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 25 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 47,400,200 4.04% 1,797,586 0.15%
securities
(2) Derivatives 1,036,317 0.09% 6,073,397 0.52%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 48,436,517 4.13% 7,870,983 0.67%
(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 39,210 5.0450
Purchase 2,956 5.0365
Purchase 40,951 5.0390
Purchase 139,303 5.0063
Purchase 8,764 5.0450
Purchase 89,453 5.0172
Purchase 27,447 5.0450
Purchase 370,496 5.0102
Purchase 8,806 5.0450
Purchase 1,819 5.0150
Purchase 2,728 5.0150
Purchase 11,599 5.0450
Purchase 34,072 5.0174
Sale 1,005 5.0450
Sale 400 5.0170
Sale 31,70 5.0447
Sale 2,800 5.0050
Sale 23,188 5.0188
Sale 9,061 5.0199
Sale 40,876 5.0189
Sale 59,846 5.0142
Sale 368 5.0168
Sale 150 5.0162
Sale 600 5.0170
Sale 280 5.0215
Sale 1,400 5.0218
Sale 870 5.0218
Sale 9,757 5.0450
Sale 1,000 4.9990
Sale 500 4.9942
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Long 500 4.9942
CFD Long 59846 5.0142
CFD Long 23188 5.0187
CFD Long 40876 5.0188
CFD Long 9061 5.0198
CFD Long 31707 5.0447
CFD Short 15037 5.0029
CFD Short 139303 5.0063
CFD Short 370496 5.0102
CFD Short 89453 5.0172
CFD Short 34072 5.0173
CFD Short 40951 5.0389
CFD Short 15665 5.044
(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 26 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)