RNS Number:1357K
Benfield Group Limited
23 March 2005

                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES



1. Name of company


Benfield Group Limited



2. Name of shareholder having a major interest


Highfields Capital Management LP



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


Shareholder in 2 above



4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them


Highfields Capital I LP - 839,042 shares

Highfields Capital II LP - 1,964,622 shares

Highfields Capital Limited - 6,882,988 shares





5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired


2,332,500



6. Percentage of issued class


0.98%



7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed


Not applicable



8. Percentage of issued class


Not applicable



9. Class of security


Common Shares of 1p each



10. Date of transaction


21 March 2005





11. Date company informed


23 March 2005



12. Total holding following this notification


9,686,652



13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification


4.09%



14. Any additional information






15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries


Mike Cain - 0207 522 3943



16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making
this notification


Mike Cain - Head of Company Secretariat



Date of notification


23 March 2005



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