3rd May 2006 16:55
Legal & General Group PLC03 May 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 2 May 2006 each executive director choseto contribute to purchase the following partnership shares: Partnership SharesC. R. R. Avery 90T. J. Breedon 90A. W. Palmer 90R. A. Phipps 90J. B. Pollock 90 The Group matched these shares, on a one-to-one basis, up to £20 per month.Accordingly, each executive director received 15 matching shares. The shareswere purchased at a price of 139p 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 Name C R R Avery 618,527 205,967 272,836 1,097,330T J Breedon 1,010,858 364,332 78,660 1,453,850A W Palmer 530,348 277,676 1,494,107 2,302,131R A Phipps 1,183,307 295,897 405,025 1,884,229J B Pollock 271,858 152,600 30,408 454,866 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 90C. A. Davies 90I. A. Gibson 90C. C. Hatry 90G. J. Hoskin 90 The Group matched these shares, on a one-to-one basis, up to £20 per month.Accordingly, each Senior Manager, with the exception of C. A. Davies, received15 matching shares. C. A. Davies received 14 matching shares. The shares werepurchased at a price of 139p per share. Differences are due to rounding fromprevious allocations. Non Executive Directors' purchases On 2 May 2006 the following non-executive directors of Legal & General Group Plc("Group") purchased the following ordinary shares of 2.5p each ("shares") inGroup at a price of 139p per share. F. A. Heaton 1, 045B. C. Hodson 1, 045R. J. Margetts 5,268J. B. Morgans 1,045R. H. Schmitz 1,045H. E. Staunton 1,397J. M. Strachan 1,045D. A. Walker 1,397 Following these awards, the non-executive directors' current beneficialinterests in Group now stand at: F. A. Heaton 68,389B. C. Hodson 68,476R. J. Margetts 413,282J. B. Morgans 109,883R. H. Schmitz 75,750H. E. Staunton 86,239J. M. Strachan 52,540D. A. Walker 204,494 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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