Director Shareholding

Legal & General Group PLC
11 April 2003

Legal & General Group Performance Share Plan / Legal & General 1999 Executive
Share Option Scheme

The following executive directors of the Group have been offered a choice of
either receiving a conditional award of shares under the Legal & General Group
Performance Share Plan (PSP) or options over shares under the Legal & General
Group Executive Share Option Scheme (ESOS). Both schemes are described in more
detail in the Group's 2002 Report & Accounts.

Four executive directors were allocated a conditional award of shares under the
PSP on 10 April 2003. The PSP grants conditional shares on the basis of one
performance share for four share options. The number of performance shares
transferred to the individual is dependent upon the Legal & General total
shareholder return compared with the FTSE 100, measured over a three year
period.

Mr A W Palmer, an executive director, chose to be granted ESOS options over
ordinary shares of 2.5p each in Group ('shares') on 10 April 2003 under the ESOS
at a price of 78p per share. Under normal circumstances, subject to a
performance target being met, these options will be exercisable from 10 April
2006 to 9 April 2013.

The directors were awarded the following number of PSP shares or ESOS options:-

Name                                        No. of conditional shares       No. of options under ESOS
                                                      under PSP

C R R Avery                                            125,000                          -

T J Breedon                                            156,250                          -

G J Hoskin                                             112,500                          -

A W Palmer                                                   -                    700,000

R A Phipps                                             187,500                          -


Legal & General Group Share Bonus Plan

The table below details shares which were allocated on 10 April 2003 to
Executive directors of the Group under the Share Bonus Plan at a price of 78p
per share. These shares will be held in trust for three years before vesting.
The plan is described in more detail in the Group's 2002 Report & Accounts.

Name                                  No of shares

C R R Avery                               76,923

T J Breedon                              107,692

G J Hoskin                                63,385

A W Palmer                               121,154

R A Phipps                               123,077

D J Prosser                              448,718



Legal & General Group Employee Share Plan

In common with all eligible employees, on 10 April 2003 each of the executive
directors of the Group have been awarded 250 shares under the Legal & General
Group Employee Share Plan at a price of 74.5p 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                         Total beneficial
                                                              plans           Options                  interests
   Name

C R R Avery                        135,353                  199,014           305,814                   640,181

T J Breedon                        524,913                  218,224            98,630                   841,767

G J Hoskin                          57,688                  139,155           273,836                   470,679

A W Palmer                         233,843                  271,031         1,494,107                 1,998,981

R A Phipps                         587,875                  332,024           404,512                 1,324,411

D J Prosser                      1,619,453                  982,866         1,535,771                 4,138,090



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