Transaction in Own Shares

Wilmington Group Plc
02 April 2008


                              Wilmington Group plc
                           Transactions in own shares
                                        
Wilmington Group PLC announces that it has today purchased through Numis 
Securities Limited 150,000 ordinary shares at an average price of 168.6183 
pence per share. The highest price and lowest price paid for these shares was 
168.9p and 168p per share respectively. The purchased shares will all be held 
as treasury shares.

Following the above purchase, the Company holds 1,917,000 ordinary shares in 
Treasury and has a total of 82,549,679 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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