Transaction in Own Shares

Legal & General Group PLC
04 January 2008

Legal & General Group Plc

Purchase of Own Shares


Legal & General Group Plc announces that on 4 January 2008 it purchased for
cancellation 3,294,072 Ordinary shares of 2.5p each.  The highest price paid was
130.50p per share and the lowest price paid was 129.40p per share.


Helen Forster
Assistant Company Secretary
4 January 2008


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