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 05 August 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 46,279,559 3.95% 1,941,326 0.17%
securities
(2) Derivatives 2,446,556 0.21% 5,645,005 0.48%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 48,726,115 4.16% 7,586,331 0.65%
(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 15,174 4.9708
Purchase 264,089 4.9714
Purchase 38,662 4.9706
Purchase 1,900 4.8403
Purchase 93,984 4.9415
Purchase 40,790 4.9621
Purchase 500 4.9708
Purchase 1,900 4.8375
Purchase 8,570 4.9902
Purchase 11,104 4.9902
Purchase 15,051 4.9902
Purchase 73,205 4.9705
Sale 15,077 4.8374
Sale 869 5.0300
Sale 5,100 5.0110
Sale 5,100 4.9990
Sale 19,500 4.9684
Sale 1,250 4.9685
Sale 675 4.9641
Sale 74,159 4.9991
Sale 560 5.0118
Sale 142,850 4.9864
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Long 15077 4.8374
CFD Long 82481 4.962
CFD Long 40790 4.9621
CFD Long 19500 4.9683
CFD Long 16364 4.979
CFD Long 142850 4.9863
CFD Long 2280 4.9985
CFD Long 5100 4.9989
CFD Long 74159 4.999
CFD Long 5100 5.0109
CFD Short 1900 4.8375
CFD Short 1900 4.8403
CFD Short 93984 4.9414
CFD Short 92170 4.9649
CFD Short 73205 4.9704
CFD Short 38662 4.9706
CFD Short 243546 4.9707
CFD Short 500 4.9708
CFD Short 35717 4.9751
(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 06 August 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)