Wpp Plc (WPP) SEC Filing 20-F Annual report for the fiscal year ending Tuesday, December 31, 2019

Cover Page

Consolidated Balance Sheet

Consolidated Cash Flow Statement

Consolidated Income Statement

Consolidated Statement Of Changes In Equity

Consolidated Statement Of Comprehensive Income

Accounting Policies

Accounting Policies (Policies)

Accounting Policies (Tables)

Accounting Policies - Hyperinflation In Argentina - Additional Information (Detail)

Accounting Policies - Ifrs 16 Implementation - Additional Information (Detail)

Accounting Policies - Schedule Of Reconciliation About Operating Lease Obligations (Detail)

Accounting Policies - Summary Of Estimated Useful Life Of Intangible Assets (Detail)

Accounting Policies - Summary Of Estimated Useful Life Of Property, Plant And Equipment (Detail)

Accounting Policies - Trade Receivables And Work In Progress - Additional Information (Detail)

Acquisitions

Acquisitions (Tables)

Acquisitions - Additional Information (Detail)

Acquisitions - Book Values Of Identifiable Assets And Liabilities Acquired And Their Fair Value (Detail)

Analysis Of Cash Flows

Analysis Of Cash Flows (Tables)

Analysis Of Cash Flows - Summary Of Analysis Of Cash Flows (Detail)

Analysis Of Cash Flows - Summary Of Analysis Of Cash Flows (Parenthetical) (Detail)

Assets Held For Sale And Discontinued Operations

Assets Held For Sale And Discontinued Operations (Tables)

Assets Held For Sale And Discontinued Operations - Additional Information (Detail)

Assets Held For Sale And Discontinued Operations - Detailed Information About Amounts Of Discontinued Operations Included In Profit (Detail)

Assets Held For Sale And Discontinued Operations - Detailed Information About Amounts Of Discontinued Operations Included In Profit (Parenthetical) (Detail)

Assets Held For Sale And Discontinued Operations - Detailed Information About Gain On Sale Of Discontinued Operations (Detail)

Assets Held For Sale And Discontinued Operations - Detailed Information About Gain On Sale Of Discontinued Operations (Parenthetical) (Detail)

Assets Held For Sale And Discontinued Operations - Detailed Information About Major Classes Of Assets And Liabilities Held For Sale (Detail)

Authorised And Issued Share Capital

Authorised And Issued Share Capital (Tables)

Authorised And Issued Share Capital - Additional Information (Detail)

Authorised And Issued Share Capital - Movements And Weighted-Average Exercise Price For Options Granted (Detail)

Authorised And Issued Share Capital - Options Granted, Wpp Executive Share Option Scheme (Detail)

Authorised And Issued Share Capital - Options Granted, Wpp Share Option Plan 2015 (Detail)

Authorised And Issued Share Capital - Options Granted, Wpp Worldwide Share Ownership Program (Detail)

Authorised And Issued Share Capital - Range Of Exercise Prices Of Options (Detail)

Authorised And Issued Share Capital - Summary Of Authorised And Issued Share Capital (Detail)

Authorised And Issued Share Capital - Weighted Average Fair Value Of Options Granted And Weighted Average Assumptions (Detail)

Bank Overdrafts, Bonds And Bank Loans

Bank Overdrafts, Bonds And Bank Loans (Tables)

Bank Overdrafts, Bonds And Bank Loans - Additional Information (Detail)

Bank Overdrafts, Bonds And Bank Loans - Bank Overdrafts, Bonds And Bank Loans Amounts Falling Due Within One Year (Detail)

Bank Overdrafts, Bonds And Bank Loans - Corporate Bonds And Bank Loans Amounts Falling Due After More Than One Year (Detail)

Bank Overdrafts, Bonds And Bank Loans - Repayments Due On Corporate Bonds, Bank Loans And Overdrafts (Detail)

Costs Of Services And General And Administrative Costs

Costs Of Services And General And Administrative Costs (Tables)

Costs Of Services And General And Administrative Costs - Additional Information (Detail)

Costs Of Services And General And Administrative Costs - Auditor's Remuneration (Detail)

Costs Of Services And General And Administrative Costs - Auditor's Remuneration (Detail) (Parenthetical)

Costs Of Services And General And Administrative Costs - Summary Of Operating Costs (Detail)

Costs Of Services And General And Administrative Costs - Summary Of Operating Costs (Parenthetical) (Detail)

Deferred Tax

Deferred Tax (Tables)

Deferred Tax - Additional Information (Detail)

Deferred Tax - Analysis Of Deferred Tax Balances For Financial Reporting Purposes (Detail)

Deferred Tax - Movements Of Gross Deferred Tax Liabilities (Detail)

Deferred Tax - Movements Of Major Gross Deferred Tax Assets (Detail)

Earnings Per Share

Earnings Per Share (Tables)

Earnings Per Share - Additional Information (Detail)

Earnings Per Share - Calculation Of Basic And Diluted Eps (Detail)

Earnings Per Share - Reconciliation Between Shares Used In Calculating Basic And Diluted Eps (Detail)

Event After The Reporting Period

Finance And Investment Income, Finance Costs And Revaluation Of Financial Instruments - Summary Of Finance Income, Finance Costs And Revaluation Of Financial Instruments (Detail)

Finance And Investment Income, Finance Costs And Revaluation Of Financial Instruments

Finance And Investment Income, Finance Costs And Revaluation Of Financial Instruments (Tables)

Finance And Investment Income, Finance Costs And Revaluation Of Financial Instruments - Additional Information (Detail)

Financial Instruments

Financial Instruments (Tables)

Financial Instruments - Additional Information (Detail)

Financial Instruments - Analysis Of Financial Assets And Liabilities (Detail)

Financial Instruments - Analysis Of Financial Instruments Measured At Fair Value (Detail)

General Information

Intangible Assets

Intangible Assets (Tables)

Intangible Assets - Additional Information (Detail)

Intangible Assets - Cash-Generating Units With Significant Goodwill (Detail)

Intangible Assets - Movement Of Goodwill (Detail)

Intangible Assets - Movement Of Goodwill (Parenthetical) (Detail)

Intangible Assets - Movements Of Other Intangible Assets (Detail)

Interests In Associates, Joint Ventures And Other Investments

Interests In Associates, Joint Ventures And Other Investments (Tables)

Interests In Associates, Joint Ventures And Other Investments - Additional Information (Detail)

Interests In Associates, Joint Ventures And Other Investments - Movements In Associates, Joint Ventures And Other Investments (Detail)

Interests In Associates, Joint Ventures And Other Investments - Principal Associates And Joint Ventures (Detail)

Interests In Associates, Joint Ventures And Other Investments - Summary Of Aggregate Financial Performance And Net Asset Position Of Associates And Joint Ventures (Detail)

Leases

Leases (Tables)

Leases - Additional Information (Detail)

Leases - Summary Of Breakdown Of Lease Expense (Detail)

Leases - Summary Of Maturity Of Lease Liabilities (Detail)

Leases - Summary Of Movement In Right Of Use Assets And Lease Liabilities (Detail)

Ordinary Dividends

Ordinary Dividends (Tables)

Ordinary Dividends - Summary Of Ordinary Dividends (Detail)

Other Reserves

Other Reserves (Tables)

Other Reserves - Summary Of Other Reserves (Detail)

Our People

Our People (Tables)

Our People - Additional Information (Detail)

Our People - Geographical Distribution Of Staff (Detail)

Our People - Reportable Segment Distribution Of Staff (Detail)

Our People - Staffing Costs (Detail)

Property, Plant And Equipment

Property, Plant And Equipment (Tables)

Property, Plant And Equipment - Additional Information (Detail)

Property, Plant And Equipment - Summary Of Property, Plant And Equipment (Detail)

Provision For Post-Employment Benefits

Provision For Post-Employment Benefits (Tables)

Provision For Post-Employment Benefits - Additional Information (Detail)

Provision For Post-Employment Benefits - Fair Value Of Assets And Assessed Present Value Of Liabilities In Pension Plans (Detail)

Provision For Post-Employment Benefits - Funded And Unfunded Pension Plans By Region (Detail)

Provision For Post-Employment Benefits - Life Expectancies For Defined Benefit Pension Plans (Detail)

Provision For Post-Employment Benefits - Movement In Pension Plan Assets (Detail)

Provision For Post-Employment Benefits - Movement In Pension Plan Assets (Parenthetical) (Detail)

Provision For Post-Employment Benefits - Movement In Pension Plan Liabilities (Detail)

Provision For Post-Employment Benefits - Movement In Pension Plan Liabilities (Parenthetical) (Detail)

Provision For Post-Employment Benefits - Pension Costs (Detail)

Provision For Post-Employment Benefits - Pension Expense Charged To Operating Profit, Amounts Charged To Finance Costs And Amounts Recognised In Consolidated Statement Of Comprehensive Income (Oci) (Detail)

Provision For Post-Employment Benefits - Sensitivity Analysis Of Significant Actuarial Assumptions (Detail)

Provision For Post-Employment Benefits - Surplus/(Deficit) In Plans By Region (Detail)

Provision For Post-Employment Benefits - Weighted Average Assumptions Used For Actuarial Valuations (Detail)

Provision For Post-Employment Benefits - Weighted Average Duration Of Defined Benefit Pension Obligations And Distribution Of Timing Of Benefit Payments (Detail)

Provisions For Liabilities And Charges

Provisions For Liabilities And Charges (Tables)

Provisions For Liabilities And Charges - Summary Of Provisions For Liabilities And Charges (Detail)

Provisions For Liabilities And Charges - Summary Of Provisions For Liabilities And Charges (Parenthetical) (Detail)

Reconciliation Of Operating Profit To Headline Operating Profit

Reconciliation Of Operating Profit To Headline Operating Profit (Tables)

Reconciliation Of Operating Profit To Headline Operating Profit - Summary Of Reconciliation Of Operating Profit To Headline Operating Profit (Detail)

Related Party Transactions

Related Party Transactions (Tables)

Related Party Transactions - Summary Of Related Party Transaction Outstanding (Detail)

Risk Management Policies

Risk Management Policies (Tables)

Risk Management Policies - Additional Information (Detail)

Risk Management Policies - Committed Facilities (Detail)

Risk Management Policies - Summary Of Currency Risk (Detail)

Segment Information

Segment Information (Tables)

Segment Information - Contributions By Geographical Area (Detail)

Segment Information - Contributions By Geographical Area (Parenthetical) (Detail)

Segment Information - Contributions By Reportable Segments (Detail)

Share Of Results Of Associates

Share Of Results Of Associates (Tables)

Share Of Results Of Associates - Summary Of Share Of Results Of Associates (Detail)

Share-Based Payments

Share-Based Payments (Tables)

Share-Based Payments - Additional Information (Detail)

Share-Based Payments - Charges For Share-Based Incentive Plans (Detail)

Share-Based Payments - Movement On Ordinary Shares Granted For Significant Restricted Stock Plans (Detail)

Sources Of Finance

Sources Of Finance (Tables)

Sources Of Finance - Additional Information (Detail)

Sources Of Finance - Analysis Of Fixed And Floating Rate Debt By Currency (Detail)

Sources Of Finance - Analysis Of Future Anticipated Cash Flows Related Of Financial Derivatives (Detail)

Sources Of Finance - Analysis Of Future Anticipated Cash Flows Related To Debt (Detail)

Sources Of Finance - Summary Of Equity And Debt Financing (Detail)

Taxation

Taxation (Tables)

Taxation - Additional Information (Detail)

Taxation - Tax Charge (Detail)

Taxation - Tax Charge Reconciled To Profit Before Taxation (Detail)

Taxation - Tax Charge Reconciled To Profit Before Taxation (Parenthetical) (Detail)

Trade And Other Payables - Additional Information (Detail)

Trade And Other Payables - Payments Due To Vendors (Detail)

Trade And Other Payables - Summary Of Trade And Other Payables, Amounts Falling Due After More Than One Year (Detail)

Trade And Other Payables - Summary Of Trade And Other Payables, Amounts Falling Due Within One Year (Detail)

Trade And Other Payables Amounts Falling Due After More Than One Year - Summary Of Contingent Consideration (Detail)

Trade And Other Payables: Amounts Falling Due After More Than One Year

Trade And Other Payables: Amounts Falling Due After More Than One Year (Tables)

Trade And Other Payables: Amounts Falling Due Within One Year

Trade And Other Payables: Amounts Falling Due Within One Year (Tables)

Trade And Other Receivables

Trade And Other Receivables (Tables)

Trade And Other Receivables - Additional Information (Detail)

Trade And Other Receivables - Ageing Of Trade Receivables And Other Financial Assets (Detail)

Trade And Other Receivables - Bad Debt Provisions (Detail)

Trade And Other Receivables - Summary Of Trade And Other Receivables, Amounts Falling Due After More Than One Year (Detail)

Trade And Other Receivables - Summary Of Trade And Other Receivables, Amounts Falling Due Within One Year (Detail)