July 7 (Reuters) - French IT services firm Capgemini

has agreed to buy technology outsourcing company WNS

for a cash payment of $3.3 billion to capitalize on

their Agentic AI offerings for companies seeking to transform

their business processes.

The price translating to $76.50 per WNS share represents a

17% premium compared to the last closing price on July 3 and

does not include India-based WNS's financial debt, Capgemini

said on Monday.

With this acquisition, Capgemini aims to create a consulting

business service focused on guiding enterprises on how to reform

their operations through Generative AI and Agentic AI, which it

said would attract "significant" investments.

"WNS brings ... its high growth, margin accretive and

resilient Digital Business Process Services ... while further

increasing our exposure to the US market," Capgemini CEO Aiman

Ezzat said in the statement.

WNS provides services including business process outsourcing

and data analytics, and its customers include large

organizations such as Coca-Cola, T-Mobile and

United Airlines.

Capgemini expects the deal to be immediately accretive to

its revenue and operating margin, it said in a press statement.

It said the transaction would increase its normalised

earnings per share by 4% before synergies in 2026, and by 7% in

2027 post-synergies. Its financial guidance for this year was

unchanged.