Admiral Group PLC : Holding(s) in Company

For filings with the FSA include the annex For filings with issuer exclude the annex +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES(i) | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---------------------------------------------+--------------------------------+ |1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying | | |issuer | Admiral Group PLC | |of existing shares to which voting rights are| | |attached:(ii) | | +---------------------------------------------+--------------------------------+ |2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+-------+ |An acquisition or disposal of voting rights | | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+-------+ |An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which | | |may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting| | |rights are attached | | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+-------+ |An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect| | |to qualifying financial instruments | | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+-------+ |An event changing the breakdown of voting rights | | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+-------+ |Other (please specify):   | | +--------------------------------------+-------------------------------+-------+ |3. Full name of person(s) subject to | | |the | BlackRock, Inc. | |notification obligation:(iii) | | +--------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+ |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 | 28(th) October 2011 | |reached: (v) | | +--------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+ |6. Date on which issuer notified: | 1(st) November 2011 | +--------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+ |7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or| Holding has gone above 10% | |reached:(vi, vii) | | +--------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |8. Notified details: | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |A: Voting rights attached to shares (viii, ix) | +------------+----------------------+----------------------------------------------+ |Class/type |Situation previous |Resulting situation after the triggering | |of |to the triggering |transaction | |shares |transaction | | | +----------+-----------+------------+-----------------+---------------+ |if possible |Number |Number |Number |Number of voting |% of  voting | |using |of |of |of shares |rights |rights (x) | |the ISIN | ares |V ting +------------+------+----------+------+--------+ |CODE | |Rights |Direct |Direct|Indirect |Direct|Indirect| | | | | |(xi) |(xii) | | | +------------+----------+-----------+------------+------+----------+------+--------+ |GB00B02J6398|25,159,738|25,159,738 |N/A |N/A |24,451,803|N/A |9.05% | +------------+----------+-----------+------------+------+----------+------+--------+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |B: Qualifying Financial Instruments | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | +--------------+----------+-----------------------+------------------+-------------+ |Type of |Expiration|Exercise/ |Number of voting |% of voting | |financial |date(xiii)|Conversion Period(xiv) |rights that may be|rights | |instrument | | |acquired if the | | | | | |instrument is | | | | | |exercised/ | | | | | |converted. | | +--------------+----------+-----------------------+------------------+-------------+ |  |  |  |  |  | +--------------+----------+-----------------------+------------------+-------------+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial | |Instruments (xv, xvi) | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | +-------------+---------+----------+-------------+------------------+--------------+ |Type of |Exercise |Expiration|Exercise/ |Number of voting |% of voting | |financial |price |date |Conversion |rights instrument |rights (xix, | |instrument | |(xvii) |period(xviii)|refers to |xx) | | | | | |  |  | +-------------+---------+----------+-------------+------------------+-------+------+ | | | | | |Nominal|Delta | |CFD |  |  |  |2,782,854 +-------+------+ | | | | | |1.03% |1.03% | +-------------+---------+----------+-------------+------------------+-------+------+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Total (A+B+C) | +------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+ |Number of voting rights |Percentage of voting rights | +------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+ |27,234,657 |10.08% | +------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or | |the | |financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:(xxi) | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |  | |BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited - 27,234,657 (10.08%) | |  | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Proxy Voting: | +-------------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ |10. Name of the proxy holder: |  | +-------------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ |11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will | | |cease |  | |to hold: | | +-------------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ |12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold|  | |voting rights: | | +-------------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ +-----------------------------+----------------------------------------------+ | |BlackRock International Threshold Reporting | |13. Additional information: |Team | +-----------------------------+----------------------------------------------+ |14. Contact name: |Andrew Manchester | +-----------------------------+----------------------------------------------+ |15. Contact telephone number:|020 7743 5773 | +-----------------------------+----------------------------------------------+ Note: Annex should only be submitted to the FSA not the issuer Annex: Notification of major interests in shares(xxii) +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |A: Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to the notification | |obligation | +-------------------------------+----------------------------------------------+ |Full name | | |(including legal form of legal |BlackRock, Inc. | |entities) | | |  | | +-------------------------------+----------------------------------------------+ |Contact address | | |(registered office for legal |12 Throgmorton Avenue, London, EC2N 2DL | |entities) | | |  | | +-------------------------------+----------------------------------------------+ |Phone number & email |020 7743 5773; andrew.manchester@blackrock.com| |  | | +-------------------------------+----------------------------------------------+ |Other useful information | | |(at least legal representative |Andrew Manchester | |for legal persons) | | |  | | +-------------------------------+----------------------------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable | +-------------------------------+----------------------------------------------+ |Full name |  | |  | | +-------------------------------+----------------------------------------------+ |Contact address |  | |  | | +-------------------------------+----------------------------------------------+ |Phone number & email |  | |  | | +-------------------------------+----------------------------------------------+ |Other useful information |  | |(e.g. functional relationship | | |with the person or legal entity| | |subject to the notification | | |obligation) | | +-------------------------------+----------------------------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |C: Additional information | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |  | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ For notes on how to complete form TR-1 please see the FSA website. 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