Transaction in Own Shares

Legal & General Group PLC
02 June 2004

                                                                     2 June 2004



                   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
         02.06.04                  300,000                          88p



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


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