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 09 September 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 40,629,630 3.47% 2,936,656 0.25%
securities
(2) Derivatives 2,712,379 0.23% 1,837,976 0.16%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 43,342,009 3.70% 4,774,632 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 189,516 5.4931
Purchase 55,000 5.5552
Purchase 700 5.5571
Purchase 200 5.5825
Purchase 11,517 5.4139
Purchase 454 5.5900
Purchase 9,137 5.4858
Purchase 752 5.5658
Purchase 47,345 5.5599
Purchase 4,419 5.4850
Purchase 4,371 5.4100
Sale 3,650 5.4968
Sale 237 5.5959
Sale 205 5.5908
Sale 8,047 5.5997
Sale 33,032 5.5195
Sale 200 5.5825
Sale 700 5.5841
Sale 3,000 5.6062
Sale 80,136 5.5449
Sale 700 5.5571
Sale 30,267 5.5557
Sale 9,806 5.5951
Sale 455 5.5862
Sale 173,539 5.5845
Sale 390 5.5912
Sale 485 5.5562
Sale 6,141 5.4100
Sale 33,459 5.5554
Sale 55,671 5.5167
Sale 8,492 5.5758
Sale 210 5.6460
Sale 4,371 5.4100
Sale 460 5.6460
Sale 250 5.5050
Sale 3,023 5.5712
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Long 28027 5.4117
CFD Long 55671 5.5167
CFD Long 33032 5.5194
CFD Long 20000 5.5246
CFD Long 60136 5.5516
CFD Long 33459 5.5553
CFD Long 30267 5.5556
CFD Long 700 5.5571
CFD Long 3023 5.5712
CFD Long 8492 5.5758
CFD Long 200 5.5825
CFD Long 700 5.5841
CFD Long 173539 5.5844
CFD Long 14722 5.5915
CFD Long 9806 5.595
CFD Long 8047 5.5996
CFD Short 11517 5.4139
CFD Short 9137 5.4858
CFD Short 5737 5.491
CFD Short 189516 5.4931
CFD Short 5169 5.5503
CFD Short 2572 5.5524
CFD Short 55000 5.5552
CFD Short 700 5.5571
CFD Short 47345 5.5599
CFD Short 752 5.5658
CFD Short 200 5.5825
(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 10 September 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)