Transaction in Own Shares

Wilmington Group Plc
28 February 2008


                              Wilmington Group plc
                            Transactions in own shares

Wilmington Group PLC announces that it has today purchased through Numis 
Securities Limited 165,000 ordinary shares at an average price of 205 pence per 
share. The highest price and lowest price paid for these shares was 205 pence per 
share. The purchased shares will all be held as treasury shares.

Following the above purchase, the Company holds 1,647,000 ordinary shares in 
Treasury and has a total of 82,819,679 ordinary shares (excluding shares held 
in Treasury) in issue.

The number of ordinary shares purchased represented 0.2% of the voting rights 
attributable to the total ordinary shares in issue prior to such purchases.

Enquiries:

Charles Brady, CEO         020 7422 6800

Basil Brookes, FD          020 7422 6800




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