WPP PLC

Major Shareholding Notification • May 15, 2014

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RNS Number : 2605H

WPP PLC

15 May 2014

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:			WPP plc
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights				Yes
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:		Massachusetts Financial Services Company
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):		MFS invests in securities of the issuer on behalf of its various mutual funds and institutional account clients.
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:		9 May 2014
6. Date on which issuer notified:		12 May 2014
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:		5%

8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Situation previous to the triggering transaction						Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Number of Shares			Number of Voting Rights			Number of shares		Number of voting rights			% of  voting rights
Direct		Direct		Indirect	Direct			Indirect
JE00B8KF9B49	66,068,194			66,068,194							67,134,987				5.04%
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument			Expiration date		Exercise/ Conversion Period					Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.				% of voting rights
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument		Exercise price		Expiration date		Exercise/ Conversion period			Number of voting rights instrument refers to				% of voting rights
													Nominal			Delta
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights								Percentage of voting rights
67,134,987								5.04%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
Entity                                                                              Voting Rights                     %of TSO MFS Investment Management (LUX) S.A.                          3,262,860                            0.25% MFS Investment Management Canada Ltd                         5,118,308                            0.38% Massachusetts Financial Services Company                      25,453,046                          1.91% MFS Heritage Trust Company                                             1,160,648                            0.09% MFS Institutional Advisors, Inc.                                           13,122,487                          0.98% MFS International Ltd.                                                          693,395                              0.05% MFS International (U.K.) Ltd.                                               11,968,077                          0.90% MFS Investment Management K.K.                                     6,356,166                            0.48% Total                                                                                     67,134,987                          5.04%
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:		N/A
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:		N/A
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:		N/A
13. Additional information:
14. Contact name:
15. Contact telephone number:

Note: Annex should only be submitted to the FSA not the issuer
Annex: Notification of major interests in shares

A: Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to the notification obligation
Full name (Including legal form of legal entities)		Massachusetts Financial Services Co.
Contact address (registered office for legal entities)		111 Huntington Avenue Boston, MA 02199 USA
Phone number & email		617-954-5814
Other useful information (at least legal representative for legal persons)		Robert Flaherty
B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable
Full name	WPP plc
Contact address	27 Farm Street, London, WIJ 5RJ
Phone number & email	Marie Capes, Companysecretary@wpp.com
Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation)	0207-408-2204
C: Additional Information

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