{"id":29983,"date":"2015-05-01T14:47:57","date_gmt":"2015-05-01T14:47:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vskills.in\/certification\/blog\/?p=29983"},"modified":"2024-04-03T13:16:41","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T07:46:41","slug":"capgemini-soon-to-acquire-igate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vskills.in\/certification\/blog\/capgemini-soon-to-acquire-igate\/","title":{"rendered":"Capgemini soon to acquire IGATE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a ref=\"magnificPopup\" href=\"http:\/\/vskills.in\/certification\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Capgemini-soon-to-acquire-IGATE.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-30013\" src=\"http:\/\/vskills.in\/certification\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Capgemini-soon-to-acquire-IGATE-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"Capgemini soon to acquire IGATE\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vskills.in\/certification\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Capgemini-soon-to-acquire-IGATE-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vskills.in\/certification\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Capgemini-soon-to-acquire-IGATE.jpg 317w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The French Multinational Firm, Capgemini is planning to buy\u00a0 IGate &#8211; the US based IT Corp for $4 billion. This will make North America its biggest share of the market.<\/p>\n<p>The firm to be acquired, that is, IGATE is an ITES ( information technology and services) firm with a stronghold in retail, heathcare and manufacturing. The company undoubtedly is in its growth phase. The company&#8217;s turnover in 2014 amounted to 1.3 billion dollars. A major chunk of operations of IGATE are based out of North America.The company has 19% operating margin.<\/p>\n<p>North America indeed is the largest and most innovative technology and services market in the world. In the acquisition, the financing would be done through a combination of Capgemini&#8217;s own cash, debt and equity. The equity part would not be more than 6% of the company&#8217;s total share capital. The deal was backed by Capgemini&#8217;s shareholders as well. These sharehoders would represent 54% of the total share capitala of the US based company. The deal is expected to increase earnings by 12% by 2016 &amp; 16% in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>The French Multinational quoted that the sales showed a growth of 10.5% in the first quarter and hence increased the growth target of 2015 to minimum 5 % compared to the previous 3%. However, the deal requires approvals from regulatory authorities. The deal is expected to close down in the second half of 2015.<\/p>\n<p>This acquisition will provide strength to Capgemini&#8217;s business, mainly the application and infra ones.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vskills.in\/certification\/certifications\">Click here for government certifications<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vskills.in\/certification\/accounting-banking-and-finance\">Click here for government certification in Accounting, Banking &amp; Finance<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The French Multinational Firm, Capgemini is planning to buy\u00a0 IGate &#8211; the US based IT Corp for $4 billion. This will make North America its biggest share of the market. 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