UK's WPP rises after media report of bid interest from Havas, private equity firms

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17/11/2025 08:47

** Shares of WPP WPP.L rise as much as 6.6% to 307.5p

** French rival Havas and private equity firms Apollo and KKR have expressed takeover interest in the British advertising group, The Times reports

** WPP valued currently at about 3 billion pounds ($3.95 billion)

** YTD, ,including session's gains, stock down 62.8%

($1 = 0.7592 pounds)

 (Reporting by Judes Joseph in Bengaluru)

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