8 March 2013
WPP plc ("WPP")
Purchase of Own Securities
WPP announces that on 8 March 2013 it purchased 200,000 of its ordinary shares at a price of 1087.1316 pence per ordinary share. All of these shares will be held as treasury shares.
Following the above purchase, WPP holds 1,697,355 ordinary shares as treasury shares. The total number of WPP shares in issue is 1,263,855,706 (excluding shares to be held in treasury).