EXL Expands Delivery Capability in India

NEW YORK and NEW DELHI, Dec. 20, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- ExlService Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: EXLS), a leading provider of outsourcing and transformation services, today announced the official inauguration of a new global delivery center in Noida. This inauguration marks the completion of EXL's first phase of expansion plans in Noida, which was announced earlier in the first quarter of 2010. EXL will begin providing services to its clients from this center immediately.

This center in Noida, which has been set up in a Special Economic Zone (SEZ), has further expanded EXL's global delivery capacity by over 800 seats spread over 100,000 square feet. The planned second phase will entail setting up of 1400 additional seats. The new facility will service new client acquisitions and the expansion of existing client operations. It will further strengthen EXL's ability to offer a stronger business continuity framework to its clients. The location of the delivery facility in a Special Economic Zone (SEZ) will also allow EXL to take advantage of significant tax benefits. With the addition of this new facility, EXL now has 20  delivery centers  and offices spread across ten locations in six countries.

In line with EXL's commitment to operational excellence, this new delivery centre is a LEED certified green building and will also provide state of the art infrastructure to ensure effective operational delivery. Noida is a strategic location for EXL as it offers a rich talent pool to recruit from, robust public infrastructure support and is in close proximity to other EXL delivery centers in the region.

About EXLService Holdings, Inc.

ExlService Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: EXLS) is a leading provider of outsourcing and transformation services. EXL's outsourcing services include a full spectrum of business process outsourcing services from offshore delivery centers requiring ongoing process management skills. Transformation services enable continuous improvement of client processes by bringing together EXL's capabilities in decision analytics, risk and financial management and operations and process excellence services. Headquartered in New York, EXL primarily serves the needs of Global 1000 companies in the insurance, utilities, banking and financial services, transportation and logistics, and travel sectors. Find additional information about EXL at http://www.exlservice.com.

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