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Persistent Systems Limited M&A Activity 2022

Mar 14, 2022

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NSE & BSE / 2021-22 / 140

March 14, 2022

The Manager Corporate Services National Stock Exchange of India Limited Exchange Plaza, Bandra Kurla Complex, Bandra (E), Mumbai 400 051

Ref: Symbol: PERSISTENT

The Manager Corporate Services BSE Limited 14[th] Floor, P J Towers, Dalal Street, Mumbai 400 001

Ref: Scrip Code: 533179

Dear Sir/Madam,

Sub: Intimation pursuant to Regulation 30 of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 and SEBI Circular No. CIR /CFD /CMD/ 4/2015 dated September 9, 2015

Pursuant to Regulation 30 of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 (the ‘Regulations’), we wish to inform about the following transaction:

Persistent Systems Limited through its wholly owned subsidiaries and affiliates ( “the Company” or “Persistent” ) has entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement with MediaAgility India Private Limited and MediaAgility Inc. on March 14, 2022 to acquire MediaAgility Inc. and its subsidiaries in India, UK, Mexico and Singapore.

The acquisition is subject to customary closing conditions, which are expected to be completed within 6-8 weeks. Accordingly, the Company will inform the closure of the transaction to the Stock Exchanges.

In this regard, please find enclosed intimation and the details of the said acquisition as prescribed under Reg. 30(2) and (6) of the Regulations read with Schedule III to the Regulations and the SEBI Circular No. CIR/CFD/CMD/4/2015 dated September 9, 2015, as Annexure.

Please acknowledge the receipt.

Thanking you,

Yours Sincerely, For Persistent Systems Limited

AMIT Digitally signed by MURARI AMIT MURARI ATRE Date: 2022.03.14 ATRE 19:42:49 +05'30' Amit Atre Company Secretary ICSI Membership No.: A20507

Encl.: Annexure

Persistent Systems Limited, Bhageerath, 402 Senapati Bapat Road, Pune 411 016, Maharashtra, India CIN - L72300PN1990PLCO56696

Tel: +91 (20) 670 30000 | Fax - +91 (20) 6703 0008 | E-mail - [email protected] | Website - www.persistent.com Page 1 of 3

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Annexure

No. Items of Disclosure Description
1 Name of the target entity, details in brief
such as size, turnover etc.;
Persistent Systems Inc. will acquire shares of
MediaAgility Inc. along with its subsidiaries in
Mexico, UK and Singapore. Additionally, Persistent
Systems
Limited
will
acquire
MediaAgility’s
subsidiary in India.
MediaAgility Inc. and its subsidiaries are based out
of India, UK, Singapore and Mexico; collectively
referred to as “MediaAgility”.
MediaAgility is a global cloud transformation
services provider with deep expertise in building
scalable, cloud-based solutions as a Google Cloud
Premier
Partner.
It
provides
cloud-native
application
development
and
modernization,
analytics and AI, cloud engineering, migrations, and
managed services to its enterprise clients across
the globe. It has 500+ employees spread across
India, US, Mexico, and UK. MediaAgility has been
recognized as a Niche Player in the 2021 Gartner
Magic Quadrant for Public Cloud IT Transformation
Services.
MediaAgility had a consolidated revenue of US
$25.50M as on LTM December 2021.
2 Whether the acquisition would fall within
related party transactions 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’s length”;
The acquisition does not classify as a related party
transaction.
The promoter/ promoter group have no interest in
the underlying assets or entity being acquired.
3 Industry to which the entity being acquired
belongs;
IT service provider (Cloud transformation services
with focus on Google cloud ecosystem)
4 Objects
and
effects
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
acquisition
will
enhance
Persistent’s
partnership with Google and will be the foundation
for a dedicated Google business unit. This will
enable us to offer verticalized solutions around the
Google cloud ecosystem, in-line with our strategy to
add relevant skills across key hyperscaler partners.
5 Brief details of any governmental or
regulatory approvals required for the
acquisition;
To the best of our knowledge, no governmental or
regulatory approvals are required for the proposed
acquisition.

Persistent Systems Limited, Bhageerath, 402 Senapati Bapat Road, Pune 411 016, Maharashtra, India CIN - L72300PN1990PLCO56696

Tel: +91 (20) 670 30000 | Fax - +91 (20) 6703 0008 | E-mail - [email protected] | Website - www.persistent.com Page 2 of 3

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No. Items of Disclosure Description
6 Indicative time period for completion of the
acquisition;
It is expected that the acquisition will be completed
(Closing of the proposed transaction) within 6-8
weeks or as soon as thereafter, subject to
satisfaction of customary closing conditions.
7 Nature of consideration – whether cash
consideration or share swap and details of
the same;
The purchase consideration shall be in cash only.
8 Cost of acquisition or the price at which
shares are acquired;
The total purchase consideration payable for the
acquisition of MediaAgility is $71.71M. This
includes:

Upfront payment– $53.25M to shareholders,
subject to customary adjustments for working
capital, debt and cash on closing.

Earnout– Shareholders of MediaAgility will be
eligible for a maximum cumulative earnout of
$17.75M over the next two years. This amount
is contingent on achievement of certain
performance thresholds.

Retention Payment– Certain key employees
will be eligible for an aggregate amount of
$0.71M over the next two years contingent on
employment continuity.
9 Percentage of shareholding / control
acquired and / or number of shares
acquired;
Persistent will acquire 100% shareholding of
MediaAgility upon closing.
10 Brief background about the entity acquired
in terms of products/line of business
acquired, date of incorporation, history of
last 3 years turnover, country in which
acquired entity has presence and any
other significant information (in brief)
Incorporated in October 2009, MediaAgility Inc. is a
global cloud transformation services provider with
deep expertise in building scalable, cloud-based
solutions as a Google Cloud Premier Partner. It
provides cloud-native application development and
modernization, analytics and AI, cloud engineering,
migrations, and managed services to its enterprise
service clients across the globe. It has presence in
US, India, UK, Mexico and Singapore.
Consolidated revenue of MediaAgility for the
historical period is as follows:
FY21 (YE Mar’21): $19.7M
FY20 (YE Mar’20): $14.2M
FY19 (YE Mar’19): $9.6M

Persistent Systems Limited, Bhageerath, 402 Senapati Bapat Road, Pune 411 016, Maharashtra, India CIN - L72300PN1990PLCO56696

Tel: +91 (20) 670 30000 | Fax - +91 (20) 6703 0008 | E-mail - [email protected] | Website - www.persistent.com Page 3 of 3