Director Shareholding

Legal & General Group PLC
04 November 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 3 November 2003 each executive director
chose to contribute to purchase the following partnership shares:


                                Partnership Shares
C. R. R. Avery                  119
T. J. Breedon                   119
G. J. Hoskin                    119
A.W. Palmer                     119
R. A. Phipps                    119
D. J. Prosser                   119

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 105.25p per share.

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

C. R. R. Avery                  692,063
T. J. Breedon                   877,935
G. J. Hoskin                    509,616
A.W. Palmer                     2,096,199
R. A. Phipps                    1,412,947
D. J. Prosser                   4,331,362






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