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)