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 26 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 45,068,370 3.84% 1,584,368 0.14%
securities
(2) Derivatives 1,445,383 0.12% 3,147,892 0.27%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 46,513,753 3.97% 4,732,260 0.40%
(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 300 4.7683
Purchase 603 4.7783
Purchase 3,000 4.7432
Purchase 68,924 4.7481
Purchase 9,285 4.6984
Purchase 663 4.7907
Purchase 125,712 4.7369
Purchase 4,000 4.7350
Purchase 9,860 4.7375
Purchase 4,000 4.7156
Purchase 148,800 4.7532
Purchase 117,712 4.7829
Purchase 227,615 4.7488
Sale 2,692 4.7629
Sale 51,804 4.7544
Sale 4,500 4.7854
Sale 151,233 4.7533
Sale 7,300 4.7371
Sale 81,709 4.7650
Sale 2,675 4.8500
Sale 73,160 4.7677
Sale 300 4.7683
Sale 136,315 4.7743
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Long 7300 4.737
CFD Long 151233 4.7532
CFD Long 51804 4.7543
CFD Long 2692 4.7629
CFD Long 81709 4.765
CFD Long 73160 4.7677
CFD Long 300 4.7683
CFD Long 136315 4.7742
CFD Long 33073 4.7746
CFD Long 4500 4.7854
CFD Short 9285 4.6983
CFD Short 4000 4.7156
CFD Short 4000 4.7349
CFD Short 125712 4.7368
CFD Short 3000 4.7432
CFD Short 168413 4.7469
CFD Short 68924 4.748
CFD Short 148800 4.7531
CFD Short 59202 4.7539
CFD Short 2025 4.7652
CFD Short 300 4.7683
CFD Short 117712 4.7828
CFD Short 663 4.7907
(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 29 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)