WPP WPP PLC

FORM 6-K

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

Report of Foreign Private Issuer

Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16

under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the Month of March 2015

Commission File Number: 0-16350

WPP PLC

(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

27 Farm Street, London W1J 5RJ, England

(Address of principal executive offices)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F:

Form 20-F  x             Form 40-F  ¨            

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1):  ¨

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Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7):  ¨

Note: Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7) only permits the submission in paper of a Form 6-K if submitted to furnish a report or other document that the registrant foreign private issuer must furnish and make public under the laws of the jurisdiction in which the registrant is incorporated, domiciled or legally organized (the registrant’s “home country”), or under the rules of the home country exchange on which the registrant’s securities are traded, as long as the report or other document is not a press release, is not required to be and has not been distributed to the registrant’s security holders, and, if discussing a material event, has already been the subject of a Form 6-K submission or other Commission filing on EDGAR.

Forward-Looking Statements

In connection with the provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (the “Reform Act”), the Company may include forward-looking statements (as defined in the Reform Act) in oral or written public statements issued by or on behalf of the Company. These forward-looking statements may include, among other things, plans, objectives, projections and anticipated future economic performance based on assumptions and the like that are subject to risks and uncertainties. As such, actual results or outcomes may differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements. Important factors that may cause actual results to differ include but are not limited to: the unanticipated loss of a material client or key personnel, delays or reductions in client advertising budgets, shifts in industry rates of compensation, regulatory compliance costs or litigation, natural disasters or acts of terrorism, the Company’s exposure to changes in the values of major currencies other than the UK pound sterling (because a substantial portion of its revenues are derived and costs incurred outside of the United Kingdom) and the overall level of economic activity in the Company’s major markets (which varies depending on, among other things, regional, national and international political and economic conditions and government regulations in the world’s advertising markets). In light of these and other uncertainties, the forward-looking statements included in the oral or written public statements should not be regarded as a representation by the Company that the Company’s plans and objectives will be achieved. In addition, you should consider the risks described in Item 3D, captioned “Risk Factors” in the Company’s Form 20-F for the year ended 31 December 2013, which could also cause actual results to differ from forward-looking information. In light of these and other uncertainties, the forward-looking statements included in this document should not be regarded as a representation by the Company that the Company’s plans and objectives will be achieved.

The Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise any such forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

EXHIBIT INDEX

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

Exhibit 1

25 March 2015

WPP plc (“WPP”)

Purchase of Own Securities

WPP announces that on 25 March 2015 it purchased 250,000 of its ordinary shares at a price of 1571.6335 pence per ordinary share. All of these shares will be held as treasury shares.

Following the above purchase, WPP holds 13,624,546 ordinary shares as treasury shares. The total number of WPP shares in issue is 1,312,124,765 (excluding shares to be held in treasury).

Exhibit 2

26 March 2015

WPP plc (“WPP”)

Purchase of Own Securities

WPP announces that on 26 March 2015 it purchased 350,000 of its ordinary shares at a price of 1537.4795 pence per ordinary share. All of these shares will be held as treasury shares.

Following the above purchase, WPP holds 13,974,546 ordinary shares as treasury shares. The total number of WPP shares in issue is 1,311,774,765 (excluding shares to be held in treasury).

Exhibit 3

27 March 2015

WPP plc (“WPP”)

Purchase of Own Securities

WPP announces that on 27 March 2015 it purchased 350,000 of its ordinary shares at a price of 1540.1268 pence per ordinary share. All of these shares will be held as treasury shares.

Following the above purchase, WPP holds 14,324,546 ordinary shares as treasury shares. The total number of WPP shares in issue is 1,311,424,765 (excluding shares to be held in treasury).

Exhibit 4

WPP PLC (“WPP”)

Xaxis acquires mobile advertising and e-commerce company ActionX in the US 

WPP announces that its wholly-owned operating company Xaxis, the world’s largest global programmatic media and technology platform, has agreed to acquire Action Exchange, Inc. (“ActionX”), a leading mobile performance-based marketing business with an e-commerce orientation in the United States.

ActionX’s proprietary mobile-first data, audience targeting and dynamic creative advertising technology allows its clients to engage customers on multiple screens on the path to the point of purchase. Clients include e-commerce and media subscription companies such as Forbes, JackThreads and Hearst. ActionX employs 25 people and is based in New York.

This investment continues WPP’s strategy of investing in fast growing sectors such as mobile and e-commerce. WPP’s digital revenues were US$6.9 billion in 2014, representing 36% of the Group’s total revenues of US$19 billion. WPP has set a target of 40-45% of revenue to be derived from digital in the next five years.

Xaxis, the world’s largest programmatic media platform that directs more than US$770 million of audience-targeted media buys across 40 markets in North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, Latin America and the Middle East.

WPP is a leader in the application of technology to marketing. Its digital assets include companies like Acceleration (marketing technology consultancy), Cognifide (content management technology), Salmon (e-commerce), and Hogarth (digital production technology). WPP also has investments in a number of innovative technology services companies such as Globant, Mutual Mobile, Polestar (a specialist Alibaba ecommerce company in China), Rentrak (the film and television measurement company), digital content companies like Fullscreen, Indigenous Media, Imagina (a content rights and media company based in Spain), MRC, Say Media and VICE. It has also invested in ad technology companies such as AppNexus, comScore (the US-based internet audience measurement company), eCommera, DOMO, mySupermarket and Percolate. WPP’s wholly-owned Chinese e-commerce company Kuvera recently announced a strategic partnership with Paipai, China’s leading social commerce platform on mobile and a wholly owned subsidiary of JD.com.

WPP also owns digital agencies AKQA, Blue State Digital, F.biz in Brazil, OgilvyOne, POSSIBLE, Rockfish, VML and Wunderman.

In North America, WPP companies (including associates) collectively generate revenues of US$6.7 billion and employ over 27,000 people.

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