Holding(s) in Company

Legal & General Group PLC
16 June 2005

                           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 13
June 2005 Barclays PLC, through the legal entities listed below, had a
notifiable interest in 196,822,027 ordinary shares of 2.5p of the Group which
represented 3.03% of the issued share capital.




Legal entity                                                        Holding
Barclays Private Bank and Trust Ltd                                 168,682
Barclays Global Fund Advisors                                    14,751,614
Barclays Private Bank Ltd                                         3,964,145
Barclays Global Investors Japan Trust and Banking Co Ltd          7,653,157
Barclays Global Investors, N.A.                                  63,826,340
Barclays Bank Trust Company Ltd                                   2,059,077
Barclays Global Investors Ltd                                    85,758,334
Barclays Global Investors Japan Ltd                               1,784,862
Gerrard Ltd                                                       8,451,526
Barclays Life Assurance Co Ltd                                    7,053,322
Barclays Global Investors Australia Ltd                           1,620,968
                                                           
Total                                                           196,822,027




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