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 07 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 49,312,387 4.21% 1,381,197 0.12%
securities
(2) Derivatives 757,457 0.06% 6,974,057 0.59%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 50,069,844 4.27% 8,355,254 0.71%
(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 446,770 4.6706
Purchase 248,206 4.6650
Purchase 24,535 4.6941
Purchase 9,428 4.6606
Purchase 99,282 4.6775
Purchase 6,760 4.6824
Purchase 99,282 4.6775
Purchase 13,200 4.6875
Purchase 6,457 4.7000
Purchase 6,445 4.7000
Purchase 3,132 4.6965
Purchase 23,268 4.6720
Purchase 792 4.7000
Purchase 71,925 4.6689
Sale 1,650 4.6760
Sale 6,730 4.6750
Sale 209,075 4.6697
Sale 500 4.6746
Sale 25,471 4.6824
Sale 3,880 4.6434
Sale 4,295 4.6992
Sale 39,210 4.7000
Sale 25,415 4.6993
Sale 4,078 4.6870
Sale 1,075 4.6450
Sale 446,770 4.6706
Sale 25,768 4.7049
Sale 132,000 4.6959
Sale 30,276 4.6571
Sale 6,760 4.7000
Sale 6,760 4.6824
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Long 3880 4.6434
CFD Long 30276 4.6571
CFD Long 17176 4.6594
CFD Long 209075 4.6697
CFD Long 25471 4.6824
CFD Long 4078 4.687
CFD Long 132000 4.6958
CFD Long 29710 4.6992
CFD Long 25768 4.7048
CFD Short 9428 4.6605
CFD Short 71925 4.6689
CFD Short 23268 4.6719
CFD Short 35255 4.6734
CFD Short 24535 4.694
CFD Short 3132 4.6965
(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 08 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)