Director Shareholding

Legal & General Group PLC
6 August 2001

On 2 August 2001 Mr R. A. Phipps, an Executive Director of Legal & General
Group Plc ('Group') exercised options over 46,008 ordinary shares of 2.5p each
in the Group at a price of 33.9p per share. The options were granted on 3 July
1994 under a Savings-Related Share Option scheme.