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    RECEIPT #MARK-R

    OCT 23, 2024

    Story still evolving.

    PREDICTION BY

    Mark Read
    “Broadly speaking, we will start to see more of an impact of GenAI on our revenues in the next year. I think there's nothing to suggest so far that that will be negative, and certainly at the moment it's contributing positively to our revenues.”

    FOLLOW-UP

    Read expected GenAI to have a larger, positive effect on WPP revenue in 2025. WPP's preliminary 2025 results report that total revenue fell 8.1% and like-for-like revenue fell 3.6%, but do not separately disclose GenAI's contribution. The company-wide decline cannot establish whether GenAI was a net revenue contributor. Keep this evolving until direct outcome data is available.

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    RECEIPT #MARTIN

    FEB 07, 2025

    Partially right.

    PREDICTION BY

    Sir Martin Sorrell
    “If six goes to five, I think five will go to four, and I think four may even go to three. I don't think WPP is going to survive.”

    FOLLOW-UP

    Consolidation continued as called (Omnicom-IPG merged, closing November 2025) and WPP lost its number-one position to Publicis plus roughly half its market value through 2025, but WPP still exists as an independent company.

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    RECEIPT #ARTHUR

    JUL 18, 2024

    Called it.

    PREDICTION BY

    Arthur Sadoun
    “Arthur Sadoun believes Publicis Groupe can reach WPP for top holding company spot.”

    FOLLOW-UP

    Publicis reported 2024 full-year revenue of 13.9 billion euros in February 2025, making it the largest marcomms holding company by revenue for the first time, ahead of WPP and Omnicom.

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    RECEIPT #CINDY-

    FEB 26, 2026

    Too early to tell.

    PREDICTION BY

    Cindy Rose
    “Our intention is to stabilise the business, return to organic growth, create capacity to invest in the future and deliver attractive returns for our shareholders. WPP will become a single company, streamlined into four operating units across four regions, all unified by our pioneering agentic marketing platform, WPP Open.”

    FOLLOW-UP

    Filed for tracking. Success test: whether WPP returns to organic growth under the four-unit structure. First checkpoint: H1 2026 results.

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    RECEIPT #TAMEKA

    DEC 31, 2025

    Partially right.

    PREDICTION BY

    Tameka Kee
    “By mid-2026, more than half of brand creative going through major holdco agencies will involve generative AI in some part of the production pipeline — even if the final spot looks "traditional."”

    FOLLOW-UP

    Q1 2026 holdco earnings calls (WPP, Publicis, Omnicom/IPG) confirmed generative AI is now in production workflows for the majority of creative briefs, but most disclosed only partial-pipeline use — closer to ideation and storyboarding than full final-asset generation.

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