Director Shareholding

Legal & General Group PLC
04 October 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 October 2004 each executive director
chose to contribute to purchase the following partnership shares:

                                Partnership Shares
C. R. R. Avery                  123

T. J. Breedon                   123

A. W. Palmer                    124

R. A. Phipps                    123

J. B. Pollock                   123

D. J. Prosser                   123


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 101p 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:-


                         Shares        Shares in     Options            Total      
        Name                          schemes or                    beneficial   
                                           plans                     interests    
  C. R. R. Avery        279,955          215,222     272,836           768,313
  T. J. Breedon         673,150          235,694      90,175           990,019
  A. W. Palmer          393,575          298,528   1,494,107         2,186,210
  R. A. Phipps          769,978          331,120     397,694         1,501,285
  J. B. Pollock         174,149          115,158      30,408           319,715
  D. J. Prosser       1,997,360        1,180,477   1,527,944         4,705,781


Non Executive Directors' purchases

On 1 October 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 100.5p per share.


F. A. Heaton                        1,475
B. C. Hodson                        1,475
R. J. Margetts                      7,375
J. B. Morgans                       1,967
R. H. Schmitz                       1,475
H. E. Staunton                      1,475
J. M. Strachan                      1,475
D. A. Walker                        1,967


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

F. A. Heaton                       44,634
B. C. Hodson                       44,721
R. J. Margetts                    291,209
J. B. Morgans                      83,013
R. H. Schmitz                      51,995
H. E. Staunton                     57,584
J. M. Strachan                     27,457
D. A. Walker                      120,856





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