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 27 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 47,510,419 4.05% 1,739,236 0.15%
securities
(2) Derivatives 969,599 0.08% 6,013,861 0.51%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 48,480,018 4.13% 7,753,097 0.66%
(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 68,060 4.8802
Purchase 45,613 4.8981
Purchase 561 4.8375
Purchase 3,000 4.8789
Purchase 68,236 4.8301
Purchase 25,941 4.8381
Purchase 6,211 4.8280
Purchase 33,546 4.8447
Purchase 4,480 4.8979
Purchase 8,380 5.0450
Purchase 18,900 4.8673
Purchase 2,352 4.8375
Purchase 59,170 4.9827
Purchase 66,146 4.8441
Purchase 33,305 4.9954
Sale 80,889 4.8846
Sale 40,312 4.8844
Sale 225 4.8668
Sale 225 4.8735
Sale 1,000 4.8840
Sale 2,500 4.8391
Sale 10,300 4.9128
Sale 4,000 4.8960
Sale 1,000 4.8987
Sale 4,480 4.9623
Sale 2,000 4.8693
Sale 7,360 4.8857
Sale 19,596 4.8906
Sale 12,767 4.8368
Sale 1,015 4.8375
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Long 12767 4.8367
CFD Long 2500 4.839
CFD Long 40312 4.8843
CFD Long 80889 4.8845
CFD Long 19596 4.8906
CFD Long 8255 4.896
CFD Long 10300 4.9127
CFD Long 4480 4.9622
CFD Short 6211 4.8279
CFD Short 68236 4.8301
CFD Short 25941 4.8381
CFD Short 66146 4.844
CFD Short 33546 4.8447
CFD Short 1239 4.86
CFD Short 18900 4.8673
CFD Short 3000 4.8789
CFD Short 68060 4.8802
CFD Short 4480 4.8979
CFD Short 45613 4.8981
CFD Short 12641 4.9182
(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 30 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)