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 22 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 45,080,330 3.84% 530,568 0.05%
securities
(2) Derivatives 576,038 0.05% 2,915,348 0.25%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 45,656,368 3.89% 3,445,916 0.29%
(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 87,828 6.0671
Purchase 85,944 6.0595
Purchase 34,215 6.0726
Purchase 8,031 6.0735
Purchase 2,800 6.0500
Purchase 17,337 6.0738
Purchase 5,399 6.0586
Purchase 6,561 6.0865
Purchase 12,964 6.0763
Purchase 12,964 6.0763
Purchase 14,113 6.0731
Purchase 1,408 6.0900
Purchase 3,200 6.0506
Purchase 19,807 6.0900
Purchase 13,760 6.0900
Purchase 3,335 6.0900
Purchase 4,801 6.0900
Purchase 6,467 6.0900
Purchase 7,032 6.0900
Purchase 10,122 6.0900
Sale 23,526 6.0900
Sale 37,231 6.2450
Sale 3,205 6.2900
Sale 2,461 6.0350
Sale 950 6.0912
Sale 12,964 6.0764
Sale 17,907 6.0888
Sale 1,401 6.0800
Sale 24,127 6.0900
Sale 3,770 6.0944
Sale 1,100 6.0955
Sale 19,631 6.0702
Sale 6,500 6.0533
Sale 1,258 6.0900
Sale 8,586 6.1043
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Long 2461 6.035
CFD Long 6500 6.0533
CFD Long 19631 6.0702
CFD Long 29023 6.0718
CFD Long 8031 6.0736
CFD Long 1401 6.08
CFD Long 17907 6.0888
CFD Long 3770 6.0943
CFD Long 1100 6.0954
CFD Long 8586 6.1043
CFD Short 2800 6.05
CFD Short 3200 6.0506
CFD Short 5399 6.0586
CFD Short 85944 6.0594
CFD Short 87828 6.0671
CFD Short 34215 6.0726
CFD Short 14113 6.073
CFD Short 8031 6.0735
CFD Short 17337 6.0738
CFD Short 12964 6.0763
CFD Short 6561 6.0864
(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 23 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)