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Location

27 Farm Street
London W1X 6RD, UK

Phone: (212) 632-2302
Fax: (212) 632-2300
Email: lvellenoweth@wpp.com

Employees (last reported count): 51,195

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Ownership

·	Insider and 5%+ Owners: 6%
·	Institutional: 5% (5% of float) (131 institutions)
·	Net Inst. Buying: 703.0K shares (+6.46%) (prior quarter to latest quarter)

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Business Summary

WPP Group plc is a global communications services organization offering national, multinational and global clients a comprehensive range of advertising and marketing services. The Company also manufactures a broad spectrum of products for commercial, industrial and retail applications through Wire and Plastic Products Limited. The Company organizes its businesses in four main areas: advertising and media investment management, information and consultancy, public relations and public affairs, and branding and identity, healthcare and specialist communications.

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Financial Summary

WPP Group plc provides national and international communications services such as advertising, media planning, buying and research, information and consultancy, public relations and affairs, and specialist communications. For the six months ended 6/30/01, revenues rose 65% to L2.00 billion. Net income rose 79% to L167.1 million. Revenues reflect higher advertising and media investment management segment sales. Earnings also reflect improved operating margin.

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Officers

Philip Lader, Chmn.
Martin S. Sorrell, CEO
Paul W. Richardson, Group Finance Director.

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Statistics at a Glance -- NasdaqNM:WPPGY

As of 31-Aug-2001

Price and Volume
52-Week Low on 20-June-2001	$`43.99`
Recent Price	$`49.47`
52-Week High on 1-Sep-2000	$`76.00`
Beta	`0.78`
Daily Volume (3-month avg)	`115.5K`
Daily Volume (10-day avg)	`119.0K`
Stock Performance
big chart [1d \| 5d \| 3m \| 6m \| 1y \| 2y \| 5y \| max]
52-Week Change	`-32.3%`
52-Week Change relative to S&P500	`-9.2%`
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization	$`11.0B`
Shares Outstanding	`222.4M`
Float	`209.0M`
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend	none
Last Split: 1 for 5 on 13-Nov-1995

Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)	$`23.12`
Earnings (ttm)	$`2.21`
Earnings (mrq)	$`1.06`
Sales (ttm)	$`26.08`
Cash (mrq)	$`5.12`
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)	`2.14`
Price/Earnings (ttm)	`22.39`
Price/Sales (ttm)	`1.90`
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)	$`5.48B`
EBITDA (ttm)	$`782.2M`
Income available to common (ttm)	$`463.4M`
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)	`8.8%`
Operating Margin (ttm)	`14.1%`
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends	Dec 31
Most recent quarter	30-June-2001

Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)	`4.53%`
Return on Equity (ttm)	`13.01%`
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)	`0.90`
Debt/Equity (mrq)	`0`
Total Cash (mrq)	$`1.14B`
Short Interest As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short	`628.0K`
Percent of Float	`0.3%`
Shares Short (Prior Month)	`551.0K`
Short Ratio	`7.39`
Daily Volume	`85.0K`
ADR Information
Shares/ADR	5

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