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iGATE Patni, the integrated technology and operations brand providing Business Outcomes-based solutions, today announced that it is extending its multi-million-dollar, multi-year contract with the The Mosaic Company (NYSE:MOS) to provide Global Service Desk support in English, Latin American, and APAC languages. The Mosaic Company is one of the world's leading producers and marketers of concentrated phosphate and potash crop nutrients. iGATE Patni will leverage its delivery center in Pensacola, Florida, to deliver English language support to Mosaic worldwide users. In line with the joint initiative of iGATE Patni and Mosaic, the engagement is expected to generate additional jobs in Pensacola center which currently employs more than 200 people.

The Mosaic Company is the top producer of concentrated phosphate and potash crop nutrients in the world with 7,700 people worldwide, distribution facilities in 10 countries and servicing customers in 30 countries. Mosaic's business engages in every phase of crop nutrition development, from the mining of resources to the production of crop nutrients, feed and industrial products for customers around the globe.

As part of the Global Service Desk support engagement, iGATE Patni will also provide multi-lingual support in English, Portuguese, Spanish and Mandarin through its global delivery centers. The deal will help improve Mosaic's IT performance to business. iGATE Patni also delivers SAP implementation and support, testing and DBA support services to The Mosaic Company.

Doug Mills, CIO, The Mosaic Company, said, "We are committed to providing our users across the world best-in-class global support services. Working with iGATE Patni allows us to establish 24x7 global support model to deliver improved customer service in multiple languages, enhanced service levels and business continuity. We chose iGATE Patni because of its clear commitment to our partnership, flexibility and proven technical and domain expertise."

"We are delighted that The Mosaic Company has partnered with iGATE Patni to deliver world-class standardized service desk experience to its global users in multiple languages across a diverse application portfolio," said Robert Massie, Head of Sales for North America, iGATE Patni. "This strengthened engagement is testimony to our strategic relationship with The Mosaic Company; a relationship built on customer centricity and aligned business goals. In line with our joint vision, this engagement will create employment opportunities in U.S. The deal also reflects increasing globalization of services requiring smart-sourcing and hybrid delivery models."

About The Mosaic Company

The Mosaic Company is one of the world's leading producers and marketers of concentrated phosphate and potash crop nutrients. Mosaic is a single-source provider of phosphate and potash fertilizers and feed ingredients for the global agriculture industry. More information on the company is available at www.mosaicco.com.

About iGATE Patni

'iGATE Patni' is the common brand identity of two organizations — iGATE Corporation (Nasdaq:IGTE) and Patni Computer Systems Limited (Patni). With iGATE having acquired a majority stake in Patni, the two companies, under the common brand iGATE Patni, jointly provide full-spectrum consulting, technology and business process outsourcing, and product engineering services on a Business Outcomes-based model. Armed with over three decades of IT Services experience and powered by the iTOPS (Integrated Technology and Operations) platform, iGATE Patni's multi-location global organization with a talent pool of 26,000+ people, consistently delivers effective solutions to over 360 Fortune 1000 clients spanning across verticals like: banking & financial services; insurance & healthcare; life sciences; manufacturing, retail, distribution & logistics; media, entertainment leisure & travel; communication, energy & utilities; public sector; and independent software vendors. Visit: www.igatepatni.com

iGATE Corporation is listed on NASDAQ (IGTE), and Patni Computer Systems Limited on the Bombay Stock Exchange (532517), the National Stock Exchange of India (PATNI) and NYSE (PTI).

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Safe Harbor:

Certain statements in this release concerning our future growth prospects are forward-looking statements, which involve a number of risks, and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in such forward-looking statements. The risks and uncertainties relating to these statements include, but are not limited to, risks and uncertainties regarding fluctuations in earnings, our ability to manage growth, intense competition in IT services including those factors which may affect our cost advantage, wage increases in India, our ability to attract and retain highly skilled professionals, time and cost overruns on fixed-price, fixed-time frame contracts, client concentration, restrictions on immigration, our ability to manage our international operations, reduced demand for technology in our key focus areas, disruptions in telecommunication networks, liability for damages on our service contracts, the success of the companies in which iGATE and Patni have made strategic investments, withdrawal of governmental fiscal incentives, political instability, legal restrictions on raising capital or acquiring companies outside India, and unauthorized use of our intellectual property and general economic conditions affecting our industry. Additional risks relating to us are set forth in the iGATE Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010, as well as its other reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Actual results may differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements in this press release. Any forward-looking statements are based on information currently available to us and we assume no obligation to update these statements as circumstances change.

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