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 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 44,172,061 3.77% 1,024,034 0.09%
securities
(2) Derivatives 1,077,900 0.09% 2,251,440 0.19%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 45,249,961 3.86% 3,275,474 0.28%
(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 9,038 6.3085
Purchase 15,940 6.3199
Purchase 15,141 6.3161
Purchase 56,216 6.3168
Purchase 17,980 6.2938
Purchase 10,653 6.3011
Purchase 13,836 6.3098
Purchase 39,669 6.3084
Purchase 11,790 6.3048
Purchase 107,708 6.3118
Purchase 15,965 6.3112
Purchase 1,105 6.3100
Purchase 10,942 6.3100
Purchase 1,091 6.3100
Purchase 110 6.3100
Purchase 29,179 6.3100
Purchase 2,908 6.3100
Sale 239 6.3100
Sale 75,590 6.3100
Sale 615 6.3100
Sale 16,200 6.3100
Sale 1,375 6.3100
Sale 9,167 6.3144
Sale 4,109 6.3100
Sale 12,269 6.3161
Sale 900 6.3014
Sale 3,908 6.2601
Sale 12,760 6.3100
Sale 6,853 6.3100
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Long 3908 6.2601
CFD Long 9167 6.3143
CFD Long 8514 6.3149
CFD Long 12269 6.316
CFD Long 3200 6.3182
CFD Short 17980 6.2937
CFD Short 10653 6.3011
CFD Short 11790 6.3047
CFD Short 3966 6.3083
CFD Short 9038 6.3085
CFD Short 13836 6.3097
CFD Short 15965 6.3111
CFD Short 107708 6.3118
CFD Short 15141 6.316
CFD Short 56216 6.3167
CFD Short 15940 6.3199
(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 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)