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Wipro Buyback 2020 Review

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Wipro Ltd, IT software service company has announced its share buyback for the year 2020. This is the 2nd buyback from Wipro in the last two years. In 2019 also Wipro has done the buyback of Rs 10,500 Cr@325 Rs per share.

Current Wipro buyback is bit lesser in size from previous year buyback. The size of buyback is Rs 9,500 Cr. The company has announced to repurchase 23.75 cr shares which are 4.16% of the total paid-up equity @ Rs 400 per share. The price of the buyback is 6.6% premium to the previous closing day of the announcement date.

What is Wipro Ltd Buyback details?

Below is the complete details about Wipro Ltd Buyback. Record date, buyback open and close dates are announce in below section.

Buyback Type: Tender Offer
Buyback Offer Amount: Rs 9500 Cr
Buyback Number of Shares: 23.75 Cr
Buyback Price: Rs 400
Buyback Offer Size (In %): 4.16%
Total Share Capital: Rs 214,739.86 Cr
Face Value: 2 Per Equity Share

Can I Invest today to participate in Wipro Ltd buyback offer? No

What are Wipro Ltd Buyback Important Dates?

In this section we have covered all important dates related to Wipro Ltd Buyback. Dates are updated as they are announced. The most noted dates are record date and buyback open and close dates, which one should use to participate in buyback.

Wipro Ltd buyback offer important dates
Buyback Activity Date
Board Meeting for Buyback proposal 13th Oct 2020
Buyback Approval date 13th Oct 2020
Public Announcement of Buyback 13th Oct 2020
Record Date 11th Dec 2020
Buyback opens on/Buyback Opening Date 29th Dec 2020
Buyback closes on/Buyback Closing Date 11th Jan 2021
Cut-off date to receive completed tender forms by Registrar 13th Jan 2021
Cut-off date for verification by the Registrar 19th Jan 2021
Cut-off date to inform Stock Exchange on acceptance or non-acceptance
of tendered Equity Shares by Registrar
19th Jan 2021
Last date of settlement of bids on the stock exchange 20th Jan 2021
Last date to return unaccepted shares by Registrar 20th Jan 2021
Last date of extinguishment of Equity Shares 27th Jan 2021

Wipro Ltd Share Holding Pattern as of June 2020

Stock Holding table gives a clear picture on retail investor holdings of Wipro Ltd shares which helps investor to decide on participating in buyback offer. The less number of retail holdings means higher chance of acceptance in buyback under retail category which is equal to higher profit.

Holding Type In %
Promoter-Foreign 0.0%
Promoter-Indian 74.02%
Non-Promoter-Institutions 15.46%
Non-Promoter-Non-Institutions 10.52%

Wipro Ltd Draft Letter of Offer >>Document

Wipro Ltd Letter of Offer >>Document

Wipro Ltd Post Buyback Public Announcement >>Document

Wipro Ltd Ratio of Buyback

    For Buy back shares holders are divided in 2 categories:
  • Reserved category for Small Shareholders ("Reserved Category") - Who holds Max Rs 2 Lakhs worth of shares @Rs 353.50 per equity share - in such case Max 565 Equity Shares as of Record Date 11th Dec 2020.
  • General category for all Shareholders other than Small Shareholders ("General Category")

Wipro Ltd Ratio of Buy Back

Category Entitlement Ratio of Buyback Per Equity Shares Entitlement Ratio of Buyback in %
Reserved Category 29 Equity Share out of every 62 fully paid-up Equity Share held on the Record Date. 46.80
General Category 46 Equity Share out of every 1285 fully paid-up Equity Share held on the Record Date. 3.58%

Post buyback comments Wipro Ltd

For Wipro Ltd Buyback Offer, Report updated by the manager of buyback -

In general category - response received 404.21%, No. of Equity Shares reserved in Buyback was 20,18,75,000 where valid bid received for retail category was 81,60,07,397 which is 404.21% oversubscribed.

In Reserved category for Small Shareholders (Retail) - response received only 6.24%, No. of Equity Shares reserved in Buyback was 3,56,25,000 where valid bid received for retail category was 22,24,522 which is 6.24%. Final Acceptance Ratio for Retail Investors was 100%.

Current and Upcoming Buybacks Key dates

The table below will give you a complete dashboard view for all open buyback offer in current market.

Current and Upcoming Buybacks Key dates
Company NameBuyback TypeOffer AmountBuyback PriceCMPRecord DateBuyback Open DateBuyback End Date
Tanla Platforms LtdTender OfferRs 170 Cr1200985.20 (6.44%)25-10-2022TBDTBD
Garware Technical Fibres LtdTender OfferRs 90 Cr37504-11-2022TBDTBD
Orbit Exports LimitedTender OfferRs 10 Cr245169.05 (2.45%)18-11-2022TBDTBD
KRBL LimitedTender Offer₹325.00Cr500296.25 (-0.60%)25-08-2023TBDTBD
Tips Industries LimitedTender Offer₹37.19Cr625462.10 (0.35%)22-04-2024TBDTBD

Detail Article on Benefit from buyback offer >> Read

Wipro Ltd Buyback Important dates - Record Date,Buyback Start and End date. Buyback Details - Buyback Price, Buyback Offer Size, Buyback Number of Shares, Retail Investors limit. What is the record date for Wipro Ltd? How can I apply in Wipro Ltd Buyback offer?

Company Contact Information

Wipro Limited
Doddakannelli,
Sarjapur Road
Bengaluru - 560035
India

Registrar Contact Information

Last Updated on 2021-01-25T21:28:33+00:00

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User Reviews

2. ABHA JAIN Jan 01 2021 05:53:36 PM Reply
SIR
I HAVE 55 SHARES OF WIPRO ON RECORD DATE AND 25 SHARES ARE ACCEPTED FOR BUY BACK. I RECEIVED A SMS MESSAGE FROM MY BROKER FOR CONSENT OF BUY BACK. I FILL THAT AND SENT BACK TO THE BROKER. JUST AFTER FEW MINUTES I RECEIVED MESSAGE THAT " WE HAVE RECEIVED YOUR CONSENT FOR NOT PARTICIPATING IN BUY BACK OFFER. PERHAPS YHIS IS DUE TO MISTAKE. I WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE OFFER PLEASE ADVISE WHAT TO DO
1. Ashok kumar handa Dec 25 2020 11:35:37 AM Reply
Sir, i had 100 wipro shares as on 11 Dec ( record date). So entitlement comes to about 46 shares. Houever i sold all on 23 dec. Now can i buy 50 from the market and offer them in buy back.
3.1. Vinay Jain Dec 26 2020 01:03:55 PM
Yes, you can buy and tender your shares before the buyback close. You can tender any number of shares i.e in your case 100 shares. As per current AR, you can tender 46 shares, this is the minimum number. The possibility is your 100 shares will be accepted in the buyback.