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 01 July 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 47,726,080 4.07% 1,749,771 0.15%
securities
(2) Derivatives 968,836 0.08% 6,207,890 0.53%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 48,694,916 4.15% 7,957,661 0.68%
(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 15,000 4.7457
Purchase 2,000 4.6839
Purchase 106,879 4.6429
Purchase 66,795 4.7281
Purchase 512 4.7825
Purchase 4,966 4.7139
Purchase 7,670 4.7275
Purchase 43,255 4.6636
Sale 122,600 4.7518
Sale 319,407 4.6996
Sale 500 4.7968
Sale 3,510 4.7580
Sale 34,913 4.7221
Sale 6,868 4.7336
Sale 4,000 4.7770
Sale 40,964 4.6607
Sale 30,954 4.7268
Sale 1,000 4.7010
Sale 1,150 4.7110
Sale 500 4.7810
Sale 5,000 4.7491
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Long 40964 4.6607
CFD Long 31314 4.6884
CFD Long 319407 4.6995
CFD Long 34913 4.7221
CFD Long 30954 4.7267
CFD Long 6868 4.7336
CFD Long 5000 4.749
CFD Long 122600 4.7518
CFD Long 4000 4.777
CFD Long 500 4.7968
CFD Short 106879 4.6428
CFD Short 43255 4.6636
CFD Short 2000 4.6839
CFD Short 6011 4.698
CFD Short 4966 4.7138
CFD Short 66795 4.728
CFD Short 15000 4.7457
(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 02 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)