WPP Wpp Plc

TIDMWPP

RNS Number : 5610N

WPP PLC

26 October 2016

Close Period buy-back programme

Transaction in own shares

WPP plc ("WPP" or the "Company") announces that on 26 October 2016 it purchased for treasury 125,000 of its ordinary shares at an average price of 1692.7942 pence per ordinary share. Details of the relevant repurchase transactions are set out below:

 
 Description of shares:           WPP plc ordinary shares 
                                   of 10 pence each 
-------------------------------  ---------------------------- 
 Number of shares repurchased:    125,000 
-------------------------------  ---------------------------- 
 Date of transaction:             26 October 2016 
-------------------------------  ---------------------------- 
 Time of transaction:             08:20 - 16:30 
-------------------------------  ---------------------------- 
 Price (pence):                   1692.7942 
-------------------------------  ---------------------------- 
 Trading venue:                   London Stock Exchange 
-------------------------------  ---------------------------- 
 Broker:                          Merrill Lynch International 
-------------------------------  ---------------------------- 
 

Following the above purchase, WPP holds 50,918,608 ordinary shares as treasury shares. The total number of WPP shares in issue is 1,279,309,222 (excluding shares to be held in treasury).

All transactions under this programme will be published on the Company's website (www.wpp.com) on a daily basis.

Enquiries:

 
 Marie Capes, Company Secretary    020 7408 2204 
 

This information is provided by RNS

The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

END

POSAKADQABDDQKB

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

October 26, 2016 12:45 ET (16:45 GMT)

Wpp (LSE:WPP)
Historical Stock Chart
From Mar 2024 to Apr 2024

Wpp (LSE:WPP)
Historical Stock Chart
From Apr 2023 to Apr 2024