Transaction in Own Shares

WPP Group PLC
17 August 2007



                             WPP GROUP plc ("WPP")





WPP announces that on 17 August 2007 it acquired 400,000 of its own ordinary
shares of 10p each for cancellation.  The shares were acquired at a price of
691.39719p per share.


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