Company: WIT
Filing Date: 2025-05-22
Form Type: 20-F
Source: 0000950170-25-076303
Chunk: 234

Company: WIPRO LTD
Filing Date: 2025-05-22
Form: 20-F
Item: Item 18
Chunk 234
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,921 equity shares (at a price of ₹ 445 per equity share) as approved by the Board of Directors on April 27, 2023. This has resulted in a total cash outflow of ₹ 145,173 (including tax on buyback of ₹ 24,783 and transaction costs related to buyback of ₹ 390). In line with the requirement of the Companies Act, 2013, an amount of ₹ 3,768 and ₹ 141,405 has been utilized from share premium and retained earnings respectively. Further, capital redemption reserve (included in other reserves) of ₹ 539 (representing the nominal value of the shares bought back) has been created as an apportionment from retained earnings. Consequent to such buyback, the paid-up equity share capital has reduced by ₹ 539.
During the year ended March 31, 2025, the Company concluded bonus issue in the ratio of 1:1 i.e. (one) bonus equity share of ₹  each for every 1 (one) fully paid-up equity shares held (including ADS holders) was approved by the shareholders of the Company on November 21, 2024. Subsequently, on December 4, 2024, the Company allotted 5,232,094,402 equity shares (including ADS) to shareholders who held equity shares as on the record date of December 3, 2024. The Company also allotted 1: bonus equity share on 1,274,805 equity shares (including ADS) under allotment as on the record date. Consequently, ₹ 10,467 (representing par value of ₹  per share) was transferred from capital redemption reserves, share premium and retained earnings to the share capital.

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23. Additional capital disclosures
The key objective of the Company’s capital management is to ensure that it maintains a stable capital structure with the focus on total equity to uphold investor, creditor, and customer confidence and to ensure future development of its business. The Company’s focus is to keep strong total equity base to ensure independence, security, as well as a high financial flexibility for potential future borrowings, if required without impacting the risk profile of the Company.
The Company’s goal is to continue to be able to return excess liquidity to shareholders by continuing to distribute annual dividends in future periods. The amount of future dividends/ buyback of equity shares will be balanced with efforts to continue to maintain an adequate liquidity status.
The capital structure as at March 31,