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RSA Insurance Group plc
26 March 2014
Admission of Nil Paid Rights

RSA Insurance Group plc (the "Company") announces that, pursuant to the Rights Issue announced on 25 March 2014, 1,380,976,863 New Ordinary Shares of 27.5 pence each will be admitted to listing on the premium listing segment of the Official List of the UKLA and will be admitted, nil paid, to trading on the London Stock Exchange plc's main market for listed securities at 8.00 a.m. today.

CONTACTS

RSA Insurance Group plc
John Mills, Deputy Group Company Secretary
RSA Insurance Group plc
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7111 7333

J.P. Morgan Cazenove
Sponsor, Joint Global Coordinator
Greg Chamberlain
Mike Collar
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7134 4255

BofA Merrill Lynch
Joint Global Coordinator
Fraser Allen
Tony White
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7174 4000

Capitalised terms defined in the prospectus published on 25 March 2014 (the "Prospectus") shall have the same meaning when used in this announcement.

These written materials do not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to purchase any securities in any jurisdiction.

Any offer to acquire the Company's securities pursuant to the proposed offering referred to in these materials will be made, and any investor should make his investment, solely on the basis of information that will be contained in the Prospectus. Copies of the Prospectus are available at the offices of Equiniti Limited or through the website of the Company.

The information contained herein is not for distribution or publication, whether directly or indirectly and whether in whole or in part, in or into the United States, Canada or South Africa or any other jurisdiction where to do so would constitute a violation of the securities laws of such jurisdiction. These materials do not contain or constitute an offer for sale or the solicitation of an offer to purchase securities in the United States, Canada, or South Africa.

The securities have not been, and will not be, registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") or under any securities laws of any state or other jurisdiction of the United States, and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration under the Securities Act or an available exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act.

There will be no public offering of securities in the United States, Canada, South Africa, or any other jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration, exemption from registration or qualification under the securities laws of such jurisdiction.



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