Director Shareholding

Legal & General Group PLC
06 October 2004

Legal & General Group Plc ('Group') - Directors' shareholdings

Legal & General Group Plc Dividend Reinvestment Plan ('the Plan')

We have been advised by Lloyds TSB Registrars in respect of C. R. R. Avery
(executive director of Group) and by Morgan Stanley in respect of Sir David
Walker (non-executive director of Group) that, in respect of the interim
dividend paid on 1 October 2004 and, in accordance with the terms of the Plan,
the following number of shares in Group have been purchased on their behalf at a
price of 101.402p:

C. R. R. Avery                      5,579

Sir David Walker                    1,868

Following the above reported transaction, the directors' beneficial interest in
the ordinary shares of Group is:

C. R. R. Avery                  773,892

Sir David Walker                122,724


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