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| Throughout the course of the year, our efforts to rightsize headcount against business requirements have started to bear fruit, resulting in better employee cost efficiencies |
| We have reported sequential adjusted EBITDA margin improvement from quarter 1 to quarter 3, which demonstrated the effects of our focus on cost optimization and improving productivity and agility |
| We also demonstrated improved operating rigor as we delivered Q3 adjusted EBITDA margins of 27.8%, a testament to the success of our ongoing cost optimization initiatives |
| I'm always never happy enough, it could go faster, but it's -- we're in a good place |
| And it's a very exciting use case at this point in terms of seeing the value it brings in adding more speed to proficiency |
| I would say that the overall business continues to be strong and resilient |
| But one that got me very excited as well was one with gen AI that we've done with OpenAI on knowledge base that we've improved from one of our airline clients |
| This demonstrates a very healthy performance against the backdrop of a really tough operating environment, which speaks to the way we continue to deliver excellence for our clients |
| Firstly, we continue to register broad-based business growth as revenue from clients outside the top 5 rising 51% year-on-year |
| We have also made good progress on the AI and consulting front, which really helps to position us to be the ideal outsourcing partner for our clients |
| As expected, as I said before, we use TDCX AI as a strategic advantage to strengthen our relationship with our clients, especially the larger clients |
| Thirdly, our business development efforts have yielded good results |
| Over the past 9 months, our nimble and agile structure has allowed us to pivot quickly, strategizing to make overheads more elastic against revenue, which in turn has contributed to margins improving |
| Yes, it's good for them, and we are very happy, of course, to see this |
| The clients outside the top 5 are still growing very well at 51% from Q3 '23 to Q3 '22 |
| I'm extremely proud of our engagement teams who champion a vibrant multicultural and joy for work culture and 7 of our campuses are Great Place To Work-certified, among the many other industry recognitions celebrating TDCX |
| I'm excited about the global messaging platform that we've brought in, which has a great potential |
| Our profit performance has translated into strong cash flows and a strong balance sheet |
| Again, our strong cash flow generation and low leverage provides us with ample flexibility to pursue strategic growth as well as to enhance shareholder returns through a variety of avenues |
| We see great value in our shares at current valuations and have prioritized share buybacks as a form of enhancing shareholder returns |
| We see this as an attractive use of our capital and believe that as growth returns, repurchases at these levels will create significant value |
| In terms of M&As, with our strong cash balance, we have the ability to move very quickly on targets that could help enhance our capabilities, our reach to better serve our clients or to accelerate our growth |
| Additionally, we have the financial strength and flexibility to allocate capital to strengthen our organic initiatives, such as TDCX AI, our consulting capabilities and reinvesting in our business |
| Margins have since improved sequentially quarter-on-quarter as shared earlier |
| That said, our cost management and productivity initiatives have started to show results as adjusted EBITDA margins have improved sequentially from Q1 2023 through to Q3 2023 |
| This improvement boosted their reach by 20% to 40% |
| For a sales campaign for a large digital advertising client, we built an AI-enabled sales catalyst accelerator to enhance outreach success and to maximize customer engagement in our sales and digital marketing programs |
| Our clients outside the top 5 continued to grow strongly, rising 51% year-on-year, which is in line with our continuous measures to broaden our customer base |
| This has improved our customer revenue diversification as Laurent has shared with you |
| Most of our campaigns, which involve complex tasks that require humans in the loop, we believe will benefit from the productivity gains AI provides and will help us scale the business to even greater heights |
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| Revenue from omnichannel CX solutions services decreased by 3% to $72 million, primarily due to a contraction of volumes from key clients in the digital advertising and media vertical |
| This was driven by a decline in required volumes of some of our key clients, resulting in lower revenue from our top 5 clients combined |
| Revenue from sales and digital marketing services increased by 13% to $98 million, while revenue from content, trust and safety services was down 22% at $46 million due largely to a drop in volumes from a key client in this segment |
| Margins were down year-on-year as we continued with our planned investments into new geographies and new capabilities |
| So from day 1, and I think now we've been public listed for the past 2 years, we've had difficulties really connecting the dots between their performance, the macroeconomic performance and our performance because a lot of things get in the way |
| Despite these improvements, the macroeconomic environment remains challenging |
| Gaming is exploding |
| In terms of contribution from verticals, digital advertising and media now represents 43% of our business and remains pressured by softness from our largest clients |
| It's unavoidable as a headwind to the top line |
| The macro is challenging |
| On a reported basis, revenue is down 5.4% year-on-year due to the strengthening of Singapore dollar against most of our operational FX functional currency |
| Revenue from content, trust and safety declined 30% year-on-year to $14 million due to downward revision of volume requirements by an existing client in the digital advertising and media vertical but was partially offset by expansion in the travel and hospitality vertical |
| Adjusted EBITDA declined 9.1% year-on-year, and we delivered margins of 27.8% this quarter compared to 29% in the corresponding period last year |
| Excluding the effects of equity-settled share-based payment expense, adjusted EBITDA declined 10.8% to $95 million due to the lower margins year-on-year |
| Based on my rough calculation, it seems that the revenue has fell 20% year-on-year here |
| But if you want to also look at the Q4 outlook, they've remained a little bit cautious as well |
| We also recorded lower income tax expenses from the reinstatement of tax incentives in the Philippines that was suspended temporarily last year, lower profitability of a few key operating units and the nonrecurrence of the one-off prosperity tax innovation that was implemented in 2022 |
| In particular, in the first and second quarter of this year, we had opted to keep strong support and shared service ratios, which impacted margins during the early part of the year |
| But the third quarter, we're down 5.4% |
| The first one is regarding the revenue slowdown in the third quarter of the year |
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