Transaction in Own Shares

WPP Group PLC
24 February 2006



                             WPP GROUP plc ("WPP")



WPP announces that on 24 February 2006 it acquired 400,000 of its own ordinary
shares of 10p each for cancellation.  The shares were acquired at a price of
651.7813p per share.


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