Notification of Transactions of Directors, Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities (PDMRs) and Connected Persons

The Legal & General Group 2009 Employee Share Plan, The Legal & General Group 2010 Share Bonus Plan (SBP) and the Legal & General Group 2009 Company Share Option Plan (CSOP) - Award of Group Performance Shares, Grant of Share Options and Restricted Shares

On 15 April 2014, Legal & General Group Plc (the Company) received notification that on that date each of the Directors and PDMRs named below were awarded 280 free ordinary shares of 2.5p each under the Legal & General Group 2009 Employee Share Plan. The purchase price was 211.4 pence per share and the shares awarded are subject to a minimum holding period of three years.

On 15 April 2014 the Company also received notification that options and restricted shares had been granted on that date under the terms of the SBP and CSOP plans, at an award price of 211.5p per ordinary share in respect of the Directors and PDMRs named below. The restricted period in respect of the SBP awards will end on 15 April 2017.

Name

Director/

PDMR

Number of Group Performance Shares Awarded

Restricted shares awarded

CSOP options

Nigel Wilson

Director

280

154,749

14,184

Mark Gregory

Director

280

101,528

14,184

John Pollock

Director

280

105,202

14,184

Mark Zinkula

Director

0

136,186

0

Andrea Blance

PDMR

560

9,356

9,356

Geoffrey Timms

PDMR

280

14,775

14,184

Philippa Scott

PDMR

280

13,829

9,101

Elaine MacLean

PDMR

280

11,820

10,591

Wadham Downing

PDMR

280

30,141

0

Simon Gadd

PDMR

280

17,730

0

Jackie Noakes

PDMR

280

12,411

0

Paul Stanworth

PDMR

280

56,737

0

Kerrigan Procter

PDMR

280

85,106

0

Notes

1) Group Performance shares acquired by Andrea Blance include 280 shares acquired by David Brown, a person connected to Andrea.

This disclosure relates to transactions notified in accordance with DTR 3.1.4R(1)(a).

Name of person making notification:

Claire Singleton

Contact number:

020 3124 2149

Date of notification:

16 April 2014

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