Transaction in Own Shares

Wilmington Group Plc
17 August 2007



                              Wilmington Group plc
                           Transactions in own shares


Wilmington Group PLC announces that it has today purchased through Numis
Securities Limited 15,000 ordinary shares at an average price of 226 pence per
share. The highest and lowest price paid for these shares was 226 pence. The
purchased shares will all be held as treasury shares.

Following the above purchase, the Company holds 184,000 ordinary shares in
Treasury and has a total of 83,972,179 ordinary shares (excluding shares held in
Treasury) in issue.

The number of ordinary shares purchased represented 0.02% 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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