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Tech and consultancy group Capgemini has agreed to purchase US-listed WNS Holdings Ltd. for $3.3 billion (€2.8bn), in response to an announcement launched on Monday.
The French agency stated that it’s providing $76.50 per WNS share, representing a premium of 17% on the inventory’s closing value on Thursday. This doesn’t embody WNS’ monetary debt.
Capgemini forecasts that the deal will increase its earnings per share by about 4% on a normalized foundation in 2026, rising to 7% in 2027 after combining operations.
The French agency plans to generate extra annual revenues of €100 million to €140mn by the tip of 2027 by income synergies.
Price and working mannequin synergies are additionally anticipated to return to €50mn to €70mn per 12 months, earlier than taxes, by the tip of 2027.
The acquisition comes as Capgemini seeks to increase its AI operations.
“Capgemini’s acquisition of WNS will present the Group with the dimensions and vertical sector experience to seize that quickly rising strategic alternative created by the paradigm shift from conventional BPS (Enterprise Course of Companies) to Agentic AI-powered Clever Operations,” Aiman Ezzat, Chief Govt Officer of Capgemini, stated in an announcement. “Rapid cross-selling alternatives might be unlocked by the combination of our complementary choices and shoppers,” he added.
As of the tip of March, WNS had virtually 65,000 workers throughout 64 supply centres worldwide.
The agency has quite a few main shoppers, together with Coca-Cola, T-Cell, and United Airways.
The deal was unanimously authorised by the board of the 2 companies and is predicted to shut by the tip of the 12 months, topic to shareholder and regulatory approval.
At simply after 10am CEST, Capgemini’s share value was down round 3.5% at 140.10 on Monday morning.