Acquisition

WPP Group PLC
12 September 2002


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                          12 SEPTEMBER 2002


                             WPP GROUP PLC ("WPP")

              Ogilvy acquires BEN Marketing Group in North America


WPP announces that its wholly-owned operating company, Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide
has acquired the assets of BEN Marketing Group ("BEN"), a leading promotional
marketing agency in the US.

Founded in 1989, BEN provides a diverse range of marketing and promotion
marketing services for blue chip multinational clients including Coca-Cola, Six
Continents (Holiday Inn), Georgia-Pacific, Lowe's and Novartis.

Based in Stamford Connecticut and with offices in Atlanta, BEN employs 100
people and had revenues of $13 million for the calendar year 2001 and net assets
of $4.1 million at 31 December 2001.  Following the acquisition, BEN, which will
continue to be run by its existing management team led by founder Chuck Nardizzi
and executives Chris Milhous and Bruce Perlman, the agency will operate as an
independent unit of Ogilvy & Mather North America.

The acquisition of BEN continues Ogilvy's strategy of providing its clients with
360-degree branding solutions across disciplines and WPP's aim of strengthening
its existing networks in important growth sectors and markets.


For further information, please contact:

Feona McEwan, WPP                    44-20 7408 2204
www.wpp.com
www.ogilvy.com


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