Transaction in Own Shares

Legal & General Group PLC
07 January 2008

Legal & General Group Plc

Purchase of Own Shares

Legal & General Group Plc announces that on 7 January 2008 it purchased for
cancellation 4,835,572 Ordinary shares of 2.5p each.  The highest price paid was
128.60p per share and the lowest price paid was 126.20p per share.

Helen Forster
Assistant Company Secretary
7 January 2008


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