“The board of directors of the company will be considering a proposal for issue of bonus shares..at its meeting scheduled to be held over October 16-17, 2024,” the filing read.

Bonus shares are surplus shares given to existing shareholders without any extra cost, based on the number of shares they already own. This process increases the total number of shares outstanding but does not change the overall market capitalisation of the company.

Wipro bonus history
 

In the past, the information communication (IT) company, had issued bonus shares for its investors 5 years ago on May 6, 2019, in a 1:3 ratio. Other than that Wipro issued bonus shares in 2017 as well in 1:1 ratio.

In June 2010, one of the 6 leading Indian Big Tech companies, issued bonus shares in a ratio of 2:3.

Meanwhile, Wipro’s board will consider financial results for the quarter ended July to September quarter, on Thursday, October 17, after market hours.

In the June quarter, the Bengaluru-headquartered IT company posted a 4.6 per cent year-on-year (Y-o-Y) increase in its consolidated net profit at Rs 3,003.2 crore against Rs 2,587.8 crore. Wipro’s revenue also declined 3.8 per cent to Rs 21,963.8 crore against Rs 17202.8 crore in the corresponding quarter of the previous year.

Wipro CEO and MD Srini Pallia had said that the firm is “confident” in its ability to execute better on bookings and profitable growth in Q2, while it continues to build on ai360 strategy and prepare its workforce for an AI-first future.

In the past one year, Wipro shares have gained 28.6 per cent against Sensex’s rise of 23 per cent. 

First Published: Oct 14 2024 | 10:17 AM IST