REG - WPP PLC - Results of AGM

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10/06/2020 14:15

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WPP PLC
  
10 June 2020
  
 




FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


10 June 2020



 
WPP PLC ("WPP")
Results of AGM
WPP held its Annual General Meeting (AGM) at 12 noon on Wednesday 10 June 2020 at Sea Containers House, 18 Upper Ground, London SE1 9GL.
As a result of the Covid-19 pandemic and continuing restrictions on public gatherings, the AGM was held as a closed meeting attended by the minimum necessary quorum of two qualifying persons (being shareholders present in person, by proxy or by authorised representative).  All valid proxy votes (whether submitted electronically or in hard copy form) were included in the poll taken at the meeting.  
All resolutions were passed at the AGM and the results of the poll are set out below.  The full text of the resolutions proposed at the AGM is included in WPP's Notice of AGM published on 29 April 2020, which is available on WPP's website at: www.wpp.com/investors. 



Resolution


Total

Votes

For


%


Total Votes Against


%


Total

Votes

Cast


Votes Withheld




1 Ordinary Resolution to receive the 2019 Annual Report and Accounts 


961,551,169


97.69


22,771,549


2.31


984,322,718


4,911,813




2 Ordinary Resolution to approve the Compensation Committee report


874,512,819


90.72


89,440,199


9.28


963,953,018


25,281,512




3 Ordinary Resolution to approve the Directors Compensation Policy


885,129,086


90.76


90,096,398


9.24


975,225,484


14,009,046




4 Ordinary Resolution to elect John Rogers as a director


961,367,842


99.82


1,767,191


0.18


963,135,033


26,099,499




5 Ordinary Resolution to elect Sandrine Dufour as a director


955,952,556


99.26


7,160,489


0.74


963,113,045


26,121,486




6 Ordinary Resolution to elect Keith Weed as a director


966,828,646


99.94


565,682


0.06


967,394,328


21,840,204




7 Ordinary Resolution to elect Jasmine Whitbread as a director


964,847,350


99.74


2,518,170


0.26


967,365,520


21,869,012




8 Ordinary Resolution to re-elect Roberto Quarta as a director


953,718,535


96.44


35,216,183


3.56


988,934,718


299,813




9 Ordinary Resolution to re-elect Dr Jacques Aigrain as a director


943,842,705


97.57


23,523,496


2.43


967,366,201


21,868,331




10 Ordinary Resolution to re-elect Tarek Farahat as a director


961,136,287


99.36


6,226,538


0.64


967,362,825


21,871,707




11 Ordinary Resolution to re-elect Mark Read as a director


966,745,911


97.76


22,175,518


2.24


988,921,429


313,103




12 Ordinary Resolution to re-elect Cindy Rose OBE as a director


961,280,976


99.37


6,086,762


0.63


967,367,738


21,866,794




13 Ordinary Resolution to re-elect Nicole Seligman as a director


938,000,421


94.85


50,918,675


5.15


988,919,096


315,436




14 Ordinary Resolution to re-elect Sally Susman as a director


962,386,848


99.93


634,837


0.07


963,021,685


26,212,847




15 Ordinary Resolution to re-appoint Deloitte LLP as the auditors 


939,812,355


97.14


27,622,756


2.86


967,435,111


21,799,419




16 Ordinary Resolution to authorise the Audit Committee to determine the auditors' remuneration 


951,752,243


98.38


15,692,944


1.62


967,445,187


21,789,344




17 Ordinary Resolution to authorise the directors to allot relevant securities


894,394,563


92.46


72,913,434


7.54


967,307,997


21,926,535




18 Special Resolution to authorise the Company to purchase its own shares


954,824,565


98.75


12,090,003


1.25


966,914,568


22,319,962




19 Special Resolution to authorise the disapplication of pre-emption rights 


906,937,647


93.80


59,971,629


6.20


966,909,276


22,325,256





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): 1,225,329,072 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, will be submitted to the FCA and will in due course be available for inspection at: https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
Contact:
 
Chris Wade, WPP
+44(0) 20 7282 4600
 
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