AGM Total Proxy Votes

13 Jun 2012

Commenting on the share owner vote at WPP's AGM held today, Chairman Philip Lader said: "Our Board exercised its best judgment in the context of the Company's record year, international competitors, and the executives' performance. We appreciate our share owners' support on the re-election of all directors and all other resolutions, take the Remuneration Report vote seriously, will consult with many share owners, and will then move forward in the best interests of our share owners and our business."

Results of Annual General Meeting 2012
The results of the Annual General Meeting vote will be announced later today after the full results of the poll are finalised. The poll will be displayed on the Company’s website later today. Below are the proxy results shown during the AGM:-

RESOLUTION	FOR	%	AGAINST	%
Resolution 1 To receive and, if approved, to adopt the Company’s accounts for the financial year ended 31 December 2011.	849,932,519	98.15	16,002,627	1.85
Resolution 2 That the WPP directors’ remuneration report set out in the report of the Compensation Committee contained in the 2011 Report & Accounts be approved.	349,546,294	40.48	514,046,806	59.52
Resolution 3 That the sustainability report contained in the 2011 Report & Accounts be approved.	858,953,403	99.23	6,683,621	0.77
Resolution 4 To re-elect Colin Day as a Director.	768,760,859	91.13	74,862,649	8.87
Resolution 5 To re-elect Esther Dyson as a Director.	735,333,983	88.07	99,631,887	11.93
Resolution 6 To re-elect Orit Gadiesh as a Director.	857,413,868	99.02	8,477,121	0.98
Resolution 7 To re-elect Philip Lader as a Director.	732,936,174	88.19	98,127,256	11.81
Resolution 8 To re-elect Ruigang Li as a Director.	607,582,808	71.27	244,952,390	28.73
Resolution 9 To re-elect Stanley (Bud) Morten as a Director.	849,064,596	98.06	16,826,443	1.94
Resolution 10 To re-elect Koichiro Naganuma as a Director.	603,148,523	70.29	254,934,666	29.71
Resolution 11 To re-elect John Quelch as a Director.	848,627,889	98.01	17,268,697	1.99
Resolution 12 To re-elect Mark Read as a Director.	851,062,729	98.29	14,842,676	1.71
Resolution 13 To re-elect Paul Richardson as a Director	850,168,659	98.18	15,730,056	1.82
Resolution 14 To re-elect Jeffrey Rosen as a Director.	654,575,386	78.20	182,515,020	21.80
Resolution 15 To re-elect Timothy Shriver as a Director.	770,674,458	91.52	71,385,885	8.48
Resolution 16 To re-elect Sir Martin Sorrell as a Director.	843,800,488	98.17	15,720,514	1.83
Resolution 17 To re-elect Paul Spencer as a Director.	856,870,378	98.96	9,030,054	1.04
Resolution 18 To re-elect Solomon Trujillo as a Director.	856,855,853	98.96	9,040,719	1.04
Resolution 19 To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditors of the Company and determine their remuneration.	843,270,562	98.45	13,247,093	1.55
Resolution 20 To authorise the Directors to allot equity securities	847,557,238	97.88	18,329,592	2.12
Resolution 21 To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares	855,314,265	98.94	9,169,140	1.06
Resolution 22 To allot equity securities on a non-pre-emptive basis.	848,570,009	98.03	17,057,820	1.97

Contact
Feona McEwan, WPP