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               29 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      45,761,068     3.90%     1,870,294       0.16%
securities
(2) Derivatives    2,168,390     0.18%     5,851,741       0.50%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and            0     0.00%             0       0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total             47,929,458     4.09%     7,722,035       0.66%


(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      1,481                4.7075
Purchase      55,904               4.6662
Purchase      1,091                4.6030
Purchase      59,300               4.6671
Purchase      5,000                4.7083
Purchase      123,692              4.7000
Purchase      3,700                4.6094
Purchase      101,813              4.6332
Sale          4,500                4.7156
Sale          700                  4.6175
Sale          204,198              4.6614
Sale          81,721               4.6868
Sale          3,700                4.6094
Sale          59,446               4.6868
Sale          106,892              4.6125
Sale          61,577               4.6611
Sale          61,354               4.6329
Sale          1,000                4.6650
Sale          260                  4.5646
Sale          1,500                4.5915
Sale          1,400                4.6650
Sale          800                  4.6650
Sale          900                  4.6640
Sale          375                  4.5646
Sale          105,564              4.6459
Sale          475                  4.7190
Sale          1,200                4.6650
Sale          2,000                4.6650
Sale          750                  4.6650
Sale          930                  4.6268
Sale          1,450                4.6216
Sale          550                  4.6650
Sale          2,151                4.6100
Sale          256                  4.5646

(b)  Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name,  Long/Short    Number of     Price per
(e.g. CFD)     (Note 6)      Securities    unit (GBP)
CFD            Long          3700          4.6093
CFD            Long          10000         4.6105
CFD            Long          106892        4.6125
CFD            Long          700           4.6175
CFD            Long          61354         4.6328
CFD            Long          105564        4.6458
CFD            Long          61577         4.661
CFD            Long          204198        4.6614
CFD            Long          81721         4.6868
CFD            Long          49446         4.7022
CFD            Long          4500          4.7156
CFD            Short         1091          4.6029
CFD            Short         3700          4.6093
CFD            Short         101813        4.6332
CFD            Short         44880         4.657
CFD            Short         59300         4.6671
CFD            Short         11024         4.7037
CFD            Short         5000          4.7082

(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                         30 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)