Purchase of Own Securities

WPP Group PLC
28 March 2003

28 March 2003


                             WPP GROUP plc ("WPP")




WPP announces that on 27th March 2003 it acquired 200,000 of its own ordinary
shares of 10p each for cancellation. The shares were acquired at a price of
350.83p per share.


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