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11 Mar 2005 10:24

ARC Risk Management Group PLC11 March 2005 FORM SAR 3 Lodge with a RIS or Newstrack if appropriate and the Takeover Panel.A copy must also be sent to the company the shares of which are acquired. Date of disclosure11 March 2005............................................................... DISCLOSURE UNDER RULE 3 OF THE RULES GOVERNINGSUBSTANTIAL ACQUISITIONS OF SHARES ("SARs") Date of acquisition10 March 2005............................................................... Acquisition in (name of company)ARC Risk Management Group plc.............................................. 1. Class of voting shares (eg ordinary shares)ordinary shares............................................................ Number of shares/rights over shares acquired 2,000,000 Shares..................... If rights over shares acquired, as opposed to the shares themselves, specifynature of rights............................................................... 2. Resultant total holding of voting shares (and % of total voting shares inissue)40,742,500 15.0% Resultant total holding of rights over shares (and % of total voting shares inissue).......... ..........% Total percentage40,742,500 15.0% 3. Party making disclosureSeymour Pierce Limited...................................................... 4. (a) Name of person acquiring shares or rights over sharesSidebell Limited............................................................ and, if different, beneficial owner............................................................... (b) Names of any other persons acting by agreement or understanding (see SAR 5)Simon Richards............................................................ Signed, for and on behalf of the party named in (3) above............................................................... Jeremy Porter............................................................... Telephone and extension number020 7107 8036............................................................... Note. Under SAR 5, the holdings of and acquisitions by persons acting byagreement or understanding must be aggregated and treated as a holding of oracquisition by one person. Note 3 on SAR 5 requires persons who must aggregateholdings to disclose certain disposals. For full details of the SARs disclosure requirements, see Rules 3 and 5 of theSARs. If in doubt, contact the Panel on Takeovers and Mergers, MonitoringSection. Tel. No: 020 7638 0129.Email:monitoring@disclosure.org.uk This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange