BFD Benfield Group

RNS Number:5569W
Benfield Group Limited
06 January 2006

                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES



1. Name of company


Benfield Group Limited



2. Name of shareholder having a major interest


FMR Corp and Fidelity International Limited





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


Shareholders in 2 above and their direct and indirect subsidiaries, both being non-beneficial holders.



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




State Str Bk and Tr Co Lndn - 701,700

JP Morgan Bournemouth - 359,700

Northern Trust London - 535,900

Bank of New York Brussels - 40,100

Mellon Bank - 15,900

JP Morgan Chase Bank - 6,630,800

Brown Brothers Harriman and Co - 71,900

State Street Bank and TR Co - 45,700

JP Morgan Bournemouth - 5,803,829

Brown Bros Harrimn Ltd Lux - 44,200





5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired


2,305,300



6. Percentage of issued class


0.98%



7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed


Not applicable



8. Percentage of issued class


N/A



9. Class of security


Common Shares of 1p each



10. Date of transaction


Not disclosed



11. Date company informed


6 January 2006



12. Total holding following this notification


14,249,729



13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification


6.07%



14. Any additional information


Notification results from the notifying parties holding above 4% of the Company's issued share capital.



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


6 January 2006



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