IT major Tata Consultancy Services on Monday said it will acquire France-based enterprise solutions provider Alti SA for 75 million Euro (about Rs 533 crore) in an all-cash deal.
The acquisition will help transform TCS into a major player in France, the third-largest IT services market in Europe, and provide the firm access to blue-chip French and European clients in banking, luxury, manufacturing and utilities sectors.
TCS in a release said "...It has signed definitive agreements for the acquisition of 100 per cent equity shares in Alti SA, an IT services company in France, for a value of 75 million euro in an all-cash transaction."
The acquisition will strengthen TCS's ability and footprint to service its customers in France and other regions in Europe, it added.
The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions, the release said.
"This acquisition underlines our long-term, strategic commitment to France, which is the third-largest IT services market in Europe. The acquisition of Alti SA will help us serve our clients in France and across Europe more comprehensively with an expanded set of services and solutions," TCS Managing Director and CEO N Chandrasekaran said.
Assessed at over 30 billion euro, the France IT Services market is the largest in Europe, after the UK and Germany. TCS has been operating in France since 1992 and has over 50 clients in the country.