Holding(s) in Company

Legal & General Group PLC
13 December 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 as at 10
December 2002 Barclays PLC, through the legal entities listed below, had a
notifiable interest in 195,724,103 ordinary shares of 2.5p of the Group which
represented 3.01% of the issued share capital.

Legal entity                                                                                       Holding

Barclays Life Assurance Co Ltd                                                                   9,984,596
Barclays Bank Trust Company Ltd                                                                  2,279,201
Barclays Global Investors, N.A.                                                                 65,898,574
Barclays Global Investors Japan Trust and Banking Co Ltd                                         6,791,983
Barclays Private Bank and Trust Ltd                                                                418,608
Barclays Global Investors Australia                                                              1,837,012
Barclays Global Fund Advisors                                                                    1,512,541
Barclays Global Investors Ltd                                                                   94,882,200
Barclays Private Bank Ltd                                                                        4,881,394
Barclays Private Bank and Trust Ltd                                                                176,017
Barclays Capital Securities Ltd                                                                  3,970,697
Woolwich Life Ltd                                                                                  887,681
Barclays Nikko Global Investors Ltd                                                              2,203,599
Total                                                                                          195,724,103


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