Transaction in Own Shares

WPP Group PLC
28 April 2008



                             WPP GROUP plc ("WPP")


WPP announces that on 28 April 2008 it acquired 300,000 of its own ordinary
shares of 10p each for cancellation.  The shares were acquired at a price of
598.373007p per share.


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