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 29 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 43,756,985 3.73% 2,359,622 0.20%
securities
(2) Derivatives 2,338,054 0.20% 4,500,341 0.38%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 46,095,039 3.93% 6,859,963 0.59%
(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 24,749 5.2000
Purchase 30,602 5.2325
Purchase 24,749 5.2000
Purchase 7,204 5.2192
Purchase 14,000 5.2642
Purchase 2,959 5.2050
Purchase 17,030 5.2409
Purchase 9,270 5.2199
Purchase 663 5.3742
Purchase 13,179 5.3750
Purchase 116 5.2798
Purchase 30,269 5.2577
Purchase 106 5.2798
Purchase 12,075 5.3750
Purchase 13,249 5.3750
Purchase 459 5.3511
Purchase 8,228 5.3750
Purchase 20,000 5.3709
Purchase 38,437 5.3511
Purchase 40,353 5.3750
Purchase 7,769 5.3750
Purchase 1,553 5.2075
Purchase 84,181 5.3750
Purchase 2,600 5.2350
Purchase 607 5.3742
Sale 69,908 5.2619
Sale 35,418 5.2551
Sale 127,124 5.3156
Sale 2,600 5.2350
Sale 46,793 5.3062
Sale 43,779 5.3328
Sale 59,737 5.3148
Sale 64,009 5.3044
Sale 567 5.2100
Sale 22,479 5.3758
Sale 7,718 5.3750
Sale 3,363 5.3758
Sale 593 5.2700
Sale 753 5.2154
Sale 8,417 5.1989
Sale 25,254 5.3750
Sale 8,228 5.3750
Sale 84,181 5.3750
Sale 700 5.2068
Sale 5,361 5.3750
Sale 338,940 5.2682
Sale 3,966 5.2700
Sale 1,820 5.3750
Sale 42,761 5.3750
Sale 2,600 5.3342
Sale 500 5.2068
Sale 1,175 5.2162
Sale 2,241 5.3741
Sale 11,077 5.2263
Sale 13,249 5.3750
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Long 11077 5.2263
CFD Long 2600 5.235
CFD Long 49887 5.2437
CFD Long 35418 5.255
CFD Long 338940 5.2682
CFD Long 64009 5.3043
CFD Long 46793 5.3061
CFD Long 20021 5.307
CFD Long 59737 5.3147
CFD Long 127124 5.3156
CFD Long 43779 5.3328
CFD Long 2600 5.3341
CFD Long 2241 5.3741
CFD Short 2959 5.205
CFD Short 13319 5.2064
CFD Short 7204 5.2191
CFD Short 9270 5.2199
CFD Short 16241 5.2262
CFD Short 30602 5.2325
CFD Short 2600 5.235
CFD Short 30269 5.2576
CFD Short 14000 5.2642
CFD Short 3711 5.3643
CFD Short 20000 5.3708
CFD Short 6810 5.3734
CFD Short 71854 5.374
(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 01 September 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)