WNS Awarded Multi-Year Contract With Chiquita Brands International
November 30 2009 - 12:30AM
Marketwired
WNS (Holdings) Limited (NYSE: WNS), a leading provider of global
business process outsourcing (BPO) services, today announced it has
been awarded a multi-year contract with Chiquita Brands
International, Inc. (NYSE: CQB) to deliver finance and accounting
services. Under this multi-year agreement, WNS will provide finance
and accounting back office services to Chiquita's business entities
in North America, Europe and Latin America. The contract with
Chiquita marks WNS's entry into Latin America where the company
will look to significantly expand and grow its business.
"This agreement with Chiquita not only underscores our deep
experience and successful track record in finance and accounting
outsourcing, but also represents a significant global expansion for
the company into Latin America," said Anup Gupta, Group Chief
Operating Officer of WNS Global Services. "We look forward to
partnering with Chiquita to help them achieve higher levels of
operational efficiencies."
Serving Chiquita in both English and Spanish, the scope of the
agreement includes General Accounting, Fixed Assets, Data
Standards, Credit Management, Billing, Collections, Dispute
Management, Cash Application, Accounts Payable and Travel &
Expense.
WNS delivers a comprehensive range of services to retail and
consumer products companies, including supply chain management,
logistics and sales, marketing and customer care. The company's
long-standing industry experience allows consumer packaged goods
and retail brands to improve customer service, reduce costs and
streamline processes.
About WNS
WNS is a leading global business process outsourcing company.
Deep industry and business process knowledge, a partnership
approach, comprehensive service offering and a proven track record
enable WNS to deliver business value to some of the leading
companies in the world. WNS is passionate about building a
market-leading company valued by our clients, employees, business
partners, investors and communities. For more information, visit
www.wns.com
About Chiquita Brands International
Chiquita Brands International, Inc. (NYSE: CQB) is a leading
international marketer and distributor of high-quality fresh and
value-added food products -- from energy-rich bananas and other
fruits to nutritious blends of convenient green salads. The company
markets its healthy, fresh products under the Chiquita and Fresh
Express premium brands and other related trademarks. With annual
revenues of nearly $4 billion, Chiquita employs approximately
23,000 people and has operations in more than 80 countries
worldwide. For more information, please visit www.chiquita.com
Safe Harbor Statement under the provisions of the United States
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995
This press release contains forward-looking statements, which
are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the U.S. Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking
statements are based on our current expectations, assumptions,
estimates and projections about our Company and our industry.
Generally, these forward-looking statements can be identified by
the use of forward-looking terminology such as "anticipate,"
"believe," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "will," "project,"
"seek," "should" and similar expressions. Those statements include,
among other things, statements relating to our growth and our
service offerings. We caution you that reliance on any
forward-looking statement involves risks and uncertainties, and
that although we believe that the assumptions on which our
forward-looking statements are based are reasonable, any of those
assumptions could prove to be inaccurate, and, as a result, the
forward-looking statements based on those assumptions could be
materially incorrect. These factors include but are not limited to
worldwide economic and business conditions; political or economic
instability in the jurisdictions where we have operations;
regulatory, legislative and judicial developments; our ability to
attract and retain clients technological innovation;
telecommunications or technology disruptions; future regulatory
actions and conditions in our operating areas; our dependence on a
limited number of clients in a limited number of industries; our
ability to expand our business or effectively manage growth; our
ability to hire and retain enough sufficiently trained employees to
support our operations; negative public reaction in the US or the
UK to offshore outsourcing; increasing competition in the BPO
industry; our ability to successfully grow our revenue, expand our
service offerings and market share and achieve accretive benefits
from our acquisition of Aviva Global Services Singapore Pte. Ltd.
(which we have renamed as WNS Customer Solutions (Singapore)
Private Limited following our acquisition), or Aviva Global, and
our master services agreement with Aviva Global Services
(Management Services) Private Limited; and our ability to
successfully consummate strategic acquisitions. These and other
factors are more fully discussed in our annual report on Form 20-F
for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2009 filed with the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission which is available at
www.sec.gov
MEDIA CONTACTS: Sumi Gupta Global Head - Public Relations WNS
(Holdings) Limited +91 (22) 4095 2100 +91 98330 53183 Email Contact
Emily Cleary CJP Communications +1 212 279 3115 ext. 257 Email
Contact
WNS (NYSE:WNS)
Historical Stock Chart
From Jun 2024 to Jul 2024
WNS (NYSE:WNS)
Historical Stock Chart
From Jul 2023 to Jul 2024