Company WPP plc

WPP

JE00B8KF9B49

Advertising & Marketing

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09-10	WPP buys New Commercial Arts for unspecified sum	AN
09-10	Ad Agency Giant WPP Buys New Commercial Arts	MT

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 (77.5%): 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 (13.9%), Continental and Western Europe (19.9%), North America (38.5%) and Asia/Pacific/Latin America/Africa/Middle East/Central and Eastern Europe (27.7%).

Number of employees: 111,000

Sales by Activity: WPP plc

Fiscal Period: December	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Global Integrated Agencies	10.21B	9.3B	10.84B	12.19B	12.59B
Public Relations	956M	893M	959M	1.23B	1.26B
Specialist Agencies	2.07B	1.81B	1.01B	1.01B	988M

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Geographical breakdown of sales: WPP plc

Fiscal Period: December	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
United States	4.58B	4.22B	4.22B	5.23B	5.19B
Asia Pacific, Latin America, Africa & Middle East and Central & Eastern Europe	3.95B	3.46B	3.65B	4B	4.12B
Western Continental Europe	2.63B	2.44B	2.79B	2.88B	3.04B
United Kingdom	1.8B	1.64B	1.87B	2B	2.16B
North America (Excluding United States)	278M	249M	273M	319M	340M

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Managers: WPP plc

Director	Title	Age	Since
Mark Read CEO	Chief Executive Officer	57	13/04/18
Rosemary Wilson DFI	Director of Finance/CFO	49	18/04/23
Stephan Pretorius CTO	Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer	-	31/12/15
Andrew Scott COO	Chief Operating Officer	56	31/12/98
Tom Waldron IRC	Investor Relations Contact	-	-

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Members of the board: WPP plc

Manager	Title	Age	Since
Roberto Quarta CHM	Chairman	75	31/12/14
Mark Read CEO	Chief Executive Officer	57	13/04/18
Andrew Scott COO	Chief Operating Officer	56	31/12/98
Cindy Rose BRD	Director/Board Member	59	31/03/19
Jasmine Mary Whitbread BRD	Director/Board Member	61	31/08/19
Keith Weed BRD	Director/Board Member	63	31/10/19
Sandrine Dufour BRD	Director/Board Member	58	02/02/20
Thomas Ilube BRD	Director/Board Member	61	04/10/20
Ya Qin Zhang BRD	Director/Board Member	58	31/12/20
Angela Ahrendts BRD	Director/Board Member	63	30/06/20

Composition of the Board of Directors

Shareholders: WPP plc

Name	Equities	%	Valuation
Silchester International Investors LLP 5.033 %	54,288,349	5.033 %	517 M p
Harris Associates LP 4.958 %	53,470,922	4.958 %	509 M p
Mondrian Investment Partners Ltd. 4.820 %	51,984,233	4.820 %	495 M p
Lazard Asset Management Ltd. 0.4160 %	4,487,039	0.4160 %	43 M p
SEI Investments (Europe) Ltd. 0.3709 %	4,000,000	0.3709 %	38 M p

Name	Equities	%	Valuation
Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC 1.679 %	3,621,314	1.679 %	173 M p
Mondrian Investment Partners Ltd. 1.346 %	2,903,201	1.346 %	139 M p
Invesco Advisers, Inc. 0.9717 %	2,096,083	0.9717 %	100 M p
Fidelity Management & Research Co. LLC 0.6329 %	1,365,291	0.6329 %	65 M p
The Ayco Co. LP 0.5821 %	1,255,751	0.5821 %	60 M p

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Holdings: WPP plc

Name	Equities	%	Valuation
HS AD INC. 29.95%	4,961,939	29.95%	23,586,726 $
SYZYGY AG 50.33%	6,794,563	50.33%	22,111,478 $
HIGHCO 37.41%	7,651,632	37.41%	22,020,938 $
PRAP JAPAN, INC. 19.98%	935,000	19.98%	6,138,939 $
ARN MEDIA LIMITED 1.01%	3,161,166	1.01%	1,190,400 $

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
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
Mindshare (Belgium)

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