Cordiant Communications Group PLC Makes Announcement.

Business Editors

[pilcrow (paragraph sign)] LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 20, 2000

Notification is hereby made to the London Stock Exchange that the Board of Directors of the Company has agreed that the following proposal relating to an authority to purchase its own shares be submitted to shareholders at the Annual General Meeting on 13 June 2000:

"THAT the Company be generally and unconditionally authorised to make market purchases (as defined in section 163 of the Companies Act 1985) of its Ordinary shares of 50p each provided that:

(a) the Company does not purchase under this authority more than 27,100,000 Ordinary shares;

(b) the Company does not pay a purchase price of less than 50p for each share;

(c) the Company does not pay a purchase price of more for each share than 5% above the average of the middle market price of the Ordinary shares according to the Daily Official List of the London Stock Exchange for the five business days immediately preceding the date of purchase;

(d) this authority shall continue in force until the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company or 12 September 2001, if earlier;

(e) the Company may agree before the authority terminates under (d) above to purchase Ordinary shares where the purchase will or may be executed after the authority terminates (either wholly or in part). The Company may complete such a purchase even though the authority has terminated."