Patni brothers are looking to sell their 46% stake, while private equity firm General Atlantic plans to sell its roughly 17% holding. Patni is a mid-sized Indian IT services firm, also listed in New York, provides technology outsourcing services to industries such as insurance, telecom, utilities and retail.
A consortium of private equity firms Apax Partners and iGate Corp being the lead bidder at Rs 525 to Rs 530 a share, is likely to buy 63% of Patni Computer Systems in a deal valued at about $915 million and an announcement about the deal may be made this week, according to various reports. The value of the deal could be around $1 billion.The deal will be backed by Apex Partners. iGate will make an open offer to acquire further 20% of the Indian IT firm.
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