BFD Benfield Group

RNS Number:9090M
Benfield Group Limited
30 January 2008



TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares



1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which
voting rights are attached:

Benfield Group Ltd



2. Reason for the notification

(please place an X inside the appropriate bracket/s):



An acquisition or disposal of voting rights: ( x  )



An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the
acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached: (   )



An event changing the breakdown of voting rights: (   )



Other (please specify) : (   )

.................



3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation:

Tradewinds Global Investors LLC



4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3) :

.................



5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if
different):

25 January 2008



6. Date on which issuer notified:

29 January 2008



7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

6%




8. Notified Details:



A: Voting rights attached to shares


Class/type of shares if possible              Situation previous to the triggering transaction
use ISIN CODE
                                  Number of shares                   Number of voting rights







                                                 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Class/type of shares if       Number of shares          Number of voting rights               % of voting rights
possible use ISIN CODE
                                                        Direct         Indirect               Direct       Indirect


BMG0985D1039                  7,846,654                                7,846,654                           3.63%
USO818411086                  3,209,838                                3,209,838                           1.49%



B: Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction


Type of         Expiration date      Exercise/conversion       No. of voting rights that   % of voting rights
financial                            period/date               may be acquired (if the
instrument                                                     instrument exercised/
                                                               converted)





Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights                     % of voting
                                            rights


14,266,330 (this total represents total     6.61%
ADRs converted into Ordinary share
equivalents in addition to Ordinary shares
held 1 ADR=2 ORDs)



9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable :

The voting rights are held by Tradewinds Global Investors, LLC which is
controlled by NWQ Holdings, LLC, which is in turn controlled by Nuveen
Investments, Inc, which is in turn controlled by Windy City Investments, Inc,
which is in turn controlled by Windy City Investments Holdings, LLC, which is in
turn controlled by MDCP Holdco (Windy), LLC, which is in turn controlled by
Madison Dearborn Partners V-A&C, LP through its management of various private
equity funds: Madison Dearborn Capital Partners v-A, LP, Madison Dearborn
Capital Partners V-C, LP and Madison Dearborn Capital Partners V Executive-A,
LP. .................



Proxy Voting:



10. Name of proxy holder:

.................



11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

.................



12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

.................



13. Additional information: Figures are based on a total number of voting rights
of 215,981,446

.................



14. Contact name:

Jenny Hermon.................



15. Contact telephone number:

020 7578 7000.................








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