Transaction in Own Shares

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Legal & General Group Plc has announced the purchase of 1,749,021 ordinary shares between July 27th and July 31st, 2026, as part of its share buyback program. These repurchased shares will be cancelled, reducing the total number of ordinary shares in issue to 5,527,346,046. The weighted average purchase price across all transactions was approximately 297.99 pence per share, with the highest price paid being 302.80 pence and the lowest 294.30 pence. Following these transactions, the total number of voting rights in the company remains 5,527,346,046 as no shares are held in treasury.

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Legal & General Group Plc
03 August 2026
 

LEGAL & GENERAL GROUP PLC
ISIN: GB0005603997
3rd August 2026

 

LEI number: 213800JH9QQWHLO99821

 

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


The Company announces that from 27th July 2026 up to and including 31st July 2026 it had purchased a total of 1,749,021 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

27th July 2026

 349,021

 302.30

 297.20

 299.03

XLON

28th July 2026

 87,242

 299.00

 294.90

 296.85

XLON

28th July 2026

 94,240

 298.50

 294.90

 296.15

BATE

28th July 2026

 73,807

 298.90

 294.90

 296.43

TRQX

28th July 2026

 12,480

 297.90

 295.20

 296.55

AQXE

28th July 2026

 82,231

 298.90

 294.90

 296.54

CHIX

29th July 2026

 40,458

 299.60

 294.90

 296.22

XLON

29th July 2026

 99,578

 299.20

 294.40

 295.84

BATE

29th July 2026

 89,209

 298.40

 294.50

 295.67

TRQX

29th July 2026

 10,906

 296.60

 294.60

 295.67

AQXE

29th July 2026

 109,849

 299.60

 294.30

 296.00

CHIX

30th July 2026

 57,756

 301.50

 295.10

 299.39

XLON

30th July 2026

 99,740

 301.40

 296.80

 299.32

BATE

30th July 2026

 89,097

 301.30

 295.20

 298.92

TRQX

30th July 2026

 11,037

 299.10

 297.10

 298.19

AQXE

30th July 2026

 92,370

 301.10

 295.10

 298.70

CHIX

31st July 2026

 53,078

 302.80

 299.70

 301.19

XLON

31st July 2026

 89,374

 302.80

 299.70

 301.36

BATE

31st July 2026

 82,061

 302.80

 299.70

 301.49

TRQX

31st July 2026

 23,948

 302.70

 300.40

 301.20

AQXE

31st July 2026

 101,539

 302.80

 300.40

 301.65

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 5,527,346,046 ordinary shares.

No ordinary shares are held in treasury. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in the Company is 5,527,346,046.

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/9768O_1-2026-8-3.pdf

This announcement does not constitute, or form part of, an offer or any solicitation of an offer for securities in any jurisdiction.

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