4th Apr 2006 17:21
Legal & General Group PLC04 April 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 April 2006 each executive directorchose to contribute to purchase the following partnership shares: Partnership SharesC. R. R. Avery 88T. J. Breedon 88A. W. Palmer 88R. A. Phipps 88J. B. Pollock 88 The Group matched these shares, on a one-to-one basis, up to £20 per month.Accordingly, each executive director received 14 matching shares. The shareswere purchased at a price of 142.5p 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 371,979 218,515 272,836 863,330T. J. Breedon 691,135 343,629 78,660 1,113,424A. W. Palmer 458,867 311,602 1,494,107 2,264,666R. A. Phipps 856,255 324,723 400,187 1,579,610J. B. Pollock 196,010 141,203 30,408 367,621 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 88C. A. Davies 87I. A. Gibson 88C. C. Hatry 88G. J. Hoskin 88 The Group matched these shares, on a one-to-one basis, up to £20 per month.Accordingly, each Senior Manager received 14 matching shares. The shares werepurchased at a price of 1.425p per share. Differences are due to roundings fromprevious allocations. Non Executive Directors' purchases On 3 April 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, 015B. C. Hodson 1, 015R. J. Margetts 5,121J. B. Morgans 1,015R. H. Schmitz 1,015H. E. Staunton 1,358J. M. Strachan 1,015D. A. Walker 1,358 Following these awards, the non-executive directors' current beneficialinterests in Group now stand at:F. A. Heaton 67,344B. C. Hodson 67,431R. J. Margetts 408,014J. B. Morgans 108,838R. H. Schmitz 74,705H. E. Staunton 84,842J. M. Strachan 51,855D. A. Walker 203,097 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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