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 23 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 47,840,122 4.08% 1,336,382 0.11%
securities
(2) Derivatives 1,139,975 0.10% 7,178,677 0.61%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 48,980,097 4.18% 8,515,059 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 12,588 4.7033
Purchase 12,410 4.7600
Purchase 78,179 4.7160
Purchase 1,265,854 Transfer
Purchase 4,440 4.7000
Purchase 359,898 4.7600
Purchase 148,923 4.7600
Purchase 110,029 4.6000
Purchase 13,900 4.7000
Purchase 21,000 4.7312
Purchase 300 4.6925
Purchase 69,563 4.7158
Purchase 180,797 4.7152
Purchase 5,814 4.7008
Purchase 22,571 4.7006
Purchase 99,282 4.7600
Purchase 876 4.7160
Purchase 1,900 4.7083
Purchase 124,355 4.7138
Purchase 9,374 4.6984
Purchase 3,500 4.6425
Purchase 49,641 4.7600
Purchase 49,641 4.7600
Purchase 11,645 4.7000
Purchase 876 4.7160
Sale 22,506 4.7415
Sale 110,029 4.6000
Sale 16,863 4.7000
Sale 2,326 4.7120
Sale 626 4.6035
Sale 55,597 4.7081
Sale 1,697 4.7400
Sale 1,265,854 Transfer
Sale 1,863 4.7002
Sale 510 4.6712
Sale 4,725 4.7387
Sale 359,898 4.7600
Sale 175,509 4.7161
Sale 90,514 4.7081
Sale 167,946 4.7232
Sale 49,183 4.6736
Sale 6,993 4.7043
Sale 300 4.6925
Sale 15,600 4.7014
Sale 191,577 4.7081
Sale 970 4.7440
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Long 110029 4.6
CFD Long 49183 4.6735
CFD Long 300 4.6925
CFD Long 15600 4.7014
CFD Long 6993 4.7042
CFD Long 2326 4.712
CFD Long 78179 4.716
CFD Long 175509 4.7161
CFD Long 53789 4.7212
CFD Long 167946 4.7231
CFD Long 4725 4.7387
CFD Long 22506 4.7415
CFD Short 110029 4.6
CFD Short 3500 4.6424
CFD Short 300 4.6925
CFD Short 9374 4.6983
CFD Short 22571 4.7005
CFD Short 5814 4.7007
CFD Short 1900 4.7082
CFD Short 124355 4.7138
CFD Short 180797 4.7152
CFD Short 69563 4.7157
CFD Short 21000 4.7311
(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 24 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)
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