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)