Rule 8.3 - WPP GROUP

FORM 8.3

    DEALINGS BY PERSONS WITH INTERESTS IN SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE
              (Rule 8.3 of the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers)


1.   KEY INFORMATION

Name of person dealing        BARCLAYS PLC
(Note 1)
Company dealt in              WPP GROUP
Class of relevant security    ORD GBP0.10
to which the dealings being
disclosed relate (Note 2)
Date of dealing               18 July 2008

2.   INTERESTS, SHORT POSITIONS AND RIGHTS TO SUBSCRIBE

(a)  Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class of relevant
security dealt in (Note 3)

                            Long                     Short

                      Number       (%)         Number       (%)

(1) Relevant      48,447,827     4.13%     1,336,816       0.11%
securities
(2) Derivatives    1,006,612     0.09%     6,833,328       0.58%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and            0     0.00%             0       0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total             49,454,439     4.22%     8,170,144       0.70%


(b)  Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company, other
     than the class dealt in (Note 3)

Class of                    Long                     Short
relevant
security:

                  Number              (%)   Number              (%)

(1) Relevant
securities

(2) Derivatives
(other than
options)

(3) Options and
agreements to
purchase/sell

Total


  (c)  Rights to subscribe (Note 3)

Class of relevant security:   Details



3.   DEALINGS (Note 4)

  (a)  Purchases and sales

Purchase/sale Number of Securities Price per unit
                                   (GBP)
Purchase      32,565               4.6300
Purchase      27                   4.6300
Purchase      155,912              4.8093
Purchase      62,094               4.8273
Purchase      2,919                4.8658
Purchase      15,417               4.8856
Purchase      6,662                4.8833
Purchase      20,179               4.9031
Purchase      75,402               4.8660
Purchase      140,779              4.6300
Purchase      300                  4.8825
Purchase      2,400                4.6736
Purchase      148,923              4.6450
Purchase      236,858              4.7843
Purchase      25,400               4.8897
Purchase      32,538               4.9025
Purchase      2,960                4.9025
Purchase      18,324               4.7443
Purchase      17,000               4.8802
Purchase      3,742                4.9025
Purchase      2,685                4.9025
Purchase      3,530                4.9025
Sale          1,134                4.8853
Sale          75,000               4.8359
Sale          765                  4.6610
Sale          32,565               4.6300
Sale          17,700               4.8208
Sale          2,400                4.6736
Sale          135,749              4.7658
Sale          147,476              4.8806
Sale          4,121                4.9017
Sale          75,409               4.7681
Sale          430                  4.8259
Sale          500                  4.8935
Sale          4,947                4.9117
Sale          1,265,854            Transfer
Sale          32,538               4.9025
Sale          68,832               4.8697
Sale          403,852              4.8073
Sale          43,153               4.8587
Sale          600                  4.9142
Sale          300                  4.6662
Sale          515                  4.8695
Sale          18,046               4.7945
Sale          300                  4.8825
Sale          241,068              4.7792
Sale          27                   4.6300
Sale          14,701               4.8333

(b)  Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name,  Long/Short    Number of     Price per
(e.g. CFD)     (Note 6)      Securities    unit (GBP)
CFD            Long          2400          4.6736
CFD            Long          135749        4.7658
CFD            Long          75409         4.7681
CFD            Long          241068        4.7792
CFD            Long          18046         4.7945
CFD            Long          403852        4.8073
CFD            Long          17700         4.8207
CFD            Long          14701         4.8332
CFD            Long          75000         4.8358
CFD            Long          43153         4.8587
CFD            Long          68832         4.8697
CFD            Long          147476        4.8806
CFD            Long          300           4.8825
CFD            Long          4121          4.9017
CFD            Long          4947          4.9117
CFD            Long          600           4.9142
CFD            Short         2400          4.6736
CFD            Short         18324         4.7443
CFD            Short         236858        4.7842
CFD            Short         155912        4.8092
CFD            Short         62094         4.8273
CFD            Short         2919          4.8657
CFD            Short         75402         4.866
CFD            Short         17000         4.8801
CFD            Short         300           4.8825
CFD            Short         6662          4.8832
CFD            Short         15417         4.8855
CFD            Short         25400         4.8896
CFD            Short         20179         4.9031

(c)  Options transactions in respect of existing securities

(i)  Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Product name,   Writing,          Number of          Exercise  Type, e.g.      Expiry      Option money
e.g. call       selling,          securities to      price     American,       date        paid/received
option          purchasing,       which the option             European etc.               per unit (GBP)
                varying etc.      relates (GBP)



(ii) Exercising

Product name, e.g.  Number of           Exercise price per
call option         securities          unit (Note 5)




(d)  Other dealings (including new securities) (Note 4)


Nature of transaction Details           Price per unit
(Note 8)                                (if applicable)
                                        (Note 5)




4.   OTHER INFORMATION
None

Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives


Full details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding between the
person disclosing and any other person relating to the voting rights of
any relevant securities under any option referred to on this form or
relating to the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any
relevant securities to which any derivative referred to on this form is
referenced.  If none, this should be stated.




Is a Supplemental Form 8 attached? (Note 9)                 NO


Date of disclosure                         21 July 2008
Contact name                               Geoff Smith
Telephone number                           020 7116 2913
If a connected EFM, name of
offeree/offeror with which connected
If a connected EFM, state nature of
connection (Note 10)