24 OCT 2019
General Meeting
On 12 July 2019 WPP announced that it had entered into an agreement to sell 60% of Kantar, its global data, research, consulting and analytics business, to Bain Capital (the “Transaction”). The Transaction is conditional on, amongst other things, the approval of WPP shareholders.
WPP has published a circular in connection with the Transaction (the “Circular”) containing a notice convening a General Meeting of the Company which was held at the offices of Allen & Overy LLP at One Bishops Square, London E1 6AD at 11 a.m. on 24 October 2019 at which an ordinary resolution was proposed for WPP shareholders to approve the Transaction (the "Notice of General Meeting").
The Circular, Notice of General Meeting and Other Documents are available below:
Circular (incorporating Notice of General Meeting) PDF 287KB
Result of Poll at WPP General Meeting PDF 102KB
WPP General Meeting Scrutineers Report PDF 135KB
Articles of association PDF 550KB
Consent letters referred to in paragraph 14 of Part 6 of the Circular:
BAML Consent Letter
Goldman Sachs Consent Letter
Ardea Consent Letter
Lazard Consent Letter
Deloitte Consent Letter