Director Shareholding

Legal & General Group PLC
11 June 2002

Legal & General Group Plc (the 'Company')


The Company today announces that the trustees of the Legal & General Employee
Share Ownership Trust (ESOT) have made the following purchase of Legal & General
ordinary shares of 2.5p each:


        TRADE DATE                  SHARES PURCHASED           PRICE PER SHARE
       10 June 2002                      200,000                  137.25p



These shares were acquired to satisfy needs arising under existing employee
share schemes in which employees and executive directors participate.



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