Results of AGM

WPP PLC

08 May 2024

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

8 May 2024

WPP PLC ("WPP")

Results of AGM

Following its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held at 11.00am on Wednesday 8 May 2024, WPP announces the results of the poll vote for each resolution set out in the Notice of AGM. The full text of the resolutions proposed at the AGM is included in WPP's Notice of AGM published on 21 March 2024, which is available on WPP's website at: www.wpp.com/investors.

Resolutions 1 to 18 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 19 to 21 were passed as special resolutions.

The following table shows the votes cast on each resolution:

Resolution	Total Votes  For	%	Total Votes Against	%	Total Votes Cast	Votes Withheld
1 Ordinary Resolution to receive the 2023 Annual Report and Accounts	937,941,958	99.97%	236,024	0.03%	938,177,982	1,420,613
2 Ordinary Resolution to declare a final dividend	936,276,773	99.65%	3,256,561	0.35%	939,533,334	65,261
3 Ordinary Resolution to approve the Compensation        Committee report	789,002,865	92.88%	60,497,656	7.12%	849,500,521	90,097,874
4 Ordinary Resolution to elect Andrew Scott as a Director	936,768,188	99.72%	2,668,306	0.28%	939,436,494	161,501
5 Ordinary Resolution to re-elect Angela Ahrendts DBE as a Director	836,382,449	98.46%	13,090,836	1.54%	849,473,285	90,124,710
6 Ordinary Resolution to re-elect Simon Dingemans as a Director	848,251,881	90.29%	91,212,533	9.71%	939,464,414	134,181
7 Ordinary Resolution to re-elect Sandrine Dufour as a Director	933,187,893	99.33%	6,275,626	0.67%	939,463,519	135,076
8 Ordinary Resolution to re-elect Tom Ilube CBE as a Director	921,060,142	98.04%	18,400,854	1.96%	939,460,996	137,599
9 Ordinary Resolution to re-elect Roberto Quarta as a Director	888,601,106	94.59%	50,854,851	5.41%	939,455,957	142,638
10 Ordinary Resolution to re-elect Mark Read CBE as a Director	938,266,704	99.87%	1,181,909	0.13%	939,448,613	149,982
11 Ordinary Resolution to re-elect Cindy Rose OBE as a Director	926,022,555	98.57%	13,442,606	1.43%	939,465,161	133,434
12 Ordinary Resolution to re-elect Keith Weed CBE as a Director	937,913,507	99.84%	1,544,137	0.16%	939,457,644	140,951
13 Ordinary Resolution to re-elect Jasmine Whitbread as a Director	895,489,427	95.32%	43,969,196	4.68%	939,458,623	139,972
14 Ordinary Resolution to re-elect Joanne Wilson as a Director	935,352,563	99.57%	4,081,692	0.43%	939,434,255	164,340
15 Ordinary Resolution to re-elect Dr. Ya-Qin Zhang as a Director	848,290,551	99.86%	1,161,929	0.14%	849,452,480	90,146,115
16 Ordinary Resolution to appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the auditor of the Company	935,645,512	99.59%	3,880,652	0.41%	939,526,164	72,431
17 Ordinary Resolution to authorise the Audit Committee, on behalf of the Board, to determine the auditor's remuneration	939,145,161	99.96%	378,380	0.04%	939,523,541	73,855
18 Ordinary Resolution to authorise the Directors to allot relevant securities	811,164,583	86.63%	125,178,700	13.37%	936,343,283	3,255,312
19 Special Resolution to authorise the Company to purchase its own shares	934,367,386	99.46%	5,053,129	0.54%	939,420,515	178,080
20 Special Resolution to authorise the Directors to allot equity securities wholly for cash	828,331,968	88.33%	109,394,949	11.67%	937,726,917	1,871,556
21 Special Resolution to authorise the disapplication of pre-emption rights	831,717,942	88.70%	105,968,747	11.30%	937,686,689	1,911,780

Notes:

(1)  The "for" votes include those giving the Chairman discretion.

(2)  Total votes "for" and "against" are expressed as a percentage of the total votes cast.

(3)  A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes "for" or "against" a resolution.

(4)  Issued Share Capital (excluding Treasury Shares): 1,078,553,733 ordinary shares.

The above poll results will shortly be available on WPP's website at www.wpp.com/investors. In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2 a copy of the resolutions, other than those concerning ordinary business of the Company, will be submitted to the FCA and will in due course be available for inspection at: https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism

Balbir Kelly-Bisla

Company Secretary

Further information 

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