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Beazley Group PLC27 March 2008 Beazley Group plc Directors Interests London, 27th March 2008 The following Directors have interests in Retention Shares, awarded in March2005, a proportion of the awards vested and were sold in whole or in part on25th March 2008: The average price for the disposal of the shares was 157.42p and the shares werereceived for no consideration. Number of Retention Shares Number of Shareholding ordinary ordinary as a shares shares held percentage held prior as at 25 of the total to March 2008 issued Retention ordinary Share share Vesting capital Vested Sold A F Beazley 2,525,019 37,449 15,409 2,547,059 0.71% N H Furlonge 1,308,052 9,362 3,858 1,313,556 0.37% J G Gray 2,389,598 28,086 28,086 2,389,598 0.67% D A Horton 88,505 31,831 13,097 107,239 0.03% N P Maidment 2,966,099 28,086 11,556 2,982,629 0.83% J G B Rowell 4,904,010 28,086 11,556 4,920,540 1.37% C A Washbourn - 31,831 31,831 - 0.00% In addition, Clive Washbourn exercised and sold 41,821 Unapproved Share Optionsawarded in 2004 with an exercise price 93.95p for an average price of 156p on20th March 2008. For further information, please contact: Beazley Group plcArthur Manners020 7674 7012 Note to editors: Beazley Group, plc (BEZ.L), based in London, is the parent company of global,specialist insurance businesses with operations in the UK, US, France, Singaporeand Hong Kong. Beazley manages two Lloyd's syndicates (Syndicate 2623 andSyndicate 623) with aggregate underwriting capacity in 2008 of £814m (US$1.6bn).Both syndicates are rated A by A.M. Best. In the US, Beazley's underwritersfocus on writing specialist insurance products in the admitted market, backed byBeazley Insurance Company, Inc., an admitted carrier in all 50 states; andsurplus lines risks, backed by the Beazley syndicates at Lloyd's. BeazleyInsurance Company, Inc. is rated A by A.M. Best. Beazley is a market leader in many of its chosen lines, which includeprofessional indemnity, commercial property, marine, reinsurance, and personallines. For more information please go to: www.beazley.com This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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