21st Feb 2007 11:54
This notification relates to issued ordinary shares of the Company ('shares')and is given in fulfillment of the obligations imposed by the FSA in accordancewith DTR5 (including section 5.8.1). We hereby notify you that on 20 February 2007, Legal & General Group PLC,Registered Office Temple Court, 11 Queen Victoria Street, London, EC4N 4TP.,acquired the voting rights in 105,619,766 shares. Company Information: Luke Thomas Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Group plc 9th Floor One Plantation Place 30 Fenchurch Street London EC3M 3BD Tel: 020 7111 7000 TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES \* T1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance existing shares to which voting rights are attached: Group plc------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes) N/A-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------An acquisition or disposal of voting rights-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------An event changing the breakdown of voting rights-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Other (please specify): New Exemptions DTR 5.1.3 (4) and 5.1.5 (1)------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification Legal & General Group plc (L&G) obligation:-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.): Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management) Limited (PMC)-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different): N/A-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------6. Date on which issuer notified: 20 February 2007-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: Above 3% (L&G)-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------8. Notified details:-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\* T \* TA: Voting rights attached to shares-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Class/type of Situation previous Resulting situation after the triggering transaction shares to the Triggeringif possible transaction using the --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ISIN CODE Number of Number ofNumber of Number of voting rights % of voting rights Shares Voting shares Rights ------------------------------------------------------------- 1. 1. 1. Direct Direct Indirect Direct Indirect----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GBP Ordinary 0.275 46,079,229 3.20% 105,619,766 105,619,766 3.53%-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\* T \* TB: Financial Instruments-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Resulting situation after the triggering transaction-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Type of financial Expiration Exercise/ Conversion Number of voting rights% of voting instrument date Period/ Date that may be acquired rights if the instrument is exercised/ converted.-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\* T \* TTotal (A+B)-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Number of voting rights % of voting rights-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------105,619,766 3.53%-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\* T \* T9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Legal & General Group Plc (Direct and Indirect) (Group)Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (LGIMH) (Direct and Indirect)Legal & General Investment Management Limited (Indirect) (LGIM) Legal & General Group Plc (Direct) (L&G) (105,619,766 - 3.53% = LGAS, LGPL & PMC) Legal & General Investment Management Legal & General Insurance Holdings Limited (Holdings) Limited (Direct) (LGIMHD) (Direct) (LGIH) (90,165,614 - 3.01% = PMC)Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Legal & General Assurance Society Limited Management) Limited (PMC) (90,165,614 - (LGAS & LGPL) 3.01% = PMC) Legal & General Pensions Limited (Direct) (LGPL)\* T \* TProxy Voting:-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------10. Name of the proxy holder: N/A-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold: N/A-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights: N/A-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------13. Additional information: Notification using the total voting rights figure of 2,988,223,782 First notification under DTR Sourcebook-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------14. Contact name:-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------15. Contact telephone number:-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\* T ANNEX NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES XVI \* TA: Identity of the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Full name (including legal form for legal entities) Legal & General Group plc----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Contact address (registered office for legal entities)----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Phone number 020 7528 6742----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Other useful information (at least legal representative Helen Lewis for legal persons)----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\* T \* TB: Identity of the notifier, if applicable xvii----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Full name----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Contact address----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Phone number----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation)----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\* T \* TC: Additional information-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\* T Copyright Business Wire 2007Related Shares:
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