2nd Aug 2005 14:47
Legal & General Group PLC02 August 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 August 2005 each executive directorchose to contribute to purchase the following partnership shares: Partnership SharesC. R. R. Avery 110T. J. Breedon 110A. W. Palmer 109R. A. Phipps 110J. B. Pollock 110D. J. Prosser 109 The Group matched these shares, on a one-to-one basis, up to £20 per month.Accordingly, each executive director received 18 matching shares. The shareswere purchased at a price of 114.25p 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 interests NameC. R. R. Avery 365,754 217,404 272,836 855,994T. J. Breedon 679,620 342,518 90,175 1,112,313A. W. Palmer 458,282 310,581 1,494,107 2,262,970R. A. Phipps 856,255 323,612 400,187 1,580,054J. B. Pollock 196,010 140,092 30,408 366,510D. J. Prosser 2,266,980 1,215,558 1,527,944 5,010,509 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 SharesD. W. Binding 109M. J. Bolton 109G. J. Hoskin 109I. A. Gibson 110C. C. Hatry 110 The Group matched these shares, on a one-to-one basis, up to £20 per month.Accordingly, each Senior Manager received 18 matching shares. The shares werepurchased at a price of 114.25p per share. Non Executive Directors' purchases On 1 August 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 114.25p per share. F. A. Heaton 1,271B. C. Hodson 1,271R. J. Margetts 6,409J. B. Morgans 1,271R. H. Schmitz 1,271H. E. Staunton 1,700J. M. Strachan 1,271D. A. Walker 1,700 Following these awards, the non-executive directors' current beneficialinterests in Group now stand at: F. A. Heaton 57,729B. C. Hodson 57,816R. J. Margetts 357,307J. B. Morgans 99,223R. H. Schmitz 65,090H. E. Staunton 71,985J. M. Strachan 41,626D. A. Walker 180,240 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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