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 16 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 46,705,094 3.98% 880,547 0.07%
securities
(2) Derivatives 841,589 0.07% 3,950,025 0.34%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 47,546,683 4.05% 4,830,572 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 5,890 5.5950
Purchase 1,040 5.5901
Purchase 7,480 5.5950
Purchase 3,456 5.5927
Purchase 15,334 5.5914
Purchase 3,060 5.5961
Purchase 10,900 5.5950
Purchase 53,902 5.5957
Purchase 1,734 5.4550
Purchase 1,683 5.5961
Purchase 90,464 5.5955
Sale 11,646 5.5899
Sale 68,934 5.5910
Sale 2,835 5.5817
Sale 3,060 5.6153
Sale 1,300 5.5850
Sale 14,221 5.5752
Sale 18,914 5.5937
Sale 22,747 5.5750
Sale 2,193 5.5781
Sale 750 5.5970
Sale 600 5.5812
Sale 610 5.5812
Sale 8,361 5.5950
Sale 4,101 5.5950
Sale 25,600 5.5998
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Long 22747 5.575
CFD Long 14221 5.5751
CFD Long 2835 5.5816
CFD Long 1300 5.585
CFD Long 11646 5.5899
CFD Long 68934 5.5909
CFD Long 18914 5.5936
CFD Long 25600 5.5997
CFD Long 3060 5.6152
CFD Short 15334 5.5913
CFD Short 3456 5.5926
CFD Short 14387 5.5938
CFD Short 10900 5.595
CFD Short 90464 5.5955
CFD Short 53902 5.5956
CFD Short 4743 5.596
(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 17 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)