Transaction in Own Shares

WPP Group PLC
13 March 2007



                             WPP GROUP plc ("WPP")


WPP announces that on 13 March 2007 it acquired 500,000 of its own ordinary
shares of 10p each for cancellation. The shares were acquired at a price of
760.88636p per share.




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