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 03 June 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 46,007,474 3.92% 737,455 0.06%
securities
(2) Derivatives 719,943 0.06% 3,355,205 0.29%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 46,727,417 3.98% 4,092,660 0.35%
(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 19,960 6.0764
Purchase 19,353 6.0403
Purchase 79,037 6.0607
Purchase 12,024 6.0436
Purchase 1,000 6.0509
Purchase 3,974 6.0950
Purchase 7,744 6.0553
Purchase 597 5.9750
Sale 24,613 6.0938
Sale 6,946 6.0943
Sale 340 6.0712
Sale 600 6.0612
Sale 320 6.0562
Sale 19,960 6.0764
Sale 238 6.0000
Sale 1,998 6.0950
Sale 48,199 6.0807
Sale 3,151 6.1238
Sale 109,000 6.0828
Sale 20,153 6.0387
Sale 800 6.0944
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Long 20153 6.0387
CFD Long 33206 6.0443
CFD Long 19960 6.0764
CFD Long 48199 6.0807
CFD Long 109000 6.0828
CFD Long 24613 6.0938
CFD Long 7746 6.0943
CFD Long 3151 6.1238
CFD Short 19353 6.0402
CFD Short 12024 6.0436
CFD Short 1000 6.0509
CFD Short 7744 6.0553
CFD Short 79037 6.0606
CFD Short 19960 6.0764
(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 04 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)