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 29 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 46,381,914 3.95% 472,049 0.04%
securities
(2) Derivatives 467,940 0.04% 3,181,734 0.27%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 46,849,854 3.99% 3,653,783 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 21,858 6.0770
Purchase 10,298 6.1078
Purchase 51,775 6.1016
Purchase 12,434 6.0830
Purchase 2,676 6.1312
Purchase 26,700 6.0856
Purchase 1,600 6.0925
Purchase 444 6.0700
Sale 16,202 6.0998
Sale 10,688 6.1068
Sale 1,268 6.1300
Sale 470 6.1062
Sale 2,888 6.1498
Sale 152 6.1200
Sale 500 6.0688
Sale 1,100 6.0774
Sale 15,619 6.0756
Sale 520 6.0768
Sale 800 6.0712
Sale 97 6.0800
Sale 20,590 6.0871
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Long 500 6.0688
CFD Long 15619 6.0755
CFD Long 20590 6.0871
CFD Long 11133 6.0978
CFD Long 16202 6.0997
CFD Long 10688 6.1068
CFD Long 2888 6.1498
CFD Short 21858 6.077
CFD Short 12434 6.0829
CFD Short 26700 6.0856
CFD Short 1600 6.0925
CFD Short 51775 6.1015
CFD Short 10298 6.1077
CFD Short 3789 6.1088
CFD Short 2676 6.1311
(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 30 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)