Transaction in Own Shares

WPP Group PLC
23 June 2006



                             WPP GROUP plc ("WPP")


WPP announces that on 23 June 2006 it acquired 150,000 of its own ordinary
shares of 10p each for cancellation.  The shares were acquired at a price of
628.72p per share.


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