do have a INR100 crores to INR150 crores of AI funnel that we are chasing today at different stages of maturity, and the confidence level of converting them through the year is also very high. The other thing which is important marker to make a note of, our sales teams and our solution teams are different who are taking AI topic to the market. They're not our typical BPO or BPM teams. So, we've invested to bring some AI-specific skills, both on sales, solutioning, and delivery, and the trifecta of these three is t aking our narrative to our customers.

Okay. Just to add a top-up question here. So, as we do need to increase the employee base related to this particular skill set, if it is this niche skill set, right? So, the employees also will come at the cost. So, we are good for that?

We don't have an option, Jagdish. We have to, right? I mean, that's where the future is. But in all honesty, at some point in time, right, we might have to create an AI business unit with its own P&L. Today, we don't have it. Okay? But to your question, we do have to track it, we do have to report AI as a BU, it will have its own front -office sales, it will have its own expense items and many other things. Are we there yet? Answer is no. But is that somet hing that we might have to do and we are open to it? Answer is yes.

Great. If I may add just top-up. So, this once we build and maybe in future, right, once we grow bit little bit, so this can be utilized for our existing BPO, KPO, or other BPM business as well, right?

100%. Yes.

Yes. That's great. Yes. So, this capex whatever we are doing here will be beneficial in every way.

Exactly.

Thanks, and all the best. Yes . And final question, if anything are we investors as we long -term shareholders, right? Are we missing as AI, anything else we need to focus and continue to track your company? Anything else you wanted to highlight other than which you already stated?

I think the most important marker that I expect all shareholders to track us is the margin improvement plan that we are executing. I think that becomes very important. And at the end of the day, how the outcome of that unlocks ROE for all of you, right? So, track us on our actions for margin improvement, track us on the quality of revenue, track us on quality of earnings, and track us on ROE.

Mr. Jagdish Kumar, I would request you to rejoin the queue for a follow -up question. The next question is from the line of Anukool Arora from InVed. Please go ahead.

Yes. Hi sir. Thanks for the opportunity. Sir, in the last previous few calls, we had guidance for a double -digit revenue growth is what we are seeing for FY 27. So, are we stickin g to that guidance?

See, I want to be very clear here, Anukool , right? Of overall how we are thinking about FY 27. Revenue is not the only metric we are managing for this year. Our most important priority is margin improvement across the account base, and we are very confident that that's the right lever to pull for long-term value creation. Hence, my request to all my investors is to measure us on profitability growth rather than the revenue itself. And as I kind of spend more time with al l of you over the quarters, I want to be very, very unfiltered here. It's a deliberate choice that we are making because we want to lay out the foundation for growth that is both high quality and more sustainable. Yes. Does that answer your question, Anukool?

Yes, sir. Definitely. Sir, just a follow-up on that. I think you are saying that we are focusing on margin creation. So, anything that you can highlight in terms of what sort of EBITDA margins do we see going forward?

Yes, Anukool, this is Suraj here. If you followed Sameer that we have started initiated the process of being selective in our deals, selective in our revenue prospects, and also which means our account-level profitability given the revised cost structure from the labor code and so on. So, and that process has already started. You will start seeing that playing out throughout the year.

At an overall level, I would continue to say that we will be on track with our 200- bps margin expansion in this fiscal.

Got it, sir. That answers my question. Thank you so much, sir.

Thank you, Anukool.

Thank you. The next question is from the line of Zohair Hussain Nasser from Nasser Investments. Please go ahead.

Hi. Thank you so much and congratulations, Sameer on taking over. So, my question is basically is the USD1 billion revenue target that the company has set right after demerger still the operating target for FY31 or have you recalibrated on the timeline for that?

Zohair, thank you for bringing that up. I mean, a continuation to whatever we've shared in the last hour. I think we will not manage this business to a headline number at the expense of the quality of that revenue. I mean, that's one sentiment I think I want to leave with everybody. Our focus is very deliberate. We're going to value our business, which is bringing higher profitability over higher volume, right? What that means in practice is that we are building a more profitable, more resilient, and more durable revenue base. Are we shying away from a billion-dollar number that we have shared? Answer is no. But there is no point in reaching that number if I'm not profitable, and I'm not able to unlock value for the stakeholders that are with us, right? So, we'll the North Star stays, but the path to that North Star is more profitability and being more relevant to everybody who are part of that journey with us.

Thank you. And what sort of revenue growth do you e nvision over the next couple of years, maybe if you could give us over the next two years and the next five years on a Y-o-Y basis?

It's going to be a growth that we will all enjoy. There has to be profitable and it has to unlock value. We'll come back in the subsequent quarters, what does it mean in terms of percentages and many other markers around that. Yes?

Okay. And how do you see the headcount number playing out over the next couple of years?

So, Zohair, if you look at our headcount as a marker, it has been consistently coming down as we progress more into our Tech and Digital business and also improving productivity in our existing business. So, that will continue to play out in the future. As Sam eer also mentioned, most of our processes will be now tech-enabled. It doesn't mean that we'll take people out of the equation; this will be a tech on top of the delivery pipeline which we have. So, but as an overall marker, you would find that headcount will be on a declining trend over the next couple of quarters.

Got it. Thank you so much.

I mean, as part of closing statement, I mean, the only sentiment I want to leave with the shareholders, thank you for your continued trust and more importantly, your patience. The next phase for Digitide is about acceleration, and you will see some of those turning into real outcomes. Accelerating our profitability, accelerating our execution, and accelerating value creation. Thank you for your support, and I look forward to updating you more on our progress in the quarters ahead. Have a good day.

On behalf of Arihant Capital Markets Limited, that concludes this conference. Thank you f or joining us, and you may now disconnect your lines.