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Includes 15,000,000 Class A common shares salable upon exercise of the underwriters’ overallotment options.

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Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee in accordance with Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, and based on the average of the high and low prices of the Class A common shares on March 15, 2002 as reported on the New York Stock Exchange.

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agree with many of our partners and former partners to further restrict the transfer of their equity interests in Accenture until July 24, 2005, except in Accenture-approved transactions such as the offering, as described in “Certain Relationships and Related Transactions—Share Management Plan—Common Agreements”;

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allow our partners and former partners to transfer their equity interests to their heirs or charitable donees in connection with estate and/or tax planning strategies, provided these transferees agree to be bound by the restrictions on transfer described above;

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provide our partners and former partners with quarterly opportunities to sell or redeem, in Accenture-approved transactions with us or third parties, at or below market prices, equity interests as to which the transfer restrictions imposed prior to our initial public offering are no longer in effect; and

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preserve Accenture’s partnership culture and sense of stewardship by creating a share employee compensation trust that will acquire Class A common shares to fund equity awards to our future partners.

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Class A common shares offered by Accenture Ltd(1)

10,185,884 Class A common shares. For local tax reasons in certain jurisdictions outside the United States, we intend to use proceeds from the offering to acquire or redeem an aggregate of 10,185,884 Class A common shares, Accenture SCA Class I common shares and Accenture Canada Holdings exchangeable shares from our partners and former partners in these jurisdictions.

Class A common shares offered by the selling shareholders

89,814,116 Class A common shares. To obtain the Accenture Ltd Class A common shares they will sell in the offering, some of the selling shareholders will redeem or exchange an aggregate of 63,789,769 Accenture SCA Class I common shares and Accenture Canada Holdings exchangeable shares for Accenture Ltd Class A common shares on a one-for-one basis immediately prior to the offering.

Class A common shares outstanding immediately before the offering and transactions related to the offering(2)

406,927,672 Class A common shares (or 1,002,102,972 Class A common shares if all Accenture SCA Class I common shares not held by Accenture Ltd and all Accenture Canada Holdings exchangeable shares are redeemed or exchanged for newly issued Class A common shares on a one-for-one basis).

Class A common shares outstanding immediately after the offering and transactions related to the offering(2)

476,216,492 Class A common shares (or 1,002,102,972 Class A common shares if all Accenture SCA Class I common shares not held by Accenture Ltd and all Accenture Canada Holdings exchangeable shares are redeemed or exchanged for newly issued Class A common shares on a one-for-one basis).

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Unless otherwise indicated, all information in this prospectus is provided assuming no exercise of the underwriters’ options to purchase up to an aggregate of 15,000,000 additional Class A common shares from Accenture Ltd.

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Class A common shares outstanding and other information in this prospectus based thereon do not reflect:

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6,311,537 Class A common shares underlying restricted share units that are not fully vested; and

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90,358,584 Class A common shares issuable pursuant to options.

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Use of proceeds

For local tax reasons in certain jurisdictions outside the United States, we intend to use the net proceeds from Accenture Ltd’s sale of 10,185,884 Class A common shares in the offering to acquire or redeem an aggregate of 10,185,884 Class A common shares, Accenture SCA Class I common shares and Accenture Canada Holdings exchangeable shares from some of our partners and former partners in these jurisdictions at a price equal to the initial price to public less the underwriting discount. We intend to use any proceeds from an exercise of the underwriters’ overallotment options to fund the share employee compensation trust.

The partners and former partners that are selling shareholders in the offering or from whom we intend to acquire or redeem shares as described above have each agreed to pay to us an amount equal to 3% of the gross proceeds from the disposition of their shares, less the amount of any underwriting discount. We will apply these amounts to cover the expenses of the offering, with the excess being applied to fund the share employee compensation trust.

Voting rights

Each Class A common share and each Class X common share entitles its holder to one vote per share on all matters submitted to a vote of shareholders of Accenture Ltd. Immediately following the offering and the transactions related to the offering, our partners will own or control Class A common shares and Class X common shares representing, in the aggregate, approximately 73% of the voting interest in Accenture Ltd, or approximately 72% if the underwriters exercise their overallotment options in full. All of our partners who hold Class A or Class X common shares have entered into a voting agreement that requires them to vote as a group with respect to all matters voted upon by shareholders of Accenture Ltd. For a

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discussion of the voting agreement, see “Certain Relationships and Related Transactions—Voting Agreement.” Our partners will effectively control us for as long as they continue to hold a significant block of voting rights. Upon redemption or exchange of Accenture SCA Class I common shares and Accenture Canada Holdings exchangeable shares, Accenture Ltd will redeem a corresponding number of Accenture Ltd Class X common shares so that the aggregate number of Class X common shares outstanding at any time does not exceed the aggregate number of Accenture SCA Class I common shares and Accenture Canada Holdings exchangeable shares outstanding.

Dividend policy

We currently do not anticipate that Accenture Ltd or Accenture SCA will pay dividends.

Transfer restrictions

We expect that many of our current and former partners, including all of the current and former partners that will be participating in the offering and the transactions related to the offering, will agree not to transfer their equity interests in Accenture until July 24, 2005, except for sales in underwritten public offerings, share repurchases, sales or redemptions or other transactions, in each case as approved by Accenture, or to estate and/or tax planning vehicles approved by Accenture. See “Certain Relationships and Related Transactions—Share Management Plan.” The existing transfer restrictions in the voting agreement and the transfer rights agreement, which generally restrict sales until July 24, 2002 and then permit sales in increasing amounts over the subsequent seven years, will continue to apply to our partners and former partners. These transfer restrictions will be waived, however, to permit the Accenture-approved transactions described above, including the offering and the transactions related to the offering. See “Certain Relationships and Related Transactions—Voting Agreement” and “—Accenture SCA Transfer Rights Agreement.” See also “Risk Factors—Risks That Relate to Your Ownership of Our Class A Common Shares—Our share price may decline due to the large number of Class A common shares eligible for future sale.”

New York Stock Exchange symbol

“ACN”

Risk factors

For a discussion of some of the factors you should consider before buying our Class A common shares, see “Risk Factors.”

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Historical information excludes payments for partner distributions in respect of periods ended on or prior to May 31, 2001.

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Provision for taxes is not the same as income taxes of a corporation. For periods ended on or prior to May 31, 2001, we operated through partnerships in many countries. Therefore, we generally were not subject to income taxes in those countries. Taxes related to income earned by our partnerships were the responsibility of the individual partners. In other countries, we operated through corporations, and in these circumstances we were subject to income taxes.

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Partnership income before partner distributions is not comparable to net income of a corporation similarly determined. Partnership income in respect of periods ended on or prior to May 31, 2001 is not executive compensation in the customary sense because partnership income is comprised of distributions of current earnings. Accordingly, compensation and benefits for services rendered by partners have not been reflected as an expense in our historical financial statements.

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the absence in some jurisdictions of effective laws to protect our intellectual property rights;

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multiple and possibly overlapping and conflicting tax laws;

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longer payment cycles;

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restrictions on the import and export of certain technologies;

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price controls or restrictions on exchange of foreign currencies; and

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trade barriers.

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large accounting, consulting and other professional service firms;

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information technology service providers;

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application service providers;

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service groups of packaged software vendors and resellers; and

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introduction of new services or products by us or our competitors;

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pricing policies of our competitors; and

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general economic conditions.

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seasonal trends, primarily as a result of our hiring cycle and holiday and summer vacations;

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our ability to transition employees from completed projects to new engagements;

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our ability to forecast demand for our services and thereby maintain an appropriate headcount in the appropriate areas of our workforce; and

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our ability to manage attrition.

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seasonality;

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the business decisions of our clients regarding the use of our services;

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the timing of projects and their termination;

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the timing and extent of gains and losses on our portfolio of investments;

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the timing of revenue or income or loss from affiliates;

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our ability to transition employees quickly from completed projects to new engagements;

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the introduction of new products or services by us or our competitors;

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changes in our pricing policies or those of our competitors;

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our ability to manage costs, including personnel costs and support services costs;

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elect the board of directors and remove directors;

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control our management and policies;

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determine the outcome of most corporate transactions or other matters submitted to the shareholders for approval, including mergers, amalgamations and the sale of all or substantially all of our assets; and

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act in their own interest as partners, which may conflict with or not be the same as the interests of shareholders who are not partners.

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select, for three to five years after our initial public offering, five partner nominees for election to membership on the board of directors of Accenture Ltd;

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make a non-binding recommendation to the board of directors of Accenture Ltd through a committee of partners regarding the selection of a chief executive officer of Accenture Ltd in the event a new chief executive officer is appointed within the first four years after our initial public offering;

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vote on new partner admissions;

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approve the partners’ income plan as described below; and

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hold a non-binding vote with respect to any decision to eliminate or materially change the current practice of allocating partner compensation on a relative, or “unit,” basis.

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802,000,279 Class A common shares held by our partners and former partners or issuable upon redemption or exchange of Accenture SCA Class I common shares and Accenture Canada Holdings exchangeable shares held by our partners and former partners are subject to contractual transfer restrictions. We expect that many of our current and former partners, including all of the current and former partners that will be participating in the offering and the transactions related to the offering, will agree not to transfer their equity interests in Accenture until July 24, 2005, except for sales in underwritten public offerings, share repurchases, sales or redemptions or other transactions, in each case as approved by Accenture, or to estate and/or tax planning vehicles approved by Accenture. See “Certain Relationships and Related Transactions—Share Management Plan—Common Agreements.” The existing transfer restrictions in the voting agreement and the transfer rights agreement, which generally restrict sales until July 24, 2002 and then permit sales in increasing amounts over the subsequent seven years, will continue to apply to our partners and former partners. These transfer restrictions will be waived, however, to permit the Accenture-approved transactions described above. These contractual restrictions on transfer may not be enforceable in all cases. See “Certain Relationships and Related Transactions—Voting Agreement” and “—Accenture SCA Transfer Rights Agreement.” Accenture expects to approve the transfer by its partners of 100,000,000 of these Class A common shares in connection with the offering and to approve additional transfers from time to time prior to 2005. These Class A common shares will also be subject to the underwriters’ lock-up described under “Underwriting.”

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In addition, 69,404,361 Class A common shares underlying restricted share units granted in connection with our initial public offering generally are scheduled to be delivered as follows:

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In addition, 89,233,584 Class A common shares are issuable pursuant to options granted in connection with our initial public offering, of which 14,275,000 generally will become exercisable in five equal annual installments beginning on July 19, 2002, 74,658,584 generally will become exercisable in four equal annual installments beginning on July 19, 2002 and 300,000 generally will become exercisable on January 19, 2005. In addition, 1,125,000 Class A common shares are issuable pursuant to options granted since our initial public offering. These options generally will become exercisable in five equal annual installments beginning on the first anniversary of their grant dates.

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take advantage of opportunities, including more rapid expansion;

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Includes non-partner employees and former partners.

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Generally consists of our partners in countries other than Australia, Canada, Denmark, France, Italy, New Zealand, Norway, Spain, Sweden and the United States.

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Generally consists of our partners or former partners in Australia, Canada, Denmark, France, Italy, New Zealand, Norway, Spain, Sweden and the United States; certain of these Accenture partners did not receive Accenture Ltd Class X common shares and two Dutch foundations, Stichting Naritaweg I and Stichting Naritaweg II, hold these shares. Accenture partners in Canada and New Zealand do not hold Accenture Ltd Class A common shares or Accenture SCA Class I common shares, but instead hold Accenture Canada Holdings exchangeable shares. Each of these exchangeable shares is exchangeable at the option of the holder for an Accenture Ltd Class A common share on a one-for-one basis and entitles its holder to receive distributions equal to any distributions to which an Accenture Ltd Class A common share entitles its holder.

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Provision for taxes is not the same as income taxes of a corporation. For periods ended on or prior to May 31, 2001, we operated through partnerships in many countries. Therefore, we generally were not subject to income taxes in those countries. Taxes related to income earned by our partnerships were the responsibility of the individual partners. In other countries, we operated through corporations, and in these circumstances we were subject to income taxes.

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Partnership income before partner distributions is not comparable to net income of a corporation similarly determined. Partnership income in respect of periods ended on or prior to May 31, 2001 is not executive compensation in the customary sense because partnership income is comprised of distributions of current earnings. Accordingly, compensation and benefits for services rendered by partners have not been reflected as an expense in our historical financial statements for periods prior to May 31, 2001.

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Operating income as a percentage of revenues before reimbursements was 21%, 21% and 6% for 1999, 2000 and 2001, respectively. Operating income as a percentage of revenues before reimbursements was 30% and 14% for the three months ended November 30, 2000 and 2001, respectively.

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the transactions related to our transition to a corporate structure described under “Certain Relationships and Related Transactions—Reorganization and Related Transactions”;

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net compensation cost of approximately $967 million resulting from the grant of restricted share units in connection with our initial public offering; and

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Adjustments totaling $1,059 and $481 for the year ended August 31, 2001 and for the three months ended November 30, 2000, respectively, reflect the effects of partner compensation and benefit costs as if our transition to a corporate structure had occurred on September 1, 2000. Prior to having a corporate structure, payments to our partners were generally accounted for as distributions of partners’ income, rather than compensation expense. For the year ended August 31, 2001 and for the three months ended November 30, 2000, respectively, compensation and benefit costs of partners have been allocated 69% and 68% to cost of services, 27% and 26% to sales and marketing, and 4% and 6% to general and administrative costs based on an estimate of the time spent on each activity at the appropriate cost rates.

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One-time reorganization costs were incurred during the year ended August 31, 2001. Reorganization costs for the year ended August 31, 2001 include $89 of restructuring costs relating to our transition to a corporate structure and $455 of indirect taxes, such as capital and stamp duty imposed on transfers of assets to the new corporate holding company structure.

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In connection with our initial public offering, 68,481,815 fully-vested restricted share units at $14.50 per share were granted in July 2001 to certain partners, former partners and employees. The $967 expense represents the fair value of fully vested restricted share units less $26 relating to canceled liabilities for a deferred bonus plan for employees. Each restricted share unit represents an unfunded, unsecured right, which is nontransferable except in the event of death, of a participant to receive a Class A common share on the date specified in the participant’s award agreement.

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Reflects adjustments of $15 and $5 for the year ended August 31, 2001 and for the three months ended November 30, 2000, respectively, representing estimated interest expense on early-retirement benefits payable to partners.

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Reflects adjustments for an estimated income tax provision as if we had operated in a corporate structure at a pro forma tax rate of 40%. The adjustment for the year ended August 31, 2001 is net of $222 relating to the revaluation of deferred tax liabilities upon change in tax status, including income taxes relating to mandatory changes in tax accounting methods, from a partnership to a corporate structure. As a series of related partnerships and corporations under the control of our partners, we generally were not subject to income taxes. However, some of the corporations were subject to income taxes in their local jurisdictions.

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Minority interests for the year ended August 31, 2001 and for the three months ended November 30, 2000 are based on the assumption that minority interests as of August 31, 2001 existed throughout the fiscal year and do not give effect to the offering. As of August 31, 2001 partners owned a 59% minority interest in Accenture SCA and Accenture Canada Holdings. Since Accenture Ltd is the sole general partner of Accenture SCA and owns the majority of the voting shares, Accenture Ltd consolidates Accenture SCA and its subsidiaries. Although the other shareholders of Accenture SCA hold more than 50% of the economic interest in Accenture SCA, they do not have voting control and therefore are considered to be a minority interest.

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Earnings per share calculations for the year ended August 31, 2001 and for the three months ended November 30, 2000 are based on the assumption that shares and share equivalents outstanding as of August 31, 2001 were outstanding throughout the year and do not give effect to the offering. For the purposes of the pro forma earnings per share calculation, diluted outstanding shares include Accenture Class A common shares issuable or exchangeable upon redemption or exchange of shares held by SCA Class I common shareholders and Accenture Canada Holdings shareholders. The weighted average shares outstanding, basic and diluted, were calculated based on:

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One-time rebranding costs were incurred during the year ended August 31, 2001 and during the three months ended November 30, 2000. Rebranding costs for the year ended August 31, 2001 and for the three months ended November 30, 2000 include $157 and $0, respectively, for the amortization of intangible assets relating to the final resolution of arbitration with Andersen Worldwide and Arthur Andersen as well as $147 and $30, respectively, from changing our name to Accenture. These amounts are considered pro forma as adjusted adjustments due to their nonrecurring nature.

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take advantage of opportunities, including more rapid expansion;

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Seamless Execution on a Global Scale.    We operate globally with one common brand and business model designed to allow us to serve our clients on a consistent basis around the world. We believe that our global network of more than 75,000 employees in 47 countries provides us with a significant advantage in developing and delivering solutions for the most complex strategic, technological and operational opportunities and challenges that our clients face. Our professionals around the world share skills, insight, knowledge of local markets and service line expertise and receive a common base of extensive training to ensure the same high-quality services and solutions for clients globally.

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Deep Industry Expertise.    We have developed specialized expertise and experience in the 18 industry groups in which our professionals work. Our industry focus enables our professionals to provide services with a thorough understanding of industry evolution, business issues and applicable technologies, and ultimately to deliver solutions tailored to each client’s industry.

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Broad and Evolving Capabilities.    We offer our clients what we believe to be the broadest and deepest service offering expertise in the industry. Our eight service lines, which span our industry-focused operating groups, are Customer Relationship Management; Supply Chain Management; Human Performance; Strategy & Business Architecture; Finance & Performance Management; Solutions Engineering; Technology Research & Innovation; and Solutions Operations. More than 8,000 Accenture professionals are dedicated full time to specific service lines, helping to develop knowledge, assets and innovative solutions for clients across all of the industries we serve. These subject matter experts complement the nearly 54,000 professionals working within our operating groups who apply their knowledge of specific service lines to clients within specific industries. In addition, we have solution units that create, acquire and manage key assets, such as software and business architectures and methodologies for business processes, which are used to develop scalable solutions that can be offered to multiple clients. Some solution units serve clients across multiple industries, while others focus on specific industries.

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Innovation in Outsourcing.    Using our knowledge of consulting, business processes, technology and outsourcing, we have developed business transformation outsourcing, an approach that combines outsourcing with many other elements of our client-service business to help clients achieve rapid, sustainable improvements in their business performance. Through this approach, which can be structured to be less capital-intensive to us than traditional outsourcing, we bring significant value-creating opportunities to our clients and share long-term responsibility with them for the most difficult aspects of developing and implementing new business models and operating crucial business and technology functions. Our approach has been recognized as a competitive differentiator for us, and we believe that we are well positioned to benefit from the growth opportunities in business transformation outsourcing.

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Enduring Relationships with the World’s Leading Corporations and Governments.    We work with chief executive officers and other senior executives at many of the world’s largest and most successful organizations, including the top companies in virtually every industry sector, and governments worldwide. We serve 88 of the Fortune Global 100 and more than half of the Fortune Global 500. Our partners and other senior professionals are responsible for both winning client engagements and delivering service to clients, ensuring continuity between what we promise to our clients and what we deliver. We believe that our commitment to client satisfaction serves to strengthen and extend our relationships. For example, 86 of our top 100 clients in fiscal year 2001, ranked by revenues, have been our clients for at least each of the last five years, and more than 50 have been clients for at least each of the last 10 years. Our clients typically retain us on a non-exclusive basis.

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Technology Innovation and Implementation.    Technology is part of our heritage and is fundamental to our service offerings. We are a leader in the development and implementation of technology-based business solutions that create value for our clients. We leverage our affiliate companies and our more than 100 alliances with leading technology providers—in addition to our own innovative tools, methodologies, software and other intellectual property—to enhance our ability to develop and deploy technical solutions, particularly across large-scale, global platforms.

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Distinctive People and Culture.    Our most important asset is our people. We are deeply committed to the long-term development of our employees, whom we recruit from universities and industry. Each professional receives extensive and focused technical and managerial skills

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Proven, Tenured and Highly Motivated Management Team.    Our more than 2,700 partners manage our day-to-day activities and client relationships and have an average of nearly 14 years of experience with us. In addition to establishing and supporting enduring client relationships, our partners focus on mentoring our professionals at all levels to develop the next generation of leadership. Immediately following the offering and the transactions related to the offering, our partners will own approximately 73% of the equity in our business, or 72% if the underwriters exercise their overallotment options in full.

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Highly Diversified Business by Industry, Geography and Technology.    Our global business is highly diverse. We operate across virtually every industry and geography, delivering a wide range of business and technology solutions and services to address the strategic and functional business challenges that organizations face. As a result, we can deploy our professionals anywhere in the world in response to evolving marketplace opportunities or challenges. Not only does our diversification enable us to take advantage of changing business, technological and economic conditions worldwide, it also allows us to manage through geographic and industry market cycles.

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History of Staying Ahead of Industry Trends.    Throughout our history, we have reinvented ourselves to capitalize on evolving management trends and technologies for the benefit of our clients. We pioneered systems integration and business integration; we led the deployment of enterprise resource planning, customer relationship management and electronic services; and we have established ourselves as a leader in today’s marketplace, including in the business transformation outsourcing arena. We constantly adapt our service offerings in anticipation of future industry trends.

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Leverage Our Expertise in Business Transformation Outsourcing.    We are helping our clients create value by leveraging information technology to reinvent and transform fundamental business operations. Using our knowledge of consulting, business processes, technology and outsourcing, we believe we are well positioned to develop and implement new business models and operate critical business and technology functions for clients around the world. We pursue opportunities in business transformation outsourcing, which is the approach we developed that combines outsourcing with many elements of our consulting business to help our clients achieve rapid sustainable improvements in their business performance. We bring significant value-creating opportunities to our clients’ senior executives and share long-term responsibility with them for the most difficult aspects of the program. The percentage of our revenues derived from business transformation outsourcing has increased significantly over the past year, and we expect that business transformation outsourcing will continue to be an increasing part of our business.

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Enhance Our Strategic Delivery Model.    Delivering services efficiently to our clients is crucial to our performance as well as theirs. Through our strategic delivery model, we target significant cost improvement in large-scale client delivery. Our strategic delivery model has three components: (1) our client teams working at client sites, who understand a client’s business environment and bring deep industry skills; (2) our global network of more than 20 delivery centers, with repeatable assets and architectures; and (3) our aggressive use of offshore resources, including our development facilities in the Philippines, Spain, the Czech Republic and India. Our client teams leverage our delivery centers and offshore development facilities to create tailored solutions for clients quickly and efficiently, ensuring that clients receive the highest-value solutions at lower cost.

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Create Asset-Based Solutions to Drive Superior Results.    Through our solution units and other parts of our organization we create assets, such as software and business architectures and methodologies for business processes, that enable us to rapidly implement market-ready solutions for our clients. One example is Navitaire Inc., an Accenture affiliate that provides airlines with reservations, ticketing and revenue management services. Another is Indeliq, also an Accenture affiliate and part of our Accenture Learning solution unit, which develops performance simulation electronic learning applications based on patents and technology that we contributed to the company. We recognize the value of intellectual property in the new marketplace and vigorously create, harvest and protect our intellectual property. We have filed nearly 1,000 patent applications in the United States and other jurisdictions to date and have been issued more than 50 U.S. patents.

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Aggressively Grow in Attractive Geographic Markets.    Demand for the services we provide is growing rapidly in both established and emerging economies. We have offices in 47 countries around the world and, while we are a leader in the majority of markets in which we operate, we believe there are significant opportunities for us to grow in multiple geographies, including by way of investment. Given the fragmented nature of the worldwide business consulting and information technology services market, and based on our knowledge of the markets in each of the 47 countries in which we operate, we believe there is room for us to increase our market share on a global basis.

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Accelerate and Ride the “Waves of Change.”    Industry today is characterized by ongoing waves of technological and business change that present our clients with significant value-creation opportunities. We leverage our network of businesses to help organizations apply business and technology solutions that create value by realizing the opportunities presented by

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Enhance Our Operational Efficiency.    As experts in operational efficiency, we provide value to our clients as well as our shareholders by maintaining our organization as a cost-effective, technology-enabled company with strong financial discipline. This includes continuous improvement in our client delivery capabilities and cost structure. We intend to continue to electronically enable our own business processes in areas such as human resources, training, recruiting, performance management and finance and operations management. For instance, we now deliver 70% of our training virtually by leveraging the Internet and other technologies. We are also increasing the use of shared-services models in our finance and marketing organizations, among others, to increase efficiencies and drive lower-cost solutions. Our continued focus on efficiency is intended to optimize the performance of our organization as we increase our scale and scope.

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Foster a Great Place to Work.    Our ability to hire, train, develop, motivate and retain our professionals is critical to our success. To attract and retain these professionals, we have a “great place to work” program, which includes performance metrics to hold our leadership accountable for employee satisfaction and retention. Our goal is to create an environment in which we can:

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develop inspiring leaders;

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cultivate a diverse workforce;

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create interesting work;

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provide continuous learning;

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Media & Entertainment.    Our Media & Entertainment industry group serves entertainment, print and publishing companies, as well as innovative new ventures and Internet companies. In fiscal year 2001, we worked with four of the eight entertainment, printing and publishing companies in the Fortune Global 500. Our Media & Entertainment industry group provides an array of services ranging from customer relationship management to digital content infrastructure and electronic business solutions. We recently helped Sony build a high-volume, direct-to-consumer channel to enhance its ability to distribute PlayStation games across Europe. We designed, built and implemented PlayStation.com in one integrated project and on a short timeline, helping transform Sony’s European operation from a wholesale conduit for Sony products into a multi-channel enterprise with a direct relationship to consumers. We have also helped our media and entertainment clients use digital content services and exploit mobile and broadband commerce. For instance, teaming with Avanade and Microsoft, we helped EMI Recorded Music implement a storage and retrieval solution for more than 135,000 digitized music assets, which can be distributed almost anywhere, anytime and in any digital format.

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Health Services.    Our Health Services industry group serves integrated health care providers, health insurers, managed care organizations, biotech and life sciences companies and policy-making authorities. In fiscal year 2001, our Health Services industry group served seven of the 12 health care companies and health care wholesalers in the Fortune Global 500. We are helping our clients in the health plan and health insurance area in North America accelerate their business by connecting consumers, physicians and other stakeholders through electronic commerce. For example, we helped Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield develop and execute an electronic consumer health management strategy, including separate portals for consumers, providers, groups and agents. In Europe, we are helping create new connections between governments, physicians and insurers.

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Insurance.    Our Insurance industry group helps property and casualty insurers, life insurers, reinsurance firms and insurance brokers improve business processes, develop Internet insurance

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Consumer Goods & Services.    Our Consumer Goods & Services industry group helps food, beverage, tobacco, household products, cosmetics and apparel companies move beyond incremental cost cutting to establish bolder innovation and growth agendas. In fiscal year 2001, we worked with 14 of the 17 beverage, consumer food products, soap, cosmetics and tobacco companies in the Fortune Global 500. This industry group adds value to companies through innovative service offerings that address, among other things, new ways of reaching the retail trade and consumers through precision consumer marketing, maximizing brand synergies and cost reductions in mergers and acquisitions, improving supply chain efficiencies through collaborative commerce business models, and enhancing the efficiency of their internal operations. For instance, we helped Coca-Cola Bottlers Philippines develop a shared-services strategy for reducing the cost and improving the service of the company’s finance organization.

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Industrial Equipment.    Our Industrial Equipment industry group serves the industrial and electrical equipment, construction, consumer durable and heavy equipment industries. In fiscal year 2001, we served six of the nine building materials, glass, and industrial and farm equipment companies in the Fortune Global 500. We help our clients increase operating and supply chain efficiency by improving processes and leveraging technology. For example, we implemented a sophisticated enterprise-wide technology solution for Komatsu to help the company increase the efficiency of its back- and front-office functions in the United States. We also work with clients to generate value from strategic mergers and acquisitions. As part of the merger of BTR and Siebe to create Invensys, an automation and controls company, we helped manage the integration of more than 200 workstreams covering human resources, finance, procurement and supply chain management. Our Industrial Equipment industry group also develops and deploys innovative solutions in the areas of channel management, collaborative product design, remote field maintenance, enterprise application integration and outsourcing.

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Pharmaceuticals & Medical Products.    Our Pharmaceuticals & Medical Products industry group serves pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, medical products and other industry-related companies. In fiscal year 2001, we served all 13 of the pharmaceuticals companies in the Fortune Global 500. With knowledge in discovery, development, manufacturing, supply chain, and sales and marketing issues, we help companies identify and exploit opportunities for value creation, such as reducing the time it takes to develop and deliver new drugs to market through process improvements and implementation of technology. For example, we helped the Medicines Control Agency in the United Kingdom use electronic commerce technologies to improve its efficiency in submitting and processing regulatory applications. We are also working with Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories, the pharmaceutical division of Wyeth, to implement a customer management system anchored by Siebel ePharma Sales. This initiative is designed to help Wyeth’s 5,000-member sales force enhance the quality and productivity of visits with medical professionals and customers, while minimizing corresponding administrative tasks. Our Pharmaceuticals & Medical Products industry group also helps clients integrate new discovery technologies, realize the potential of genomics and biotechnology, become more patient-centric and create new business models that deliver medical breakthroughs more rapidly.

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Retail.    Our Retail industry group serves a wide spectrum of retailers ranging from convenience stores to destination stores, including supermarkets, specialty premium retailers and large mass-merchandise discounters. In fiscal year 2001, we served 22 of the 54 food and drug stores, food services companies, general merchandisers and specialty retailers, as well as three of the trading companies, in the Fortune Global 500. Our Retail industry group professionals work with retailers worldwide to create sustainable value measured by improved profitability and customer satisfaction, revenue growth, decreased costs and, where relevant, shareholder value. Our approach applies innovative business processes and breakthrough analytical tools to all areas of the business, including merchandising, marketing, supply chain, store operations and customers. We recently formed an alliance with Retek to help retailers increase revenue and profit growth through a combination of our intellectual property and industry experience and Retek’s suite of retail-specific applications. We also help our clients develop and execute strategies for outsourcing, mergers and acquisitions, global expansion, and electronic and mobile commerce. For example, Best Buy engaged us for a two-year program, called Process to Profits, designed to drive shareholder value and enhance the retailer’s capabilities through improved assortment planning, pricing, inventory management, product sourcing and advertising effectiveness. The program’s success led Best Buy to publicly credit Accenture with playing a strong role in the company’s return to profitability. Through a long-term contract, we are also working with J Sainsbury plc to help the company transform its business and technology to improve its customers’ shopping experiences. As part of this arrangement we have assumed responsibility for all aspects of the food retailer’s information technology infrastructure. Working with Sainsbury’s management, we have also laid the groundwork for a total business transformation, which will include modernizing the company, its store layouts and operations.

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Chemicals.    Our Chemicals industry group has significant resources in Europe, Asia, Japan and the Americas and works with a wide cross-section of industry segments, including specialty chemicals, industrial chemicals, polymers and plastics, gases and life science companies. In fiscal year 2001 we worked with nine of the 10 chemicals companies, as well as several of the petroleum refining companies, in the Fortune Global 500. We also have long-term operations contracts with many of the industry leaders. For instance, our innovative outsourcing arrangement with The Dow Chemical Company for information technology application development is designed to improve Dow’s return on its information technology investment. Additionally, in an extension of our information technology outsourcing arrangement with DuPont, we are engaged in a global initiative to enhance the company’s collaboration with its customers, reduce supply chain costs and increase efficiencies across the company’s worldwide operations. Under the agreement, which deepens the decade-long relationship between our two companies, we will design and build a global enterprise resource planning solution for much of DuPont’s operations. DuPont will also outsource maintenance and support for this solution to us for a six-year term. We believe that our strategic delivery model, which leverages skilled resources at our global delivery centers, enabled us to provide DuPont with an innovative and cost-effective solution.

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Energy.    Our Energy industry group serves a wide range of companies in the oil and gas industry, including upstream, downstream and oil services companies. In fiscal year 2001, we served 29 of the 42 energy and petroleum refining companies in the Fortune Global 500. Our clients include BP, Shell and Exxon Mobil, among others. We help clients create cross-industry synergies and operational efficiencies through our multi-client outsourcing centers, forge alliances to advance integrated industry solutions, build and enhance trading and risk management operations, and exploit new business technologies. For instance, we recently expanded our longstanding relationship with Halliburton by signing an alliance with Halliburton’s

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Forest Products.    In fiscal year 2001, we served four of the five forest and paper products companies in the Fortune Global 500. The Forest Products industry group helps our clients in the pulp and paper business achieve improvements in business performance. For instance, we helped Pennsylvania-based Glatfelter, a specialty paper manufacturer, redefine its mission and strategy, shifting from commodity forest products to higher-margin market segments. We also help our Forest Products clients use electronic commerce and the Internet to drive incremental value.

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Metals & Mining.    Our Metals & Mining industry group serves metals industry clients located in the world’s key mining regions, including North America, Latin America, South Africa, Australia and South East Asia. In fiscal year 2001, we served 10 of the 17 metals, mining and crude-oil production companies in the Fortune Global 500. The Metals & Mining industry group works with clients in areas such as electronic commerce, including procurement, supply-chain management and customer service. For example, we are working with Quadrem to design, build and support an electronic marketplace founded by 20 of the world’s largest mining, metals and mineral companies.

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Utilities.    Our Utilities industry group works with electric, gas and water utilities around the world to respond to an evolving and highly competitive marketplace. In fiscal year 2001, we served 13 of the 18 gas and electric utilities, as well as several of the energy companies, in the Fortune Global 500. Our work includes helping utilities transform themselves from state-owned, regulated local entities to global deregulated corporations, as well as developing diverse products and service offerings to help our clients deliver higher levels of convenience and service to their customers. These offerings include trading and risk management, supply chain optimization and customer relationship management. We are also working with new electricity power exchanges to bring producers together with the goal of improving service to consumers and reducing rates.

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Amounts in the table with respect to periods prior to the consummation of Accenture’s transition to a corporate structure on May 31, 2001 consist of distributions of partnership income, including realized gains on investments and return on capital at risk. These amounts are not comparable to executive compensation in the customary sense. With respect to the period subsequent to May 31, 2001, amounts in this table reflect the salary actually paid to the Named Executive Officers with respect to the period subsequent to May 31, 2001.

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Our partners received shares in our global corporate structure in lieu of their interests in our local business operations. Our partners in Australia, Denmark, France, Italy, Norway, Spain, Sweden and the United States received Accenture SCA Class I common shares in lieu of their interests in our local operations in those countries. Our partners in Canada and New Zealand received Accenture Canada Holdings exchangeable shares in lieu of their interests in our local operations in those countries. Our partners elsewhere received Accenture Ltd Class A common shares in lieu of their interests in our local operations in the relevant countries. Most of our partners receiving Accenture SCA Class I common shares or Accenture Canada Holdings exchangeable shares received a corresponding number of Accenture Ltd Class X common shares.

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Arthur Andersen will provide services, including tax services, to Accenture for six years for $60 million per year.

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Excludes any common shares subject to the voting agreement referred to below that are owned by other parties to the voting agreement. While each of Joe W. Forehand, Stephan A. James, Karl-Heinz Flöther, Joel P. Friedman, William D. Green, Masakatsu Mori, Diego Visconti, Jackson L. Wilson, Jr. and Michael G. McGrath is a party to the voting agreement and the Accenture Ltd common shares beneficially owned by these persons are subject thereto, each disclaims beneficial ownership of the common shares subject to the voting agreement other than those specified above for each such person individually. See “Certain Relationships and Related Transactions—Voting Agreement.”

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Joe W. Forehand owns 1,406,889 Class I common shares of Accenture SCA prior to the offering and will own             Class I common shares after the offering.

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Stephan A. James owns 1,148,676 Class I common shares of Accenture SCA prior to the offering and will own             Class I common shares after the offering.

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Joel P. Friedman owns 840,257 Class I common shares of Accenture SCA prior to the offering and will own             Class I common shares after the offering.

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William D. Green owns 1,087,985 Class I common shares of Accenture SCA prior to the offering and will own             Class I common shares after the offering.

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Diego Visconti owns 945,582 Class I common shares of Accenture SCA prior to the offering and will own             Class I common shares after the offering.

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Jackson L. Wilson, Jr. owns 1,187,063 Class I common shares of Accenture SCA prior to the offering and will own             Class I common shares after the offering.

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Michael G. McGrath owns 1,057,938 Class I common shares of Accenture SCA prior to the offering and will own             Class I common shares after the offering.

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802,000,279 Class A common shares held by our partners and former partners or issuable upon redemption or exchange of Accenture SCA Class I common shares and Accenture Canada Holdings exchangeable shares held by our partners and former partners are subject to contractual transfer restrictions. We expect that many of our current and former partners, including all of the current and former partners that will be participating in the offering and the transactions related to the offering, will agree not to transfer their equity interests in Accenture until July 24, 2005, except for sales in underwritten public offerings, share repurchases, sales or redemptions or other transactions, in each case as approved by Accenture, or to estate and/or tax planning vehicles approved by Accenture. See “Certain Relationships and Related Transactions—Share Management Plan—Common Agreements.” The existing transfer restrictions in the voting agreement and the transfer rights agreement, which generally restrict sales until July 24, 2002 and then permit sales in increasing amounts over the subsequent seven years, will continue to apply to our partners and former partners. These transfer restrictions will be waived, however, to permit the Accenture-approved transactions described above. These contractual restrictions on transfer may not be enforceable in all cases. See “Certain Relationships and Related Transactions—Voting Agreement” and “—Accenture SCA Transfer Rights Agreement.” Accenture expects to approve the transfer by its partners of 100,000,000 of these Class A common shares in connection with the offering and to approve additional transfers from time to time prior to 2005. These Class A common shares will also be subject to the underwriters’ lock-up described under “Underwriting.”

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This amount includes depreciation on property and equipment controlled by each operating segment as well as an allocation for depreciation on property and equipment they do not directly control.

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Operating segment assets directly attributed to an operating segment and provided to the chief operating decision maker include Receivables from clients, Unbilled services, Deferred revenue and a portion of Other long-term assets that represent balances for clients with extended payment terms.

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EMEAI includes Europe, the Middle East, Africa and India.

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Certain common share equivalents have been excluded from the earnings (loss)-per-share calculation as their effect is antidilutive. In addition, for the purpose of the above calculation of earnings (loss)-per-share, the weighted average number of shares is based upon the periods the shares have been outstanding. The weighted average basic shares were 295,392,338 and the diluted shares were 899,711,420.

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AC

CENTURE LTD

By

:  /s/    Joe W. Forehand

Na

me:  Joe W. Forehand

Tit

le:    Chief Executive Officer

and

Chairman of the Board

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