Wipro Issues Public Announcement Regarding Buyback Offer

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Jun 05, 2023

On June 5, 2023, Wipro Limited (NYSE:WIT, BSE: 507685, NSE: WIPRO) (the “Company”), a leading technology services and consulting company, issued a public announcement in India (“Public Announcement”) providing further details regarding the buyback (“Buyback”) by the Company of up to 269,662,921 (Two Hundred and Sixty Nine Million and Six Hundred Sixty Two Thousand Nine Hundred Twenty One only) fully paid-up equity shares of face value Rs. 2/- each of the Company (“Equity Shares”) representing up to 4.91% of the total number of Equity Shares in the paid-up Equity Share Capital of the Company at a price of Rs. 445/- (US$ 5.421) per Equity Share (“Buyback Price”) payable in cash for an aggregate amount of up to Rs. 120,000,000,000/- (Rupees One Hundred Twenty Billion only) (up to approximately US$ 1.4623 billion1) (“Buyback Size”). The Buyback Size constitutes 20.95% and 17.86% of the aggregate of the fully paid-up Equity Share capital and free reserves of the Company as per the latest audited standalone and consolidated balance sheet, respectively, as at March 31, 2023.