2nd Apr 2008 16:49
Legal & General Group Plc02 April 2008 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 April 2008, each executive director chose to contribute topurchase the following partnership shares: Partnership Shares C. R. R. Avery 98T. J. Breedon 98A. W. Palmer 98J. B. Pollock 98 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 127.8p per share. 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 710,669 212,552 272,836 1,196,057 T J Breedon 1,280,782 406,017 87,880 1,774,679 A W Palmer 93,967 283,025 794,107 1,171,099 J B Pollock 297,670 172,476 30,408 500,554 The following Senior Managers also chose to take part in the Plan. Each SeniorManager chose to contribute to purchase the following partnership shares: Partnership Shares M. J. Bolton 98C. A. Davies 98M. J. Gregory 97G. J. Hoskin 98 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 and M.J.Gregory, received 15 matching shares, C.A.Davies and M.J. Gregory received 16matching shares. Differences are due to rounding from previous allocations. Theshares were purchased at a price of 127.8p per share. Non Executive Directors' purchases On 1 April 2008, the following non-executive directors of the Group purchasedthe following ordinary shares of 2.5p each ("shares") in the Group at a price of127.6p per share. F. A. Heaton 1,234R. J. Margetts 6,218R.H.P. Markham 1,234R. H. Schmitz 1,234H. E. Staunton 1,713J. M. Strachan 1,234D. A. Walker 4,205 Following these awards, the non-executive directors' current beneficialinterests in the Group now stand at: F. A. Heaton 92,555R. J. Margetts 544,492R.H.P. Markham 35,936R. H. Schmitz 99,916H. E. Staunton 118,737J. M. Strachan 78,502D. A. Walker 287,328 Julie SeabrookAssistant Company Secretary2 April 2008 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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