Purchase of Own Securities

WPP Group PLC
26 September 2002

26 September 2002

                             WPP GROUP plc ("WPP")

WPP announces that on 25th September 2002 it acquired 500,000 of its own
ordinary shares of 10p each for cancellation. The shares were acquired at a
price of 411.52p per share.


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