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 15 September 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 42,071,246 3.59% 2,433,128 0.21%
securities
(2) Derivatives 2,067,669 0.18% 1,384,617 0.12%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 44,138,915 3.76% 3,817,745 0.33%
(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 Price per unit
Securities (GBP)
Purchase 146,602 5.3729
Purchase 188,081 5.3582
Purchase 24,256 5.3832
Purchase 4,371 5.4250
Purchase 20,000 5.3873
Purchase 80,164 5.3406
Purchase 46,694 5.3600
Purchase 700 5.3693
Purchase 239,318 5.3560
Purchase 142,496 5.3630
Purchase 147,842 5.3631
Purchase 33 5.3509
Purchase 102,796 5.3428
Purchase 33,611 5.3500
Purchase 959 5.5050
Purchase 19,967 5.3500
Purchase 11,712 5.3500
Purchase 16,722 5.3729
Purchase 1,830 5.3560
Sale 7,562 5.3100
Sale 1,631 5.3200
Sale 500 5.3300
Sale 4,986 5.3100
Sale 500 5.3300
Sale 161 5.3900
Sale 20,000 5.3873
Sale 6,801 5.3150
Sale 45,281 5.3779
Sale 1,000 5.3000
Sale 1,000 5.3000
Sale 3,696 5.3100
Sale 2,389 5.3050
Sale 3,824 5.3150
Sale 1,407 5.3300
Sale 3,650 5.3250
Sale 146,602 5.3729
Sale 494 5.3150
Sale 3,103 5.3250
Sale 1,400 5.3300
Sale 240 5.3000
Sale 1,200 5.3050
Sale 2,126 5.3250
Sale 1,372 5.3300
Sale 160 5.3300
Sale 1,200 5.3300
Sale 1,239 5.3900
Sale 2,920 5.3050
Sale 1,533 5.3300
Sale 644 5.3300
Sale 1,400 5.3900
Sale 1,400 5.3900
Sale 1,900 5.3900
Sale 700 5.3693
Sale 2,000 5.3100
Sale 7,986 5.3300
Sale 500 5.3300
Sale 99,608 5.3706
Sale 130,141 5.3399
Sale 46 5.3300
Sale 47 5.3900
Sale 700 5.3900
Sale 3,800 5.3900
Sale 1,000 5.3000
Sale 2,339 5.3250
Sale 103 5.3250
Sale 1,127 5.3250
Sale 980 5.3612
Sale 11,712 5.3500
Sale 900 5.3900
Sale 600 5.3900
Sale 3,400 5.4213
Sale 1,800 5.3900
Sale 776 5.3200
Sale 13,671 5.3947
Sale 8,799 5.3300
Sale 273 5.3250
Sale 20,622 5.3674
Sale 2,026 5.3900
Sale 1,800 5.3900
Sale 2,416 5.3250
Sale 24,027 5.4028
Sale 5,840 5.3150
Sale 274 5.3900
Sale 1,171 5.3250
Sale 20,583 5.3884
Sale 529 5.3300
Sale 17,779 5.3250
Sale 500 5.3300
Sale 1,953 5.3900
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Long 17779 5.325
CFD Long 130141 5.3399
CFD Long 70778 5.3648
CFD Long 20622 5.3673
CFD Long 700 5.3692
CFD Long 146602 5.3729
CFD Long 45281 5.3778
CFD Long 28830 5.3845
CFD Long 20000 5.3873
CFD Long 20583 5.3884
CFD Long 13671 5.3946
CFD Long 24027 5.4028
CFD Long 3400 5.4213
CFD Short 80164 5.3405
CFD Short 102796 5.3427
CFD Short 33 5.3509
CFD Short 241148 5.356
CFD Short 176496 5.358
CFD Short 188081 5.3581
CFD Short 46694 5.36
CFD Short 136885 5.3601
CFD Short 142496 5.3629
CFD Short 700 5.3692
CFD Short 16722 5.3728
CFD Short 146602 5.3729
CFD Short 24256 5.3832
CFD Short 10957 5.399
CFD Short 134000 5.465
(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 16 September 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)