Transaction in Own Shares

Wilmington Group Plc
25 July 2007

For immediate release
25 July 2007

                              Wilmington Group plc
                           Transactions in own shares

Wilmington Group PLC announces that it has today purchased through Numis
Securities Limited 20,000 ordinary shares at an average price of 238 pence per
share. The highest price and lowest price paid for these shares were 238 pence.
The purchased shares will all be held as treasury shares.

Following the above purchase, the Company holds 20,000 ordinary shares in
Treasury and has a total of 84,136,179 ordinary shares (excluding shares held in
Treasury) in issue.

The number of ordinary shares purchased represented 0.02% of the voting rights
attributable to the total ordinary shares in issue prior to such purchases.

Enquiries:

Charles Brady, CEO    020 7422 6800

Basil Brookes, FD     020 7422 6800



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