4th Jan 2006 14:37
Legal & General Group PLC04 January 2006 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 3 January 2006 each executive directorchose to contribute to purchase the following partnership shares: Partnership SharesC. R. R. Avery 102T. J. Breedon 102A. W. Palmer 101R. A. Phipps 102J. B. Pollock 102 The Group matched these shares, on a one-to-one basis, up to £20 per month.Accordingly, each executive director received 16 matching shares. The shareswere purchased at a price of 123.25p 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 interestsNameC. R. R. Avery 370,989 218,187 272,836 862,012T. J. Breedon 691,135 343,301 78,660 1,113,096A. W. Palmer 458,282 311,364 1,494,107 2,263,753R. A. Phipps 856,255 324,395 400,187 1,580,837J. B. Pollock 196,010 140,875 30,408 367,293 The Following Senior Managers also chose to take part in the Employee SharePlan. Each Senior Manager chose to contribute to purchase the followingpartnership shares: Partnership SharesM. J. Bolton 101C. A. Davies 101I. A. Gibson 102C. C. Hatry 102G. J. Hoskin 102D.J. Prosser 101 The Group matched these shares, on a one-to-one basis, up to £20 per month.Accordingly, each Senior Manager received 16 matching shares. The shares werepurchased at a price of 123.25p per share. Non Executive Directors' purchases On 3 January 2006 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 123p per share. F. A. Heaton 1,181B. C. Hodson 1,181R. J. Margetts 5,953J. B. Morgans 1,181R. H. Schmitz 1,181H. E. Staunton 1,579J. M. Strachan 1,181D. A. Walker 1,579 Following these awards, the non-executive directors' current beneficialinterests in Group now stand at: F. A. Heaton 64,066B. C. Hodson 64,153R. J. Margetts 391,480J. B. Morgans 105,560R. H. Schmitz 71,427H. E. Staunton 80,458J. M. Strachan 48,577D. A. Walker 198,713 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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