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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-13-347963
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	6-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20130826
FILED AS OF DATE:		20130827
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20130827

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	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

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		FORM TYPE:		6-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-16350
		FILM NUMBER:		131062261

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

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		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:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="5"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>Report of
Foreign Private Issuer </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>For the Month of August 2013 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Commission File Number: 0-16350
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="6"><B>WPP PLC </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>(Translation of registrant&#146;s name into English) </B></FONT></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>27 Farm Street, London W1J 5RJ, England </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>(Address of principal executive offices) </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" 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:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Form 20-F&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT
STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:WINGDINGS">&#120;</FONT>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Form 40-F&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:WINGDINGS">&#168;</FONT> </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" 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):&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:WINGDINGS">&#168;</FONT> </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" 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"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" 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):&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:WINGDINGS">&#168;</FONT> </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" 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:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" 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. In addition, you should consider the risks described in Item&nbsp;3D, captioned &#147;Risk Factors&#148; in the Company&#146;s Form 20-F for the year ended 31 December 2012,
which could also cause actual results to differ from forward-looking information. In light of these and other uncertainties, the forward-looking statements included in this document 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="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise any such
forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>EXHIBIT INDEX
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Press Release dated 23&nbsp;August 2013, made by WPP plc.</FONT></TD></TR>
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STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized. </FONT></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Date: 26 August 2013.</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>23 AUGUST 2013</B></FONT></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" 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:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Kantar acquires Benenson Strategy Group in the United States </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">WPP
announces that Kantar, its wholly owned data investment management business, has acquired The Benenson Strategy Group (&#147;BSG&#148;), a global strategic research and consulting firm. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Founded in 2000, BSG ran the award-winning research and polling programs for President Obama&#146;s 2008 and 20012 campaigns and has
advised 11 Prime Ministers and Presidents worldwide. BSG&#146;s unaudited revenues for the year ended 30&nbsp;June 2013 were approximately US$15.6 million with gross assets of approximately US$4.7 million at the same date. Clients include AARP,
Campbell&#146;s Soup Company, NFL and Pfizer. The company is based in New York with offices in Washington, D.C., Los Angeles and Denver and employs approximately 50 people. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="justify"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">BSG will continue to be run by co-founders Joel Benenson, CEO, and Carl Rossow, COO, along with its senior leadership team of Peter Brodnitz, Daniel Franklin, Mitch Markel and Amy Levin, all Principals at
the firm. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The investment continues WPP&#146;s strategy of developing its services in important markets and sectors.
WPP&#146;s data investment management business, with revenues of US$4.5 billion (including associates), is centered around Kantar, the second largest data investment management network in the world after Nielsen. By connecting the diverse talents of
its 13 specialist companies, the group aims to become the pre-eminent provider of compelling and inspirational consumer insights for the global business community. Its 28,500 people work across 100 countries and across the whole spectrum of research
and consultancy disciplines, enabling the group to offer clients business insight at every point of the consumer cycle. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;Feona McEwan, WPP</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">+ 44(0) 207 408 2204</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;Kevin McCormack, WPP</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">+1 (212) 632 2239</FONT></TD></TR>
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