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Nagarro’s boards recommend accepting Persistent’s €81-per-share tender offer, signaling strong support for the proposed strategic partnership

Executive summary: Nagarro’s management and supervisory boards jointly recommended that shareholders accept Persistent’s voluntary public takeover offer at €81.00 per share, stating the price is adequate and fair and endorsing the strategic partnership. The boards’ endorsement increases the likelihood of shareholder approval, advances the consolidation of Nagarro into Persistent’s portfolio, and may trigger regulatory scrutiny of the combined entity in the IT services market.

Who is involved: Nagarro’s Directoire (Management Board) and Conseil de surveillance (Supervisory Board), Persistent as the bidder, and Nagarro shareholders.

Likely next: Shareholders will vote on the tender offer; if approved, Persistent will complete the acquisition, after which integration efforts and any required antitrust review will proceed.

Nagarro’s Management Board and Supervisory Board have jointly recommended that shareholders accept Persistent Systems’ voluntary public takeover offer of €81 per share. The unanimous endorsement signals that both governing bodies view the price as fair and the strategic rationale as sound, effectively removing a key governance hurdle for the transaction. Persistent, an Indian IT services firm, aims to combine Nagarro’s strength in digital product engineering with its own scale in software development and core modernization, creating a larger global competitor in the digital transformation market. The boards’ fairness opinion reduces execution risk by encouraging shareholder participation and discouraging potential competing bids. At €81 per share, the offer carries a premium over Nagarro’s recent trading levels, reflecting the control value and anticipated synergies. The recommendation also shortens the timeline for the acceptance period, as investors now have a clear signal from the company’s leadership. The offer remains conditional on reaching a minimum acceptance threshold — typically 50% plus one share — and obtaining regulatory clearances in relevant jurisdictions. Shareholders must decide whether to tender by the deadline, while the market watches for any last-minute rival proposals. Post-closing, integration efforts will focus on aligning cultures, sales forces, and delivery models to capture the projected revenue and cost synergies that underpin the deal’s valuation.

Timeline

2026-08-15 — Le Directoire et le Conseil de surveillance de Nagarro recommandent d'accept l'offre publique volontaire de rachat lancée par Persistent (PR Newswire)
2026-08-14 — Vorstand und Aufsichtsrat von Nagarro empfehlen die Annahme des freiwilligen öffentlichen Übernahmeangebots von Persistent (PR Newswire)
2026-08-14 — Nagarro Management Board and Supervisory Board recommend the acceptance of the voluntary public takeover offer by Persistent (PR Newswire)