Ness Technologies Provides Update on Merger

TEANECK, New Jersey, September 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --

Ness Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: NSTC and TASE: NSTC), a global provider of  IT services and solutions, announced today that the company's proposed merger with an affiliate of Citi Venture Capital International (CVCI), a global private equity investment fund, is now expected to close next month.

The parties are working towards completing the merger as soon as possible, subject to the satisfaction or waiver of all closing conditions. The company currently expects to complete the merger in October.

About Ness Technologies

Ness Technologies (NASDAQ: NSTC and TASE: NSTC) is a global provider of IT and business services and solutions with specialized expertise in software product engineering; and system integration, application development, consulting and software distribution.  Ness delivers its portfolio of solutions and services using a global delivery model combining offshore, near-shore and local teams.  With about 7,000 employees, Ness has operations in North America, Europe, Israel and India, has customers in over 20 countries, and partners with numerous software and hardware vendors worldwide.  For more information about Ness, visit http://www.ness.com.

About Citi Venture Capital International

CVCI is a leader in global emerging markets private equity investing, and currently manages over $7 billion in equity investments and committed capital.  CVCI has an internationally integrated investment team with over 45 professionals worldwide with a local presence in Singapore, Mumbai, New Delhi, Hong Kong, London, New York and Santiago.  CVCI-advised funds have made significant investments in Business Services and Cross-Border Outsourcing companies and have an established track record of investments in this sector and a global perspective of the trends and drivers in the industry.  Over the last decade, funds and entities advised by CVCI have invested in business services and IT Services companies in China, the U.S., India, Mexico, and Korea.

CVCI is part of Citi Capital Advisors. Citi Capital Advisors is a global alternative asset management platform that offers a broad range of innovative strategies and products to select institutional and ultra-high-net-worth investors.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements often are preceded by words such as "believes," "expects," "may," "anticipates," "plans," "intends," "assumes," "will" or similar expressions.  Forward-looking statements reflect management's current expectations, as of the date of this press release, and involve certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in or implied by these statements.  Factors that could cause actual results to materially differ from those projected in forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the following: (i) the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstances that could give rise to the termination of the merger agreement; (ii) the inability to complete the merger due to the failure to obtain stockholder approval or the failure to satisfy other conditions to the completion of the merger; (iii) risks related to disruption of management's attention from the company's ongoing business operations due to the merger; and (iv) the effect of the announcement of the merger on the company's relationships with its customers, operating results and business generally.  Additional factors that may cause results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements are included under the heading "Risk Factors" in the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.  The company is under no obligation, and expressly disclaims any obligation, to update or alter its forward-looking statements, whether as a result of such changes, new information, subsequent events or otherwise.

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SOURCE Ness Technologies Inc