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....
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