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Exhibit 99.1
(WIPRO LOGO)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Results for the quarter ended December 31, 2010 under IFRS
Wipro Records 10% YoY Growth in Profit After Tax in the quarter; Year-to-date growth of 16%
Bangalore, India and East Brunswick, New Jersey, USA — January 21, 2011 — Wipro Limited (NYSE:WIT) today announced financial results under International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) for its third fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2010.
Highlights of the Results:
Results for the Quarter ended December 31, 2010
    IT Services Revenue in dollar terms was $1,344 million, a sequential increase of 5.6% and YoY increase of 19.3%. Non-GAAP constant currency revenue was $1325 million.
 
    IT Services Revenues were (RUPEE SYMBOL)59.49 billion ($1,328 million1), representing an increase of 15% over the same period last year.
 
    Total Revenues were (RUPEE SYMBOL)78.29 billion ($1.75 billion1), representing an increase of 12% over the same period last year.
 
    Net Income was (RUPEE SYMBOL)13.19 billion ($294 million1), representing an increase of 10% over the same period last year.
 
    Non-GAAP Adjusted Net Income (excluding impact of accelerated amortization of stock based compensation) was (RUPEE SYMBOL)13.09 billion ($292 million1), representing an increase of 9% over the same period last year.
 
    IT Services Earnings Before Interest and Tax (EBIT) was (RUPEE SYMBOL)13.21 billion ($295 million1), representing an increase of 8% over the same period last year.
    IT Services added 36 new clients in the quarter.
 
    Net addition of 3,591 employees in the current quarter.
 
    Consumer Care and Lighting Revenue grew 21% over the same period last year and EBIT grew 14%.
 
    Wipro declares an interim dividend of (RUPEE SYMBOL)2 ($0.041) per share /ADS.
Performance for the quarter ended December 31, 2010 and Outlook for the quarter ending March 31, 2011
Azim Premji Chairman of Wipro, commenting on the results said —
“We announced the appointment of TK Kurien as the Chief Executive Officer of IT Business and Executive Director, Wipro Limited effective February 1, 2011. The Joint CEO structure was one of the key factors that successfully helped us navigate the worst economic crisis of our times. With the change in environment, there is a need for a simpler organization structure. Kurien’s track record with customers, passion for excellence, coupled with strategic thinking and rigor in execution makes him uniquely positioned to lead Wipro through the next phase of growth.”
 
1.   For the convenience of the reader, the amounts in Indian rupees in this release have been translated into United States dollars at the noon buying rate in New York City on December 30, 2010, for cable transfers in Indian rupees, as certified by the Federal Reserve Board of New York, which was US $1=Rs.44.80. However, the realized exchange rate in our IT Services business segment for the quarter ended December 31, 2010 was US$1=Rs.44.27

 


 

Suresh Senapaty, Executive Director & Chief Financial Officer of Wipro, said —
“The Operating Margins for IT Services Business was flat, despite lower working days and drop in utilization.”
Outlook for the Quarter ending March 31, 2011
We expect Revenues from our IT Services business to be in the range of $1,384 million to $1,411 million, a sequential increase of 3% to 5%*
 
*   Guidance is based on the following constant currency exchange rates: GBP/USD at 1.58, Euro/USD at 1.35, AUD/USD at 1.01, USD/INR at 44.98
Wipro Limited
Total Revenue for the quarter ended December 31, 2010 was (RUPEE SYMBOL)78.29 billion ($1.75 billion1), representing an increase of 12% over the same period last year. Net Income for the quarter ended December 31, 2010 was (RUPEE SYMBOL)13.19 billion ($294 million1), representing an increase of 10% over the same period last year. Non-GAAP Adjusted Net Income (excluding impact of accelerated amortization of stock based compensation) for the quarter ended December 31, 2010 was (RUPEE SYMBOL)13.09 billion ($292 million1), representing an increase of 9% over the same period last year. Earnings Per Share for the quarter ended December 31, 2010 were (RUPEE SYMBOL) 5.41 ($0.121). Non-GAAP Adjusted Earnings Per Share (excluding the impact of accelerated amortization of stock based compensation) for the quarter ended December 31, 2010 were (RUPEE SYMBOL)5.37 ($0.121).
Please see the table on page 9 for a reconciliation between (i) IFRS Net Income and non-GAAP Adjusted Net Income (excluding the impact of stock-based compensation) and (ii) IFRS IT Services Revenue and IT Services Revenue on a non-GAAP constant currency basis.
IT Services (76% of Total Revenue and 92% of Operating Income for the quarter ended December 31, 2010)
Our IT Services business segment recorded Revenue of (RUPEE SYMBOL)59.49 billion ($1,328 million1) for the quarter ended December 31, 2010, representing an increase of 15% over the same period last year. EBIT for this segment was (RUPEE SYMBOL)13.21 billion ($295 million1) for the quarter ended December 31, 2010, representing an increase of 8% over the same period last year.
Our Operating Income to Revenue for this segment was 22.2% for the quarter ended December 31, 2010.
We had 119,491 employees as of December 31, 2010, an increase of 3,591 people this quarter.
Wipro continues to move the business mix towards transformation business helping clients deliver better business outcomes.
Wipro won a large deal to provide next generation managed services to Pitney Bowes. The deal is an integrated applications and infrastructure contract that leverages Wipro’s award winning integrated service management platform — Cigma — that allows for better measurement of business KPI.

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The solution also includes our iGCC (Integrated Global Command Center) and Flex delivery models to enable non linearity in the solution and increase business benefits to the client. In addition, Wipro will also provide IP telephony services in a utility based model, helping the customer move from a capex model to an opex based model.
Wipro has signed a multi- year contract with one of the State Government’s Administrative Office Courts in USA to develop and deploy a hosted system to assist one of its key citizen services. Wipro has entered into a multi-year outsourcing engagement with a leading Pet Supply retailer in USA to provide application development and maintenance services for business applications across their stores, online and business operations.
The Commonwealth Secretariat of UK has enlisted Wipro to redesign the next generation debt management software titled the Commonwealth Secretariat Debt Recording and Management System (CS-DRMS), which allows governments to manage their domestic, external, short, medium and long-term debt. This system will be deployed in 60 commonwealth and non-commonwealth countries.
Wipro won a five year outsourcing deal from one of the largest PSU banks in South India for rolling out the core banking solution for its regional rural bank initiative spread across Karnataka, Kerala and Uttar Pradesh. Wipro won a project from Bombay stock exchange (BSE) for building their DR centre at Hyderabad. The current quarter also saw some good wins coming from the government sector comprising of projects from the UID authority for enrollment services for Maharashtra state and a five year contract for automating the Treasury department of Assam.
In the Middle East, Wipro won a turnkey deal from an Islamic Insurance company, for enterprise applications covering ERP, CRM, portals and related infrastructure. Wipro also won a large multi-year, managed services deal from a leading Telecom Operator in Africa.
With years of experience in deploying enterprise applications, providing infrastructure and BPO services for its clients, Wipro has innovated a service delivery model that combines all three services in a utility model. The ‘Source-to-Pay’ platform, launched this quarter, allows Wipro to rapidly deploy procurement best practices, thereby realizing benefits of process efficiencies, an optimized platform and outsourced business process services in a box, while minimizing capex.
Wipro’s experience and expertise both in technology and business were widely recognized this quarter. Wipro was granted 2 Patents in the current Quarter. One patent is in the field of Master Data Management (MDM) and Information Exchange (MIX); and the second patent is for a SOA Solutions kit that enables rapid development of SOA applications
Awards and Recognition
Wipro was awarded the Microsoft Platform Modernization Award for Sales for 2010.
Wipro was also awarded the ‘2010 Outstanding Corporate Award’ for contribution to the Embedded Systems and Very-Large-Scale Integration (VLSI) industry segment by Mentor Graphics and SiliconIndia.
Equaterra, an independent sourcing advisory in more than 60 countries, ranked Wipro #1 in Client Satisfaction, Applications Management, Infrastructure Management, Price and Governance; underlining Wipro as a leader for client satisfaction in its detailed UK IT service provider performance study.

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For the fourth consecutive year, Wipro was recognized as a winner of the Global MAKE (Most Admired Knowledge Enterprises) Award 2010 and was inducted into the Global MAKE Hall of Fame 2010.
Resonating its firmly established leadership in Green IT, Wipro became the first Indian company to join Greenpeace’s CoolIT Leaderboard rankings that assesses companies on their commitments and actions on energy and climate solutions. Wipro featured in the top 10 of a list that includes many global IT majors.
IT Products (11% of Total Revenue and 3% of Operating Income for the quarter ended December 31, 2010)
Our IT Products segment recorded Revenue of (RUPEE SYMBOL)8.79 billion ($196 million1) for the quarter ended December 31, 2010, representing a decline of 13% over the same period last year. EBIT for this segment was (RUPEE SYMBOL)408 million ($9 million1) for the quarter ended December 31, 2010, representing a decline of 32% over the same period last year.
The ratio of our Operating Income to Revenue for this segment was 4.6% for the quarter ended December 31, 2010.
Return on Average Capital Employed (ROCE) for the IT Services and Products segment was 39% on an annualized basis for the quarter ended December 31, 2010
Consumer Care and Lighting (9% of Total Revenue and 6% of Operating Income for the quarter ended December 31, 2010)
Our Consumer Care and Lighting business segment recorded Revenue of (RUPEE SYMBOL)6.95 billion ($155 million1) for the quarter ended December 31, 2010, representing an increase of 21% over the same period last year. EBIT for this segment was (RUPEE SYMBOL)855 million ($19 million1) for the quarter ended December 31, 2010, representing an increase of 14% over the same period last year.
Operating Income to Revenue for this segment was 12.3% for the quarter ended December 31, 2010. ROCE for this segment was 16% on an annualized basis for the quarter ended December 31, 2010, compared to 16% for the same period last year.
About Non-GAAP financial measures
This press release contains non-GAAP financial measures within the meaning of Regulation G and Item 10(e) of Regulation S-K. Such non-GAAP financial measures are measures of our historical or future performance, financial position or cash flows that are adjusted to exclude or include amounts that are excluded or included, as the case may be, from the most directly comparable financial measure calculated and presented in accordance with IFRS.
The table on page 9 provides Adjusted Net Income for the period, which is a non-GAAP measure that excludes the impact of accelerated amortization in respect of stock options that vest in a graded manner, and IT Services Revenue on a constant currency basis, which is a non-GAAP measure that is calculated by translating IT Services Revenue from the current reporting period into U.S. dollars based on the currency conversion rate in effect for the prior reporting period.
These Non-GAAP financial measure are not based on any comprehensive set of accounting rules or principles and should not be considered a substitute for, or superior to, the most directly comparable

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financial measure calculated in accordance with IFRS, and may be different from non-GAAP measures used by other companies. In addition to these non-GAAP measure, the financial statements prepared in accordance with IFRS and the reconciliation of these non-GAAP financial measures with the most directly comparable IFRS financial measure should be carefully evaluated.
We believe that the presentation of this Non-GAAP Adjusted Net Income, when shown in conjunction with the corresponding IFRS measure, provides useful information to investors and management regarding financial and business trends relating to its Net Income for the period. We consider a stock option award with a graded vesting schedule to be in substance a single award not multiple stock option awards. Further, we consider the services of the employee in each year covered by the stock option award to be equally valuable and accordingly believes that the straight line amortization reflects the economic substance of the stock option awards. However, we record the related stock compensation expenses on an accelerated amortization basis for IFRS reporting. Therefore, we believe that making available an adjusted net income number that excludes the impact of accelerated amortization from Net Income provides useful supplemental information to both management and investors about financial and business trends.
For internal budgeting process, our management also uses financial statements that exclude the impact of accelerated amortization relating to stock options that vest in a graded manner. Management of the Company also uses Non-GAAP Adjusted Net Income, in addition to the corresponding IFRS measure, in reviewing our financial results.
A material limitation associated with the use of Non-GAAP Adjusted Net Income as compared to the IFRS measure of Net Income is that it does not include costs which are recurring in nature and may not be comparable with the calculation of Net Income for other companies in our industry. We compensate for these limitations by providing full disclosure of the effects of this non-GAAP measure, by presenting the corresponding IFRS financial measure and by providing a reconciliation to the corresponding IFRS measure.
We believe that the presentation of IT Services Revenue on a non-GAAP constant currency basis, when shown in conjunction with the corresponding IFRS measure, provides useful information to investors and management regarding financial and business trends relating to IT Services Revenue. As noted above, IT Services Revenue on a non-GAAP constant currency basis is calculated by translating IT Services Revenue from the current reporting period into U.S. dollars based on the currency conversion rate in effect for the prior period. We refer to growth rates in constant currency so that business results may be viewed without the impact of fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates, thereby facilitating period-to-period comparisons of our business performance.
Results for the quarter ended December 31, 2010, computed under IFRS, along with individual business segment reports, are available in the Investors section of our website at www.wipro.com.
Quarterly Conference Calls
We will hold conference calls today at 02:00 p.m. Indian Standard Time (03:30 a.m. US Eastern Time) and at 6:45 p.m. Indian Standard Time (8:15 a.m. US Eastern Time) to discuss our performance for the quarter and answer questions sent to email ID: rajendra.shreemal@wipro.com or sridhar.ramasubbu@wipro.com. An audio recording of the management discussions and the question and answer session will be available online and will be accessible in the Investor Relations section of our website at www.wipro.com.

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About Wipro Limited
Wipro provides comprehensive IT solutions and services, including systems integration, information systems outsourcing, package implementation, software application development and maintenance, and research and development services to corporations globally. Wipro Limited is the first PCMM Level 5 and SEI CMM Level 5 certified IT Services company globally. Wipro’s IT Services business was assessed at Level 5 for CMMI V 1.2 across Offshore and Onsite development centers.
Wipro also has a strong presence in niche market segments of Infrastructure Engineering and Consumer Products & Lighting.
Wipro’s American Depositary Shares (ADSs) are listed on the New York Stock Exchange and equity shares are listed in India on the Stock Exchange — Mumbai, and the National Stock Exchange. For more information, please visit our websites at www.wipro.com, www.wiprocorporate.com and www.wipro.in
     
Contact for Investor Relations
  Contact for Media & Press
Rajendra Kumar Shreemal
  Sachin Mulay
Vice President
  Head — Corporate Brand & Communication
Phone: +91-80-2844-0079
  +91-80-2505-6110
Fax: +91-80-2844-0051
  +91-80-2844-0350
rajendra.shreemal@wipro.com
  sachin.mulay@wipro.com
 
   
Sridhar Ramasubbu
   
Vice President
   
Phone: +1 408-242-6285
   
sridhar.ramasubbu@wipro.com
   
Forward-looking and Cautionary Statements
In addition to historical information, this press release contains certain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The forward-looking statements contained herein represent Wipro’s beliefs regarding future events, many of which are, by their nature, inherently uncertain and outside Wipro’s control. Such statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding Wipro’s growth prospects, its future financial operating results, and its plans, expectations and intentions.
Wipro cautions readers that the forward-looking statements contained herein are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from the results anticipated by such statements. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, risks and uncertainties regarding fluctuations in our earnings, revenue and profits, our ability to generate and manage growth, intense competition in IT services, our ability to maintain our cost advantage, wage increases in India, our ability to attract and retain highly skilled professionals, time and cost overruns on fixed-price, fixed-time frame contracts, client concentration, restrictions on immigration, our ability to manage our international operations, reduced demand for technology in our key focus areas, disruptions in telecommunication networks, our ability to successfully complete and integrate potential acquisitions, liability for damages on our service contracts, the success of the companies in which we make strategic investments, withdrawal of fiscal governmental incentives, political instability, war, legal restrictions on raising capital or acquiring companies outside India, unauthorized use of our intellectual property, and general economic conditions affecting our business and industry. Additional risks that could affect our future operating results are more fully described in our filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, including, but not

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limited to, Annual Reports on Form 20-F. 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 the company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission and our reports to shareholders. We do not undertake to update any forward-looking statement that may be made from time to time by us or on our behalf.
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WIPRO LIMITED AND SUBSIDIARIES
AUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED INTERIM STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL POSITION
(` in millions, except share and per share data, unless otherwise stated)
                         
    As of March 31,   As of December 31,
    2010   2010   2010
                    Convenience
                    translation into
                    US$ in millions
                    (Unaudited)
ASSETS
                       
Goodwill
    53,802       54,437       1,215  
Intangible assets
    4,011       3,669       82  
Property, plant and equipment
    53,458       56,269       1,256  
Investment in equity accounted investees
    2,345       2,855       64  
Derivative assets
    1,201       3,254       73  
Non-current tax assets
    3,464       3,465       77  
Deferred tax assets
    1,686       1,560       35  
Other non-current assets
    8,784       11,158       249  
 
                       
Total non-current assets
    128,751       136,667       3,051  
 
                       
 
                       
Inventories
    7,926       8,738       195  
Trade receivables
    50,928       61,150       1,365  
Other current assets
    21,106       21,868       488  
Unbilled revenues
    16,708       21,771       486  
Available for sale investments
    30,420       74,814       1,670  
Current tax assets
    6,596       8,069       180  
Derivative assets
    2,615       1,716       38  
Cash and cash equivalents
    64,878       26,162       584  
 
                       
Total current assets
    201,177       224,288       5,006  
 
                       
TOTAL ASSETS
    329,928       360,955       8,057  
 
                       
 
                       
EQUITY
                       
Share capital
    2,936       4,907       110  
Share premium
    29,188       29,805       665  
Retained earnings
    165,789       194,988       4,352  
Share based payment reserve
    3,140       1,324       30  
Other components of equity
    (4,399 )     (834 )     (19 )
Shares held by controlled trust
    (542 )     (542 )     (12 )
 
                       
Equity attributable to the equity holders of the company
    196,112       229,648       5,126  
Non-controlling Interest
    437       644       14  
 
                       
Total equity
    196,549       230,292       5,140  
 
                       
 
                       
LIABILITIES
                       
Long — term loans and borrowings
    18,107       25,273       564  
Deferred tax liabilities
    380       321       7  
Derivative liabilities
    2,882       2,567       57  
Non-current tax liability
    3,065       3,426       76  
Other non-current liabilities
    3,233       2,812       63  
Provisions
    100       110       2  
 
                       
Total non-current liabilities
    27,767       34,509       770  
 
                       
 
                       
Loans and borrowings and bank overdrafts
    44,404       33,254       742  
Trade payables and accrued expenses
    38,748       39,187       875  
Unearned revenues
    7,462       8,392       187  
Current tax liabilities
    4,850       6,540       146  
Derivative liabilities
    1,375       1,105       25  
Other current liabilities
    6,499       5,365       120  
Provisions
    2,274       2,311       52  
 
                       
Total current liabilities
    105,612       96,154       2,147  
 
                       
 
                       
TOTAL LIABILITIES
    133,379       130,663       2,917  
 
                       
TOTAL EQUITY AND LIABILITIES
    329,928       360,955       8,057  
 
                       

 


 

WIPRO LIMITED AND SUBSIDIARIES
AUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED INTERIM STATEMENTS OF INCOME
(` in millions, except share and per share data, unless otherwise stated)
                                                 
    Three months ended December 31,   Nine months ended December 31,
    2009   2010   2010   2009   2010   2010
                    Convenience                   Convenience
                    translation into                   translation into
                    US $ in millions                   US $ in millions
                    (Unaudited)                   (Unaudited)
 
                                               
Gross revenues
    69,380       78,202       1,746       202,185       227,827       5,085  
 
                                               
Cost of revenues
    (47,766 )     (53,530 )     (1,195 )     (138,534 )     (155,405 )     (3,469 )
 
                                               
Gross profit
    21,614       24,672       551       63,651       72,422       1,617  
 
                                               
Selling and marketing expenses
    (4,770 )     (5,485 )     (122 )     (13,500 )     (16,622 )     (371 )
General and administrative expenses
    (3,702 )     (4,921 )     (110 )     (11,230 )     (13,055 )     (291 )
Foreign exchange gains/(losses), net
    394       91       2       (772 )     136       3  
 
                                               
Results from operating activities
    13,536       14,357       320       38,149       42,881       957  
 
                                               
Finance expenses
    (203 )     (427 )     (10 )     (1,334 )     (1,297 )     (29 )
Finance and other income
    924       1,751       39       3,091       4,525       101  
Share of profits of equity accounted associates
    128       160       4       354       509       11  
 
                                               
Profit before tax
    14,385       15,841       354       40,260       46,618       1,041  
Income tax expense
    (2,322 )     (2,582 )     (58 )     (6,279 )     (7,110 )     (159 )
 
                                               
Profit for the period
    12,063       13,259       296       33,981       39,508       882  
 
                                               
 
                                               
Attributable to:
                                               
Equity holders of the company
    12,032       13,188       294       33,842       39,222       875  
Non-controlling interest
    31       71       2       139       286       6  
 
                                               
Profit for the period
    12,063       13,259       296       33,981       39,508       882  
 
                                               
 
                                               
Earnings per equity share:
                                               
Basic
    4.95       5.41       0.12       13.94       16.10       0.36  
Diluted
    4.91       5.39       0.12       13.82       16.03       0.36  
 
                                               
Weighted average number of equity shares used in computing earnings per equity share
                                               
Basic
    2,429,598,228       2,437,889,531       2,437,889,531       2,428,218,853       2,435,598,446       2,435,598,446  
Diluted
    2,448,829,379       2,448,271,662       2,448,271,662       2,448,311,201       2,446,171,990       2,446,171,990  
 
                                               
Additional Information
                                               
Segment Revenue
                                               
IT Services
    51,648       59,486       1,328       149,894       171,959       3,838  
IT Products
    10,114       8,792       196       29,305       27,805       621  
IT Services & Products
    61,762       68,278       1,524       179,199       199,764       4,459  
Consumer Care and Lighting
    5,743       6,950       155       16,500       20,014       447  
Others
    2,269       3,065       68       5,714       8,185       183  
Total
    69,774       78,293       1,748       201,413       227,963       5,088  
 
                                               
Operating Income
                                               
IT Services
    12,250       13,211       295       34,900       39,529       882  
IT Products
    602       408       9       1,504       1,277       28  
IT Services & Products
    12,852       13,619       304       36,404       40,806       911  
Consumer Care and Lighting
    748       855       19       2,272       2,580       58  
Others
    (65 )     (119 )     (3 )     (527 )     (505 )     (11 )
Total
    13,536       14,357       320       38,149       42,881       957  
 
                                               
Reconciliation of adjusted Non-GAAP profit to profit as per IFRS
                                               
 
                                               
Profit for the period attributable to Equity holders of the Company
    12,032       13,188       294       33,842       39,222       875  
 
                                               
Adjustments :
                                               
Accelerated amortization of stock options that vest in a graded manner
    28       (95 )     (2 )     (101 )     (306 )     (7 )
 
                                               
 
                                               
Non-GAAP adjusted profit
    12,060       13,093       292       33,741       38,916       869  
 
                                               
 
                                               
Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Constant Currency IT Services Revenue to IT Services Revenue as per IFRS ($MN)
 
                                               
IT Services Revenue as per IFRS
    1,344                                          
Effect of Foreign currency exchange movement
    19                                          
Non-GAAP Constant Currency IT Services Revenue based
                                               
on previous quarter exchange rates
    1,325                                          
 
                                               
IT Services Revenue as per IFRS
    1,344                                          
Effect of Foreign currency exchange movement
    (4 )                                        
Non-GAAP Constant Currency IT Services Revenue based on previous year exchange rates
    1,348