Declaration of Voting Results & Voting Rights Announcements • May 23, 2025
Declaration of Voting Results & Voting Rights Announcements
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WPP PLC
23 May 2025
| FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | 23 May 2025 |
Results of AGM
Following its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held at 11.00am on Friday 23 May 2025, 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 28 March 2025, which is available on WPP's website at: www.wpp.com/investors .
Resolutions 1 to 19 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 20 to 22 were passed as special resolutions.
The following table shows the votes cast on each resolution:
| Resolution | Total Votes For | % | Total Votes Against | % | Total Votes Cast | Votes Withheld |
| 1 Ordinary Resolution to receive the 2024 Annual Report and Accounts | 947,593,254 | 99.98% | 150,159 | 0.02% | 947,743,413 | 1,184,001 |
| 2 Ordinary Resolution to declare a final dividend | 947,335,153 | 99.85% | 1,469,084 | 0.15% | 948,804,237 | 123,177 |
| 3 Ordinary Resolution to approve the Compensation Committee report | 825,469,085 | 87.00% | 123,294,722 | 13.00% | 948,763,807 | 163,607 |
| 4 Ordinary Resolution to elect Philip Jansen as a Director | 941,253,965 | 99.21% | 7,501,673 | 0.79% | 948,755,638 | 171,776 |
| 5 Ordinary Resolution to re-elect Angela Ahrendts DBE as a Director | 919,106,039 | 96.88% | 29,616,329 | 3.12% | 948,722,368 | 205,046 |
| 6 Ordinary Resolution to re-elect Simon Dingemans as a Director | 831,251,293 | 87.62% | 117,466,689 | 12.38% | 948,717,982 | 209,432 |
| 7 Ordinary Resolution to re-elect Sandrine Dufour as a Director | 849,685,741 | 89.56% | 99,033,457 | 10.44% | 948,719,198 | 208,216 |
| 8 Ordinary Resolution to re-elect Tom Ilube CBE as a Director | 820,602,654 | 86.50% | 128,115,948 | 13.50% | 948,718,602 | 208,812 |
| 9 Ordinary Resolution to re-elect Mark Read CBE as a Director | 931,570,567 | 99.95% | 497,584 | 0.05% | 932,068,151 | 16,859,263 |
| 10 Ordinary Resolution to re-elect Cindy Rose OBE as a Director | 918,855,883 | 96.85% | 29,868,048 | 3.15% | 948,723,931 | 203,483 |
| 11 Ordinary Resolution to re-elect Andrew Scott as a Director | 947,930,752 | 99.91% | 848,792 | 0.09% | 948,779,544 | 147,870 |
| 12 Ordinary Resolution to re-elect Keith Weed CBE as a Director | 947,965,470 | 99.92% | 761,066 | 0.08% | 948,726,536 | 200,878 |
| 13 Ordinary Resolution to re-elect Jasmine Whitbread as a Director | 840,490,895 | 88.59% | 108,231,583 | 11.41% | 948,722,478 | 204,936 |
| 14 Ordinary Resolution to re-elect Joanne Wilson as a Director | 948,202,971 | 99.94% | 536,782 | 0.06% | 948,739,753 | 187,661 |
| 15 Ordinary Resolution to re-elect Dr. Ya-Qin Zhang as a Director | 946,273,903 | 99.74% | 2,447,690 | 0.26% | 948,721,593 | 205,821 |
| 16 Ordinary Resolution to re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the auditor of the Company | 948,577,567 | 99.98% | 209,812 | 0.02% | 948,787,379 | 140,035 |
| 17 Ordinary Resolution to authorise the Audit Committee, on behalf of the Board, to determine the auditor's remuneration | 948,623,010 | 99.98% | 154,988 | 0.02% | 948,777,998 | 149,416 |
| 18 Ordinary Resolution to authorise the Directors to allot relevant securities | 812,052,318 | 85.59% | 136,684,967 | 14.41% | 948,737,285 | 189,374 |
| 19 Ordinary Resolution to approve the renewal of the WPP plc Share Option Plan as amended | 843,638,856 | 99.21% | 6,703,622 | 0.79% | 850,342,478 | 98,584,436 |
| 20 Special Resolution to authorise the Company to purchase its own shares | 946,335,614 | 99.76% | 2,316,780 | 0.24% | 948,652,394 | 275,020 |
| 21 Special Resolution to authorise the Directors to allot equity securities wholly for cash |
825,323,077 | 97.20% | 23,790,022 | 2.80% | 849,113,099 | 99,812,371 |
| 22 Special Resolution to authorise the disapplication of pre-emption rights | 834,417,491 | 88.08% | 112,970,577 | 11.92% | 947,388,068 | 1,537,402 |
(1) The "for" votes include those giving the Chair 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): 1,078,802,358 ordinary shares.
The above poll results will shortly be available on WPP's website at www.wpp.com/investors . In accordance with Listing Rule 6.4.2 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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