Director/PDMR Shareholding

Legal & General Group PLC
04 October 2005


Legal & General Group Plc ('Group')

Legal & General Savings Related Share Option Scheme



On 3 October 2005 T. J. Breedon, a Director of Group, exercised options over
11,515 ordinary shares of 2.5p each at a price of 82.44p per share.  The options
were granted on 2 September 2002 under the Legal & General Group Plc Savings
Related Share Option Scheme (1999).



Legal & General Group Plc Dividend Reinvestment Plan ('the Plan')


Lloyds TSB Registrars have today advised us that, in accordance with the terms
of the Plan, they acquired shares in Group on 3 October 2005 at a price of
114.1494p on behalf of the following Group directors:


C. R. R. Avery                                            5,235
J. M. Strachan                                              614


Lloyds TSB Registrars have today advised us that, in accordance with the terms
of the Plan, they acquired shares in Group on 3 October 2005 at a price of
114.1494p on behalf of the following Senior Managers and connected persons:


V. Hoskin                                                    49



Lloyds TSB Registrars have today advised us that, in accordance with the terms
of the Plan, they acquired shares in Group on 3 October 2005 at a price of
113.25p on behalf of the following Senior Managers and connected persons in
respect of their ISA holdings:


I. A. Gibson                                                350
G. J. Hoskin                                                196
V. Hoskin                                                   196



Legal & General Group Employee Share Plan ('the Plan')

In common with all eligible employees, each of the executive directors of Legal
& General Group Plc ('Group') have been invited to apply for partnership shares
under the Plan on a monthly basis. On 3 October 2005 each executive director
chose to contribute to purchase the following partnership shares:

                                Partnership Shares
C. R. R. Avery                  109
T. J. Breedon                   109
A. W. Palmer                    109
R. A. Phipps                    110
J. B. Pollock                   109
D. J. Prosser                   109

The Group matched these shares, on a one-to-one basis, up to £20 per month.
Accordingly, each executive director received 18 matching shares. The shares
were purchased at a price of 114p per share.

Following these awards, the executive directors have beneficial interests in the
shares of Legal & General Group Plc (comprising shares, shares held by trustees
within share schemes or plans and share options) as set out below:-

                             Shares          Shares in schemes or        Options          Total beneficial
                                                    plans                                     interests
        Name
C. R. R. Avery                     370,989                  217,810           272,836                   861,635
T. J. Breedon                      691,135                  342,924            78,660                 1,112,719
A. W. Palmer                       458,282                  310,987         1,494,107                 2,263,376
R. A. Phipps                       856,255                  324,018           400,187                 1,580,460
J. B. Pollock                      196,010                  140,498            30,408                   366,916
D. J. Prosser                    2,266,980                1,215,991         1,527,944                 5,010,915


The Following Senior Managers also chose to take part in the Employee Share
Plan.  Each Senior Manager chose to contribute to purchase the following
partnership shares:

                                Partnership Shares
M. J. Bolton                    109
C. A. Davies                    110
I. A. Gibson                    110
C. C. Hatry                     109
G. J. Hoskin                    109


The Group matched these shares, on a one-to-one basis, up to £20 per month.
Accordingly, each Senior Manager received 18 matching shares.  The shares were
purchased at a price of 114p per share.


Non Executive Directors' purchases


On 3 October 2005 the following non-executive directors of Legal & General Group
Plc ('Group') purchased the following ordinary shares of 2.5p each ('shares') in
Group at a price of 114p per share.

F. A. Heaton                        1,274
B. C. Hodson                        1,274
R. J. Margetts                      6,424
J. B. Morgans                       1,274
R. H. Schmitz                       1,274
H. E. Staunton                      1,703
J. M. Strachan                      1,274
D. A. Walker                        1,703


Following these awards, the non-executive directors' current beneficial
interests in Group now stand at:

F. A. Heaton                         60,294
B. C. Hodson                         60,381
R. J. Margetts                      372,461
J. B. Morgans                       101,788
R. H. Schmitz                        67,655
H. E. Staunton                       75,414
J. M. Strachan                       44,805
D. A. Walker                        183,669







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