Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 6901G
WPP PLC
17 November 2022
 

WPP plc

ISIN: JE00B8KF9B49

17 November 2022

 

WPP plc (the "Company")

Transaction in Own Shares

 

The Company announces that on 16 November 2022 it had purchased a total of 800,000 of its ordinary shares of £0.10 each (the "ordinary shares") on the London Stock Exchange, Chi-X Europe, BATS Europe, and Turquoise, through the Company's broker Citigroup Global Markets Limited as detailed below. The repurchased shares will be cancelled.

 


London Stock Exchange

BATS Europe

Chi-X Europe

Turquoise

Number of ordinary shares purchased

725,000

43,000

43,000

0

Highest price paid (per ordinary share)

881.6000p

881.2000p

880.4000p

N/A

Lowest price paid (per ordinary share)

870.4000p

870.6000p

870.6000p

N/A

Volume weighted average price paid (per ordinary share)

875.1900p

875.2300p

875.2600p

N/A

 

The purchases form part of the Company's share buyback programme announced on 8 September 2022.

 

Following settlement of the above purchases and cancellation of the purchased ordinary shares, the Company's total number of ordinary shares in issue shall be 1,145,295,425 ordinary shares.

 

Following the above purchases, the Company holds 70,489,953 ordinary shares in treasury, which do not carry voting rights, therefore total voting rights are 1,074,805,472  ordinary shares.

 

In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 (the Market Abuse Regulation), the detailed breakdown of individual trades made by Citigroup Global Markets Limited on behalf of the Company as part of the share buyback programme is set out below.

 

 http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/6901G_1-2022-11-16.pdf

 

This announcement does not constitute, or form part of, an offer or any solicitation of an offer for securities in any jurisdiction.

 

LEI number of WPP plc: 549300LSGBXPYHXGDT93

 

 

Issuer Name

WPP plc

LEI

549300LSGBXPYHXGDT93

ISIN

JE00B8KF9B49

Intermediary Name

Citigroup Global Markets Limited

Intermediary Code

SBILGB2L

Timezone

GMT

Currency

GBp

 

 

 

 

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