Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 8742Z

WPP PLC

17 March 2017

 

Buy-back programme

Transaction in own shares

WPP plc ("WPP" or the "Company") announces that on 17 March 2017 it purchased for treasury 225,000 of its ordinary shares at an average price of 1694.8536 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
Number of shares repurchased:	225,000
Date of transaction:	17 March 2017
Time of transaction:	08:00 - 16:30
Price (pence):	1694.8536
Trading venue:	London Stock Exchange
Broker:	Merrill Lynch International

Following the above purchase, WPP holds 51,879,826 ordinary shares as treasury shares. The total number of WPP shares in issue is 1,280,000,904 (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

 

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