Director Shareholding

Legal & General Group PLC
13 April 2005

Legal & General Group Restricted Share Plan



The table below details ordinary shares of Legal & General Group Plc ('Group')
which have been released to Executive Directors of the Group from the Legal &
General Group Plc Restricted Share Plan.  This and other long-term share
incentive schemes are described in detail in the 2004 Report and Accounts.  The
shares released under the Restricted Share Plan were originally allocated on 10
April 2002 and were released on 11 April 2005.  The price set in accordance with
tax legislation was 113.125p per share.


Name                                                    No of shares
C R R Avery                                                   45,906
T J Breedon                                                    3,715
A W Palmer                                                    37,162
R A Phipps                                                    49,550
J B Pollock                                                   14,574
D J Prosser                                                  154,849



Legal & General Group Employee Share Plan



In common with all eligible employees, on 12 April 2005 each of the Executive
Directors of the Group were awarded 250 shares under the Legal & General Group
Employee Share Plan at a price of 114.5p 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 in schemes or                    Total beneficial
                                                       plans                               interests
Name                             Shares                                Options

C R R Avery                     354,394               216,880          272,836               844,110
T J Breedon                     679,620               341,994           90,175             1,111,789
A W Palmer                      458,282               310,057        1,494,107             2,262,446
R A Phipps                      856,255               323,088          400,187             1,579,530
J B Pollock                     196,010               139,568           30,408               365,986
D J Prosser                   2,266,980             1,215,061        1,527,944             5,009,985



The trustees of the Legal & General Employee Share Ownership Trust (ESOT) have
made the following purchases of Legal & General Ordinary shares of 2.5p each:


TRADE DATE                  SHARES PURCHASED                     PRICE PER SHARE
12.04.05                       5,286,169                           115.2994p



These shares were acquired to satisfy needs arising under existing employee
share schemes in which employees and executive directors participate.




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