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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-13-032287
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	6-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20130130
FILED AS OF DATE:		20130131
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20130131

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			WPP plc
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000806968
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SERVICES-ADVERTISING AGENCIES [7311]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		6-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-16350
		FILM NUMBER:		13562335

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		6 ELY PLACE
		CITY:			DUBLIN
		STATE:			L2
		ZIP:			2
		BUSINESS PHONE:		011442074082204

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		6 ELY PLACE
		CITY:			DUBLIN
		STATE:			L2
		ZIP:			2

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	WPP GROUP PLC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19960514
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2"><B>FORM 6-K </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">Washington, D.C. 20549 </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">Report of Foreign Private Issuer </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">For the Month of January 2013 </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">Commission File Number: 0-16350 </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">WPP PLC </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="line-height:3px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">(Translation of registrant&#146;s name into English) </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">27 Farm Street, London W1J 5RJ,
England </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="line-height:3px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000">&nbsp;</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">(Address of principal executive offices) </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="justify"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">Form 40-F <U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U></FONT></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form&nbsp;6-K in paper as permitted by
Regulation&nbsp;S-T Rule&nbsp;101(b)(1): <U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U> </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">Note:&nbsp;Regulation&nbsp;S-T
Rule&nbsp;101(b)(1) only permits the submission in paper of a Form&nbsp;6-K if submitted solely to provide an attached annual report to security holders. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="justify"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form&nbsp;6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation&nbsp;S-T Rule&nbsp;101(b)(7): <U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U> </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">Note:&nbsp;Regulation&nbsp;S-T Rule&nbsp;101(b)(7) only permits the submission in paper of a Form&nbsp;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&#146;s &#147;home country&#148;), or
under the rules of the home country exchange on which the registrant&#146;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&#146;s security
holders, and, if discussing a material event, has already been the subject of a Form&nbsp;6-K submission or other Commission filing on EDGAR. </FONT></P>

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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2"><B>Forward-Looking Statements </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">In connection with the provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (the &#147;Reform Act&#148;), 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&#146;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&#146;s major markets (which varies depending on, among other things, regional, national and international political and economic conditions
and government regulations in the world&#146;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&#146;s plans and objectives will be achieved. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2"><U>EXHIBIT INDEX </U></FONT></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">Press release dated 23&nbsp;January 2013, made by WPP plc.</FONT></TD></TR>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2"><U>SIGNATURES </U></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed
on behalf of the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2"><U>WPP PLC</U></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">(Registrant)</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2"><U>/s/ Paul W.G. Richardson</U></FONT></TD></TR>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2"><B>Exhibit 1 </B></FONT></P>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">23&nbsp;January&nbsp;2013</FONT></TD>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2"><B>WPP PLC (&#147;WPP&#148;) </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2"><B>WPP acquires Salmon, a leading multinational eCommerce digital agency </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">WPP announces that it has
acquired the entire issued share capital of Okam Limited, the holding company of the Salmon Group (&#147;Salmon&#148;). </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">With a unique
combination of technical and business expertise, Salmon provides digital consulting, design, delivery and support services to leading retail, wholesale and manufacturing brands including Akzo Nobel, Argos, Game, Halfords, Kiddicare, Morrisons,
Selfridges and Premier Farnell. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">Salmon clients have won recognition for their eCommerce and multi-channel achievements, including <I>Retail
Week</I> awards for Multichannel Retailer of the Year, Technology Solution of the Year and Multichannel Integration Project of the Year. Argos.co.uk is the second largest multi-channel retailer eCommerce site by sales in the UK, after Tesco.
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">With a worldwide workforce of 420 people, Salmon operates from offices in the UK, in China and in Australia. Salmon will continue to operate as
an independent and stand-alone brand within WPP and be led by CEO Neil Stewart. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">&#147;With increased client exposure and access to new
geographies, our partnership with WPP will help fuel the next stage of our evolution into a global full-service digital delivery agency,&#148; said Neil Stewart. &#147;We are delighted to be able to do this whilst preserving Salmon&#146;s
independent culture and maintaining our focus on serving our clients.&#148; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">The acquisition reflects the increasing importance of eCommerce to
retailers, manufacturers and brand owners in both business-to-consumer and business-to-business markets. eCommerce sales in the UK, the world&#146;s most-developed eCommerce market, are growing at 10%&nbsp;per annum and account for all the growth in
retail sales. Salmon will be in a position to partner with the rest of WPP to broaden its offer and develop its business internationally. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">Commenting on the arrival of Salmon, Sir Martin Sorrell, CEO of WPP, said &#147;The application of technology to marketing continues to accelerate, not
least in the retail market and success requires close collaboration between our clients&#146; marketing and sales organisations and their IT organisation. Close collaboration between Salmon and WPP&#146;s other agencies will allow WPP to bring
clients a tightly-integrated solution across both marketing and technology and help both the CMO and CIO deliver customer-centric multi-channel solutions &#150; yet another example of where CMO and CIO have to work together.&#148; </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">Salmon&#146;s consolidated unaudited revenues for the year ended 31&nbsp;October 2012 were
&pound;34.3&nbsp;million, with gross assets as at the same date of &pound;11.3 million. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">This investment continues WPP&#146;s strategy of
developing its services in fast-growing and important markets and sectors and strengthening its digital capabilities. WPP&#146;s digital revenues (including associates) are budgeted to exceed US$6 billion in 2013, representing over 33% of the
Group&#146;s total revenues, which in 2011 totalled US$16&nbsp;billion. WPP has set a target of 35-40% of revenue to be derived from digital in the next five years. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2"><B>About Salmon </B> </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">Salmon was founded in 1989 and quickly established a reputation for on time, on
budget delivery of business systems that deliver measurable competitive value. Since 2000, Salmon is best known for delivering and supporting large-scale eCommerce systems for multi-channel leaders like Argos. In 2012, Salmon was ranked 7th in
<I>The Drum&#146;s</I> Top 100 Digital list and 2nd in the Design and Build list. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2"><B></B><B>Contact: </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2"><B>Feona McEwan, WPP. Tel +44 207 408 2204 </B></FONT></P>
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