NEW YORK & MUMBAI, India--(BUSINESS WIRE)--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.

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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.