WPP PLC Transaction in Own Shares (6749N)

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RNS Number : 6749N

WPP PLC

27 October 2016

Close Period buy-back programme

Transaction in own shares

WPP plc ("WPP" or the "Company") announces that on 27 October 2016 it purchased for treasury 125,000 of its ordinary shares at an average price of 1700.6097 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:    125,000 
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 Date of transaction:             27 October 2016 
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 Time of transaction:             08:30 - 16:30 
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 Price (pence):                   1700.6097 
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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 51,043,608 ordinary shares as treasury shares. The total number of WPP shares in issue is 1,279,184,222 (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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