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WPP PLC

16 May 2017

Buy-back programme

Transaction in own shares

WPP plc ("WPP" or the "Company") announces that on 16 May 2017 it purchased for treasury 200,000 of its ordinary shares at an average price of 1717.7645 pence per ordinary share. Details of the relevant repurchase transactions are set out below:

 
 Description of shares:           WPP plc ordinary shares 
                                   of 10 pence each 
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 Number of shares repurchased:    200,000 
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 Date of transaction:             16 May 2017 
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 Time of transaction:             08:05 - 16:30 
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 Price (pence):                   1717.7645 
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 Trading venue:                   London Stock Exchange 
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 Broker:                          Merrill Lynch International 
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Following the above purchase, WPP holds 55,004,826 ordinary shares as treasury shares. The total number of WPP shares in issue is 1,277,266,546 (excluding shares to be held in treasury).

All transactions under this programme will be published on the Company's website (www.wpp.com) on a daily basis.

Enquiries:

 
 Marie Capes, Company Secretary    020 7408 2204 
 

This information is provided by RNS

The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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