Transaction in Own Shares

Legal & General Group PLC
01 August 2007

Legal & General Group Plc

Purchase of Own Shares

Legal & General Group Plc announces that on 1 August 2007 it purchased for
cancellation 5,500,000 Ordinary shares of 2.5p each.  The highest price paid was
138.7p per share and the lowest price paid was 135.9p per share.

Julie Seabrook
Assistant Company Secretary
1 August 2007


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