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Exhibit 1

Buy-back programme

Transaction in own shares

WPP plc (“WPP” or the “Company”) announces that on 2 June 2017 it purchased for treasury 200,318 of its ordinary shares at an average price of 1751.5367 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:

 

  

200,318

 

   

Date of transaction:

 

  

2 June 2017

 

   

Time of transaction:

 

  

08:15 – 16:30

 

   

Price (pence):

 

  

1751.5367

 

   

Trading venue:

 

  

London Stock Exchange

 

   

Broker:

 

  

Merrill Lynch International

 

 

Following the above purchase, WPP holds 57,404,826 ordinary shares as treasury shares. The total number of WPP shares in issue is 1,274,866,546 (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