Transaction in Own Shares

Legal & General Group PLC
17 December 2007



Legal & General Group Plc



Purchase of Own Shares



Legal & General Group Plc announces that on 17 December 2007 it purchased for
cancellation 6,000,000 Ordinary shares of 2.5p each.  The highest price paid was
128.4p per share and the lowest price paid was 124.5p per share.



Andrew Fairhurst

Deputy Group Secretary

17 December 2007


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