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Legal & General Group Plc

20 April 2020

Legal & general group plc

Notification of Transactions of Directors, Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMRs") and persons closely associated with them

The following notification made under article 19.1 and 19.3 of the Market Abuse Regulation ("MAR") relates to:

-- to the exercise of an award granted on 11 June 2014 under the terms of the Legal & General Group Performance Share Plan 2014 (PSP 2014);

-- the exercise of an award granted on 14 April 2015 under the terms of the Legal & General Group Performance Share Plan 2015 (PSP 2015);

-- the exercise of an award granted on 21 April 2016 under the terms of the Legal & General Group Performance Share Plan 2016 (PSP 2016); and

-- the exercise of an award granted on 18 April 2017 under the terms of the Legal & General Group Performance Share Plan 2017 (PSP 2017).

The performance conditions attached to the PSP 2014 award provide that the award vests, subject to satisfaction of the performance conditions, after the announcement of the 2016 results. One third of the vested options will be exercisable immediately with the second third becoming available after the announcement of the 2017 results and the remaining third after the announcement of the 2018 results. Options must be exercised by the seventh anniversary of the date of grant.

The performance conditions attached to the PSP 2015 award provide that the award vests, subject to satisfaction of the performance conditions, after the announcement of the results for 2017 with one third of vested options becoming exercisable immediately, the second third becoming exercisable after the announcement of the 2018 results and the remaining third after the announcement of the 2019 results. PSP awards must be exercised by the seventh anniversary of the date of grant.

The performance conditions attached to the PSP 2016 award provide that the award vests, subject to satisfaction of the performance conditions, after the announcement of the 2018 results. One third of the vested options will be exercisable immediately with the second third becoming available after the announcement of the 2019 results and the remaining third after the announcement of the 2020 results. Options must be exercised by the seventh anniversary of the date of grant.

The performance conditions attached to the PSP 2017 award provide that the award vests, subject to satisfaction of the performance conditions, after the announcement of the 2019 results. One third of the vested options will be exercisable immediately with the second third becoming available after the announcement of the 2020 results and the remaining third after the announcement of the 2021 results. Options must be exercised by the seventh anniversary of the date of grant.

Sufficient shares have been sold to cover tax liabilities, with the remaining shares transferred to the participants.

This notification also relates to the vesting of conditional and restricted shares awarded on 18 April 2017. These shares had vested on 18 April 2020 and had been released under the terms of the Legal & General Group 2010 Share Bonus Plan (SBP), in respect of the Directors and PDMRs named below. Under the plan provisions, the default of selling sufficient shares to cover tax liabilities and retention of the remaining shares is applied if no election is received from participants

PSP

 
   Name      Director/      Number       Number       Number       Number       Number     Shares sold      Shares 
                PDMR       of shares    of shares    of shares    of shares    of shares     to cover      retained 
                            awarded      awarded      awarded      awarded     exercised       tax       by individual 
                             on 11        on 14        on 21        on 18        on 19        (price 
                             June         April        April        April        April      GBP2.054) 
                             2014         2015         2016         2017         2020 
   Nigel 
   Wilson     Director       N/A        170,045      158,009      265,173      593,227       278,819        314,408 
            -----------  -----------  -----------  -----------  -----------  -----------  ------------  -------------- 
 Geoffrey 
   Timms        PDMR        42,081       62,549       66,375       57,466      228,471       107,385        121,086 
            -----------  -----------  -----------  -----------  -----------  -----------  ------------  -------------- 
 

SBP

 
Name                 Director/ PDMR    Number of shares    Number of shares      Shares sold to    Shares retained by 
                                        awarded on 18     vested on 18 April    cover tax (price       individual 
                                          April 2017             2020              GBP2.054) 
Simon Gadd                PDMR              34,068              34,068               16,012              18,056 
Bernard Hickman           PDMR              15,932              15,932               7,489                  0 
Christopher Knight        PDMR              24,549              24,549               11,539              13,010 
Stephen Licence           PDMR              22,044              22,044               10,361              11,683 
Laura Mason               PDMR              15,531              15,531               7,300                8,231 
Geoffrey Timms            PDMR              25,551              25,551               12,009              13,542 
Kerrigan Proctor        Director           143,409              143,409              67,403              76,006 
Nigel Wilson            Director           279,053              279,053             131,156              147,897 
 

PSP

 
1    Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated 
a)   Name                          Nigel Wilson 
2    Reason for the notification 
a)   Position/status               Group Chief Executive/Director 
b)   Initial                       Initial Notification 
     notification/Amendment 
3    Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer 
      or auction monitor 
a)   Name                          Legal & General Group Plc 
b)   LEI                           213800JH9QQWHLO99821 
4    Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) 
      each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been 
      conducted 
a)   Description of the financial  Ordinary shares of GBP0.025 each, with voting rights attached 
     instrument, type of            GB0005603997 
     instrument 
     Identification code 
b)   Nature of transaction               1. Exercise of PSP 2015, PSP 2016 and PSP 2017 awards of nil cost options 
                                         over 593,227 shares 
                                         . 
                                         2. Sale of 278,819 shares to cover tax and dealing costs. The balance of 
                                         314,408 shares retained. 
c)   Price(s) and volume(s)        Price(s)                      Volume 
        1. Nil cost                                                    1. 593,227 
        2. GBP2.054                                                    2. 278,819 
d)   Aggregated information        1. Price                      1. Volume                 1. Total 
      - Aggregated volume 
      - Price 
  1. GBP0.00                                                     1. 593,227                1. GBP0.00 
 
  2. Price                                                       2. Volume                 2. Total 
  2. GBP2.054                                                    2. 278,819                2. GBP572,694.23 
e)   Date of the transaction       19 April 2020 
f)   Place of the transaction      London Stock Exchange, XLON 
 
 
1    Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated 
a)   Name                          Geoffrey Timms 
2    Reason for the notification 
a)   Position/status               Group General Counsel and Company Secretary/PDMR 
b)   Initial                       Initial Notification 
     notification/Amendment 
3    Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer 
      or auction monitor 
a)   Name                          Legal & General Group Plc 
b)   LEI                           213800JH9QQWHLO99821 
4    Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) 
      each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been 
      conducted 
a)   Description of the financial  Ordinary shares of GBP0.025 each, with voting rights attached 
     instrument, type of            GB0005603997 
     instrument 
     Identification code 
b)   Nature of transaction             1. Exercise of PSP 2014, PSP 2015, PSP 2016 and PSP 2017 awards of nil cost 
                                       options over 228,471 
                                       shares . 
                                       2. Sale of 107,385 shares to cover tax and dealing costs. The balance of 
                                       121,086 shares retained. 
c)   Price(s) and volume(s)        Price(s)                      Volume 
        1. Nil cost                                                    1. 228,471 
        2. GBP2.054                                                    2. 107,385 
d)   Aggregated information        1. Price                      1. Volume                 1. Total 
      - Aggregated volume 
      - Price 
  1. GBP0.00                                                     1. 228,471                1. GBP0.00 
 
  2. Price                                                       2. Volume                 2. Total 
  2. GBP2.054                                                    2. 107,385                2. GBP220,568.79 
e)   Date of the transaction       19 April 2020 
f)   Place of the transaction      London Stock Exchange, XLON 
 

SBP

 
1    Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated 
a)   Name                         Simon Gadd 
2    Reason for the notification 
a)   Position/status              Group Chief Risk Officer/PDMR 
b)   Initial                      Initial Notification 
     notification/Amendment 
3    Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer 
      or auction monitor 
a)   Name                         Legal & General Group Plc 
b)   LEI                          213800JH9QQWHLO99821 
4    Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) 
      each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been 
      conducted 
a)   Description of the           Ordinary shares of GBP0.025 each, with voting rights attached 
     financial instrument, type    GB0005603997 
     of instrument 
     Identification code 
b)   Nature of transaction                 1. Exercise of SBP Award of options over 34,068 shares 
                                           2. Sale of 16,012 shares to cover tax and social security . The balance of 
                                           18,056 shares retained. 
c)   Price(s) and volume(s)       Price(s)                      Volume(s) 
  1. GBP0.00                                                          1. 34,068 
  2. GBP2.054                                                         2. 16,012 
d)   Aggregated information       1 Price                       1 Volume                      1. Total 
      - Aggregated volume 
      - Price 
  1 GBP0.00                                                     1 34,068                      1 0.00 
 
  2 Price                                                       2 Volume                      2. Total 
  2 GBP2.054                                                    2 16,012                    2 GBP32,888.65 
e)   Date of the transaction      18 April 2020 
f)   Place of the transaction     London Stock Exchange, XLON 
 
 
1    Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated 
a)   Name                           Bernard Hickman 
2    Reason for the notification 
a)   Position/status                Chief Executive Officer, Legal & General Insurance/PDMR 
b)   Initial                        Initial Notification 
     notification/Amendment 
3    Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer 
      or auction monitor 
a)   Name                           Legal & General Group Plc 
b)   LEI                            213800JH9QQWHLO99821 
4    Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) 
      each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been 
      conducted 
a)   Description of the financial   Ordinary shares of GBP0.025 each, with voting rights attached 
     instrument, type of             GB0005603997 
     instrument 
     Identification code 
b)   Nature of transaction                1. Exercise of SBP Award of options over 15,932 shares 
                                          2. Sale of 15,932 shares (7,489 shares to cover tax and social security) . 
                                          The balance of 
                                          0 shares retained. 
c)   Price(s) and volume(s)         Price(s)                        Volume 
        1. GBP0.00                                                        1. 15,932 
        2. GBP2.054                                                       2. 15,932 
d)   Aggregated information         1 Price                         1 Volume             1 Total 
      - Aggregated volume 
      - Price 
  1 GBP0.00                                                         1 15,932             1 0.00 
 
  2 Price                                                           2 Volume             2 Total 
  2 GBP2.054                                                        2 15,932             2. GBP32,724.33 
e)   Date of the transaction        18 April 2020 
f)   Place of the transaction       London Stock Exchange, XLON 
 
 
1    Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated 
a)   Name                         Christopher Knight 
2    Reason for the notification 
a)   Position/status              Chief Executive Officer, Legal & General Retirement, Retail/PDMR 
b)   Initial                      Initial Notification 
     notification/Amendment 
3    Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer 
      or auction monitor 
a)   Name                         Legal & General Group Plc 
b)   LEI                          213800JH9QQWHLO99821 
4    Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) 
      each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been 
      conducted 
a)   Description of the           Ordinary shares of GBP0.025 each, with voting rights attached 
     financial instrument, type    GB0005603997 
     of instrument 
     Identification code 
b)   Nature of transaction                 1. Exercise of SBP Award of options over 24,549 shares 
                                           2. Sale of 11,539 shares to cover tax and social security . The balance of 
                                           13,010 shares retained. 
c)   Price(s) and volume(s)       Price(s)                      Volume(s) 
  1. GBP0.00                                                          1. 24,549 
  2. GBP2.054                                                         2. 11,539 
d)   Aggregated information       1 Price                       1 Volume                      1 Total 
      - Aggregated volume 
      - Price 
  1 GBP0.00                                                     1 24,549                     1 GBP0.00 
  2 Price                                                       2 Volume                     2 Total 
  2 GBP2.054                                                    2 11,539                     2 GBP23,701.11 
e)   Date of the transaction      18 April 2020 
f)   Place of the transaction     London Stock Exchange, XLON 
 
 
1    Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated 
a)   Name                         Stephen Licence 
2    Reason for the notification 
a)   Position/status              Group Chief Internal Auditor/PDMR 
b)   Initial                      Initial Notification 
     notification/Amendment 
3    Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer 
      or auction monitor 
a)   Name                         Legal & General Group Plc 
b)   LEI                          213800JH9QQWHLO99821 
4    Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) 
      each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been 
      conducted 
a)   Description of the           Ordinary shares of GBP0.025 each, with voting rights attached 
     financial instrument, type    GB0005603997 
     of instrument 
     Identification code 
b)   Nature of transaction                 1. Exercise of SBP Award of options over 22,044 shares 
                                           2. Sale of 10,361 shares to cover tax and social security . The balance of 
                                           11,683 shares retained. 
c)   Price(s) and volume(s)       Price(s)                      Volume(s) 
  1. GBP0.00                                                          1. 22,044 
  2. GBP2.054                                                         2. 10,361 
d)   Aggregated information       1 Price                       1 Volume                       1 Total 
      - Aggregated volume 
      - Price 
  1 GBP0.00                                                     1 22,044                      1 GBP0.00 
  2 Price                                                       2 Volume                      2 Total 
  2 GBP2.054                                                    2 10,361                     2 GBP21,281.49 
e)   Date of the transaction      18 April 2020 
f)   Place of the transaction     London Stock Exchange, XLON 
 
 
1    Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated 
a)   Name                           Laura Mason 
2    Reason for the notification 
a)   Position/status                Chief Executive Officer, Legal & General Retirement, Institutional/PDMR 
b)   Initial                        Initial Notification 
     notification/Amendment 
3    Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer 
      or auction monitor 
a)   Name                           Legal & General Group Plc 
b)   LEI                            213800JH9QQWHLO99821 
4    Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) 
      each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been 
      conducted 
a)   Description of the financial   Ordinary shares of GBP0.025 each, with voting rights attached 
     instrument, type of             GB0005603997 
     instrument 
     Identification code 
b)   Nature of transaction                   1. Exercise of SBP Award of options over 15,531 shares. 
                                             2. Sale of 7,300 shares to cover tax and social security . The balance of 
                                             8,231 shares retained. 
c)   Price(s) and volume(s)         Price(s)                       Volume 
        1. GBP0.00                                                       1. 15,531 
        2. GBP2.054                                                      2. 7,300 
d)   Aggregated information         1 Price                        1 Volume               1 Total 
      - Aggregated volume 
      - Price 
  1 GBP0.00                                                        1 15,531               1 GBP0.00 
 
  2 Price                                                          2 Volume               2 Total 
  2 GBP2.054                                                       2 7,300                2. GBP14,994.20 
e)   Date of the transaction        18 April 2020 
f)   Place of the transaction       London Stock Exchange, XLON 
 
 
1    Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated 
a)   Name                           Geoffrey Timms 
2    Reason for the notification 
a)   Position/status                Group General Counsel and Company Secretary/PDMR 
b)   Initial                        Initial Notification 
     notification/Amendment 
3    Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer 
      or auction monitor 
a)   Name                           Legal & General Group Plc 
b)   LEI                            213800JH9QQWHLO99821 
4    Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) 
      each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been 
      conducted 
a)   Description of the financial   Ordinary shares of GBP0.025 each, with voting rights attached 
     instrument, type of             GB0005603997 
     instrument 
     Identification code 
b)   Nature of transaction                   1. Exercise of SBP Award of options over 25,551 shares. 
                                             2. Sale of 12,009 shares to cover tax and social security. The balance of 
                                             13,542 shares retained. 
c)   Price(s) and volume(s)         Price(s)                       Volume 
        1. GBP0.00                                                       1. 25,551 
        2. GBP2.054                                                      2. 12,009 
d)   Aggregated information         1 Price                        1 Volume               1 Total 
      - Aggregated volume 
      - Price 
  1 GBP0.00                                                        1 25,551               1 GBP0.00 
 
  2 Price                                                          2 Volume               2 Total 
  2 GBP2.054                                                       2 12,009               2. GBP24,666.49 
e)   Date of the transaction        18 April 2020 
f)   Place of the transaction       London Stock Exchange, XLON 
 
 
1    Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated 
a)   Name                          Kerrigan Procter 
2    Reason for the notification 
a)   Position/status              Chief Executive Officer, Legal & General Capital/Director 
b)   Initial                      Initial Notification 
     notification/Amendment 
3    Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer 
      or auction monitor 
a)   Name                         Legal & General Group Plc 
b)   LEI                          213800JH9QQWHLO99821 
4    Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) 
      each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been 
      conducted 
a)   Description of the           Ordinary shares of GBP0.025 each, with voting rights attached 
     financial instrument, type    GB0005603997 
     of instrument 
     Identification code 
b)   Nature of transaction              1. Exercise of SBP Award of options over 143,409 shares 
                                        2. Sale of 67,403 shares to cover tax and social security . The balance of 
                                        76,006 shares retained. 
c)   Price(s) and volume(s)       Price(s)                      Volume 
        1. GBP0.00                                                    1. 143,409 
        2. GBP2.054                                                   2. 67,403 
d)   Aggregated information       1 Price                       1 Volume                   1 Total 
      - Aggregated volume 
 
      - Price 
  1 GBP0.00                                                     1 143,409                  1 0.00 
 
                                  2 Price                       2 Volume                   2 Total 
  2 GBP2.054                                                    2 67,403                   2 138,445.76 
e)   Date of the transaction      18 April 2020 
f)   Place of the transaction     London Stock Exchange, XLON 
 
 
1    Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated 
a)   Name                         Nigel Wilson 
2    Reason for the notification 
a)   Position/status              Group Chief Executive Officer/ Director 
b)   Initial                      Initial Notification 
     notification/Amendment 
3    Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer 
      or auction monitor 
a)   Name                         Legal & General Group Plc 
b)   LEI                          213800JH9QQWHLO99821 
4    Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) 
      each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been 
      conducted 
a)   Description of the           Ordinary shares of GBP0.025 each, with voting rights attached 
     financial instrument, type    GB0005603997 
     of instrument 
     Identification code 
b)   Nature of transaction                 1. Exercise of SBP Award of options over 279,053 shares 
                                           2. Sale of 131,156 shares to cover tax and social security . The balance of 
                                           147,897 shares 
                                           retained. 
c)   Price(s) and volume(s)       Price(s)                     Volume(s) 
  1. GBP0.00                                                         1. 279,053 
  2. GBP2.054                                                        2. 131,156 
d)   Aggregated information       1 Price                      1 Volume                     1. Total 
      - Aggregated volume 
 
      - Price 
  1 GBP0.00                                                    1 279,053                      1 GBP0.00 
 
  2 Price                                                      2 Volume                       2. Total 
  2 GBP2.054                                                   2. 131,156                     2 GBP269,394.42 
e)   Date of the transaction      18 April 2020 
f)   Place of the transaction     London Stock Exchange, XLON 
 

20 April 2020

Daniella Newson

Assistant Company Secretary

Legal & General Group Plc

Tel: 0203 124 2107

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