Transaction in Own Shares

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Legal & General Group Plc has announced the purchase of 16,489,128 ordinary shares between August 20th and 21st, 2026, as part of its share buyback program. These repurchased shares will be cancelled, reducing the total number of ordinary shares in issue to 5,505,941,780, which also represents the total number of voting rights. The highest price paid per share was 290.30 pence and the lowest was 283.40 pence, with a volume-weighted average price across all trades.

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Legal & General Group Plc
24 August 2026
 

LEGAL & GENERAL GROUP PLC
ISIN: GB0005603997
24th August 2026

 

LEI number: 213800JH9QQWHLO99821

 

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


The Company announces that from 20th August 2026 up to and including 21st August 2026 it had purchased a total of 16,489,128 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

20th August 2026

 3,650,882

 290.30

 285.90

 287.77

XLON

20th August 2026

 2,774,045

 290.30

 286.00

 287.40

BATE

20th August 2026

 387,390

 290.30

 286.10

 287.92

TRQX

20th August 2026

 454,938

 290.30

 285.90

 287.96

AQXE

20th August 2026

 732,745

 290.30

 286.00

 288.09

CHIX

21st August 2026

 3,943,202

 288.10

 283.40

 285.89

XLON

21st August 2026

 2,885,194

 288.10

 283.40

 285.14

BATE

21st August 2026

 407,730

 288.10

 283.40

 285.94

TRQX

21st August 2026

 468,276

 288.10

 283.40

 285.93

AQXE

21st August 2026

 784,726

 288.10

 283.40

 286.48

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 5,505,941,780 ordinary shares.

No ordinary shares are held in treasury. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in the Company is 5,505,941,780.

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/8770R_1-2026-8-24.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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