Acquisition

WPP Group PLC
10 June 2002


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                   10 June 2002


                         WPP GROUP PLC ("WPP")

       Hill and Knowlton acquires US firm,  SAMCOR Communications Company

WPP announces that its wholly-owned operating company, Hill and Knowlton ("H&K
"), has acquired the business and assets of SAMCOR Communications Company, a
Miami-based public relations agency.

Founded in 1996, Samcor has become a significant presence in the  communications
business, with clients including Sunbeam Corp, Mr Coffee, UDV, Wyndham Hotels &
Resorts, Spherion Corporation, among others. The company will operate as Hill
and Knowlton/SAMCOR, under the continued leadership of president and founder
Cori Zywotow Rice.

Commenting on the acquisition, Howard Paster, chairman and CEO of H&K said, "
Miami is a market that has become an intercontinental cultural bridge and a
major business hub for this hemisphere. Administratively, Hill and Knowlton/
SAMCOR will be part of our fast-growing Latin American network while working
very closely with our US offices on the ever-expanding Latino/Hispanic market in
this country."

SAMCOR had revenues of $2.4 million in 2001 and net assets of $400,000 at 31
December 2001.

The acquisition of SAMCOR continues WPP's strategy of reinforcing its networks
in important growth sectors and markets and further strengthens H&K's important
Latin American network of offices representing the major business centres in the
region.


ENDS


For further information, please contact:
Feona McEwan, WPP, London                                     + 44  20 7408 2204
Kevin McCormack, WPP, New York                                + 212 632 2239

www.wpp.com
www.hillandknowlton.com







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