2nd Sep 2005 16:00
Legal & General Group PLC02 September 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 September 2005 each executive directorchose to contribute to purchase the following partnership shares: Partnership SharesC. R. R. Avery 112T. J. Breedon 112A. W. Palmer 112R. A. Phipps 111J. B. Pollock 112D. J. Prosser 112 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 112p 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 365,754 217,533 272,836 856,123T. J. Breedon 679,620 342,647 90,175 1,112,442A. W. Palmer 458,282 310,710 1,494,107 2,263,099R. A. Phipps 856,255 323,740 400,187 1,580,182J. B. Pollock 196,010 140,221 30,408 366,639D. J. Prosser 2,266,980 1,215,714 1,527,944 5,010,638 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 112C. A. Davies 111I. A. Gibson 111C. C. Hatry 112G. J. Hoskin 112 The Group matched these shares, on a one-to-one basis, up to £20 per month.Accordingly, each Senior Manager received 17 matching shares. The shares werepurchased at a price of 112p per share. Non Executive Directors' purchases On 1 September 2005 the following non-executive directors of Legal & GeneralGroup Plc ("Group") purchased the following ordinary shares of 2.5p each("shares") in Group at a price of 112.5p per share. F. A. Heaton 1,291B. C. Hodson 1,291R. J. Margetts 6,509J. B. Morgans 1,291R. H. Schmitz 1,291H. E. Staunton 1,726J. M. Strachan 1,291D. A. Walker 1,726 Following these awards, the non-executive directors' current beneficialinterests in Group now stand at: F. A. Heaton 59,020B. C. Hodson 59,107R. J. Margetts 363,816J. B. Morgans 100,514R. H. Schmitz 66,381H. E. Staunton 73,711J. M. Strachan 42,917D. A. Walker 181,966 Legal & General Savings Related Share Option Scheme On 1 September 2005 C. A. Davies was granted 8,695 options over ordinary 2.5pshares in Group at a price of 89.8p per share. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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