Re SEC Ruling

WPP Group PLC
12 August 2002


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                              12 August 2002


                             WPP GROUP PLC ("WPP")

              WPP Executives to Comply Voluntarily with SEC Ruling

WPP (Nasdaq: WPPGY; London Stock Exchange: WPP) announced today that its Chief
Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer intend to comply voluntarily with
the Securities and Exchange Commission's order No. 4-460 and certify the
Company's Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ending December 2001
previously filed with the Commission.


WPP is not included on the list of companies attached to the Commission's order,
therefore its officers are not required to make this certification.
Nevertheless, in view of the recently enacted Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, which
imposes similar certification requirements with respect to future filings, and
with the objective of continuing to adopt best practice at the earliest possible
opportunity, the Company has decided to comply voluntarily with the order.


For further information please contact:


Feona McEwan, WPP                                    [phone]

www.wpp.com

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