Non-Executive Director

Legal & General Group PLC
02 December 2003

                                                                 2 December 2003

                           Legal & General Group Plc

                             Non-Executive Director

Legal & General Group Plc ('Group') announces that on 1 December 2003 James
Strachan became an Independent, Non-Executive Director of the Group. James
Strachan (aged 50) is Chairman of the Audit Commission. He is a member of the
Board and Audit Committee of Ofgem and the DTI Business Board. He was previously
an investment banker for 13 years, latterly Managing Director of Merrill Lynch
in London. He has also worked both in the voluntary sector where he now chairs
RNID and as a professional photographer and journalist.

Enquiries: Neville Walton      020 7528 6250


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