WPP PLC Transaction in Own Shares (2779H)

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RNS Number : 2779H

WPP PLC

22 November 2022

WPP plc

ISIN: JE00B8KF9B49

23 November 2022

WPP plc (the "Company")

Transaction in Own Shares

The Company announces that on 22 November 2022 it had purchased a total of 800,000 of its ordinary shares of GBP0.10 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   BATS Europe   Chi-X Europe   Turquoise 
                                Exchange 
 Number of ordinary shares 
  purchased                     725,000        75,000           0             0 
                             -------------  ------------  -------------  ---------- 
 Highest price paid (per 
  ordinary share)              874.6000p      874.6000p        N/A           N/A 
                             -------------  ------------  -------------  ---------- 
 Lowest price paid (per 
  ordinary share)              863.2000p      863.6000p        N/A           N/A 
                             -------------  ------------  -------------  ---------- 
 Volume weighted average 
  price paid (per ordinary 
  share)                       869.7800p      869.7400p        N/A           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 1,142,095,425 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 1,071,605,472 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/2779H_1-2022-11-22.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 
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 ISIN           JE00B8KF9B49 
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 Intermediary   Citigroup Global Markets 
  Name           Limited 
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 Intermediary   SBILGB2L 
  Code 
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 Timezone       GMT 
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 Currency       GBp 
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