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 24 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 44,045,842 3.76% 2,291,366 0.20%
securities
(2) Derivatives 2,128,012 0.18% 2,883,783 0.25%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 46,173,854 3.94% 5,175,149 0.44%
(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 2,682 4.8650
Purchase 7,880 4.8200
Purchase 6,326 4.8630
Purchase 22,228 4.8540
Purchase 26,916 4.8198
Purchase 1,100 4.8298
Purchase 4,087 4.8200
Purchase 153,658 4.8265
Purchase 15,000 4.8249
Sale 8,500 4.8201
Sale 43,850 4.8049
Sale 103,045 4.8302
Sale 275,036 4.8214
Sale 35,496 4.8274
Sale 1,100 4.8298
Sale 11,318 4.8132
Sale 179,342 4.8067
Sale 15,200 4.8012
Sale 117,372 4.8295
Sale 146,646 4.8331
Sale 1,125 4.8159
Sale 600 4.8159
Sale 605 4.8512
Sale 249,760 4.8205
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Long 15200 4.8011
CFD Long 43850 4.8048
CFD Long 179342 4.8066
CFD Long 11318 4.8131
CFD Long 161462 4.8176
CFD Long 8500 4.8201
CFD Long 249760 4.8205
CFD Long 113574 4.8266
CFD Long 35496 4.8274
CFD Long 117372 4.8294
CFD Long 1100 4.8297
CFD Long 103045 4.8301
CFD Long 146646 4.833
CFD Long 49021 4.843
CFD Short 26916 4.8198
CFD Short 15000 4.8249
CFD Short 153658 4.8264
CFD Short 1100 4.8297
CFD Short 22228 4.8539
CFD Short 6326 4.863
(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 25 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)