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Exhibit 2

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE    13 June 2013            

ANNOUNCEMENT

WPP plc (“WPP”)

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING HELD AT THE SAVOY HOTEL, STRAND, LONDON WC2R 0EU

ON: 12 JUNE 2013

STATEMENT OF POLL – THE VOTES CAST WERE AS FOLLOWS:

 

RESOLUTION

 

   FOR      %      AGAINST      %  

1 Ordinary Resolution to receive and approve the audited accounts

 

     981,082,963         99.92         782,208         0.08   

2 Ordinary Resolution to declare a final dividend

 

     982,418,851         99.999         12,515         0.001   

3 Ordinary Resolution to approve the remuneration report of the directors

 

     725,366,040         80.58         174,811,202         19.42   

4 Ordinary Resolution to approve the sustainability report of the directors

 

     981,950,411         99.996         38,176         0.004   

5 Ordinary Resolution to re-elect Colin Day as a director

 

     912,299,869         93.46         63,842,073         6.54   

6 Ordinary Resolution to re-elect Esther Dyson as a director

 

     906,405,202         92.52         73,241,700         7.48   

7 Ordinary Resolution to re-elect Orit Gadiesh as a director

 

     897,797,315         91.55         82,874,800         8.45   

8 Ordinary Resolution to re-elect Philip Lader as a director

 

     889,239,233         90.65         91,685,388         9.35   

9 Ordinary Resolution to re-elect Ruigang Li as a director

 

     647,633,456         66.95         319,679,212         33.05   

10 Ordinary Resolution to re-elect Mark Read as a director

 

     982,291,639         99.99         62,353         0.01   

11 Ordinary Resolution to re-elect Paul Richardson as a director

 

     982,087,511         99.97         271,106         0.03   

12 Ordinary Resolution to re-elect Jeffrey Rosen as a director

 

     918,125,344         93.46         64,232,968         6.54   


13 Ordinary Resolution to re-elect Timothy Shriver as a director

 

     924,392,899         94.10         57,961,124         5.90   

14 Ordinary Resolution to re-elect Sir Martin Sorrell as a director

 

     981,049,927         99.98         205,194         0.02   

15 Ordinary Resolution to re-elect Solomon Trujillo as a director

 

     974,356,434         99.19         7,997,094         0.81   

16 Ordinary Resolution to elect Roger Agnelli as a director

 

     978,432,195         99.60         3,923,223         0.40   

17 Ordinary Resolution to elect Dr Jacques Aigrain as a director

 

     981,068,714         99.87         1,282,539         0.13   

18 Ordinary Resolution to elect Hugo Shong as a director

 

     973,424,000         99.72         2,718,473         0.28   

19 Ordinary Resolution to elect Sally Susman as a director

 

     982,236,507         99.99         139,578         0.01   

20 Ordinary Resolution to re-appoint the auditors and authorise the directors to determine their remuneration

 

     964,360,410         99.06         9,144,300         0.94   

21 Ordinary Resolution to authorise the directors to allot relevant securities

 

     964,635,681         98.92         10,537,503         1.08   

22 Ordinary Resolution to approve the Executive Performance Share Plan

 

     798,616,899         83.62         156,420,404         16.38   

23 Special Resolution to authorise the Company to purchase its own shares

 

     981,111,353         99.87         1,266,851         0.13   

24 Special Resolution to authorise the disapplication of pre-emption rights

 

     966,822,159         98.42         15,474,552         1.58   

As noted in WPP’s Annual Report & Accounts 2012, John Quelch, Stanley (Bud) Morten, Paul Spencer and Koichiro Naganuma did not stand for re-election at the Annual General Meeting and therefore ceased to be directors on 12 June 2013.

 

Contact:      

Feona McEwan

WPP

   +44 (0)207 408 2204