Directors' Notification of Dealing in Shares

Legal & General Group PLC
23 August 2000


ON 22 AUGUST 2000 MR. R. A. PHIPPS, AN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF LEGAL & GENERAL
GROUP Plc ('GROUP'), SOLD 32,000 ORDINARY SHARES OF 2.5P EACH IN GROUP AT A
PRICE OF 179.25P PER SHARE AND HIS WIFE, MRS. C. A. PHIPPS, SOLD 43,808
ORDINARY SHARES OF 2.5P EACH IN GROUP AT A PRICE OF 179.25P PER SHARE.

MR. D. ROUGH, AN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF GROUP, HAS TODAY EXERCISED AN OPTION
UNDER THE LEGAL & GENERAL EXECUTIVE SHARE OPTION SCHEME OVER 100,000 ORDINARY
SHARES OF 2.5P EACH IN GROUP AT A PRICE OF 50.8P PER SHARE.  HE SUBSEQUENTLY
SOLD 100,000 ORDINARY SHARES OF 2.5P EACH AT 180P PER SHARE.