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Legal & General Group Plc

20 April 2022

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 UK Market Abuse Regulation ("UK MAR") relates to the vesting of conditional and restricted shares awarded on 16 April 2019. These shares vested on 16 April 2022 and were released under the terms of the Legal & General Group 2010 Share Bonus Plan (SBP), in respect of the Directors 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.

 
Name              Director/ PDMR      Number of        Number of     Shares sold to      Remaining     Shares retained 
                                   shares awarded    shares vested    cover tax and   shares sold at    by individual 
                                     on 16 April          on         social security   a share price 
                                        2019         16 April 2022    at a price of     of GBP2.744 
                                                                        GBP2.744 
Nigel Wilson         Director          239,777          239,777          115,693          124,084             0 
Jeff Davies          Director          136,838          136,838          66,025              0             70,813 
Kerrigan Procter       PDMR            132,945          132,945          64,146              0             68,799 
Emma 
 Hardaker-Jones        PDMR            30,733           30,733           14,830           15,903              0 
Chris Knight           PDMR            63,914           63,914           30,839              0             33,075 
Geoffrey Timms         PDMR            38,385           38,385           18,521              0             19,864 
Stephen Licence        PDMR            27,485           27,485           13,262              0             14,223 
John Godfrey           PDMR            15,783           15,783            7,616              0              8,167 
Catherine Mason        PDMR            78,052           78,052           37,661              0             40,391 
Bernard Hickman        PDMR            37,753           37,753           18,216              0             19,537 
 

The following notification also relates to the exercise of awards granted on 18 April 2017 under the terms of the Legal & General Group Performance Share Plan 2014 (PSP).

The performance conditions attached to the options granted under the PSP in 2017 provided that the award vested, subject to satisfaction of the performance conditions, after the announcement of the results for 2019 with one third of vested options becoming exercisable immediately, the second third becoming exercisable after the announcement of the 2020 results and the remaining third after the announcement of the 2021 results. The options must be exercised by the seventh anniversary of the date of the grant.

 
    Name       Director/ PDMR   Number of shares  Number of shares  Shares sold to      Remaining     Shares retained 
                                   awarded on     exercised on 14    cover tax and   shares sold at    by individual 
                                 18 April 2017       April 2022     social security   a share price 
                                                                      at a share       of GBP2.744 
                                                                       price of 
                                                                       GBP2.744 
Nigel Wilson      Director          306,024           306,024           147,657          158,367             0 
 
 
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. Vesting of SBP Award over 239,777 shares. 
                                           2. Sale of 239,777 shares, of which 115,693 shares sold to cover tax (no 
                                           shares retained) 
                                           . 
                                           3. Exercise of PSP 2017 award of nil cost options over 306,024 shares. 
                                           4. Sale of 306,024 shares, of which 147,657 shares sold to cover tax and 
                                           dealing costs (no 
                                           shares retained). 
c)   Price(s) and volume(s)       Price(s)                     Volume(s) 
  1. GBP0.00                                                   1. 239,777 
  2. GBP2.744                                                  2. 239,777 
  3. GBP0.00                                                   3. 306,024 
  4. GBP2.744                                                  4. 306,024 
d)   Aggregated information       1. Price                     1. Volume                    1. Total 
      - Aggregated volume 
      - Price 
  1. GBP0.00                                                   1. 239,777                   1. GBP0.00 
  2. Price                                                     2. Volume                    2. Total 
  2. GBP2.744                                                  2. 239,777                   2. GBP657,948.09 
  3. Price                                                     3. Volume                    3. Total 
  3. GBP0.00                                                   3. 306,024                   3. GBP0.00 
  4. Price                                                     4. Volume                    4. Total 
  4. GBP2.744                                                  4. 306,024                   4. GBP839,729.86 
e)   Date of the transaction            1. 16 April 2022 
                                         2. 16 April 2022 
                                         3. 14 April 2022 
                                         4. 14 April 2022 
f)   Place of the transaction     London Stock Exchange, XLON 
 
 
1    Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated 
a)   Name                         Jeff Davies 
2    Reason for the notification 
a)   Position/status              Group Chief Financial 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. Vesting of SBP Award over 136,838 shares. 
                                           2. Sale of 66,025 shares to cover tax and social security. The balance of 
                                           70,813 shares retained. 
c)   Price(s) and volume(s)       Price(s)                     Volume(s) 
  1. GBP0.00                                                   1. 136,838 
  2. GBP2.744                                                  2. 66,025 
d)   Aggregated information       1. Price                     1. Volume                    1. Total 
      - Aggregated volume 
      - Price 
  1. GBP0.00                                                   1. 136,838                   1. GBP0.00 
  2. Price                                                     2. Volume                    2. Total 
  2. GBP2.744                                                  2. 66,025                    2. GBP181,172.60 
e)   Date of the transaction      16 April 2022 
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              President of Asia-Pacific/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. Vesting of SBP Award over 132,945 shares. 
                                           2. Sale of 64,146 shares to cover tax and social security. The balance of 
                                           68,799 shares retained. 
c)   Price(s) and volume(s)       Price(s)                     Volume(s) 
  1. GBP0.00                                                   1. 132,945 
  2. GBP2.744                                                  2. 64,146 
d)   Aggregated information       1. Price                     1. Volume                    1. Total 
      - Aggregated volume 
      - Price 
  1. GBP0.00                                                   1. 132,945                   1. GBP0.00 
  2. Price                                                     2. Volume                    2. Total 
  2. GBP2.744                                                  2. 64,146                    2. GBP176,016.62 
e)   Date of the transaction      16 April 2022 
f)   Place of the transaction     London Stock Exchange, XLON 
 
 
1    Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated 
a)   Name                           Emma Hardaker-Jones 
2    Reason for the notification 
a)   Position/status               Group HR Director/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. Vesting of SBP Award over 30,733 shares. 
                                            2. Sale of 30,733 shares, of which 14,830 were sold to cover tax (no 
                                            shares retained). 
c)   Price(s) and volume(s)        Price(s)                      Volume(s) 
  1. GBP0.00                                                     1. 30,733 
  2. GBP2.744                                                    2. 30,733 
d)   Aggregated information        1. Price                      1. Volume                 1. Total 
      - Aggregated volume 
      - Price 
  1. GBP0.00                                                     1. 30,733                 1. GBP0.00 
  2. Price                                                       2. Volume                 2. Total 
  2. GBP2.744                                                    2. 30,733                 2. GBP84,331.35 
e)   Date of the transaction       16 April 2022 
f)   Place of the transaction      London Stock Exchange, XLON 
 
 
1    Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated 
a)   Name                         Chris Knight 
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. Vesting of SBP Award over 63,914 shares. 
                                           2. Sale of 30,839 shares to cover tax and social security. The balance of 
                                           33,075 shares retained. 
c)   Price(s) and volume(s)       Price(s)                     Volume(s) 
  1. GBP0.00                                                   1. 63,914 
  2. GBP2.744                                                  2. 30,839 
d)   Aggregated information       1. Price                     1. Volume                    1. Total 
      - Aggregated volume 
      - Price 
  1. GBP0.00                                                   1. 63,914                    1. GBP0.00 
  2. Price                                                     2. Volume                    2. Total 
  2. GBP2.744                                                  2. 30,839                    2. GBP84,622.22 
e)   Date of the transaction      16 April 2022 
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           Ordinary shares of GBP0.025 each, with voting rights attached 
     financial instrument, type    GB0005603997 
     of instrument 
     Identification code 
b)   Nature of transaction                 1. Vesting of SBP Award over 38,385 shares. 
                                           2. Sale of 18,521 shares to cover tax and social security. The balance of 
                                           19,864 shares retained. 
c)   Price(s) and volume(s)       Price(s)                     Volume(s) 
  1. GBP0.00                                                   1. 38,385 
  2. GBP2.744                                                  2. 18,521 
d)   Aggregated information       1. Price                     1. Volume                    1. Total 
      - Aggregated volume 
      - Price 
  1. GBP0.00                                                   1. 38,385                    1. GBP0.00 
  2. Price                                                     2. Volume                    2. Total 
  2. GBP2.744                                                  2. 18,521                    2. GBP50,821.62 
e)   Date of the transaction      16 April 2022 
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. Vesting of SBP Award over 27,485 shares. 
                                           2. Sale of 13,262 shares to cover tax and social security. The balance of 
                                           14,223 shares retained. 
c)   Price(s) and volume(s)       Price(s)                     Volume(s) 
  1. GBP0.00                                                   1. 27,485 
  2. GBP2.744                                                  2. 13,262 
d)   Aggregated information       1. Price                     1. Volume                    1. Total 
      - Aggregated volume 
      - Price 
  1. GBP0.00                                                   1. 27,485                    1. GBP0.00 
  2. Price                                                     2. Volume                    2. Total 
  2. GBP2.744                                                  2. 13,262                    2. GBP36,390.93 
e)   Date of the transaction      16 April 2022 
f)   Place of the transaction     London Stock Exchange, XLON 
 
 
1    Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated 
a)   Name                         John Godfrey 
2    Reason for the notification 
a)   Position/status              Corporate Affairs Director/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. Vesting of SBP Award over 15,783 shares. 
                                           2. Sale of 7,616 shares to cover tax and social security. The balance of 
                                           8,167 shares retained. 
c)   Price(s) and volume(s)       Price(s)                     Volume(s) 
  1. GBP0.00                                                   1. 15,783 
  2. GBP2.744                                                  2. 7,616 
d)   Aggregated information       1. Price                     1. Volume                    1. Total 
      - Aggregated volume 
      - Price 
  1. GBP0.00                                                   1. 15,783                    1. GBP0.00 
  2. Price                                                     2. Volume                    2. Total 
  2. GBP2.744                                                  2. 7,616                     2. GBP20,898.30 
e)   Date of the transaction      16 April 2022 
f)   Place of the transaction     London Stock Exchange, XLON 
 
 
1    Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated 
a)   Name                         Catherine Mason 
2    Reason for the notification 
a)   Position/status              Chief Executive Officer, Legal & General Capital/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. Vesting of SBP Award over 78,052 shares. 
                                           2. Sale of 37,661 shares to cover tax and social security. The balance of 
                                           40,391 shares retained. 
c)   Price(s) and volume(s)       Price(s)                     Volume(s) 
  1. GBP0.00                                                   1. 78,052 
  2. GBP2.744                                                  2. 37,661 
d)   Aggregated information       1. Price                     1. Volume                    1. Total 
      - Aggregated volume 
      - Price 
  1. GBP0.00                                                   1. 78,052                    1. GBP0.00 
  2. Price                                                     2. Volume                    2. Total 
  2. GBP2.744                                                  2. 37,661                    2. GBP103,341.78 
e)   Date of the transaction      16 April 2022 
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 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. Vesting of SBP Award over 37,753 shares. 
                                    2. Sale of 18,216 shares to cover tax and social security. The balance of 19,537 
                                    shares retained. 
c)   Price(s) and volume(s)       Price(s)                      Volume(s) 
  1. GBP0.00                                                    1. 37,753 
  2. GBP2.744                                                   2. 18,216 
d)   Aggregated information       1. Price                      1. Volume                   1. Total 
      - Aggregated volume 
      - Price 
  1. GBP0.00                                                    1. 37,753                   1. GBP0.00 
  2. Price                                                      2. Volume                   2. Total 
  2. GBP2.744                                                   2. 18,216                   2. GBP49,984.70 
e)   Date of the transaction      16 April 2022 
f)   Place of the transaction     London Stock Exchange, XLON 
 

20 April 2022

Andrew Fairhurst

Director of Company Secretarial

Legal & General Group Plc

Tel: 020 3124 2102

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