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 24 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 46,806,404 3.99% 1,805,990 0.15%
securities
(2) Derivatives 1,069,459 0.09% 5,566,740 0.47%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 47,875,863 4.08% 7,372,730 0.63%
(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 40,151 5.0810
Purchase 29,749 5.0198
Purchase 178,975 5.1219
Purchase 429,290 5.0345
Purchase 77,683 5.0281
Purchase 148,377 5.0735
Purchase 4,274 4.9834
Purchase 23,300 5.0495
Purchase 59,846 4.9831
Purchase 1,005 4.9825
Purchase 14,054 5.1206
Purchase 46,850 4.9938
Purchase 7,874 5.0475
Purchase 3,530 4.9825
Purchase 3,000 4.9989
Purchase 9,987 4.9825
Sale 2,950 4.9985
Sale 25,115 5.1040
Sale 13,108 5.1040
Sale 59,527 5.0287
Sale 9,570 4.9825
Sale 41,453 5.0899
Sale 3,800 5.0023
Sale 560 5.1662
Sale 400 5.1114
Sale 10,320 4.9825
Sale 30,368 4.9818
Sale 11,763 4.9825
Sale 22,500 5.1917
Sale 500 4.9887
Sale 35,558 5.2082
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Long 30368 4.9817
CFD Long 3800 5.0023
CFD Long 34412 5.0869
CFD Long 41453 5.0899
CFD Long 65978 5.0924
CFD Long 22500 5.1917
CFD Long 35558 5.2082
CFD Short 59846 4.9831
CFD Short 4274 4.9834
CFD Short 46850 4.9938
CFD Short 29749 5.0197
CFD Short 77683 5.0281
CFD Short 429290 5.0344
CFD Short 23300 5.0495
CFD Short 148377 5.0735
CFD Short 40151 5.081
CFD Short 14054 5.1206
CFD Short 178975 5.1218
(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 25 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)