Purchase of Own Securities

WPP Group PLC
06 March 2003

6 March 2003


                             WPP GROUP plc ("WPP")




WPP announces that on 5th March 2003 it acquired 400,000 of its own ordinary
shares of 10p each for cancellation. The shares were acquired at a price of
377.58p per share.


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