Accenture Reports Strong First-Quarter Fiscal 2015 Results

2016 Earnings and Diluted Earnings per Common Share from Continuing Operations, excluding Specified Items, excludes net after-tax charges of $2.012 billion, or $1.35 per share,

FIRST-QUARTER DOUBLE-DIGIT OPERATIONAL SALES GROWTH FIRST-QUARTER ADJUSTED EPS FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS OF $0.47, ABOVE PREVIOUS GUIDANCE RANGE AND REFLECTING 38 PERCENT GROWTH;

5 2014 Net Earnings from Discontinued Operations, excluding Specified Items, excludes net after-tax charges of $65 million, or $0.05 per share, primarily related to

operations could be materially adversely affected by fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; as a result of Accenture’s geographically diverse operations and its

effects of these conditions on the company’s clients’ businesses and levels of business activity; Accenture’s business depends on generating and maintaining ongoing, profitable

liability or the company’s reputation could be damaged if the company fails to protect client and/or company data from security breaches or cyberattacks; the markets in which

environment could materially affect the company’s results of operations; if the company is unable to keep its supply of skills and resources in balance with client demand around

client and/or company data or information systems as obligated by law or contract or if the company’s information systems are breached; the company’s results of operations and