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 02 September 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 42,488,778 3.62% 2,429,943 0.21%
securities
(2) Derivatives 2,384,323 0.20% 3,349,107 0.29%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 44,873,101 3.83% 5,779,050 0.49%
(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 13,268 5.4982
Purchase 12,500 5.2807
Purchase 264,101 5.4896
Purchase 40,201 5.3220
Purchase 13,271 5.3460
Purchase 3,300 5.3265
Purchase 6,861 5.3422
Purchase 2,789 5.4956
Purchase 1,516 5.2958
Purchase 900 5.4944
Purchase 60,103 5.4757
Purchase 1,400 5.4850
Purchase 1,021 5.5200
Purchase 2,635 5.4390
Purchase 5,000 5.5108
Purchase 8,807 5.3417
Sale 300 5.3662
Sale 25,364 5.5193
Sale 31,368 5.5200
Sale 48,350 5.3214
Sale 341,978 5.4866
Sale 53,099 5.3307
Sale 600 5.3959
Sale 46,700 5.5077
Sale 425 5.3662
Sale 500 5.4912
Sale 42,364 5.3262
Sale 900 5.4944
Sale 600 5.4912
Sale 65,702 5.3440
Sale 53,155 5.5016
Sale 150,400 5.5230
Sale 5,846 5.4975
Sale 107,437 5.3215
Sale 3,300 5.3265
Sale 52,197 5.4840
Sale 2,243 5.4900
Sale 52,754 5.4815
Sale 75,446 5.3340
Sale 9,360 5.2881
Sale 24,196 5.3550
Sale 278,718 5.4836
Sale 157,646 5.3293
Sale 7,342 5.4838
Sale 33,954 5.4785
Sale 32,428 5.4936
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Long 12000 5.4438
CFD Long 52754 5.4814
CFD Long 278718 5.4836
CFD Long 7342 5.4838
CFD Long 52197 5.4839
CFD Long 341978 5.4865
CFD Long 2243 5.49
CFD Long 32428 5.4935
CFD Long 900 5.4944
CFD Long 21954 5.4973
CFD Long 5846 5.4974
CFD Long 13268 5.4983
CFD Long 53155 5.5015
CFD Long 46700 5.5077
CFD Long 25364 5.5193
CFD Long 150400 5.523
CFD Short 1516 5.2957
CFD Short 2635 5.4389
CFD Short 60103 5.4756
CFD Short 1400 5.485
CFD Short 7820 5.4868
CFD Short 256225 5.4888
CFD Short 900 5.4944
CFD Short 2789 5.4955
CFD Short 13268 5.4982
CFD Short 5000 5.5108
CFD Short 7876 5.516
CFD Short 7308 5.5189
(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 03 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)