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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM
CURRENT REPORT
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Item 8.01 Other Events.
On December 16, 2021, ExlService.com, LLC (the “Purchaser”), a wholly owned subsidiary of ExlService Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”), entered into an equity securities purchase agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with Clairvoyant AI INC. (“Clairvoyant”), the owners of the equity securities of Clairvoyant (the “Sellers”), and a representative of the Sellers, pursuant to which the Purchaser purchased all of the issued and outstanding equity securities of Clairvoyant from the Sellers, subject to certain closing deliverables, in exchange for $80.1 million in cash, subject to certain adjustments for indebtedness, cash and working capital, and potential earn-out consideration of up to $20 million based upon the achievement of certain financial targets in 2022 and 2023. The Company funded the purchase with available cash on hand and borrowing from its credit facility. As represented by Clairvoyant, its unaudited revenues for the last twelve months ended September 30, 2021 were $37.9 million.
Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, the parties also entered into certain ancillary agreements at the closing of the transaction, including an escrow agreement for indemnification obligations of the Sellers, employments agreements with employees of Clairvoyant and restricted covenants agreements and non-solicitation agreements with Sellers.
A copy of the press release issued by the Company concerning the foregoing is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
| Exhibit No. | Description | ||||||||||
| 99.1 | Press Release, dated December 20, 2021. | ||||||||||
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (the cover page XBRL tags are embedded within the inline XBRL document) | ||||||||||
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
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EXLSERVICE HOLDINGS, INC. (Registrant) | ||
| December 20, 2021 | By: | /s/ Ajay Ayyappan |
| Name: | Ajay Ayyappan | |
| Title: | General Counsel and Corporate Secretary | |
