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 13 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 46,696,023 3.98% 859,675 0.07%
securities
(2) Derivatives 821,870 0.07% 3,906,377 0.33%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 47,517,893 4.05% 4,766,052 0.41%
(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 35,129 5.5325
Purchase 72,994 5.5651
Purchase 10,315 5.5116
Purchase 2,605 5.4712
Purchase 782 5.4800
Purchase 12,600 5.4736
Purchase 135,946 5.5502
Purchase 672 5.4800
Purchase 83,369 5.6181
Purchase 1,668 5.4360
Purchase 5,276 5.6150
Purchase 1,349 5.6150
Purchase 1,500 5.5959
Sale 47,718 5.5134
Sale 8,959 5.5283
Sale 3,100 5.5423
Sale 56,881 5.6103
Sale 14,572 5.5665
Sale 3,113 5.6422
Sale 500 5.5462
Sale 1,668 5.5682
Sale 450 5.5512
Sale 7,200 5.5392
Sale 1,500 5.6162
Sale 31,365 5.6153
Sale 2,000 5.5362
Sale 7,347 5.6150
Sale 13,400 5.6139
Sale 900 5.4668
Sale 2,000 5.4764
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Long 47718 5.5134
CFD Long 7200 5.5391
CFD Long 3100 5.5422
CFD Long 1668 5.5682
CFD Long 56881 5.6102
CFD Long 13400 5.6139
CFD Long 31365 5.6152
CFD Long 3113 5.6422
CFD Short 1668 5.436
CFD Short 2605 5.4711
CFD Short 12600 5.4736
CFD Short 10315 5.5115
CFD Short 35129 5.5324
CFD Short 135946 5.5502
CFD Short 72994 5.5651
CFD Short 24594 5.5678
CFD Short 1500 5.5959
CFD Short 27440 5.6139
CFD Short 83369 5.618
(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 16 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)