WPP PLC Results of AGM (3722B)

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RNS Number : 3722B

WPP PLC

09 June 2021

 
   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                        9 June 2021 
 

WPP PLC ("WPP")

Results of AGM

Following its Annual General Meeting (AGM) held at 12 noon on Wednesday 9 June 2021, WPP plc (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 5 May 2021, which is available on WPP's website at: www.wpp.com/investors/shareholder-centre/shareholder-meetings

Resolutions 1 to 20 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 21 to 24 were passed as special resolutions.

The following table shows the votes cast on each resolution:

 
 Resolution                      Total Votes   %         Total Votes   %      Total Votes   Votes Withheld 
                                  For                     Against              Cast 
 1 Ordinary Resolution 
  to receive the 2020 
  Annual Report and 
  Accounts                       959,201,064    98.66%    12,904,167  1.33%   972,181,119        1,137,165 
                                ------------  --------  ------------  -----  ------------  --------------- 
 2 Ordinary Resolution 
  to declare a final 
  dividend                       972,029,035    99.87%     1,175,249  0.12%   973,280,172           38,112 
                                ------------  --------  ------------  -----  ------------  --------------- 
 3 Ordinary Resolution 
  to approve the Compensation 
  Committee report               957,496,840    98.44%    15,129,720  1.56%   972,705,014          613,013 
                                ------------  --------  ------------  -----  ------------  --------------- 
 4 Ordinary Resolution 
  to elect Angela 
  Ahrendts DBE as 
  a Director                     957,481,094    99.96%       297,858  0.03%   957,855,288       15,462,996 
                                ------------  --------  ------------  -----  ------------  --------------- 
 5 Ordinary Resolution 
  to elect Tom Ilube 
  CBE as a Director              961,211,123    99.92%       697,432  0.07%   961,984,891       11,333,393 
                                ------------  --------  ------------  -----  ------------  --------------- 
 6 Ordinary Resolution 
  to elect Dr. Ya-Qin 
  Zhang as a Director            925,230,461    96.18%    36,687,662  3.81%   961,994,459       11,323,825 
                                ------------  --------  ------------  -----  ------------  --------------- 
 7 Ordinary Resolution 
  to re-elect Dr Jacques 
  Aigrain as a Director          880,047,084    90.61%    91,160,570  9.39%   971,283,990        2,270,414 
                                ------------  --------  ------------  -----  ------------  --------------- 
 8 Ordinary Resolution 
  to re-elect Sandrine 
  Dufour as a Director           960,814,247    99.88%     1,093,297  0.11%   961,983,880       11,334,404 
                                ------------  --------  ------------  -----  ------------  --------------- 
 9 Ordinary Resolution 
  to re-elect Tarek 
  Farahat as a Director          960,998,357    98.75%    12,125,301  1.25%   973,200,094          118,190 
                                ------------  --------  ------------  -----  ------------  --------------- 
 10 Ordinary Resolution 
  to re-elect Roberto 
  Quarta as a Director           951,869,301    97.81%    21,270,712  2.19%   973,217,177          101,107 
                                ------------  --------  ------------  -----  ------------  --------------- 
 11 Ordinary Resolution 
  to re-elect Mark 
  Read as a Director             961,059,247    98.75%    12,080,966  1.24%   973,216,549          101,735 
                                ------------  --------  ------------  -----  ------------  --------------- 
 12 Ordinary Resolution 
  to re-elect John 
  Rogers as a Director           953,553,508    99.59%     3,804,067  0.40%   957,433,911       15,884,360 
                                ------------  --------  ------------  -----  ------------  --------------- 
 13 Ordinary Resolution 
  to re-elect Cindy 
  Rose OBE as a Director         961,020,422    99.90%       891,986  0.09%   961,988,744       11,329,540 
                                ------------  --------  ------------  -----  ------------  --------------- 
 14 Ordinary Resolution 
  to re-elect Nicole 
  Seligman as a Director         923,942,078    94.94%    49,185,698  5.05%   973,207,408          109,199 
                                ------------  --------  ------------  -----  ------------  --------------- 
 15 Ordinary Resolution 
  to re-elect Sally 
  Susman as a Director           968,172,454    99.91%       819,769  0.08%   969,068,559        4,249,725 
                                ------------  --------  ------------  -----  ------------  --------------- 
 16 Ordinary Resolution 
  to re-elect Keith 
  Weed CBE as a Director         968,158,641    99.91%       819,843  0.08%   969,054,820        4,263,464 
                                ------------  --------  ------------  -----  ------------  --------------- 
 17 Ordinary Resolution 
  to re-elect Jasmine 
  Whitbread as a Director        929,884,812    97.08%    27,884,752  2.91%   957,846,460       15,471,824 
                                ------------  --------  ------------  -----  ------------  --------------- 
 18 Ordinary Resolution 
  to re-appoint Deloitte 
  LLP as the auditors            915,759,807    94.48%    53,380,432  5.51%   969,216,825        4,101,459 
                                ------------  --------  ------------  -----  ------------  --------------- 
 19 Ordinary Resolution 
  to authorise the 
  Audit Committee 
  to determine the 
  auditors' remuneration         965,096,394    99.16%     8,091,381  0.83%   973,264,111           54,173 
                                ------------  --------  ------------  -----  ------------  --------------- 
 20 Ordinary Resolution 
  to authorise the 
  Directors to allot 
  relevant securities            900,224,847    92.50%    72,869,522  7.49%   973,170,705          147,123 
                                ------------  --------  ------------  -----  ------------  --------------- 
 21 Special Resolution 
  to authorise the 
  Company to purchase 
  its own shares                 967,047,273    99.41%     5,658,239  0.58%   972,782,761          535,523 
                                ------------  --------  ------------  -----  ------------  --------------- 
 22 Special Resolution 
  to authorise the 
  Directors to allot 
  equity securities 
  wholly for cash                929,295,605    95.56%    43,141,290  4.44%   972,513,543          804,741 
                                ------------  --------  ------------  -----  ------------  --------------- 
 23 Special Resolution 
  to authorise the 
  disapplication of 
  pre-emption rights             882,339,173    90.73%    90,094,324  9.26%   972,509,954          808,330 
                                ------------  --------  ------------  -----  ------------  --------------- 
 24 Special Resolution 
  to approve the adoption 
  of the new Articles 
  of Association                 961,676,718    99.98%       138,925  0.01%   961,892,447       11,425,837 
                                ------------  --------  ------------  -----  ------------  --------------- 
 

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): 1,203,140,675 ordinary shares.

The above poll results will shortly be available on WPP's website at www.wpp.com/investors/shareholder-centre/shareholder-meetings. 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

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