BackMascon Global to acquire US firm
Mascon Global to acquire US firm
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Mumbai: Mid-sized software services firm Mascon Global Ltd is close to making an acquisition in the US at an estimated deal size of more than $30 million (Rs128 crore), its chairman said on 10 April.
“When we will complete the acquisition, we will have a strong presence in wealth management and asset management practice," K Chandra said.
The acquisition is expected to add $40 million to the company’s revenues in 2007-08 and $5 million to the earnings before interest, depreciation, taxes and amortisation, he said.
Acquisition Strategy
Mascon Global is planning to structure the acquisition as a stock-and-cash deal.
“When we do the acquisition, we are offering part of the company as shareholding to the new guys so that they can continue to work with us for the next five years," Chandra said.
The stake offered would be in the range of 3-4%, but in return the target company would have to give a performance guarantee in terms of revenues and profits.
The company has already obtained the board’s approval to raise $20 million through issue of global depositary receipts to fund the acquisition, and the process for this would be set in place once the deal is finalised, he said.
At the end of this financial year, Mascon expects revenues to exceed $200 million, including the acquisition.
The target company has a strong presence in banking, financial services, insurance and life sciences, Chandra said.
Geographical Mix
Currently nearly 90% of the company’s revenues come from the US and the rest from Singapore and the UK.
“We have currently $7 million coming out of UK, our intention is to quadruple that in the next 18 months partly through acquisitions partly through growth," Chandra said.
By 2010, the company expects to have 70% revenues from the US, 18% from Europe, 7-8% from Japan and the remaining from India.
Earlier, Chandra had said he expected net profit to have more than doubled in 2006-07, while revenues were seen to have risen more than 40%.
The company expects to report net profit in the range of $11-12 million and revenues of $122 million, he said.
The company’s growth comes from its manufacturing, life sciences and telecoms segments.
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