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WPP plc filings document the company’s U.S. reporting as a foreign private issuer. Recent Form 6-K current reports furnish public disclosures under Exchange Act rules and identify WPP’s annual reporting framework on Form 20-F.
The filing record includes standard foreign-issuer disclosure language, including forward-looking statement provisions covering plans, objectives, strategies, projections, anticipated economic performance and related risks and uncertainties. These documents frame WPP’s formal regulatory reporting alongside its operating identity as a global advertising, media, public relations and consulting company.
WPP plc reports its share capital and voting rights position as at 31 March 2026. The company had 1,091,394,251 ordinary shares of 10 pence each in issue, with 12,591,893 held in treasury. This results in 1,078,802,358 total voting rights, which shareholders can use as the denominator when calculating whether they must notify their holdings or changes in holdings under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.
WPP plc, a foreign private issuer, furnished a Form 6-K that is automatically incorporated into its existing registration statement on Form F-3 for WPP plc and related issuing entities. The submission attaches the core legal documents for a series of guaranteed notes.
The exhibits include an indenture and a first supplemental indenture involving WPP Finance 2010, WPP 2025 LLC, WPP Jubilee Limited, WPP 2005 Limited and Wilmington Trust as trustee, with Citibank as registrar and paying agent. Legal opinions from Allen Overy Shearman Sterling and Mourant Ozannes (Jersey) LLP address the validity of the guaranteed notes under New York, English and Jersey law.
WPP 2025 LLC is offering U.S.$600,000,000 of 6.500% senior notes due March 30, 2036. Interest accrues from March 30, 2026, payable semi‑annually on March 30 and September 30, beginning September 30, 2026. The notes are unsecured obligations of the Issuer and are guaranteed on a joint and several basis by WPP plc, WPP Jubilee Limited and WPP 2005 Limited. The offering price to investors is 99.449% plus accrued interest; net proceeds are expected to be approximately $593,994,000, to be used for general corporate purposes of the Group. The notes may be redeemed prior to maturity under defined optional, tax and change‑of‑control repurchase provisions, and listing on the NYSE is anticipated.
Rose Cindy H reported acquisition or exercise transactions in this Form 4 filing.
WPP plc director and Chief Executive Officer Cindy H Rose reported compensation-related equity grants, not open-market share purchases. On March 20, 2026, she received an Executive Share Award (ESA) as a conditional award over 115,800 ordinary shares, scheduled to vest on March 10, 2028 under the WPP Stock Plan 2018 rules. She also received an Executive Performance Share Plan (EPSP) conditional award over a maximum of 2,147,766 ordinary shares, which may vest on designated dates depending on WPP’s performance as set out in the WPP 2025 Annual Report and the applicable plan rules.
Wilson Rosemary Joanne reported acquisition or exercise transactions in this Form 4 filing.
WPP plc director and CFO Rosemary Joanne Wilson received two compensation-related share awards. On March 20, 2026, she was granted an Executive Share Award (ESA) as a conditional award over 84,257 ordinary shares, scheduled to vest on March 10, 2028 under the WPP Stock Plan 2018.
She was also granted a conditional award over a maximum of 979,381 ordinary shares under the Executive Performance Share Plan (EPSP). Both awards are contingent rights to receive WPP ordinary shares on future vesting dates, subject to plan rules and, for the EPSP, WPP’s performance as set out in the WPP 2025 Annual Report. These are grants/awards, not open-market share purchases or sales.
WPP plc granted new share-based awards to its Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer under its Executive Performance Share Plan (EPSP) and as deferred share awards for 2025 bonuses. On 20 March 2026, CEO Cindy Rose received a 2026 EPSP conditional award over 2,147,766 shares and a 2025 Executive Share Award (ESA) over 115,800 shares. CFO Joanne Wilson received a 2026 EPSP conditional award over 979,381 shares and a 2025 ESA over 84,257 shares.
The EPSP awards represent the maximum opportunity and will vest in 2029 depending on performance over the three-year period from 1 January 2026 to 31 December 2028, with a further two-year holding period for executive directors. The ESAs, reflecting 2025 annual bonuses delivered entirely in deferred shares, will vest after two years subject to continued employment, with additional shares added at vesting in lieu of dividends. All awards were made under the shareholder-approved 2023 Directors' Compensation Policy.
WPP 2025 LLC proposes an offering of senior notes guaranteed by WPP plc, WPP Jubilee Limited and WPP 2005 Limited, subject to completion. The Notes will be unsecured senior obligations of the Issuer and the Guarantees will be joint and several. The offering documents state the Notes will rank pari passu with other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness and will be structurally subordinated to liabilities of non‑guarantor subsidiaries. The Issuer may redeem the Notes at its option and must offer to repurchase upon certain change of control events. The prospectus supplement states net proceeds are intended for the Group’s general corporate purposes and that listing on the NYSE is anticipated.
WPP plc has submitted its 2025 Annual Report on Form 20-F to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The report includes audited financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2025 and is available online on both WPP's website and the SEC's website.
A hard copy of the full audited financial statements will be available on or about 2 April 2026. Shareholders can request a free printed copy by contacting WPP's share registrars or the U.S. depositary for WPP American Depositary Shares using the addresses and phone numbers provided.
WPP plc has published its 2025 Annual Report for the year ended 31 December 2025 and the 2026 Notice of Annual General Meeting on its website. The AGM will take place on 8 May 2026 at 10:00am in London, with facilities to follow the meeting virtually.
Copies of the Annual Report and AGM Notice will be submitted to the UK Listing Authority and made available via the National Storage Mechanism, and hard copies will be mailed around 2 April 2026 to shareholders who chose paper communications. The company highlights that this announcement does not replace reading the full Annual Report.