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WPP Interim Results 2008  

• Billings up almost 12% at £16.9 billion
• Revenue up over 14% to £3.339 billion
• Like-for-like revenue up over 4%
• Headline operating profit up over 18% to £453 million

WPP's Offer for Taylor Nelson Sofres plc (“TNS”)  

Further to the announcement made on 9 July 2008, WPP announces that the Offer Document containing the formal Offer for the entire issued, and to be issued, share capital of TNS is being posted today, together with the Form of Acceptance and Election and (other than to certain overseas share owners) a Prospectus Equivalent Document.

As previously announced, the Offer is being made on the following basis:

For each TNS Share 173 pence in cash and 0.1889 of a New WPP Share

The Offer Document and Prospectus Equivalent Document are now available to download.

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