Director Share Purchase

WPP Group PLC
31 December 2007


For Immediate Release                                           31 December 2007



                             WPP Group plc ("WPP")



WPP has been notified that on 28th December 2007 Mr Mark Read, an executive
director of the Company, purchased 220 shares at a price of £6.435 per share. Mr
Read's resultant holding in WPP is now 28,442 shares, representing 0.002% of the
issued share capital of the Company.



Contact:

Feona McEwan, WPP [phone]

www.wpp.com




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