ASPEN INSURANCE HOLDINGS LTD
TRADE NOTIFICATION
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Insurance Holdings Limited<br> Maxwell Roberts Building<br> 1 Church
Street<br> Hamilton, HM 11<br>
Bermuda</font></td>
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17,  2007</font></td>
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this Trade Notification is to notify you of certain terms in the
Transaction entered into between Goldman, Sachs &amp; Co.
(&lsquo;&lsquo;<b>GS&amp;Co.</b>&rsquo;&rsquo;) and Aspen
Insurance Holdings Limited
(&lsquo;&lsquo;<b>Counterparty</b>&rsquo;&rsquo;)
(together, the &lsquo;&lsquo;<b>Contracting
Parties</b>&rsquo;&rsquo;) on the Trade Date specified below.</p>
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to the Supplemental Confirmation dated as of December  21,
2006 (the &lsquo;&lsquo;<b>Supplemental
Confirmation</b>&rsquo;&rsquo;) between the Contracting Parties,
as amended and supplemented from time to time. The Supplemental
Confirmation is subject to the Master Confirmation dated as of
December  21,  2006 (the &lsquo;&lsquo;<b>Master
Confirmation</b>&rsquo;&rsquo;) between the Contracting Parties,
as amended and supplemented from time to time. All provisions contained
in the Master Confirmation and the Supplemental Confirmation govern
this Trade Notification except as expressly modified
below.</p>
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21,  2006</td>
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Date:</td>
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Termination Date:</td>
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2007</td>
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<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-left: 0; ">First Acceleration Date:</td>
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20,  2007 (or, if such date is not a Scheduled Trading Day, the
next following Scheduled Trading Day).</td>
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<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-left: 0; ">Hedge Period
Reference Price:</td>
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<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-left: 0; ">Minimum
Shares:</td>
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Shares:</td>
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<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-left: 0pt;">1,709,544</td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; padding-top: 24pt;" valign="top" align="left">Yours
sincerely,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>
<font style="font-weight: bold; font-style: normal;">GOLDMAN, SACHS &amp;
CO.</font>
<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>By: <u>/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Debra
Tageldein&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>
<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Authorized
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