Transaction in Own Shares

Wilmington Group Plc
21 January 2008


Wilmington Group Plc
21 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 197.5 pence per share. 
The highest price paid for these shares was 199 pence and lowest price paid was 
196 pence. The purchased shares will all be held as treasury shares.

Following the above purchase, the Company holds 1,042,000 ordinary shares in 
Treasury and has a total of 83,294,679 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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