Rule 8.3 WPP Group plc

FORM 8.3
 DEALINGS BY PERSONS WITH INTERESTS IN SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR
                                MORE
                   (Rule 8.3 of the Takeover Code)
 
1.         KEY INFORMATION
 
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| Name of person dealing  (Note 1)          | Prudential Plc / M&G  |
|                                           | Investment Management |
|                                           | Limited               |
|-------------------------------------------+-----------------------|
| Company dealt in                          | WPP Group plc         |
|-------------------------------------------+-----------------------|
| Class of relevant security to which the   | Ord GBP0.10           |
| dealings being disclosed relate (Note 2)  |                       |
|-------------------------------------------+-----------------------|
| Date of dealing                           | 08 October 2008       |
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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)
 
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|                               |        Long        |    Short     |
|                               |                    |              |
|-------------------------------+--------------------+--------------|
|                               |   Number   |  (%)  | Number | (%) |
|                               |            |       |        |     |
|-------------------------------+------------+-------+--------+-----|
| (1) Relevant securities       | 22,138,970 | 1.88% |        |     |
|                               |            |       |        |     |
|-------------------------------+------------+-------+--------+-----|
| (2) Derivatives (other than   |            |       |        |     |
| options)                      |            |       |        |     |
|                               |            |       |        |     |
|-------------------------------+------------+-------+--------+-----|
| (3) Options and agreements to |            |       |        |     |
| purchase/sell                 |            |       |        |     |
|                               |            |       |        |     |
|-------------------------------+------------+-------+--------+-----|
| Total                         | 22,138,970 | 1.88% |        |     |
|                               |            |       |        |     |
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(b)        Interests and short positions in relevant securities of
the company, other than the class dealt in (Note 3)
 
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| Class of relevant security:         |     Long     |    Short     |
|                                     |              |              |
|-------------------------------------+--------------+--------------|
|                                     | Number | (%) | Number | (%) |
|                                     |        |     |        |     |
|-------------------------------------+--------+-----+--------+-----|
| (1) Relevant securities             |        |     |        |     |
|                                     |        |     |        |     |
|-------------------------------------+--------+-----+--------+-----|
| (2) Derivatives (other than         |        |     |        |     |
| options)                            |        |     |        |     |
|                                     |        |     |        |     |
|-------------------------------------+--------+-----+--------+-----|
| (3) Options and agreements to       |        |     |        |     |
| purchase/sell                       |        |     |        |     |
|                                     |        |     |        |     |
|-------------------------------------+--------+-----+--------+-----|
| Total                               |        |     |        |     |
|                                     |        |     |        |     |
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(c)        Rights to subscribe (Note 3)
 
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| Class of relevant security: | Details |
|                             |         |
|-----------------------------+---------|
|                             |         |
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3.         DEALINGS (Note 4)
 
(a)        Purchases and sales
 
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| Purchase/sale | Number of securities | Price per unit (Note 5) |
|               |                      |                         |
|---------------+----------------------+-------------------------|
| Sale          | 536                  | 4.07500 GBP             |
|---------------+----------------------+-------------------------|
| Sale          | 434,204              | 4.14240 GBP             |
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 (b)       Derivatives transactions (other than options)
 
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| Product  | Long/short (Note | Number of securities   | Price per  |
| name,    | 6)               | (Note 7)               | unit (Note |
| e.g. CFD |                  |                        | 5)         |
|----------+------------------+------------------------+------------|
|          |                  |                        |            |
|          |                  |                        |            |
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(c)        Options transactions in respect of existing securities
(i)         Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
 
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|Product  |Writing,    |Number of          |Exercise|Type, e.g.|Expiry|Option money  |
|name,    |selling,    |securities to which|price   |American, |date  |paid/received |
|e.g. call|purchasing, |the option relates |        |European  |      |per unit (Note|
|option   |varying etc.|(Note 7)           |        |etc.      |      |5)            |
|         |            |                   |        |          |      |              |
|---------+------------+-------------------+--------+----------+------+--------------|
|         |            |                   |        |          |      |              |
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(ii)        Exercising
 
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| Product name, e.g. | Number of securities | Exercise price per    |
| call option        |                      | unit (Note 5)         |
|                    |                      |                       |
|--------------------+----------------------+-----------------------|
|                    |                      |                       |
|                    |                      |                       |
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(d)        Other dealings (including new securities) (Note 4)
 
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| Nature of transaction | Details | Price per unit (if applicable)  |
| (Note 8)              |         | (Note 5)                        |
|                       |         |                                 |
|-----------------------+---------+---------------------------------|
|                       |         |                                 |
|                       |         |                                 |
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4.         OTHER INFORMATION
 
Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or
derivatives
 
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| 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.                                      |
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|                                                                   |
| None                                                              |
|                                                                   |
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Is a Supplemental Form 8 attached? (Note
9)                                                 NO
 
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| Date of disclosure                              | 09 October 2008 |
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| Contact name                                    | Dipesh Varsani  |
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| Telephone number                                | 0207 548 3261   |
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| 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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Notes
 
The Notes on Form 8.3 can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website
at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk
 
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