Director/PDMR Shareholding

Legal & General Group PLC
02 March 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 March 2007, each executive director chose to contribute to
purchase the following partnership shares:
                                             Partnership Shares

C. R. R. Avery                                               79

T. J. Breedon                                                79

A. W. Palmer                                                 79

R. A. Phipps                                                 79

J. B. Pollock                                                79

The Group matched these shares, on a one-to-one basis, up to £20 per month.
Accordingly, each executive director, with the exception of R. A. Phipps,
received 13 matching shares; R. A. Phipps received 12 matching shares. The
shares were purchased at a price of 158.75p per share.  Differences are due to
rounding from previous allocations.

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

                                    642,247                 207,139           272,836                 1,122,222

C R R Avery
                                  1,010,858                 365,504            87,880                 1,464,242

T J Breedon
                                    530,742                 278,848         1,494,107                 2,303,697

A W Palmer
                                  1,197,052                 297,068           391,280                 1,885,400

R A Phipps
                                    271,858                 153,772            30,408                   456,038

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                                                 79

C. A. Davies                                                 79

I. A. Gibson                                                 79

M. J. Gregory                                                78

G. J. Hoskin                                                 79

The Group matched these shares, on a one-to-one basis, up to £20 per month.
Accordingly, each Senior Manager received 13 matching shares.  The shares were
purchased at a price of 158.75p per share.  Differences are due to rounding from
previous allocations.

Non Executive Directors' purchases

On 1 March 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
153.25p per share.

F. A. Heaton                          947

B. C. Hodson                          947

R. J. Margetts                      5,177

R. H. Schmitz                         947

H. E. Staunton                      1,267

J. M. Strachan                        947

D. A. Walker                        1,267

Following these awards, the non-executive directors' current beneficial
interests in the Group now stand at:

F. A. Heaton                         78,652

B. C. Hodson                         78,739

R. J. Margetts                      467,940

R. H. Schmitz                        86,013

H. E. Staunton                       99,962

J. M. Strachan                       64,599

D. A. Walker                        220,862




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