2nd Mar 2005 15:17
Legal & General Group PLC02 March 2005 Legal & General Group Plc ("Group") 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 sharesunder the Plan on a monthly basis. On 1 March 2005 each executive director choseto contribute to purchase the following partnership shares: Partnership SharesC. R. R. Avery 106T. J. Breedon 106A. W. Palmer 106R. A. Phipps 106J. B. Pollock 106D. J. Prosser 106 The Group matched these shares, on a one-to-one basis, up to £20 per month.Accordingly, each executive director received 17 matching shares. The shareswere purchased at a price of 117.75p per share. Following these awards, the executive directors have beneficial interests in theshares of Legal & General Group Plc (comprising shares, shares held by trusteeswithin share schemes or plans and share options) as set out below:- Shares Shares in schemes or Options Total beneficial plans interests NameC. R. R. Avery 285,534 216,183 272,836 774,553T. J. Breedon 673,150 236,355 90,175 999,680A. W. Palmer 393,575 299,188 1,494,107 2,186,870R. A. Phipps 769,978 331,781 400,187 1,501,946J. B. Pollock 174,149 115,819 30,408 320,376D. J. Prosser 1,997,360 1,181,138 1,527,944 4,706,442 Non Executive Directors' purchases On 1 March 2005 the following non-executive directors of Legal & General GroupPlc ("Group") purchased the following ordinary shares of 2.5p each ("shares") inGroup at a price of 117.75p per share. F. A. Heaton 1,233B. C. Hodson 1,233R. J. Margetts 6,219J. B. Morgans 1,649R. H. Schmitz 1,233H. E. Staunton 1,233J. M. Strachan 1,233D. A. Walker 1,649 Following these awards, the non-executive directors' current beneficialinterests in Group now stand at: F. A. Heaton 51,219B. C. Hodson 51,306R. J. Margetts 324,473J. B. Morgans 91,822R. H. Schmitz 58,580H. E. Staunton 64,169J. M. Strachan 34,042D. A. Walker 156,533 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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