Purchase of Own Securities

WPP Group PLC
24 September 2002


24 September 2002

                             WPP GROUP plc ("WPP")


WPP announces that on 23rd September 2002 it acquired 500,000 of its own
ordinary shares of 10p each for cancellation. The shares were acquired at an
average price of 420.78p.

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