WPP WPP PLC

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 6-K

Report of Foreign Private Issuer

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

under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the Month of April 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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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

14 April 2015

WPP plc (“WPP”)

Purchase of Own Securities

WPP announces that on 14 April 2015 it purchased 100,000 of its ordinary shares at a price of 1592.1217 pence per ordinary share. All of these shares will be held as treasury shares.

Following the above purchase, WPP holds 16,172,781 ordinary shares as treasury shares. The total number of WPP shares in issue is 1,309,576,530 (excluding shares to be held in treasury).

Exhibit 2

WPP PLC (“WPP”)

WPP acquires Medialets in the US to deliver mobile campaign ROI data for clients

WPP announces that it has acquired Medialets Inc. (“Medialets”), creator of technology that helps marketers manage and measure the complete return on investment of mobile ad campaigns.

Medialets’ clients include American Express, HBO, Johnson & Johnson and SKY Sports television. The company employs almost 50 people and is based in New York with sales operations in Los Angeles, Chicago and London. Medialets was founded in 2008.

This acquisition continues WPP’s strategy of investing in fast growing sectors such as digital. 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.

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), Hogarth (digital production technology) and Xaxis (the world’s largest programmatic media platform). WPP also has investments in a number of innovative technology services companies such as Globant, Mutual Mobile, Polestar (a specialist Alibaba e-commerce 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 entered into 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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