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Michael Page International PLC 5 April 2001 DEALINGS BY SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDERS 1) NAME OF COMPANY MICHAEL PAGE INTERNATIONAL PLC 2) NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST ROYAL & SUN ALLIANCE INSURANCE GROUP PLC AND CERTAIN SUBSIDIARY UNDERTAKINGS 3) Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding of the Shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18 FUNDS UNDER MANAGEMENT 4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of shares held by each of them. SEE SCHEDULE BELOW 5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired. 19,472,263 6) ( 5.19 %) of issued Class 7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed N/A 8) ( N/A %) of issued Class 9) Class of security ORDINARY SHARES 10) Date of transaction NOT SUPPLIED 11) Date company informed 4/4/2001 12) Total holding following this notification 19,472,263 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 5.19% 14) Any additional information N/A 15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries DAVID WISE 01753-849335 16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification Date of Notification ....5th April 2001 .... Letter to: Michael Page International plc DISCLOSURE OF SHARE INTEREST - COMPANIES ACT 1989 Following recent transactions, we are writing to inform you of our notifiable interest in the shares of your company. The details are set out below. Registered Name Holding Pool Reinsurance Company Limited 200,000 Littledown Nominees Limited 'R' A/c for 1,606,733 Phoenix Assurance Public Limited Company Littledown Nominees Ltd 'R' A/c for 1,874,522 Royal Insurance Group Pension Scheme (UK Equities) Littledown Nominees Ltd 'R' A/c for 4,284,621 Royal & Sun Alliance Life & Pensions Limited Littledown Nominees Limited 'R' A/c for 4,284,621 Sun Alliance & London Assurance Company Limited Littledown Nominees Ltd 'R' A/c for 2,945,677 SAL Pension Fund Limited Chase Nominees Ltd A/C CMBL 40,000 Littledown Nominees Ltd 'R' A/c for 20,083 RSALI Life Emerging Companies Fund Littledown Nominees Ltd 'R' A/c for 500,000 RSALI Life Equity Fund Littledown Nominees Ltd 'R' A/c for 171,385 RSALI Life Income Distribution 1 Fund Littledown Nominees Ltd 'R' A/c for 3,544,621 RSALI Pensions Equity Fund TOTAL 19,472,263 Number of shares in issue 375,000,000 Percentage of issued share capital 5.19 The appendix below gives details of the beneficial interest of the holdings shown above. Letter from: Royal & Sun Alliance Investments APPENDIX Beneficial ownership and voting rights Shares held in the name of Littledown Nominees Ltd 'R' a/c for:- - Phoenix Assurance Plc - Royal & Sun Alliance Life & Pensions Ltd - Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Plc No 1 A/C - Royal & Sun Alliance Linked Insurances Ltd - Sun Alliance & London Insurance Plc - Sun Alliance & London Assurance Company Ltd are held on behalf of those companies as beneficial owners. Shares held in the name of Littledown Nominees Ltd 'R' A/C for Royal Insurance Group Pension Scheme are held on behalf of the Trustees of the Scheme. Shares held in the name of Midland Bank Trust Company are held as custodians to the Royal Insurance Benevolent Fund. Shares registered in the name of Littledown Nominees Ltd 'R' A/C for SAL Pension Fund are held on behalf of that company as the Corporate Trustee of SAL Pension Scheme (the Sun Alliance occupational pension scheme). SAL Pension Fund is a wholly owned subsidiary of Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Group plc. Shares registered as Chase Nominees Ltd and held for individual unit trusts are held not as beneficial owner but on behalf of unitholders. These funds are managed by Royal & Sun Alliance Unit Trust Management Ltd who have the right to exercise full voting rights for these shares. The voting rights carried by the shares detailed above are not subject to an agreement or arrangement under which another person or company is titled to control our exercise of rights. Shares held in the name of Lloyds Bank (JO) nominees Ltd are held on behalf of Pool Reinsurance Company Ltd. Shares held in the name of The British Aviation Insurance Company Limited are beneficially owned by The British Aviation Insurance Company Limited. Any interest of Phoenix Assurance plc, Sun Alliance Linked Life Assurance Limited, Sun Alliance Pensions Limited and Sun Alliance and London Assurance Company Limited, disclosed in the letter below, are also deemed to be the interest of each of their parent company, Royal & Sun Alliance Life Holdings Limited, its parent Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance plc and its parent Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Group plc, by means of the provisions of Section 203 of the Companies Act 1985. Any interests of Royal & Sun Alliance Life & Pensions Limited, Royal & Sun Alliance Linked Insurances Limited, Royal Life (ULA) Limited and Royal Life (ULPF) Limited, disclosed in the attached letter, are also deemed to be the interest of each of their parent company, Royal & Sun Alliance Life Holdings Limited, its parent Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance plc and its parent Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Group plc, by means of the provisions of Section 203 of the Companies Act 1985. The interests of the Royal & Sun Alliance Trust Company are not required to be disclosed and accordingly are not included in this notification.

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