Transaction in Own Shares

Legal & General Group PLC
21 August 2007

Legal & General Group Plc



Purchase of Own Shares



Legal & General Group Plc announces that on 21 August 2007 it purchased for
cancellation 1,993,751 Ordinary shares of 2.5p each.  The highest price paid was
139p per share and the lowest price paid was 135.6p per share.





Andrew Fairhurst

Deputy Group Secretary

21 August 2007






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