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               09 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      46,393,954     3.95%       752,218       0.06%
securities
(2) Derivatives      737,163     0.06%     3,733,700       0.32%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and            0     0.00%             0       0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total             47,131,117     4.01%     4,485,918       0.38%


(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      7,715                5.6711
Purchase      26,583               5.6629
Purchase      5,500                5.6736
Purchase      8,950                5.6625
Purchase      3,628                5.6334
Purchase      7,208                5.6495
Purchase      13,940               5.6500
Purchase      18,401               5.7046
Purchase      8,825                5.6500
Purchase      1,754                5.6500
Purchase      8,584                5.7262
Purchase      20,833               5.6500
Purchase      444                  5.6500
Purchase      3,530                5.6500
Purchase      4,540                5.6500
Sale          6,500                5.6392
Sale          1,884                5.6754
Sale          62,170               5.6856
Sale          34,506               5.6819
Sale          43,514               5.6723
Sale          7,715                5.6711
Sale          990                  5.6442
Sale          1,000                5.6772
Sale          11,096               5.7160
Sale          400                  5.6524
Sale          265                  5.7362
Sale          310                  5.6568
Sale          58,600               5.6830

(b)  Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name,  Long/Short    Number of     Price per
(e.g. CFD)     (Note 6)      Securities    unit (GBP)
CFD            Long          6500          5.6391
CFD            Long          990           5.6442
CFD            Long          7715          5.671
CFD            Long          43514         5.6722
CFD            Long          1884          5.6753
CFD            Long          34506         5.6818
CFD            Long          58600         5.6829
CFD            Long          62170         5.6855
CFD            Long          11096         5.716
CFD            Short         3628          5.6334
CFD            Short         7208          5.6494
CFD            Short         8950          5.6624
CFD            Short         26583         5.6629
CFD            Short         7715          5.671
CFD            Short         5500          5.6735
CFD            Short         18401         5.7046

(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                         10 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)