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COFORGE LIMITED M&A Activity 2024

Jul 4, 2024

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July 05, 2024

The Manager, The General Manager, Department of Corporate Services Department of Corporate Services BSE Limited National Stock Exchange of India Limited Floor 25, P.J. Towers, Exchange Plaza, Dalal Street, Mumbai – 400 001 Plot No. C/1, G Block, Bandra Kurla Complex, BSE Scrip code: 532541 Bandra, Mumbai – 400 051 Equity ISIN: INE591G01017 NSE Scrip code: COFORGE Non-Convertible Bond ISIN: INE591G08012

Dear Sir/Madam,

Subject: Disclosure under Regulation 30 of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulation, 2015, as amended ("SEBI Listing " – Regulations ) update on Acquisition

Pursuant to Regulation 30 and other applicable provisions of the SEBI Listing Regulations and in continuation to our announcement dated May 2, 2024 related to entering into a share purchase agreement with the promoters and select public shareholders of Cigniti Technologies Limited dated May 2, 2024 (“Share Purchase Agreement”) and trigger of an Open Offer pursuant to execution of such Share Purchase Agreement, we would like to inform that the Company has on July 4, 2024, acquired 3,021,293 equity shares aggregating to 11.07% of Current paid up share capital & 10.97% of the expanded capital as per draft letter of offer dated May 16, 2024. The purchase was made on the floor of the stock exchanges and was pursuant to the Share Purchase Agreement entered into with select public shareholders.

Further the details required under Regulation 30 of SEBI Listing Regulations read with SEBI Circular No. SEBI/HO/CFD/CFD-PoD1/P/CIR/2023/123 dated July 13, 2023 are enclosed as Annexure A.

This is for the information of the Exchanges and the Members.

Thanking You, Yours Faithfully,

For Coforge Limited

BARKHA Digitally signed by BARKHA SHARMA SHARMA Date: 2024.07.05 01:46:18 +05'30'

Barkha Sharma Company Secretary ACS: 24060

Encl: as above

Coforge Limited Registered office: www.coforge.com Special Economic Zone, Plot No. TZ-2& 2A 8, Balajl Estate, Third Floor, Guru Ravi Das Marg [email protected] Sector - Tech Zone, Greater Noida (UP) - 201308, India Kalkaji, New Delhi -110019, India T: +91 120 4592300 | F: +91 120 4592 301 T: +91 11 41029 297 CIN: L72100DL1992PLC048753L72100DL1992PLC048753

CIN: L72100DL1992PLC048753L72100DL1992PLC048753

Annexure A

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Annexu
S. No. Particulars Details
1. Name of the target entity, details in brief
such as size, turnover etc.
Name: Cigniti Technologies Limited
Other details: The turnover of the Target
Company for FY 2023-24 is INR 814.47 crore
and profit after tax is INR 94.79 crore.
2. Whether the acquisition would fall within
related party transaction(s) and whether
the promoter/ promoter group/ group
companies have any interest in the entity
being acquired? If yes, nature of interest
and details thereof and whether the same
is done at“arm’slength”
No. The transaction does not fall within the
ambit of a related party transaction and no
promoter group companies have any interest
in the entity being acquired.
3. Industry to which the entity being
acquired belongs;
The entity being acquired belongs to the
Information
Technology
/
Information
Technology enabled services industry.
4. Objects
and
impact
of
acquisition
(including but not limited to, disclosure of
reasons for acquisition of target entity, if
its business is outside the main line of
business of the listed entity);
The purchase was made pursuant to the Share
Purchase Agreement entered into with select
public shareholders. Acquirer and the Target
Company operate in similar fields of
information technology. However, there is
deemed to be limited overlap between
Acquirer and the Target Company with
complementary
industry
verticals
and
geographical spread of operations. Post this
Transaction, Acquirer is expected to have an
enhanced revenue distribution across industry
verticals and geographies.
5. Brief details of any governmental or
regulatory approvals required for the
acquisition;
The necessary approvals from Competition
Commission of India and under Hart-Scott-
Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976,
received have been intimated earlier to the
Stock Exchanges on June 26, 2024, and July
2, 2024, respectively.
6. Indicative time period for completion of
the acquisition;
Expected completion by Q2 of FY25 subject
to completion of the conditions precedent,
receipt of regulatory approvals and the closing
action items under the Share Purchase
Agreement.
7. Consideration
-
whether
cash
consideration or share swap or any other
formand details ofthe same;
The purchase has been made by way of cash.
8. Cost of acquisition and/or the price at
which the shares are acquired;
Various price ranging between INR 1,392.90
to INR 1,415.00 (average price being INR
1412.2530 (excluding transaction costs).
9. Percentage of shareholding / control
acquired and / or number of shares
acquired;
3,021,293 equity shares aggregating to
11.07% of Current paid up share capital &
10.97% of the expanded capital as per draft
letter of offer dated May 16, 2024

Coforge Limited Registered office: www.coforge.com Special Economic Zone, Plot No. TZ-2& 2A 8, Balajl Estate, Third Floor, Guru Ravi Das Marg [email protected] Sector - Tech Zone, Greater Noida (UP) - 201308, India Kalkaji, New Delhi -110019, India T: +91 120 4592300 | F: +91 120 4592 301 T: +91 11 41029 297 CIN: L72100DL1992PLC048753L72100DL1992PLC048753

CIN: L72100DL1992PLC048753L72100DL1992PLC048753

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10. Brief background about the entity The Target Company i.e. Cigniti acquired in terms of products/line of Technologies Limited is a company whose business acquired, date of incorporation, equity shares are listed on BSE Limited and history of last 3 years turnover, country in National Stock Exchange of India Limited and which the acquired entity has presence is primarily engaged in the business of Quality and any other significant information (in and Digital engineering services across USA, brief) UK, Australia, Canada, Czech Repulic, South Africa and Singapore with delivery centre in India. The target entity was incorporated on September 3, 1998 and has its registered office in Telangana. The Turnover of Target Company for FY 22, 23 and 24 is INR 469.46 crore, INR 709.99 crore and INR 814.47 crore, respectively.

Coforge Limited Registered office: www.coforge.com Special Economic Zone, Plot No. TZ-2& 2A 8, Balajl Estate, Third Floor, Guru Ravi Das Marg [email protected] Sector - Tech Zone, Greater Noida (UP) - 201308, India Kalkaji, New Delhi -110019, India T: +91 120 4592300 | F: +91 120 4592 301 T: +91 11 41029 297 CIN: L72100DL1992PLC048753L72100DL1992PLC048753

CIN: L72100DL1992PLC048753L72100DL1992PLC048753