Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 0244G

Legal & General Group Plc

02 August 2016

Legal & general group plc

Notification of Transactions of Directors, Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMRs") and persons closely associated with them

The following notification made under article 19.1 of the Market Abuse Regulation ("MAR") relates to the Legal & General Group Employee Share Plan monthly non-discretionary purchases on behalf of PDMRs. This announcement is made in accordance with Article 19.3 of MAR.

	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name	1. Nigel Wilson 2. Mark Gregory 3. Paul Stanworth 4. Kerrigan Procter
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	1. Group Chief Executive /Director 2. Chief Financial Officer/Director 3. Managing Director, Legal & General Capital/PDMR 4. Managing Director, Legal & General Retirement/PDMR
b)	Initial notification/Amendment	Initial Notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Legal & General Group Plc
b)	LEI	213800JH9QQWHLO99821
4	Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code	Ordinary shares of £0.025 each, with voting rights attached GB0005603997
b)	Nature of transaction	1,2,3 and 4 purchased shares under the Legal & General Group Employee Share Plan
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s)	Volume(s)
		1. £2.05 2. £2.05 3. £2.05 4. £2.05	1. 95 2. 107 3. 95 4. 95
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	N/A (Single transaction)
e)	Date of the transaction	1 August 2016
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange, XLON