Directorate Change

Legal & General Group Plc
18 April 2008


Legal & General Group Plc ('the Company')

The Company announces today that Henry Staunton, a non-executive director of
Legal & General Group Plc, has been appointed a non-executive director of The
Merchants Trust PLC  with effect from 1 May 2008.


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