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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-13-272058
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	6-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20130625
FILED AS OF DATE:		20130626
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20130626

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:		13933907

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		27 FARM STREET
		CITY:			LONDON
		STATE:			X0
		ZIP:			W1J5RJ
		BUSINESS PHONE:		011442074082204

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		27 FARM STREET
		CITY:			LONDON
		STATE:			X0
		ZIP:			W1J5RJ

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	WPP GROUP PLC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19960514
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><B>FORM 6-K </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Washington, D.C. 20549 </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Report of Foreign Private Issuer </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" 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" SIZE="2">under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">For the Month of June 2013 </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Commission File Number: 0-16350 </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">WPP PLC </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">(Translation of registrant&#146;s name into English) </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">27 Farm Street, London W1J 5RJ, England </FONT></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">(Address of principal executive offices) </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="justify"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" 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="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Form 20-F&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <U>&nbsp;X
</U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Form 40-F &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U> </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">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): <U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&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" SIZE="2">Note:&nbsp;Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1) only permits the submission in paper of a Form 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" SIZE="2">Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T
Rule 101(b)(7): <U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&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" SIZE="2">Note:&nbsp;Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7) only
permits the submission in paper of a Form 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 6-K submission or other Commission filing on EDGAR. </FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:7%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" 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:24px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><U>EXHIBIT INDEX </U></FONT></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Press Release dated 25&nbsp;June 2013, made by WPP plc.</FONT></TD></TR>
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STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" 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>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><B>25 JUNE 2013</B></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:ARIAL" ALIGN="center"><B>WPP PLC (&#147;WPP&#148;) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:ARIAL" ALIGN="center"><B>Hill + Knowlton Strategies acquires digital content creator Group SJR </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:36pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:11pt; font-family:ARIAL" ALIGN="justify">WPP announces that its wholly owned operating company, Hill + Knowlton Strategies has acquired SJR Group LLC (&#147;Group SJR&#148;). Group SJR develops
and creates digital content enabling marketers to build brands and cultivate audiences. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:11pt; font-family:ARIAL" ALIGN="justify">Group SJR was founded in 2004 and is based in New York with
an office in Los Angeles. Group SJR&#146;s unaudited revenues for the year ended 31&nbsp;May 2013 were $13.6 million. Clients include the Motion Picture Association of America, TED, GE, Xerox and Dell. The company employs 50 people. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:11pt; font-family:ARIAL" ALIGN="justify">This investment continues WPP&#146;s strategy of strengthening the Group&#146;s capabilities in digital media and in content development that goes
beyond traditional public relations and public affairs. WPP&#146;s digital revenues were well over US$5 billion in 2012 and represented 33% of total Group revenues of US$16.5 billion. The Group is targeting 35-40% of revenues for digital in the next
five years. Public relations and public affairs were $1.5 billion in 2012 and represented 9% of total Group revenues of $16.5 billion. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:11pt; font-family:ARIAL"><B>Contact: </B></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Feona McEwan, WPP</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL; font-size:11pt">Kevin McCormack, WPP</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL; font-size:11pt">+1 (212) 632 2239</FONT></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:11pt; font-family:ARIAL"><B>About WPP </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:9pt; font-family:ARIAL" ALIGN="justify">WPP is the
world&#146;s largest communications services group with billings of $70.5 billion and revenues of $16.5 billion. Through its operating companies, the Group provides a comprehensive range of advertising and marketing services including
advertising&nbsp;&amp; media investment management; data investment management; public relations and public affairs; branding and identity; healthcare and specialist communications, including direct, digital and interactive. The company employs over
165,000 people (including associates) in over 3,000 offices across 110 countries. For more information, visit www.wpp.com. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:9pt; font-family:ARIAL" ALIGN="justify">WPP was named Holding
Company of the Year at the 2013 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity for the third year running. WPP was also named, for the second consecutive year, the World&#146;s Most Effective Holding Company in the 2013 Effie Effectiveness Index,
which recognizes the effectiveness of marketing communications. In 2013 another leading industry competition, the One Show, recognized WPP as its Holding Company of the Year at its 40th Annual One Show Awards, the first time the One Club recognized
creative excellence at the parent company level. </P>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><B>WPP PLC (&#147;WPP&#148;) </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><B>VML agrees to acquire majority stake in </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><B>digital marketing agency, NATIVE, in South Africa
</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">WPP announces that its wholly-owned global digital agency VML, part of the Young&nbsp;&amp; Rubicam Group, has agreed to acquire a majority stake
in NATIVE, a leading South African digital marketing agency, subject to regulatory approval. The investment represents the latest step in VML&#146;s global expansion. Following the transaction, the agency will become NATIVE VML. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">NATIVE provides a full range of services including creative, design, technology execution, marketing analytics, digital media buying and social media management.
The agency was formed in 2010 through a three way merger and employs 160 people in offices in Johannesburg and Cape Town. Clients include L&#146;Oreal, Nedbank, Nestl&eacute; and Standard Bank. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">NATIVE&#146;s unaudited revenues for the year ended 28&nbsp;February 2013 were approximately ZAR 80&nbsp;million, with gross assets at the same date of
approximately ZAR 39 million. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">This investment continues WPP&#146;s strategy of developing its services in fast-growing and important markets and
sectors and strengthening its capabilities in digital media. WPP&#146;s digital revenues (including associates) were well over US$5 billion in 2012, representing 33% of the Group&#146;s total revenues of US$16.5 billion. WPP has set a target of
35-40% of revenue to be derived from digital in the next five years. In South Africa, the Group (including associates) generates revenues of around US$550 million and employs over 26,000 people. Across the continent of Africa, the Group (including
associates) collectively generates revenues of US$700 million and employs over 28,000 people. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><B>Contact: </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Feona McEwan, WPP </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">T: + 44(0) 207 408 2204 </FONT></P>
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