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 WPP Third Quarter Trading Statement 

WPP will announce its Third Quarter Trading Statement for the nine months ended 30 September 2008 on Thursday, 30th October 2008.

 

WPP Offer Update for Taylor Nelson Sofres plc (“TNS”) - 8 October, 2008

Offer unconditional as to acceptances

WPP announces that as at 3.00 p.m. (London time) on 8 October 2008, valid acceptances of the Offer had been received in respect of a total of 341,365,081 TNS Shares, representing approximately 81.78 per cent. of the existing issued share capital of TNS.

Accordingly, following the announcement by WPP on 3 October 2008 that it was waiving down the acceptance condition of the Offer from 90 per cent. to 75 per cent., the condition in paragraph (a) of Part A of the Appendix in Part 1 of the Offer Document (as amended) is now satisfied and the Offer has become unconditional as to acceptances.

As disclosed in paragraph 4.4 of Part 7 of the Offer Document and the announcement by WPP on 29 August 2008, persons presumed to be acting in concert with WPP in respect of the Offer have an interest in an aggregate amount of 64,798 TNS Shares (representing approximately 0.02 per cent. of the existing issued share capital of TNS). Save as disclosed, as at 3.00 p.m. (London time) on 8 October 2008, neither WPP nor any person acting in concert with WPP had any interest in any relevant securities of TNS.

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