M&A Deal Summary

Virtusa Acquires Polaris Consulting & Services

On March 3, 2016, Virtusa acquired information technology company Polaris Consulting & Services for 11.4B INR

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Virtusa’s 4th transaction in the Information Technology sector.
  • This is Virtusa’s 0th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Virtusa’s 1st transaction in India.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2016-03-03
Target Polaris Consulting & Services
Sector Information Technology
Buyer(s) Virtusa
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 11.4B INR
Advisor(s) Credit Suisse Investment Banking
Spark Capital (Financial)
J. Sagar Associates (Legal)

Target

Polaris Consulting & Services

Chennai, India
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Polaris Consulting & Services Ltd. is a provider of end-to-end information technology (IT) services.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Virtusa

Southborough, Massachusetts, United States

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Category Company
Founded 1996
Sector Information Technology
Employees10,364
Revenue 1.3B USD (2020)
DESCRIPTION

Virtusa Corp. provides end-to-end information technology (IT) services to companies. Services include IT consulting, application maintenance, development, systems integration, and managed services. Virtusa was formed in 1996 and is based in Westborough, Massachusetts. Virtusa was founded in 1996 and is based in Southborough, Massachusetts.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 7 of 11
Sector (Information Technology) 4 of 7
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 7 of 11
Country (India) 1 of 1
Year (2016) 1 of 1
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