Exhibit 1
16 May 2016
WPP plc (“WPP”)
Purchase of Own Securities
WPP announces that on 16 May 2016 it purchased 300,000 of its ordinary shares at a price of 1585.6318 pence per ordinary share. All of these shares will be held as treasury shares.
Following the above purchase, WPP holds 36,514,363 ordinary shares as treasury shares. The total number of WPP shares in issue is 1,293,517,579 (excluding shares to be held in treasury).