Holding(s) in Company

Legal & General Group PLC
24 October 2002

                           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 21
October 2002 Barclays PLC, through the legal entities listed below, had a
notifiable interest in 159,636,642 ordinary shares of 2.5p of the Group which
represented 3.09% of the issued share capital.





Legal entity                                                            Holding
Barclays Global Investors Japan Trust and Banking Co Ltd              5,612,908
Barclays Global Investors Ltd                                        74,759,200
Barclays Capital Securities Ltd                                       3,504,625
Barclays Global Fund Advisors                                         1,283,996
Barclays Nikko Global Investors Ltd                                   1,977,794
Barclays Private Bank and Trust Ltd                                     150,723
Barclays Global Investors, N.A.                                      56,613,264
Barclays Private Bank Ltd                                             4,246,514
Barclays Bank Trust Company Ltd                                       2,216,181
Barclays Life Assurance Co Ltd                                        8,075,686
Barclays Private Bank and Trust Ltd                                     353,070
Woolwich Life Ltd                                                       842,681
Total                                                               159,636,642


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