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Catlin Group Limited 19 August 2005 SCHEDULE 10 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1. Name of company CATLIN GROUP LIMITED .............................................................................. 2. Name of shareholder having a major interest BARCLAYS PLC .............................................................................. 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 WOOLWICH UNIT TRUST MANAGERS LTD, GERRARD LTD, BARCLAYS CAPITAL SECURITIES LTD, BARCLAYS GLOBAL INVESTORS LTD, BARCLAYS LIFE ASSURANCE CO LTD, BARCLAYS GLOBAL INVESTORS, N.A., BARCLAYS GLOBAL INVESTORS JAPAN LTD, BARCLAYS GLOBAL INVESTORS LTD, BARCLAYS GLOBAL INVESTORS AUSTRALIA LTD .............................................................................. 4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of shares held by each of them Regisitered Holder Account Designation Holding BANK OF IRELAND 258180 7,364 BANK OF IRELAND 258227 45,431 BANK OF IRELAND 4239749 80,152 BANK OF NEW YORK 210405 60,313 BANK OF NEW YORK 214074 2,585 BANK OF NEW YORK 214075 423,970 BANK OF NEW YORK 221428 54,986 BANK OF NEW YORK 367748 482,448 BANK OF NEW YORK 392067 527,390 BANK OF NEW YORK 392177 27,572 BANK OF NEW YORK 768198 25,923 BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LTD 552,397 BNP PARIBAS 52,866 BNY (OCS) NOMINEES LTD 221476 46,339 BNY (OCS) NOMINEES LTD 387173 108,005 BOISS NOMINEES LTD 4224361 51,706 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 16376 57,350 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 16669 17,186 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 18243 14,994 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 19518 17,168 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 19519 163,698 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 19520 19,672 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 20947 6,447,845 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 21359 229,376 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 25772 57,737 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 27793 7,856 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 27795 9,782 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 27800 107,299 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 28270 80,938 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 28270 45,548 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 31961 229,413 CIBC MELLON GLOBAL SECURITIES 32,261 CITIBANK 6010640794 30,505 CITIBANK 6010782807 51,983 HSBC 813168 140,060 HSBC 814537 7,977 HSBC 845315 1,891 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO 585,235 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO 1,654,075 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO 23,616 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO 138,840 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO 4,880 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO 142,269 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO 2,455 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16331 22,551 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16341 124,999 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16341 58,577 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16344 50,270 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16345 74,539 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16400 1,114,877 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16612 35,711 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16621 15,767 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16644 80,713 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16901 8,429 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 18409 85,323 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 19514 12,657 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 27795 54,044 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 27799 81,970 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 28166 188,910 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 29514 108,292 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 35360 231,100 JPM FRANKFURT 27717 100,023 JPMORGAN CHASE BANK 249,208 JPMorgan Chase Bank 29,810 JPMorgan Chase Bank 19,402 JPMorgan Chase Bank 10,823 JPMorgan Chase Bank 22,764 MELLON BANK ABGFZ872482 424,457 MELLON BANK TGGF0003002 12,018 Mellon Trust - US CUSTODIAN/ 81,530 MELLON TRUST OF NEW ENGLAND 103,963 MIDLAND BANK (HSBC BANK PLC) 772823 273,416 NORTHERN TRUST BCP04 8,364 NORTHERN TRUST CVS21 160,798 NORTHERN TRUST SCO06 37,023 NORTHERN TRUST TNF01 54,728 NORTHERN TRUST TRG01 6,969 NORTHERN TRUST USF06 24,873 NORTHERN TRUST USF12 283,334 NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA 106,033 NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA 27,542 NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA 119,371 R C Greig Nominees Limited RC1 1,600 STATE STREET 2RJ2 12,587 STATE STREET JD12 57,735 STATE STREET JFBL 36,724 STATE STREET N3B6 44,761 STATE STREET N3YZ 4,314 STATE STREET VE4J 95,222 STATE STREET TRUST OF CANADA - 37,720 TOTAL 17,667,197 5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired N/A .............................................................................. 6. Percentage of issued class N/A .............................................................................. 7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed N/A .............................................................................. 8. Percentage of issued class N/A .............................................................................. 9. Class of security COMMON SHARES OF $0.01 EACH .............................................................................. 10. Date of transaction NOT DISCLOSED .............................................................................. 11. Date company informed 18 AUGUST 2005 .............................................................................. 12. Total holding following this notification 17,667,197 .............................................................................. 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 11.34% .............................................................................. 14. Any additional information .............................................................................. 15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries WILLIAM SPURGIN 020 7458 5726 .............................................................................. 16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification WILLIAM SPURGIN, HEAD OF INVESTOR RELATIONS .............................................................................. Date of notification 19 AUGUST 2005 .............................................................................. The FSA does not give any express or implied warranty as to the accuracy of this document or material and does not accept any liability for error or omission. 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