FORM 8.1                                    

          DEALINGS BY OFFERORS, OFFEREE COMPANIES OR THEIR ASSOCIATES          

                  FOR THEMSELVES OR FOR DISCRETIONARY CLIENTS                  

                (Rules 8.1(a) and (b)(i) of the Takeover Code)                 

1. KEY INFORMATION

Name of person dealing (Note 1) DAVID LOWDEN, CHIEF EXECUTIVE,TAYLOR NELSON    
                                SOFRES PLC                                     
                                                                               
Company dealt in                TAYLOR NELSON SOFRES PLC                       
                                                                               
Class of relevant security to   1993 EBT LTIP ("EBT LTIP") OPTIONS OVER        
which the dealings being        ORDINARY SHARES OF 5P EACH                     
disclosed relate (Note 2)                                                      
                                                                               
Date of dealing                 29 OCTOBER 2008                                

2. INTERESTS, SHORT POSITIONS AND RIGHTS TO SUBSCRIBE

(a) Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class of relevant
security dealt in (Note 3)

                                         Long                   Short          
                                                                               
                                Number (%)             Number (%)              
                                                                               
(1) Relevant securities                                                        
                                                                               
(2) Derivatives (other than                                                    
options)                                                                       
                                                                               
(3) Options and agreements to                                                  
purchase/sell                                                                  
                                                                               
Total                                                                          

(b) Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company, other
than the class dealt in (Note 3)

Class of relevant security:              Long                   Short          
                                                                               
                                Number (%)             Number (%)              
                                                                               
(1) Relevant securities                                                        
                                                                               
(2) Derivatives (other than                                                    
options)                                                                       
                                                                               
(3) Options and agreements to                                                  
purchase/sell                                                                  
                                                                               
Total                                                                          

(c) Rights to subscribe (Note 3)

Class of relevant security:     Details                                        
                                                                               

3. DEALINGS (Note 4)

(a) Purchases and sales

Purchase/sale              Number of securities      Price per unit (Note 5)   
                                                                               

(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)

Product name,  Long/short (Note  Number of securities     Price per unit (Note 
               6)                (Note 7)                 5)                   
e.g. CFD                                                                       
                                                                               

(c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities

(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Product name, Writing,    Number of     Exercise Type,     Expiry   Option     
              selling,    securities to          e.g.               money      
e.g. call     purchasing, which the     price    American, date                
option        varying     option                 European           paid/      
              etc.        relates (Note          etc.               received   
                          7)                                        per unit   
                                                                    (Note 5)   
                                                                               

(ii) Exercising

Product name, e.g. call    Number of securities      Exercise price per unit   
option                                               (Note 5)                  
                                                                               
1993 EBT Long Term         Nil cost option vesting   NIL in aggregate          
Incentive Plan             on the WPP Offer being                              
                           declared wholly                                     
                           unconditional, exercised                            
                           over 180,000 shares in                              
                           the company. WPP offer                              
                           accepted over all 180,000                           
                           shares.                                             
                                                                               

(d) Other dealings (including new securities) (Note 4)

Nature of transaction      Details                   Price per unit (if        
(Note 8)                                             applicable) (Note 5)      
                                                                               

4. OTHER INFORMATION

Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives

Full details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding between the person 
disclosing and any other person relating to the voting rights of any relevant  
securities under any option referred to on this form or relating to the voting 
rights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which   
any derivative referred to on this form is referenced. If none, this should be 
stated.                                                                        
                                                                               
NONE.                                                                          

Is a Supplemental Form 8 attached? (Note 9) NO

Date of disclosure                           29 October 2008                   
                                                                               
Contact name                                 TOM FULLER ON BEHALF OF PAUL      
                                             WRIGHT, COMPANY SECRETARY, TAYLOR 
                                             NELSON SOFRES PLC                 
                                                                               
Telephone number                             020 8 967 0007                    
                                                                               
Name of offeree/offeror with which           TAYLOR NELSON SOFRES PLC          
associated                                                                     
                                                                               
Specify category and nature of associate     DIRECTOR OF OFFEREE COMPANY       
status (Note 10)                                                               

Notes

The Notes on Form 8.1 can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website at 
www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk



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