Acquisition

WPP Group PLC
25 April 2005



For Immediate Release                                              25 April 2005




                             WPP GROUP PLC ("WPP")

              WPP acquires majority stake in Sra Rushmore in Spain


WPP announces that its wholly-owned operating company Red Cell, the advertising
agency network, has acquired a majority stake in the share capital of Sra
Rushmore, Spain's leading independent creative advertising agency.


Founded in Madrid in 2000, Sra Rushmore employs 40 people.  The agency's clients
include Atletico Madrid, Coca-Cola, Diageo, El Corte Ingles and ING Direct.


Sra Rushmore's revenues for the year ended 31 December 2004 were euro10,859,000
with net assets of euro987,000 as at that date.


This investment continues WPP's strategy of continuing to strengthen the
creative capability of the group and of developing its networks in important
geographic markets and sectors.





For further information, please contact:

Feona McEwan, WPP                              44-20 7408 2204
www.wpp.com
www.redcellnetwork.com






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