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FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE
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8 May 2024
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WPP PLC ("WPP")
Results of AGM
Following its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held at
11.00am on Wednesday 8 May 2024, 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 21 March
2024, which is available on WPP's website at: www.wpp.com/investors.
Resolutions 1 to 18 were passed as ordinary
resolutions and resolutions 19 to 21 were passed as special
resolutions.
The following table shows the votes cast on each
resolution:
|
Resolution
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Total Votes For
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%
|
Total Votes Against
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%
|
Total Votes Cast
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Votes Withheld
|
|
1
Ordinary Resolution to receive the
2023 Annual Report and Accounts
|
937,941,958
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99.97%
|
236,024
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0.03%
|
938,177,982
|
1,420,613
|
|
2
Ordinary Resolution to declare a
final dividend
|
936,276,773
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99.65%
|
3,256,561
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0.35%
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939,533,334
|
65,261
|
|
3
Ordinary Resolution to approve the
Compensation Committee
report
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789,002,865
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92.88%
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60,497,656
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7.12%
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849,500,521
|
90,097,874
|
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4
Ordinary Resolution to elect Andrew
Scott as a Director
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936,768,188
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99.72%
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2,668,306
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0.28%
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939,436,494
|
161,501
|
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5
Ordinary Resolution to re-elect
Angela Ahrendts DBE as a Director
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836,382,449
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98.46%
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13,090,836
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1.54%
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849,473,285
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90,124,710
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6
Ordinary Resolution to re-elect
Simon Dingemans as a Director
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848,251,881
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90.29%
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91,212,533
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9.71%
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939,464,414
|
134,181
|
|
7
Ordinary Resolution to re-elect
Sandrine Dufour as a Director
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933,187,893
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99.33%
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6,275,626
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0.67%
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939,463,519
|
135,076
|
|
8
Ordinary Resolution to re-elect Tom
Ilube CBE as a Director
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921,060,142
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98.04%
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18,400,854
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1.96%
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939,460,996
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137,599
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9
Ordinary Resolution to re-elect
Roberto Quarta as a Director
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888,601,106
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94.59%
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50,854,851
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5.41%
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939,455,957
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142,638
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|
10
Ordinary Resolution to re-elect Mark
Read CBE as a Director
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938,266,704
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99.87%
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1,181,909
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0.13%
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939,448,613
|
149,982
|
|
11
Ordinary Resolution to re-elect
Cindy Rose OBE as a Director
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926,022,555
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98.57%
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13,442,606
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1.43%
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939,465,161
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133,434
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12
Ordinary Resolution to re-elect
Keith Weed CBE as a Director
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937,913,507
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99.84%
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1,544,137
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0.16%
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939,457,644
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140,951
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13
Ordinary Resolution to re-elect
Jasmine Whitbread as a Director
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895,489,427
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95.32%
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43,969,196
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4.68%
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939,458,623
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139,972
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14
Ordinary Resolution to re-elect
Joanne Wilson as a Director
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935,352,563
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99.57%
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4,081,692
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0.43%
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939,434,255
|
164,340
|
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15
Ordinary Resolution to re-elect Dr.
Ya-Qin Zhang as a Director
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848,290,551
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99.86%
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1,161,929
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0.14%
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849,452,480
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90,146,115
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|
16
Ordinary Resolution to appoint
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the auditor of the Company
|
935,645,512
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99.59%
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3,880,652
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0.41%
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939,526,164
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72,431
|
|
17
Ordinary Resolution to authorise the
Audit Committee, on behalf of the Board, to determine the auditor's
remuneration
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939,145,161
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99.96%
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378,380
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0.04%
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939,523,541
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73,855
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18
Ordinary Resolution to authorise the
Directors to allot relevant securities
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811,164,583
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86.63%
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125,178,700
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13.37%
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936,343,283
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3,255,312
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19
Special Resolution to authorise the
Company to purchase its own shares
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934,367,386
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99.46%
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5,053,129
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0.54%
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939,420,515
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178,080
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20
Special Resolution to authorise the
Directors to allot equity securities wholly
for cash
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828,331,968
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88.33%
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109,394,949
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11.67%
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937,726,917
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1,871,556
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21
Special Resolution to authorise the
disapplication of pre-emption rights
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831,717,942
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88.70%
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105,968,747
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11.30%
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937,686,689
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1,911,780
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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): 1,078,553,733 ordinary shares.
The above poll results will shortly be available on
WPP's website at www.wpp.com/investors. 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
Further
information
Chris Wade, WPP +44 (0)20 7282
4600
About WPP
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