Shareholder Information
Shareholder information
Registered Office and Group Corporate Centre
9th Floor, One Plantation Place, 30 Fenchurch Street, London EC3M 3BD. Telephone: +44 (0)20 7111 7000. Registered in England No. 2339826.
Company website
The Annual Report & Accounts, interim results and other useful information about the Company is available on the website.
Investor Relations
For further information about Royal & SunAlliance, please contact the Investor Relations department at: Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Group plc, 9th Floor, One Plantation Place, 30 Fenchurch Street, London EC3M 3BD. Telephone: +44 (0)20 7111 7136.
Annual General Meeting
Ordinary shareholders are invited to attend the Company’s Annual General Meeting (AGM), which will be held in The Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, Broad Sanctuary, Westminster, London SW1P 3EE at 11.00am on 22 May 2006. Ordinary shareholders who are unable to attend the AGM to ask a question in person may write to the Company Secretary’s department at the address above.
Disabled shareholders
Royal & SunAlliance is committed to providing a quality service to all of its shareholders. An induction loop is installed at the AGM venue. Please contact the Company Secretary’s department at the address above.
Share price
The Company’s share price is shown on Ceefax BBC1 page 230, BBC2 page 223 and on Teletext Ch4 page 519. It is also available on the Company website.
Share dealing
Shares can be bought or sold through a stockbroker, bank or building society. The rates of commission charged for share dealing services will vary depending on the kind of service required. The cheapest way to deal in shares is usually on an ‘execution only’ basis which means that a broker will act on their client’s instructions to buy or sell, but will not give advice on the merits of the transaction.
The Company has established an execution only sharedealing service with Lloyds TSB Registrars for existing shareholders with a UK registered address. Shares can be bought or sold within minutes, between the hours of 8.30am and 4.30pm (UK time), Monday to Friday. To deal, log on to www.shareview.co.uk/dealing or telephone +44 (0)870 850 0852. Shareholders will need to have their share certificate(s) to hand when dealing.
Capital gains tax
The market value at 31 March 1982 of each post consolidation ordinary share of 27.5p in the Company, for capital gains tax purposes after relevant adjustments, was 146.41p (25p shares 133.1p) for former Royal Insurance shareholders and 57.97p (25p shares 52.7p) for former Sun Alliance shareholders. An adjustment to tax cost is required to take account of the 2003 rights issue, according to whether the rights were taken up or sold. Similarly, for former Royal Insurance shareholders an adjustment to tax cost is required to take account of the 1993 rights issue, according to whether the rights were taken up or sold.
ShareGift
The purpose of ShareGift is to make it easy for shareholders to donate any number of shares to charity. The service can be particularly useful for shareholders with a small number of shares, which would be uneconomic to sell. Shares donated through ShareGift are transferred into the name of The Orr Mackintosh Foundation, registered charity number 3150478. ShareGift’s purpose is to realise as much value as possible by collecting shares, selling them and using the proceeds to make donations to a wide range of UK charities. Further details can be obtained from: The Orr Mackintosh Foundation, 46 Grosvenor Street, London W1K 3HN. Telephone: +44 (0)20 7828 1151. The website address is www.sharegift.org.
The Unclaimed Assets Register
Royal & SunAlliance supplies unclaimed dividend data to The Unclaimed Assets Register (UAR), which provides investors who have lost track of shareholdings with the opportunity to search the UAR’s database of unclaimed financial assets on payment of a small, fixed fee. The UAR donates part of the search fee to charity. Further details can be obtained from: The Unclaimed Assets Register, Bain House,16 Connaught Place, London W2 2ES. Telephone: +44 (0)870 241 1713. The website address is www.uar.co.uk.
Registrar
Lloyds TSB Registrars, The Causeway, Worthing, West Sussex BN99 6DA. The shareholder helpline telephone number is +44 (0)870 600 3988. Overseas callers should use +44 (0)121 415 7064. Shareholders with a text phone facility should use +44 (0)870 600 3950.
Please quote the company reference number ‘0059’ and your shareholder account number (on your share certificate and dividend tax vouchers) when contacting or corresponding with Lloyds TSB Registrars.
The Company has appointed Lloyds TSB Registrars as its registrar to manage the shareholder register, to ensure that all information held about the Company’s shareholders is kept up to date and to pay dividends. Further details about the services provided by Lloyds TSB Registrars can be found in the Frequently asked questions section.
American Depositary Receipts
The Company’s ordinary shares are quoted on the New York Stock Exchange, in the form of American Depositary Shares (ADSs). One ADS is equivalent to five ordinary shares. ADSs are represented by American Depositary Receipts (ADRs).
Any enquiry relating to registered ADR holdings should be addressed to: Citibank Shareholder Services, PO Box 43077, Providence RI 02940-3077. Telephone: +1 877 248 4237. The website address is www.citibank.com/adr.
The Annual Review & Summary Financial Statements are distributed to registered and beneficial ADR holders, followed by financial statements in a US format. The Group files its annual report on Form 20-F and other information with the US Securities and Exchange Commission.
ADR dividends
ADR holders are eligible for stock dividends and other entitlements accruing on the underlying Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Group plc ordinary shares and receive all cash dividends in US dollars. Dividends are usually paid twice a year. Dividend cheques are mailed directly to registered ADR holders on the ADR dividend payment date. Dividends on ADRs held via the Depositary Trust Company are subsequently paid to beneficial ADR holders in the Book Entry Only system.
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