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)