Purchase of Own Securities

WPP Group PLC
24 March 2003

24 March 2003


                             WPP GROUP plc ('WPP')




WPP announces that on 21st March 2003 it acquired 50,000 of its own ordinary
shares of 10p each for cancellation. The shares were acquired at a price of
387.42p per share.


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