Transaction in Own Shares

Wilmington Group Plc
14 September 2007




                              Wilmington Group plc
                           Transactions in own shares


Wilmington Group PLC announces that it has today purchased through Numis
Securities Limited 33,000 ordinary shares at an average price of 235.5 pence per
share. The highest price and lowest price paid for these shares was 235.5 pence.
The purchased shares will all be held as treasury shares.

Following the above purchase, the Company holds 406,500 ordinary shares in
Treasury and has a total of 83,749,679 ordinary shares (excluding shares held in
Treasury) in issue.

The number of ordinary shares purchased represented 0.04% 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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