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WPP PLCWPP:LSE

1,134
1.00 / 0.09%
2.01m
47.85%
1.34
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As of Jun 19 2013 16:50 BST.Data delayed by at least 15 minutes.

About the company

10.37bn822.70m2012113.76k
Revenue in GBP (TTM)Net income in GBPIncorporatedEmployees
IndustryAdvertisingLocation
WPP PLC
27 Farm Street
LONDONW1J 5RJ
United Kingdom
GBR
Phone+44 20 7408 2204Fax+44 20 7493 6819Websitehttp://www.wpp.com
WPP plc is engaged the provision of communications services on a national, multinational and global basis. Its segments include: Advertising and Media Investment Management; where it operates advertising networks Ogilvy & Mather Advertising, JWT, Y&R, Grey, bates and the United Network, as well as Media Investment Management companies, such as MediaCom, MEC, Mindshare, Maxus and tenthavenue; Consumer Insight, where its operations are conducted through Kantar; Public Relations & Public Affairs, where it operates through companies, such as Burson-Marsteller, Cohn & Wolfe, Hill & Knowlton and Ogilvy Public Relations, and Branding & Identity, Healthcare and Specialist Communications. where its operations are conducted by B to D Group, ghg, Wunderman, Sudler & Hennessey, OgilvyOne Worldwide, Ogilvy CommonHealth Worldwide, G2, OgilvyAction, 24/7 Media and other companies. Effective March 4, 2013, it acquired john st. In May 2013, it announced that Y&R Advertising opened Y&R Yangon.

Mergers & acquisitions

Acquired company
Deal status
DateWPP:LSE since
announced
Transaction
value
john stDeal completed04 Mar 2013+7.18%--
Okam LtdDeal completed23 Jan 2013+17.33%--
The Core Company ABDeal completed15 Aug 2012+32.71%--
Acceleration eMarketing(Pty) LtdDeal completed23 Jul 2012+38.21%--
Acceleration Holdings LtdDeal completed23 Jul 2012+38.21%--

Peer analysis

There are no peers analysis for WPP PLC.

Institutional shareholders

HolderShares% Held
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Ltd.
as of 29 Apr 2013
64.71m4.98%
Legal & General Investment Management Ltd.
as of 03 Jun 2013
38.15m2.99%
Scottish Widows Investment Partnership Ltd.
as of 31 May 2013
30.15m2.23%
MFS Investment Management, Inc.
as of 30 Apr 2013
26.23m2.16%
Norges Bank Investment Management
as of 31 Dec 2012
27.14m1.99%
FIL Investments International
as of 31 Mar 2013
26.87m1.95%
T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.
as of 31 Mar 2013
26.56m1.91%
Capital Research & Management Co. (Global Investors)
as of 11 Mar 2013
01.77%
Wellington Management Co. LLP
as of 30 Apr 2013
19.05m1.58%
Thornburg Investment Management, Inc.
as of 30 Apr 2013
10.25m1.50%
23.05%
Per cent of shares
held by top holders
Data from 30 Sep 2012 - 31 May 2013Source: FactSet Research Systems Inc.
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