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French consulting and technology group Capgemini on Monday announced the signing of a definite transaction agreement to acquire UK-based digital business process services firm WNS share in an all-cash deal worth $3.3 billion (excluding the target company’s net financial debt), at $76.5 per share. The acquisition marks a premium of 17 per cent over the market price. Capgemini said that the deal will be immediately accretive to its revenue growth and operating margin on a group level, and set to boost its normalised earnings per share by 4 per cent before synergies in 2026 and by 7 per cent post-synergies the next year.

Capgemini said its financial targets for 2025 do not take into account this transaction, and therefore remain unchanged. It has guided for revenue growth ranging from -2.0 per cent to +2.0 per cent at constant currency in 2025, with operating margin at 13.3-13.5 per cent.

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