Director's Interest

ANNOUNCEMENT

WPP plc ("WPP")

WPP was notified today of changes in the share ownership of Sir Martin Sorrell, an executive director of the company. On 27 March 2018, Sir Martin Sorrell gifted 900,000 ordinary shares in WPP to The JMCMRJ Sorrell Charitable Foundation, a charity established to provide funding for improvement of education, health and interfaith communication.

Following this gift, Sir Martin and his family interests are interested in or have rights in 17,640,315 shares. Sir Martin Sorrell's family interests and rights represent 1.393% of the issued share capital of WPP. In addition, The JMCMRJ Sorrell Charitable Foundation is interested in 5,475,936 ordinary shares, representing 0.433% of the issued share capital of WPP.

This announcement is made in accordance with article 19 of MAR.

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