Director/PDMR Shareholding

WPP Group PLC
08 September 2005



FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                          8 September 2005

                                  ANNOUNCEMENT

                              WPP ("the Company")

WPP was informed that on the 6 September 2005 that Mr Howard Paster, a director
of the Company, gifted a total of 6,700 ordinary shares in WPP to two US based
charitable institutions. Mid market price of WPP ordinary shares on transfer
date was £5.695.

Following these donations, Mr Paster's beneficial holding in WPP is 194,467
ordinary shares, and 449,162 share options exercisable between now and 2012 at
subscription prices between £2.14 and £9.01.

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