JWT <JWT> NOT APPROACHED BY GROUP SEEKING SHARES JWT Group Inc has not been approached by former Ted Bates Worldwide Chairman Robert Jacoby about the possibility of a syndicate buying a 35 pct stake in JWT Group on a friendly basis, a company spokesman said. He said JWT would have no comment on an Advertising Age report that Jacoby is considering heading up a venture capital syndicate to purchase a 35 pct stake in JWT group. Jacoby was not immediately available for comment on the report. Ted Bates is now owned by <Saatchi and Saatchi>, the world's largest advertising agency.