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               21 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      47,815,098     4.08%     1,417,500       0.12%
securities
(2) Derivatives    1,087,296     0.09%     7,022,895       0.60%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and            0     0.00%             0       0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total             48,902,394     4.17%     8,440,395       0.72%


(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      53,387               4.6981
Purchase      242,015              4.8154
Purchase      2,028                4.8188
Purchase      2,960                4.6975
Purchase      4,400                4.7547
Purchase      128,753              4.7308
Purchase      32,926               4.8513
Purchase      600                  4.7733
Purchase      1,918                4.8658
Purchase      9,000                4.8435
Purchase      426                  4.6975
Purchase      6,448                4.7188
Purchase      127,411              4.7815
Purchase      888                  4.6975
Purchase      3,552                4.6975
Purchase      10,318               4.7519
Purchase      25,011               4.7473
Purchase      2,441                4.6975
Purchase      32,926               4.9025
Purchase      87,015               4.8338
Sale          9,000                4.8435
Sale          106,307              4.8217
Sale          424,111              4.7718
Sale          200,378              4.7718
Sale          32,926               4.8513
Sale          87,782               4.8367
Sale          32,926               4.8513
Sale          520                  4.7393
Sale          640                  4.8162
Sale          1,000                4.8162
Sale          650                  4.7559
Sale          500                  4.7393
Sale          62,171               4.8405
Sale          123,080              4.7718
Sale          1,918                4.9517
Sale          22,199               4.7496
Sale          145,983              4.7575
Sale          499                  4.6968
Sale          17,260               4.8545
Sale          116,123              4.8401
Sale          20,179               4.7852
Sale          1,000                4.7335

(b)  Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name,  Long/Short    Number of     Price per
(e.g. CFD)     (Note 6)      Securities    unit (GBP)
CFD            Long          499           4.6967
CFD            Long          22199         4.7495
CFD            Long          145983        4.7575
CFD            Long          20179         4.7851
CFD            Long          106307        4.8217
CFD            Long          87782         4.8367
CFD            Long          116123        4.84
CFD            Long          62171         4.8405
CFD            Long          9000          4.8434
CFD            Long          17260         4.8545
CFD            Long          1918          4.9517
CFD            Short         53387         4.698
CFD            Short         6448          4.7188
CFD            Short         128753        4.7307
CFD            Short         25011         4.7472
CFD            Short         10318         4.7518
CFD            Short         4400          4.7547
CFD            Short         600           4.7733
CFD            Short         127411        4.7815
CFD            Short         242015        4.8154
CFD            Short         2028          4.8187
CFD            Short         87015         4.8337
CFD            Short         9000          4.8434
CFD            Short         1918          4.8657

(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                         22 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)