Purchases of Shares for ESOT

Legal & General Group PLC
31 May 2006







                   Legal & General Group Plc (The 'Company')



The Company announces that the trustees of the Legal & General Employee Share
Ownership Trust (ESOT) have made the following purchases of Legal & General
Ordinary shares of 2.5p each:


        TRADE DATE                  SHARES PURCHASED                      PRICE PER SHARE

         30.05.06                       1,000,000                            126.65 p



These shares were acquired to satisfy needs arising under existing employee
share schemes in which employees and executive directors participate.




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