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 10 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 46,450,215 3.96% 762,324 0.06%
securities
(2) Derivatives 731,833 0.06% 3,841,805 0.33%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 47,182,048 4.02% 4,604,129 0.39%
(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 20,069 5.6203
Purchase 3,500 5.6282
Purchase 9,399 5.6362
Purchase 4,013 5.6561
Purchase 8,800 5.6100
Purchase 79,059 5.6087
Purchase 1,434 5.6066
Purchase 17,500 5.6558
Purchase 600 5.5900
Purchase 3,498 5.6486
Purchase 52,545 5.6049
Purchase 1,434 5.6500
Sale 700 5.5868
Sale 1,434 5.6500
Sale 42,525 5.6500
Sale 1,474 5.6591
Sale 2,200 5.6650
Sale 630 5.6328
Sale 575 5.6420
Sale 33,400 5.6677
Sale 700 5.5868
Sale 3,628 5.6690
Sale 540 5.6570
Sale 31,531 5.6334
Sale 1,000 5.5662
Sale 17,500 5.6747
Sale 1,596 5.6850
Sale 6,157 5.6487
(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 11 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)