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Infosys Powers LKQ Europe’s HR Transformation with a Unified Digital Platform

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Leveraging Infosys Cobalt, the digital platform will help streamline HR processes across LKQ Europe’s 18 countries

BENGALURU, India, March 27, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Infosys (NSE: INFY) (BSE: INFY) (NYSE: INFY), a global leader in next-generation digital services and consulting, today announced a successful collaboration with LKQ Europe, one of the leading distributors of automotive aftermarket parts for cars, commercial vans, and industrial vehicles in the region. Leveraging Infosys Cobalt, a set of services, solutions, and platforms designed to help enterprises accelerate their cloud journeys, Infosys has helped LKQ Europe adopt a unified, cloud-based digital platform to streamline its HR processes across 18 countries.

As part of an ongoing five-year collaboration, Infosys has helped LKQ Europe implement a cutting-edge, advanced analytics-enabled Human Capital Management (HCM) solution to improve HR operations, reduce costs and drive productivity. Through the platform, LKQ Europe’s HR teams will gain access to real-time insights into employee engagement and retention, performance management and workplace planning, all to enable better decision making. It will ensure regulatory compliance and enhance employee experience through self-service capabilities and streamlined workflows, contributing to higher employee engagement and motivation.

David Brookfield, Vice President, Human Resources, LKQ Europe, said, “Our collaboration with Infosys is a crucial step in helping us harmonize and simplify our wider business processes – ultimately enabling faster delivery and better service for our end customers. Through the platform, we will unify our HR processes across locations to drive efficiency and enhance regulatory compliance. Looking ahead, we believe this platform will empower our workforce and foster a more cohesive organizational culture, enabling us to continue leading the automotive aftermarket industry.”

Jasmeet Singh, Executive Vice President and Global Head of Manufacturing, Infosys, said, “In today’s rapidly evolving aftermarket auto parts distribution industry, companies need agile and innovative solutions to stay ahead. Our collaboration with LKQ Europe leverages the robust capabilities of Infosys Cobalt to deliver a transformative HR platform. Infosys is uniquely positioned to support LKQ Europe thanks to our deep expertise in digital transformation, data analytics and cloud technologies. This collaboration highlights our commitment to driving operational excellence and strategic growth for LKQ Europe, ensuring they remain at the forefront of the aftermarket sector.”

About LKQ Europe

LKQ Europe, a subsidiary of LKQ Corporation (www.lkqcorp.com), headquartered in Zug, Switzerland, is the leading distributor of automotive aftermarket parts for cars, commercial vans, and industrial vehicles in Europe. It currently employs approximately 26,500 people with a network of more than 1,000 branches and approximately $6.3 billion in revenue in 2023. The organisation supplies more than 100,000 workshops in over 18 European countries.

The group includes LKQ UK & Ireland, LKQ Benelux-France, LKQ RHIAG Group, Elit, LKQ CZ, and LKQ DACH, as well as recycling specialist, Atracco.

About Infosys

Infosys is a global leader in next-generation digital services and consulting. Over 300,000 of our people work to amplify human potential and create the next opportunity for people, businesses and communities. With over four decades of experience in managing the systems and workings of global enterprises, we expertly steer clients, in more than 50 countries, as they navigate their digital transformation powered by the cloud. We enable them with an AI-powered core, empower the business with agile digital at scale and drive continuous improvement with always-on learning through the transfer of digital skills, expertise, and ideas from our innovation ecosystem. We are deeply committed to being a well-governed, environmentally sustainable organization where diverse talent thrives in an inclusive workplace.

Visit www.infosys.com to see how Infosys (NSE, BSE, NYSE: INFY) can help your enterprise navigate your next.

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Certain statements in this release concerning our future growth prospects, financial expectations and plans for navigating the COVID-19 impact on our employees, clients and stakeholders are forward-looking statements intended to qualify for the ‘safe harbor’ under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, which involve a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in such forward-looking statements. The risks and uncertainties relating to these statements include, but are not limited to, risks and uncertainties regarding COVID-19 and the effects of government and other measures seeking to contain its spread, risks related to an economic downturn or recession in India, the United States and other countries around the world, changes in political, business, and economic conditions, fluctuations in earnings, fluctuations in foreign exchange rates, our ability to manage growth, intense competition in IT services including those factors which may affect our cost advantage, wage increases in India and the US, our ability to attract and retain highly skilled professionals, time and cost overruns on fixed-price, fixed-time frame contracts, client concentration, restrictions on immigration, industry segment concentration, our ability to manage our international operations, reduced demand for technology in our key focus areas, disruptions in telecommunication networks or system failures, our ability to successfully complete and integrate potential acquisitions, liability for damages on our service contracts, the success of the companies in which Infosys has made strategic investments, withdrawal or expiration of governmental fiscal incentives, political instability and regional conflicts, legal restrictions on raising capital or acquiring companies outside India, unauthorized use of our intellectual property and general economic conditions affecting our industry and the outcome of pending litigation and government investigation. Additional risks that could affect our future operating results are more fully described in our United States Securities and Exchange Commission filings including our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2022. These filings are available at www.sec.gov. Infosys may, from time to time, make additional written and oral forward-looking statements, including statements contained in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission and our reports to shareholders. The Company does not undertake to update any forward-looking statements that may be made from time to time by or on behalf of the Company unless it is required by law.

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Saab Q1 results 2025: Growing in a dynamic market reality

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STOCKHOLM, April 25, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Saab presents the results for January-March 2025.

“We had a solid start to the year with sales growth across all business areas and delivered Saab’s strongest first quarter to date. Fully committed to contributing to the European defence build-up, we will continue to develop in line with our growth plans and capture market opportunities by focusing on customer deliveries and investing in capacity to meet the high demand,” says Micael Johansson, President and CEO, Saab.

Key highlights Q1 2025

Order intake for the first quarter increased to SEK 19,144m (18,495), driven by small and medium-sized orders.Sales in the quarter amounted to SEK 15,792m (14,185), which corresponded to an organic sales growth of 11% (24).EBITDA increased to SEK 2,140m (1,819) with an EBITDA margin improvement to 13.6% (12.8) in the quarter.EBIT increased 22% and amounted to SEK 1,454m (1,191), corresponding to an EBIT margin of 9.2% (8.4).Net income increased to SEK 1,277m (784) and earnings per share amounted to SEK 2.35 (1.43), an increase of 64%.Operational cash flow improved and amounted to SEK -14m (-1,998), driven by strong cash flow in Dynamics, offset by increased investments and timing of customer payments.Net liquidity position at the end of the period was SEK 2,196m compared to SEK 2,211m at year-end 2024.The AGM 2025 decided on a dividend of SEK 2.00 (1.60) per share for the financial year 2024.

Presentation of Saab’s Q1 2025 results 

Saab’s CEO and President Micael Johansson and CFO Anna Wijkander will present the results.

Date: Friday 25 April at 10.00 a.m. (CEST)

You are welcome to watch the live webcast or dial in to the conference call. It is possible to submit questions over the conference call and from the webcast page.

Live webcast: www.saab.com/investors/webcast/q1-2025 

Registration for conference call: www.saab.com/investors/conference-call-q1

The interim report, presentation material and webcast will be published on www.saab.com/investors.

Contacts:
Mattias Rådström
Head of Media Relations 
+46 (0)734 180 018
presscentre@saabgroup.com

Merton Kaplan
Head of Investor Relations
+46 (0)734 182 071
merton.kaplan@saabgroup.com

Saab is a leading defence and security company with an enduring mission, to help nations keep their people and society safe. Empowered by its 25,000 talented people, Saab constantly pushes the boundaries of technology to create a safer, more sustainable and more equitable world. Saab designs, manufactures and maintains advanced systems in aeronautics, weapons, command and control, sensors and underwater systems. Saab is headquartered in Sweden. It has major operations all over the world and is part of the domestic defence capability of several nations.

The information is such that Saab AB is obliged to make public pursuant to the EU Market Abuse Regulation. The information was submitted for publication, through the agency of the contact persons set out above, on 25 April 2025 at 07.30 (CEST).

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ASSA ABLOY acquires Door System in Denmark

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STOCKHOLM, April 25, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — ASSA ABLOY has signed an agreement to acquire Door System, a Danish manufacturer of high-quality fire rated doors with particular expertise in the pharmaceutical, food and retail industries.

“I am very pleased to welcome Door System to ASSA ABLOY. This acquisition delivers on our strategy to add complementary products and solutions to our core business,” says Nico Delvaux, President and CEO of ASSA ABLOY.

“I am delighted that Door System will join the EMEIA Division. Their strong expertise in high-quality fire rated doors aligns well to our door segment vision, providing exceptional combined fire-rated, freezer and hygienic door solutions across industries through focus on innovation and excellence. We welcome the team at Door System to the ASSA ABLOY family,” says Neil Vann, Executive Vice President of ASSA ABLOY and Head of EMEIA Division.

Door System was founded in 1998 and has some 80 employees. The main office and factory are located in Hørning, Denmark.  

Sales for 2024 amounted to about MDKK 125 (approx. MSEK 190) with a good EBIT margin. The acquisition will be accretive to EPS from the start.

The acquisition is subject to customary closing conditions and is expected to close during the second quarter of 2025.

For more information, please contact:

Nico Delvaux, President and CEO, tel. no: +46 8 506 485 82
Erik Pieder, CFO and Executive Vice President, tel. no: +46 8 506 485 72
Björn Tibell, Head of Investor Relations, tel. no: +46 70 275 67 68, e-mail: bjorn.tibell@assaabloy.com 

About ASSA ABLOY
ASSA ABLOY is the global leader in access solutions. Every day we help people feel safe, secure and experience a more open world. We operate worldwide with 63,000 employees and sales of SEK 150 billion, with leading positions in areas such as efficient door openings, trusted identities and entrance automation. Our innovations enable safe, secure and convenient access to physical and digital places.

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Supporting Data+AI Integration: Tencent Cloud Big Data-Data Lake Compute (DLC) Achieves 70% Cost Reduction

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SHENZHEN, China, April 25, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Under the Data+AI convergence trend, Lakehouse represents the core evolution direction for big data platforms. Tencent Cloud Big Data-Data Lake Compute (DLC) is an open, unified cloud-native Serverless Lakehouse data warehousing and analytics service. It features cloud-native storage-compute separation, lake format governance, deep optimizations for Iceberg, unified metadata management, and machine learning training support, enabling enterprises to build agile Data+AI Lakehouse platforms. DLC has helped a leading Southeast Asian retail conglomerate reduce data platform and machine learning costs by 70%.

Core Challenges

Separated Resources: Big data and AI required isolated infrastructure investments with no resource sharing.Data Movement Overheads: Data silos between Data and AI systems caused latency and additional costs.

DLC Solution

Tencent Cloud’s one-stop intelligent platform WeData, powered by Data Lake Compute (DLC), delivers an integrated DataOps+MLOps platform solution enabling:

Seamless Experience: Unified development for both data analytics and ML workflowsCost Efficiency: 70% cost reduction through shared compute resources for Data+AI workloadsAI Innovation Acceleration: Rapid deployment of GenAI applications via unified data governance

Key Features

Unified Engine: Supports data engineering and ML training (Scikit-Learn, PyTorch, TensorFlow)Meson Engine: Proprietary high-performance engine delivering 2x faster processing than open-source SparkDynamic Resource Allocation: Flexible resource groups for data engineering, interactive analytics, and ML tasks

Business Value

DLC integrates data engineering, SQL analytics, and machine learning into a unified platform with industry-leading cost-effectiveness. The solution has already enabled a Southeast Asian retail leader to achieve 70% TCO reduction across data and ML infrastructure.

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