Old Wipro Shares: What They Are Worth and How to Recover Them
Reviewed 22 September 2026
In short
Wipro has issued bonus shares repeatedly: 1:1 in 2017, 1:3 in 2019 (ex-bonus 6 March 2019) and a further bonus issue announced in October 2024. Old certificates therefore understate the holding substantially. The registrar is KFin Technologies.
Corporate actions that changed the holding
- 2017Bonus issue, 1:1One bonus share for every share held.
- 2019Bonus issue, 1:3One bonus share for every three held. The share went ex-bonus on 6 March 2019.
- 2024Bonus issue announcedA further bonus issue was announced in October 2024. Confirm the ratio and record date with the registrar.
Wipro has a long history of bonus issues stretching back decades, famous for turning a small early investment into a very large holding. We have listed only the recent ones we could verify; KFintech can confirm the rest for a folio.
Who to write to
KFin Technologies Limited (KFintech)
- Address
- Selenium Tower-B, Plot No. 31 & 32, Financial District, Nanakramguda, Serilingampally Mandal, Hyderabad 500032
- Toll-free
- 1800 309 4001
- einward.ris@kfintech.com
- Online requests
- ris.kfintech.com/clientservices/isc/
Registrars change. Confirm the current one on the company’s investor page before posting anything, and see how to find a company’s registrar.
How the shares are recovered
- The shares are in your name and you have the certificates
Update KYC on the folio if needed, then dematerialise them so they can be sold.
- The shareholder has died
The nominee, surviving joint holder or legal heirs claim through transmission.
- You bought the shares on paper before April 2019
SEBI's special window, open until 4 February 2027, lets you complete the transfer.
- The certificates are lost or damaged
The registered holder or heirs apply for duplicates, credited to demat.
- The shares or dividends were transferred to IEPF
Claim them back from the IEPF Authority with Form IEPF-5.
- The certificate is in an old or merged company name
The holding may now sit with a renamed or successor company.
Questions we are asked about Wipro shares
Is it true that a small Wipro holding from the 1980s is now worth a fortune?
Wipro has issued bonus shares many times, and early holdings have multiplied enormously. Whether a specific folio still exists, and what it holds, is a question for the registrar — that is the check we run first, free of charge.
Who is Wipro’s registrar?
KFin Technologies (KFintech), which handles physical and demat service requests for Wipro shareholders.
The shares are in a deceased relative’s name.
That is transmission. Under SEBI’s July 2026 framework, holdings within ₹10 lakh per company in physical form need an indemnity bond and an affidavit-cum-NOC from the other heirs.
Sources
Free valuation of old shares
Send us the company name and folio number from the certificate. We work out what the holding is worth today, after bonuses, splits and mergers.