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RNS Number : 3555D  Legal & General Group Plc  02 April 2025

THIS ANNOUNCEMENT RELATES TO THE DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION THAT QUALIFIED OR
MAY HAVE QUALIFIED AS INSIDE INFORMATION WITHIN THE MEANING OF ARTICLE 7(1) OF
THE MARKET ABUSE REGULATION (EU) NO. 596/2014 AS IT FORMS PART OF UNITED
KINGDOM DOMESTIC LAW BY VIRTUE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION (WITHDRAWAL) ACT 2018.

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SAMOA, WAKE ISLAND AND THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS), ANY STATE OF THE UNITED
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Legal & General Group Plc

(incorporated with limited liability in England, registered number 01417162)

announces the final results of the tender offer for its £600,000,000 Fixed
Rate Reset Subordinated Notes due 2045 (ISIN: XS1310962839)

2 April 2025

On 25 March 2025, Legal & General Group Plc (the "Offeror") announced an
invitation to holders of its outstanding £600,000,000 Fixed Rate Reset
Subordinated Notes due 2045 (ISIN: XS1310962839) (the "Notes") to tender their
outstanding Notes for purchase by the Offeror for cash up to the Maximum
Acceptance Amount, on the terms and subject to the satisfaction (or waiver) of
the New Financing Condition and the other conditions contained in the tender
offer memorandum dated 25 March 2025 (the "Tender Offer Memorandum") prepared
by the Offeror (such invitation, the "Offer").

On 26 March 2025, the Offeror announced that the Maximum Acceptance Amount for
the Offer had been set at £600,000,000 in aggregate nominal amount of the
Notes.

The Offer expired at 4.00 p.m. (London time) on 1 April 2025 (the "Expiration
Deadline") and the Offeror now announces the final results of the Offer. As at
the Expiration Deadline, a total of £498,425,000 in aggregate nominal amount
of Notes were validly tendered for purchase pursuant to the Offer. The Offeror
now proposes to accept £498,425,000 in aggregate nominal amount of Notes for
purchase pursuant to the Offer.

Capitalised terms used in this announcement but not defined have the meanings
given to them in the Tender Offer Memorandum.

Final Results

The Offeror announces that it has decided to set the Final Acceptance Amount
at £498,425,000 and, accordingly, that it will accept for purchase all Notes
validly tendered for purchase pursuant to the Offer without any scaling.

A summary of the results of the Offer is set out in the table below.

 Notes                                                              Final Acceptance Amount   Aggregate nominal amount of the Notes validly tendered pursuant to the Offer   Scaling Factor  Purchase Price

 £600,000,000 Fixed Rate Reset Subordinated Notes due 2045 (ISIN:   £498,425,000             £498,425,000                                                                    Not Applicable  100.25 per cent.
 XS1310962839)

The Offeror will also pay an Accrued Interest Payment in respect of Notes
accepted for purchase pursuant to the Offer, as further described in the
Tender Offer Memorandum.

The Settlement Date in respect of the Notes accepted for purchase pursuant to
the Offer is expected to be 3 April 2025. The Offeror intends to cancel all
Notes purchased by it pursuant to the Offer. Following settlement of the
Offer, £101,575,000 in aggregate nominal amount of the Notes will remain
outstanding.

Banco Santander, S.A. (Attention: Liability Management; Email:
LiabilityManagement@gruposantander.com
(mailto:LiabilityManagement@gruposantander.com) ), Barclays Bank PLC
(Telephone: +44 20 3134 8515; Attention: Liability Management Group; Email:
eu.lm@barclays.com), Citigroup Global Markets Limited (Telephone: +44 20 7986
8969; Attention: Liability Management Group; Email:
liabilitymanagement.europe@citi.com), J.P. Morgan Securities plc (Telephone:
+44 20 7134 2468; Attention: EMEA Liability Management Group; Email:
liability_management_EMEA@jpmorgan.com), Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets plc
(Telephone: +44 20 7158 1726 / 1719; Attention: Liability Management Group;
Email: lbcmliabilitymanagement@lloydsbanking.com) and Merrill Lynch
International ( Telephone: +44 20 7996 5420; Attention: Liability Management
Team; Email: dg.lm-emea@bofa.com) are acting as Dealer Managers for the Offer.

Kroll Issuer Services Limited (Telephone: +44 20 7704 0880; Attention: David
Shilson; Email:  landg@is.kroll.com (mailto:landg@is.kroll.com) ; Offer
Website: https://deals.is.kroll.com/landg) is acting as Tender Agent for the
Offer.

This announcement is released by the Offeror and contains information that
qualified or may have qualified as inside information for the purposes of
Article 7 of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014 as it forms part of
the UK domestic law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 ("UK
MAR"), encompassing information relating to the final results of the Offer
described above. For the purposes of UK MAR and Article 2 of Commission
Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 2016/1055 as it forms part of UK domestic law
by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, this announcement is
made by Geoffrey Timms, Group General Counsel at the Offeror.

LEI Number: 213800JH9QQWHLO99821

DISCLAIMER This announcement must be read in conjunction with the Tender Offer
Memorandum. No offer or invitation to acquire any securities is being made
pursuant to this announcement.  The distribution of this announcement and the
Tender Offer Memorandum in certain jurisdictions may be restricted by law.
Persons into whose possession this announcement and/or the Tender Offer
Memorandum come(s) are required by each of the Offeror, the Dealer Managers
and the Tender Agent to inform themselves about, and to observe, any such
restrictions. Neither this announcement nor the Tender Offer Memorandum
constitutes an offer to buy or the solicitation of an offer to sell Notes or
an invitation to participate in the Offer.

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