2nd Feb 2007 16:30
Legal & General Group PLC02 February 2007 Legal & General Group Plc Legal & General Group Employee Share Plan In common with all eligible employees, each of the executive directors of Legal& General Group Plc ("the Group") has been invited to apply for partnershipshares under the Legal & General Group Employee Share Plan ("the Plan") on amonthly basis. On 1 February 2007, each executive director chose to contributeto purchase the following partnership shares: Partnership SharesC. R. R. Avery 79T. J. Breedon 79A. W. Palmer 78R. A. Phipps 79J. B. Pollock 79 The Group matched these shares, on a one-to-one basis, up to £20 per month.Accordingly, each executive director received 13 matching shares. The shareswere purchased at a price of 158.5p per share. Differences are due to roundingfrom previous allocations. Following these awards, the executive directors have beneficial interests in theshares of the Group (comprising shares, shares held by trustees within shareschemes or plans and share options) as set out below:- Name Shares Shares in schemes or Options Total beneficial plans interests C R R Avery 642,247 207,047 272,836 1,122,130 T J Breedon 1,010,858 365,412 87,880 1,464,150 A W Palmer 530,742 278,756 1,494,107 2,303,605 R A Phipps 1,197,052 296,977 391,280 1,885,309 J B Pollock 271,858 153,680 30,408 455,946 The following Senior Managers also chose to take part in the Plan. Each SeniorManager chose to contribute to purchase the following partnership shares: Partnership SharesM. J. Bolton 78C. A. Davies 79I. A. Gibson 79M. J. Gregory 79G. J. Hoskin 79 The Group matched these shares, on a one-to-one basis, up to £20 per month.Accordingly, each Senior Manager, with the exceptions of C. A. Davies and M. J.Gregory, received 13 matching shares. C. A. Davies and M. J. Gregory eachreceived 12 shares. The shares were purchased at a price of 158.5p per share.Differences are due to rounding from previous allocations. Non Executive Directors' purchases On 1 February 2007 the following non-executive directors of the Group purchasedthe following ordinary shares of 2.5p each ("shares") in the Group at a price of158.75p per share. F. A. Heaton 915B. C. Hodson 915R. J. Margetts 4,998R. H. Schmitz 915H. E. Staunton 1,223J. M. Strachan 915D. A. Walker 1,223 Following these awards, the non-executive directors' current beneficialinterests in the Group now stand at: F. A. Heaton 77,705B. C. Hodson 77,792R. J. Margetts 462,763R. H. Schmitz 85,066H. E. Staunton 98,695J. M. Strachan 63,652D. A. Walker 219,595 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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