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               09 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      49,883,637     4.26%     1,366,230       0.12%
securities
(2) Derivatives      736,899     0.06%     6,998,482       0.60%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and            0     0.00%             0       0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total             50,620,536     4.32%     8,364,712       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      248,206              4.5300
Purchase      26,864               4.5753
Purchase      126,738              4.6581
Purchase      32,948               4.5702
Purchase      149,987              4.5493
Purchase      238,162              4.6042
Purchase      165,377              4.6473
Purchase      12,800               4.6723
Purchase      15,395               4.6657
Purchase      1,000                4.5257
Purchase      8,533                4.6895
Purchase      1,300                4.6557
Purchase      55,489               4.5915
Purchase      114,276              4.6747
Sale          137                  4.5039
Sale          55,992               4.5898
Sale          543                  4.6389
Sale          1,213                4.6557
Sale          165,377              4.6473
Sale          300                  4.5287
Sale          950                  4.6560
Sale          148,694              4.6878
Sale          520                  4.6712
Sale          2,600                4.5259
Sale          1,100                4.5209
Sale          59,839               4.6688
Sale          37,780               4.6145
Sale          25,888               4.6980
Sale          640                  4.6735
Sale          4,281                4.6942
Sale          6,363                4.6701
Sale          700                  4.5112
Sale          1,250                4.6587
Sale          4,216                4.6476
Sale          14,967               4.7184
Sale          4,732                4.6950
Sale          1,300                4.6175

(b)  Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name,  Long/Short    Number of     Price per
(e.g. CFD)     (Note 6)      Securities    unit (GBP)
CFD            Long          55992         4.5898
CFD            Long          94400         4.6175
CFD            Long          165377        4.6472
CFD            Long          4216          4.6475
CFD            Long          1213          4.6557
CFD            Long          59839         4.6687
CFD            Long          6363          4.67
CFD            Long          148694        4.6877
CFD            Long          4281          4.6942
CFD            Long          25888         4.6979
CFD            Long          14967         4.7184
CFD            Short         1000          4.5257
CFD            Short         149987        4.5492
CFD            Short         32948         4.5701
CFD            Short         26864         4.5753
CFD            Short         55489         4.5914
CFD            Short         238162        4.6041
CFD            Short         165377        4.6472
CFD            Short         1300          4.6557
CFD            Short         126738        4.658
CFD            Short         15395         4.6657
CFD            Short         12800         4.6722
CFD            Short         114276        4.6747
CFD            Short         3117          4.6941

(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                         10 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)