Holding(s) in Company

29th Jan 2007 07:15

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 22 January 2007, The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.,('GS Inc')of 85 Broad Street, New York, NY 10004, USA, acquired the votingrights in 260,415,764 shares. Company Information: \* TLuke ThomasRoyal & Sun Alliance Insurance Group plc9th FloorOne Plantation Place30 Fenchurch StreetLondon EC3M 3BDTel: 020 7111 7000\* T 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)-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------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) X-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification Goldman Sachs Group Inc obligation:-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.): Goldman Sachs Asset Management Goldman Sachs & Co-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the 22 January 2007 threshold is crossed or reached if different):-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------6. Date on which issuer notified: 25 January 2007-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: 8%-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------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------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Below 780990552 3% 260,415,764 8.72%-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\* 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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------260,415,764 8.72%-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\* T \* T9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------The interest in 650,328 shares arose from an interst held by Goldman, Sachs & Co., a wholly-owned direct subsidiary of GS Inc, acting as custodian for its customers. These shares are, or will be, registered in the name of Goldman Sachs Securities (Nominees), Limited. The interest in 259,765,436 shares arose from an interest held by Goldman Sachs Asset Management International/ Goldman Sachs Asset Management L.P., a wholly owned subsidiary of GS Inc acting as discretionary manager. We believe that some of these shares are, or will be, registered in the name of GSSN.-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\* 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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\* T \* T13. Additional information: N/A------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------14. Contact name: Joanne Wall------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------15. Contact telephone number: 020 7051 1704------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\* T Copyright Business Wire 2007

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