Barclays PLC Holding

Legal & General Group PLC
11 February 2003

                                                                11 February 2003


                           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 6
February 2003 Barclays PLC, through the legal entities listed below, had a
notifiable interest in 198,271,718 ordinary shares of 2.5p of the Group which
represented 3.05% of the issued share capital.


Legal entity                                                      Holding

Barclays Nikko Global Investors Ltd                             2,208,659
Barclays Capital Securities Ltd                                 4,249,863
Barclays Global Investors, N.A.                                68,233,132
Barclays Bank Trust Company Ltd                                 2,236,240
Barclays Private Bank and Trust Ltd                               317,608
Barclays Private Bank and Trust Ltd                               168,457
Barclays Life Assurance Co Ltd                                 10,451,173
Woolwich Life Ltd                                               1,645,000
Barclays Global Investors Japan Trust and Banking Co Ltd        7,043,062
Barclays Global Investors Australia Ltd                         2,061,539
Barclays Global Fund Advisors                                   1,728,161
Barclays Global Investors Ltd                                  93,501,180
Barclays Private Bank Ltd                                       4,427,644

Total                                                         198,271,718



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