New Issue - WPP Finance UK sells $600 mln notes

June 3 (Reuters) - WPP Finance UK, a unit of WPP Group PLC
(WPP.L: Cotización) WPPGY.O on Wednesday sold $600 million of five-year
notes, said IFR, a Thomson Reuters service.

The size of the deal was increased from an originally
planned $500 million.

Bank of America, Citigroup, and HSBC were the active
bookrunning managers for the sale. Barclays, RBS, Santander,
and BNP Paribas were the passive bookrunners.
BORROWER: WPP FINANCE UK*
AMT $600 MLN COUPON 8.00 PCT MATURITY 9/15/2014
TYPE NOTES ISS PRICE 99.969 FIRST PAY 9/15/2009
MOODY'S Baa2 YIELD 8.25 PCT SETTLEMENT 6/10/2009
S&P BBB SPREAD 579.3 BPS PAY FREQ SEMI-ANNUAL
FITCH N/A MORE THAN TREAS MAKE-WHOLE CALL 50 BPS**
*GUARANTEED BY WPP PLC, WPP AIR 1 LTD, WPP 2008 LTD, AND WPP
2005 LTD
**$101 COC PUT