The Company announces that on 18 May 2022 it had purchased a total of 4,000 of its ordinary shares of £0.10 each (the "ordinary shares") on the London Stock Exchange through the Company's broker Goldman Sachs International as detailed below. The repurchased shares will be cancelled.
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Number of ordinary shares purchased
4,000
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Highest price paid (per ordinary share)
£ 9.9840
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Lowest price paid (per ordinary share)
£ 9.7220
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Volume weighted average price paid (per ordinary share)
£ 9.8714
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The purchases form part of the Company's share buyback programme announced on 24 March 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 1,169,303,166 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 1,098,813,213 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 Goldman Sachs International on behalf of the Company as part of the share buyback programme is set out below.
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
Schedule of Purchases - Individual Transactions
Issuer Name
WPP plc
LEI
549300LSGBXPYHXGDT93
ISIN
JE00B8KF9B49
Intermediary Name
Goldman Sachs International
Intermediary Code
GSILGB2XXXX
Timezone
GMT
Currency
GBP
Number of Shares
Price Per Share(GBP)
Trading Venue
Date of Transaction
Time of Transaction
Transaction Reference Number
572
9.9420
XLON
18/05/2022
08:21:26
543709183610819
499
9.9460
XLON
18/05/2022
10:31:31
543709183624745
536
9.9840
XLON
18/05/2022
11:25:15
543709183630521
285
9.8680
XLON
18/05/2022
13:32:06
543709183642901
396
9.8680
XLON
18/05/2022
13:32:06
543709183642900
239
9.8340
XLON
18/05/2022
14:32:45
543709183650970
333
9.8340
XLON
18/05/2022
14:32:45
543709183650969
572
9.7960
XLON
18/05/2022
15:13:16
543709183662043
284
9.7600
XLON
18/05/2022
16:04:37
543709183673156
51
9.7420
XLON
18/05/2022
16:09:59
543709183674215
91
9.7420
XLON
18/05/2022
16:09:59
543709183674214
1
9.7220
XLON
18/05/2022
16:28:40
543709183679579
2
9.7220
XLON
18/05/2022
16:28:40
543709183679577
3
9.7220
XLON
18/05/2022
16:28:40
543709183679576
13
9.7220
XLON
18/05/2022
16:28:40
543709183679575
123
9.7220
XLON
18/05/2022
16:28:40
543709183679578
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