Holding(s) in Company

For filings with the FSA include the annex

For filings with issuer exclude the annex 

TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:

Legal & General Group Plc

2. Reason for notification (yes/no)

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

Yes

An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached 

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

Other (please specify):______________

3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation:

AXA S.A, 25 Avenue Matignon, 75008 Paris and its group of companies

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):

5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):

16/03/2009

6. Date on which issuer notified:

17/03/2009

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

4%

8: Notified Details

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of shares

If possible use ISIN code

Situation previous to the triggering transaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Number of shares

Number of voting rights

Number of shares

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

0560399

405,515,634

405,515,634

226,688,241

226,688,241

160,517,699

3.87

2.74

B: Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Expiration date

Exercise/ conversion period/date 

No. of voting rights that may be acquired (if the instrument exercised/converted)

Percentage of voting rights

Total (A+B)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

387,205,940

6.61%

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of proxy holder:

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

13. Additional information:

14 Contact name:

Kyere Tabiri

15. Contact telephone number:

020 7003 1510

Annex to Notification of Major Interests in shares

Identification of the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation

Full name

AXA S.A and its group of companies

Contact Address

25 Avenue Matignon, 75008 Paris

Phone Number

Other Useful information

Identity of the notifier, if applicable

Full name

Kyere Tabiri

Contact Address

7 Newgate Street, London EC1A 7NX, UK

Phone Number

020 7003 1510

Other Useful information

AXA IM UK is a 100% direct subsiduary of AXA IM S.A., which is in turn indirectly wholly owned by AXA S.A. 

9. Chain

Name of the Company/Fund Number of Shares % of issued share capital

AXA 12,285,018.00 0.20958

Direct

AXA Colonia Konzern 9,320,982.00 0.15902

Direct

AXA Colonia Konzern 531,863.00 0.00907

Indirect

AXA Financial, Inc 200,046.00 0.00341

Indirect

AXA Framlington 2,865,316.00 0.048882169

Indirect

AXA France 175,955.00 0.003001784

Indirect

AXA IM UK 167,879,381.00 2.864015081

Direct

AXA IM UK 2,658,381.00 0.045351866

Indirect

AXA Rosenberg 8,233,818.00 0.140468584

Direct

AXA Rosenberg 154,086.138.00 2.628702943

Indirect

AXA Winterthur 28,968,498.00 0.494201341

Direct

Sun Life International (IOM) Ltd 544.00 0.00000928062

Direct

Total Direct 226,688,241 3.86729

Total Indirect  160,517,699 2.73843

TOTAL 387,205,940 6.60572