24th Mar 2010 13:30
| TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES | |||||||||
| 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuerof existing shares to which voting rights areattached: ii | RSA Insurance Group plc | ||||||||
| 2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): | |||||||||
| An acquisition or disposal of voting rights | YES | ||||||||
| An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached | NO | ||||||||
| An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments | NO | ||||||||
| An event changing the breakdown of voting rights | NO | ||||||||
| Other (please specify): | NO | ||||||||
| 3. Full name of person(s) subject to thenotification obligation: iii | Schroders plc | ||||||||
| 4. Full name of shareholder(s)(if different from 3.):iv | |||||||||
| 5. Date of the transaction and date onwhich the threshold is crossed orreached: v | 22 March 2010 | ||||||||
| 6. Date on which issuer notified: | 23 March 2010 | ||||||||
| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed orreached: vi, vii | Above 5% | ||||||||
| 8. Notified details: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Class/type ofshares if possible usingthe ISIN CODE | Situation previousto the triggeringtransaction | Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NumberofShares | NumberofVotingRights | Numberof shares | Number of votingrights | % of voting rights x | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Direct | Direct xi | Indirect xii | Direct | Indirect | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ordinary | 174,231,762 | 170,794,231 | 174,644,855 | N/A | 171,207,324 | N/A | 5.002% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| B: Qualifying Financial Instruments | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Type of financialinstrument | Expirationdate xiii | Exercise/ Conversion Period xiv | Number of votingrights that may beacquired if theinstrument isexercised/ converted. | % of votingrights | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Type of financialinstrument | Exercise price | Expiration date xvii | Exercise/Conversion period xviii | Number of voting rights instrument refers to | % of voting rights xix, xx | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nominal | Delta | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total (A+B+C) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 171,207,324 | 5.002% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi | |||||
| Schroder Investment Management Limited 169,633,144 4.956% Schroders (CI) Limited 53,823 0.002% Schroder &Co Limited 1,520,357 0.044% | |||||
| Proxy Voting: | |||||
| 10. Name of the proxy holder: | NA | ||||
| 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will ceaseto hold: | NA | ||||
| 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to holdvoting rights: | NA | ||||
| 13. Additional information: | The shares referred to in section 9 are held in portfolios managed by those firms on a discretionary basis for clients under investment management agreements. | ||||
| 14. Contact name: | Julia Possener | ||||
| 15. Contact telephone number: | 020 7111 7000 | ||||
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