Director Shareholding

Legal & General Group PLC
03 September 2002


Legal & General Group Employee Share Plan

In common with all eligible employees, on 2 September 2002 each of the executive
directors of the Group have been awarded 150 shares under the Legal & General
Group Employee Share Plan at a price of 121.5p per share.

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 2 September 2002 each executive director
chose to contribute to purchase 103 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 17 matching shares. The shares were purchased
at a price of 121.5p per share.


Legal & General Savings Related Share Option Scheme (1999)

On 2 September 2002, T. J. Breedon, an Executive Director of Group, was granted
options under the Group's Savings Related Share Option Scheme (1999) over 10,555
ordinary shares of 2.5p each in the Group at a price of 90p per share. The grant
was for a three-year option.

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:-


C. R. R. Avery                  465,365
T. J. Breedon                   593,610
G. J. Hoskin                    332,236
A.W. Palmer                     1,011,058
R. A. Phipps                    991,998
D. J. Prosser                   3,115,767


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