UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

Form 6-K

 

 

Report of Foreign Private Issuer

Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16

under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the month of August 2017

Commission File Number 001-16139

 

 

Wipro Limited

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Not Applicable

(Translation of Registrant’s name into English)

Karnataka, India

(Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

Doddakannelli

Sarjapur Road

Bangalore, Karnataka 560035, India +91-80-2844-0011

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F:

Form 20-F   ☒               Form 40-F  ☐

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1):

    Yes  ☐            No   ☒

Note: Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1) only permits the submission in paper of a Form 6-K if submitted solely to provide an attached annual report to security holders.

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7):    Yes  ☐    No   ☒

Note: Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7) only permits the submission in paper of a Form 6-K if submitted to furnish a report or other document that the registrant foreign private issuer must furnish and make public under the laws of the jurisdiction in which the registrant is incorporated, domiciled or legally organized (the registrant’s “home country”), or under the rules of the home country exchange on which the registrant’s securities are traded, as long as the report or other document is not a press release, is not required to be and has not been distributed to the registrant’s security holders, and, if discussing a material event, has already been the subject of a Form 6-K submission or other Commission filing on EDGAR.

 

 

 

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RESULTS OF POSTAL BALLOT AND ANNOUNCEMENT OF RECORD DATE

Wipro Limited, a company organized under the laws of the Republic of India (the “Company”) hereby furnishes the Commission with copies of the following information concerning the matters voted by the members through postal ballot and electronic voting (“E-voting”) and the record date for the proposed buyback of shares of the Company. The following information shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

On August 30, 2017, the Company informed the securities exchanges in India on which its securities are listed and the New York Stock Exchange of the results of the postal ballot and E-voting. A copy of such letter to the stock exchanges is attached to this Form 6-K as Item 99.1. Special resolution relating to approval for buyback of equity shares was approved by a majority of the shareholders and the votes cast for and against are described in the attached letter.

As per the Indian Companies Act, 2013, the Company provided its members the ability to cast their votes by E-voting for the special resolution relating to approval for buyback of equity shares. The E-voting period commenced on July 30, 2017 and ended on August 28, 2017.

On August 30, 2017, the Company informed the securities exchanges in India on which its securities are listed and the New York Stock Exchange that the Company has fixed Friday, September 15, 2017 as the record date for the purpose of determining the entitlement and the names of the equity shareholders who are eligible to participate in the buyback of shares of the Company. A copy of such letter to the stock exchanges is attached to this Form 6-K as Item 99.2.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly organized.

 

Dated: August 31, 2017

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INDEX TO EXHIBITS

 

Item
99.1		Letter to the Stock Exchanges dated August 30, 2017.
99.2		Letter to the Stock Exchanges dated August 30, 2017.