Edgar Filing: VALIDUS HOLDINGS LTD

Ownership Submission

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person ^*

Â GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC/

2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
07/24/2007

3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
VALIDUS HOLDINGS LTD [VR]

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

85 BROAD ST,Â

4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

_____ Director	__X__ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below)	_____ Other (specify below)

5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)

(Street)

NEW YORK,Â NYÂ 10004

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
___ Form filed by One Reporting Person
_X_ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Shares	14,057,137	I	See ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Warrants to purchase Common Shares	Â ⁽⁵⁾	12/12/2015	Common Shares	1,604,410.1	$ 17.5	I	See ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC/ 85 BROAD ST NEW YORK,Â NYÂ 10004	Â	Â X	Â	Â
GOLDMAN SACHS & CO 85 BROAD STREET NEW YORK,Â NYÂ 10004	Â	Â X	Â	Â
GSCP V AIV, L.P. 85 BROAD STREET 10TH FLOOR NEW YORK,Â NYÂ 10004	Â	Â X	Â	Â
GS Capital Partners V Employee Fund, L.P. 85 BROAD STREET 10TH FLOOR NEW YORK,Â NYÂ 10004	Â	Â X	Â	Â
GS CAPITAL PARTNERS V OFFSHORE FUND LP 85 BROAD STREET NEW YORK,Â NYÂ 10004	Â	Â X	Â	Â
GS CAPITAL PARTNERS V GmbH & CO KG 85 BROAD STREET NEW YORK,Â NYÂ 10004	Â	Â X	Â	Â
GSCP V Institutional AIV, L.P. 85 BROAD STREET 10TH FLOOR NEW YORK,Â NYÂ 10004	Â	Â X	Â	Â
GS Private Equity Partners 1999, L.P. 85 BROAD STREET 10TH FLOOR NEW YORK,Â NYÂ 10004	Â	Â X	Â	Â
GS Private Equity Partners 1999 Offshore, L.P. 85 BROAD STREET 10TH FLOOR NEW YORK,Â NYÂ 10004	Â	Â X	Â	Â
GS Private Equity Partners 1999 - Direct Investment Fund, L.P. 85 BROAD STREET 10TH FLOOR NEW YORK,Â NYÂ 10004	Â	Â X	Â	Â

Signatures

/s/ Roger S. Begelman, attorney-in-fact		07/24/2007
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
/s/ Roger S. Begelman, attorney-in-fact		07/24/2007
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
/s/ Roger S. Begelman, attorney-in-fact		07/24/2007
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
/s/ Roger S. Begelman, attorney-in-fact		07/24/2007
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
/s/ Roger S. Begelman, attorney-in-fact		07/24/2007
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
/s/ Roger S. Begelman, attorney-in-fact		07/24/2007
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
/s/ Roger S. Begelman, attorney-in-fact		07/24/2007
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
/s/ Roger S. Begelman, attorney-in-fact		07/24/2007
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
/s/ Roger S. Begelman, attorney-in-fact		07/24/2007
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
/s/ Roger S. Begelman, attorney-in-fact		07/24/2007
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	See Exhibit 99.1 for text of footnote 1.
(2)	Due to the electronic system's limitation of 10 Reporting Persons per joint filing, this statement is being filed in triplicate.
(3)	See Exhibit 99.1 for text of footnote 3.
(4)	See Exhibit 99.1 for text of footnote 4.
(5)	The warrants are exercisable at any time prior to December 12, 2015.

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