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Exhibit 5

Buy-back programme

Transaction in own shares

WPP plc (“WPP” or the “Company”) announces that on 22 June 2017 it purchased for treasury 100,000 of its ordinary shares at an average price of 1670.7451 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:

 

  

100,000

 

Date of transaction:

 

  

22 June 2017

 

Time of transaction:

 

  

08:30 – 16:30

 

Price (pence):

 

  

1670.7451

 

Trading venue:

 

  

London Stock Exchange

 

Broker:

 

  

Merrill Lynch International

 

Following the above purchase, WPP holds 59,404,826 ordinary shares as treasury shares. The total number of WPP shares in issue is 1,272,866,546 (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