Transaction in Own Shares

Legal & General Group PLC
17 May 2004

                                                                     17 May 2004


                   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

    17.05.04                   500,000                     87.8125p



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


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