Director Shareholding

Legal & General Group PLC
03 February 2004


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 2 February 2004 each executive director
chose to contribute to purchase the following partnership shares:


                                Partnership Shares

C. R. R. Avery                  125

T. J. Breedon                   125

A.W. Palmer                     125

R. A. Phipps                    125

J. B. Pollock                   125

D. J. Prosser                   125

The Group matched these shares, on a one-to-one basis, up to £20 per month.
Accordingly, each executive director received 20 matching shares. The shares
were purchased at a price of 0.9975 per share.

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

C. R. R. Avery                  692,497

T. J. Breedon                   878,369

A.W. Palmer                     2,096,633

R. A. Phipps                    1,413,381

J. B. Pollock                   251,859

D. J. Prosser                   4,331,796


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