Holding in Company

Legal & General Group PLC
28 July 2000


                          Legal & General Group Plc
                              Holding in Company


In accordance with the provisions of Section 198 of the Companies Act 1985,
Legal & General Group Plc ('the Group') has been advised today that Scottish
Widows Investment Partnership Limited no longer has a notifiable interest in
the ordinary shares of 2.5p of the Group.