Close period repurchase programme

30 December 2011

WPP plc

Close period repurchase programme

WPP plc ("WPP" or the "Company") announces that the Company has entered into an irrevocable and non-discretionary arrangement with its broker, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, to repurchase on its behalf and within certain pre-set parameters, ordinary shares in WPP for cancellation during the Company's close period commencing on 1 January 2012 and ending on the day prior to the announcement of the Company's preliminary results for the year ended 31 December 2011. This arrangement is in accordance with Chapter 12 of the UKLA Listing Rules and WPP's general authority to repurchase shares.