Directorate Change

Legal & General Group PLC
11 November 2003

Legal & General Group Plc ('Group') today announces that James Strachan will
become an Independent, Non-Executive Director of the Group on 1 December 2003.
James Strachan (aged 50) is Chairman of the Audit Commission. He is a member of
the Board and Audit Committee of Ofgem and the DTI Business Board. He was
previously an investment banker for 13 years, latterly Managing Director of
Merrill Lynch in London. He has also worked both in the voluntary sector where
he now chairs RNID and as a professional photographer and journalist.



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