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 20 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 45,589,634 3.88% 1,821,172 0.16%
securities
(2) Derivatives 1,056,960 0.09% 4,269,075 0.36%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 46,646,594 3.97% 6,090,247 0.52%
(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 11,530 5.2260
Purchase 35,700 5.2570
Purchase 936 Transfer
Purchase 34,555 5.2476
Purchase 747 5.3800
Purchase 309,723 5.2986
Purchase 36,069 5.3255
Purchase 13,106 5.2453
Purchase 114,432 5.3246
Purchase 16,001 5.2250
Purchase 2,956 5.2250
Purchase 7,280 5.2250
Purchase 1,729 5.2250
Sale 30,362 5.3362
Sale 59,721 5.3449
Sale 562 5.2250
Sale 465 5.2464
Sale 450 5.3812
Sale 600 5.2974
Sale 398,135 5.3651
Sale 9,200 5.2413
Sale 873 5.2250
Sale 500 5.3766
Sale 11,338 5.2490
Sale 48 5.2250
Sale 471 5.2250
Sale 29,061 5.2242
Sale 447,902 5.3651
Sale 1 5.2250
Sale 14,054 5.2463
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Long 29061 5.2242
CFD Long 9200 5.2412
CFD Long 14054 5.2463
CFD Long 11338 5.249
CFD Long 1848 5.3238
CFD Long 30362 5.3361
CFD Short 11530 5.2259
CFD Short 13106 5.2452
CFD Short 34555 5.2475
CFD Short 35700 5.257
CFD Short 309723 5.2985
CFD Short 17597 5.3105
CFD Short 114432 5.3245
CFD Short 36069 5.3255
(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 23 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)