Purchase of Own Securities

WPP Group PLC
18 March 2003

18 March 2003

                             WPP GROUP plc ('WPP')


WPP announces that on 17th March 2003 it acquired 100,000 of its own ordinary
shares of 10p each for cancellation. The shares were acquired at a price of
351.5p per share.

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