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 08 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 49,225,944 4.20% 1,359,297 0.12%
securities
(2) Derivatives 735,319 0.06% 6,634,679 0.57%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 49,961,263 4.26% 7,993,976 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 49,641 4.5525
Purchase 148,923 4.5525
Purchase 1,479 4.6400
Purchase 198,565 4.5525
Purchase 37,780 4.6323
Purchase 22,634 4.6175
Purchase 25,356 4.6110
Purchase 17,238 4.6333
Purchase 130 4.6200
Purchase 1,084 4.6150
Purchase 50,241 4.6378
Purchase 28,860 4.6383
Purchase 1,479 4.6400
Sale 936 4.5845
Sale 94,415 4.6380
Sale 34,202 4.6391
Sale 367 4.6075
Sale 10,400 4.6369
Sale 198,565 4.5525
Sale 65,736 4.6232
Sale 21,405 4.5908
Sale 134,545 4.6157
Sale 4,800 4.6320
Sale 31,491 4.6015
Sale 1,900 4.5817
Sale 10,000 4.5880
Sale 440 4.6362
Sale 1,880 4.6409
Sale 750 4.6260
Sale 26,729 4.6400
Sale 1,200 4.6314
Sale 24,264 4.6400
Sale 2,128 4.6400
Sale 3,700 4.5886
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Long 1900 4.5817
CFD Long 3700 4.5886
CFD Long 21405 4.5907
CFD Long 31491 4.6014
CFD Long 58975 4.6123
CFD Long 134545 4.6156
CFD Long 65736 4.6231
CFD Long 4800 4.632
CFD Long 10400 4.6368
CFD Long 94415 4.6379
CFD Long 34202 4.639
CFD Short 25356 4.611
CFD Short 22634 4.6175
CFD Short 17238 4.6333
CFD Short 50241 4.6378
CFD Short 28860 4.6382
(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 09 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)