Director Shareholding

Legal & General Group PLC
03 August 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 1 August 2004 each executive director
chose to contribute to purchase the following partnership shares:

                                Partnership Shares

C. R. R. Avery                  128

T. J. Breedon                   128

A. W. Palmer                    128

R. A. Phipps                    128

J. B. Pollock                   128

D. J. Prosser                   128

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 97.25p per share.

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:-



Name                      Shares         Shares in schemes or plans      Options      Total beneficial interests

C. R. R. Avery           279,955                            215,085      272,836                         767,876

T. J. Breedon            673,150                            235,257       90,175                         998,582

A. W. Palmer             393,575                            298,090    1,494,107                       2,185,772

R. A. Phipps             769,978                            330,683      397,694                       1,498,355

J. B. Pollock            174,149                            114,721       30,408                         319,278

D. J. Prosser          1,997,360                          1,180,040    1,527,944                       4,705,344

Non Executive Directors' purchases

On 2 August 2004 the following non-executive directors of Legal & General Group
Plc ('Group') purchased the following ordinary shares of 2.5p each ('shares') in
Group at a price of 97.25p per share.

F. A. Heaton                        1,493

B. C. Hodson                        1,493

R. J. Margetts                     21,112

J. B. Morgans                       2,887

R. H. Schmitz                       1,493

D. A. Walker                        2,887

H. E. Staunton                      1,493

J. M. Strachan                      1,493


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

F. A. Heaton                       41,718

B. C. Hodson                       41,805

R. J. Margetts                    278,447

J. B. Morgans                      79,605

R. H. Schmitz                      49,079

D. A. Walker                      117,448

H. E. Staunton                      4,668

J. M. Strachan                     24,541


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