Re: Trust Purchase

Legal & General Group PLC
20 September 2001


                                                             20 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

    20.09.01                  600,000                       128.3625p


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