Transaction in Own Shares

WPP Group PLC
02 May 2006



                             WPP GROUP plc ("WPP")





WPP announces that on 2 May 2006 it acquired 50,000 of its own ordinary shares
of 10p each for cancellation.  The shares were acquired at a price of 686.75p
per share.


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