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               11 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      46,034,034     3.92%       840,912       0.07%
securities
(2) Derivatives      806,727     0.07%     3,465,913       0.30%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and            0     0.00%             0       0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total             46,840,761     3.99%     4,306,825       0.37%


(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      989                  5.6224
Purchase      4,226                5.5900
Purchase      37,645               5.6182
Purchase      1,010                5.6338
Purchase      8,560                5.5908
Purchase      26,475               5.5900
Purchase      10,527               5.6270
Purchase      8,908                5.5900
Purchase      89,663               5.6402
Sale          13,460               5.5889
Sale          286,661              5.6161
Sale          8,000                5.6344
Sale          87,035               5.6250
Sale          40,065               5.6115
Sale          4,013                5.6338
Sale          8,560                5.6042
Sale          10,527               5.6270
Sale          12,135               5.6272
Sale          126,725              5.6248
Sale          400                  5.6366
Sale          680                  5.6362
Sale          845                  5.6318
Sale          395                  5.6514
Sale          4,683                5.6012

(b)  Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name,  Long/Short    Number of     Price per
(e.g. CFD)     (Note 6)      Securities    unit (GBP)
CFD            Long          13460         5.5889
CFD            Long          8560          5.6041
CFD            Long          40065         5.6114
CFD            Long          286661        5.616
CFD            Long          126725        5.6248
CFD            Long          87035         5.625
CFD            Long          10527         5.6269
CFD            Long          12135         5.6272
CFD            Long          4013          5.6337
CFD            Long          8000          5.6344
CFD            Short         8560          5.5908
CFD            Short         37645         5.6181
CFD            Short         10527         5.6269
CFD            Short         89663         5.6402

(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                         12 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)