Transaction in Own Shares

Legal & General Group PLC
02 August 2007

Legal & General Group Plc

Purchase of Own Shares

Legal & General Group Plc announces that on 2 August 2007 it purchased for
cancellation 2,939,688 Ordinary shares of 2.5p each.  The highest price paid was
139.1p per share and the lowest price paid was 136.6p per share.

Julie Seabrook
Assistant Company Secretary
2 August 2007


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