EPAM · CIK 1352010
What EPAM Systems, Inc. told the SEC could break it.
EPAM's risks center on a delivery workforce historically rooted in Eastern Europe and now reshaped by the war in Ukraine. It still holds $59.4 million of net property in Ukraine — including a $52.3 million building under construction in Kyiv — plus owned buildings in Belarus, and it exited Russia, a former major delivery and revenue center, in 2023; to keep services running it is diversifying hiring across India, Central and Western Asia, Latin America and Central and Eastern Europe. That globally distributed cost base creates a structural currency mismatch: about 39.5% of 2025 revenue but 63.2% of operating expenses were in non-U.S. currencies, so dollar strength against its delivery-country currencies can materially swing results, only partly offset by hedging.
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In its own words
What could break it.
Geographic concentration
- delivery operations exposed to the Ukraine war (Kyiv assets) and Belarus; Russia exitedhigh
EPAM has significant delivery operations and assets in active/at-risk geographies — $59.4M of net PP&E in Ukraine (including a $52.3M Kyiv building) amid the ongoing war, owned buildings in Belarus — and exited Russia in 2023 (a former major delivery and revenue center), creating continuity and geopolitical concentration risk.
“As of December 31, 2025, the Company had $ 59.4 million of property and equipment, net in Ukraine consisting of a building classified as construction-in-progress located in Kyiv with a net book value of $ 52.3 million, laptops with a net book value of $ 5.2 million, most of which are in the possession of employees, and various office furniture, equipment and supplies with a net book value of $ 1.9 million.”
Currency (FX)
- currency mismatch — 39.5% of revenue but 63.2% of operating expenses in non-USDmedium
EPAM has a structural currency mismatch — ~39.5% of 2025 consolidated revenues but ~63.2% of operating expenses were denominated in non-USD currencies — so US-dollar strength/volatility against its delivery-country currencies can materially affect results, partly offset by hedging.
“During the year ended December 31, 2025, approximately 39.5% of consolidated revenues and 63.2% of operating expenses were denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar.”
SEC filing →As of 2026
Other disclosures
- delivery-workforce continuity and diversification away from war-affected regionsmedium
In response to the Ukraine war, EPAM discontinued Russia operations and is sustaining business continuity by diversifying hiring and delivery across India, Central/Western Asia, Latin America and Central/Eastern Europe — an ongoing operational shift on which its talent-dependent services model relies.
“In response to the war in Ukraine, we shifted the way we operate in our delivery locations by discontinuing our operations in Russia and continuing to execute our business continuity plans and sustaining our hiring efforts across multiple locations in India, Central and Western Asia, Latin America, and Central and Eastern Europe.”
SEC filing →As of 2026
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