Purchase of Own Securities

WPP Group PLC
13 March 2003

13 March 2003


                             WPP GROUP plc ('WPP')




WPP announces that on 12th March 2003 it acquired 200,000 of its own ordinary
shares of 10p each for cancellation. The shares were acquired at a price of
327.43p per share.


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