Purchase of Own Securities

WPP Group PLC
28 February 2003



28 February 2003


                             WPP GROUP plc ("WPP")



WPP announces that on 27th February 2003 it acquired 500,000 of its own ordinary
shares of 10p each for cancellation. The shares were acquired at a price of
368.89p per share.


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