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Issuer

Cik	Name	Symbol	Sector (SIC)	IRS No
1348259	Validus Holdings Ltd	VR	Fire, Marine & Casualty Insurance (6331)	000000000

Insiders

Cik	Name	Reported Address	Insider Title	Director	Officer	Large Shareholder	Other
1406540	Sumit Rajpal	C/O Goldman Sachs &Amp; Co. 200 West Street New York NY 10282		Yes	No	No	No

Reported Non-Derivative Transactions

Sec. Name	Acquisiton - Disposition	Date	Amount	Price	Remaning Holdings	Equity Swap Involved	Form Type	Code	Nature of Ownership	Explanation
Common Stock	Acquisiton	2010-12-28	593	$30.70	9,635,375	No	4	P	Indirect	See footnotes
Common Stock	Disposition	2010-12-28	593	$30.69	9,634,782	No	4	S	Indirect	See footnotes

Equity Swap Involved	Form Type	Code	Nature of Ownership	Explanation
No	4	P	Indirect	See footnotes
No	4	S	Indirect	See footnotes

Footnotes

The Reporting Person is a managing director of Goldman, Sachs & Co. ("Goldman Sachs"). Goldman Sachs is a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. ("GS Group"). The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities reported herein except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein, if any. As of December 28, 2010, Goldman Sachs and GS Group may be deemed to beneficially own indirectly, in the aggregate, 9,634,782 shares of common stock of Validus Holdings, Ltd. (the "Company"), par value $0.175 per share (the "Common Stock"), by reason of the beneficial ownership of such shares by certain investment partnerships of which affiliates of Goldman Sachs and GS Group are the general partner, managing general partner or managing limited partner.
The shares of Common Stock of the Company reported herein as indirectly purchased and sold were beneficially owned directly by Goldman Sachs and indirectly by GS Group. Without admitting any legal obligation, Goldman Sachs or another wholly-owned subsidiary of GS Group will remit appropriate profits, if any, to the Company.