Holding(s) in Company

Admiral Group PLC
15 August 2007


TR-1: notification of major interests in shares

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|1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying |       Admiral Group Plc        |
|issuer of existing shares to which voting   |                                |
|rights are attached:                        |                                |
+--------------------------------------------+----------------------+---------+
|2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or |         |
|boxes)                                                             |         |
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|An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                        |         |
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|An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may      |         |
|result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting |         |
|rights are attached                                                |         |
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|An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                   |         |
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|Other (please specify):                                            |         |
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|3. Full name of person(s) subject to the    |        BlackRock, Inc.         |
|notification obligation:                    |                                |
+--------------------------------------------+--------------------------------+
|4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different|                                |
|from 3.):                                   |                                |
+--------------------------------------------+--------------------------------+
|5. Date of the transaction (and date on     |        10th August 2007        |
|which the threshold is crossed or reached if|                                |
|different):                                 |                                |
+--------------------------------------------+--------------------------------+
|6. Date on which issuer notified:           |        14th August 2007        |
+--------------------------------------------+--------------------------------+
|7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or      |         Gone below 5%          |
|reached:                                    |                                |
+--------------------------------------------+------------------------------+-+
|8. Notified details:                        |                              | |
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+--------------------------------------------+----------------------+-------+-+

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|A: Voting rights attached to shares                                               |
+------------+---------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
|Class/type  |Situation previous to|Resulting situation after the triggering       |
|of shares   |the Triggering       |transaction                                    |
|if possible |transaction          |                                               |
|using the   +----------+----------+---------+--------------------+----------------+
|ISIN CODE   |Number of |Number of |Number of|Number of voting    |% of voting     |
|            |Shares    |Voting    |shares   |rights              |rights          |
|            |          |Rights    +---------+---------+----------+-------+--------+
|            |          |          |Direct   |Direct   |Indirect  |Direct |Indirect|
+------------+----------+----------+---------+---------+----------+-------+--------+
|GB00B02J6398|13,345,202|13,345,202|N/A      |N/A      |12,615,660|N/A    |4.80%   |
+------------+----------+----------+---------+---------+----------+-------+--------+

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|B: Financial Instruments                                                      |
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|Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                          |
+---------------+-----------+------------------+-------------------+-----------+
|Type of        |Expiration |Exercise/         |Number of voting   |% of voting|
|financial      |date       |Conversion Period/|rights that may be |rights     |
|instrument     |           |Date              |acquired if the    |           |
|               |           |                  |instrument is      |           |
|               |           |                  |exercised/         |           |
|               |           |                  |converted.         |           |
+---------------+-----------+------------------+-------------------+-----------+
|               |           |                  |                   |           |
+---------------+-----------+------------------+-------------------+-----------+

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|Total (A+B)                                                                  |
+-------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+
|Number of voting rights              |% of voting rights                     |
+-------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+
|12,615,660                           |4.80%                                  |
+-------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+


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|9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or   |
|the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:               |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited - 12,615,660 (4.80%)            |
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|Proxy Voting:                                                                |
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|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:                             |                            |
+------------------------------------------------+----------------------------+

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|13. Additional information:     |                                            |
+--------------------------------+--------------------------------------------+
|14. Contact name:               |                                            |
+--------------------------------+--------------------------------------------+
|15. Contact telephone number:   |                                            |
+--------------------------------+--------------------------------------------+


ANNEX NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES
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|A: Identity of the person or legal entity subject to the notification          |
|obligation                                                                     |
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|Full name (including legal form for legal |BlackRock, Inc                      |
|entities)                                 |                                    |
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|Contact address (registered office for    |33 King William Street, London, EC4R|
|legal entities)                           |9AS                                 |
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|Phone number                              |020 7743 2098                       |
+------------------------------------------+------------------------------------+
|Other useful information (at least legal  |Thomas Hone                         |
|representative for legal persons)         |                                    |
+------------------------------------------+------------------------------------+

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|B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable                                     |
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|Full name                                 |                                    |
+------------------------------------------+------------------------------------+
|Contact address                           |                                    |
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|Phone number                              |                                    |
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|Other useful information (e.g. functional |                                    |
|relationship with the person or legal     |                                    |
|entity subject to the notification        |                                    |
|obligation)                               |                                    |
+------------------------------------------+------------------------------------+

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|C: Additional information                                                     |
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