Sonata Software Limited has informed the Exchange about Investor Presentation
7th May, 2025
National Stock Exchange of India Limited Exchange Plaza, Bandra Kurla Complex, Mumbai Kind Attn: Manager, Listing Department Stock Code – SONATSOFTW
BSE Limited P.J. Towers, Dalal Street, Mumbai Kind Attn: Manager, Listing Department Stock Code - 532221
Dear Sirs/Madam,
SUB: INVESTORS’ PRESENTATION
Pursuant to Regulation 30 of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, we are enclosing Investors’ Presentation for the quarter and year ended 31st March, 2025.
The above said presentation is also made available on the Company’s website www.sonata-software.com.
We request you to kindly take the same on record.
Thanking you,
Yours faithfully,
For Sonata Software Limited
Mangal Kulkarni Company Secretary, Compliance Officer and Head Legal
Encl.: As above
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Q4 FY’25
INVESTOR PRESENTATION
www.sonata-software.com
www.sonata-software.com
38 Years
IT solutions provider
Public Listed
(SONATSOFTW)
$1B+
Revenue
15.20%
10 years CAGR
6800+
Engineers across US, EU, Asia & ANZ
15+
Different Nationalities
Delivering Outcome-based Modernization Services
Cloud
AI & Data
Dynamics
Managed Services
Automation
Digital Contact Center
Digital transformation using PlatformationTM
Sonata At A Glance
We are a Modernization and a Digital Engineering company powered by our unique PLATFORMATION framework.
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Serving Our Global Clients with Right Talent Mix (Global & Local Talent)
Canada Toronto Vancouver
USA Redmond Atlanta, GA Fremont, CA East Brunswick, NJ Dallas
Global Delivery Center & Sales Office
Sales Office
Mexico Guadalajara
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UK & Europe London Dublin Amsterdam Stockholm Frankfurt Poland
APAC Bangalore Hyderabad Chennai Delhi Kolkata Pune Mumbai Ahmedabad Selangor (Malaysia) Singapore Shanghai Kumamoto (Japan)
Australia Brisbane Sydney Melbourne
Middle East & Africa Egypt
Key Verticals, Partners, IPs
Industries
TMT Technology, Media and Telecom
RMD Retail, Manuf., Travel and Distribution
BFSI Banking, Financial Services and Insurance
HLS Healthcare and Life Sciences
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Tech
Partnership Ecosystem
Domain
+
Innovation: IPs
LISA Chatbot (Conversational AI)
Workbox.io (Archival)
Lightning Build
Sustainability Target: Net Zero Emission by 2050
Single Use Plastic Free certified
100% Tier 1 suppliers on ESG compliant and trained
UNGC Signatory
SbTi Commitment by FY26
Vision
SCALE – Key Drivers
A top-quartile growth firm
Enabling client’s modernization outcomes and empowering Sonatians to succeed.
Harvest Microsoft sell-to; Dynamics Sustain SITL momentum Retail, Manufacturing, Travel and TMT
Invest Sales, Large deals, BFSI, Healthcare Life Sciences and technical capabilities (AI)
Diversify
Clients: Build multiple large accounts
Brand: Global brand in Modernization
…evolving from Sonata Software to Sonata.AI
Our Performance Vision and aspiration for Sonata
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What’s Working Well for Us…
Large Deals 2 Large deals won during Q4FY’25
Modernization Cloud & Data pipeline is 61%
Domestic Business Steady GC growth
AI & Fabric Key deals win
Verticals / Partnerships • MS Sell to, HLS,
BFSI, TMT • AWS and MS
Sell with
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We Won Two Large Deals in Q4
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Large Deals
1
2
Technology Corporation – US
Technology Outsourcing
Multinational Financial Corporation - US
Cloud and Data Transformation
Healthy Large Deals Pipeline
Large Deals Pipeline
45%
of Active Pipeline consists of Large Deals
33%
of Large deals pipeline are with Fortune 500 clients
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Quality of Growth – Top Client's Movement
Fortune 50
Fortune 500
Top 10 Accounts
Q4 FY 24
Q3 FY 25
Q4 FY 25
2 clients
3 clients
3 clients
4 clients
3 clients
4 clients
40% of Top 10 Accounts are Fortune 500 Companies
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Large Deal Win: AI Led Platform Modernization
Client Overview
Client is an American Technology, Media and Telecom sector company.
Industry TMT
Areas in Scope
Sonata is the preferred technology outsourcing provider
Client Overview
Client HQ US
Locations 30+ countries
•
Platform Engineering
• Data Services & IT Support
•
LMS Platform
• Workday HR & Finance
•
•
Salesforce(CRM)
Cyber Security
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Large Deal Win: Data Platform(s) Support and Core Application Development
Client Overview
A Global leader in cross-border money transfers and payments, enabling individuals and businesses to send and receive money worldwide. Client offers services through a vast network of agents, retail locations, and digital platforms.
Industry Finance
Areas in Scope
Consolidated Data Platforms Support and Core Applications Development & QA Testing
Client Overview
Client HQ USA
• Data Platform(s) Support
• Data Platform(s) Optimization
•
Core Applications Development and QA Testing
• Data Modernization
Locations +200 countries
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Key Bets for The Future….
Microsoft Fabric $31 M pipeline created across 70+ customers; Won key deals Official Microsoft Fabric Featured Partner
AI & Gen AI $34 M Pipeline created across 100+ customers; Won Key deals
Joint GTM MS GTM funding AWS – Rescale Program VMWare->Cloud Migration Compete deals
Verticalization
Focused GTM
Large Deals
Large accounts
Continued focus
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Harmoni.AI Sonata’s Responsible-first AI offering for Enterprise scale
Supersizing growth through AI – Key Executions in progress
UK based Travel company Modernize travel operations and deliver a unified, AI-powered experience across global customer.
US based Technology company Transform AI-driven insights, sustainability, and unified operational intelligence to shorten the time taken for new customer onboarding from 2 weeks to less than a day.
Harmoni.AI Workbench – Service Delivery; Synthetic Data with GAN
Harmoni.AI Album: Biz Process Harmoni.AI CX: Customer Support
Launched IntellQA
Live AI tools for Corporate Functions
Supersizing growth through AI
97% of employees trained
Microsoft Partner council member
AWS as Partner
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Cloud Apps Modernization
Data & Analytics
Microsoft Business Apps
Service Experience Transformation
Hyper Automation
Managed Services
MSFT Market Place Partners
Our GTM’s are Aligned with Our Partners and Our Investment Focus…
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Microsoft-Sonata Partnership: 30+ Years of Jointly Driving Customer Success
Partner for RPA Migration 100
Partner for Microsoft Fabric
Sonata named again in Inner Circle for Microsoft Business Application 2024-25
AI/Gen-AI Industry Partnership
400+ Clients Across The Globe USA, Europe, Asia, India, Australia, Middle East
$650+ Million Per Annum Revenue To Microsoft
3500+ Team On Microsoft Technologies
Microsoft Cloud Solution Partner - Azure Expert MSP Competencies. 10 Advanced Specialization in Dynamics 365, Data Analytics, Teams, CAF, M365, Azure
Joint Execution Microsoft Fasttrack, Global Delivery, Microsoft Consulting Services
Catalyst Led Sales Process Industry Point Of View, Business Value Assessment, Envisioning Workshops, Design Thinking
Industry Clouds Go To Market Healthcare, Retail, Sustainability, Manufacturing
Industry Digital Transformation Retail, CPG, Manufacturing, Telecom, Healthcare, Hi-tech, BFSI
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Cybersecurity Investment Partner (CSI)
Client Overview
Industry Life Science
Locations Offices in 8 countries and clinical trials in140 countries
A Global Leader in Clinical Trial Technology
The Pressure Points
Solutions
Results
• Need for developing 100s of AI use cases across 11 product lines
• Enterprise AI "Platform-as-a-
• Faster time-to-market for AI
Service:
innovations
• Siloed and isolated AI/ML initiatives across products
• Duplicated effort and leading sub-optimal cost for product development
• Lack of governance and security
components
threats with usage of LLMs
• Regulatory Compliance Risks
• Standardized development workflows
• Unified AI governance
• Build once reuse many times
across products
• Accelerated time for Concept to
• Secure, compliant AI
production by 50-60%
controls
• Pre-built, reusable AI
• Responsible adoption for AI helped in risk mitigation
• Infrastructure cost savings by 30-
40%
• Competitive advantage in
regulated markets
Success Stories (1/3)…
Development of Transformative AI Platform
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Success Stories (2/3)…
End to End D365 CE Implementation with Co-pilot enabled CRM Solution
Client Overview
Industry Retail
Locations 36 countries globally
An India based retail global conglomerate
The Pressure Points
Solutions
Results
• Sub-optimal performance in sales
• End-to-end implementation
• Improved Sales pipeline and
conversions
• Lot of manual processes with
operational inefficiencies
• Higher cost of customer support
operations
• Longer turn around time for
resolving cases.
• Inconsistency in quality of
responses, support and ability for multi-lingual support with existing team
of D365 Customer Engagement for the leading ultra luxury retail brand
• Real-time integration of PoS – FnO – CRM leveraging Dual Write solution
• Imported 40K customers, 70K sales orders, 120K products data into CRM
• Leveraged D365 Gen AI Co- pilot in CRM for customer service for three major brands.
enhances store team’s productivity by 40%
• Help in improving conversion up
to 75%
• Overall sales is estimated to go up
by 30% y-o-y
• Automated several business processes with the Co-pilot enabled solution resulting in reduction of agents by 30%
• Enhanced customer satisfaction
• Sonata is entrusted as partner of choice for new IT initiatives and programs
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Client Overview
Industry Banking and Financial Services
Location(HQ) 15+ States in United States of America
A leading U.S. financial services company providing banking, lending, and wealth management services
The Pressure Points
Solutions
Results
• Legacy System Integration: Complex, fragmented data systems, requiring harmonization across multiple core platforms. • Data Silos: Business units operate with isolated data sources, limiting enterprise-wide visibility and consistency in reporting and analytics. Inconsistent Data Quality: Variations in data standards and governance across platforms - duplication, inaccuracies, and lack of trust in insights.
•
• Limited Real-Time Access: Traditional batch-processing systems delay access to real-time data, hindering rapid decision- making and dynamic customer engagement.
• Enterprise Data Platform Modernization: Migrate legacy systems to a unified, cloud-based data platform (e.g., Snowflake) to consolidate data silos, enable scalability, and support real-time access.
• Robust Data Governance Framework: Establish centralized data governance with clearly defined ownership, standardized data definitions. • Advanced DataOps and Real-
Time Pipelines: Adopt DataOps practices and real- time data integration tools to automate pipelines, accelerate delivery, and support compliance with evolving regulations.
• Ensuring compliance with industry regulations (GDPR, CCPA, etc.). Integrated automated data lineage and cataloging tools (e.g., Alation, Manta) for enhanced data visibility and traceability. • Developed Scalable ETL/ELT pipelines using Talend and Apache Spark for efficient data transformation and movement.
• Migrated from legacy on-premise systems to a Cloud-native Data Platform (Snowflake, AWS) for enhanced scalability and performance. Adopted Medallion Architecture (Bronze, Silver, Gold) to streamline data ingestion, transformation, and analytics.
• Enabled Real-time and Batch data
processing to support AI/ML-driven insights and decision-making.
Success Stories (3/3)
Modernizing and transforming the Bank’s Data Ecosystem for Faster, Smarter, and more Secure Decision- Making across the Enterprise
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Key Recognition
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People – Strength of Sonata
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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
Financial Snapshot: International Services Revenue in USD terms grew 3.7%(3.9% CC)YoY; Domestic GC grew 14.8% YoY
P&L
FY'25
FY'24
YoY
Revenue in $mn.
1201.4
1040.5
15.5%
FY'25
335.5
FY'24
323.6
Revenue in INR crs.
10157.2
8613.1
17.9%
2829.7
2679.6
Consolidated
International Services
Domestic Business
YoY
3.7%
5.6%
-
-
563.3
-14.7%
21.0%
-4.0%
319.8
-22.9%
11.7%
145.1
5.3%
23.3%
-2.7%
69.9%
3.3%
-
FY'25
868.7
7340.6
299.1
208.6
2.8%
178.1
2.4%
178.1
2.4%
FY'24
704.2
5950.5
260.4
164.6
2.8%
163.4
2.7%
163.4
2.7%
25.6%
25.5%
-
INR Crs.
YoY
23.4%
23.4%
14.8%
26.8%
0.1%
9.0%
-0.3%
9.0%
-0.3%
GC - Products
EBITDA before fx & OI
EBITDA before fx & OI %
PAT before exceptional items
-
689.3
6.7%
424.7
PAT % before exceptional items
4.2%
424.7
4.2%
26.0%
15.30
PAT post exceptional items
PAT % post exceptional items
Effective Tax Rate
EPS Per Share
OCF to EBITDA
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727.5
8.3%
483.2
5.5%
308.5
3.5%
26.1%
11.12
-
-5.2%
-1.6%
-12.1%
-1.3%
37.6%
0.6%
-
37.6%
-
480.5
17.0%
246.6
8.6%
246.6
8.6%
26.3%
93.3%
33.0%
-
Financial Snapshot: International Services Revenue in USD terms de-grew 6.6% QoQ; Domestic GC de-grew 4.3% QoQ
Consolidated
International Services
Domestic Business
INR Crs.
P&L
Revenue in $mn.
Revenue in INR crs.
GC - Products
EBITDA before fx & OI
EBITDA before fx & OI %
PAT before exceptional items
PAT % before exceptional items
PAT post exceptional items
PAT % post exceptional items
Q4'25
302.2
2617.2
-
172.7
6.6%
107.5
4.1%
107.5
4.1%
Q3'25
336.8
2842.8
-
163.6
5.8%
105.0
3.7%
105.0
3.7%
Effective Tax Rate
28.7%
23.3%
Revenue Mix onsite offshore
EPS Per Share
Cash and equivalents
-
3.87
707.0
-
3.78
672.0
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Q4'25
81.3
702.3
-
115.7
16.5%
62.3
8.8%
62.3
8.8%
30.9%
51:49
Q3'25
87.0
731.7
-
107.1
14.6%
56.9
7.7%
56.9
7.7%
21.1%
56:44
QoQ
-6.6%
-4.0%
-
8.0%
1.9%
9.5%
1.1%
9.5%
1.1%
-
-
Q4'25
221.5
1918.2
78.4
56.5
2.9%
45.2
2.3%
45.2
2.3%
Q3'25
251.0
2111.1
81.9
56.4
2.7%
48.1
2.3%
48.1
2.3%
25.4%
25.8%
QoQ
-11.8%
-9.1%
-4.3%
0.1%
0.3%
-6.0%
0.1%
-6.0%
0.1%
-
-
QoQ
-10.3%
-7.9%
-
5.8%
0.8%
2.4%
0.4%
2.4%
0.4%
-
-
2.4%
-
Revenue in $ Mn
Reported Currency
Constant Currency
6.6% QoQ
0.5% YoY
7.2% QoQ
0.3% YoY
81.7
87.0
81.3
1.22x
1.29x
1.25x
18.0
16.0
14.0
12.0
10.0
8.0
6.0
4.0
EBITDA & PAT in $ Mn
9.5% QoQ
11.3% YoY
PAT
17.3%
14.1
18.7%
18.2%
15.5
15.4
8.5
7.8
7.4
16.5%
14.6%
12.7
13.4
*$10. 3
6.8
7.2
20.0%
18.0%
16.0%
14.0%
12.0%
10.0%
8.0%
6.0%
4.0%
2.0%
0.0%
Q4 FY24
Q3 FY25
Q4 FY25
Q4 FY24
Q1 FY25
Q2 FY25
Q3 FY25
Q4 FY25
Revenue
Book to bill
EBITDA excl OI & Fx
PAT
EBITDA%
Return on Capital
DSO*
64
57
61
Q4 24
Q3 25
Q4 25
DSO calculation in line with industry practice.
Financial Performance of International Services – Q4FY25
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Client Metrics
New Customers added
18
11
5
40
11
10
37
11
10
41
14
11
Q4 24
Q3 25
Q4 25
1-3 Mn
3-5 Mn
5+ Mn
Q4 24
Q3 25
Q4 25
Client Contribution to Revenue
Revenue by Geography
78%
66%
73%
61%
61%
52%
16%
14%
70%
11% 11%
78%
9%
17%
74%
Q4 24
Q3 25
Q4 25
Top 10 Customer
Top 20 Customer
Q4 24
Q3 25
Q4 25
USA
Europe
Rest of World
International Services: Revenue Insights
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International Services: Operating Parameters
Headcount by Function
6,643
336
103
6,204
6,369
*
338
108
G&A
S&M
5,923
Delivery
Total
Q3 25
Q4 25
6,016
504
116
5,396
Q4 24
Utilization
87.4%
87.0%
87.0%
Attrition% (LTM)
14%
14%
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Q4 24
Q3 25
Q4 25
Q4 24
Q3 25
Q4 25
*As of Q4 2025, total consolidated headcount stands at 6,810.
11%
International Services: FY25 Revenue Composition
HLS 11% (FY24: 12%)
BFSI 23% (FY24: 17%)
Emerging 5% (FY24: 6%)
TMT 31% (FY24: 30%)
Emerging 11% (FY24: 10%)
Others 4% (FY24: 6%)
Cloud 39% (FY24: 38%)
Verticals Mix
GTM
Dynamic 27% (FY24: 25%)
Retail and Manufacturing 30% (FY24: 36%)
Data 20% (FY24: 21%)
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Financial Performance of Domestic Business – Q4 FY25
Revenue (INR crs)
Gross Contribution & EBITDA (INR crs)
Revenue % by Region
*$10. 3
82%
9.1% QoQ
Cloud ~88.0% Annuity ~12.0%
GC 4.3% QoQ
EBITDA Flattish QoQ
2,111
1,918
1,515
82
78
65
56
56
26
46%
26%
27%
44%
29%
26%
13%
4%
1%
1%
1%
Q4 24
Q3 25
Revenue
Q4 25
Q4 24
Q3 25 EBITDA
GC
Q4 25
Q4'24
Q3'25
Q4'25
North
South West
East
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Domestic Business: Delivering consistently strong growth with Industry leading ROCE
0.59
Net working Capital ÷ Gross Contribution
0.46
0.41
Q4 24
Q3 25
Q4 25
Head Count
5
447
152
41
441
149
6
290
286
400
120
239
ROCE and RONW
48.5%
47.7%
45.4%
41.7%
43.2%
41.8%
Q4 24
Q3 25
Q4 25
ROCE
RONW
DSO
51
52
46
Q4 24
Q3 25
Q4 25
Q4 24
Q3 25
Q4 25
Delivery
S&M G&A
Total
DSO calculation in line with industry practice.
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Annexure
Details of Finance Cost, Depreciation and Other Income
• Amortisation of Intangibles: Decline reflects the completion of amortisation for one of the Quant acquisition-related intangible assets.
Break up - Finance Cost Particulars Interest on Acquisition loan Unwinding Interest on deferred consideration Other Finance Cost International Services-Total Domestic Business-Total Total
Break up of Depreciation in P&L Particulars Depreciation of Fixed Assets and right of use assets Amortisation of Intangibles Amortisation of Intangibles - Quant Earlier acquisitions (Encore, GBW, Sopris & Scalable) International Services -Total Domestic Business-Total Total
Other Income & Fx Particulars International services Domestic Business Total
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Q4'25 7.3 - 1.2 8.5 1.6 10.1
Q4'25 10.4 11.8 9.7 2.1 22.2 0.8 23.0
INR Crs.
Q3'25 Q4'24 8.4 10.1 1.3 19.8 1.8 21.6
8.8 3.9 1.5 14.2 1.8 16.0
Q3'25 Q4'24 11.7 21.2 17.0 4.2 32.9 0.8 33.7
11.4 20.1 17.5 2.6 31.5 0.8 32.3
Q4'25 6.1 6.5 12.6
Q3'25 Q4'24 25.5 29.7 55.2
11.7 10.9 22.6
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