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| 16th January 2009 | ||
| Schedule 10 | ||
| Notification of Major Interests in Shares | ||
| 1. | Name of company | |
| Beazley Group plc | ||
| 2. | Name of shareholder having a major interest | |
| JP Morgan Chase & Co | ||
| 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 | |
| As 2 | ||
| 4. | Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of shares held by each of them | |
| JP Morgan Investment Management Inc | 436,999 | |
| JP Morgan Asset Management (UK) Limited | 17,026,626 | |
| JP Morgan Chase Bank N.A. | 71,165 | |
| JF Asset Management (Taiwan) Limited | 251,255 | |
| 5. | Number of shares/amount of stock acquired | |
| 796,243 | ||
| 6. | Percentage of issued class | |
| 0.2% | ||
| 7. | Number of shares/amount of stock disposed | |
| N/A | ||
| 8. | Percentage of issued class | |
| N/A | ||
| 9. | Class of security | |
| Ordinary share of 5p | ||
| 10. | Date of transaction | |
| 13th January 2009 | ||
| 11. | Date company informed | |
| 14th January 2009 | ||
| 12. | Total holding following the notification | |
| 17,786,045 | ||
| 13. | Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification | |
| 5.09% | ||
| 14. | Any additional information | |
| Position notified as at 14th January 2009 | ||
| 15. | Name of contact and telephone number for queries | |
| A R Manners 020 7667 0623 | ||
| 16. | Name and signature of authorized company official responsible for making this notification | |
| Arthur Manners, Company Secretary | ||
| Date of notification - 16th January 2009 | ||