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 07 May 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 44,426,232 3.79% 942,731 0.08%
securities
(2) Derivatives 978,931 0.08% 2,521,762 0.21%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 45,405,163 3.87% 3,464,493 0.30%
(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 11,000 6.2795
Purchase 75 6.4550
Purchase 78,442 6.4110
Purchase 4,449 6.4296
Purchase 34,079 6.3815
Purchase 2,945 6.3035
Purchase 20,569 6.2631
Purchase 6,296 6.4160
Purchase 163,203 6.3742
Purchase 107,130 6.3365
Purchase 8,763 6.4414
Purchase 4,216 6.4503
Purchase 600 6.3532
Purchase 1,230 6.3238
Purchase 3,900 6.4588
Purchase 10,350 6.4112
Purchase 792 6.4100
Purchase 896 6.4253
Sale 1,051 6.3000
Sale 828 6.3000
Sale 1,248 6.3000
Sale 923 6.3000
Sale 6,796 6.4090
Sale 353 6.4444
Sale 6,400 6.3662
Sale 1,700 6.4750
Sale 75 6.4650
Sale 23,000 6.4266
Sale 4,786 6.3175
Sale 758 6.3766
Sale 6,826 6.4420
Sale 81,040 6.3935
Sale 500 6.3166
Sale 560 6.3716
Sale 550 6.3664
Sale 350 6.2514
Sale 291 6.1600
Sale 8,345 6.3000
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Long 4786 6.3174
CFD Long 6400 6.3662
CFD Long 81040 6.3934
CFD Long 8779 6.3937
CFD Long 6796 6.409
CFD Long 23000 6.4266
CFD Long 353 6.4444
CFD Long 1700 6.475
CFD Short 20569 6.263
CFD Short 11000 6.2795
CFD Short 2945 6.3035
CFD Short 107130 6.3365
CFD Short 163203 6.3742
CFD Short 34079 6.3815
CFD Short 78442 6.4109
CFD Short 10350 6.4112
CFD Short 6296 6.4159
CFD Short 4216 6.4502
(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) YES
Date of disclosure 08 May 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)