Further re Grey Global Inc.

WPP Group PLC
25 January 2005


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                          25 JANUARY 2005

                             WPP GROUP PLC ("WPP")

                        Grey Global Group Inc. ("Grey")


The European Commission has cleared WPP's proposed acquisition of Grey under the
EC Merger Regulation.



WPP now expects to complete the acquisition of Grey by early March.







INVESTOR INFORMATION



This communication is being made in respect of the proposed merger involving WPP
Group plc and Grey Global Group Inc. This communication does not constitute an
offer of any securities for sale. In connection with the proposed merger, WPP
has filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on December 21,
2004, Amendment no. 1 to Registration Statement on Form F-4 (SEC File No.
333-119949), containing a preliminary proxy statement/prospectus relating to the
proposed merger for the stockholders of Grey, and each of WPP and Grey has and
will be filing other documents regarding the proposed merger with the SEC.



INVESTORS ARE URGED TO READ THE PRELIMINARY PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS, WHICH IS
AVAILABLE NOW, AND THE DEFINITIVE PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS, WHEN IT BECOMES
AVAILABLE, AND ANY OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS FILED WITH THE SEC BECAUSE THEY
CONTAIN AND WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION.



Investors may obtain the documents free of charge at the SEC's website
(www.sec.gov). In addition, documents filed with the SEC by WPP may be obtained
free of charge by contacting WPP at 125 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10017, +1 212
632 2200. Documents filed with the SEC by Grey are available free of charge by
contacting Grey at 777 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017, [phone].



INVESTORS SHOULD READ THE PRELIMINARY PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS, WHICH IS
AVAILABLE NOW, AND THE DEFINITIVE PROXY STATEMENT/ PROSPECTUS, WHEN IT BECOMES
AVAILABLE, CAREFULLY BEFORE MAKING ANY VOTING OR INVESTMENT DECISION.



Grey and its directors and executive officers may be deemed to participate in
the solicitation of proxies in respect of the proposed transactions. Information
regarding Grey's directors and executive officers is available in Grey's
definitive proxy statement relating to its 2004 Annual Meeting of Stockholders,
which was filed with the SEC on December 8, 2004. Additional information
regarding the interests of such potential participants is included in the
preliminary proxy statement/prospectus, which is available now, and will be
included in the definitive proxy statement/prospectus and the other relevant
documents filed with the SEC when they become available.



Private Securities Litigation Reform Act Safe Harbor Statement



The statements, analyses, and other information contained herein relating to the
proposed merger and anticipated synergies, savings and financial and operating
performance, including estimates for growth, trends in each of the operations
and financial results, the markets for products, the future development of
business, and the contingencies and uncertainties of WPP Group plc and Grey
Global Group Inc. to which WPP and Grey may be subject, as well as other
statements including words such as "anticipate," "believe," "plan," "estimate,"
"expect," "intend," "will," "should," "may," and other similar expressions, are
"forward-looking statements" under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
of 1995. Such statements are made based upon management's current expectations
and beliefs concerning future events and their potential effects on the company.



The forward-looking statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties,
many of which are difficult to predict and generally beyond the control of WPP
and Grey, that could cause actual results to differ materially from those
expressed in, or implied by, the forward-looking statements.



These risks and uncertainties include those discussed or identified in the
public filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission made by WPP and
Grey as well as those associated with the realization of expected earnings
accretion, margin improvements and cost savings, synergies, efficiencies and
other benefits anticipated from the merger, including the risk of loss of key
employees and client business in connection with the transaction and the risk
that the completion of the merger may be delayed for regulatory or other
reasons.



Neither WPP nor Grey undertakes, and each specifically disclaims, any obligation
to update or revise any forward-looking information, whether as a result of new
information, future developments or otherwise.





Contact:


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

Jan A. Sneed
Grey Global Group                        212-546-2422








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