Director/PDMR Shareholding

Legal & General Group PLC
02 August 2007

Legal & General Group Plc

Legal & General Group Employee Share Plan

In common with all eligible employees, each of the executive directors of Legal
& General Group Plc ('the Group') has been invited to apply for partnership
shares under the Legal & General Group Employee Share Plan ('the Plan') on a
monthly basis.  On 1 August 2007, each executive director chose to contribute to
purchase the following partnership shares:
                                             Partnership Shares
C. R. R. Avery                                               92
T. J. Breedon                                                92
A. W. Palmer                                                 92
J. B. Pollock                                                92

The Group matched these shares, on a one-to-one basis, up to £20 per month.
Accordingly, each executive director, with the exception of J. B. Pollock,
received 15 matching shares; J. B. Pollock received 14 matching shares.
Differences are due to rounding from previous allocations.  The shares were
purchased at a price of 136.1p per share.

Following these awards, the executive directors have beneficial interests in the
shares of the Group (comprising shares, shares held by trustees within share
schemes or plans and share options) as set out below:-

        Name                 Shares          Shares in schemes or        Options          Total beneficial
                                                     plans                                    interests
                                    698,398                 211,524           272,836                 1,182,758

C R R Avery
                                  1,280,782                 404,989            87,880                 1,773,651

T J Breedon
                                  1,023,297                 281,997           794,107                 2,099,401

A W Palmer
                                    297,670                 171,448            30,408                   499,526

J B Pollock

The following Senior Managers also chose to take part in the Plan.  Each Senior
Manager chose to contribute to purchase the following partnership shares:
                                             Partnership Shares
M. J. Bolton                                                 92
C. A. Davies                                                 92
I. A. Gibson                                                 91
M. J. Gregory                                                92
G. J. Hoskin                                                 92

The Group matched these shares, on a one-to-one basis, up to £20 per month.
Accordingly, each Senior Manager, with the exceptions of M. J. Bolton and G.J.
Hoskin, received 15 matching shares; M. J. Bolton and G. J. Hoskin each received
14 matching shares.  Differences are due to rounding from previous allocations.
The shares were purchased at a price of 136.1p per share.

Non Executive Directors' purchases

On 1 August 2007, the following non-executive directors of the Group purchased
the following ordinary shares of 2.5p each ('shares') in the Group at a price of
136p per share.
F. A. Heaton                        1,068
R. J. Margetts                      5,834
R. H. Schmitz                       1,068
H. E. Staunton                      1,427
J. M. Strachan                      1,068
D. A. Walker                        1,427

Following these awards, the non-executive directors' current beneficial
interests in the Group now stand at:
F. A. Heaton                         83,500
R. J. Margetts                      494,424
R. H. Schmitz                        90,861
H. E. Staunton                      106,442
J. M. Strachan                       69,447
D. A. Walker                        248,368







Helen Forster

Assistant Company Secretary

2 August 2007


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