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Lancashire Holdings Limited01 February 2008 Lancashire Holdings Limited Hamilton, Bermuda, 1 February 2008 NOTIFIABLE INTERESTS Lancashire Holdings Limited ("Lancashire") was advised on 31 January 2008 thatThe Cawood Foundation, Inc., Frank W. Cawood & Associates, Inc. and certainother related private trusts, have increased their notifiable ownershipinterests in aggregate from 7,865,624 of Lancashire's common shares of US$0.50par value each to 9,808,002 common shares representing approximately 5.38% ofthe total current issued share capital of Lancashire. In addition, following the completion of Lancashire's $100 million sharerepurchase programme and the subsequent cancellation of shares, as of 31 January2008, Oaktree Capital Management L.P. was interested in aggregate in 6,050,000of Lancashire's common shares of US$0.50 par value representing approximately3.31% of the total current issued share capital of Lancashire. For further information, please contact: Lancashire Holdings Limited +1 441 278 8950Greg Lunn Financial Dynamics +44 20 7269 7200Rob BailhacheNick Henderson About Lancashire Lancashire, through its UK and Bermuda-based insurance subsidiaries, is a globalprovider of specialty insurance products. Its insurance subsidiaries carry theLancashire group rating of A minus (Excellent) from A.M. Best with a stableoutlook. Lancashire has capital in excess of $1 billion dollars and its CommonShares trade on AIM under the ticker symbol LRE. Lancashire is headquartered atMintflower Place, 8 Par-La-Ville Road, Hamilton HM 08, Bermuda. The mailingaddress is Lancashire Holdings Limited, P.O. Box HM 2358, Hamilton HM HX,Bermuda. For more information on Lancashire, visit the company's website at www.lancashiregroup.com. NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS CERTAIN STATEMENTS MADE IN THIS ANNOUNCEMENT THAT ARE NOT BASED ON CURRENT ORHISTORICAL FACTS ARE FORWARD-LOOKING IN NATURE INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION,STATEMENTS CONTAINING WORDS 'BELIEVES', 'ANTICIPATES', 'PLANS', 'PROJECTS', 'INTENDS', 'EXPECTS', 'ESTIMATES', 'PREDICTS', 'MAY','WILL', 'SEEKS', 'SHOULD'OR, IN EACH CASE, THEIR NEGATIVE OR COMPARABLE TERMINOLOGY. ALL STATEMENTSOTHER THAN STATEMENTS OF HISTORICAL FACTS INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THOSE REGARDING THE GROUP'S FINANCIAL POSITION, RESULTS OF OPERATIONS, LIQUIDITY,PROSPECTS, GROWTH, BUSINESS STRATEGY, PLANS AND OBJECTIVES OF MANAGEMENT FORFUTURE OPERATIONS (INCLUDING DEVELOPMENT PLANS AND OBJECTIVES RELATING TO THEGROUP'S INSURANCE BUSINESS) ARE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS. SUCH FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS INVOLVE KNOWN AND UNKNOWN RISKS, UNCERTAINTIES AND OTHERIMPORTANT FACTORS THAT COULD CAUSE THE ACTUAL RESULTS, PERFORMANCE ORACHIEVEMENTS OF THE GROUP TO BE MATERIALLY DIFFERENT FROM FUTURE RESULTS,PERFORMANCE OR ACHIEVEMENTS EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED BY SUCH FORWARD-LOOKINGSTATEMENTS. THESE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS SPEAK ONLY AS AT THE DATE OF THISANNOUNCEMENT OR OTHER INFORMATION CONCERNED. LANCASHIRE HOLDINGS LIMITEDEXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY OBLIGATION OR UNDERTAKING (SAVE AS REQUIRED TO COMPLYWITH ANY LEGAL OR REGULATORY OBLIGATIONS (INCLUDING THE AIM RULES)) TODISSEMINATE ANY UPDATES OR REVISIONS TO ANY FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTSCONTAINED HEREIN TO REFLECT ANY CHANGES IN THE GROUP'S EXPECTATIONS WITH REGARD THERETO OR ANY CHANGE IN EVENTS, CONDITIONS OR CIRCUMSTANCES ON WHICH ANY SUCHSTATEMENT IS BASED. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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