UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM
CURRENT REPORT
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Item 5.05. Amendments to the Registrant’s Code of Ethics, or Waiver of a Provision of the Code of Ethics.
On July 17, 2024, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of WNS (Holdings) Limited (the “Company”) approved certain administrative and non-substantive amendments to the Code of Business Ethics and Conduct (the “COBEC”) effective the same day. The COBEC was approved and adopted by the Board as part of its ordinary course review of the Company’s codes and policies. The COBEC applies to each and every person or organization that the Company comes in contact with, including employees, directors, contractors and vendors. The amendments to the COBEC did not relate to or result in any waiver, explicit or implicit, of any provision of the COBEC in effect prior to the amendment.
The amendments to the COBEC include: (i) an addition of recording guidelines while using online application for meetings and conducting business, (ii) additional emphasis on the compliance with applicable competition law, economic sanctions, export controls and international trade controls, including a cross reference to the Company’s trade sanction policy; (iii) an addition of a universal reporting channel [email protected] for reporting violations of the COBEC; (iv) a clarification of the scope of family members whose relationships with individuals subject to the COBEC may create a conflict with the Company’s business; and (v) certain other administrative and non-substantive changes.
The above description of COBEC does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the COBEC, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 14.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
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| 14.1 | Code of Business Ethics and Conduct | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) | |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
WNS (Holdings) Limited (Registrant) | ||||||
| Date: July 23, 2024 |
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By: | /s/ Gopi Krishnan | |||
| Name: | Gopi Krishnan | |||||
| Title: | General Counsel | |||||