EX-99.1 2 d508636dex991.htm EX-99.1 EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

 

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July 13, 2023

The Manager - Listing

BSE Limited

(BSE: 507685)

The Manager - Listing

National Stock Exchange of India Limited

(NSE: WIPRO)

The Market Operations

NYSE, New York

(NYSE: WIT)

Dear Sir/Madam,

Sub: 77th Annual General Meeting - Voting Results

Pursuant to Regulation 44 of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, please find enclosed the voting results and Scrutinizer’s Report on the resolutions passed at the 77th Annual General Meeting of the Company held on Wednesday, July 12, 2023 for your information and records. The said resolutions have been approved by Members with requisite majority.

Thanking You,

For Wipro Limited

 

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M Sanaulla Khan

Company Secretary

ENCL: As above

 

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Postal Ballot Voting Results

Disclosure as per Regulation 44(3) of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015

 

Company Name

    WIPRO LIMITED

Date of the Annual General Meeting (AGM)

    12-Jul-23

Voting-

   

Start Date

    08-Jul-23

End Date

    11-Jul-23

Total number of shareholders on record date (cut-off date- July 05, 2023)

    28,47,452

No. of shareholders present in the meeting either in person or through proxy:

    Not Applicable

Promoters and Promoter Group:

    —

Public:

    —

No. of Shareholders attended the meeting through Video Conferencing

   

Promoters and Promoter Group:

    8

Public:

    93

 

Resolution No.    1

 

Resolution required: (Ordinary/ Special)    ORDINARY - To receive, consider and adopt the Audited Financial Statements of the Company (including consolidated financial statements) for the financial year ended March 31, 2023, together with the Reports of the Board of Directors and Auditors thereon.

 

Whether promoter/ promoter group are interested in the agenda/resolution?    No

 

Category

   

Mode of

Voting

   

No. of
shares
held (1)

   No. of votes
polled (2)		     % of Votes
Polled on
outstanding
shares
(3)=[(2)/
(1)]* 100		     No. of Votes –
in favour
(4)		     No. of
Votes –
against
(5)		     % of
Votes in
favour on
votes
polled
(6)=[(4)/
(2)]*100		      % of Votes against
on votes polled
(7)=[(5)/(2)]*100		  

Promoter and Promoter Group

    E-Voting    3,80,84,20,449     3,80,84,20,449       100.0000       3,80,84,20,449       —         100.0000        —    
   Poll        —         —         —         —         —          —    
   Postal Ballot (if applicable)        —         —         —         —         —          —    

Public- Institutions

    E-Voting   

46,57,91,347

     40,00,63,199       85.8889       40,00,63,199       —         100.0000        0.0000  
   Poll        —         —         —         —         —          —    
   Postal Ballot (if applicable)        —         —         —         —         —          —    

Public- Non Institutions

    E-Voting    1,21,46,30,197     33,88,47,053       27.8971       33,77,41,692       11,05,361       99.6738        0.3262  
   Poll        378       0.0000       378       —         100.0000        —    
   Postal Ballot (if applicable)        —         —         —         —         —          —    
     

 

  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

     

 

 

  
  

Total

    5,48,88,41,993     4,54,73,31,079       82.8468       4,54,62,25,718       11,05,361       99.9757        0.0243  
     

 

  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

     

 

 

  

Resolution No.    2

 

Resolution required: (Ordinary/ Special)    ORDINARY -To confirm the interim dividend of Rs. 1 per equity share declared by the Board on January 13, 2023, as the final dividend for the financial year 2022-23.

 

Whether promoter/ promoter group are interested in the agenda/resolution?    No

 

Category

   

Mode of 
Voting

    No. of
shares
held (1)		      No. of votes
polled (2)		      % of Votes
Polled on
outstanding
shares
(3)=[(2)/
(1)]* 100		      No. of Votes –
in favour
(4)		      No. of
Votes –
against
(5)		      % of
Votes in
favour on
votes
polled
(6)=[(4)/
(2)]*100		      % of Votes against
on votes polled
(7)=[(5)/(2)]*100		  

Promoter and Promoter Group

    E-Voting      3,80,84,20,449        3,80,84,20,449        100.0000        3,80,84,20,449        —          100.0000        —    
   Poll         —          —          —          —          —          —    
  

Postal Ballot (if

applicable)

         —          —          —          —          —          —    

Public- Institutions

    E-Voting      46,57,91,347        40,30,00,812        86.5196        40,30,00,812        0        100.0000        0.0000  
   Poll         —          —          —          —          —          —    
  

Postal Ballot (if

applicable)

         —          —          —          —          —          —    

Public- Non Institutions

    E-Voting      1,21,46,30,197        33,89,41,169        27.9049        33,88,63,597        77,572        99.9771        0.0229  
   Poll         377        0.0000        377        —          100.000        —    
  

Postal Ballot (if

applicable)

         —          —          —          —          —          —    
     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

  
   Total      5,48,88,41,993        4,55,03,62,807        82.9021        4,55,02,85,235        77,572        99.9983        0.0017  
     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

  

 

Resolution No.

    3

 

Resolution required: (Ordinary/ Special)   

SPECIAL -To consider appointment of a Director in place of Mr. Thierry Delaporte (DIN: 08107242) who retires by rotation and being eligible, offers himself for re-appointment.

 

Whether promoter/ promoter group are interested in the agenda/resolution?    No

 

Category

   

Mode of 
Voting

    No. of
shares
held (1)		      No. of votes
polled (2)		      % of Votes
Polled on
outstanding
shares
(3)=[(2)/
(1)]* 100		      No. of Votes –
in favour
(4)		      No. of
Votes –
against
(5)		      % of
Votes in
favour on
votes
polled
(6)=[(4)/
(2)]*100		      % of Votes against
on votes polled
(7)=[(5)/(2)]*100		  

Promoter and Promoter Group

    E-Voting      3,80,84,20,449        3,80,84,20,449        100.0000        3,80,84,20,449        —          100.0000        —    
   Poll         —          —          —          —          —          —    
  

Postal Ballot (if

applicable)

         —          —          —          —          —          —    

Public- Institutions

    E-Voting   

 

46,57,91,347

 

      40,30,00,812        86.5196        40,30,00,812        —          100.0000        0.0000  
   Poll         —          —          —          —          —          —    
   Postal Ballot (if applicable)         —          —          —          —          —          —    

Public- Non Institutions

    E-Voting   

 

1,21,46,30,197

 

      33,88,30,484        27.8958        33,85,93,857        2,36,627        99.9302        0.0698  
   Poll         378        —          378        —          100.0000        —    
   Postal Ballot (if applicable)         —          —          —          —          —          —    
     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

  
   Total      5,48,88,41,993        4,55,02,52,123        82.9000        4,55,00,15,496        2,36,627        99.9948        0.0052  
     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

  

For Wipro Limited

 

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M Sanaulla Khan

Company Secretary

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Form No. MGT-13

REPORT OF SCRUTINIZER

[Pursuant to section 108 of the Companies Act, 2013 and Rule 21 (2) of the

Companies (Management and Administration) Rules, 2014]

To

The Chairman of the Seventy Seventh Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Equity Shareholders of “Wipro Limited” held on Wednesday, July 12, 2023, at 9.30 AM 1ST through Video Conferencing (VC).

Sir,

I, V. Sreedharan, Partner of V. Sreedharan and Associates, Company Secretaries, Bengaluru, was appointed as Scrutinizer pursuant to Section 108 of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 20 of the Companies (Management and Administration) Rules, 2014 and pursuant to Regulation 44 of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, in compliance with the General Circulars issued by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (‘MCA’) and circulars issued by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (‘SEBI’) for the purpose of:

 

  (i)

Scrutinizing the remote e-voting process and

 

  (ii)

Scrutinizing the voting done through electronic voting system (“lnstapoll”) at the AGM.

 

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Both the above-mentioned voting is done under the provisions of Section 108 of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 20 of the Companies (Management and Administration) Rules, 2014 and pursuant to Regulation 44 of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015.

The management of the Company is responsible to ensure compliance with the requirement of the Companies Act, 2013, Rules and circulars issued by MCA and SEBI relating to conducting of AGM through VC/OAVM and voting by electronic means for the resolutions contained in the Notice of the Seventy Seventh Annual General Meeting of the Equity Shareholders dated May 24, 2023. My responsibility as a Scrutinizer for the voting process of voting by electronic means is restricted to making a Consolidated Scrutinizer’s Report of the votes cast “in favor” and/or “against” the resolutions stated in the notice of the AGM, based on the report generated from the e-voting system provided by KFin Technologies Limited, the Agency authorized under the Rules and engaged by the Company to provide remote e-voting facilities and e-voting facilities to vote at the AGM (“lnstapoll”).

I submit my report as under:

 

1.

The remote E-Voting period remained open from 9.00 AM 1ST on Saturday, July 08, 2023, up to 5.00 PM 1ST on Tuesday, July 11, 2023.

 

2.

The Annual Report, the Notice of Annual General Meeting and the e-voting instructions slip were sent only by the electronic mode (e-mail) to those members whose email addresses were registered with the Company / Depository Participants / Depositories pursuant to General Circular No. 14/2020 dated April 8, 2020, 17/2020 dated April 13, 2020, 20/2020 dated May 5, 2020 and 10/2022 dated December 28, 2022 issued by Ministry of Corporate Affairs read with circular nos. SEBI/HO/CFD/CMD1/CIR/P/2020/79 dated May 12, 2020 and SEBI/HO/CFD/PoD-2/P/CIR/2023/4 dated January 5, 2023 issued by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Collectively referred to as “Circulars”).

 

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3.

The voting rights were reckoned as on Wednesday, 05 July 2023, being the Cut-off date for the purpose of deciding the entitlements of members for e-voting (Remote e-voting and lnstapoll).

 

4.

After the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting, the votes cast through remote e-voting were unblocked on July 12, 2023, at 12:17 pm 1ST.

 

5.

After declaration of voting by the Chairman, the shareholders present at the AGM through VC voted through e-voting facility provided by KFin Technologies Limited.

 

6.

As per the information given by the Company / RTA the names of the shareholders who had voted by remote e-voting through the facility provided by KFin Technologies Limited had been blocked and only those members who were present at the AGM through VC and who had not voted on remote e-voting were allowed to cast their votes through e-voting system during the AGM.

 

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Based on the data provided by KFin Technologies Limited e-voting system, the total votes cast in favour or against for all the resolutions proposed in the Notice of the AGM are as under:

 

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  a)

RESOLUTION No. 1

To receive, consider and adopt the Audited Financial Statements of the Company (including consolidated financial statements) for the financial year ended March 31, 2023, together with the Reports of the Board of Directors and Auditors thereon.

 

  (i)

Voted in favour of resolution

 

Particulars

    Remote
E- voting		      E-Voting
at the
AGM
(lnstapoll)		      Total  

Number of Members voting

      2,866        9        2,875  

Number of votes cast by them

      4,54,62,25,340        378        4,54,62,25,718  

% of Total Number of valid votes cast

      99.9757        100        99.9757  

 

  (ii)

Voted against the resolution

 

Particulars

    Remote
E- voting		      E-Voting
at the
AGM
(lnstapoll)		      Total  

Number of Members voting

      63        0        63  

Number of votes cast by them

      11,05,361        0        11,05,361  

% of Total Number of valid votes cast

      0.0243        0        0.0243  

 

  (iii)

Invalid Votes - NIL

 

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  b)

RESOLUTION No. 2

To confirm the interim dividend of Re. 1/- per equity share declared by the Board on January 13, 2023, as the final dividend for the financial year 2022-23.

 

  (i)

Voted in favour of resolution

 

Particulars

    Remote
E- voting		      E-Voting
at the
AGM
(lnstapoll)		      Total  

Number of Members voting

      2,793        8        2,801  

Number of votes cast by them

      4,55,02,84,858        377        4,55,02,85,235  

% of Total Number of valid votes cast

      99.9983        100        99.9983  

 

  (ii)

Voted against the resolution

 

Particulars

    Remote
E- voting		      E-Voting
at the
AGM
(lnstapoll)		      Total  

Number of Members voting

      132        0        132  

Number of votes cast by them

      77,572        0        77,572  

% of Total Number of valid votes cast

      0.0017        0        0.0017  

 

  (iii)

Invalid Votes - NIL

 

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  c)

RESOLUTION No. 3

To consider appointment of a Director in place of Mr. Thierry Delaporte (DIN: 08107242) who retires by rotation and being eligible, offers himself for re-appointment.

 

  (i)

Voted in favour of resolution

 

Particulars

    Remote
E- voting		      E-Voting
at the
AGM
(lnstapoll)		      Total  

Number of Members voting

      2,746        9        2,755  

Number of votes cast by them

      4,55,00,15,118        378        4,55,00,15,496  

% of Total Number of valid votes cast

      99.9948        100        99.9948  

 

  (ii)

Voted against the resolution

 

Particulars

    Remote
E- voting		      E-Voting
at the
AGM
(lnstapoll)		      Total  

Number of Members voting

      160        0        160  

Number of votes cast by them

      2,36,627        0        2,36,627  

% of Total Number of valid votes cast

      0.0052        0        0.0052  

 

  (iii)

Invalid Votes - NIL

 

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A list of Equity shareholders who voted “FOR”, “AGAINST” the resolutions (Both through Remote E-voting and E-voting at the AGM) has been handed over to the Company Secretary.

 

9.

The electronic data and all other relevant records relating to the e-voting shall remain in my safe custody and shall be handed over to the Company Secretary for preserving safely after the Chairman considers, approves and signs the Minutes of the aforesaid Annual General Meeting.

 

Thanking You,   
Yours faithfully,   

For V. Sreedharan & Associates

 

   

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(V. Sreedharan)
Partner
FCS: 2347; CP No. 833
Date: July 13,2023
Place: Bengaluru   
UDIN: F002347E000595491   
Peer Review Certificate No: 589/2019   

 

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