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 10 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 49,772,484 4.25% 1,385,472 0.12%
securities
(2) Derivatives 741,069 0.06% 6,862,979 0.59%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 50,513,553 4.31% 8,248,451 0.70%
(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 35,929 4.5426
Purchase 198,565 4.5525
Purchase 16,966 4.5564
Purchase 12,495 4.5527
Purchase 35,425 4.5579
Purchase 17,275 4.5521
Purchase 32,491 4.5471
Purchase 198,565 4.5525
Purchase 23,152 4.5631
Purchase 30,400 4.5587
Purchase 93,972 4.5642
Purchase 9,559 4.5471
Purchase 248,206 4.5300
Sale 45,565 4.5534
Sale 1,662 4.5545
Sale 143,079 4.5492
Sale 8,118 4.5490
Sale 198,565 4.5525
Sale 18,990 4.5610
Sale 14,996 4.5548
Sale 750 4.5385
Sale 14,034 4.5585
Sale 248,206 Transfer
Sale 10,600 4.5611
Sale 4,420 4.5543
Sale 100,724 4.5525
Sale 4,963 4.5550
Sale 325 4.5535
Sale 950 4.5415
Sale 248,206 4.5300
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Long 8118 4.549
CFD Long 143079 4.5492
CFD Long 100724 4.5524
CFD Long 45565 4.5533
CFD Long 4420 4.5542
CFD Long 1662 4.5545
CFD Long 14996 4.5547
CFD Long 14034 4.5584
CFD Long 100215 4.5605
CFD Long 18990 4.5609
CFD Long 10600 4.5611
CFD Short 5157 4.5416
CFD Short 35929 4.5425
CFD Short 9559 4.547
CFD Short 32491 4.5471
CFD Short 17275 4.552
CFD Short 12495 4.5526
CFD Short 9909 4.5541
CFD Short 16966 4.5564
CFD Short 35425 4.5579
CFD Short 30400 4.5587
CFD Short 23152 4.563
CFD Short 93972 4.5641
(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 11 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)