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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | 9 June 2015 |
WPP plc ("WPP")
ANNOUNCEMENT
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING HELD AT 8 NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE, LONDON WC2N 5BY
ON: 9 JUNE 2015
STATEMENT OF POLL - THE VOTES CAST WERE AS FOLLOWS:
RESOLUTION | FOR | % | AGAINST | % |
1 Ordinary Resolution to receive and approve the audited accounts | 965,898,075 | 99.89 | 1,091,900 | 0.11 |
2 Ordinary Resolution to declare a final dividend | 963,580,097 | 99.79 | 2,052,117 | 0.21 |
3 Ordinary Resolution to approve the Implementation Report of the Compensation Committee | 757,414,100 | 79.97 | 189,727,858 | 20.03 |
4 Ordinary Resolution to approve the sustainability report of the directors | 966,953,034 | 99.99 | 51,202 | 0.01 |
5 Ordinary Resolution to elect Roberto Quarta as a director | 955,577,921 | 98.92 | 10,473,202 | 1.08 |
6 Ordinary Resolution to re-elect Roger Agnelli as a director | 947,816,595 | 98.57 | 13,704,940 | 1.43 |
7 Ordinary Resolution to re-elect Dr Jacques Aigrain as a director | 953,279,651 | 98.55 | 14,018,249 | 1.45 |
8 Ordinary Resolution to re-elect Ruigang Li as a director | 958,180,698 | 99.06 | 9,118,015 | 0.94 |
9 Ordinary Resolution to re-elect Paul Richardson as a director | 961,544,458 | 99.40 | 5,785,340 | 0.60 |
10 Ordinary Resolution to re-elect Hugo Shong as a director | 945,955,479 | 98.38 | 15,562,441 | 1.62 |
11 Ordinary Resolution to re-elect Timothy Shriver as a director | 960,992,730 | 99.35 | 6,300,383 | 0.65 |
12 Ordinary Resolution to re-elect Sir Martin Sorrell as a director | 964,860,403 | 99.75 | 2,466,604 | 0.25 |
13 Ordinary Resolution to re-elect Sally Susman as a director | 964,630,803 | 99.72 | 2,726,580 | 0.28 |
14 Ordinary Resolution to re-elect Solomon Trujillo as a director | 956,685,634 | 98.90 | 10,614,291 | 1.10 |
15 Ordinary Resolution to elect Sir John Hood as a director | 903,347,409 | 93.38 | 63,997,969 | 6.62 |
16 Ordinary Resolution to elect Charlene Begley as a director | 959,201,670 | 99.16 | 8,156,210 | 0.84 |
17 Ordinary Resolution to elect Nicole Seligman as a director | 964,005,999 | 99.66 | 3,313,861 | 0.34 |
18 Ordinary Resolution to elect Daniela Riccardi as a director | 958,108,924 | 99.05 | 9,211,036 | 0.95 |
19 Ordinary Resolution to re-appoint the auditors and authorise the directors to determine their remuneration | 931,708,933 | 96.41 | 34,654,397 | 3.59 |
20 Ordinary Resolution to authorise the directors to allot relevant securities | 901,696,044 | 93.53 | 62,327,954 | 6.47 |
21 Ordinary Resolution to approve the WPP share option plan 2015 | 938,455,380 | 97.49 | 24,182,481 | 2.51 |
22 Special Resolution to authorise the Company to purchase its own shares | 966,297,270 | 99.89 | 1,034,722 | 0.11 |
23 Special Resolution to authorise the disapplication of pre-emption rights | 963,501,611 | 99.64 | 3,467,019 | 0.36 |
As noted in WPP's Annual Report & Accounts 2014, Colin Day, Ambassador Philip Lader and Jeffrey Rosen did not stand for re-election at the Annual General Meeting. As a result their positions on the WPP Board ended on 9 June 2015.
Contact:
Feona McEwan WPP | +44 (0)207 408 2204
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