Purchase of shares by ESOT

Legal & General Group PLC
08 June 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

     08.06.06                        600,000                      121.7186p


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




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