Director Shareholding

Legal & General Group PLC
01 October 2003

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 1 October 2003 each executive director
chose to contribute to purchase the following partnership shares:


                                Partnership Shares
C. R. R. Avery                  134
T. J. Breedon                   134
G. J. Hoskin                    135
A.W. Palmer                     135
R. A. Phipps                    134
D. J. Prosser                   135

The Group matched these shares on a one to one basis up to £20 per month.
Accordingly, each executive director received 22 matching shares. The shares
were purchased at a price of 93p per share.

Following these awards, the executive directors' current beneficial holdings in
the Group now stand at:
C. R. R. Avery                  686,974
T. J. Breedon                   877,797
G. J. Hoskin                    508,093
A.W. Palmer                     2,096,061
R. A. Phipps                    1,412,809
D. J. Prosser                   4,331,224






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