Purchase of Own Securities

WPP Group PLC
30 September 2002


30 September 2002


                             WPP GROUP plc ("WPP")


WPP announces that on 26th September 2002 it acquired 170,000 of its own
ordinary shares of 10p each for cancellation. The shares were acquired at a
price of 416p per share.


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