Transaction in Own Shares

Wilmington Group Plc
11 January 2008


Wilmington Group Plc
11 January 2008

                              Wilmington Group plc
                           Transactions in own shares

Wilmington Group PLC announces that it has today purchased through Hoare Govett 
Limited 50,000 ordinary shares at an average price of 204 pence per share. The 
highest and lowest price paid for these shares was 204 pence. The purchased 
shares will all be held as treasury shares.

Following the above purchase, the Company holds 832,000 ordinary shares in 
Treasury and has a total of 83,494,679 ordinary shares (excluding shares held in 
Treasury) in issue.

The number of ordinary shares purchased represented 0.06% 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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