Tuesday, June 14, 2016

BWI: WNS Completes Value Edge Research Services Acquisition

 
Source : WNS
Tuesday, June 14, 2016 5:30PM IST (12:00PM GMT)
 
NYSE:WNS(NYSE:WNS)
WNS Completes Value Edge Research Services Acquisition
 
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India and New York, United States

WNS (Holdings) Limited (WNS) (NYSE: WNS), a leading provider of global Business Process Management (BPM) services, today announced it has completed the acquisition of Value Edge Research Services Pvt. Ltd. after receiving approval from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). Cash consideration for the transaction is $17.5 million (plus adjustments for cash and working capital), which is expected to be funded with cash on hand. The acquisition is expected to be accretive to earnings in fiscal 2017.  WNS entered into a definitive agreement on March 11, 2016 to acquire Value Edge, a leading provider of commercial research and analytics services to clients in the Pharma / Biopharma industry. 
 
About WNS
 
WNS (Holdings) Limited (NYSE: WNS), is a leading global business process management company. WNS offers business value to 200+ global clients by combining operational excellence with deep domain expertise in key industry verticals including Travel, Insurance, Banking and Financial Services, Manufacturing, Retail and Consumer Packaged Goods, Shipping and Logistics, Healthcare and Utilities. WNS delivers an entire spectrum of business process management services such as finance and accounting, customer care, technology solutions, research and analytics and industry specific back office and front office processes. As of March 31, 2016, WNS had 32,388 professionals across 40 delivery centers worldwide including China, Costa Rica, India, Philippines, Poland, Romania, South Africa, Sri Lanka, United Kingdom and the United States. For more information, visit www.wns.com.
 
Forward-Looking Statements
 
This report contains forward-looking statements, as defined in the safe harbor provisions of the US Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are based on our current expectations and assumptions about Value Edge, our Company and our industry. Generally, these forward-looking statements may be identified by the use of terminology such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “will,” “seek,” “should” and similar expressions. These statements include, among other things, the discussions of the completion of our acquisition of Value Edge, the timing of the completion of our acquisition of Value Edge, and the expected benefits of our acquisition of Value Edge, our growth opportunities, industry environment, expectations concerning our future financial performance and growth potential. Forward-looking statements inherently involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such statements. Such risks and uncertainties include but are not limited to worldwide economic and business conditions; political or economic instability in the jurisdictions where we have operations; regulatory, legislative and judicial developments; our ability to attract and retain clients; technological innovation; telecommunications or technology disruptions; future regulatory actions and conditions in our operating areas; our dependence on a limited number of clients in a limited number of industries; our ability to expand our business or effectively manage growth; our ability to hire and retain enough sufficiently trained employees to support our operations; negative public reaction in the US or the UK to offshore outsourcing; the effects of our different pricing strategies or those of our competitors; and increasing competition in the BPM industry. These and other factors are more fully discussed in our most recent annual report on Form 20-F and subsequent reports on Form 6-K filed with or furnished to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) which are available at www.sec.gov. We caution you not to place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements. Except as required by law, we do not undertake to update any forward-looking statements to reflect future events or circumstances.
 
References to “$” and “USD” refer to the United States dollars, the legal currency of the United States.

 
Media Contact Details

David Mackey, Corporate SVP–Finance & Head of Investor Relations WNS (Holdings) Limited, ,+1 (201) 942-6261 , david.mackey@wns.com

Archana Raghuram, Head – Corporate Communications WNS (Holdings) Limited, ,+91 (22) 40952397 , archana.raghuram@wns.com; pr@wns.com

 

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