Intelligroup, Inc. Announces Completion of $10 Million Equity Investment by SOFTBANK Asia Infrastructure Fund LP and Venture Tech Assets Pvt. Ltd.
EDISON, N.J., March 31, 2006/PRNewswire-FirstCall/
-- Intelligroup, Inc. (“Intelligroup”
or the “Company”), a global
provider of strategic IT outsourcing
services, today announced it has completed
a $10 million private placement of
an aggregate of 6,666,667 shares of
the Company’s common stock at
a purchase price of $1.50 per share
with its existing majority shareholders,
SOFTBANK Asia Infrastructure Fund,
L.P. (“SAIF”), an affiliate
of SOFTBANK Corporation, and Venture
Tech Assets Pvt. Ltd. (“Venture
Tech”). SAIF now owns approximately
36% of the Company’s outstanding
common stock. Venture Tech now owns
approximately 26% of the Company’s
outstanding common stock.
“We continue to believe that
Intelligroup is extremely well-positioned
to benefit from the increasing demand
for onsite and offshore ERP implementation
and support services.” remarked
Ravi Adusumalli, General Partner
with SAIF. “Further, we believe
that this additional investment
will contribute to the momentum
that the new management team has
built over the past few months.”
“This additional investment
by SAIF and Venture Tech is testament
to the confidence that our existing
shareholders have in the Company
and its ability to successfully
execute its business strategy,”
commented Vikram Gulati, Chief Executive
Officer of Intelligroup.
About SOFTBANK Asia Infrastructure
Fund
SAIF is a private equity fund investing
in communications, media and information
technology product and service companies
who are based, have key operations
or significant growth potential in
the Asia-Pacific region. SAIF was
founded in February 2001 following
the formation of a strategic partnership
between SOFTBANK Corporation and Cisco
Systems, the founding limited partner
of the fund. Cisco is a key financial
and strategic partner for SAIF. SAIF
currently manages over $1 billion
in capital.
About Intelligroup
Intelligroup, Inc. is an information
technology services strategic outsourcing
partner to the world’s largest
companies. Intelligroup develops,
implements and supports information
technology solutions for global corporations
and public sector organizations. The
Company’s onsite/offshore delivery
model has enabled hundreds of customers
to accelerate results and significantly
reduce costs. With extensive expertise
in industry-specific enterprise solutions,
Intelligroup has earned a reputation
for consistently exceeding client
expectations.