Saksoft surged 8.65% to Rs 241.80 at 11:45 IST on BSE after the company announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire 60% stake in Bengaluru based DreamOrbit Softech.
The announcement was made after market hours yesterday, 15 December 2016.Meanwhile, the S&P BSE Sensex was down 7.57 points or 0.03% at 26,511.50.
On the BSE, 44,998 shares were traded in the counter so far as against average daily volume of 3,344 shares in the past one quarter. The stock had hit a high of Rs 252 and a low of Rs 221.65 so far during the day.
Saksoft said that the cost of acquisition of 60% stake in DreamOrbit Softech is Rs 16.75 crore. The acquisition of the balance 40% stake in Dreamorbit will be completed in a phased manner by 2019.
DreamOrbit Softech is a technology solution consulting firm with a focus on providing IT services to the logistics industry. With this acquisition, Saksoft will further strengthen its offerings in the digital space with special emphasis on internet of things (IoT).
Incorporated in 2010, DreamOrbit has been providing specialist technology solutions for the logistics & transportation including air, land & ocean enterprises and has offices in Bengaluru (India), Delaware (USA). DreamOrbit's consolidated revenues for the financial year FY 2016 was Rs 28.86 crore.
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DreamOrbit has 230 employees and works with 40+ active customers. Almost all the revenues are offshore driven and cater primarily to the US market with a small portion coming in from rest of the world. DreamOrbit has been recognised in Deloitte Technology Fast 50 India for the past three years.
Saksoft's consolidated net profit fell 1.06% to Rs 4.65 crore on 3.94% decline in net sales to Rs 61.43 crore in Q2 September 2016 over Q1 June 2016.
Saksoft is a provider of Information Management solutions to successful organizations around the world.
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