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Legal & General Group Plc

12 March 2020

Legal & general group plc

ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT

Further to the release of the Company's Preliminary Results announcement on 4 March 2020, the Company announces that it has today published its Annual Report & Accounts 2019 (or 'Annual Financial Report'). The Annual Financial Report is now available on the Company's website at https://www.legalandgeneralgroup.com/investors/results-reports-and-presentations/ alongside the Full Year Results announcement which can be found at https://www.legalandgeneralgroup.com/media/17690/fy19-press-release_ap-final.pdf

In accordance with paragraph 9.6.1 of the FCA Listing Rules, a copy of the Annual Financial Report has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM

The Company's Notice of Annual General Meeting 2020 and ancillary documents, together with hard copies of the Annual Report & Accounts 2019 will be made available to shareholders on 20 April 2020.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

A condensed set of the Company's financial statements, information on important events that have occurred during the financial year and their impact on the financial statements and a description of the principal risks and uncertainties were included in the Preliminary Results announcement released on 4 March 2020. That information, together with the information set out below, which is extracted from the Annual Report and Accounts 2019, is provided in accordance with the Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rule 6.3.5. This information should be read in conjunction with the Company's Preliminary Results announcement. This announcement is not a substitute for reading the full Annual Report and Accounts 2019. Page, note and section references below refer to the corresponding pages and/or notes/sections in the Annual Report and Accounts 2019.

Statement of directors' responsibilities

The directors are responsible for preparing the Annual Report and Accounts, including the Directors' Remuneration Report and the financial statements, in accordance with applicable law and regulations.

Company law requires the directors to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under that law the directors have prepared the group financial statements in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards ('IFRSs') as adopted by the European Union ('EU'), and the company financial statements in accordance with United Kingdom ('UK') Generally Accepted Accounting Practice ('GAAP') (UK Accounting Standards, comprising FRS 101 'Reduced Disclosures Framework', and applicable law). Under company law, the directors must not approve the financial statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the group and the company and of the profit or loss of the group and the company for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the directors are required to:

 
 -   select suitable accounting policies and then apply 
      them consistently; 
 -   state whether applicable IFRSs as adopted by the EU 
      have been followed for the group financial statements 
      and UK Accounting Standards, comprising FRS 101, have 
      been followed for the company financial statements, 
      subject to any material departures disclosed and explained 
      in the financial statements; 
 -   make judgements and accounting estimates that are reasonable, 
      relevant, reliable and prudent; 
 -   assess the group and company's ability to continue 
      as a going concern and whether the use of the going 
      concern basis is appropriate, as well as disclose, 
      if applicable, matters relating to going concern; and 
 -   prepare the financial statements on the going concern 
      basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the 
      group and the company will continue in business.

The directors are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the group and the company's transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the group and the company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements and the Directors' Remuneration Report comply with the Companies Act 2006 and, as regards the group financial statements, Article 4 of the IAS Regulation.

They are also responsible for such internal control as they determine is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatements, whether due to fraud or error.

The directors are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the group and the company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

The directors are responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the group's and the company's website. Legislation in the UK governing the preparation and dissemination of financial statements may differ from legislation in other jurisdictions.

The directors consider that the Annual Report and Accounts, taken as a whole, is fair, balanced and understandable and provides the information necessary for shareholders to assess the group's and the company's position and performance, business model and strategy.

Each of the directors who held office at the date this report was approved, whose names and functions are listed in the Board of directors section, confirm that, to the best of their knowledge:

 
 -   the company's financial statements, which have been 
      prepared in accordance with UK GAAP (UK Accounting 
      Standards, comprising FRS 101 'Reduced Disclosures 
      Framework', and applicable law), give a true and fair 
      view of the assets, liabilities, financial position 
      and profit of the company; 
 -   the group financial statements, which have been prepared 
      in accordance with IFRSs as adopted by the EU, give 
      a true and fair view of the assets, liabilities, financial 
      position and profit of the group; and 
 -   the Strategic Report includes a fair review of the 
      development and performance of the business and the 
      position of the group and the company, together with 
      a description of the principal risks and uncertainties 
      that it faces.

In the case of each director who held office at the date this report was approved:

 
 (a)   so far as the director is aware, there is no relevant 
        audit information of which the group's and company's 
        auditors are unaware; and 
 (b)   they have taken all the steps that they ought to have 
        taken as a director in order to make themselves aware 
        of any relevant audit information and to establish 
        that the group's and company's auditors are aware of 
        that information. 
 
 
 Name of person making notification:    Daniella Newson 
                                         Assistant Company Secretary 
 Contact number:                        020 3124 2107 
 Date of notification:                  12 March 2020

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