Purchase of Own Securities

WPP Group PLC
21 March 2003

21 March 2003


                             WPP GROUP plc ('WPP')




WPP announces that on 20th March 2003 it acquired 100,000 of its own ordinary
shares of 10p each for cancellation. The shares were acquired at a price of
376.38p per share.


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