Director/PDMR Shareholding

Legal & General Group PLC
04 July 2005

Legal & General Group Plc ('Group')

Legal & General Group Employee Share Plan ('the Plan')

In common with all eligible employees, each of the executive directors of Legal
& General Group Plc ('Group') have been invited to apply for partnership shares
under the Plan on a monthly basis. On 1 July 2005 each executive director chose
to contribute to purchase the following partnership shares:
                                Partnership Shares
C. R. R. Avery                  109
T. J. Breedon                   109
A. W. Palmer                    110
R. A. Phipps                    109
J. B. Pollock                   109
D. J. Prosser                   110

The Group matched these shares, on a one-to-one basis, up to £20 per month.
Accordingly, each executive director received 17 matching shares. The shares
were purchased at a price of 114.5p per share.

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

                                   Shares          Shares in schemes or        Options          Total beneficial
                                                    plans                                        interests
        Name
C. R. R. Avery                     365,754                  217,276           272,836                   855,740
T. J. Breedon                      679,620                  342,390            90,175                 1,112,059
A. W. Palmer                       458,282                  310,454         1,494,107                 2,262,716
R. A. Phipps                       856,255                  323,484           400,187                 1,579,800
J. B. Pollock                      196,010                  139,964            30,408                   366,256
D. J. Prosser                    2,266,980                1,215,458         1,527,944                 5,010,255



The Following Senior Managers also chose to take part in the Employee Share
Plan.  Each Senior Manager chose to contribute to purchase the following
partnership shares:
                                Partnership Shares
D. W. Binding                   110
M. J. Bolton                    110
G. J. Hoskin                    110
I. A. Gibson                    109
C. C. Hatry                     109

The Group matched these shares, on a one-to-one basis, up to £20 per month.
Accordingly, each Senior Manager received 17 matching shares.  The shares were
purchased at a price of 114.5p per share.

Non Executive Directors' purchases

On 1 June 2005 the following non-executive directors of Legal & General Group
Plc ('Group') purchased the following ordinary shares of 2.5p each ('shares') in
Group at a price of 114.5p per share.

F. A. Heaton                        1,268
B. C. Hodson                        1,268
R. J. Margetts                      6,395
J. B. Morgans                       1,268
R. H. Schmitz                       1,268
H. E. Staunton                      1,696
J. M. Strachan                      1,268
D. A. Walker                        1,696

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

F. A. Heaton                         56,458
B. C. Hodson                         56,545
R. J. Margetts                      350,898
J. B. Morgans                        97,952
R. H. Schmitz                        63,819
H. E. Staunton                       70,285
J. M. Strachan                       39,540
D. A. Walker                        178,540





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