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CLAIM #3514 · Accenture plc (ACN) · 2022Q4 earnings call · Sep 22, 2022 · due Nov 30, 2022

But I will say that as we often do, we have seasonally lower bookings in quarter one and we are seeing that again this year.

KC McClure · CFO

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we have seasonally lower bookings in quarter one and we are seeing that again this year
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New bookings were $16.2 billion for the quarter with a book-to-bill of one and growth of 6% in local currency.

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rt of an unusual shift in mix into outsourcing and less consulting? Is there any color or call out there? Or is that just sort of the vagaries of the kind of quarterly fluctuations? KC McClure: Sure. And so Lisa, as you mentioned, we feel really good about our bookings in Q4. It was our second highest bookings ever our highest also being this year in the second quarter. What I really liked about it was driven by broad-based demand. So across all markets and our services, and we peel it back. We had good book-to-bill in all dimensions of our business. And with outsourcing a record of almost $10 billion, and that was almost $1.3 billion more than what we did for our last record. And we do continue to see a strong pipeline going into the year, even with those the second best record bookings. But I will say that as we often do, we have seasonally lower bookings in quarter one and we are seeing that again this year. Operator: Thank you. Our next question comes from the line of Tien-tsin Huang with JPMorgan. Please go ahead. Tien-Tsin Huang: Just tacking on what Lisa just asked there with this larger book-to-bill in outsourcing relative to consulting. Is the shift to larger deals, does that tell you or should it tell us anything about client priorities? And I'm curious if that changes or even improves your visibility overall for fiscal '23, given you have so much more in the way of larger deals in the backlog. Julie Sweet: Yes. I mean I don't -- I mean, obviously, we've got larger deals. You have more visibility around larger deals just because they're larger deals and you see how it is. And certainly, how we think about the business so much, I mean, I think if you just take a -- your underlying quest

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SEC filings for ACN · Claim quote is verbatim from the 2022Q4 earnings call.