Purchase of shares by ESOT

Legal & General Group PLC
24 May 2006


                   Legal & General Group Plc (The 'Company')

The Company announces that the trustees of the Legal & General Employee Share
Ownership Trust (ESOT) have made the following purchases of Legal & General
Ordinary shares of 2.5p each:

     TRADE DATE                  SHARES PURCHASED              PRICE PER SHARE

     24.05.06                       1,000,000                      127.015p

These shares were acquired to satisfy needs arising under existing employee
share schemes in which employees and executive directors participate.


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