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WPP 2008 Third Quarter Trading Update

• THIRD QUARTER REPORTED REVENUES UP OVER 16%
• THIRD QUARTER LIKE-FOR-LIKE REVENUES UP 3%
• REPORTED REVENUES UP ALMOST 15% IN FIRST NINE MONTHS
• LIKE-FOR-LIKE REVENUES UP ALMOST 4% IN FIRST NINE MONTHS
• OPERATING MARGIN IN FIRST NINE MONTHS FLAT WITH LAST YEAR

WPP Offer Update for Taylor Nelson Sofres plc ("TNS") - 29 October, 2008

Offer wholly unconditional

WPP announces that all the conditions of the Offer have now been fulfilled (or, where applicable, waived) and that, accordingly, the Offer has become unconditional in all respects.

As at 3.00 p.m. (London time) on 29 October 2008, valid acceptances of the Offer had been received in respect of a total of 402,731,592 TNS Shares, representing approximately 95.54 per cent. of the existing issued share capital of TNS.

The number of TNS Shares for which acceptances of the Offer have been received includes an acceptance in respect of 30,000 TNS Shares held by persons presumed to be acting in concert with WPP, as previously announced.

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