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Exhibit 5

Buy-back programme

Transaction in own shares

WPP plc (“WPP” or the “Company”) announces that on 22 March 2017 it purchased for treasury 250,348 of its ordinary shares at an average price of 1648.3951 pence per ordinary share. Details of the relevant repurchase transactions are set out below:

 

   

Description of shares:

    WPP plc ordinary shares of 10 pence each
   

Number of shares repurchased:

    250,348
   

Date of transaction:

    22 March 2017
   

Time of transaction:

    08:00 - 16:00
   

Price (pence):

    1648.3951
   

Trading venue:

    London Stock Exchange
   

Broker:

 

   

Merrill Lynch International

 

Following the above purchase, WPP holds 52,554,826 ordinary shares as treasury shares. The total number of WPP shares in issue is 1,279,325,904 (excluding shares to be held in treasury).

All transactions under this programme will be published on the Company’s website (www.wpp.com) on a daily basis.

Enquiries:

 

Marie Capes, Company Secretary

    020 7408 2204