Director Shareholding

Legal & General Group PLC
02 June 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 June 2005 each executive director chose
to contribute to purchase the following partnership shares:

                                Partnership Shares

C. R. R. Avery                  114
T. J. Breedon                   114
A. W. Palmer                    114
R. A. Phipps                    114
J. B. Pollock                   114
D. J. Prosser                   114

The Group matched these shares, on a one-to-one basis, up to £20 per month.
Accordingly, each executive director received 19 matching shares. The shares
were purchased at a price of 109p 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
        Name                                             plans                                     interests

C. R. R. Avery                     365,754                  217,150           272,836                   855,740
T. J. Breedon                      679,620                  342,264            90,175                 1,112,059
A. W. Palmer                       458,282                  310,327         1,494,107                 2,262,716
R. A. Phipps                       856,255                  323,358           400,187                 1,579,800
J. B. Pollock                      196,010                  139,838            30,408                   366,256
D. J. Prosser                    2,266,980                1,215,331         1,527,944                 5,010,255

Non Executive Directors' purchases

On 1 June 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 109p per share.

F. A. Heaton                        1,332
B. C. Hodson                        1,332
R. J. Margetts                      6,718
J. B. Morgans                       1,332
R. H. Schmitz                       1,332
H. E. Staunton                      1,781
J. M. Strachan                      1,332
D. A. Walker                        1,781

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

F. A. Heaton                       55,190
B. C. Hodson                       55,277
R. J. Margetts                    344,503
J. B. Morgans                      96,684
R. H. Schmitz                      62,551
H. E. Staunton                     68,589
J. M. Strachan                     38,272
D. A. Walker                      161,844





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