Wipro Ltd


BSE: 507685 | NSE: WIPRO | ISIN: INE075A01022 
Market Cap: [Rs.Cr.] 84,727 | Face Value: [Rs.] 2
Industry: Computers - Software - Large

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Board Meet

19-Apr-13 
Wipro Ltd has informed BSE that the next meeting of the Board of Directors of the Company will be held on April 17, 2013 to April 19, 2013. However, the approval of accounts and recommendation of final dividend will be finally considered by the Board of Directors only on April 19, 2013 (morning). The Board of Directors will consider and approve, inter alia, the following items: 1. Standalone financial Results and Consolidated Results for the quarter ended and year ended March 31, 2013; 2. Recommendation for declaration of final Dividend for the financial year ended March 31, 2013. Wipro Ltd has informed BSE that the Board of Directors of the Company at its adjourned meeting held on April 19, 2013, subject to approval of shareholders, have considered and recommended declaration of a final dividend of Rs. 5 per equity share of par value of Rs. 2/- each. Wipro Ltd has informed BSE that the Board of Directors of the Company at its adjourned meeting held on April 19, 2013, has transacted the following: 1. The Board of Directors of the Company has approved the proposal for merger of Wipro Energy IT Services India Private Ltd (wholly-owned subsidiary of Wipro Limited) and Wipro Technologies Services Ltd (wholly-owned subsidiary of Wipro Limited) with Wipro Limited. This will be subject to approval of Shareholders, Creditors, High Courts and other regulatory approvals. 2. The Board of Directors of the Company has accorded approval for a new Employee Stock Purchase Scheme under Company's Wipro Equity Reward Trust for issue of 20 Million Equity Shares of Wipro Limited, which is subject to approval of shareholders and regulatory authorities. (As Per BSE Announcement Dated on 19.04.2013) 
18-Jan-13 
Wipro Ltd has informed BSE that a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Company will be held on January 16, 2013 to January 18, 2013, However, the account would be finally approved by the Board of Directors only on January 18, 2013 (morning). The Board of Directors will consider and approve inter alia, the standalone and consolidated financial results for the third quarter ended December 31, 2012 (Q3). With reference to the earlier announcement dated January 09, 2013, regarding Intimation of Board Meeting to be held on January 16, 2013 to January 18, 2013, to consider and approve the standalone and consolidated financial results for the third quarter ended December 31, 2012 (Q3) Wipro Ltd has now informed BSE that in the said meeting Board will also consider the proposal for declaration of Interim Dividend. (As per BSE Announcement Dated on 15.01.2013) Wipro Ltd has informed BSE that theBoard of Directors of the Company at its meeting held on January 18, 2013, inter alia, has declared an interim dividend of Rs. 2 ($ 0.04) per equity share and ADR (100% on an equity share of par value of Rs. 2). The payment date for interim dividend is fixed as January 30, 2013 (As per BSE Announcement Dated on 18.01.2013) 
02-Nov-12 
Wipro Ltd has informed BSE that the next meeting of the Board of Directors of the Company will be held from November 01, 2012 to November 02, 2012. However, the accounts would be finally approved by the Board of Directors only on November 02, 2012 (morning). The Board of Directors will consider and approve, inter alia, the following items: 1. The audited standalone financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2012. 2. Audited consolidated financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2012. 
24-Jul-12 
Wipro Ltd has informed BSE that a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Company will be held from July 22 to July 24, 2012. However, the accounts would be finally approved by the Board of Directors only on July 24, 2012 (morning). The Board of Directors will consider and approve, inter alia the audited standalone and consolidated financial results for the first quarter ended June 30, 2012 (Q1). 
25-Apr-12 
Wipro Ltd has informed BSE that the next meeting of the Board of Directors will be held from April 23, 2012 to April 25, 2012. However, the approval of accounts and recommendation of final dividend will be finally considered by the Board of Directors only on April 25, 2012 (Morning). The Board of Directors will consider and approve, inter alia, the following items: 1. Audited Standalone Financial Results and Consolidated Results for the quarter and the year ended March 31, 2012. 2. Recommendation for declaration of Final Dividend for the financial year ended March 31, 2012. Wipro Ltd has informed BSE that the Board of Directors of the Company at its meeting held on April 25, 2012, inter alia, have recommended final dividend of Rs. 4/- (0.08$) per equity share and ADR (200% on an equity share of par value of Rs. 2). The payment is subject to the approval of the shareholders in the ensuing Annual General Meeting of the Company. (As Per BSE Announcement Website dated on 25.04.2012) 

AGM

23-Jul-12
Wipro Ltd has informed BSE that the Register of Members & Share Transfer Books of the Company will remain closed from July 01, 2012 to July 23, 2012 (both days inclusive) for the purpose of Payment of Final Dividend & Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Company to be held on July 23, 2012. The payment date for final dividend is fixed as July 25, 2012. Wipro Ltd has informed BSE that the 66th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Company will be held on July 23, 2012. (For more details kindly refer Corporate Announcements on www.bseindia.com). (As Per BSE Announcement Website Dated on 13/07/2012) Wipro Ltd has informed BSE that the final dividend of Rs. 4/- per equity share proposed by the Board of Directors in April 2012 was approved by the shareholders of the Company at the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on July 23, 2012. (As Per BSE Announcement Website Dated on2 4/07/2012) Wipro Ltd has informed BSE that the 66th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Company was held on July 23, 2012, under Clause 35A. (As Per BSE Announcement Website Dated on 26/07/2012) Wipro Ltd has submitted to BSE a copy of Minutes of the 66th Annual General Meeting of the Company was held on July 23, 2012. (As per BSE Announcement Dated on 04.10.2012)  
19-Jul-11
Wipro Ltd has informed BSE that the Register of Members & Share Transfer Books of the Company will remain closed from July 01, 2011 to July 19, 2011 (both days inclusive) for the purpose of Payment of Final Dividend & Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Company to be held on July 19, 2011. The payment date for Final Dividend is fixed as July 21, 2011. Wipro Ltd has informed BSE that 65th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Company will be held on July 19, 2011. (For more details kindly refer Corporate Announcements on www.bseindia.com). (As Per BSE Announcement Dated on 05.07.2011) Wipro Ltd has informed BSE that 65th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Company was held on July 19, 2011. 1. Adopted the Directors Report for the year ended March 31, 2011, the audited Balance Sheet as at March 31, 2011 and Profit & Loss Account for the year ended on March 31, 2011 and the Auditors Report thereon. 2. Confirmed the Interim Dividend of Rs 2 per share paid in February, 2011 and approved final dividend of Re 4/- per equity share of the Company, for the year ended March 31, 2011. 3. Re-appointed Mr. Suresh C. Senapaty, as CFO and Executive Director of the Company subject to retirement by rotation. 4. Re-appointed Mr. William Arthur Owens, as Director of the Company subject to retirement by rotation. 5. Re-appointed Mr. B. C. Prabhakar, as a Director of the Company subjec to retirementby rotation. 6. Rappointed M/s. BSR & C. as Auditors to hold office from the conclusion of this meeting until the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company on remueration, terms & conditions. 7. Elected Mr. M. K Sharma as a Director of the Company. 8. Appointed Mr T.. Kurien as a Director of the Company. Approved the appointment and terms of remuneration of Mr. T. K. Kurien as CEO (IT Business) and Executive Director of the Company for a period of five years with effect from February 01, 2011, on remuneration, terms and conditions. 9. Re-appointment of Mr. Azim H. Premji as Chairman and Managing Director (designated as 'Chairman') of the Company with effect from July 31, 2011 until July 30, 2013, on remuneration, terms and conditions. 10. Approved a one-time severance pay of Rs. 70 Million, subject to applicable deductions, in addition to Director remuneration and stock based compensaton the Director was entitled to till January 31, 2011, to Mr. Girish S. Paranjpe who resigned from the Company as Joint CEO (IT Business) and Director with effect from close of business hours of January 31, 2011. 11. Approve a one-time severance pay of Rs.70 Million, subject to applicable deductions, in addition to Director remuneration and stock based compensation the Director was entitled to till January 31, 2011, to Mr. Suresh Vaswani who resigned from the Company as Joint CEO (IT Business) and Director with effect from close of business hours of January 31, 2011. 12. To pay remuneration by way of commission to any one or more or all of the existing Non Executive Directors or Non Executive Directors to be appointed in future, for a further period of five years commencing from April 01, 2012, such commission, as the Board/Committee may from time to time determine, (to be divided amongst them in such proportion as may be determined by the Board/Committee from time to time) and that such commission shall not exceed 1% of the net profits of the Company in any financial year (computed in the manner provided in Section 198 (1) of the Companies Act, 1956 and other applicable laws as amended from time to time). (As Per BSE Announcement Website Dated on 10/10/2011) 
22-Jul-10
Wipro Ltd has informed BSE that the Register of Members & Share Transfer Books of the Company will remain closed from July 01, 2010 to July 22, 2010 (both days inclusive) for the purpose of Payment of Final Dividend & Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Company to be held on July 22, 2010. Wipro Ltd has informed BSE that the Register of Members & Share Transfer Books of the Company will remain closed from July 19, 2010 to July 22, 2010 (both days inclusive) for the purpose of Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Company to be held on July 22, 2010. Further the Company has informed that, once the declaration of dividend is approved by the members at the Annual General Meeting scheduled to be held on July 22, 2010, such dividend will be sent to the members of the Company whose names appear on the Register of Members of the Company as on the record date for the purpose of dividend i.e. June 16, 2010, through Dividend Warrants/Electronic Clearing Service/Demand Drafts starting July 23, 2010. (As Per BSE Announcement Dated on 29.06.2010) 
21-Jul-09
Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Company to be held on July 21, 2009. Wipro Ltd has informed BSE that the members at the 63rd Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Company held on July 21, 2009, inter alia, have accorded to the following: 1. Adoption of the Directors Report for the year ended March 31, 2009, the audited Balance Sheet as at March 31, 2009 and Profit & Loss Account for the year ended on March 31, 2009 and the Auditors Report thereon. 2. Declaration of final dividend of Rs. 4/- per equity share of the Company for the year ended March 31, 2009. 3. Re-appointment of Mr. B. C. Prabhakar, Mr. Williams Arthur Owens & Dr. Jagdish N Sheth as Directors of the Company. 4. Re-appointment of M/s. BSR & Co. as Auditors of the Company to hold office from the conclusion of this meeting until the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company on remuneration, terms & conditions. 5. Re-appointment of Mr. Azim H Premji as Chairman and Managing Director (designated as 'Chairman') of the Company with effect from July 31, 2009 until July 30, 2011 on remuneration, terms & conditions. (As Per BSE Announcement Dated on 27/08/2009) 
17-Jul-08
Wipro Ltd has informed BSE that the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Company is to be held on July 17, 2008 Wipro Ltd has informed BSE that the members at the 62nd Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Company held on July 17, 2008, inter alia, have accorded the following: 1. Adoption of the Directors Report for the year ended March 31, 2008, the audited Balance Sheet as at March 31, 2008 and the Profit & Loss Account for the year ended March 31, 2008 and the Auditors Report thereon. 2. Confirmation of Interim Dividend of Rs 2 per share & Declaration of final dividend of Rs 4/- per equity share of the Company for the year ended March 31, 2008. 3. Re-appointment of M/s. BSR & Co., as Auditors of the Company to hold office from the conclusion of this meeting until the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company, on remuneration, terms & conditions. 4. Re-appointment of Mr. Ashok Ganguly & Mr. P M Sinha as Directors of the Company, liable to retire by rotation. 5. Appointment of Mr. Suresh C Senapaty as Chief Financial officer & Director ('CFO and Director') of the Company for a period of 5 years with effect from April 18, 2008 on remuneration, terms & approvals. 6. Appointment of Mr. Girish S Paranjpe & Mr. Suresh Vaswani as Joint Chief Executive officer IT Business and Director ('Jt CEO IT Business and Director) of the Company for a period of 5 years with effect from April 18, 2008. on remuneration, terms & conditions 7. Amendment to Articles of Association for Increase in the no of Directors from existing limit of 12 directors to a revised limit of 15 directors. (As Per BSE Announcement Website dated on 17.12.2008) 

EGM

28-Dec-12
Wipro Ltd has informed BSE that, by an order made on the November 26, 2012, the Hon'ble High Court of Karnataka at Bangalore, has directed that a meeting of the Shareholders of Wipro Ltd ('the Applicant / Demerged Company') will be held on December 28, 2012, at 04:00 P.M. for the purpose of considering and, if thought fit, approving, with or without modification the Scheme of Arrangement between Wipro Ltd (Demerged Company), Azim Premji Custodial Services Private Limited (Resulting Company) and Wipro Trademarks Holding Limited (Trademark Company). Wipro Ltd has informed BSE regarding the details of Voting results at the Court Convened Meeting of the shareholders of the Company held on December 28, 2012, under Clause 35A. (As Per BSE Announcement Dated on 31.12.2012) Wipro Ltd has now submitted to BSE a copy of the minutes of Court Convened Extraordinary General Meeting of the company held on December 28, 2012. (As Per BSE Announcement Dated on 12.03.2013) 
21-Jul-09
Wipro Ltd has informed BSE that Court Convened Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company held on July 21, 2009, approved the Scheme of Arrangement between Wipro Networks Pte Ltd, Singapore (Transferor Company No. 1) and WMNetserv Ltd, Cyprus (Transferor Company No. 2) with Wipro Ltd (Transferee Company). 

Peer Comparison

Company Market Cap
(Rs. in Cr.)
P/E (TTM)
(x)
P/BV (TTM)
(x)
EV/EBIDTA
(x)
ROE
(%)
ROCE
(%)
D/E
(x)
TCS 287,316.96 23.87 8.85 18.37 44.6 53.7 0.00
Infosys 134,992.34 15.60 3.74 10.93 27.7 37.5 0.00
Wipro 84,727.20 15.00 3.50 14.72 20.5 23.1 0.22
HCL Technologies 50,123.62 17.19 7.59 11.74 31.3 32.3 0.17
Oracle Fin.Serv. 20,336.64 19.76 2.79 11.51 16.2 23.1 0.00
Satyam Computer 12,650.09 11.48 3.03 4.78 35.7 26.6 0.01
Tech Mahindra 11,914.88 18.32 3.46 12.21 14.9 14.5 0.34
MphasiS 9,430.03 15.39 2.60 9.36 17.4 20.2 0.07
Patni Computer 7,006.46 14.73 2.08 8.41 15.8 18.7 0.00
Polaris Finan. 1,056.19 6.32 0.97 5.96 19.4 23.0 0.05
Hewlett-Packard 0.11 0.00 0.00 0.00 15.5 19.6 0.00

Futures & Options Quote

 
Expiry Date
344.70 2.45  [0.7]%
Instrument: FUTSTK
Expiry Date: 30 May 2013
Open Price: 346.25
Average Price: 344.56
No. of Contracts Traded: 1,046,000
Open Interest: 1,668,000
Underlying: WIPRO
Market Lot: 500
Previous Close: 344.70
Day’s High | Low: 350.10 | 339.75
Turnover (Cr.): 36.04
Open Int. Change: 119,000.00 (7.7% )
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Key Information

Key Executives:

Azim H Premji , Chairman & Managing Director 

Narayanan Vaghul , Director 

B C Prabhakar , Director 

Jagdish N Sheth , Director 


Company Head Office / Quarters:
Doddakannelli,
Sarjapur Road,
Bangalore,
Karnataka-560035
Phone : 91-80-28440011
Fax : 91-80-28440054
E-mail : ramachandran.venkatesan@wipro.com
Web : http://www.wipro.com
Registrars:
Karvy Computershare Pvt Ltd
Plot No 17-24
Vittal Rao Nagar
Madhapur
Hyderabad-500081

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