RE: Trust Purchase

Legal & General Group PLC
17 September 2001

                                                            17 September 2001



                  Legal & General Group plc (The 'Company')


The Company announces that the trustees of the Legal & General Employees Share
Ownership Trust (ESOP) have made the following purchases of Legal & General
Ordinary shares of 2.5p each:


   TRADE DATE            SHARES PURCHASED                PRICE PER SHARE
    17.09.01                  700,000                        133.31p


These shares were acquired to satisfy needs arising under existing employee
share schemes in which employees and executive directors participate