Director Shareholding

Legal & General Group PLC
02 March 2005



Legal & General Group Plc ('Group')

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 March 2005 each executive director chose
to contribute to purchase the following partnership shares:

                        Partnership Shares
C. R. R. Avery                  106
T. J. Breedon                   106
A. W. Palmer                    106
R. A. Phipps                    106
J. B. Pollock                   106
D. J. Prosser                   106

The Group matched these shares, on a one-to-one basis, up to £20 per month.
Accordingly, each executive director received 17 matching shares. The shares
were purchased at a price of 117.75p 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 schemes or      Options          Total beneficial
                                                              plans                                   interests
        Name
C. R. R. Avery                     285,534                  216,183           272,836                   774,553
T. J. Breedon                      673,150                  236,355            90,175                   999,680
A. W. Palmer                       393,575                  299,188         1,494,107                 2,186,870
R. A. Phipps                       769,978                  331,781           400,187                 1,501,946
J. B. Pollock                      174,149                  115,819            30,408                   320,376
D. J. Prosser                    1,997,360                1,181,138         1,527,944                 4,706,442

Non Executive Directors' purchases

On 1 March 2005 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 117.75p per share.

F. A. Heaton                        1,233
B. C. Hodson                        1,233
R. J. Margetts                      6,219
J. B. Morgans                       1,649
R. H. Schmitz                       1,233
H. E. Staunton                      1,233
J. M. Strachan                      1,233
D. A. Walker                        1,649

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

F. A. Heaton                       51,219
B. C. Hodson                       51,306
R. J. Margetts                    324,473
J. B. Morgans                      91,822
R. H. Schmitz                      58,580
H. E. Staunton                     64,169
J. M. Strachan                     34,042
D. A. Walker                      156,533





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