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 28 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 46,325,023 3.95% 468,864 0.04%
securities
(2) Derivatives 468,544 0.04% 3,128,828 0.27%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 46,793,567 3.99% 3,597,692 0.31%
(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 20,590 6.1359
Purchase 1,669 6.1752
Purchase 7,006 6.1510
Purchase 25,416 6.1412
Purchase 158 6.1446
Purchase 389 6.1000
Purchase 18,933 6.1016
Purchase 87,052 6.1403
Purchase 1,256 6.1350
Purchase 1,501 6.1000
Sale 5,400 6.1350
Sale 550 6.1312
Sale 1,170 6.1462
Sale 16,263 6.1710
Sale 9,375 6.1137
Sale 450 6.1694
Sale 7,900 6.1428
Sale 100 6.1425
Sale 1,669 6.0988
Sale 2,307 6.1350
Sale 41,077 6.1263
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Long 1669 6.0988
CFD Long 9375 6.1136
CFD Long 41077 6.1263
CFD Long 4242 6.1346
CFD Long 7900 6.1428
CFD Long 450 6.1694
CFD Long 16263 6.1709
CFD Short 18933 6.1016
CFD Short 1653 6.1338
CFD Short 20590 6.1359
CFD Short 87052 6.1403
CFD Short 25416 6.1412
CFD Short 7006 6.1509
CFD Short 16763 6.1551
CFD Short 1669 6.1751
(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 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)