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 30 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 48,050,369 4.10% 1,719,310 0.15%
securities
(2) Derivatives 949,673 0.08% 6,540,341 0.56%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 49,000,042 4.18% 8,259,651 0.70%
(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 1,257 4.7900
Purchase 1,000 4.7583
Purchase 8,380 5.0450
Purchase 268,097 4.7582
Purchase 233,085 4.7663
Purchase 9,255 4.7381
Purchase 3,301 4.8425
Purchase 15,000 4.8238
Purchase 18,388 4.8242
Purchase 4,135 4.7925
Purchase 1,097 4.9175
Purchase 2,496 4.8117
Purchase 59,645 4.7516
Sale 60 4.8150
Sale 1,000 4.7962
Sale 2,641 4.8007
Sale 15,398 4.7812
Sale 25,941 4.7916
Sale 500 4.8166
Sale 550 4.7612
Sale 450 4.7989
Sale 225 4.7009
Sale 900 4.8334
Sale 3,301 4.8425
Sale 10,147 4.8425
Sale 7,842 4.8425
Sale 1,500 4.8359
Sale 1,500 4.8359
Sale 1,500 4.8359
Sale 2,815 4.8375
Sale 8,916 4.8248
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Long 15398 4.7812
CFD Long 16208 4.7862
CFD Long 25941 4.7915
CFD Long 2641 4.8007
CFD Long 60 4.815
CFD Long 500 4.8165
CFD Long 8916 4.8248
CFD Short 9255 4.738
CFD Short 59645 4.7515
CFD Short 268097 4.7582
CFD Short 1000 4.7583
CFD Short 233085 4.7662
CFD Short 9104 4.7949
CFD Short 2496 4.8117
CFD Short 15000 4.8237
CFD Short 18388 4.8242
(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 01 July 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)