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               23 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      47,840,122     4.08%     1,336,382       0.11%
securities
(2) Derivatives    1,139,975     0.10%     7,178,677       0.61%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and            0     0.00%             0       0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total             48,980,097     4.18%     8,515,059       0.73%

(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      12,588               4.7033
Purchase      12,410               4.7600
Purchase      78,179               4.7160
Purchase      1,265,854            Transfer
Purchase      4,440                4.7000
Purchase      359,898              4.7600
Purchase      148,923              4.7600
Purchase      110,029              4.6000
Purchase      13,900               4.7000
Purchase      21,000               4.7312
Purchase      300                  4.6925
Purchase      69,563               4.7158
Purchase      180,797              4.7152
Purchase      5,814                4.7008
Purchase      22,571               4.7006
Purchase      99,282               4.7600
Purchase      876                  4.7160
Purchase      1,900                4.7083
Purchase      124,355              4.7138
Purchase      9,374                4.6984
Purchase      3,500                4.6425
Purchase      49,641               4.7600
Purchase      49,641               4.7600
Purchase      11,645               4.7000
Purchase      876                  4.7160
Sale          22,506               4.7415
Sale          110,029              4.6000
Sale          16,863               4.7000
Sale          2,326                4.7120
Sale          626                  4.6035
Sale          55,597               4.7081
Sale          1,697                4.7400
Sale          1,265,854            Transfer
Sale          1,863                4.7002
Sale          510                  4.6712
Sale          4,725                4.7387
Sale          359,898              4.7600
Sale          175,509              4.7161
Sale          90,514               4.7081
Sale          167,946              4.7232
Sale          49,183               4.6736
Sale          6,993                4.7043
Sale          300                  4.6925
Sale          15,600               4.7014
Sale          191,577              4.7081
Sale          970                  4.7440

(b)  Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name,  Long/Short    Number of     Price per
(e.g. CFD)     (Note 6)      Securities    unit (GBP)
CFD            Long          110029        4.6
CFD            Long          49183         4.6735
CFD            Long          300           4.6925
CFD            Long          15600         4.7014
CFD            Long          6993          4.7042
CFD            Long          2326          4.712
CFD            Long          78179         4.716
CFD            Long          175509        4.7161
CFD            Long          53789         4.7212
CFD            Long          167946        4.7231
CFD            Long          4725          4.7387
CFD            Long          22506         4.7415
CFD            Short         110029        4.6
CFD            Short         3500          4.6424
CFD            Short         300           4.6925
CFD            Short         9374          4.6983
CFD            Short         22571         4.7005
CFD            Short         5814          4.7007
CFD            Short         1900          4.7082
CFD            Short         124355        4.7138
CFD            Short         180797        4.7152
CFD            Short         69563         4.7157
CFD            Short         21000         4.7311

(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                         24 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)