Transaction in Own Shares

Summary by AI BETAClose X

Legal & General Group Plc has repurchased 24,290,384 ordinary shares between May 11th and May 15th, 2026, as part of its share buyback program announced on March 11th, 2026. These repurchased shares will be cancelled, reducing the total number of ordinary shares in issue to 5,573,178,063, which also represents the total number of voting rights. The purchases were executed through Barclays Capital Securities Limited across various trading venues, with prices ranging from 243.30 pence to 265.20 pence per share.

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Legal & General Group Plc
18 May 2026
 

LEGAL & GENERAL GROUP PLC
ISIN: GB0005603997
18th May 2026

 

LEI number: 213800JH9QQWHLO99821

 

Legal & General Group Plc (the "Company")
Transaction in Own Shares


The Company announces that from 11th May 2026 up to and including 15th May 2026 it had purchased a total of 24,290,384 of its ordinary shares of 2.5 pence each (the "ordinary shares"), through the Company's broker Barclays Capital Securities Limited as detailed below. The repurchased ordinary shares will be cancelled.

Date

Aggregate number of ordinary shares purchased

Highest price paid (per ordinary share)

Lowest price paid (per ordinary share)

Volume weighted average price

 

Trading venue

11th May 2026

3,320,688

252.00

248.20

250.28

XLON

11th May 2026

639,037

252.00

248.20

249.99

BATE

11th May 2026

417,753

252.00

248.20

250.39

TRQX

11th May 2026

547,769

252.00

248.20

250.39

AQXE

11th May 2026

1,074,753

252.00

248.20

250.46

CHIX

12th May 2026

3,229,475

247.40

243.30

245.29

XLON

12th May 2026

681,313

247.40

243.30

245.29

BATE

12th May 2026

432,208

247.40

243.30

245.64

TRQX

12th May 2026

558,091

247.30

244.00

245.56

AQXE

12th May 2026

1,098,913

247.40

243.30

245.48

CHIX

13th May 2026

3,328,937

248.80

245.90

247.74

XLON

13th May 2026

408,052

248.70

245.90

247.67

BATE

13th May 2026

467,069

248.70

245.90

247.56

TRQX

13th May 2026

601,828

248.90

245.90

247.82

AQXE

13th May 2026

1,194,114

248.90

245.90

247.70

CHIX

14th May 2026

172,634

260.50

258.80

259.82

XLON

14th May 2026

41,124

260.50

258.80

259.89

BATE

14th May 2026

39,417

260.50

258.80

259.85

TRQX

14th May 2026

46,269

260.50

258.80

259.79

AQXE

14th May 2026

71,940

260.50

258.80

259.88

CHIX

15th May 2026

3,316,791

265.20

260.40

263.18

XLON

15th May 2026

427,746

265.20

260.30

263.21

BATE

15th May 2026

491,201

265.10

260.30

263.25

TRQX

15th May 2026

538,113

265.20

260.30

263.04

AQXE

15th May 2026

1,145,149

265.20

260.30

263.02

CHIX


The purchases form part of the Company's share buyback programme announced on 11th March 2026.

Following settlement of the above purchases and cancellation of the purchased ordinary shares, the Company's total number of ordinary shares in issue shall be 5,573,178,063 ordinary shares.

No ordinary shares are held in treasury. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in the Company is 5,573,178,063.

In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 as incorporated into and implemented under English law (including by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018), the detailed breakdown of individual trades made by Barclays Capital Securities Limited on behalf of the Company as part of the share buyback programme is set out below.

http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/7674E_1-2026-5-18.pdf

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