Exhibit 1

 

 

Buy-back programme

 

Transaction in own shares

 

WPP plc (“WPP” or the “Company”) announces that on 10 November 2017 it purchased for treasury 175,000 of its ordinary shares at an average price of 1299.3642 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

 

     
    Number of shares repurchased:   

175,000

 

     
    Date of transaction:   

10 November 2017

 

     
    Time of transaction:   

08:20 – 16:30

 

     
    Price (pence):   

1299.3642

 

     
    Trading venue:   

London Stock Exchange

 

     
    Broker:   

Merrill Lynch International

 

 

 

Following the above purchase, WPP holds 68,798,941 ordinary shares as treasury shares. The total number of WPP shares in issue is 1,263,608,076 (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