Transaction in Own Shares

WPP Group PLC
20 December 2007

20 December 2007

                             WPP GROUP plc ("WPP")
                           Purchase of Own Securities



WPP announces that on 20 December 2007 it purchased 2,000,000 of its ordinary
shares at a price of 632.5 pence per ordinary share.  All of these shares will
be held as treasury shares.

Following the above purchase, WPP holds 2,000,000 ordinary shares as treasury
shares. The total number of WPP shares in issue is 1,190,428,095 (excluding
shares to be held in treasury).




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