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 14 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 50,084,780 4.27% 1,413,473 0.12%
securities
(2) Derivatives 809,227 0.07% 7,104,308 0.61%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 50,894,007 4.34% 8,517,781 0.73%
(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 219,104 4.4572
Purchase 104,467 4.4567
Purchase 9,600 4.4548
Purchase 38,847 4.4706
Purchase 15,843 4.4410
Purchase 4,300 4.4035
Purchase 1,480 4.4100
Purchase 20,357 4.4495
Purchase 89,449 4.4568
Purchase 888 4.4100
Purchase 37,620 4.4100
Sale 59,209 4.4373
Sale 310 4.4737
Sale 500 4.4735
Sale 400 4.4250
Sale 15,000 4.4843
Sale 92,181 4.4613
Sale 4,300 4.4035
Sale 760 4.4685
Sale 13,504 4.4232
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Long 4300 4.4034
CFD Long 13504 4.4232
CFD Long 400 4.425
CFD Long 59209 4.4373
CFD Long 43842 4.4584
CFD Long 92181 4.4613
CFD Long 15000 4.4842
CFD Short 4300 4.4034
CFD Short 7534 4.4092
CFD Short 15843 4.441
CFD Short 20357 4.4495
CFD Short 7293 4.4515
CFD Short 9600 4.4547
CFD Short 104467 4.4566
CFD Short 89449 4.4568
CFD Short 219104 4.4571
CFD Short 38847 4.4706
CFD Short 11794 4.4755
(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 15 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)