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 19 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 44,613,070 3.80% 784,159 0.07%
securities
(2) Derivatives 838,025 0.07% 2,511,582 0.21%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 45,451,095 3.87% 3,295,741 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 11,100 6.3578
Purchase 3,000 6.3550
Purchase 4,000 6.3656
Purchase 84,800 6.4015
Purchase 6,776 6.4810
Purchase 10,829 6.4121
Purchase 1,634 6.4000
Purchase 4,645 6.4216
Purchase 1,097 6.4000
Purchase 1,346 6.3653
Purchase 87,087 6.4005
Purchase 19,605 6.4800
Purchase 5,276 6.4800
Purchase 15,945 6.4011
Sale 6,276 6.4840
Sale 599 6.4597
Sale 15,110 6.3796
Sale 1,500 6.4388
Sale 4,287 6.4653
Sale 13,489 6.4788
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Long 15110 6.3796
CFD Long 4645 6.4216
CFD Long 1500 6.4387
CFD Long 599 6.4596
CFD Long 13489 6.4787
CFD Long 6276 6.484
CFD Short 3000 6.355
CFD Short 11100 6.3578
CFD Short 1346 6.3653
CFD Short 4000 6.3655
CFD Short 87087 6.4005
CFD Short 84800 6.4015
CFD Short 10829 6.412
CFD Short 4645 6.4215
CFD Short 6776 6.4809
(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 20 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)