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ITC Limited
FormerlyImperial Tobacco Company of India Limited (1910–1970)
India Tobacco Company Limited (1970–1974)
I.T.C. Limited (1974–2001)
ITC Limited (2001–present)
Company type Public
ISIN INE154A01025
Industry Conglomerate [1]
Predecessor W.D. & H.O. Wills
Founded24 August 1910;113 years ago (1910-08-24) [2]
Headquarters
Virginia House, Kolkata,
West Bengal
,
India
Area served
Key people
Sanjiv Puri
(Chairman & MD) [3]
Products
Brands
RevenueIncrease2.svg₹78,498.70 crore (US$9.8 billion) (2023)
Increase2.svg₹25,793.21 crore (US$3.2 billion) (2023)
Increase2.svg₹19,427.68 crore (US$2.4 billion) (2023)
Total assets Increase2.svg₹85,882.98 crore (US$11 billion) (2023)
Total equity Increase2.svg₹69,538.79 crore (US$8.7 billion) (2023)
Number of employees
Increase2.svg~49,824 (2023)
Divisions ITC Hotels
ITC Paperboards and Specialty Papers Division
ITC Infotech
Sunrise Foods
Website www.itcportal.com OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Footnotes /references
[4] [5] [6] [7]

ITC Limited is an Indian company headquartered in Kolkata. [8] ITC has a diversified presence across industries such as FMCG, hotels, software, packaging, paperboards, specialty papers and agribusiness. [9] The company has 13 businesses in 5 segments. It exports its products in 90 countries. Its products are available in 6 million retail outlets. [10] [4]

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On 17 April 2023, its market cap crossed the milestone of ₹500,000 crore (US$63 billion) for the first time in company's history, followed by crossing the ₹600,000 crore (US$75 billion) mark on 20 July 2023 and becoming the biggest FMCG Company in India passing the Hindustan Unilever's market cap the very next day. [11] [12] It employs 36,500 people at more than 60 locations across India. [13]

History

Tobacco business and early years

"ITC Limited" was originally named "Imperial Tobacco Company of India Limited", succeeding Imperial Brands and W.D. & H.O. Wills on 24 August 1910 as a British-owned company registered in Kolkata. [14] [15] Since the company was primarily based on agricultural resources, it ventured into partnerships in 1911 with farmers from the southern part of India to source leaf tobacco.[ citation needed ] [16] Under the company's umbrella, the "Indian Leaf Tobacco Development Company Limited" was formed in Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh in 1912. [17] The first cigarette factory of the company was set up in 1913 in Bangalore.[ citation needed ]

In 1928, construction began for the company's headquarters, the 'Virginia House' at Calcutta. [18] ITC acquired Carreras Tobacco Company's factory at Kidderpore in 1935 to further strengthen its presence.[ citation needed ] ITC helped set up an indigenous cigarette tissue-paper-making plant in 1946 to reduce import costs significantly. Then, a factory for printing and packaging was set up in Madras in 1949.[ citation needed ] The company acquired the manufacturing business of Tobacco Manufacturers (India) Limited and the complementary lithographic printing business of Printers (India) Limited in 1953. [19]

Name

Established in 1910 as the Imperial Tobacco Company of India Limited, the company was renamed as the India Tobacco Company Limited in 1970 and later to I.T.C. Limited in 1974. In 2001 the company was renamed ITC Limited, where "ITC" is no longer an acronym. [20] [21]

Shareholding and listings

ITC's equity shares are listed on Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), National Stock Exchange of India (NSE) and Calcutta Stock Exchange (CSE). [22] The company's Global Depository Receipts (GDRs) are listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange. ITC is a constituent of two major stock market indices of India: BSE SENSEX and NIFTY 50 of NSE. [23]

In July 2023, ITC Ltd.'s board of directors approved in principle the demerger of its hotel business and the formation of a wholly owned subsidiary called ITC Hotels. [24] [25]

In February 2024, British American Tobacco announced its plans to sell part of its stake in ITC Limited. This decision was aimed at reducing BAT's debt and accelerating its share buyback program. Despite BAT's desire to retain significant influence within ITC, requiring at least a 25% stake for veto rights, the move was well-received by investors, leading to a near 8% increase in BAT's share value. [26] [27] [28]

Employees

As per the Annual report of the company, it had 28000+ employees as on 31 March 2020. [29] It spent ₹2,145 crores on Employee benefits during the FY 2012–13. During the same year, its attrition rate was 12%. [29]

ITC's Chairman Yogesh Chandra Deveshwar (d. 2019) won renowned awards and recognition including Padma Bhushan from Govt. of India 2005–09, by Boston Consulting Group and seventh-best-performing CEO in the world by Harvard Business Review. [29] [30]

Meera Shankar, Indian ambassador to the USA between 2009 and 2011, joined the board of ITC Limited in 2012 as the first woman director in its history. [31] She is an additional non-executive director of the company. [32]

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  4. 1 2 "Company Profile". Reuters . Retrieved 16 November 2021. ITC Limited is a holding company, which is engaged in the marketing of fast moving consumer goods (FMGC).
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