Director Shareholding

Legal & General Group PLC
02 September 2003

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 September 2003 each executive director
chose to contribute to purchase the following partnership shares:


                                Partnership Shares
C. R. R. Avery                  122
T. J. Breedon                   122
G. J. Hoskin                    121
A.W. Palmer                     121
R. A. Phipps                    122
D. J. Prosser                   121

The Group matched these shares on a one to one basis up to £20 per month.
Accordingly, each executive director received 19 matching shares. The shares
were purchased at a price of 100.25p per share.

In common with all eligible employees, on 1 September 2003 each of the executive
directors of the Group were awarded 150 shares under the Legal & General Group
Employee Share Plan at a price of 100.25p per share.

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

C. R. R. Avery                  686,818
T. J. Breedon                   877,641
G. J. Hoskin                    507,936
A.W. Palmer                     2,095,904
R. A. Phipps                    1,412,653
D. J. Prosser                   4,331,067






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