Re Directorate

WPP Group PLC
01 October 2004


For Immediate Release                                            1 October 2004


                              WPP GROUP PLC (WPP)
                                  Announcement

WPP confirms that with effect from 30 September 2004, Jeremy Bullmore and John
Jackson have retired from the Board of Directors of WPP.  Both will continue to
provide counsel and support to the company as founding members of the WPP
Advisory Board.

Orit Gadiesh and Paul Spencer, who were appointed to the Board on 28 April 2004,
are effectively replacing these directors on the Board.

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