Purchase of Own Securities

WPP Group PLC
01 October 2002


1 October 2002

                             WPP GROUP plc ("WPP")


WPP announces that on 30th September 2002 it acquired 330,000 of its own
ordinary shares of 10p each for cancellation. The shares were acquired at a
price of 428.0338p per share.

                      This information is provided by RNS
            The company news service from the London Stock Exchange