Director/PDMR Shareholding

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RSA Insurance Group plc

Transactions in shares by Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility (“PDMRs”)

Ordinary Shares of £1 each

08 January 2016

On 08 January 2016, RSA Insurance Group plc (the “Company”) received notification of the following transactions in its ordinary shares of £1 each (“Ordinary Shares”) by PDMRs.

On 07 January 2016, Ordinary Shares were purchased by the PDMRs listed below under the Company’s all employee Sharebuild Plan (an HMRC approved Share Incentive Plan) (the “Plan”). The Ordinary Shares were purchased at a price of 403.8p per share.

Name	Number of shares purchased under the Partnership element of the Plan (personal contribution)	Number of shares awarded under the Matching element of the Plan (Company contribution)
David Coughlan	32	8
William McDonnell	32	8
Derek Walsh	31	8
Paul Whittaker	32	8

Under the terms of the Company’s all employee Sharebuild Plan (an HMRC approved Share Incentive Plan), the Matching Shares awarded on 07 January 2013 to the current PDMR’s listed below have vested.

Name	Number of shares vested under the Matching element of the Plan
David Coughlan	19
Derek Walsh	19
William McDonnell	22
Paul Whittaker	22

These announcements are made following notifications made in accordance with Disclosure and Transparency Rule 3.1.2R.

The transactions were carried out in London.

--ENDS--

Enquiries to:

Elinor Bell, Deputy Group Company Secretary

Tel: [phone]

Louise Shield, External Communications Director

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Category Code: RDS

Sequence Number: 504408

Time of Receipt (offset from UTC): 20160108T162410+0000