Transaction in Own Shares

WPP Group PLC
17 May 2004


                             WPP GROUP plc ("WPP")


WPP announces that on 17th May 2004 it acquired 400,000 of its own ordinary
shares of 10p each for cancellation.  The shares were acquired at a price of
529.1118 pence per share.


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