Holding(s) in Company

Legal & General Group PLC
22 September 2004

                           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 14
September 2004 Barclays PLC, through the legal entities listed below, had a
notifiable interest in 203,288,836 ordinary shares of 2.5p of the Group which
represented 3.13% of the issued share capital.






Legal entity                                                                                       Holding
Barclays Global Fund Advisors                                                                   10,977,562
Barclays Private Bank Ltd                                                                          858,224
Gerrard Ltd                                                                                      9,056,662
Barclays Private Bank and Trust Ltd                                                                378,310
Barclays Global Investors Australia Ltd                                                          1,032,510
Barclays Global Investors Japan Trust and Banking Co Ltd                                         6,085,953
Barclays Global Investors, N.A.                                                                 51,702,550
Barclays Global Investors Japan Ltd                                                              1,808,634
Barclays Global Investors Ltd                                                                   66,060,785
Barclays Capital Securities Ltd                                                                 45,861,238
Barclays Life Assurance Co Ltd                                                                   7,283,208
Barclays Bank Trust Company Ltd                                                                  2,183,200
Total                                                                                          203,288,836




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