Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number:6914S
Benfield Group Limited
14 October 2005

                                  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

J P Morgan Chase Bank - 1,118,500
Brown Brothers Harriman and Co - 9,900
J P Morgan, Bournemouth - 5,715,529
J P Morgan, Bournemouth - 359,700


5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired

Not applicable


6. Percentage of issued class

Not applicable


7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed

1,574,583


8. Percentage of issued class

0.67%


9. Class of security

Common Shares of 1p each


10. Date of transaction

Not disclosed


11. Date company informed

13 October 2005


12. Total holding following this notification

7, 203,629


13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

3.08%


14. Any additional information

Notification results from the notifying parties holding above 3% 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

14 October 2005


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