Patni and ADS have entered into an alliance relationship in order to most-effectively leverage the value of Patni's IT development and outsourcing services with ADS' banking knowledge and experience. The partnership provides our customers with added value by combining the cost benefits of an offshore model with the industry expertise and experience of a vertically focused consulting practice. This puts Patni/ADS in a position to service the banking industries IT development/outsourcing requirements in a most- efficient fashion, while at the same time providing focused project management, and strong application and line of business knowledge.

ADS has been a premier provider of solutions to the Financial Services Industry (FSI) for over twenty-six years. As a vertical market service expert, ADS' staff, experience, methodologies, best practices, and tools have assisted clients in consistently meeting and exceeding their project requirements. This capability has, in turn, helped these clients to differentiate their products and services, and better achieve their business objectives.

Patni has entered into a strategic alliance with Eagle Investment Systems, a global provider of financial services technology. Eagle's Web-based systems automate internal processes to support STP requirements of money managers, mutual funds, hedge funds, brokers, plan sponsors, banks, corporate trusts, and insurance companies. Eagle's data-centric platform supports the full investment process while offering specific solutions for reference data management, portfolio management, investment accounting, performance measurement, attribution and GIPS compliance, as well as reporting. Eagle's solutions can be implemented in-house or via Eagle ACCESS, its ASP service.

With this alliance, Patni and Eagle leverage our respective vision, technology and capabilities to offer the investment management community an industry-leading spectrum of services and an economic advantage that exceeds the capabilities of each company independently.