Holding(s) in Company

    RNS Number : 2440E
  Benfield Group Limited
  24 September 2008
   


 For filings with the FSA include the annex
 For filings with issuer exclude the annex 

 TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares

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


 2. Reason for notification (yes/no)
                                                                               X
 An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

 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)        Tradewinds Global
 subject to notification            Investors, LLC
 obligation:                      NWQ Holdings, LLC
                                 Nuveen Investments,
                                         Inc.
                                      Windy City
                                  Investments, Inc.
                                      Windy City
                                     Investments
                                      Holdings,
                                         LLC
                                 MDCP Holdco (Windy),
                                         LLC
                                   Madison Dearborn
                                   Capital Partners
                                      V-A, L.P.
                                   Madison Dearborn
                                   Capital Partners
                                      V-C, L.P.
                                   Madison Dearborn
                                  Capital Partners V
                                  Executive-A, L.P.
                                   Madison Dearborn
                                  Partners V-A&C, LP

 4. Full name of shareholder(s)
 (if different from 3):
                                 15 September 2008
 5. Date of transaction (and     with respect to
 date on which the threshold is  Tradewinds Global
 crossed or reached if           Investors LLC
 different):
                                 17 September 2008
 6. Date on which issuer
 notified:
                                 5%
 7. Threshold(s) that is/are
 crossed or reached:


 8: Notified Details
 A: Voting rights attached to shares

 Class/type of shares  Situation previous to the triggering        Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
 If possible use ISIN  transaction
 code
                       Number of shares      Number of voting      Number of shares  Number of voting        Percentage of voting
                                             rights                                  rights                  rights

                                                                                     Direct  Indirect        Direct       Indirect
 BMG0985D1039          6,218,841             6,218,841             3,345,153                 3,345,153                    1.58%
 US0818411086          2,697,737             2,697,737             2,689,614                 2,689,614                    2.55%




 B: Financial Instruments

 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

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



 Total (A+B)

 Number of voting rights                      Percentage of voting rights
 8,724,381 (this total represents total ADRs  4.13%
 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, L.L.C., which is in turn controlled by
 MDCP
 Holdco (Windy), LLC, which is in turn controlled by Madison Dearborn Partners
 VA&
 C, L.P. through its management of various private equity funds: Madison
 Dearborn Capital Partners V-A, L.P., Madison Dearborn Capital Partners V-C,
 L.P.,
 and Madison Dearborn Capital Partners V Executive-A, L.P.


 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:  On the 18 September the issuer was notified that
                              Tradewinds Global Investors, LLC has sold a
                              total of 3,006,147 shares reducing their holding
                              to 2.70% of the Issue Capital.
 14 Contact name:             Luke Thomas 

                              020 7522 4044


    For notes on how to complete form TR-1 please see the FSA website. 

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