Director Shareholding

Legal & General Group PLC
02 June 2004



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 June 2004 each executive director chose
to contribute to purchase the following partnership shares:

                                Partnership Shares
C. R. R. Avery                  142
T. J. Breedon                   142
A. W. Palmer                    142
R. A. Phipps                    142
J. B. Pollock                   142
D. J. Prosser                   142

The Group matched these shares, on a one-to-one basis, up to £20 per month.
Accordingly, each executive director received 23 matching shares. The shares
were purchased at a price of 88p 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      Options         Total      
        Name                       schemes or                    beneficial   
                                     plans                       interests    
  C. R. R. Avery        279,955          214,785     272,836           767,576
  T. J. Breedon         673,150          234,957      98,630         1,006,737
  A. W. Palmer          393,575          297,790   1,494,107         2,185,472
  R. A. Phipps          769,978          330,383     404,512         1,504,873
  J. B. Pollock         174,149           70,671      30,408           275,228
  D. J. Prosser       1,997,360        1,179,740   1,535,771         4,712,871


                                 

Non Executive Directors' purchases

On 1 June 2004 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 88p per share.
F. A. Heaton                        1,650
B. C. Hodson                        1,650
R. J. Margetts                      3,318
J. B. Morgans                       1,650
T. C. Parker                        1,650
R. H. Schmitz                       1,650
D. A. Walker                        1,650
H. E. Staunton                      1,650
J. M. Strachan                      1,650

Following these awards, the non-executive directors' current beneficial
interests in the Group now stand at:
F. A. Heaton                       38,702
B. C. Hodson                       38,702
R. J. Margetts                    254,269
J. B. Morgans                      38,702
T. C. Parker                       38,702
R. H. Schmitz                      38,702
D. A. Walker                      112,635
H. E. Staunton                      1,650
J. M. Strachan                     21,433


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