VDM Specialists to Trade India's First Business Process Outsourcing Firm Listed on the NYSE
July 26 2006 - 8:38AM
PR Newswire (US)
WNS Holdings debuts with $224 million IPO NEW YORK, July 26
/PRNewswire/ -- VDM Specialists, LLC today announced that it began
the trading of WNS Holdings (NYSE:WNS), a leading Indian business
process outsourcing (BPO) firm, on the New York Stock Exchange. The
IPO comprised 11,202,708 million American Depositary Shares (ADS)
at $20, raising approximately $224 million. WNS Holdings, which
began operations as an in-house unit of British Airways in 1996, is
today one of the top two Indian offshore BPOs in terms of revenue,
according to the National Association of Software and Service
Companies. The Company has more than 10,400 employees who provide a
range of non-industry specific business services including finance
and accounting, human resources, supply chain management and
research and analytics. While other NYSE-listed Indian technology
firms also operate BPO units, WNS is the first firm solely focused
on BPO services to list on the exchange. "We are committed to our
role in bringing global market leaders to the world's largest and
most liquid equities exchange," said Robert Fagenson, CEO of VDM
Specialists, LLC. "As one of the world's fastest growing markets,
India remains an important focus for VDM and we are pleased to have
added WNS to our prestigious client list" VDM Specialists also
represents Tata Motors, India's largest automobile company, on the
NYSE, and has a growing list of emerging market clients. Out of the
11,202,708 million ADS sold in the IPO, WNS issued 4,473,684
million new shares for the offering, raising $89.47 million for WNS
Holdings. In addition, 6,729,024 million ordinary shares were sold
by major shareholders, including Warburg Pincus and British
Airways. The offering reduced the largest shareholder Warburg
Pincus's stake in the company from 64.7 percent to 53.6 percent.
About WNS Holdings WNS Holdings is a leading provider of offshore
business process outsourcing, or BPO, services. The Company
provides comprehensive data, voice and analytical services that are
underpinned by its expertise in target industry sectors. WNS
transfers the execution of the business processes of its clients,
which are typically companies located in Europe and North America,
to its delivery centers located primarily in India. WNS Holdings
provides high quality execution of client processes, monitors these
processes against multiple performance metrics, and seeks to
improve them on an ongoing basis. About VDM Specialists, LLC As one
of the largest specialist firms on the NYSE, VDM Specialists
represents over 400 leading issues including Pfizer,
Hewlett-Packard, The Walt Disney Co. and Tiffany & Co. Included
are over 80 non-U.S. issues, spanning the Americas, Europe, Middle
East, Africa and Asia Pacific, reflecting VDM Specialists' strong
record of assisting market leaders worldwide. VDM Specialists is
part of publicly traded Van der Moolen Holdings NV (NYSE:VDM). For
more information about VDM Specialists, please visit
http://www.vdm-usa.com/. DATASOURCE: VDM Specialists CONTACT:
Company Contact - Mark A. Baer, Managing Director, +1-646-576-2700,
; Media Contact - Sanuber Bilguvar, Gavin Anderson & Company,
+1-212-515-1957, Web site: http://www.vdm-usa.com/
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