3rd Mar 2006 11:23
Legal & General Group PLC03 March 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 1 March 2006 each executive director choseto contribute to purchase the following partnership shares: Partnership SharesC. R. R. Avery 96T. J. Breedon 96A. W. Palmer 96R. A. Phipps 96J. B. Pollock 96 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 130.50p 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 371,979 218,413 272,836 863,228T. J. Breedon 691,135 343,527 78,660 1,113,322A. W. Palmer 458,867 311,590 1,494,107 2,264,564R. A. Phipps 856,255 324,621 398,632 1,579,508J. B. Pollock 196,010 141,101 30,408 367,519 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 96C. A. Davies 96I. A. Gibson 96C. C. Hatry 96G. J. Hoskin 96D.J. Prosser 96 The Group matched these shares, on a one-to-one basis, up to £20 per month.Accordingly, each Senior Manager received 15 matching shares, except C.A. Davieswho received 16 matching shares(due to rounding from a previous allocations) .The shares were purchased at a price of 130.50per share. Non Executive Directors' purchases On 1 March 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 130.75p per share. F. A. Heaton 1,111B. C. Hodson 1,111R. J. Margetts 5,601J. B. Morgans 1,111R. H. Schmitz 1,111H. E. Staunton 1,485J. M. Strachan 1,111D. A. Walker 1,485 Following these awards, the non-executive directors' current beneficialinterests in Group now stand at: F. A. Heaton 66,329B. C. Hodson 66,416R. J. Margetts 402,893J. B. Morgans 107,823R. H. Schmitz 73,690H. E. Staunton 83,484J. M. Strachan 50,840D. A. Walker 201,739 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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