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 18 August 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 46,345,856 3.95% 1,397,632 0.12%
securities
(2) Derivatives 2,023,686 0.17% 6,169,478 0.53%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 48,369,542 4.13% 7,567,110 0.65%
(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 6,851 4.8966
Purchase 157,510 4.9034
Purchase 2,529 4.8748
Purchase 14,644 4.9416
Purchase 200,000 4.9562
Purchase 39,442 4.9021
Purchase 1,074 4.9625
Purchase 19,898 4.8955
Purchase 1,249 4.9025
Purchase 200,000 4.9562
Sale 545 4.9502
Sale 200,000 4.9562
Sale 3,573 4.9025
Sale 600 4.8800
Sale 810 4.8976
Sale 800 4.9359
Sale 502 4.8943
Sale 7,313 4.8901
Sale 149,328 4.9094
Sale 5,115 4.9017
Sale 3,454 4.9250
Sale 129,104 4.8958
Sale 206,974 4.9006
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Long 7313 4.89
CFD Long 28516 4.8928
CFD Long 502 4.8942
CFD Long 100588 4.8965
CFD Long 34147 4.8967
CFD Long 206974 4.9006
CFD Long 5115 4.9017
CFD Long 149328 4.9093
CFD Long 3454 4.925
CFD Short 2529 4.8748
CFD Short 19898 4.8955
CFD Short 6851 4.8966
CFD Short 39442 4.9021
CFD Short 157510 4.9033
CFD Short 14644 4.9416
CFD Short 200000 4.9561
(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 19 August 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)