Holding(s) in Company

Legal & General Group PLC
17 May 2002

                           Legal & General Group Plc

                             Holding in the 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 Ltd has a notifiable interest in 160,770,975
ordinary shares of 2.5p of the Group which represents 3.117% of the issued share
capital.





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