Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number:1306H
Benfield Group Limited
06 November 2007

                                  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 - 15,510,817 shares
The Bank of New York Nominees Limited - 5,869,429 shares
Mellon Trust - 2,508,337 shares
Brown Brothers Harriman - 508,210 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

278,319 common shares

8. Percentage of issued class

0.12%

9. Class of security

Common Shares of 1p each

10. Date of transaction

Not disclosed

11. Date company informed

5 November 2007

12. Total holding following this notification

24,396,793 Common Shares

13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

10.98%

14. Any additional information

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

15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries

George Stiff - 020 7578 7050

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


George Stiff - Company Secretariat



Date of notification


6 November 2007



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