Director Shareholding

Legal & General Group PLC
03 October 2002


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 October 2002 each executive director
chose to contribute to purchase 145 partnership shares in the Group. The Group
matched these shares on a one to one basis up to £20 per month. Accordingly,
each executive director received 24 matching shares. The shares were purchased
at a price of 86.75p per share.



Legal & General Group Plc Dividend Reinvestment Plan ('the Plan')

In accordance with the terms of the Plan, Lloyds TSB Registrars acquired
ordinary shares of 2.5p each in Group on 1 October 2002 at a price of 86p on
behalf of the following Group Directors:

Ms C R R Avery: 3,802

Mr B H Asher: 354

Following this purchase Mr B H Asher's beneficial shareholding in Group is
32,658.



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

C. R. R. Avery                  469,336

T. J. Breedon                   593,779

G. J. Hoskin                    332,405

A.W. Palmer                     1,011,227

R. A. Phipps                    992,130

D. J. Prosser                   3,115,936



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