Company WPP plc

WPP

JE00B8KF9B49

Advertising & Marketing

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Business description: WPP plc

WPP plc is one of the world's largest communication groups. Net sales break down by activity as follows:

- advertising and marketing services (84.8%): operating through GroupM, AKQA, Ogilvy, Wunderman Thompson, VMLY&R and Hogarth. The group also develops an advertising space purchase activity and offers services in institutional and financial communications, healthcare communications, relationship marketing, etc.;

- public relations (8.5%): Burson Cohn & Wolfe, Hill+Knowlton Strategies and FGS Global;

- specialized communication services (6.7%): Landor & Fitch and Design Bridge and Partners.

Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: the United Kingdom (14.5%), Continental and Western Europe (20.5%), North America (37.2%) and Asia/Pacific/Latin America/Africa/Middle East/Central and Eastern Europe (27.8%).

Number of employees: 1,08,044

Sales by Activity: WPP plc

Fiscal Period: December	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Global Integrated Agencies	930.25Cr	1.08TCr	1.22TCr	1.26TCr	1.26TCr
Public Relations	89Cr	96Cr	122.83Cr	126.22Cr	115.6Cr
Specialist Agencies	180.74Cr	100.58Cr	100.94Cr	99Cr	102.3Cr

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Geographical breakdown of sales: WPP plc

Fiscal Period: December	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
United States	421.61Cr	422.08Cr	523.09Cr	518.71Cr	520.3Cr
Asia Pacific, Latin America, Africa & Middle East and Central & Eastern Europe	345.93Cr	365.37Cr	399.92Cr	412.46Cr	397.6Cr
Western Continental Europe	244.16Cr	278.63Cr	287.62Cr	303.72Cr	301.3Cr
United Kingdom	163.7Cr	186.69Cr	200.38Cr	215.54Cr	218.5Cr
North America (Excluding United States)	25Cr	27Cr	32Cr	34Cr	36Cr

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Executive Committee: WPP plc

Manager	Title	Age	Since
Mark Read CEO	Chief Executive Officer	58	03/09/2018
Rosemary Wilson DFI	Director of Finance/CFO	50	27/04/2023
Stephan Pretorius CTO	Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer	-	05/10/2018
Andrew Scott COO	Chief Operating Officer	57	14/04/2018
Thomas A. Singlehurst IRC	Investor Relations Contact	-	-

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Composition of the Board of Directors: WPP plc

Director	Title	Age	Since
Mark Read BRD	Director/Board Member	58	03/09/2018
Andrew Scott BRD	Director/Board Member	57	07/09/2023
Cindy Rose BRD	Director/Board Member	60	01/04/2019
Jasmine Mary Whitbread BRD	Director/Board Member	62	01/09/2019
Keith Weed BRD	Director/Board Member	64	01/11/2019
Sandrine Dufour BRD	Director/Board Member	58	03/02/2020
Thomas Ilube BRD	Director/Board Member	62	05/10/2020
Ya-Qin Zhang BRD	Director/Board Member	59	01/01/2021
Angela Ahrendts BRD	Director/Board Member	64	01/07/2020
Simon Dingemans BRD	Director/Board Member	62	31/01/2022

Composition of the Board of Directors

Shareholders: WPP plc

Name	Equities	%	Valuation
Silchester International Investors LLP 5.032 %	5,42,88,349	5.032 %	381 M p
Mondrian Investment Partners Ltd. 4.776 %	5,15,22,195	4.776 %	362 M p
Harris Associates LP 4.465 %	4,81,65,671	4.465 %	338 M p
State Street Global Advisors Ltd. 0.2738 %	29,54,195	0.2738 %	21 M p
Hargreaves Lansdown Fund Managers Ltd. 0.2652 %	28,61,034	0.2652 %	20 M p

Name	Equities	%	Valuation
Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC 3.115 %	67,20,858	3.115 %	235 M p
Mondrian Investment Partners Ltd. 1.221 %	26,34,181	1.221 %	92 M p
Invesco Advisers, Inc. 1.135 %	24,48,296	1.135 %	86 M p
Fidelity Management & Research Co. LLC 0.4784 %	10,32,180	0.4784 %	36 M p
Eaton Vance Management 0.3333 %	7,19,056	0.3333 %	25 M p

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Holdings: WPP plc

Name	Equities	%	Valuation
HIGHCO 37.41%	76,51,632	37.41%	3,44,00,590 $
PRAP JAPAN, INC. 19.98%	9,35,000	19.98%	64,73,052 $
COMSCORE, INC. 9.22%	4,50,722	9.22%	21,72,480 $
ARN MEDIA LIMITED 1.01%	31,61,166	1.01%	9,73,671 $

Company details: WPP plc

WPP Plc

18 Upper Ground Sea Containers

SE1 9GL, London

+44 20 7282 4600

http://www.wpp.com

Group companies: WPP plc

Name	Category and Sector
HTA Marketing Services Pvt Ltd.
WPP CP LLC (New York) WPP CP LLC (New York) Advertising/Marketing ServicesCommercial Services Part of WPP Plc, WPP CP LLC is an American company that provides advertising and marketing services. The company is located in the US.	Advertising/Marketing Services
MediaCom UK Ltd. MediaCom UK Ltd. Advertising/Marketing ServicesCommercial Services Part of WPP Plc, MediaCom UK Ltd. is a company that provides media agency services. The company is based in London, UK. The British company was founded in 1975. Kate Rowlinson has been the CEO of the company since 2019.	Advertising/Marketing Services
WPP Finance 2010 WPP Finance 2010 Advertising/Marketing ServicesCommercial Services Part of WPP Plc, WPP Finance 2010 is a company based in London, UK. The British company was founded in 2010.	Advertising/Marketing Services
Media+ NV

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WPP PLC	-18.76%	-18.98%	-42.16%	-45.42%	767.86Cr
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QUNABOX GROUP LIMITED	-2.01%	-2.01%	+144.42%	-	449.11Cr
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Average	-2.17%	+0.60%	+20.07%	+42.91%	936.74Cr
Weighted average by Cap.	-2.40%	+1.06%	+5.54%	+42.45%