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Dividends


Ordinary and ADR share owners have received the following dividends in respect of each financial year.

Ordinary
Ordinary share owners have received the following dividends in respect of each financial year:

In £ sterling2017
 20162015
201420132012201120102009
Interim 1 22.70p 19.55p 15.91p 11.62p10.56p8.80p7.46p5.97p5.19p
Final 2 37.30p* 37.05p 28.78p 26.58p23.65p19.71p17.14p11.82p10.28p
Total 60.00p 56.60p 44.69p 38.20p34.21p28.51p24.60p17.79p15.47p

*The record date for the 2017 final dividend is 15 June 2018, payable on 9 July 2018.

ADR
Dividends per ADR, including UK tax refunds but before US tax credits, in respect of each financial year are set out below:

In US dollars32017
 2016 20152014
20132012201120102009
Interim 1 145.31¢ 132.42¢ 121.62¢ 95.72¢82.61¢69.75¢59.80¢46.15¢40.66¢
Final 2
 240.34¢ 250.96¢ 219.99¢ 218.95¢185.01¢156.22¢137.39¢91.37¢80.53¢
Total 385.65¢ 383.38¢ 341.61¢ 314.67¢267.62¢
225.97¢197.19¢137.52¢121.18¢


Notes
1 Prior to 2013, first interim dividend.
2 Prior to 2012, second interim dividend.
3 These figures have been translated for convenience purposes only, using the approximate average rate for the year shown on page 239 of the WPP Annual Report & Accounts 2016. This conversion should not be construed as a representation that the pound sterling amounts actually represent, or could be converted into, US dollars at the rates indicated.


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