Wipro in spotlight after announcing Q4 results

Wipro's consolidated net profit fell 2% to Rs 2240 crore on 12% rise in gross revenue to Rs 13630 crore in Q4 March 2016 over Q4 March 2015. The results are as per International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). The result was announced after market hours yesterday, 20 April 2016.

Revenue from IT services business rose 2.4% to $1,882 million in Q4 March 2016 over Q3 December 2015. On sequential basis, the company expects 1% to 3.02% growth in revenue from IT services business at between $1,901 million to $1,939 million in Q1 June 2016.

On an annualized basis, the employee attrition rate dropped to 14.9% in Q4 March 2016 from 16.3% in Q3 December 2015.

Wipro's board of directors approved a proposal to buyback up to 4 crore equity shares of the company for an aggregate amount of up to Rs 2500 crore, being 1.62% of the total paid up equity share capital. The buyback will be through the tender offer route at Rs 625 per share. The promoters of the company have indicated their intention to participate in the proposed buyback.

TCS announced the release of a new TCS Intelligent Urban Exchange (IUX) application for Intelligent Water. The new urban analytics application offers pre-built 'use cases' to cost-effectively reduce Non Revenue Water (NRW) loss and ensure delivery of safe, reliable water. The application leverages IUX's scalable analytics platform to allow cities and partners to easily integrate and localize, in order to accelerate the deployment of smart city solutions and enable a future-ready infrastructure for cross domain urban solutions. The announcement was made after market hours yesterday, 20 April 2016.

Among prominent earnings, Hindustan Zinc and IndusInd Bank are scheduled to announce their Q4 March 2016 results today, 21 April 2016.

Tata Steel in a press statement with regard to media news of a potential management buyout bid for Tata Steel UK said that Tata Steel Europe welcomes credible expressions of interest for Tata Steel UK's operations. It is the company's policy not to mention, confirm or comment on any potentially interested investor or bidder at this point, Tata Steel said. All expressions of interest, including any management buyout proposals, will be considered when received, it added. In the interests of all stakeholders every credible expressions of interest will enter the same rigorous assessment process to ensure the best value and prospects of sustainability, Tata Steel said in a statement. The announcement was made after market hours yesterday, 20 April 2016.

Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) announced that India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra) has affirmed the long-term issuer rating of M&M at 'IND AAA' with a 'stable' outlook. The rating on its Rs 800 crore non-fund-based bank lines has also been reaffirmed at 'IND A1+'. The announcement was made after market hours yesterday, 20 April 2016.

Jay Bharat Maruti's net profit rose 26.64% to Rs 12.69 crore on 1.22% growth in net total income from operations to Rs 339.31 crore in Q4 March 2016 over Q4 March 2015. The result was announced after market hours yesterday, 20 April 2016.

Tide Water Oil (India) announced that it has acquired 100% stake in Price Thomas Holdings (PTHL), a UK based company for GBP 9.59 million. PTHL was incorporated on 14 May 1998. The announcement was made after market hours yesterday, 20 April 2016. PTHL along with its subsidiary is a manufacturer and supplier of lubricants & car care products in the UK and few overseas automative markets. It is a small sized company and has operations primarily in UK. Apart from UK, PTHL exports its products to Ireland, Sweden and Bulgaria. PTHL registered profit before tax (PBT) of GBP 0.87 million on gross revenue of GBP 10.92 million for the year ended 31 December 2014. No governmental or regulatory approvals are required for the acquisition as it falls within automatic approval route of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) policy. The share purchase agreement has been signed on 19 April 2016. The post acquisition formaliities are expected to conclude shortly. The proposed acquisition is envisaged to result in competitive product pricing of Tide Water Oil in the European market.

Stone India said that it has bagged on 20 April 2016 an order for supply & installation of 9,090 units of bio-toilets to Government of Chattisgarh valuing Rs 28.70 crore via its business associate, Cranberry Westlink T & D Inc. This is the single largest order of bio toilets for Stone India. The announcement was made after market hours yesterday, 20 April 2016.

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