Purchase of Own Securities

WPP Group PLC
31 March 2003

31 March 2003


                             WPP GROUP plc ("WPP")




WPP announces that on 28th March 2003 it acquired 150,000 of its own ordinary
shares of 10p each for cancellation. The shares were acquired at a price of
343.38p per share.


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