Holding(s) in Company

Beazley Group PLC 19 May 2003 SCHEDULE 10 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1) Name of company BEAZLEY GROUP PLC 2) Name of shareholder having a major interest AMVESCAP PLC and subsidiary companies 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 Holdings on behalf of Discretionary Clients. None of these shares is beneficially owned by AMVESCAP. Subsidiary companies of AMVESCAP have a large number of portfolio management clients for whom they act as investment manager and investment advisor and by virtue of section 203 of the Companies Act 1985 AMVESCAP is deemed to have the same interest in the shares. 4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of shares held by each of them Vidacos Nominees Limited 37,070,920 Chase Nominees Limited 2,547,977 HSBC Nominees Limited 3,154,192 Bank of New York Nominees Limited 1,046,446 Northern Trust Nominees 469,818 5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired 2,250,000 6) Percentage of issued class 0.98% 7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed N/A 8) Percentage of issued class N/A 9) Class of security Ordinary shares of 5p 10) Date of transaction 15th May 2003 11) Date company informed 16th May 2003 12) Total holding following this notification 44,289,353 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 19.29% 14) Any additional information Within this notification is included the following notifiable holdings: INVESCO Perpetual High Income Fund holds 13,302,098 shares, representing 5.79% of the issued share capital, and INVESCO Perpetual UK Growth Fund holds 8,893,416 shares, representing 3.87% of the issued share capital, which are both registered in the name of Vidacos Nominees Limited. 15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries J P Gorman 020 7935 0027 16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification Jeremy P Gorman Company Secretary Date of notification ..19th May 2003.... This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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