Purchase of Own Securities

WPP Group PLC
27 February 2003

27 February 2003


                             WPP GROUP plc ("WPP")




WPP announces that on 26th February 2003 it acquired 200,000 of its own ordinary
shares of 10p each for cancellation. The shares were acquired at a price of
376.77p per share.


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