PRESS RELEASE

MUMBAI & NEW YORK, May 01, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- WNS (Holdings) Limited (NYSE: WNS), a leading provider of global business process outsourcing (BPO) services, today announced that its Indian subsidiary, WNS Global Services Pvt. Ltd., has successfully achieved compliance with the Payment Card Industry - Data Security Standard version 1.1 ('PCI DSS'). The onsite security assessment was conducted by ControlCase, which is a Qualified Security Assessor ('QSA').

PCI DSS 1.1, a set of comprehensive requirements for enhancing payment account data security, was developed by the founding payment brands of the PCI Security Standards Council, including Amex, Discover, JCB, MasterCard and Visa, to help facilitate the broad adoption of consistent data security measures on a global basis. It is a multifaceted security standard that includes requirements for security management, policies, procedures, network architecture, software design and other critical protective measures and is intended to help organizations proactively protect customer account data.

WNS Global Services Pvt. Ltd. is among the first BPO companies in India to achieve compliance with PCI DSS.

"Achieving the PCI DSS certification is a testament of WNS' commitment to client responsiveness and data security," said Anup Gupta, Chief Operating Officer, WNS Group. "We have always provided secure and reliable data security environments for our clients. This certification further demonstrates the safety of cardholder data accessed and processed at WNS."

"WNS is one of the first BPOs globally to comply with PCI's data security standards. This recognizes the maturity of WNS' technology processes in serving information intensive companies across a range of industries," said Erik Winkler, Vice President, Professional Services, ControlCase.

About WNS

WNS is a leading global business process outsourcing company. Deep industry and business process knowledge, a partnership approach, comprehensive service offering and a proven track record enables WNS to deliver business value to some of the leading companies in the world. With over 18,000 employees, WNS is passionate about building a market-leading company valued by our clients, employees, business partners, investors and communities. WNS' home page is www.wnsgs.com.

About ControlCase

ControlCase is a United States based company with offices in McLean, VA and Mumbai, India. ControlCase enables companies and government agencies by providing efficient compliance solutions that are consistent and repeatable for unrivaled value over the life of a regulation. ControlCase, has successfully assisted both, large and small organizations worldwide, in becoming compliant with various security standards and increasing their security posture in a timely and cost effective manner. For more information visit www.controlcase.com.

Safe Harbor Statement under the provisions of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995

This news release contains forward-looking statements, as defined in the safe harbor provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those that may be projected by these forward looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include but are not limited to technological innovation; telecommunications or technology disruptions; future regulatory actions and conditions in our operating areas; our dependence on a limited number of clients in a limited number of industries; our ability to attract and retain clients; our ability to expand our business or effectively manage growth; our ability to hire and retain enough sufficiently trained employees to support our operations; negative public reaction in the US or the UK to offshore outsourcing; regulatory, legislative and judicial developments; increasing competition in the business process outsourcing industry; political or economic instability in India, Sri Lanka and Jersey; worldwide economic and business conditions, including a slowdown in the U.S. and Indian economies and in the sectors in which our clients are based and a slowdown in the BPO and IT sectors world-wide; our ability to successfully consummate strategic acquisitions, as well as other factors more fully discussed in our reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. These filings are available at www.sec.gov. We may, from time to time, make additional written and oral forward-looking statements, including statements contained in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission and our reports to shareholders. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which reflect management's current analysis of future events. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

SOURCE: WNS (Holdings) Limited

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