20th Dec 2005 11:46
WPP Group PLC20 December 2005 For Immediate Release 20 December 2005 WPP GROUP PLC ("WPP") WPP was notified on 19 December 2005 that Sir Martin Sorrell, a director of WPP,sold 1,920,000 WPP ordinary shares at a price of 627.5p per share on 19 December2005. The shares were acquired and retained by the WPP UK ESOP to be used tosatisfy future share awards to employees of the WPP Group. Following these transactions, Sir Martin Sorrell and his family interests areinterested in or have rights in 13,633,028 shares representing 1.088% of theissued share capital of WPP (excluding 5,146,634 shares which is the maximumnumber of matching shares under the 2004 and 2005 LEAP awards, the performanceperiods for which expire on 31 December 2007 and 31 December 2009 respectively). Contact:Feona McEwan, WPP London 44-20 7408 2204www.wpp.com. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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