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 30 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 46,118,097 3.93% 468,691 0.04%
securities
(2) Derivatives 464,582 0.04% 3,310,175 0.28%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 46,582,679 3.97% 3,778,866 0.32%
(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 1,209 6.1162
Purchase 25,513 6.1717
Purchase 7,735 6.1150
Purchase 1,776 6.1150
Purchase 44,903 6.2098
Purchase 10,062 6.1665
Purchase 10,773 6.1135
Purchase 7,735 6.1150
Purchase 1,430 6.1150
Purchase 2,899 6.1150
Purchase 9,090 6.2125
Purchase 3,215 6.1150
Purchase 131,825 6.1470
Sale 1,102 6.1738
Sale 6,247 6.1156
Sale 1,000 6.1562
Sale 9,908 6.1738
Sale 56,151 6.1156
Sale 8,902 6.1156
Sale 10,590 6.1150
Sale 3,173 6.1738
Sale 1,077 6.1150
Sale 17,984 6.1156
Sale 3,364 6.1150
Sale 3,355 6.1156
Sale 592 6.1738
Sale 533 6.1150
Sale 10,280 6.1992
Sale 15,652 6.1150
Sale 3,271 6.2194
Sale 800 6.2091
Sale 2,100 6.2100
Sale 17,369 6.2077
Sale 31,591 6.1639
Sale 3,200 6.2044
Sale 2,000 6.2088
Sale 7,469 6.1738
Sale 13,180 6.1200
Sale 6,558 6.1200
Sale 189 6.1368
Sale 580 6.2162
Sale 100,000 6.1327
Sale 7,735 6.1150
Sale 600 6.1964
Sale 927 6.1156
Sale 163 6.1738
Sale 56 6.1150
Sale 444 6.1150
Sale 500 6.0883
Sale 43 6.1150
Sale 2,535 6.1150
Sale 1,570 6.1738
Sale 1,361 6.1156
Sale 240 6.1738
Sale 2,469 6.1150
Sale 749 6.1156
Sale 132 6.1738
Sale 45 6.1150
Sale 241 6.1738
Sale 82 6.1150
Sale 1,366 6.1156
Sale 4,535 6.1200
Sale 127 6.1738
Sale 14,800 6.2159
Sale 720 6.1156
Sale 42,325 6.1156
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Long 31591 6.1639
CFD Long 10280 6.1991
CFD Long 3200 6.2043
CFD Long 17369 6.2077
CFD Long 2000 6.2088
CFD Long 800 6.209
CFD Long 2100 6.21
CFD Long 7075 6.2128
CFD Long 14800 6.2159
CFD Long 3271 6.2193
CFD Short 10773 6.1134
CFD Short 1209 6.1161
CFD Short 131825 6.147
CFD Short 10062 6.1665
CFD Short 25513 6.1716
CFD Short 44903 6.2098
(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 02 June 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)