Dexterity opens second facility in Chennai

* Invests USD 1.5 million in new facility

* Plans to double headcount, from existing 300, by March 2008

Chennai, India, August 9, 2007: Dexterity, a leading IT and KPO player in the niche of Research and Analysis (R&A), today announced the opening of its second facility in Chennai. Established with an investment of USD 1.5 million, this facility will accommodate a headcount of 250.

Speaking on the expansion, Palanivel Kuppusamy, Executive Chairman, Dexterity Group, said, "Dexterity has been growing at over 100% year-on-year in the last three years. IT Services for R&A domain is a USD 0.6 billion market, while KPO for this niche is a USD 2.2 billion market. Dexterity is uniquely positioned to tap these huge markets owing to its dedicated focus on and rich expertise in this niche of R&A. This second facility indicates the company's aggressive growth plans."

Commenting on the new facility, Pravin Shekar, CEO, Dexterity KPO (KPO Division of Dexterity Group), said, "The new facility will host Process Outsourcing services for the Market Research and Analytics space. Dexterity presently has over 300 people on its rolls. Following the opening of this second facility, the company plans to double its headcount by March 2008. Additional resources will be spread across voice and data services that cover Computer Assisted Telephone Interviewing (CATI), Scripting, Analytics and Reporting."

This new facility is located in Mogappair while the company's first facility in Chennai is in Ambattur.

About Dexterity: Headquartered in Chennai, Dexterity is a leading IT and KPO player in the niche of Research and Analysis (R&A). Founded in 1999 by Palanivel Kuppusamy and Pravin Shekar, Dexterity has a 300-people offshore development facility in Chennai and subsidiaries in Germany and USA.

The company's clientele includes 3 of the global Top 10 Market Research (MR) agencies and dozens of other MR agencies worldwide. Dexterity is among the Top 3 companies providing Software and KPO services for the MR domain and the ONLY company offering the end-to-end technology services for this industry. Dexterity is an associate member of MR organizations such as ESOMAR, CASRO and MRA.

Dexterity has been selected by Deloitte as one of the 50 fastest growing Technology firms in India and one of the 500 fastest growing Technology firms in APAC. Dexterity is also listed as one of the "Top IT Enabled Services & BPO companies in India" in a list compiled by Dun & Bradstreet. Please visit www.dexterity.in