EX-2 3 d367248dex2.htm PRESS RELEASE DATED 13 JUNE 2012, MADE BY WPP PLC. Press release dated 13 June 2012, made by WPP plc.

Exhibit 2

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE    13 June 2012        

ANNOUNCEMENT

WPP plc (“WPP”)

Statement: AGM Result Vote

Commenting on the share owner vote at WPP’s AGM held today, Chairman Philip Lader said: “Our Board exercised its best judgment in the context of the Company’s record year, international competitors, and the executives’ performance. We appreciate our share owners’ support on the re-election of all directors and all other resolutions, take the Remuneration Report vote seriously, will consult with many share owners, and will then move forward in the best interests of our share owners and our business.”

Results of Annual General Meeting 2012

The results of the Annual General Meeting vote will be announced later today after the full results of the poll are finalised. The poll will be displayed on the Company’s website later today. Below are the proxy results shown during the AGM:-

 

RESOLUTION    FOR      %      AGAINST      %      TOTAL      WITHHELD  

Resolution 1

To receive and, if approved, to adopt the Company’s accounts for the financial year ended 31 December 2011.

      849,887,770         98.15         16,002,627         1.85         865,890,397         4,366,674   

Resolution 2

That the WPP directors’ remuneration report set out in the report of the Compensation Committee contained in the 2011 Report & Accounts be approved.

      349,501,545         40.47         514,046,806         59.53         863,548,351         6,705,870   

Resolution 3

That the sustainability report contained in the 2011 Report & Accounts be approved.

      858,908,654         99.23         6,683,621         0.77         865,592,275         4,663,397   

Resolution 4

To re-elect Colin Day as a Director.

      768,716,110         91.13         74,862,649         8.87         843,578,759         26,674,851   

Resolution 5

To re-elect Esther Dyson as a Director.

      735,289,234         88.07         99,631,887         11.93         834,921,121         35,334,550   

Resolution 6

To re-elect Orit Gadiesh as a Director.

      857,369,119         99.02         8,477,121         0.98         865,846,240         4,410,830   

Resolution 7

To re-elect Philip Lader as a Director.

      732,891,425         88.19         98,127,256         11.81         831,018,681         39,238,189   

Resolution 8

To re-elect Ruigang Li as a Director.

      607,538,059         71.27         244,952,390         28.73         852,490,449         17,766,622   

Resolution 9

To re-elect Stanley (Bud) Morten as a Director.

      849,019,847         98.06         16,826,443         1.94         865,846,290         4,410,781   

Resolution 10

To re-elect Koichiro Naganuma as a Director.

      603,103,774         70.29         254,934,666         29.71         858,038,440         12,218,633   

Resolution 11

To re-elect John Quelch as a Director.

      848,583,140         98.01         17,268,697         1.99         865,851,837         4,405,234   

Resolution 12

To re-elect Mark Read as a Director.

      851,017,980         98.29         14,842,676         1.71         865,860,656         4,396,416   

Resolution 13

To re-elect Paul Richardson as a Director.

      850,123,910         98.18         15,730,056         1.82         865,853,966         4,403,106   

Resolution 14

To re-elect Jeffrey Rosen as a Director.

      654,530,637         78.20         182,515,020         21.80         837,045,657         33,210,813   

Resolution 15

To re-elect Timothy Shriver as a Director.

      770,629,709         91.52         71,385,885         8.48         842,015,594         28,236,975   

Resolution 16

To re-elect Sir Martin Sorrell as a Director.

      843,755,739         98.17         15,720,514         1.83         859,476,253         10,780,818   

RESOLUTION    FOR      %      AGAINST      %      TOTAL      WITHHELD  

Resolution 17

To re-elect Paul Spencer as a Director.

      856,825,629         98.96         9,030,054         1.04         865,855,683         4,401,389   

Resolution 18

To re-elect Solomon Trujillo as a Director.

      856,811,104         98.96         9,040,719         1.04         865,851,823         4,405,249   

Resolution 19

To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditors of the Company and determine their remuneration.

      843,225,813         98.45         13,247,093         1.55         856,472,906         13,783,818   

Resolution 20

To authorise the Directors to allot equity securities

      847,512,489         97.88         18,329,592         2.12         865,842,081         4,414,865   

Resolution 21

To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares

      855,269,516         98.94         9,169,140         1.06         864,438,656         5,779,611   

Resolution 22

To allot equity securities on a non-pre-emptive basis.

      848,525,260         98.03         17,057,820         1.97         865,583,080         4,673,992   

Contact:

Feona McEwan, WPP