[6-K] WPP PLC Current Report (Foreign Issuer)

Rhea-AI Filing Summary

WPP plc filed a Form 6-K disclosing a Notification of Major Holdings dated 21 August 2025. The filing reports holdings linked to entities in the FIL/Fidelity group and a named person "Hamilton." The document shows an indirect holding of 14,685,540 Depository Receipts (US0463531089) representing 0.947037% of voting rights and 3,613,316 CFDs noted as voting rights. Within the chain of controlled undertakings, FIL Limited is reported with figures of 3.439400 and 3.774300% (as presented in the filing). The notice records the threshold crossing date as 21-Aug-2025 and is completed with the place of completion and signature by the Company Secretary.

Positive

• Regulatory compliance: The filing provides a clear TR-1 notification dated 21-Aug-2025, meeting disclosure obligations.
• Transparency of ownership: Specific figures disclosed, including 14,685,540 Depository Receipts (0.947037%) and 3,613,316 CFDs, plus entity-level percentages for FIL Limited (3.439400 and 3.774300%).

Negative

• None.

Insights

Financial Analyst

TL;DR Institutional ownership disclosures show Fidelity/FIL group holdings and financial instruments totaling low-single-digit percentages.

The TR-1 discloses specific positions attributed to the FIL/Fidelity group as of 21 August 2025, including 14,685,540 depository receipts (0.947037%) and 3,613,316 CFDs reported as voting rights. The filing also lists entity-level percentages for FIL Limited (3.439400 and 3.774300% as shown). For investors and analysts, this is a standard major-holdings notification improving transparency around ownership concentration; it does not include transactional rationale or changes in voting intent.

Corporate Governance Expert

TL;DR Disclosure clarifies beneficial ownership through a chain of controlled undertakings; governance impact appears limited based on reported percentages.

The submission follows TR-1 format and identifies the legal chain through which voting rights are held, naming various Fidelity/FIL entities. Reported percentages are below typical control thresholds but are material for register transparency. The document contains no statements about acting in concert, changes to board representation, or voting intentions, limiting immediate governance implications based solely on this filing.

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

_____________________

FORM 6-K

____________________

Report of Foreign Private Issuer

Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16

under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the Month of August 2025

Commission File Number: 001-38303

______________________

WPP plc

(Translation of registrant's name into English)

________________________

Sea Containers, 18 Upper Ground

London, United Kingdom SE1 9GL

(Address of principal executive offices)

_________________________

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F:

Form 20-F X Form 40-F ___

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): ___

Note:  Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1) only permits the submission in paper of a Form 6-K if submitted solely to provide an attached annual report to security holders.

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7): ___

Note:  Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7) only permits the submission in paper of a Form 6-K if submitted to furnish a report or other document that the registrant foreign private issuer must furnish and make public under the laws of the jurisdiction in which the registrant is incorporated, domiciled or legally organized (the registrant’s “home country”), or under the rules of the home country exchange on which the registrant’s securities are traded, as long as the report or other document is not a press release, is not required to be and has not been distributed to the registrant’s security holders, and, if discussing a material event, has already been the subject of a Form 6-K submission or other Commission filing on EDGAR.

Forward-Looking Statements

The Company may include forward-looking statements (including as defined in the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995) in oral or written public statements issued by or on behalf of the Company. These forward-looking statements may include, among other things, plans, objectives, beliefs, intentions, strategies, projections and anticipated future economic performance based on assumptions and the like that are subject to risks and uncertainties. These statements can be identified by the fact that they do not relate strictly to historical or current facts. They use words such as ‘aim’, ‘anticipate’, ‘believe’, ‘estimate’, ‘expect’, ‘forecast’, ‘guidance’, ‘intend’, ‘may’, ‘will’, ‘should’, ‘potential’, ‘possible’, ‘predict’, ‘project’, ‘plan’, ‘target’, and other words and similar references to future periods but are not the exclusive means of identifying such statements. As such, all forward-looking statements involve risk and uncertainty because they relate to future events and circumstances that are beyond the control of the Company. Actual results or outcomes may differ materially from those discussed or implied in the forward-looking statements. Therefore, you should not rely on such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date they are made, as a prediction of actual results or otherwise. Important factors which may cause actual results to differ include but are not limited to: the unanticipated loss of a material client or key personnel; delays, suspensions or reductions in client advertising budgets; shifts in industry rates of compensation; regulatory compliance costs or litigation; changes in competitive factors in the industries in which we operate and demand for our products and services; changes in client advertising, marketing and corporate communications requirements; our inability to realise the future anticipated benefits of acquisitions; failure to realise our assumptions regarding goodwill and indefinite lived intangible assets; natural disasters or acts of terrorism; the Company’s ability to attract new clients; the economic and geopolitical impact of the conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East; the risk of global economic downturn; slower growth, increasing interest rates and high and sustained inflation; tariffs and other trade barriers; supply chain issues affecting the distribution of our clients’ products; technological changes and risks to the security of IT and operational infrastructure, systems, data and information resulting from increased threat of cyber and other attacks; effectively managing the risks, challenges and efficiencies presented by using Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Generative AI technologies and partnerships in our business; risks related to our environmental, social and governance goals and initiatives, including impacts from regulators and other stakeholders, and the impact of factors outside of our control on such goals and initiatives; the Company’s exposure to changes in the values of other major currencies (because a substantial portion of its revenues are derived and costs incurred outside of the UK); and the overall level of economic activity in the Company’s major markets (which varies depending on, among other things, regional, national and international political and economic conditions and government regulations in the world’s advertising markets). In addition, you should consider the risks described in Item 3D, captioned “Risk Factors” in the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 20-F, which could also cause actual results to differ from forward-looking information. In light of these and other uncertainties, the forward-looking statements included in this document should not be regarded as a representation by the Company that the Company’s plans and objectives will be achieved. Neither the Company, nor any of its directors, officers or employees, provides any representation, assurance or guarantee that the occurrence of any events anticipated, expressed or implied in any forward-looking statements will actually occur. Other than in accordance with its legal or regulatory obligations (including under the Market Abuse Regulation, the UK Listing Rules and the Disclosure and Transparency Rules of the Financial Conduct Authority), the Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise any such forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.	Description
1	Notification of Major Holdings dated 21 August 2025, prepared by WPP plc.

TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings

1. Issuer Details

ISIN

JE00B8KF9B49

Issuer Name

WPP PLC

UK or Non-UK Issuer

Non-UK

2. Reason for Notification

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation

Name

FIL Limited

City of registered office (if applicable)

Hamilton

Country of registered office (if applicable)

Bermuda

4. Details of the shareholder

Full name of shareholder(s) if different from the person(s) subject to the notification obligation, above

City of registered office (if applicable)

Country of registered office (if applicable)

5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reached

19-Aug-2025

6. Date on which Issuer notified

21-Aug-2025

7. Total 9. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification obligation

	% of voting rights attached to shares (total of 8.A)	% of voting rights through financial instruments (total of 8.B 1 + 8.B 2)	Total of both in % (8.A + 8.B)	Total number of voting rights held in issuer
Resulting situation on the date on which threshold was crossed or reached	5.317900	0.334900	5.652800	60983192
Position of previous notification (if applicable)

8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed or reached

8A. Voting rights attached to shares

Class/Type of shares ISIN code(if possible)	Number of direct voting rights (DTR5.1)	Number of indirect voting rights (DTR5.2.1)	% of direct voting rights (DTR5.1)	% of indirect voting rights (DTR5.2.1)
GB0009895292 Common Stock		57369876		5.317900
US0463531089 Depository Receipt		14685540		0.947037
Sub Total 8.A	57369876		5.317900%

8B1. Financial Instruments according to (DTR5.3.1R.(1) (a))

Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/conversion period	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted	% of voting rights
Sub Total 8.B1

8B2. Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to (DTR5.3.1R.(1) (b))

Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/conversion period	Physical or cash settlement	Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
CFD			Cash	3613316	0.334900
Sub Total 8.B2				3613316	0.334900%

9. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification obligation

2. Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held starting with the ultimate controlling natural person or legal entities (please add additional rows as necessary)

Ultimate controlling person	Name of controlled undertaking	% of voting rights if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold	% of voting rights through financial instruments if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold	Total of both if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold
FIL Limited	FIL Limited	3.439400	0.334900	3.774300%
FIL Limited	FIL Financial Services Holdings Limited	3.439400	0.334900	3.774300%
FIL Limited	FIL Financial Services Holdings 2 Limited	3.439400	0.334900	3.774300%
FIL Limited	FIL Holdings (UK) Limited	3.439400	0.334900	3.774300%
FIL Limited	FIL Investments International	3.439400	0.334900	3.774300%
FIL Limited	FIL Limited
FIL Limited	FIL Financial Services Holdings Limited
FIL Limited	FIL Financial Services Holdings 2 Limited
FIL Limited	483A Bay Street Holdings Management Limited
FIL Limited	483A Bay Street Holdings Management LLC
FIL Limited	483A Bay Street Holdings LP
FIL Limited	Fidelity Canada Holdings (UK) Limited
FIL Limited	Fidelity Investments Canada ULC
FIL Limited	FIL Limited
FIL Limited	FIL Financial Services Holdings Limited
FIL Limited	FIL Financial Services Holdings 2 Limited
FIL Limited	FIL Holdings (UK) Limited
FIL Limited	FIL Investment Advisors (UK) Limited

10. In case of proxy voting

Name of the proxy holder

The number and % of voting rights held

The date until which the voting rights will be held

11. Additional Information

12. Date of Completion

21-08-2025

13. Place Of Completion

Dublin, Ireland

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

	WPP PLC
	(Registrant)
Date: 21 August 2025.	By:  ______________________
	Balbir Kelly-Bisla
	Company Secretary

FAQ

What stake did the filer report in WPP (WPP) on 21 August 2025?

The filing reports 14,685,540 Depository Receipts (US0463531089) representing 0.947037% of voting rights and 3,613,316 CFDs recorded as voting rights; entity figures for FIL Limited are shown as 3.439400 and 3.774300%.

Who is identified as the person subject to the notification obligation?

The document lists the name Hamilton as the person subject to the notification obligation.

When was the threshold crossing reported?

The threshold crossing date is reported as 21-Aug-2025.

Which legal entities are named in the chain of controlled undertakings?

The filing names several Fidelity/FIL entities including FIL Limited, FIL Financial Services Holdings Limited, FIL Holdings (UK) Limited, and related subsidiaries shown in the TR-1.

Does the Form 6-K include any statements about changes to voting intent or control?

No. The filing does not include statements about changes to voting intentions, acting in concert, or plans to alter control; it provides ownership figures and the chain of holdings.