Baring Asia to acquire 41.8% Stake in Hexaware
VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Hexaware Technologies Limited has announced that affiliates of Baring Private Equity Asia ("Baring Asia") have signed definitive agreements to purchase approximately 125 million Hexaware shares, from Promoter Entities, led by Atul Nishar (which holds 27.7% of currently outstanding share capital), and GA Global Investments Ltd (which holds 14.1% of currently outstanding share capital), an affiliate of General Atlantic ("GA"), in aggregate representing 41.8% shareholding in Hexaware. Under the terms of the Share Purchase Agreement, Baring Asia will pay the Promoter Entities and GA a price of INR126 or INR135 per share aggregating INR1,575–1,687 crore (approximately $242–260 million based on INR/USD rate of 65), with the higher price of INR135 per share being payable on Baring Asia reaching 50% or above aggregate shareholding in Hexaware in the transaction. Atul Nishar, Chairman, Hexaware , said, "Since I f...