Company Announcements

Executive Share Award

Source: RNS
RNS Number : 3131L
WPP PLC
12 May 2022
 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                                                        12 May 2022

 

WPP plc ("WPP")

Executive Share Award ("ESA")

 

WPP's Executive Directors' annual bonuses for 2021 were delivered in the form of a cash award and a deferred share award, the shares comprising 40% of the total bonus achieved.  The ESA will vest after two years, subject to continued employment, together with additional shares in respect of accrued dividends.

The 2021 ESA awards were granted on 10 May 2022 as follows:

Executive Director

Number of shares awarded

Mark Read

109,220

John Rogers

69,943

 

Details of the Executive Directors' bonus awards were published in the WPP 2021 Annual Report and Accounts.

 

Contact:

Chris Wade, WPP

+44 (0)20 7282 4600

 

Richard Oldworth, Buchanan Communications

+44 (0)7710 130634

 

1.

Details of PDMR/person closely associated with them ('PCA')

a)

Name 

Mark Read

b)

Position/status

Chief Executive Officer

c)

Initial notification/
amendment

Initial notification

2.

Details of the issuer

a)

Full name of the entity

WPP plc

b)

Legal Entity Identifier code

549300LSGBXPYHXGDT93

3.

Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted

a)

Description of the financial instrument

Ordinary shares of 10 pence each ('Ordinary Shares')

ISIN: JE00B8KF9B49

b)

Nature of the transaction

Grant of conditional awards over WPP plc ordinary shares under the WPP plc Executive Performance Share Plan

c)

Price(s) and volume(s) (Number of WPP ordinary shares or WPP ADRs sold or purchased and price per share/ADR)

Price(s)

Volume(s)

Conditional Free Share Award

109,220





 

 

d)

Aggregated information

-     Aggregated number

-     Aggregated Price

-     Total

N/A (single transaction)

 

e)

Date of the transaction

10 May 2022

f)

Place of the transaction

London Stock Exchange (XLON)

 

1.

Details of PDMR/person closely associated with them ('PCA')

a)

Name 

John Rogers

b)

Position/status

Chief Financial Officer

c)

Initial notification/
amendment

Initial notification

2.

Details of the issuer

a)

Full name of the entity

WPP plc

b)

Legal Entity Identifier code

549300LSGBXPYHXGDT93

3.

Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted

a)

Description of the financial instrument

Ordinary shares of 10 pence each ('Ordinary Shares')

ISIN: JE00B8KF9B49

b)

Nature of the transaction

Grant of conditional awards over WPP plc ordinary shares under the WPP plc Executive Performance Share Plan

c)

Price(s) and volume(s) (Number of WPP ordinary shares or WPP ADRs sold or purchased and price per share/ADR)

Price(s)

Volume(s)

Conditional Free Share Award

69,943





 

 

d)

Aggregated information

-     Aggregated number

-     Aggregated Price

-     Total

N/A (single transaction)

 

e)

Date of the transaction

10 May 2022

f)

Place of the transaction

London Stock Exchange (XLON)

 

This notice is given in fulfilment of the obligation under Article 19 of the Market Abuse Regulation.

 

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