UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 6-K
Report of Foreign Private Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the month of December 2017
Commission File Number 001-16139
Wipro Limited
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Not Applicable
(Translation of Registrants name into English)
Karnataka, India
(Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
Doddakannelli
Sarjapur Road
Bangalore, Karnataka 560035, India +91-80-2844-0011
(Address of principal executive offices)
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ANNOUNCEMENT OF SHARE BUYBACK COMPLETION
Wipro Limited, a company organized under the laws of the Republic of India (the Company), hereby furnishes the Commission with copies of the following information relating to the completion of the buyback of its equity shares (the Share Buyback Offer). The following information shall not be deemed filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act), or incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.
On December 20, 2017, the Company placed a public announcement (the Public Announcement) in certain Indian newspapers concerning the completion of its Share Buyback Offer. A copy of the form of this Public Announcement has been shared with the securities exchanges in India on which its securities are listed and the New York Stock Exchange. A copy of the form of this Public Announcement is attached to this Form 6-K as Item 99.1.
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99.1 | Public Announcement placed in Indian newspapers on December 20, 2017 |
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 organized.
WIPRO LIMITED |
/s/ Jatin Pravinchandra Dalal |
Jatin Pravinchandra Dalal |
Chief Financial Officer |
Dated: December 20, 2017
Exhibit 99.1
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WIPRO LIMITED
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Registered Office: Doddakannelli, Sarjapur Road, Bengaluru - 560 035, India. Corporate Identification Number (CIN): L32102KA1945PLC020800 | ||
Tel. No.: +9180 2844 0011; Fax: +9180 2844 0054; Email: corp-secretarial@wipro.com; Website: www.wipro.com; Company Secretary: Mr. M Sanaulla Khan |
POST BUYBACK PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE ATTENTION OF
EQUITY SHAREHOLDERS/BENEFICIAL OWNERS OF EQUITY SHARES OF WIPRO LIMITED
This public announcement (the Post Buyback Public Announcement) is being made in compliance with Regulation 19(7) of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Buy Back of Securities) Regulations, 1998 and subsequent amendments thereof (the Buyback Regulations). This Post Buyback Public Announcement should be read in conjunction with the public announcement dated August 31, 2017 (the Public Announcement) and the letter of offer dated November 17, 2017 (the Letter of Offer). The terms used but not defined in this Post Buyback Public Announcement shall have the same meanings as assigned in the Public Announcement and the Letter of Offer.
1. | THE BUYBACK |
1.1. | Wipro Limited (the Company) had announced the Buyback of up to 34,37,50,000 (Thirty Four Crores Thirty Seven Lakhs and Fifty Thousand) fully paid-up equity shares of face value of Rs. 2/- (Rupees Two Only) each (Equity Shares) from all the existing shareholders/beneficial owners of Equity Shares holding Equity Shares as on September 15, 2017 (the Record Date), on a proportionate basis, through the tender offer route at a price of Rs. 320/- (Rupees Three Hundred and Twenty Only) per equity share payable in cash, for an aggregate amount of Rs. 1,10,00,00,00,000/- (Rupees Eleven Thousand Crores Only) (the Buyback Size, and such buyback of shares, the Buyback). The Buyback Size is 23.15% and 21.36% of the aggregate of the fully paid-up equity share capital and free reserves as per the audited standalone and consolidated balance sheets of the Company, respectively, on June 30, 2017. |
1.2. | The Company adopted the tender offer route for the purpose of the Buyback. The Buyback was implemented using the Mechanism for acquisition of shares through Stock Exchange notified by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) vide circular CIR/CFD/POLICYCELL/1/2015 dated April 13, 2015 read with SEBI circular CFD/DCR2/CIR/P/2016/131 dated December 9, 2016, issued by SEBI. |
1.3. | The tendering period for the Buyback Offer opened on November 29, 2017 and closed on December 13, 2017. |
2. | DETAILS OF BUYBACK |
2.1. | 34,37,50,000 (Thirty Four Crores Thirty Seven Lakhs and Fifty Thousand) Equity Shares were bought back under the Buyback, at a price of Rs. 320/- (Rupees Three Hundred and Twenty Only) per Equity Share. |
2.2. | The total amount utilized in the Buyback is Rs. 1,10,00,00,00,000/- (Rupees Eleven Thousand Crores only). |
2.3. | The registrar to the Buyback i.e. Karvy Computershare Private Limited (Registrar), considered 1,45,310 valid applications for 1,17,36,90,350 (One Hundred and Seventeen Crores Thirty Six Lakhs Ninety Thousand Three Hundred and Fifty) Equity Shares in response to the Buyback resulting in the subscription of approximately 3.41 times the maximum number of Equity Shares proposed to be bought back. The details of the valid applications considered by the Registrar are as follows: |
Category |
No. of Equity Shares Reserved in the Buyback |
No. of Valid applications | Total Equity Shares Validly Tendered |
% Response | ||||||||||||
Reserved category for Small Shareholders |
5,15,62,500 | 1,38,390 | 5,19,37,544 | 101 | % | |||||||||||
General Category for all other Equity Shareholders |
29,21,87,500 | 6,920 | 1,12,17,52,806 | 384 | % | |||||||||||
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34,37,50,000 | 1,45,310 | 1,17,36,90,350 | 341 | % | |||||||||||
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2.4. | All valid applications were considered for the purpose of Acceptance in accordance with the Buyback Regulations and the Letter of Offer. The communication of Acceptance/rejection will be dispatched by the Registrar to the eligible Equity Shareholders on or before December 22, 2017. |
2.5. | The settlement of all valid bids was completed by Clearing Corporation, as applicable on December 19, 2017. The Clearing Corporation has made direct funds payout to Eligible Shareholders whose shares have been accepted under the Buyback. If Eligible Shareholders bank account details were not available or if the funds transfer instruction was rejected by RBI/Bank, due to any reason, such funds were transferred to the concerned Stock Brokers settlement bank account for onward transfer to such Eligible Shareholders. |
2.6. | Equity Shares held in dematerialized form accepted under the Buyback were transferred to the Company Demat Account on December 19, 2017. |
2.7. | The extinguishment of 34,37,50,000 (Thirty Four Crores Thirty Seven Lakhs Fifty Thousand) Equity Shares accepted under the Buyback, comprising: |
(i) | 34,15,27,869 (Thirty Four Crores Fifteen Lakhs Twenty Seven Thousand Eight Hundred and Sixty Nine) Equity Shares in dematerialized form are currently under process and shall be completed by December 22, 2017. |
(ii) | 22,22,131 (Twenty Two Lakhs Twenty Two Thousand One Hundred and Thirty One) Equity Shares in physical form are currently under process and shall be completed by December 22, 2017. |
The Company, and its respective directors, accept full responsibility for the information contained in this Post Buyback Public Announcement and also accept responsibility for the obligations of the Company laid down under the Buyback Regulations.
3. | CAPITAL STRUCTURE AND SHAREHOLDING PATTERN |
3.1. | The capital structure of the Company, pre and post Buyback, is as under: |
Sr. No. |
Particulars |
Pre Buyback (As on the date of LOF) |
Post Buyback(1) |
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No. of Shares |
Amount (Rs. lakhs) | No. of Shares |
Amount (Rs. lakhs) | |||||||||||
1 | Authorized Share | 5,50,00,00,000 | 1,10,000 | 5,50,00,00,000 | 1,10,000 | |||||||||
Capital | Equity Shares of Rs. 2 each | Equity Shares of Rs. 2 each | ||||||||||||
2,50,00,000 10.25% | 2,500 | 2,50,00,000 10.25% | 2,500 | |||||||||||
Redeemable Cumulative | Redeemable Cumulative | |||||||||||||
Preference Shares of | Preference Shares of | |||||||||||||
Rs. 10 each | Rs. 10 each | |||||||||||||
1,50,000 10% Optionally | 150 | 1,50,000 10% Optionally | 150 | |||||||||||
Convertible Cumulative | Convertible Cumulative | |||||||||||||
Preference Shares of | Preference Shares of | |||||||||||||
Rs. 100 each | Rs. 100 each | |||||||||||||
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Total | 1,12,650 | Total | 1,12,650 | |||||||||||
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2 | Issued, Subscribed and | 4,86,66,90,771 Equity | 97,334 | 4,52,29,40,771 Equity | 90,459 | |||||||||
Fully Paid-up Share Capital | Shares of Rs. 2 each | Shares of Rs. 2 each | ||||||||||||
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Total | 97,334 | Total | 90,459 | |||||||||||
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(1) | Subject to extinguishment of 34,37,50,000 (Thirty Four Crores Thirty Seven Lakhs Fifty Thousand) Equity Shares |
3.2. | Details of shareholders from whom Equity Shares exceeding 1% of the total Equity Shares have been bought back are as under: |
Sr. No. |
Name |
Number of Equity Shares accepted under Buyback |
Equity Shares accepted as a % of total Equity Shares bought Back (%) |
Equity Shares accepted as a % of total Post Buyback Equity Shares (%) |
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1 | Azim Premji Trust | 17,96,69,656 | 52.27 | % | 3.97 | % | ||||||||
2 | Mr. Azim Hasham Premji Partner Representing Prazim Traders | 1,50,00,000 | 4.36 | % | 0.33 | % | ||||||||
3 | ICICI Prudential Value Discovery Fund | 1,01,40,827 | 2.95 | % | 0.22 | % | ||||||||
4 | Life Insurance Corporation Of India | 91,95,682 | 2.68 | % | 0.20 | % | ||||||||
5 | Pinebridge Investments GF Mauritius Limited | 50,71,619 | 1.48 | % | 0.11 | % | ||||||||
6 | Azim Premji Philanthropic Initiatives Private Limited | 45,33,753 | 1.32 | % | 0.10 | % | ||||||||
7 | First State Investments ICVC-Stewart Investors AS | 37,55,933 | 1.09 | % | 0.08 | % | ||||||||
8 | T. Rowe Price International Stock Fund | 35,14,235 | 1.02 | % | 0.08 | % | ||||||||
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Total | 23,08,81,705 | 67.17 | % | 5.10 | % | |||||||||
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3.3. | The shareholding pattern of the Company, pre and post Buyback, is as under: |
Category of Shareholder |
Pre Buyback | Post Buyback(1) | ||||||||||||||
Number of Shares | % to pre Buyback Equity Share capital |
Number of Shares | % to post Buyback Equity Share capital |
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Promoter and Promoter Group |
3,56,12,01,214 | 73.18 | % | 3,36,19,97,805 | 74.33 | % | ||||||||||
Foreign Investors (Including ADRs, Non-Resident Indians, Flls, FPIs, Foreign Nationals, and Overseas Corporate Bodies) |
62,78,09,976 | 12.90 | % | |||||||||||||
Financial Institutions/Banks, NBFCs & Mutual Funds |
27,95,27,330 | 5.74 | % | 1,16,09,42,966 | 25.67 | % | ||||||||||
Others (Public, Bodies Corporate, Clearing Members, Trusts and HUF) |
39,81,52,251 | 8.18 | % | |||||||||||||
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Total |
4,86,66,90,771 | 100.00 | % | 4,52,29,40,771 | 100.00 | % | ||||||||||
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(1) | Subject to extinguishment of 34,37,50,000 (Thirty Four Crores Thirty Seven Lakhs Fifty Thousand) Equity Shares |
4. | MANAGER TO THE BUYBACK |
JM Financial Institutional Securities Limited,
7th Floor, Cnergy, Appasaheb Marathe Marg, Prabhadevi, Mumbai 400 025, India. Tel: +91 22 6630 3030;
Fax: +91 22 6630 3330 Contact Person: Ms. Prachee Dhuri; Email: wipro.buyback2017@jmfl.com;
Website: www.jmfl.com; SEBI Registration Number: INM000010361
Corporate Identity Number: U65192MH1995PLC092522
5. | DIRECTORS RESPONSIBILITY |
As per Regulation 19(1)(a) of the Buyback Regulations, the Board of Directors of the Company accepts responsibility for the information contained in this Post Buyback Public Announcement or any other information advertisement, circular, brochure, publicity material which may be issued and confirms that such document contains true, factual and material information and does not contain any misleading information.
For and on behalf of the Board of Directors of Wipro Limited
Sd/- | Sd/- | Sd/- | Sd/- | |||||
Azim H Premji | Rishad A Premji | Jatin P Dalal | M Sanaulla Khan | |||||
Chairman and Managing Director | Executive Director and | Chief Financial Officer | Company Secretary | |||||
(Director Identification Number (DIN): 00234280) | Chief Strategy Officer (Director Identification Number (DIN): 02983899) |
(Membership Number: F4129) | ||||||
Place: Bengaluru Date: December 19, 2017 |
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