Holding(s) in Company

Legal & General Group Plc
21 April 2008


TR-1(i):               notification of major interests in shares

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing          Legal & General Group Plc
shares to which voting rights are attached(ii):

2. Reason for the notification     (please tick the appropriate box or boxes)

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                                   X

An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of   
shares already issued to which voting rights are attached

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                                             

Other (please specify):                                                                      

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation     Aviva plc & its subsidiaries
(iii):

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)(iv):
                                                                 Registered Holder:
                                                                 BNY (Nominees) Limited               3,678,445*

                                                                 BNY Norwich Union Nominees Limited   53,754,839*

                                                                 BT Globenet Nominees Limited         79,209*

                                                                 Chase GA Group Nominees Limited      136,992,558*

                                                                 Chase Nominees Limited               11,287,479*


                                                                 CUIM Nominee Limited                 37,553,807*

                                                                 Vidacos Nominees Limited             8,530,450*

                                                                 * denotes direct interest

                                                                 BNP Paribas - London                845,981

                                                                 Chase Nominees Limited              23,769,195

                                                                 Nortrust Nominees Limited           339,600

                                                                 State Street Nominees Limited       9,508,015

                                                                 Vidacos Nominees Limited            20,006,428

                                                                 R C Greig Nominees Limited          51,500

                                                                 Barratt & Cooke Nominees Limited    8,840

                                                                 Vidacos Nominees Limited (Held by
                                                                 Trustees)                           169,066

5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is          17 April 2008
crossed or reached if different)(v):

6. Date on which issuer notified:                                     18 April 2008

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:                  <5% to >5% Change at Combined Interest
                                                                 level.

8. Notified details:


A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of   Situation previous to the Resulting situation after the triggering transaction(vii)
shares          Triggering transaction
                (vi)
 if possible    Number of    Number of    Number of    Number of voting rights % of voting rights
using the ISIN  Shares       Voting       shares       ix
CODE                         Rights viii  Direct       Direct  x    Indirect   Direct       Indirect
                                                                    xi

Ordinary Shares


GB0005603997    297,047,968  297,047,968  251,876,787  251,876,787  54,698,625 4.15%        0.90%




B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction xii
Type of financial    Expiration date Exercise/ Conversion      Number of voting rights    % of voting
instrument           xiii            Period/ Date xiv          that may be acquired if    rights
                                                               the instrument is
                                                               exercised/ converted.


                                                   N/A

Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights                            % of voting rights

306,575,412                                        5.05%



9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively
held, if applicable xv:
                                                     See Section 4



Proxy Voting:


10. Name of the proxy holder:                                       See Section 4

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting
rights:

13. Additional information:                 Figures are based on a total number of voting rights of
                                            6,065,295,671.

14. Contact name:                                Neil Whittaker

15. Contact telephone number:                    01603 684420



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