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Second quarter revenues of $1.147 billion, down 2.0% year-over-yearGAAP income from operations was 10.5% of revenues and non-GAAP income from operations was 15.2% of revenues for the second quarter Second quarter GAAP diluted EPS of $1.70, a decrease of $0.33, and non-GAAP diluted EPS of $2.45, a decrease of $0.19 on a year-over-year basisFor the full year, EPAM narrows expected range for revenues to $4.590 billion to $4.625 billion, updates expected GAAP diluted EPS to now be in the range of $7.18 to $7.38 and non-GAAP diluted EPS to now be in the range of $10.20 to $10.40For the third quarter, EPAM expects revenues to be in the range of $1.145 billion to $1.155 billion, GAAP diluted EPS to be in the range of $1.75 to $1.83 and non-GAAP diluted EPS to be in the range of $2.65 to $2.73New Share Repurchase Program – On August 1, 2024, the Board of Directors approved a new share repurchase program with authorization to purchase up to $500 million of EPAM common stock

NEWTOWN, Pa., Aug 8, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — EPAM Systems, Inc. (NYSE: EPAM), a leading digital transformation services and product engineering company, today announced results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2024.

“With ongoing exposure to a challenging macro-demand environment, EPAM’s solid performance highlights the Company’s ability to adapt and optimize operations, while continuing to strengthen its offerings and client value propositions,” said Arkadiy Dobkin, CEO & President at EPAM. “We are continuously improving our geographic delivery footprint, while simultaneously strengthening our transformational capabilities, including our GenAI-relevant expertise and assets, and preparing ourselves to be our clients’ partner of choice once the demand environment improves.”

Second Quarter 2024 Highlights

Revenues decreased to $1.147 billion, a year-over-year decrease of $23.6 million, or 2.0%. On an organic constant currency basis excluding the impact of the exit from Russia, revenues were down 2.8% compared to the second quarter of 2023;GAAP income from operations was $120.6 million, a decrease of $23.8 million, or 16.5%, compared to $144.3 million in the second quarter of 2023;Non-GAAP income from operations was $174.5 million, a decrease of $16.3 million, or 8.5%, compared to $190.8 million in the second quarter of 2023;Diluted earnings per share (“EPS”) on a GAAP basis was $1.70, a decrease of $0.33, or 16.3%, compared to $2.03 in the second quarter of 2023; andNon-GAAP diluted EPS was $2.45, a decrease of $0.19, or 7.2%, compared to $2.64 in the second quarter of 2023.

Cash Flow and Other Metrics

Cash provided by operating activities was $186.9 million for the first six months of 2024, compared to cash provided by operating activities of $176.4 million for the first six months of 2023;Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash totaled $1.792 billion as of June 30, 2024, a decrease of $251.5 million, or 12.3%, from $2.043 billion as of December 31, 2023, largely driven by share repurchases; andTotal headcount was approximately 52,650 as of June 30, 2024. Included in this number were approximately 47,000 delivery professionals, a level consistent with that as of March 31, 2024.

Share Repurchase Program

The Company repurchased 1.160 million shares of its common stock for $214.5 million during the second quarter of 2024 under its previously authorized share repurchase program. During the second quarter of 2023, the Company repurchased 195 thousand shares of its common stock for $41.4 million under its previously authorized share repurchase program. As of June 30, 2024, the Company exhausted the $500 million available for purchases of the Company’s common stock under the previously authorized share repurchase program;On August 1, 2024, the Board of Directors approved a new share repurchase program with authorization to purchase up to $500 million of EPAM common stock; andEPAM may repurchase shares of its common stock from time to time through open market purchases, in privately negotiated transactions, or by other means, including through the use of trading plans intended to qualify under Rule 10b5-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, in accordance with applicable securities laws and other restrictions. The timing and total amount of stock repurchases will depend upon business, economic and market conditions, corporate and regulatory requirements, prevailing stock prices, and other considerations. The share repurchase program will have a term of 24 months, may be suspended or discontinued at any time, and does not obligate the company to acquire any amount of common stock.

2024 Outlook – Full Year and Third Quarter

Full Year

While client demand has stabilized, the Company is expecting no aggregate improvement in demand for the remainder of the year. As a result, EPAM now expects the following for the full year:

The Company narrows its expected range for revenues to $4.590 billion to $4.625 billion for the full year reflecting a year-over-year decline of 1.8% at the midpoint of the range. The Company expects that revenues on an organic constant currency basis excluding the impact of the exit from Russia will decline 2.9% at the midpoint of the range;For the full year, EPAM expects GAAP income from operations to now be in the range of 10.5% to 11.0% of revenues and non-GAAP income from operations to now be in the range of 15.5% to 16.0% of revenues;The Company expects its GAAP effective tax rate to now be approximately 21% and continues to expect its non-GAAP effective tax rate to be approximately 24%; andEPAM expects GAAP diluted EPS to now be in the range of $7.18 to $7.38 and non-GAAP diluted EPS to now be in the range of $10.20 to $10.40. The Company expects weighted average diluted shares outstanding for the year to now be 57.9 million.

Third Quarter

EPAM expects the following for the third quarter:

The Company expects revenues will be in the range of $1.145 billion to $1.155 billion for the third quarter reflecting a year-over-year decline of 0.2% at the midpoint of the range. The Company expects that revenues on an organic constant currency basis excluding the impact of the exit from Russia will decline 1.4% at the midpoint of the range;For the third quarter, EPAM expects GAAP income from operations to be in the range of 10.0% to 11.0% of revenues and non-GAAP income from operations to be in the range of 16.0% to 17.0% of revenues;The Company expects both its GAAP effective tax rate and its non-GAAP effective tax rate to be approximately 24%; andEPAM expects GAAP diluted EPS will be in the range of $1.75 to $1.83 for the quarter, and non-GAAP diluted EPS will be in the range of $2.65 to $2.73 for the quarter. The Company expects weighted average diluted shares outstanding for the quarter of 57.4 million.

Conference Call Information

EPAM will host a conference call to discuss the results on Thursday, August 8, 2024, at 8:00 a.m. EDT. The conference call will be available live on the EPAM website at https://investors.epam.com. Please visit the website at least 15 minutes prior to the call to register for the event. For those who cannot access the live webcast, a replay will be available in the Investor Relations section of the website.

About EPAM Systems

Since 1993, EPAM Systems, Inc. (NYSE: EPAM) has used its software engineering expertise to become a leading global provider of digital engineering, cloud and AI-enabled transformation services, and a leading business and experience consulting partner for global enterprises and ambitious startups. We address our clients’ transformation challenges by fusing EPAM Continuum’s integrated strategy, experience and technology consulting with our 30+ years of engineering execution to speed our clients’ time to market and drive greater value from their innovations and digital investments.

We make GenAI real with our testing, engineering and AI LLM orchestration solutions, EPAM EliteA™, EPAM AI/RUN™ and EPAM DIAL, respectively.

We deliver globally but engage locally with our expert teams of consultants, architects, designers, and engineers, making the future real for our clients, our partners, and our people around the world.

We believe the right solutions are the ones that improve people’s lives and fuel competitive advantage for our clients across diverse industries. Our thinking comes to life in the experiences, products and platforms we design and bring to market.

Added to the S&P 500 and the Forbes Global 2000 in 2021 and recognized by Glassdoor as a Best Workplace in 2023 and 2024, our multidisciplinary teams serve customers across six continents. We are proud to be among the top 15 companies in Information Technology Services in the Fortune 1000 and to be recognized as a leader in the IDC MarketScapes for Worldwide Experience Build Services, Worldwide Experience Design Services and Worldwide Software Engineering Services as well as a leader in the 2023 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Custom Software Development Services, Worldwide.*

Learn more at https://www.epam.com and follow us on LinkedIn.

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Non-GAAP Financial Measures

EPAM supplements results reported in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles, referred to as GAAP, with non-GAAP financial measures. Management believes these measures help illustrate underlying trends in EPAM’s business and uses the measures to establish budgets and operational goals, communicate internally and externally, for managing EPAM’s business and evaluating its performance. Management also believes these measures help investors compare EPAM’s operating performance with its results in prior periods. EPAM anticipates that it will continue to report both GAAP and certain non-GAAP financial measures in its financial results, including non-GAAP results that exclude stock-based compensation expenses, acquisition-related costs including amortization of acquired intangible assets, impairment of assets, expenses associated with EPAM’s humanitarian commitment to its professionals in Ukraine, unbilled business continuity resources resulting from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, costs associated with the geographic repositioning of EPAM employees based outside of Ukraine impacted by the war and geopolitical instability in the region, employee separation costs incurred in connection with restructuring programs including the Company’s exit from Russia, certain other one-time charges and benefits, changes in fair value of contingent consideration, foreign exchange gains and losses, excess tax benefits related to stock-based compensation, and the related effect on income taxes of the pre-tax adjustments. Management also compares revenues on an “organic constant currency basis excluding the impact of the exit from Russia” and an “organic constant currency basis,” which are also non-GAAP financial measures. These measures exclude the effect of acquisitions by removing revenues from an acquired company in the twelve months after completing an acquisition and foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations by translating the current period revenues into U.S. dollars at the weighted average exchange rates of the prior period of comparison. In addition, revenues on an “organic constant currency basis excluding the impact of the exit from Russia” reflect the decision to exit from Russia by removing revenues from clients located in Russia in both the current period and prior period of comparison. Because EPAM’s reported non-GAAP financial measures are not calculated in accordance with GAAP, these measures are not comparable to GAAP and may not be comparable to similarly described non-GAAP measures reported by other companies within EPAM’s industry. Consequently, EPAM’s non-GAAP financial measures should not be evaluated in isolation or supplant comparable GAAP measures, but rather, should be considered together with the information in EPAM’s consolidated financial statements, which are prepared in accordance with GAAP.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release includes estimates and statements which may constitute forward-looking statements made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, the accuracy of which are necessarily subject to risks, uncertainties, and assumptions as to future events that may not prove to be accurate. Our estimates and forward-looking statements are mainly based on our current expectations and estimates of future events and trends, which affect or may affect our business and operations. These statements may include words such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “plan,” “estimate” or similar expressions. Those future events and trends may relate to, among other things, developments relating to the war in Ukraine and escalation of the war in the surrounding region, political and civil unrest or military action in the geographies where we conduct business and operate, difficult conditions in global capital markets, foreign exchange markets and the broader economy, and the effect that these events may have on client demand and our revenues, operations, access to capital, and profitability. Other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied include general economic conditions, the risk factors discussed in the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and the factors discussed in the Company’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, particularly under the headings “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and “Risk Factors” and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Although we believe that these estimates and forward-looking statements are based upon reasonable assumptions, they are subject to several risks and uncertainties and are made based on information currently available to us. EPAM undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise, except as may be required under applicable securities law.

 

EPAM SYSTEMS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME

(Unaudited)

(In thousands, except per share data)

Three Months Ended

June 30,

Six Months Ended

June 30,

2024

2023

2024

2023

Revenues

$    1,146,597

$    1,170,206

$ 2,312,062

$ 2,381,147

Operating expenses:

Cost of revenues (exclusive of depreciation and
amortization)

810,857

808,715

1,645,191

1,664,616

Selling, general and administrative expenses

194,058

194,377

392,511

406,264

Depreciation and amortization expense

21,121

22,768

43,267

45,550

Income from operations

120,561

144,346

231,093

264,717

Interest and other income, net

12,036

11,710

27,078

23,231

Foreign exchange gain/(loss)

1,213

(6,010)

(706)

(10,618)

Income before provision for income taxes

133,810

150,046

257,465

277,330

Provision for income taxes

35,165

30,013

42,577

55,005

Net income

$         98,645

$       120,033

$     214,888

$     222,325

Net income per share:

Basic

$              1.71

$              2.07

$           3.72

$           3.84

Diluted

$              1.70

$              2.03

$           3.67

$           3.75

Shares used in calculation of net income per share:

Basic

57,594

57,993

57,716

57,848

Diluted

58,149

59,181

58,540

59,240

 

EPAM SYSTEMS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(Unaudited)

(In thousands, except par value)

As of

June 30,

2024

As of

December 31,

2023

Assets

Current assets

Cash and cash equivalents

$    1,787,182

$    2,036,235

Trade receivables and contract assets, net of allowance of $6,557

 and $11,864, respectively

960,866

897,032

Short-term investments

61,492

60,739

Prepaid and other current assets

106,103

97,355

Total current assets

2,915,643

3,091,361

Property and equipment, net

210,378

235,053

Operating lease right-of-use assets, net

129,953

134,898

Intangible assets, net

78,241

71,118

Goodwill

608,072

562,459

Deferred tax assets

213,074

197,901

Other noncurrent assets

67,968

59,575

Total assets

$    4,223,329

$    4,352,365

Liabilities

Current liabilities

Accounts payable

$         30,954

$         31,992

Accrued compensation and benefits expenses

367,670

412,747

Accrued expenses and other current liabilities

129,539

124,823

Income taxes payable, current

37,466

38,812

Operating lease liabilities, current

36,829

36,558

Total current liabilities

602,458

644,932

Long-term debt

25,501

26,126

Operating lease liabilities, noncurrent

103,654

109,261

Other noncurrent liabilities

93,757

100,576

Total liabilities

825,370

880,895

Commitments and contingencies

Equity

Stockholders’ equity

Common stock, $0.001 par value; 160,000 shares authorized; 56,932 shares issued
and outstanding at June 30, 2024, and 57,787 shares issued and outstanding at
December 31, 2023

57

58

Additional paid-in capital

1,087,411

1,008,766

Retained earnings

2,379,332

2,501,107

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

(69,423)

(39,040)

Total EPAM Systems, Inc. stockholders’ equity

3,397,377

3,470,891

Noncontrolling interest in consolidated subsidiaries

582

579

Total equity

3,397,959

3,471,470

Total liabilities and equity

$    4,223,329

$    4,352,365

 

EPAM SYSTEMS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

Reconciliations of Non-GAAP Financial Measures to Comparable GAAP Financial Measures

(Unaudited)

(In thousands, except percent and per share amounts)

 

Reconciliation of revenue decline as reported on a GAAP basis to revenue decline on an organic constant currency basis
excluding the impact of the exit from Russia is presented in the table below:

Three Months Ended

June 30, 2024

Six Months Ended

June 30, 2024

Revenue decline as reported

(2.0) %

(2.9) %

Foreign exchange rates impact

0.3 %

(0.2) %

Inorganic revenue growth

(1.6) %

(1.2) %

Impact of exit from Russia

0.5 %

0.5 %

Revenue decline on an organic constant currency basis excluding the impact of the exit from
Russia

(2.8) %

(3.8) %

 

Reconciliation of various income statement amounts from GAAP to non-GAAP for the three and six months ended
June 30, 2024 and 2023:

Three Months Ended

June 30, 2024

Six Months Ended

June 30, 2024

GAAP

Adjustments

Non-GAAP

GAAP

Adjustments

Non-GAAP

Cost of revenues (exclusive of depreciation and
amortization)(1)

$ 810,857

$  (17,504)

$ 793,353

$  1,645,191

$     (40,520)

$  1,604,671

Selling, general and administrative expenses(2)

$ 194,058

$  (30,620)

$ 163,438

$     392,511

$     (64,713)

$ 327,798

Income from operations(3)

$ 120,561

$   53,945

$ 174,506

$     231,093

$    117,003

$ 348,096

Operating margin

10.5 %

4.7 %

15.2 %

10.0 %

5.1 %

15.1 %

Net income(4)

$   98,645

$   43,621

$ 142,266

$     214,888

$      72,624

$ 287,512

Diluted earnings per share

$       1.70

$       2.45

$           3.67

$        4.91

Three Months Ended

June 30, 2023

Six Months Ended

June 30, 2023

GAAP

Adjustments

Non-GAAP

GAAP

Adjustments

Non-GAAP

Cost of revenues (exclusive of depreciation and amortization)(1)

$ 808,715

$  (20,314)

$ 788,401

$  1,664,616

$     (46,135)

$  1,618,481

Selling, general and administrative expenses(2)

$ 194,377

$  (20,654)

$ 173,723

$     406,264

$     (47,193)

$ 359,071

Income from operations(3)

$ 144,346

$   46,451

$ 190,797

$     264,717

$    104,348

$ 369,065

Operating margin

12.3 %

4.0 %

16.3 %

11.1 %

4.4 %

15.5 %

Net income(4)

$ 120,033

$   36,167

$ 156,200

$     222,325

$     80,468

$ 302,793

Diluted earnings per share

$       2.03

$       2.64

$           3.75

$        5.11

 

Items (1) through (4) above are detailed in the table below with the specific cross-reference noted in the appropriate item.

 

Three Months Ended

June 30,

Six Months Ended

June 30,

2024

2023

2024

2023

Stock-based compensation expenses

$         16,937

$         15,416

$     39,294

$     31,427

Humanitarian support in Ukraine (a)

567

2,853

1,226

5,293

Unbilled business continuity resources (b)

2,045

9,415

Total adjustments to GAAP cost of revenues(1)

17,504

20,314

40,520

46,135

Stock-based compensation expenses

18,747

17,694

41,181

40,262

Cost Optimization charges (c)

9,513

16,530

Humanitarian support in Ukraine (a)

2,119

1,049

4,739

4,666

Other acquisition-related expenses

456

1,340

1,679

1,581

Geographic repositioning (d)

104

230

825

442

One time (benefits)/charges

(319)

341

(241)

242

Total adjustments to GAAP selling, general and administrative expenses(2)

30,620

20,654

64,713

47,193

Amortization of acquired intangible assets

5,821

5,483

11,770

11,020

Total adjustments to GAAP income from operations(3)

53,945

46,451

117,003

104,348

Foreign exchange (gain)/loss

(1,213)

6,010

706

10,618

Change in fair value of contingent consideration included in Interest and other income, net

1,485

1,218

2,535

1,518

Provision for income taxes:

Tax effect on non-GAAP adjustments

(10,632)

(10,151)

(25,027)

(21,665)

Tax shortfall/(excess tax benefits) related to stock-based compensation

103

(7,361)

(20,763)

(13,383)

Net discrete benefit from tax planning (e)

(67)

(1,830)

(968)

Total adjustments to GAAP net income(4)

$         43,621

$         36,167

$     72,624

$     80,468

(a) Humanitarian support in Ukraine includes expenses related to EPAM’s $100 million humanitarian commitment in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to support EPAM professionals and their families in and displaced from Ukraine. These expenses are incremental to those expenses incurred prior to the crisis, clearly separable from normal operations, and not expected to recur once the crisis has subsided and operations return to normal.

(b) Given the uncertainty in the region introduced by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, EPAM has assigned delivery professionals in locations outside of the region to ensure the continuity of delivery for clients who have substantial delivery exposure to Ukraine or other delivery concerns resulting from the invasion. These employees are not billed to clients and operate largely in a standby or backup capacity. These expenses are incremental to those expenses incurred prior to the crisis, clearly separable from normal operations, and not expected to recur once the crisis has subsided and operations return to normal.

(c) Cost Optimization charges include severance, facilities and contract termination charges incurred in connection with the programs initiated in the third quarter of 2023 and second quarter of 2024. Consistent with the Company’s historical non-GAAP policy, costs incurred in connection with formal restructuring initiatives have been excluded from non-GAAP results as these are one-time and unusual in nature.

(d) Geographic repositioning includes expenses associated with the relocation to other countries of employees based outside of Ukraine impacted by the war and geopolitical instability in the region, and includes the cost of accommodations, travel and food. These expenses are incremental to those expenses incurred prior to the crisis, clearly separable from normal operations, and not expected to recur once the crisis has subsided and operations return to normal.

(e) One-time benefit related to the implementation of tax planning to disregard certain foreign subsidiaries as separate entities for U.S. income tax purposes. Consistent with the Company’s historical non-GAAP policy, the benefit related to the implementation of tax planning has been excluded from non-GAAP results as it is one-time and unusual in nature.

 

EPAM SYSTEMS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

Reconciliations of Guidance Non-GAAP Financial Measures to Comparable GAAP Financial Measures

(Unaudited)

The below guidance constitutes forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws and is based on a 
number of assumptions that are subject to change and many of which are outside the control of the Company. Actual results may
differ materially from the Company’s expectations depending on factors discussed in the Company’s filings with the Securities and
Exchange Commission.

Reconciliation of expected revenue decline on a GAAP basis to expected revenue decline on an organic constant currency basis
excluding the impact of the exit from Russia is presented in the table below:

Third Quarter 2024

Full Year 2024

Revenue decline (at midpoint of the range)

(0.2) %

(1.8) %

Foreign exchange rates impact

0.2 %

(0.1) %

Inorganic revenue growth

(1.5) %

(1.3) %

Impact of exit from Russia

0.1 %

0.3 %

Revenue decline on an organic constant currency basis excluding the
impact of the exit from Russia (at midpoint of the range)

(1.4) %

(2.9) %

 

Reconciliation of expected GAAP to non-GAAP income from operations as a percentage of revenues is presented in the table below:

Third Quarter 2024

Full Year 2024

GAAP income from operations as a percentage of revenues

10.0% to 11.0%

10.5% to 11.0%

Stock-based compensation expenses

4.1 %

3.6 %

Included in cost of revenues (exclusive of depreciation and amortization)

2.0 %

1.8 %

Included in selling, general and administrative expenses

2.1 %

1.8 %

Humanitarian support in Ukraine (a)

0.3 %

0.2 %

Cost Optimization charges (c)

1.0 %

0.7 %

One-time charges and Other acquisition-related expenses (f)

— %

— %

Amortization of acquired intangible assets

0.6 %

0.5 %

Non-GAAP income from operations as a percentage of revenues 

16.0% to 17.0%

15.5% to 16.0%

(f) EPAM has not included the impact of potential future One-time charges including asset impairments, unusual gains and losses, expenses incurred in connection with future cost optimization actions, and Other acquisition-related expenses, if any, because the Company is unable to predict these amounts with reasonable certainty.

 

Reconciliation of expected GAAP to non-GAAP effective tax rate is presented in the table below:

Third Quarter 2024

Full Year 2024

GAAP effective tax rate (approximately)

24 %

21 %

Tax effect on non-GAAP adjustments

(0.8) %

(1.2) %

Excess tax benefits related to stock-based compensation

0.8 %

4.2 %

Non-GAAP effective tax rate (approximately)

24 %

24 %

 

Reconciliation of expected GAAP to non-GAAP diluted earnings per share is presented in the table below:

Third Quarter 2024

Full Year 2024

GAAP diluted earnings per share

$1.75 to $1.83

$7.18 to $7.38

Stock-based compensation expenses

0.79

2.95

Included in cost of revenues (exclusive of depreciation and amortization)

0.39

1.46

Included in selling, general and administrative expenses

0.40

1.49

Humanitarian support in Ukraine (a)

0.05

0.22

Cost Optimization charges (c)

0.19

0.63

One-time charges and Other acquisition-related expenses (f)

0.03

Amortization of acquired intangible assets

0.10

0.41

Change in fair value of contingent consideration

0.04

Foreign exchange loss

0.02

0.05

Provision for income taxes:

     Tax effect on non-GAAP adjustments

(0.23)

(0.89)

     Excess tax benefits related to stock-based compensation

(0.02)

(0.39)

  Net discrete benefit from tax planning (e)

(0.03)

Non-GAAP diluted earnings per share

$2.65 to $2.73

$10.20 to $10.40

 

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Broader AI adoption improves productivity across asset recovery and enterprise operations

BEIJING, July 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Yiren Digital Ltd. (NYSE: YRD) (“Yiren Digital” or the “Company”), a leading company specializing in financial technology and artificial intelligence innovation across multiple industries in China and global markets, today announced measurable operating efficiency improvements as it continues to deploy AI agents across core enterprise workflows. Broader AI adoption is reducing manual intervention, increasing workforce productivity and creating greater operating leverage by automating high-volume processes across multiple business functions.

These deployments are a key component of Yiren Digital’s “All-in-AI” strategy and its broader transition from AI-assisted productivity toward agent-driven execution. By embedding AI agents into core workflows, the Company is creating reusable operating capabilities that can be deployed across its businesses, supporting greater efficiency and reducing the cost of extending automation into new functions.

“Our objective is not simply to automate individual tasks, but to fundamentally improve how work is performed across the enterprise,” said Mr. Ning Tang, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Yiren Digital. “As AI agents take on more of our high-volume, demanding workflows, the productivity gains are becoming a structural part of how we run the business, not a one-time efficiency project. We will continue to deepen AI integration across our existing businesses while extending reusable capabilities into additional verticals.”

The AI deployments are supported by the Company’s proprietary enterprise AI architecture, including MagiCube 2.0, its upgraded multi-agent platform. The platform provides common infrastructure for agents deployed across marketing, customer service, capital operations, risk management, compliance and research and development, with more than 10 reusable foundational capabilities, supporting enterprise-wide execution.

Measurable Operating Impact

Lower manual intervention: The human handling rate in asset-recovery operations decreased from 45.0% to 24.9%, representing a 20.1-percentage-point decline, an approximately 44.6% relative reduction in manual intervention.

Higher staff productivity: The number of service tickets handled per asset-recovery staff member within the applicable Month 1 workflow increased from 358 to 525, an improvement of approximately 47%.

Expanded agent adoption: AI agents accounted for 81% of service tickets within eligible Day 1 asset-recovery workflows in 2025, up from 50% in 2024. The Company also deployed AI agents selectively in later-stage workflows, accounting for 20% of eligible service tickets at Day 4, 14% at Day 16 and 20% at Month 2. Each percentage is calculated separately for the relevant stage and should not be interpreted as a sequential adoption trend.

Enterprise-wide reuse: MagiCube 2.0 supports agent deployment across six enterprise functions, allowing the Company to apply common AI capabilities to a broader range of regulated and high-volume workflows.

Enterprise-scale AI execution: The Fengchao AI voice agent processes approximately 1,500 hours of real-time speech-to-text activity each day. The LingShu intelligent marketing platform executes more than 1,700 tasks daily and generates individualized communication content in an average of 0.6 seconds.

Building Enterprise Operating Leverage Through AI

As AI deployment expands across the enterprise, Yiren Digital is increasingly shifting repetitive, high-volume tasks from human-assisted processes toward agent-driven execution. By combining AI agents with centralized orchestration and governance, the Company is improving operating consistency, strengthening workforce productivity and creating reusable capabilities that increase operating leverage as AI is deployed across additional business functions.

Yiren Digital plans to continue expanding agent-driven workflows across its credit and insurance operations, as part of its ongoing All-in-AI strategy, while strengthening the shared architecture and governance that support enterprise-wide AI deployment. These capabilities are designed to scale across multiple use cases and provide a foundation for the Company’s broader expansion into AI application-layer opportunities, including AI entertainment and AI-assisted language learning.

About Yiren Digital

Yiren Digital Ltd. is a leading company specializing in financial technology and artificial intelligence innovation across multiple industries in China and global markets. The Company leverages advanced artificial intelligence and emerging technologies to enhance customer experience, optimize capital efficiency, and expand financial inclusion. Following the regulatory filing of its in-house developed Large Language Model Zhiyu, and the significant enhancement of its MagiCube Agent platform, Yiren Digital is establishing a new growth engine to accelerate its evolution into an AI-native, multi-industry operating platform extending beyond traditional financial services. For more information, please visit https://ir.yiren.com.

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Infinium Edge Launches EdgeSites™, a New Infrastructure Model for Deploying AI Compute at Existing Commercial and Industrial Facilities

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EdgeSites delivers operational AI infrastructure in existing powered buildings — factory-built data center modules, waterless cooling, and ready in months without new construction or grid interconnection required.

SACRAMENTO, Calif., July 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Infinium Edge™ today announced Infinium EdgeSites™, a development program that utilizes existing commercial and industrial facilities to deploy operational AI compute infrastructure. Built around Infinium Edge’s proprietary Edge Thermal Vectoring™ immersion cooling platform, EdgeSites enables high-density GPU deployments in existing buildings that were never designed as data centers — without new construction, without cooling water infrastructure, and without the multi-year grid interconnection timelines that constrain conventional large-scale data center development.

More than 20 million commercial and industrial electricity customers in the US are served by electrical infrastructure sized to peak demand – which industry research shows are utilized at only 40-60% on average. That unused headroom, capacity already contracted, energized, and sitting behind the meter, can support high-density AI compute without adding new load to the grid or waiting on a new interconnection.

At the center of the program is the Vector ONE™ — Edge’s factory-built, self-contained immersion cooling system designed to house 1 MW of AI compute capacity. Vector ONE units are engineered for deployment in standard commercial and industrial buildings, either indoors or outdoors, arriving pre-integrated, fully commissioned and require no municipal water connection. Installations are modular and scalable: additional units can be commissioned as site power and demand allow, without rebuilding the underlying infrastructure and occupy up to 70% less floor space than air-cooled equivalents.

Built for the Shift to Inference

As inference moves to displace training as the dominant AI workload, the growth opportunity is shifting towards small, distributed data centers that can be deployed quickly and sited where demand originates. Conventional data center developments are under compounding pressure from long utility interconnection queues, sometimes lasting years, pressure around water use, and general community and regulatory opposition enacting restrictions. Community opposition and regulatory friction delayed or blocked an estimated $156 billion in planned U.S. data center capacity in 2025 alone.

EdgeSites is purpose-built for the structural shift to inference and addresses key issues stalling conventional data center developments today. Each Vector ONE unit delivers 1 MW of inference-ready capacity inside an existing building, in a market that already has established electrical infrastructure, in a timeline measured in months rather than years. Multiple units can be used in tandem to deploy up to 10 MW of capacity at a single site.  The program converts the distributed inventory of underutilized industrial or commercial electrical capacity in the United States into a nationally scaled inference network. Vector ONE’s dry-cooler loop consumes no municipal water, making EdgeSites viable in markets where evaporative cooling has been restricted or banned.

“The data center industry has been answering an infrastructure shortage with a construction playbook — build new facilities, secure new grid connections, wait years for capacity to come online,” said Robert Schuetzle, CEO of Infinium. “That model cannot keep pace with AI deployment timelines. Infinium EdgeSites operate around different premises: the power already exists, the buildings already exist, and the technology now exists to put them to work. We are making operational what the industry has been treating as stranded.”

Deploying EdgeSites

As demand for AI compute continues to outpace available infrastructure and focuses on distributed inference needs, Infinium Edge is expanding the EdgeSites network with qualified host locations and compute partners.

Commercial and industrial property owners of industrial sites, distribution centers, warehouses, or large commercial properties with available electrical capacity benefit from receiving lease income from infrastructure they already own or control. Infinium Edge manages all aspects of site development and operations for installing and deploying the Vector ONE system. No capital investment or operational responsibility is required from the host.

AI companies, enterprises, and compute operators requiring infrastructure on compressed deployment timelines can access high-density, edge-proximate GPU capacity through a straightforward capacity agreement, priced by the kilowatt-month, with backup power included in the capacity fee. There is no construction to manage, no permitting process to navigate, and no cooling infrastructure to operate or maintain.

Infinium Edge manages the full program from development and installation to operation and monitoring— simplifying development and data center management for AI companies and enterprises.

Reach out to learn more and partner in EdgeSites deployments.

Inquiries: www.infinium.ai/edgesites

About Infinium Edge™
Infinium Edge™ is the advanced AI data center infrastructure platform from Infinium, delivering high-density, sustainable compute through proprietary single-phase immersion cooling technology. Infinium Edge is the only North American producer of Fischer-Tropsch immersion fluids and offers a full-stack platform — including Edge Thermal Vectoring™ platform, Vector ONE™ modular AI Factory units, ETV100 immersion fluids, and integrated monitoring systems — engineered for the thermal and operational demands of AI and high-performance computing at scale. For more information, visit www.infinium.ai.

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ChipMOS SCHEDULES SECOND QUARTER 2026 FINANCIAL RESULTS SEMIANNUAL CONFERENCE CALL

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HSINCHU, July 23, 2026 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES INC. (“ChipMOS” or the “Company”) (Taiwan Stock Exchange: 8150 and Nasdaq: IMOS), an industry leading provider of outsourced semiconductor assembly and test services (“OSAT”), today announced that it will report second quarter 2026 results and host a semiannual conference call after the close of trading on the Taiwan Stock Exchange on Tuesday, August 11, 2026.

Investors and analysts are encouraged to participate in the semiannual conference call using the dial-in phone number noted below. A webcast and replay will be available on the Company’s website.

Date: Tuesday, August 11, 2026
Time: 3:00PM Taiwan (3:00AM New York)
Dial-In: +886-2-3396 1191
Password: 1637011 #

Semiannual Conference Call Webcast and Replay: https://www.chipmos.com/chinese/ir/info2.aspx
Replay: Starts Approximately 2 hours after the live call ends

Language: Mandarin

Note: A transcript will be provided on the Company’s website in English following the semiannual conference call to help ensure transparency, and to facilitate a better understanding of the Company’s financial results and operating environment.

About ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES INC.:
ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES INC. (“ChipMOS” or the “Company”) (Taiwan Stock Exchange: 8150 and Nasdaq: IMOS) (www.chipmos.com) is an industry leading provider of outsourced semiconductor assembly and test services. With advanced facilities in Hsinchu Science Park, Hsinchu Industrial Park and Southern Taiwan Science Park in Taiwan, ChipMOS is known for its track record of excellence and history of innovation. The Company provides end-to-end assembly and test services to leading fabless semiconductor companies, integrated device manufacturers and independent semiconductor foundries serving virtually all end markets worldwide.

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In Taiwan

Jesse Huang

ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES INC.

+886-6-5052388 ext. 7715

IR@chipmos.com

In the U.S.

David Pasquale

Global IR Partners

+1-914-337-8801

dpasquale@globalirpartners.com

 

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