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 27 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 44,550,326 3.80% 2,344,122 0.20%
securities
(2) Derivatives 2,176,136 0.19% 5,305,136 0.45%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 46,726,462 3.99% 7,649,258 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 200 5.0700
Purchase 14,645 5.0751
Purchase 58,002 5.0293
Purchase 21,794 5.0241
Purchase 1,500 5.0874
Purchase 4,552 5.0155
Purchase 23,838 5.0797
Purchase 33,588 5.0399
Purchase 14,000 5.1055
Purchase 26,117 5.0650
Purchase 1,776 5.1050
Purchase 30,819 5.0650
Purchase 3,430 5.0959
Purchase 1,479 5.1050
Sale 13,689 5.0100
Sale 58,002 5.0293
Sale 12,407 5.0704
Sale 200 5.0700
Sale 193,149 5.0672
Sale 31,747 5.1217
Sale 197,996 5.0346
Sale 71,253 5.0975
Sale 1,600 5.0834
Sale 67,909 5.0658
Sale 25,059 5.0965
Sale 650 5.0112
Sale 2,386 5.1050
Sale 36,442 5.0286
Sale 9,965 5.0100
Sale 1,040,000 5.0819
Sale 435 5.0062
Sale 4,917 5.1042
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Long 36442 5.0286
CFD Long 58002 5.0293
CFD Long 15337 5.0301
CFD Long 197996 5.0345
CFD Long 67909 5.0658
CFD Long 200 5.07
CFD Long 190219 5.0703
CFD Long 1600 5.0834
CFD Long 25059 5.0965
CFD Long 71253 5.0974
CFD Long 4917 5.1041
CFD Long 31747 5.1217
CFD Short 5183 5.014
CFD Short 4552 5.0155
CFD Short 21794 5.024
CFD Short 58002 5.0293
CFD Short 33588 5.0398
CFD Short 200 5.07
CFD Short 14645 5.0751
CFD Short 23838 5.0797
CFD Short 1500 5.0874
CFD Short 3342 5.104
CFD Short 14000 5.1054
(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 28 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)