Transaction in Own Shares

WPP Group PLC
13 September 2007


                             WPP GROUP plc ("WPP")


WPP announces that on 13 September 2007 it acquired 285,217 of its own ordinary
shares of 10p each for cancellation.  The shares were acquired at a price of
675.99506p per share.




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