Capgemini to acquire technology outsourcing firm WNS in $3.3 billion deal
Capgemini
on Monday said it has agreed to acquire
technology outsourcing
company
WNS
in a $3.3 billion cash deal to capitalise on their
agentic AI
capabilities for companies that are seeking to digitally transform their businesses.
Capgemini will pay $76.50 per WNS share, representing a 17% premium to the last closing price, and excludes WNS's financial debt, according to a joint statement.
The transaction has been unanimously approved by both Capgemini's and WNS' Boards of Directors, and is expected to close by the end of calendar year 2025, as per the statement.
With this acquisition, Capgemini aims to bolster its consulting service business, guiding enterprises to transform their operations through AI and agentic AI, which it said would attract a 'significant share of investments'.
'Enterprises are rapidly adopting
Generative AI
and Agentic AI to transform their operations end-to-end. Business Process Services (BPS) will be the showcase for Agentic AI. Capgemini's acquisition of WNS will provide the Group with the scale and vertical sector expertise to capture that rapidly emerging strategic opportunity created by the paradigm shift from traditional BPS to Agentic AI-powered intelligent operations,' said Aiman Ezzat, CEO of Capgemini.
'By combining our deep domain and process expertise with Capgemini's global reach, cutting-edge Gen AI and Agentic AI capabilities, a robust partner ecosystem, and advanced technology platforms, we are creating a powerful proposition that accelerates enterprise reinvention,' said Keshav R Murugesh, CEO of WNS.
Through a vast partner ecosystem and network of delivery centers, WNS serves a large portfolio of blue-chip clients, such as United Airlines, Aviva, M&T Bank, Centrica, McCain Foods, and T-Mobile.
Capgemini expects the deal to be immediately accretive to its revenue and operating margin. It said the transaction would increase its normalised earnings per share by 4% before synergies in 2026, and by 7% in 2027 post-synergies. Its financial guidance for this year was unchanged.
Capgemini said its financial outlook for 2025 does not take into account the transaction and remains unchanged.
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