Holding(s) in Company

6th Sep 2010 14:38

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								YES
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights								NO
Other (please specify):								NO
3. Full name of person(s) subject to thenotification obligation: iii				BlackRock, Inc
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				1 September 2010
6. Date on which issuer notified:				3 September 2010
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed orreached: vi, vii				Below 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

180,484,864

180,484,864

N/A

N/A

170,108,396

N/A

4.93%

GB0006616899

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

CFD

1,790,509

Nominal

Delta

0.05%

0.05%

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

171,898,905

4.98%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited 171,898,905 4.98%
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:		NA
14. Contact name:		John Mills
15. Contact telephone number:		020 7111 7000

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Related Shares:

RSA.L