Holding(s) in Company

Legal & General Group PLC
11 December 2007


TR-1:               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:

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                Aviva plc & its subsidiaries
obligation:

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):
                                                                 Registered Holder:

                                                                 BNY (Nominees) Limited                    3,456,045*

                                                                 BNY Norwich Union Nominees Limited       56,946,005*

                                                                 BT Globenet Nominees Limited                 79,209*

                                                                 Chase GA Group Nominees Limited         145,056,158*

                                                                 Chase Nominees Limited                   11,914,277*

                                                                 CUIM Nominee Limited                     40,667,643*

                                                                 Vidacos Nominees Limited                  8,424,630*

                                                                 * denotes direct interest

                                                                 BNP Paribas - London                        790,981

                                                                 Chase Nominees Limited                   15,321,904

                                                                 CUIM Nominee Limited                      8,747,662

                                                                 Nortrust Nominees Limited                   339,600

                                                                 State Street Nominees Limited            7 ,422,815

                                                                 Vidacos Nominees Limited                 23,289,941

                                                                 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        7 December 2007
crossed or reached if different):

6. Date on which issuer notified:                                     11 December 2007

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
shares          Triggering transaction
                Number of    Number of    Number of    Number of voting rights % of voting rights
 if possible    Shares       Voting       shares       ix
using the ISIN               Rights viii  Direct       Direct  x    Indirect   Direct       Indirect
CODE                                                                xi

Ordinary Shares


GB0005603997    265,651,481  265,651,481  266,543,967  266,543,967  56,142,309 4.21%        0.88%






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


                                                   N/A




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


322,686,276                                        5.09%


9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively
held, if applicable :
                                                     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 6,334,438,651.

14. Contact name:                                Neil Whittaker

15. Contact telephone number:                    01603 684420




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