Billionaire businessman Azim Premji gifted 1 crore shares worth Rs 500 crore to his sons, Rishad and Tariq. Rishad is currently the chairman of Wipro, while Tariq is the vice president of Azim Premji Endowment Fund. With this transaction, Azim Premji now owns 4.12% of Wipro.
Based on Wipro s closing share price of Rs 484.9 on last Friday, the 1,023,180 shares gifted by Premji were valued at Rs 496 crore, , wipro, azim premji
On January 23, Azim Premji transferred over 51 lakh shares each to his sons, Rishad Premji, who is the chairman of Wipro, and Tariq Premji, serving as Wipro Enterprises non-executive director.
Azim Premji, 78, owned 22,58,08,537 shares, or 4.32%, in Wipro until last week. On 20 January, Premji gave 51,15,090 shares, each, to elder son Rishad, who is the chairman of Wipro, and to Tariq, who works at Azim Premji Foundation.
January 19, 2021
Azim Premji, promoter firms sell over 22 cr shares, shed 1% ownership in Wipro
Wipro promoter Azim Premji and promoter companies tendered 22,89,04,785 shares worth ₹9,156 crore during share buyback process held between December 29, 2020 and January 11, 2021, said Wipro Ltd in a regulatory filing on Tuesday.
Azim Premji Trust tendered 19.87 crore shares, Hasham Traders tendered 1 crore shares and Azim Premji Philanthropic Initiatives tendered 51.82 lakh shares. Azim Hasham Premji, Partner, representing Zash Traders and Azim Hasham Premji, Partner, representing Prazim Traders tendered 75 lakh shares each, as per the filing.
Post the buyback, the promoters now hold 73.04 per cent stake in the company, almost 1 per cent down from the earlier 74 per cent, while the remaining 26.96 per cent stake is being held by foreign investors, financial institutions and others.