SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
FORM 20-F/A
(Amendment No. 1)
| ¨ | REGISTRATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR 12(g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
OR
| x | ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012
OR
| ¨ | TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
For the transition period from to
OR
| ¨ | SHELL COMPANY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
Date of event requiring this shell company report
Commission file number 001-32945
| WNS (Holdings) Limited |
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its Charter)
| Not Applicable | Jersey, Channel Islands | |
| (Translation of Registrant’s name into English) | (Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
| Gate 4, Godrej & Boyce Complex Pirojshanagar, Vikhroli(W) Mumbai 400 079, India (91-22) 4095-2100 |
(Address and Telephone number of principal executive offices)
| Alok Misra Group Chief Financial Officer Gate 4, Godrej & Boyce Complex Pirojshanagar, Vikhroli(W) Mumbai 400 079, India (91-22) 4095-2100 alok.misra@wns.com |
(Name, Telephone, E-mail and/or Facsimile number and Address of Company Contact Person)
Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act.
| Title of each class | Name of each exchange on which registered | |||
| American Depositary Shares, each represented by one Ordinary Share, par value 10 pence per share |
The New York Stock Exchange |
Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act.
None
(Title of Class)
| Securities for which there is a reporting obligation pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Act None |
(Title of Class)
Indicate the number of outstanding shares of each of the issuer’s classes of capital or common stock as of the close of the period covered by the annual report.
As at March 31, 2012, 50,078,881 ordinary shares, par value 10 pence per share, were issued and outstanding, of which 34,931,671 ordinary shares were held in the form of American Depositary Shares, or ADSs. Each ADS represents one ordinary share.
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes ¨ No x
If this report is an annual or transition report, indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Yes ¨ No x
Note — Checking the box above will not relieve any registrant required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 from their obligations under those Sections.
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes x No ¨
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes ¨ No ¨
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer. See definition of “accelerated filer and large accelerated filer” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer ¨ Accelerated filer x Non-accelerated filer ¨
Indicate by check mark which basis of accounting the registrant has used to prepare the financial statements included in this filing:
| U.S. GAAP ¨ |
International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board x |
Other ¨ |
If “Other” has been checked in response to the previous question, indicate by check mark which financial statement item the registrant has elected to follow: Item 17 ¨ Item 18 ¨
If this report is an annual report, indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ¨ No x
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Amendment No. 1 on Form 20-F/A (“Amendment No. 1”) to our annual report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012, which was originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on April 26, 2012 (“Form 20-F”), is being filed solely for the purpose of amending Item 7 (Major Shareholders and Related Party Transactions) and Item 19 (Exhibits), and to file Exhibit 4.15. Amendment No. 1 speaks as of the original filing date of our Form 20-F on April 26, 2012. Other than for the purpose of amending Item 7 and Item 19, and to file Exhibit 4.15 therewith, this Amendment No. 1 does not, and does not purport to, amend, update or restate the information in any other item of our Form 20-F filed on April 26, 2012.
ITEM 7. MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
A. Major Shareholders
The following table sets forth information regarding beneficial ownership of our ordinary shares as at March 31, 2012 held by each person who is known to us to have 5.0% or more beneficial share ownership based on an aggregate of 50,078,881 ordinary shares outstanding as of that date. Beneficial ownership is determined in accordance with the rules of the Commission and includes shares over which the indicated beneficial owner exercises voting and/or investment power or receives the economic benefit of ownership of such securities. Ordinary shares subject to options currently exercisable or exercisable within 60 days are deemed outstanding for the purposes of computing the percentage ownership of the person holding the options but are not deemed outstanding for the purposes of computing the percentage ownership of any other person.
| Name of Beneficial Owner |
Number of Shares Beneficially Owned |
Percentage Beneficially Owned(1) |
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| Warburg Pincus(2) |
14,519,144 | 28.99 | % | |||||
| FMR LLC(3) |
6,354,465 | 12.69 | % | |||||
| Columbia Wanger Asset Management, LLC(4) |
6,103,983 | 12.19 | % | |||||
| Nalanda India Fund Limited(5) |
5,211,410 | 10.41 | % | |||||
Notes:
| (1) | Based on an aggregate of 50,078,881 ordinary shares outstanding as at March 31, 2012. |
| (2) | Information is based on Amendment No. 1 to a report on Schedule 13G jointly filed with the Commission on March 30, 2012 by (i) Warburg Pincus Private Equity VIII, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“WP VIII” and, together with its two affiliated partnerships, Warburg Pincus Netherlands Private Equity VIII C.V. I, a company formed under the laws of the Netherlands (“WP VIII CV I”), and WP-WPVIII Investors, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“WP-WPVIII Investors”), the “WP VIII Funds”); (ii) Warburg Pincus International Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“WPIP” and, together with its two affiliated partnerships, Warburg Pincus Netherlands International Partners I C.V., a company formed under the laws of the Netherlands (“WPIP I CV”), and WP-WPIP Investors L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“WP-WPIP Investors”), the “WPIP Funds”); (iii) Warburg Pincus Partners LLC, a New York limited liability company (“WPP LLC”), the general partner of WP VIII, WPIP, WP VIII CV I and WPIP I CV, and the sole member of certain Delaware limited liability companies affiliated with the WP VIII Funds and the WPIP Funds; (iv) Warburg Pincus & Co., a New York general partnership (“WP”), the managing member of WPP LLC; (v) Warburg Pincus LLC, a New York limited liability company (“WP LLC”), which manages the WP VIII Funds and the WPIP Funds; and (vi) Messrs. Charles R. Kaye and Joseph P. Landy, each a United States citizen and a Managing General Partner of WP and Co-President and Managing Member of WP LLC, and who may be deemed to control the WP VIII Funds, the WPIP Funds, WPP LLC, WP LLC and WP. |
| (3) | Information is based on Amendment No. 5 to a report on Schedule 13G jointly filed with the Commission on February 14, 2011 by FMR LLC, Edward C. Johnson 3d, Fidelity Management & Research Company and Fidelity Mid Cap Stock Fund. Edward C. Johnson 3d is the Chairman of FMR LLC. Fidelity Management & Research Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of FMR LLC, is the investment adviser to Fidelity Mid Cap Stock Fund. |
| (4) | Information is based on Amendment No. 4 to a report on Schedule 13G filed with the Commission on February 10, 2012 by Columbia Wanger Asset Management, LLC. |
| (5) | Information is based on a report on Schedule 13G filed with the Commission on February 2, 2011 by Nalanda India Fund Limited. |
The following summarizes the significant changes in the percentage ownership held by our major shareholders during the past three years:
| • | In February 2012, Warburg Pincus sold 6,847,500 of its ADSs (representing 6,847,500 ordinary shares) in our company, reducing its overall ownership from approximately 47.8% to approximately 29.0%, as described in Amendment No. 1 to a report on Schedule 13G jointly filed with the Commission on March 30, 2012. |
| • | FMR LLC reported its percentage ownership of our ordinary shares to be 12.641% (based on the then number of our ordinary shares reported as outstanding at that time) in Amendment No. 4 to a report on Schedule 13G jointly filed with the Commission on February 16, 2010 and 15.00% (based on the then number of our ordinary shares reported as outstanding at that time) in Amendment No. 5 to a report on Schedule 13G jointly filed with the Commission on February 14, 2011. |
| • | Columbia Wanger Asset Management, L.P. reported its percentage ownership of our ordinary shares to be 12.2% (based on the then number of our ordinary shares reported as outstanding at that time) in Amendment No. 2 to a report on Schedule 13G filed with the Commission on February 10, 2010 and 13.4% (based on the then number of our ordinary shares reported as outstanding at that time) in Amendment No. 3 to a report on Schedule 13G filed with the Commission on February 11, 2011. Columbia Wanger Asset Management, LLC reported its percentage ownership of our ordinary shares to be 13.7% (based on the then number of our ordinary shares reported as outstanding at that time) in Amendment No. 4 to a report on Schedule 13G filed with the Commission on February 10, 2012. |
| • | Nalanda India Fund Limited reported its percentage ownership of our ordinary shares to be 12.3% (based on the then number of our ordinary shares reported as outstanding at that time) in reports on Schedule 13G filed with the Commission on February 10, 2009 and January 13, 2010 and 11.76% (based on the then number of our ordinary shares reported as outstanding at that time) in reports on Schedule 13G filed with the Commission on February 2, 2011. |
| • | Tiger Global Management, LLC reported that it divested its entire 6.6% ownership of our ordinary shares in Amendment No. 2 to a report on Schedule 13G filed with the Commission on February 12, 2010. |
None of our major shareholders have different voting rights from our other shareholders.
As at March 31, 2012, 14,569,658 of our ordinary shares, representing 29.09% of our outstanding ordinary shares, were held by a total of 24 holders of record with addresses in the US. As at the same date, 34,931,671 of our ADSs (representing 34,931,671 ordinary shares), representing 69.75% of our outstanding ordinary shares, were held by one registered holder of record with addresses in and outside of the US. Since certain of these ordinary shares and ADSs were held by brokers or other nominees, the number of record holders in the US may not be representative of the number of beneficial holders or where the beneficial holders are resident. All holders of our ordinary shares are entitled to the same voting rights.
We have entered into a Registration Rights Agreement dated October 12, 2011, or the Registration Rights Agreement, pursuant to which we have granted, subject to certain conditions, to Warburg Pincus certain demand registration rights. These demand rights entitle these shareholders to require us to use our reasonable efforts to prepare and file, on not more than two occasions, a shelf registration statement on Form F-3 or, if we are not eligible to file a registration statement on Form F-3, a non-shelf registration statement on Form F-1, under the Securities Act. The request for registration must cover at least that number of shares with an aggregate proposed offering price, net of underwriting commissions, of at least US$2 million. Pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, we have also granted, subject to certain conditions, to Warburg Pincus certain piggy-back registration rights entitling these shareholders to sell their ordinary shares in a registered offering of our company. In connection with an underwritten offering pursuant to a registration under the Registration Rights Agreement, if, in the opinion of the managing underwriter, it is appropriate because of marketing and other factors, to limit the number of shares to be included in the offering, then only that number of shares which the managing underwriter believes could be included in the offering would be included, with any shares proposed to be sold by our company having priority of inclusion in the offering. We are entitled in certain circumstances, including the existence of material non-public information, to defer filing a registration statement pursuant to a demand request or suspend any sales pursuant to an effective registration statement.
We have agreed to bear the expenses incurred in connection with such registrations, excluding underwriting discounts and commissions and selling shareholders’ legal fees. We have also agreed, under certain circumstances, to indemnify these shareholders and the underwriters in connection with such registrations. These shareholders have agreed to indemnify us and the underwriters in connection with any such registrations provided that their obligation to indemnify is limited to the amount of sale proceeds received by them.
Pursuant to the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement, we are prohibited from entering into any merger, consolidation or reorganization in which our company will not be the surviving corporation unless the successor corporation agrees to assume the obligations and duties of the company under the Registration Rights Agreement.
These registration rights will expire at the earlier of the date on which these shareholders cease to own any “registrable shares” (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) and the sixth anniversary of the Registration Rights Agreement. The ordinary shares owned by these shareholders cease to be “registrable shares” when they are able to sell freely their shares without any restriction pursuant to Rule 144 of the Securities Act.
We have filed the shelf registration statement on Form F-3 (File No. 333-177250) on October 12, 2011 and amended it on November 22, 2011 pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement.
B. Related Party Transactions
(Amounts in thousands)
Since fiscal 2003, we have entered into agreements with certain investee companies of one of our principal shareholders, Warburg Pincus, to provide business process outsourcing services. These investee companies are companies in which Warburg Pincus has 10% or more beneficial share ownership. In fiscal 2012, 2011 and 2010, these investee companies in the aggregate accounted for $3,954, $3,752 and $2,625, respectively. We have also entered into agreements with certain other investee companies of Warburg Pincus under which we receive certain enterprise resource planning services from them. In fiscal 2012, 2011 and 2010, these investee companies in the aggregate accounted for $nil, $20 and $nil in expenses, respectively.
On January 1, 2005, we entered into an agreement with Datacap Software Private Limited, or Datacap, pursuant to which Datacap granted us the license to use its proprietary IT-enabled services software program. Johnson J. Selvadurai, our Managing Director — Europe, is a principal shareholder of Datacap. In fiscal 2012, 2011 and 2010, we paid $nil, $1 and $5, respectively, for the license under the agreement. In fiscal 2012, 2011 and 2010, we paid Datacap $29, $nil and $2, respectively, for purchases of computers and software.
In the fiscal 2011, we paid $55 to SIFE India, a non-profit company at which Mr. Keshav R. Murugesh, our director, held directorship.
In the fiscal 2012, we paid $8 to HDFC Ergo General Insurance Company Limited towards travel insurance for the employees of our company, where our director, Mr. Deepak S. Parekh, is the Chairman of the Board of Directors.
In March 2008, we entered into an agreement with Singapore Telecommunications Limited, or Singtel, for the provision of lease line services. Our director, Mr. Deepak S. Parekh, was an executive director of Singtel until July 2010. In fiscal 2012, 2011 and 2010 we paid Singtel $nil, $161 and $319, respectively, for such services.
In fiscal 2012, 2011 and 2010, we paid $5, $nil and $4, respectively, to The Indian Hotels Company Limited towards hiring of accommodation and related services. Our director, Mr. Deepak S. Parekh, is a director of The Indian Hotels Company Limited.
C. Interests of Experts and Counsel
Not applicable.
ITEM 19. EXHIBITS
The following exhibits are filed as part of this annual report:
| 1.1 | Memorandum of Association of WNS (Holdings) Limited, as amended — incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Registration Statement on Form F-1 (File No. 333-135590) of WNS (Holdings) Limited, as filed with the Commission on July 3, 2006. | |
| 1.2 | Articles of Association of WNS (Holdings) Limited, as amended — incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 of the Registration Statement on Form F-1 (File No. 333-135590) of WNS (Holdings) Limited, as filed with the Commission on July 3, 2006. | |
| 2.1 | Form of Deposit Agreement among WNS (Holdings) Limited, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Depositary, and the holders and beneficial owners of American Depositary Shares evidenced by American Depositary Receipts, or ADR, issued thereunder (including the Form of ADR) — incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of the Registration Statement on Form F-1 (File No. 333-135590) of WNS (Holdings) Limited, as filed with the Commission on July 3, 2006. | |
| 2.2 | Specimen Ordinary Share Certificate of WNS (Holdings) Limited — incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 of the Registration Statement on Form 8-A (File No. 001-32945) of WNS (Holdings) Limited, as filed with the Commission on July 14, 2006. | |
| 4.1 | Lease Deed dated January 25, 2006 between DLF Cyber City and WNS Global Services Private Limited — incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 of the Annual Report on Form 20-F for fiscal 2007 (File No. 001-32945) of WNS (Holdings) Limited, as filed with the Commission on June 26, 2007. | |
| 4.2 | Lease Deed dated March 10, 2005 between DLF Cyber City and WNS Global Services Private Limited — incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of the Registration Statement on Form F-1 (File No. 333-135590) of WNS (Holdings) Limited, as filed with the Commission on July 3, 2006. | |
| 4.3 | Leave and Licence Agreement dated May 10, 2011 between Godrej & Boyce Manufacturing Company Limited and WNS Global Services Private Limited with respect to the lease of office premises with an aggregate area of 84,429 square feet at Plant 10.** | |
| 4.4 | Leave and Licence Agreement dated May 10, 2011 between Godrej & Boyce Manufacturing Company Limited and WNS Global Services Private Limited with respect to the lease of office premises with an aggregate area of 108,000 square feet at Plant 5.** | |
| 4.5 | Leave and Licence Agreement dated May 10, 2011 between Godrej & Boyce Manufacturing Company Limited and WNS Global Services Private Limited with respect to the lease of office premises with an aggregate area of 84,934 square feet at Plant 11.** | |
| 4.6 | Lease Deed dated December 6, 2010 between DLF Assets Private Limited and WNS Global Services Private Limited with respect to lease of office premises — incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.7 of the Annual Report on Form 20-F for fiscal 2011 (File No. 001-32945) of WNS (Holdings) Limited, as filed with the Commission on April 29, 2011. | |
| 4.7 | Lease Deed dated January 28, 2011 between BCR Real Estate Fund and WNS BPO Services Costa Rica, S.A. with respect to lease premises — incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.8 of the Annual Report on Form 20-F for fiscal 2011 (File No. 001-32945) of WNS (Holdings) Limited, as filed with the Commission on April 29, 2011. | |
| 4.8 | Lease Deed dated January 20, 2012 between Sri Divi Satya Mohan, Sri Attaluri Praveen, Sri Divi Satya Sayee Babu and WNS Global Services Private Limited with respect to lease of office premises.** | |
| 4.9 | WNS (Holdings) Limited 2002 Stock Incentive Plan — incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.10 of the Registration Statement on Form F-1 (File No. 333-135590) of WNS (Holdings) Limited, as filed with the Commission on July 3, 2006. | |
| 4.10 | Form of the Second Amended and Restated WNS (Holdings) Limited 2006 Incentive Award Plan — incorporated by reference to Appendix A to WNS (Holdings) Limited’s Proxy Statement which was furnished as Exhibit 99.3 of its Report on Form 6-K (File No. 001-32945), as furnished to the Commission on August 12, 2011. | |
| 4.11 | Master Services Agreement, dated July 11, 2008, between Aviva Global Services (Management Services) Private Ltd. and WNS Capital Investment Limited — incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.16 of the Annual Report on Form 20-F for fiscal 2008 (File No. 001-32945) of WNS (Holdings) Limited, as filed with the Commission on August 1, 2008. # | |
| 4.12 | Variation Agreement dated August 3, 2009 between Aviva Global Services (Management Services) Private Ltd. and WNS Capital Investment Limited — incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.13 of the Annual Report on Form 20-F for fiscal 2011 (File No. 001-32945) of WNS (Holdings) Limited, as filed with the Commission on April 29, 2011. | |
| 4.13 | Novation and Agreement of Amendment dated March 24, 2011 between Aviva Global Services (Management Services) Private Ltd., WNS Capital Investment Limited and WNS Global Services Private Limited to assign the Master Services Agreement, dated July 11, 2008, between Aviva Global Services (Management Services) Private Ltd. and WNS Capital Investment Limited which was incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.16 of the Annual Report on Form 20-F for fiscal 2008 (File No. 001-32945) of WNS (Holdings) Limited, as filed with the Commission on August 1, 2008. — incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.14 of the Annual Report on Form 20-F for fiscal 2011 (File No. 001-32945) of WNS (Holdings) Limited, as filed with the Commission on April 29, 2011. | |
| 4.14 | Facility Agreement dated July 2, 2010 between WNS (Mauritius) Limited, as borrower, WNS (Holdings) Limited and subsidiary guarantors named there in, the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, DBS Bank Ltd and BNP Paribas, as lead arrangers, and others — incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 of the Report on Form 6-K (File No. 001-32945) of WNS (Holdings) Limited, as furnished to the Commission on July 30, 2010. | |
| 4.15 | Registration Rights Agreement, dated October 12, 2011, among Warburg Pincus Private Equity VIII, L.P., Warburg Pincus International Partners, L.P., Warburg Pincus Netherlands International Partners I, C.V. and WNS (Holdings) Limited. — incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Registration Statement on Form F-3 (File No. 333-177250) of WNS (Holdings) Limited, as filed with the Commission on October 12, 2011. | |
| 8.1 | List of subsidiaries of WNS (Holdings) Limited.** | |
| 12.1 | Certification by the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 17 CFR 240, 15d-14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, regarding the Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012. ** | |
| 12.2 | Certification by the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 17 CFR 240, 15d-14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, regarding the Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012. ** | |
| 12.3 | Certification by the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 17 CFR 240, 15d-14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, regarding this Amendment No. 1 to the Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012. * | |
| 12.4 | Certification by the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 17 CFR 240, 15d-14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 , regarding this Amendment No. 1 to the Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012. * | |
| 13.1 | Certification by the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. ** | |
| 13.2 | Certification by the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. ** | |
| 15.1 | Consent of Grant Thornton India LLP, independent registered public accounting firm. ** | |
| * | Filed herewith. |
| ** | Previously filed as an exhibit to the Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012 (File No. 001-32945) of WNS (Holdings) Limited, as filed with the Commission on April 26, 2012. |
| # | Certain portions of this exhibit have been omitted pursuant to a confidential treatment order of the Commission. The omitted portions have been separately filed with the Commission. |
SIGNATURES
The registrant hereby certifies that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form 20-F/A and that it has duly caused and authorized the undersigned to sign this annual report on its behalf.
| Date: July 20, 2012 | ||||||
| WNS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED | ||||||
| By: | /s/ Keshav R. Murugesh | |||||
| Name: | Keshav R. Murugesh | |||||
| Title: | Group Chief Executive Officer | |||||
Exhibit 12.3
Certification of Chief Executive Officer
Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
I, Keshav R. Murugesh, certify that:
| 1. | I have reviewed this annual report on Form 20-F/A of WNS (Holdings) Limited; |
| 2. | Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report; |
| 3. | The company’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15(d)-15(f)) for the company and have: |
| (a) | designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the company, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared; |
| (b) | designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; |
| (c) | evaluated the effectiveness of the company’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and |
| (d) | disclosed in this report any change in the company’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the period covered by the annual report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the company’s internal control over financial reporting; and |
| 4. | The company’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the company’s auditors and the Audit Committee of the company’s Board of Directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions): |
| (a) | all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the company’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and |
| (b) | any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the company’s internal control over financial reporting. |
Date: July 20, 2012
| By: | /s/ Keshav R. Murugesh | |
| Name: | Keshav R. Murugesh | |
| Title: | Group Chief Executive Officer |
Exhibit 12.4
Certification of Chief Financial Officer
Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
I, Alok Misra, certify that:
| 1. | I have reviewed this annual report on Form 20-F/A of WNS (Holdings) Limited; |
| 2. | Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report; |
| 3. | The company’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15(d)-15(f)) for the company and have: |
| (a) | designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the company, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared; |
| (b) | designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; |
| (c) | evaluated the effectiveness of the company’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and |
| (d) | disclosed in this report any change in the company’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the period covered by the annual report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the company’s internal control over financial reporting; and |
| 4. | The company’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the company’s auditors and the Audit Committee of the company’s Board of Directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions): |
| (a) | all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the company’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and |
| (b) | any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the company’s internal control over financial reporting. |
Date: July 20, 2012
| By: | /s/ Alok Misra | |
| Name: | Alok Misra | |
| Title: | Group Chief Financial Officer |