MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

 

Report Date :

17.10.2008

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

WIPRO LIMITED

 

 

Registered Office :

Doddakannelli, Sarjapur Road, Bangalore – 560 035, Karnataka

 

 

Country :

India

 

 

Financials (as on) :

31.03.2008

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

29.12.1945

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

08-20800

 

 

CIN No.:

[Company Identification No.]

L99999KA1945PLC020800

 

 

TAN No.:

[Tax Deduction & Collection Account No.]

BLRW00415C

 

 

Legal Form :

Public Limited Liability Company.  The company’s shares are listed on the Stock Exchanges.

 

 

Line of Business :

Software exports, software and services, consumer care, lighting and healthcare.

 

Providing services of IT and IS consulting for E-business transformation, electronic commerce, web enabling, data warehousing and customer relation's management.

 

 

RATING & COMMENTS

 

MIRA’s Rating :

Aa

 

RATING

STATUS

PROPOSED CREDIT LINE

71-85

Aa

Possesses adequate working capital. No caution needed for credit transaction. It has above average (strong) capability for payment of interest and principal sums

Large

 

Maximum Credit Limit :

USD 770000000

 

 

Status :

Good

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

Regular

 

 

Litigation :

Clear

 

 

Comments :

Subject is a well-established and reputed company having excellent track.  Available information indicates high financial responsibility of the company.  Financial position is good.  Payments are always correct and as per commitments.

 

The company can be considered normal for business dealings at usual trade terms and conditions

 

 

LOCATIONS

 

Registered/Corporate Office :

Doddakannelli, Sarjapur Road, Bangalore - 560 035, India

Tel. No.:

91-80-28440011

Fax No.:

91-80-28440054

E-Mail :

renee.jhala@corp.wipro.co.in

info@wiproindia.com

Website :

http://www.wiprocorfiorate.com

http://www.wipro.com

http://www.wipro.co.in

 

 

Software Technology Parks:

·         Bangalore, Karnataka

·         Chennai, Tamilnadu

·         Secunderabad, Andhra Pradesh

·         Pune, Maharashtra

·         Gurgaon, Haryana

·         Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh

·         Mumbai, Maharashtra

 

 

Factory  :

> Sigma Infotech Park, Whitefield, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

> S B Towers, 88, M G Road, Bangalore - 560 001, Karnataka, India

> 608-610, Carlton Towers, No. 1 Airport Road, Bangalore - 560 001,    Karnataka, India

> Information Technology Park, Whitefield, Bangalore - 560 066, Karnataka, India

> 271-27 1 A, Sri Ganesh Complex, Hosur Main Road, Bangalore - 560 068, Karnataka, India

> 26, Sri Chamundi Complex, Madivala II, Bommanahalli, Hosur Main Road, Bangalore - 560 068, Karnataka, India

> No. l, 2, 3, 4 and 54/1, Survey No. 201/C, Madivala III, Bangalore - 560 068, Karnataka, India

> No. l, 2, 3, 4 and 54/1, Survey No. 201/C, Madivala III (Research and    Development), Bangalore - 560 068, Karnataka, India

> No. 1 , 2, 3, 4 and 54/3, Survey No.- 201/C, Madivala IV, Bangalore – 560 068, Karnataka, India

> 3rd Floor, Ahmed Plaza, No.38/land2, Bertenna Agrahara, Hosur Main Road, Bangalore - 560 068, Karnataka, India

> Subramanya Arcade, Bannergatta Main Road, Bangalore, Karnataka,    India

> K-3 1 2, Koramangala Industrial Layout, Bangalore - 560 095, Karnataka, India

> V Block, Koramangala, Bangalore - 560 095, Karnataka, India

> Electronics City 1 - No. 72, Keonics Electronic City, Hosur Road,    Bangalore - 561 229, Karnataka, India

> Electronics City - II, Tower IV, No. 72, Keonics Electronic City, Hosur

   Road, Bangalore - 561 229, Karnataka, India

> No.92, 2nd Main Road, KEONICS Electronic City – SIRI, Bangalore –    561 229, Karnataka, India

> S. No. 70/1, 2, 3, 4(P) and. 84/1, 2, 3, 4(P) Doddathogur Village, Begur    Hobli, ' Bangalore - 561 229, Karnataka, India

> Capitale, 552 and. 555, Anna Salai, Teynampet, Chennai, Tamilnadu

> 475A, Shollinganallur, Old Mahabalipuram Road (CDC-III), Chennai –

   600 019, Tamilnadu

> 111, Mount Road, Guindy, Chennai - 600 032, Tamilnadu

> No. 105, Guindy, Mount Road, Chennai - 600 032, Tamilnadu

> Infotech Park, SDF Building, 4th Floor, Kusumagiri, Kakkanad, Cochin

> Infotech Park, 4th Floor, Vismaya Building, Kakkanad, Cochin

> 239, Okhla Industrial Estate, Delhi, India

> Plot No.27/28, Phase IV, Udyog Vihar, Gurgaon - 122 016

> Plot No. 281,Phase II, Udyog Vihar, Gurgaon - 122 106, Haryana

> No. 480-481, Udyog Vihar, Phase-Ill, Gurgoan - 122015, Haryana

> S. No. 203/1, Manikonda Jagir Village, Rajendranagar Mandal, RR District, Hyderabad

> Survey Nos. 64, Serilingampali Mandal, Madhapur, Hyderabad -  500033

> Queens Plaza, S P Road, Hyderabad - 500 033, Andhra Pradesh

> Plot No. 1, 7, 8 and 9, Block-DM, Sector- V, Saltlake, Kolkata - 700 091,    West Bengal

> 146/147, Mettagalli Industrial Area, Mettagalli, Mysore

> Vashi, Navi Mumbai, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

> Plot No. 2, MIDC, Infotech Park, Hingewadi, Pune - 411 027, Maharashtra

> 1-8-448, Lakshmi Buildings, S P Road, Begumpet, Secunderabad - 500016

 

 

Overseas Offices :

1300, Crittenden Lane, # 200, Mountain View, CA 94043, U.S.A.

Tel. No. : 91-650-3163555

Fax No. : 91-650-3163467

 

Mimet House, Sa Praed Street, London W2 INJ, U.K.

Tel. No. : +44 [020] 70873770

Fax No. : +44 [020] 72625360

 

Yokohama Landmark Tower, 9F # 911A, 2-2-1-1, Minato – Mirai, Nishi-Ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa, 220-8109, Japan

Tel. No. : +81 [45] 650 3950

Fax No. : +81 [45] 650 3951

 

Wipro Technologies

1995, El Camino Real, Suite 200, Santa Clara, CA 95050, USA

Tel. No.: (408) 249 6345

Fax No.: (408) 6157174 / 6157178

 

15455 N. W., Greenbrier Parkway, Suite 210, Beaverton, OR 97006, USA

Tel. No.: (503) 4390825

Fax No.: (503) 4398426

 

10655 N. E., 4th Street, Suite 400, Bellevue, WA 98004, USA

Tel. No.: (425) 4553486

Fax No.: (425) 6880973

 

833, East Arapaho Road, Suite 202, Richardson, TX 75081, USA

Tel. No.: (972) 6716130

Fax No.: (972) 6716134

 

2432, W. Peoria Avenue, Suite 1323, Phoenix, AZ 85029, USA

Tel. No.: (602) 8705780 Extn.: 101

 

100, W. 22nd Street, Suite 106, Lombard, IL 60148, USA

Tel. No.: (630) 8899860

Fax No.: (630) 8899187

 

8901, Lyndale Avenue, South Suite 106, Bloomington, MN 55420, USA

Tel. No.: (952) 9489683

Fax No.: (952) 9489684

 

12081, Lafayett Street, Thornton, CO 80241, USA

Tel. No.: 303-254 2457

Fax No.: 720-244 4872

 

33 Woodcock Avenue, # 23 Haverhill, MA 01832, USA

Tel. No.: 978-372 9531

Fax No.: 978-372 9560

 

345, Buckland Hills, Dr. Suite 7213, Manchester, CT 06040, USA

Tel. No.: 860-644 3657

Fax No.: 860-644 3667

 

220, Old New Brunswick Road, Suite 202, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA

Tel. No.: (732) 4650401

Fax No.: (732) 4650420

 

Top Floor, Kings Court, 185, Kings Road, Reading RG 14 EX, United Kingdom

 

2432, W Peoria Ave, Suite 1323, Phoenix, Arizona, USA AZ 85029

 

Room no. 1064, Hatanpaankatu 1 (Kulma-Sarvis), Tampere, Finland

 

Chrysler Building, 6th Floor, 1 Riverside Drive West, Windsor ONN5A5K4, Canada

 

Web Campus, Kaistrasse, 101 Kiel 24114, Germany

 

 

Branches :

Wipro Infotech Software and Service

88, M. G. Road, Bangalore – 560 001, Karnataka

Tel. No. 91-80-2558 8422

Fax No. 91-80-2558 6657

 

Wipro Consumer Care and Lighting Group

Nirmal, 241-242, Nariman Point, Mumbai – 400 021, Maharashtra

Tel. No. 91-22-22029254

Fax No. 91-22-2284 1143

 

Wipro Fluid Power

9B/10A Peenya Industrial Area, Bangalore – 560 058, Karnataka

Tel. No. 91-80-2839 4982

Fax No. 91-80-2839 6450

 

Wipro Biomed

903/904 Prakash Deep, 7, Tolstoy Marg, New Delhi – 110 001

Tel. No. 91-11-2332 5677

Fax No. 91-11-2373 8675

 

Wipro Lighting

Tulsi Chambers, Opp. St. Francis D’Sales High School, Jalna Road, Aurangabad – 431 001, Maharashtra

Tel. No. 91-240-2333 351

Fax No. 91-240-2334 001

 

 

DIRECTORS

 

Name :

Mr. Azim Hashmi Premji

Designation :

Chairman

Date of Appointment :

01.09.1968

 

 

Name :

Dr. Ashok Ganguly

Designation :

Chairman, ICICI One Source Limited. Former Chairman, ICI India Limited

Date of Appointment :

01.01.1999

 

 

Name :

Mr. B. C. Prabhakar

Designation :

Practitioner of Law

Date of Appointment :

20.02.1997

 

 

Name :

Mr. Vivek Paul

Designation :

Vice Chairman and Executive Officer

Date of Appointment :

26/07/1999

 

 

Name :

Mr. Narayan Vaghul

Designation :

Chairman, ICICI Bonk Limited

Date of Appointment :

09.06.1997

 

 

Name :

Professor Eisuke Sakakibara

Designation :

Professor of Economics, Keio University Japan

Date of Appointment :

01/01/2002

 

 

Name :

Mr. P. M. Sinha

Designation :

Former Chairman, Pepsi Company India Holdings

Date of Appointment :

01.01.2002

 

 

Name :

Dr. Jagdish N Sheth

Designation :

Professor of Marketing, Emory University, USA

Date of Appointment :

01.01.1999

 

 

 KEY EXECUTIVES

 

Name :

Mr. V. Ramachandran

Designation :

Company Secretary

Address :

Doddakannelli, Sarjapur Road, Bangalore - 560 035, India

Tel. No. :

91-80-28440011 (Extension - 6185)

Fax No. :

91-80-28440051

E-Mail :

ramachandran.venkatesan@wipro.com

 

 

Name :

Mr. G. Kothandaraman

Designation :

Manager – Secretarial and Compliance

Address :

Doddakannelli, Sarjapur Road, Bangalore - 560 035, India

Tel. No. :

91-80-28440011 (Extension - 6183)

Fax No. :

91-80-28440051

E-Mail :

kothandaraman.gopal@wipro.com

 

 

Name :

Mr. Rajendra Kumar Shreemal

Designation :

Vice President and Corporate Treasurer

Address :

Doddakannelli, Sarjapur Road, Bangalore - 560 035, India

Tel. No. :

91-80-28440011 (Extension - 6184)

Fax No. :

91-80-28440051

E-Mail :

rajendra.shreemal@wipro.com

 

 

Name :

Mr. R. Sridhar

Designation :

CFO and Investor Relations, America and Europe

Address :

East Brunswick Tower, 2 New Jersey US

Tel. No. :

+1 650-316-3537

E-Mail :

sridhar.ramasubbu@wipro.com

 

 

MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS / SHAREHOLDING PATTERN

 

As on 30.06.2008

 

CATEGORY

No. of Shares

Percentage of Holding

Shareholding of Promoter and Promoter Group2

 

 

Indian

 

 

Individuals/ Hindu Undivided Family

57457660

3.99

Bodies Corporate

128137800

8.91

Any Others(Specify) – Partnership Firm

975520800

67.80

Public shareholding

 

 

Institutions

 

 

Mutual  Funds/ UTI

6529363

0.45

Financial Institutions / Banks

564052

0.04

Foreign Institutional Investors

109909470

7.64

Non-institutions

 

 

Bodies Corporate

36892601

2.56

Individuals

 

 

Individuals -i. Individual shareholders holding nominal share capital up to Rs 0.100 Million

42926468

2.98

ii. Individual shareholders holding nominal   share capital in excess of Rs. 0.100 Million

55493993

3.86

Any Other (specify)

 

 

Non Resident Indians

16560079

1.15

Trusts

7966469

0.55

Non Executive Directors, Executive Directors and Relatives 

276268

0.02

Clearing Members

502469

0.03

 

 

 

TOTAL

1438737492

100.00

 

 

BUSINESS DETAILS

 

Line of Business :

Software exports, software and services, consumer care, lighting and healthcare.

 

Providing services of IT and IS consulting for E-business transformation, electronic commerce, web enabling, data warehousing and customer relation's management.

 

 

Products :

i) Item code no (ITC Code)            84713010

Product description                     Personal Computer

ii) Item code no (ITC Code)        85249113

Product description                     I.T. Software

iii) Item code no (ITC Code)        15162011

Product description                     Vegetable fats and oils (Edible  Grade)

 

 

Exports to :

USA (75%), Indonesia, Japan, The Netherlands, Sweden, Taiwan and Thailand.

 

 

Imports from :

Germany, Japan, Singapore, UK and USA

 

PRODUCTION STATUS

 

Particulars

Unit

Licensed Capacity

Installed Capacity

Vanaspati/Hydrogenated oils

TPA

144000

45000

Toilet soaps

TPA

64000

47930

Leather shoe uppers, leather shoes and allied articles

Pairs / Nos. [1000s] p.a. in millions

750

750

Fatty acids

TPA

20000

20000

Glycerine

TPA

2000

1800

GLS lamps

000s

50000

50000

TL shells

000s

12694

12694

Fluorescent tube lights

000s

10694

10694

CFL

Nos. in 000s

6658

6658

Mini computers/micro processor based systems and data communication systems

NPA

180000

180000

 

 

GENERAL INFORMATION

 

Suppliers :

Ø       Atco Controls India Private Limited

Ø       Arya Filaments Private Limited

Ø       Bhargava Rotopack Private Limited

Ø       Bombay Oil Seals Company

Ø       Capart Industries Private Limited 

Ø       Everlite Corporation

Ø       Exerlite Industries

Ø       Fluo-Lite Private Limited

Ø       Glostar Electricals Private Limited

Ø       Har-Hal Plastic Engineering Private Limited

Ø       Infocontral Systems Inc.

Ø       Karthiks

Ø       Kay Pee Industries

Ø       Kasa Luminaties Private Limited

Ø       Maharashtra Industries

Ø       Meet Engineering Private Limited

Ø       Mercury Lamps Private Limited

Ø       Prachi Industries

Ø       Prospects Industries

Ø       Punjab Anand Lamp Industries

Ø       R C Industries

Ø       Regal Luminaries

Ø       Rotam Commercials

Ø       Sandesh Electricals

Ø       SOBO Technology

Ø       South India Auto Engineering Works

Ø       Starlite Components Limited

Ø       Sujatha Wood Industries

Ø       Superstars

Ø       Triumph Pack Private Limited

Ø       Ujas Electricals Private Limited

Ø       Unilux

Ø       Unique Wires Private Limited

Ø       Vijay Halo Coils Private Limited 

Ø       Vijay Litetronics Comp Limited

Ø       Vossloh-Schabe India Private Limited

 

 

Customers :

Ø       3COM

Ø       ABN Amro

Ø       Alcatel

Ø       Allianz Church and General

Ø       Analog Devices

Ø       Aristasoft

Ø       AT and T

Ø       Baxter

Ø       BSI

Ø       BT

Ø       Cisco

Ø       Compaq

Ø       Content Guard

Ø       Corel

Ø       Cox andKings

Ø       Daiwa

Ø       Energy.com

Ø       Epson

Ø       Ericsson

Ø       JP Morgan

Ø       KPN

Ø       Lucent

Ø       Magneti Marelli

Ø       Marconi

Ø       Menlo Logistics

Ø       Microsoft

Ø       Mitsubishi

Ø       Morgan Stanley

Ø       NCR

Ø       NEC

 

 

 

No. of Employees :

14000

 

 

Bankers :

Ø       Canara Bank, Bangalore, Karnataka

Ø       State Bank of India, Madame Cama Road, Nariman Point, Mumbai – 400 021

Ø       Citibank N.A., Kanak Building, 41, Chowringhee Road, Kolkata – 700 071, West Bengal

Ø       American Express Banking Corporation, Bangalore, Karnataka

 

 

 

Banking Relations :

Satisfactory

 

 

Auditors :

  • N. M. Raiji and Company

      Chartered Accountants

 

  • BSR and Company

      Chartered Accountants

 

 

Subsidiaries :

v         Wipro Japan KK

v         Enthink Inc.

v         Wipro Inc.

v         Wipro Chandrlka Limited

v         Wipro Trademarks Holding Limited

v         Wipro Travel Services Limited

v         Wipro Fluid Power Limited

v         Wipro HealthCare IT Limited

v         Wipro BPO Solutions Limited

v         Wipro Holdings (Mauritius) Limited

v         Wipro Holdings UK Limited

v         Wipro Technologies (UK) Limited

v         Wipro Shanghai Limited

v         Wipro Consumer Care Limited

v         Cygnus Nigri Investments Private Limited

v         Wipro Infrastructure Engineering Limited

v         Spectramind Inc

v         mPower software Services Inc.

v         mPower Software Services (India) Private Limited

v         Mpact Technologies Services Private Limited

v         BVPENTE Beteiligungsverwaltung GMBH

v         New Logic Technologies AG

v         New Logic Technologies Inc.

v         New Logic Technologies SARL

v         New Logic Technologies S.A.

v        Wipro Equity Reward Trust

v        cMango Pte. Limited

v        Wipro Cyprus Private Limited

v        Wipro Australia Pty. Limited

v        3D Networks Pte. Limited

v        Planet PSG Pte. Limited

v        WMNETSERV Limited

v        Spectramind Inc.

v        Infocrossing Services West, Inc. USA

v        Infocrossing Services

v        Southeast, Inc. USA

v        Unza Company Pte. Limited

v        Wipro Equity Reward Trust

v        Wipro GE Healthcare Private Limited

v        Azim Premji Foundation

v        Hasham Premji (partnership firm)

v        Azim Premji

v        Rishad Premji

v        Unza Indochina Pte. Limited Singapore

v        Unza Cathay Limited Hong Kong

v        Unza China Limited Hong Kong

v        PT Unza Vitalis Indonesia

v        Unza Thailand Limited Thailand

v        Unza Overseas Limited British virgin

v        islands

v        Unza Africa Limited Nigeria

v        Unza Middle East Limited British virgin

v        islands

v        Unza International Limited British virgin

v        islands

v        Positive Equity Sdn Bhd Malaysia

v        Unza Nusantara Sdn Bhd

 

 

Associates :

Wipro GE Medical Systems Private Limited

WeP Peripherals Limited

 

 

Membership :

Confederation of Indian Industry

 

 

CAPITAL STRUCTURE

 

As on 31.03.2007

 

Authorised Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

1650000000

Equity Shares

Rs. 2/- each

Rs. 3300.000 millions

25000000

10.25% Redeemable Cumulative Preference Shares

Rs. 10/- each

Rs. 250.000 millions

 

Total

 

Rs. 3550.000 millions

 

Issued, Subscribed & Paid-up Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

1461453320

Equity Shares

Rs. 2/- each

Rs. 2923.000 millions

 


 

FINANCIAL DATA

[all figures are in Rupees Millions]

 

 

ABRIDGED BALANCE SHEET

 

SOURCES OF FUNDS

 

31.03.2008

31.03.2007

31.03.2006

SHAREHOLDERS FUNDS

 

 

 

1] Share Capital

2923.000

2918.000

2851.510

2] Share Application Money

40.000

35.000

74.860

3] Share Issuable

540.000

0.000

0.000

3] Reserves & Surplus

112604.000

90251.000

61353.010

4] (Accumulated Losses)

0.000

0.000

0.000

NET WORTH

116107.000

93204.000

64279.380

 

 

 

 

LOAN FUNDS

 

 

 

1] Secured Loans

40.000

232.000

450.580

2] Unsecured Loans

38184.000

2148.000

51.030

TOTAL BORROWING

38224.000

2380.000

501.610

DEFERRED TAX LIABILITIES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

154331.000

95584.000

64780.990

 

 

 

 

APPLICATION OF FUNDS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Goodwill

427.000

86.000

0.000

 

 

 

 

FIXED ASSETS [Net Block]

22395.000

16373.000

11182.520

Capital work-in-progress

13350.000

9895.000

6123.580

 

 

 

 

INVESTMENTS

45001.000

43487.000

34592.030

DEFERREX TAX ASSETS

517.000

466.000

381.380

 

 

 

 

CURRENT ASSETS, LOANS & ADVANCES

 

 

 

Inventories

4481.000

2404.000

1486.510

Sundry Debtors

36466.000

25439.000

19680.670

Cash & Bank Balances

37321.000

18492.000

8230.020

Other Current Assets

0.000

0.000

0.000

Loans & Advances

41796.000

17266.000

10988.170

Total Current Assets

120064.000

63601.000

40385.370

Less :

 

 

 

CURRENT LIABILITIES AND PROVISIONS

 

 

 

Current Liabilities

33616.000

30672.000

17768.340

Provisions

13807.000

7652.000

10115.550

Total Current Liabilities

47423.000

38324.000

27883.890

Net Current Assets

72641.000

25277.000

12501.480

 

 

 

 

MISCELLANEOUS EXPENDITURE

0.000

0.000

0.000

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

154331.000

95584.000

64780.990

 


 

PROFIT & LOSS ACCOUNT

  

PARTICULARS

 

31.03.2008

31.03.2007

31.03.2006

Sales Turnover

174926.000

136839.000

102640.900

Other Income

3269.000

2687.000

1524.100

Total Income

178195.000

139526.000

104165.000

 

 

 

 

Profit/(Loss) Before Tax

34697.000

31762.000

23396.800

Provision for Taxation

4064.000

3341.000

3192.000

Profit/(Loss) After Tax

30633.000

28421.000

20204.800

 

 

 

 

Expenditures :

 

 

 

 

Cost of Goods Sold

29523.000

18890.000

0.000

 

Manufacturing Expenses

2998.000

1205.000

8471.600

 

Selling Expenses

5321.000

4274.000

0.0000

 

Administrative Expenses

0.000

0.000

9972.300

 

Raw Material Consumed

0.000

0.000

13506.900

 

Increase/(Decrease) in Finished Goods

0.000

0.000

(242.100)

 

Salaries, Wages, Bonus, etc.

74079.000

57645.000

0.000

 

Managerial Remuneration

12.000

37.000

0.000

 

Auditors Remuneration

11.000

9.000

0.000

 

Interest

1168.000

72.000

31.300

 

Provision for doubtful debts

246.000

267.000

0.000

 

Power & Fuel

0.000

0.000

864.600

 

Depreciation & Amortization

4560.000

3598.000

2922.600

 

Other Expenditure

25580.000

21767.000

45241.000

Total Expenditure

143498.000

107764.000

80768.200

 

QUARTERLY RESULTS

 

PARTICULARS

 

 

 

30.06.2008

[1st Quarter]

 Sales Turnover

 

 

47046.000

 Other Income

 

 

1028.000

 Total Income

 

 

48074.000

 Total Expenditure

 

 

39347.000

 Operating Profit

 

 

8727.000

 Interest

 

 

672.000

 Gross Profit

 

 

8055.000

 Depreciation

 

 

1248.000

 Tax

 

 

1347.000

 Reported PAT

 

 

5460.000

 

 

 

 

KEY RATIOS

 

PARTICULARS

 

31.03.2008

31.03.2007

31.03.2006

Debt-Equity Ratio

0.19

0.02

0.01

Long Term Debt-Equity Ratio

0.19

0.02

0.00

Current Ratio

2.16

1.58

1.46

TURNOVER RATIOS

 

 
 

Fixed Assets

8.99

6.86

4.97

Inventory

51.29

70.73

74.37

Debtors

5.67

6.05

6.12

Interest Cover Ratio

30.71

442.14

748.50

Operating Profit Margin(%)

22.89

25.75

25.67

Profit Before Interest And Tax Margin(%)

20.31

23.14

22.83

Cash Profit Margin(%)

19.93

23.27

22.53

Adjusted Net Profit Margin(%)

17.35

20.66

19.68

Return On Capital Employed(%)

28.71

39.73

41.01

Return On Net Worth(%)

29.36

36.12

35.72

 

 

LOCAL AGENCY FURTHER INFORMATION

 

 HISTORY:

 

Subject, the successful company crossed six decade of years. Wipro though started as a edible oil producer way back in 1945 under the name Western India Vegetable Products, a private limited company has transformed itself into leading player in Fast Moving Consumer Goods and IT services and Products business. It was incorporated at Karnataka by Mr. Azim H Premji who is promoter and chairman of the company. Five of Wipro's manufacturing and development facilities secured the Indian Standard Organization (ISO) 9001 certification during 1994-95. Company provides the integrated business, technology and process solution on a global delivery platform to customers across Americas, Europe, Middle East and Asia Pacific, they offer business value to clients through process excellence and service delivery innovation such as Information Technology services, Product Engineering services, Technology Infrastructure services, Business Process Outsourcing services and consulting services. 23 subsidiaries running under in Wipro. This company is listed in BSE, NSE and Newyork .

 

In February 2001, Wipro became the first software technology and services company in India to be certified for ISO 14001 certification for complying with the international standards for Environmental Management System (EMS) in three major software development and technology centers in Bangalore and also achieved ISO 9000 certification and they are ISO 14000 certificate holder also for good citizenship. Wipro Technologies has won the 'Banker Technology Award' for the year 2004 Instituted by the Financial Times in the 'Risk Management Award' category. During December 2005 the company has signed a definitive agreement to acquire mPower Inc, a US based company with a development center in Chennai and MPACT Technology Services which is also based in Chennai. Wipro received the BEST award from American society for training and development (ASTD) for three consecutive years 2004, 2005 and 2006. Subject is a largest 3rd party Research and Development service provider in the world, Wipro is among the top 3rd Indian BPO service providers by revenue identified by NASSCOM, the IDC India noted among the top 2nd domestic IT services companies in India. Wipro is the world first PCMM level 5 company and it is a winner company of the Dale Carnegie Leadership award in 2007 for people excellence. Wipro is a first company to be assessed at level 5 on CMMi for process excellence as well as its a company to deploy six sigma in IT services at first. Second time Wipro has announced that it has been recognized winner of the 2007 global MAKE award, the 2007 Asian MAKE award fifth time in a row and also received the 2007 Indian MAKE award third time organized by CII (Confederation of Indian Industry) . 


2006-07 was the year for acquisition to Wipro, during the year company acquired six companies namely Quntech Global Services, Saraware Oy, Enabler Informatica S A, 3D Networks Pte Limited, Hydrauto Engineering AB and Northwest Switchgear. Wipro partnered with Motorola to form a joint venture namely WMNETSERV, At the same time company invested Rs.16,684 million on fixed assets during the year. Wipro has set up an overseas design center as Odyssey 21 for undertaking projects and product developments in advanced technologies for overseas clients. 
 
 Wipro has been a pioneer in fostering a culture of Innovation. This culture manifested in small and big acts of Innovation of wiproites everyday. In the year 2000 itself Wipro launched Innovation Initiative for business development and right now they engaged across 55 CoE's and 30 innovation projects with over 500 peoples. Its not a edge, the companies future enhancement also to continued focus on Innovation has caught the attention of stakeholders and industry. Wipro wants to make a geographical footprint in Germany, Canada, Japan and Middle East that is likely to become the next growth engines and wants to frame a end-to-end solutions for business needs of customer. Wipro plans to set up a Global IT Services Center in Sydney.

 

 

Date of Incorporation and Name of the company

 

The Company was incorporated on December 29, 1945 under the name Western India Vegetable Products Limited. Subsequently, the name of the Company was changed to Wipro Products Limited in the year 1977 and then to Subject in the year 1984.

 

 

 

GOVEERNANCE BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

 

Azim H. Premji has been Chairman of the Board and Managing Director since September 1968. Mr. Premji holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, U.S.A.

 

Dr Ashok Ganguly has served as a Director on their Board since 1999. He is currently the Chairman of Firstsource Solutions Limited and ABP Private Limited (Ananda Bazar Patrika Group) and has been a Director on the Central Board of Reserve Bank of India, since November 2000. Dr Ganguly also currently serves as a non-executive director of Mahindra and Mahindra, ICICI Knowledge Park and Tata AIG Life Insurance Co Limited and a Director on the Advisory Board of Microsoft Corporation (India) Private Limited and Hemogenomics Private Limited. He is a member of the Prime Minister"s Council on Trade and Industry as well as the Investment Commission and the India-USA CEO Council, set up by the Prime Minister of India and the President of the U.S.. He is also a member of the National Knowledge Commission to the Prime Minister of India. He is a former member of the Board of British Airways Plc (1996-2005) and Unilever Plc/NV (1990-1997).

 

B.C. Prabhakar has served as a Director on their Board since February 1997. He is a practicing lawyer since April 1970. Mr. Prabhakar holds a B.A. in Political Science and Sociology and an LL.B. from Mysore University, India. Mr. B C Prabhakar serves as a non-executive Director of Automotive Axles Limited and 3M India Limited.

 

Dr. Jagdish N. Sheth has served as a Director on their Board since January 1999. He is a professor at Emory University since July 1991. Dr Sheth is also on the Boards of Innovolt Inc., Adayana Inc, Shasun Chemicals and Drugs Limited and Shasun Pharma Solutions Limited (UK). Dr. Sheth holds a B. Com (Honors) from Madras University, India, a M.B.A. and a Ph.D in Behavioral Sciences from the University of Pittsburgh, U.S.A.

 

Narayanan Vaghul has served as a Director on their Board since June 1997. He was the Chairman of the Board of ICICI Limited since September 1985 and after its merger with ICICI Bank Limited continues to be the Chairman of the merged entity. Mr. Vaghul is also on the Boards of Mahindra and Mahindra Limited., Mahindra World City Developers Limited, Nicholas Piramal India, Limited., National Aviation Company of India Limited, IAL Airport Services Limited, Air India Air Transport Services Limited, Air India Engineering Services Limited, Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Limited, Himatsingka Seide Limited, Hemogenomics Private Limited, Asset Reconstruction Company India Limited, Arcelor Mittal Luxembourg, Arcelor Mittal Europe and Azim Premji Foundation,. Mr. Vaghul is also the Chairman of the Compensation Committee of Mahindra and Mahindra Limited, Apollo Hospitals, Nicholas Piramal India Limited. and Chairman of the Board Governance and Remuneration Committee of ICICI Bank Limited. Mr. N Vaghul is also a member of the Audit Committee in Nicholas Piramal India Limited and Mahindra World City Developers Limited. Mr N. Vaghul is the lead independent Director of their Company. Mr. Vaghul holds Bachelor (Honors) degree in Commerce from Madras University, India.

 

Priya Mohan Sinha became a Director of their company on January 1, 2002. He has served as the Chairman of PepsiCo India Holdings Limited and President of Pepsi Foods Limited since July 1992. From October 1981 to November 1992, he was on the Executive Board of Directors of Hindustan Lever Limited. From 1981 to 1985 he also served as Sales Director of Hindustan Lever. Currently, he is also on the Boards of ICICI Bank Limited, Bata India Limited, Indian Oil Corporation Limited, Lafarge India Private Limited and Azim Premji Foundation. Mr. Sinha holds a Bachelor of Arts from Patna University and he has also attended Advanced Management Program in the Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, U.S.A. Mr Sinha is also the Chairman of the Nomination, Governance and Compensation Committee of Bata India Limited.

 

Mr. Bill Owens has served as a director on their board since July, 2006. He has held senior leadership positions at large multinational corporations. From April 2004 to November 2005, Mr. Owens served as Chief Executive Officer and Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Nortel Networks Corporation, a networking communications company. From August 1998 to April 2004, Mr. Owens served as Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of Teledesic LLC, a satellite communications company. From June 1996 to August 1998, Mr. Owens served as President, Chief Operating Officer and Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), a research and engineering firm. Presently, Mr. Owens serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Polycom Inc., a media communications company; Daimler Chrysler AG, an automotive company; Embarq, Intelius and Force 10. Mr. Owens holds a M.B.A. (Honors) degree from George Washington University, a B.S. in Mathematics from the U.S. Naval Academy and a B.A. and M.A. in Politics, Philosophy and Economics from Oxford University. Mr Owens has been a director of their company since July 1, 2006.

 

 

In September 2007, the Company through its subsidiaries acquired 100% equity of Infocrossing, Inc. (Infocrossing), a US-based provider of IT infrastructure management, enterprise application and business process outsourcing services for a purchase consideration of USD 436 Million. This acquisition of Infocrossing broadens the data center and mainframe capabilities to uniquely position the Company in the remote infrastructure management space.

 

NOTES TO ABRIDGED ACCOUNTS:

 

In August 2007, the Company through its subsidiaries acquired 100 % equity of Unza Holdings. (Unza), a Singapore-based FMCG for purchase consideration of USD 246 Million. Unza is one of South East Asia’s, largest independent manufacturer and marketer of personal care products, and has operations in over 40 countries. This acquisition would significantly increase the Company’s market size and provide significant synergy in terms of access of common vendors, formulation and brands.

 

Pursuant to the scheme of amalgamation approved by the Honourable High Courts of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh, Wipro Infrastructure Engineering Limited (‘WIN’), Quantech Global Services Limited (‘Quantech’) and Wipro Healthcare IT Limited (‘WHCIT’), wholly owned subsidiaries of the Company, have been merged with the Company with retrospective effect from April 1, 2007, the Appointed Date. In accordance with the scheme of amalgamation approved by the courts, the excess of net assets acquired over carrying value of investments in WIN of Rs.1,134 Million has been credited to capital reserves of Subject. The excess of the investment carrying value over net asset acquired for WHCIT and Quantech of Rs.259 Million has been debited to general reserve of Subject.

 

Had the scheme, not prescribed this treatment, an amount of Rs.281 Million would have been credited to securities premium account and Rs.853 Million to General reserve as required by the method prescribed by Accounting Standard 14 on Accounting for Amalgamation issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.

 

Pursuant to the scheme of amalgamation approved by the Honourable High Court of Karnataka and High Court of Judicature at Bombay, the Company has merged mPower Software Services India Private Limited (‘mPower’), mPact Technology Service Private Limited (‘mPact’) and cMango India Private Limited (‘cMango’) with the Company retrospectively from April 1, 2007, the Appointed Date. mPower, mPact and cMango were fully held by Wipro Inc., which in turn is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company. Pursuant to the scheme of amalgamation, the Company will issue 968,803 fully-paid equity shares with a market value as on April 1, 2007 of Rs.540 Million as consideration to a controlled trust for the benefit of Wipro Inc. The excess of net assets acquired over consideration paid amounting to Rs.91 Million has been recognised in general reserve of Subject.

 

 

CMT REPORT (Corruption, Money Laundering & Terrorism]

 

The Public Notice information has been collected from various sources including but not limited to: The Courts, India Prisons Service, Interpol, etc.

 

1]         INFORMATION ON DESIGNATED PARTY

No records exist designating subject or any of its beneficial owners, controlling shareholders or senior officers as terrorist or terrorist organization or whom notice had been received that all financial transactions involving their assets have been blocked or convicted, found guilty or against whom a judgement or order had been entered in a proceedings for violating money-laundering, anti-corruption or bribery or international economic or anti-terrorism sanction laws or whose assets were seized, blocked, frozen or ordered forfeited for violation of money laundering or international anti-terrorism laws.

 

2]         Court Declaration :

No records exist to suggest that subject is or was the subject of any formal or informal allegations, prosecutions or other official proceeding for making any prohibited payments or other improper payments to government officials for engaging in prohibited transactions or with designated parties.

 

3]         Asset Declaration :

No records exist to suggest that the property or assets of the subject are derived from criminal conduct or a prohibited transaction.

 

4]         Record on Financial Crime :

            Charges or conviction registered against subject:                                                  None

 

5]         on Violation of Anti-Corruption Laws :

            Charges or investigation registered against subject:                                                          None

 

6]         Records on Int’l Anti-Money Laundering Laws/Standards :

            Charges or investigation registered against subject:                                                          None

 

7]         Criminal Records

No available information exist that suggest that subject or any of its principals have been formally charged or convicted by a competent governmental authority for any financial crime or under any formal investigation by a competent government authority for any violation of anti-corruption laws or international anti-money laundering laws or standard.

 

8]         Affiliation with Government :

No record exists to suggest that any director or indirect owners, controlling shareholders, director, officer or employee of the company is a government official or a family member or close business associate of a Government official.

 

9]         Compensation Package :

Our market survey revealed that the amount of compensation sought by the subject is fair and reasonable and comparable to compensation paid to others for similar services.

 

10]        Press Report :

            No press reports / filings exists on the subject.

 

 

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

 

MIRA INFORM as part of its Due Diligence do provide comments on Corporate Governance to identify management and governance. These factors often have been predictive and in some cases have created vulnerabilities to credit deterioration.

 

 

Our Governance Assessment focuses principally on the interactions between a company’s management, its Board of Directors, Shareholders and other financial stakeholders.

 

 

CONTRAVENTION

 

Subject is not known to have contravened any existing local laws, regulations or policies that prohibit, restrict or otherwise affect the terms and conditions that could be included in the agreement with the subject.

 

 

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 

Currency

Unit

Indian Rupees

US Dollar

1

Rs.48.86

UK Pound

1

Rs.84.22

Euro

1

Rs.65.51

 

 

SCORE & RATING EXPLANATIONS

 

SCORE FACTORS

 

RANGE

POINTS

HISTORY

1~10

9

PAID-UP CAPITAL

1~10

9

OPERATING SCALE

1~10

9

FINANCIAL CONDITION

 

 

--BUSINESS SCALE

1~10

9

--PROFITABILIRY

1~10

9

--LIQUIDITY

1~10

9

--LEVERAGE

1~10

9

--RESERVES

1~10

9

--CREDIT LINES

1~10

9

--MARGINS

-5~5

--

DEMERIT POINTS

 

 

--BANK CHARGES

YES/NO

YES

--LITIGATION

YES/NO

NO

--OTHER ADVERSE INFORMATION

YES/NO

NO

MERIT POINTS

 

 

--SOLE DISTRIBUTORSHIP

YES/NO

YES

--EXPORT ACTIVITIES

YES/NO

YES

--AFFILIATION

YES/NO

YES

--LISTED

YES/NO

YES

--OTHER MERIT FACTORS

YES/NO

YES

TOTAL

 

81

 

This score serves as a reference to assess SC’s credit risk and to set the amount of credit to be extended. It is calculated from a composite of weighted scores obtained from each of the major sections of this report. The assessed factors and their relative weights (as indicated through %) are as follows:

 

Financial condition (40%)            Ownership background (20%)                 Payment record (10%)

Credit history (10%)                    Market trend (10%)                                Operational size (10%)

 


 

RATING EXPLANATIONS

 

RATING

STATUS

 

 

PROPOSED CREDIT LINE

>86

Aaa

Possesses an extremely sound financial base with the strongest capability for timely payment of interest and principal sums

 

Unlimited

71-85

Aa

Possesses adequate working capital. No caution needed for credit transaction. It has above average (strong) capability for payment of interest and principal sums

 

Large

56-70

A

Financial & operational base are regarded healthy. General unfavourable factors will not cause fatal effect. Satisfactory capability for payment of interest and principal sums

 

Fairly Large

41-55

Ba

Overall operation is considered normal. Capable to meet normal commitments.

 

Satisfactory

26-40

B

Unfavourable & favourable factors carry similar weight in credit consideration. Capability to overcome financial difficulties seems comparatively below average/normal.

 

Small

11-25

Ca

Adverse factors are apparent. Repayment of interest and principal sums in default or expected to be in default upon maturity

 

Limited with full security

<10

C

Absolute credit risk exists. Caution needed to be exercised

 

 

Credit not recommended

NR

In view of the lack of information, we have no basis upon which to recommend credit dealings

No Rating

 

 

 

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