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Industry Groups (Revenues and Growth in Local Currency) Communications, Media & Technology 7% $2.9B Financial Services 4% $3.2B Health & Public Service 12% $3.8B Products 10% $5.4B Resources 6% $2.4B Earnings per Share $3.59 10% increase on an adjusted basis* *After adjusting Q1 FY24 GAAP EPS of $3.10 to exclude business optimization costs of $0.17 per share. On a GAAP basis Q1 FY25 EPS increased 16%. Operating Margin 16.7% flat on an adjusted basis* *After adjusting Q1 FY24 GAAP operating margin of 15.8% to exclude business optimization costs of 90 bps. On a GAAP basis, Q1 FY25 operating margin increased 90 bps. Free Cash Flow $870M Share Repurchases $898M Returning Cash to Shareholders Dividends Paid $926M $1.48 Per share Increase of $0.19 per share or 15% over the quarterly dividend rate in fiscal year 2024 Total Revenues $17.7B Increase of 8% in local currency and 9% in USD Geographic Markets ** (Revenues and Growth in Local Currency) $8.7B Americas11% $6.4B EMEA 4% $2.5B Asia Pacific New Bookings $18.7B Book-to-billof 1.1 1% increase in local currency and USD To learn more about how we create value please visit the Accenture 360° Value Reporting Experience **During the first quarter of fiscal 2025, our Latin America market unit moved from Growth Markets to North America. With this change, North America became the Americas market and Growth Markets became the Asia Pacific market. Market share gains reflect Accenture's growth against a basket of its publicly traded global competitors. Accenture discloses information about its Strategic Priorities to provide additional insights into the company’s business. Revenues for Strategic Priorities are approximate and may be modified to reflect periodic changes in definitions. Revenues for Strategic Priorities overlap so revenues for the same client arrangement may be included in multiple Strategic Priorities. For full financial data, non -GAAP financial disclosure and cautionary language regarding forward- looking statements, please refer to Accenture’s fiscal year 202 5 first quarter news release on December 19, 2024, which accompanies this presentation and is available at investor.accenture.com. Q1 FY25 Performance Broad-basedrevenue growth across markets, industry groups and types of work, gaining market share Highlights of Strategic Priorities (Revenues and Growth in Local Currency (includes overlap)) Cloud double-digit growth Industry X double-digit growth Security very strong double-digit growth Song high single-digit growth Type of Work (Revenues and Growth in Local Currency) $9.0B Consulting 6% Managed Services $8.6B 6% 11% Quarterly cash dividenddeclaredin December2024 1
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2/28/23 5/31/23 8/31/23 11/30/23 2/29/24 5/31/24 8/31/24 11/30/24 Return on Invested Capital 32% 29% 27% 26% 26% 25% 26% 24% Return on Equity 31% 30% 28% 27% 28% 26% 27% 27% Return on Assets 16% 15% 14% 14% 15% 14% 14% 14% Note: February 2023 through November 2024 results include the impact of business optimization costs May 2023 through February 2024 results include the gain on the sale of Duck Creek Twelve Months Ended RETURN METRICS TREND Q1 FY25 Quarter Ending Return Metrics from February 28, 2023 to November 30, 2024 (Unaudited) 2
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Purpose Twelve Months Ended 11/30/24 (1) Comments Net Income Attributable to Accenture plc $7,570 Noncontrolling interests 155 Income tax expense 2,313 Non-operating (income) expense (58) This represents the sum of the following line items on the Consolidated Income Statements: Interest income, Interest expense, Gain/Loss on investments, net, and Other income/expense, net. Operating Income $9,979 Annual Effective Tax Rate 23.0% The tax rate represents a weighted average of the FY24 full year tax rate of 23.5% and FY25 YTD tax rate of 21.6% Tax Adjusted Operating Income $7,680 Divided by Average Capital: Capital at November 30, 2024 Noncontrolling interests 912 Total Accenture plc shareholders' equity 29,190 Short-term bank borrowings, Long-term debt 5,154 $35,256 Capital at November 30, 2023 Noncontrolling interests 809 Total Accenture plc shareholders' equity 26,677 Short-term bank borrowings, Long-term debt 147 $27,633 Average Capital $31,444 Return on Invested Capital 24% (1) May not total due to rounding ROIC represents Return on Invested Capital and is equal to the tax adjusted operating income divided by total average capital, as outlined below. Accenture believes reporting ROIC provides investors with greater visibility of how effectively Accenture uses the capital invested in its operations. ROIC is not a measure of financial performance under generally accepted accounting principles and should not be considered in isolation or as an alternative to net income as an indicator of company performance, or as an alternative to cash flows from operating activities as a measure of liquidity. RECONCILIATION OF RETURN ON INVESTED CAPITAL (ROIC) Q1 FY25 For the Twelve Months Ended November 30, 2024 (in millions of U.S. dollars) (Unaudited) 3
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Purpose Twelve Months Ended 11/30/24 (1) Comments Net Income Attributable to Accenture plc $7,570 Noncontrolling interests 155 Income tax expense 2,313 Income Before Income Taxes $10,038 Annual Effective Tax Rate 23.0% The tax rate represents a weighted average of the FY24 full year tax rate of 23.5% and FY25 YTD tax rate of 21.6% Tax Adjusted Income Before Income Taxes $7,725 Divided by Average Equity and Noncontrolling Interests: Noncontrolling interests at November 30, 2024 912 Total Accenture plc shareholders' equity at November 30, 2024 29,190 $30,102 Noncontrolling interests at November 30, 2023 809 Total Accenture plc shareholders' equity at November 30, 2023 26,677 $27,485 Average Equity and Noncontrolling Interests $28,794 Return on Equity 27% (1) May not total due to rounding ROE represents Return on Equity and is equal to the tax adjusted income before income taxes divided by average equity plus noncontrolling interests, as outlined below. Accenture believes reporting Return on Equity provides investors with a measure of the level of earnings generated in relation to total shareholders' equity plus noncontrolling interests. ROE is not a measure of financial performance under generally accepted accounting principles and should not be considered in isolation or as an alternative to net income as an indicator of company performance, or as an alternative to cash flows from operating activities as a measure of liquidity. RECONCILIATION OF RETURN ON EQUITY (ROE) Q1 FY25 For the Twelve Months Ended November 30, 2024 (in millions of U.S. dollars) (Unaudited) 4
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Purpose Twelve Months Ended 11/30/24 (1) Comments Net Income Attributable to Accenture plc $7,570 Noncontrolling interests 155 Income tax expense 2,313 Income Before Income Taxes $10,038 Annual Effective Tax Rate 23.0% The tax rate represents a weighted average of the FY24 full year tax rate of 23.5% and FY25 YTD tax rate of 21.6% Tax Adjusted Income Before Income Taxes $7,725 Divided by Average Assets: Total Assets at November 30, 2024 59,868 Total Assets at November 30, 2023 51,531 Average Assets $55,700 Return on Assets 14% (1) May not total due to rounding ROA represents Return on Assets and is equal to the tax adjusted income before income taxes divided by average assets, as outlined below. Accenture believes reporting Return on Assets provides investors with a measure of the level of earnings generated in relation to total assets. ROA is not a measure of financial performance under generally accepted accounting principles and should not be considered in isolation or as an alternative to net income as an indicator of company performance, or as an alternative to cash flows from operating activities as a measure of liquidity. RECONCILIATION OF RETURN ON ASSETS (ROA) Q1 FY25 For the Twelve Months Ended November 30, 2024 (in millions of U.S. dollars) (Unaudited) 5
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As of November 30, 2024 Comments Accenture plc Class A shares 674.3 From Accenture plc statement of shareholders' equity Accenture plc Class A treasury shares (49.2) From Accenture plc statement of shareholders' equity Accenture Canada Holdings, Inc. shares 0.6 Total Shares Outstanding 625.6 Share price - as of November 29, 2024 close $362.37 Market Capitalization $226,707.4 ACCENTURE PLC SHARES OUTSTANDING AND MARKET CAPITALIZATION As of November 30, 2024 (shares in millions and market capitalization in millions of U.S. dollars) 6
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Type of Work Q1 % of Total Q2 % of Total Q3 % of Total Q4 % of Total Full Year % of Total Q1 % of Total Consulting $8.62 47% $10.52 49% $9.28 44% $8.59 43% $37.02 46% $9.22 49% Managed Services 9.83 53% 11.06 51% 11.78 56% 11.55 57% 44.21 54% 9.48 51% Total (1) $18.45 100% $21.58 100% $21.06 100% $20.15 100% $81.23 100% $18.70 100% Note: (1) May not total due to rounding FY2024 FY2025 NEW BOOKINGS TREND Q1 FY25 Quarter Ending from November 30, 2023 to November 30, 2024 (in billions of U.S. dollars) (Unaudited) 7
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Geographic Markets Q1 % of Total Q2 % of Total Q3 % of Total Q4 % of Total Full Year % of Total Q1 % of Total Americas (1)(2) $8,027 49% $7,816 49% $8,287 50% $8,423 51% $32,552 50% $8,733 49% EMEA 5,804 36% 5,599 35% 5,777 35% 5,639 34% $22,818 35% 6,412 36% Asia Pacific (1)(2) 2,394 15% 2,385 15% 2,404 15% 2,344 14% $9,526 15% 2,544 14% Total $16,224 100% $15,800 100% $16,467 100% $16,406 100% $64,896 100% $17,690 100% Industry Groups Q1 % of Total Q2 % of Total Q3 % of Total Q4 % of Total Full Year % of Total Q1 % of Total Comm. Media & Tech $2,669 16% $2,654 17% $2,763 17% $2,751 17% $10,837 17% $2,858 16% Financial Services 3,034 19% 2,809 18% 2,895 18% 2,873 18% 11,610 18% 3,169 18% Health & Public Service 3,377 21% 3,334 21% 3,515 21% 3,614 22% 13,841 21% 3,813 22% Products 4,860 30% 4,762 30% 4,983 30% 4,949 30% 19,554 30% 5,425 31% Resources 2,284 14% 2,241 14% 2,310 14% 2,220 14% 9,054 14% 2,425 14% Total (1)(2) $16,224 100% $15,800 100% $16,467 100% $16,406 100% $64,896 100% $17,690 100% Type of Work Q1 % of Total Q2 % of Total Q3 % of Total Q4 % of Total Full Year % of Total Q1 % of Total Consulting $8,457 52% $8,021 51% $8,457 51% $8,260 50% $33,195 51% $9,045 51% Managed Services 7,768 48% 7,778 49% 8,010 49% 8,145 50% 31,701 49% 8,644 49% Total (1)(2) $16,224 100% $15,800 100% $16,467 100% $16,406 100% $64,896 100% $17,690 100% Note: (1) May not total due to rounding REVENUES TREND Q1 FY25 Quarter Ending from November 30, 2023 to November 30, 2024 (in millions of U.S. dollars) (Unaudited) FY2024 FY2024 (2) During the first quarter of fiscal 2025, our Latin America market unit moved from Growth Markets to North America. With this change, North America became the Americas market, and Growth Markets became the Asia Pacific market. Prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform with the current period presentation. FY2025 FY2025 FY2025FY2024 8
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2/28/23 5/31/23 8/31/23 11/30/23 2/29/24 5/31/24 8/31/24 11/30/24 Total Accenture Employees 738,143 731,868 732,819 743,041 742,318 750,200 774,303 798,781 YoY Growth % 6% 3% 2% 1% 1% 3% 6% 8% Sequential Growth % 0% -1% 0% 1% 0% 1% 3% 3% Memo: Utilization 91% 91% 91% 91% 92% 92% 92% 91% Quarterly Voluntary Attrition - Annualized 12% 13% 14% 11% 13% 14% 14% 12% Annual Voluntary Attrition 13% 13% PEOPLE METRICS Q1 FY25 Quarter Ending Metrics from February 28, 2023 to November 30, 2024 Represents the total number of Accenture employees at the quarter ended dates below. 9