Holding(s) in Company

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TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES^i
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:^ii		Amlin 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			No
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights			No
Other (please specify):			No
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:^iii	AEGON Asset Management UK
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):^iv
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: ^v	08^th August 2011
6. Date on which issuer notified:	10^thAugust 2011
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: ^vi, vii	3%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares ^viii, ix

Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE

Situation previous to the triggering transaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Number of Shares

Number of Voting Rights

Number of shares

Number of voting rights

% of voting rights ^x

Direct

Direct ^xi

Indirect ^xii

Direct

Indirect

GB00B2988H17

14,721,164

14,721,164

14,184,764

14,184,764

1,095,693

2.85%

0.22%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Expiration date ^xiii

Exercise/ Conversion Period ^xiv

Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.

% of voting rights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments ^xv, xvi

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Exercise price

Expiration date ^xvii

Exercise/ Conversion period ^xviii

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights ^xix, xx

Contract for Difference

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Nominal

Delta

0.00%

1

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

15,280,457

3.07%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: ^xxi
AEGON Asset Management UK:-   AEGON Asset Management UK Holdings Ltd AEGON Asset Management UK plc AEGON Investment Management UK ltd AEGON ICVC AEGON VCIC
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:		AEGON Asset Management UK
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:
13. Additional information:	Amlin plc
14. Contact name:	Mark Stevens, Deputy Company Secretary
15. Contact telephone number:	020 7746 1000