Holding(s) in Company

Catlin Group Limited 17 March 2006 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 HOLDINGS IN RESPECT OF BARCLAYS GLOBAL INVESTORS LTD, GERRARD LTD, BARCLAYS GLOBAL INVESTORS JAPAN LTD, BARCLAYS CAPITAL SECURITIES LTD, BARCLAYS BANK PLC, BARCLAYS GLOBAL INVESTORS, N.A., WOOLWICH UNIT TRUST MANAGERS LTD, BARCLAYS PRIVATE BANK AND TRUST LTD, BARCLAYS LIFE ASSURANCE CO 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 Registered Holder Account Designation Holding BANK OF IRELAND 258227 73,201 BANK OF IRELAND 4239749 121,011 BANK OF IRELAND 427057 3,722 Bank of Ireland Nominees CREST ID. 11X13 667,220 Limited Bank of Ireland Nominees CREST ID. 11X13 167,000 Limited BANK OF NEW YORK 210405 83,652 BANK OF NEW YORK 214074 2,585 BANK OF NEW YORK 214075 570,885 BANK OF NEW YORK 221428 75,878 BANK OF NEW YORK 367748 291,809 BANK OF NEW YORK 367993 183,374 BANK OF NEW YORK 392067 317,615 BANK OF NEW YORK 392498 201,464 BANK OF NEW YORK 768198 30,126 BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES 572,070 LIMITED BNP PARIBAS 46,790 BNY (OCS) NOMINEES LTD 221476 46,339 BNY (OCS) NOMINEES LTD 387173 108,005 BOISS NOMINEES LTD 4224361 68,066 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 16376 57,350 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 16530 38,499 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 16669 17,186 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 18243 14,994 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 19518 17,168 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 19519 224,284 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 19520 10,763 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 20947 6,800,207 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 21359 274,652 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 25772 84,970 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 27793 7,856 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 27800 107,299 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 28270 96,596 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 28270 38,311 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 31961 152,122 CIBC MELLON GLOBAL SECURITIES 32,261 CITIBANK 6010640794 30,505 CITIBANK 6010782807 53,060 Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 120130701 5,000 HSBC 813168 148,647 HSBC 845315 3,262 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 670,773 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 1,639,588 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 119,645 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 2,455 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 51,319 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 4,880 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 149,581 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16331 22,551 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16341 65,814 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16341 192,090 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16344 70,365 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16345 106,741 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16400 1,186,889 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16612 35,711 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16621 15,767 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16901 8,429 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 18409 91,181 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 19514 12,657 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 28166 270,920 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 29514 108,292 JPMORGAN CHASE BANK 265,931 JPMorgan Chase Bank 44,772 JPMorgan Chase Bank 55,703 JPMorgan Chase Bank 28,914 MELLON BANK ABGFZ872482 355,770 MELLON BANK TGGF0003002 35,636 Mellon Trust - US CUSTODIAN / 77,110 MELLON TRUST OF NEW ENGLAND 77,438 MIDLAND BANK (HSBC BANK PLC) 772823 293,334 NORTHERN TRUST CVS21 170,211 NORTHERN TRUST SCO06 37,023 NORTHERN TRUST TNF01 48,226 NORTHERN TRUST TRG01 6,969 NORTHERN TRUST UKE01 63,503 NORTHERN TRUST USF12 300,355 NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA 104,550 NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA 26,483 NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA 113,141 R C Greig Nominees Limited 1,600 R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c 2,000 AK1 STATE STREET 2RJ2 12,587 STATE STREET JD12 57,735 STATE STREET JFBL 71,977 STATE STREET N3B6 40,843 STATE STREET N3YZ 4,314 STATE STREET BANK & TRUST - WI 80,438 STATE STREET TRUST OF CANADA - 73,343 The Northern Trust Company - U 52,505 TOTAL 19,173,863 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 30,801 8. Percentage of issued class 0.02% 9. Class of security COMMON SHARES OF $0.01 EACH 10. Date of transaction HOLDINGS ARE AS AT 14 MARCH 2006. 'SHARES DISPOSED' IS DECREASE SINCE PREVIOUS DISCLOSURE 11. Date company informed 17 MARCH 2006 12. Total holding following this notification 19,173,863 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 11.72% 14. Any additional information ON 15 MARCH 2006 CATLIN ANNOUNCED ISSUED SHARES ARE NOW 163,623,498 (AN INCREASE OF 7,708,882 SINCE THE PREVIOUS DISCLOSURE AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2005). ............................................................... 15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries WILLIAM SPURGIN 0207 458 5726 16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification WILLIAM SPURGIN, HEAD OF INVESTOR RELATIONS Date of notification 17 MARCH 2006 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. The FSA is not liable for any damages (including, without limitation, damages for loss of business or loss of profits) arising in contract, tort or otherwise from the use of or inability to use this document, or any material contained in it, or from any action or decision taken as a result of using this document or any such material. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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