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Aug 31, 2015

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Zurich Insurance Group: Planned takeover offer to the shareholders of RSA Insurance Group

On 25 August 2015, the company Zurich Insurance Group announced by an Ad-hoc message a planned takeover offer to the shareholders of RSA Insurance Group. Accordingly, the shareholders of RSA Insurance Group shall receive GBp 550.00 in cash for each ordinary share they hold. Furthermore, RSA Insurance Group shareholders would receive by RSA the interims dividend of GPp 3.50 per ordinary share for the reporting period which ended on 30 June 2015.

For further information regarding this transaction, please refer to the website of the company at www.zurich.com.

This circular describes the potential effects this transaction will have on the existing Eurex options (RYL) and the Eurex Single Stock Futures contract (RSAF) on shares of RSA Insurance Group.

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