Holding(s) in Company

26th Feb 2007 12:00

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 February 2007, Schroder Investment ManagementLimited, of 31 Gresham Street, London EC2V 7QA, acquired the voting rights in148,514,632 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 X-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------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 Schroders plc obligation:-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the 22 February 2007 threshold is crossed or reached if different):-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------6. Date on which issuer notified: 23 February 2007-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: Below 5%-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------8. Notified details:-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\* T \* TA: Voting rights attached to shares-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Class/type of Situation previous to the Resulting situation after the triggering transaction shares Triggering transactionif possible ------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------- using the Number of Number of Number of Number of voting rights % of voting rights ISIN CODE Shares Voting shares Rights ---------- ------------------------ -------------------------- 1. 1. 1. Direct Direct Indirect Direct Indirect-------------- ------------ ------------ ---------- ---------- ------------- ----------- --------------OrdinaryGB0006616899 153,153,450 153,153,450 N/A N/A 148,514,632 N/A 4.970%-------------- ------------ ------------ ---------- ---------- ------------- ----------- --------------\* 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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------148,514,632 4.970%-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\* T \* T9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Schroder Investment Management Limited 147,540,785 4.94% Schroder Investment Management North America Limited 62,377 0.002% Schroder & Co Limited 911,470 0.031%-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\* 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: 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:-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------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)Schroders plc----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Contact address (registered office for legal 31 Gresham Street, London EC2V 7QA entities)----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Phone number 020 7658 2521----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Other useful information (at least legal Andrea Rowe representative 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 2007

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