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)