BFD Benfield Group

RNS Number:9406K
Benfield Group Limited
02 January 2008

                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES





1. Name of company


Benfield Group Limited



2. Name of shareholder having a major interest


Artisan Partners Limited Partnership



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 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 Street Nominees Ltd - 15,673,181 shares

The Bank of New York Nominees Limited - 5,801,175 shares

Mellon Trust - 2,411,960 shares

Brown Brothers Harriman - 542,994 shares



5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired


Not disclosed



6. Percentage of issued class


Not applicable



7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed


Not disclosed



8. Percentage of issued class


Not applicable



9. Class of security


Common Shares of 1p each





10. Date of transaction


28 December 2007



11. Date company informed


31 December 2007



12. Total holding following this notification


24,429310 Common Shares



13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification


11.08%



14. Any additional information


Notification results from the holding of the notifying parties increasing above 11% of the Company's issued share
capital.



15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries


Jenny Hermon 0207 578 7000



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


Derek Walsh - Head of Secretariat



Date of notification


2 January 2008



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