SEC FORM 3

SEC Form 3

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
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Singh Alok

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

C/O VALIDUS RE

SUITE 1790, 48 PAR-LA-VILLE ROAD

(Street)

HAMILTON

HM11

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

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

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

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

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

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

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

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	6,857,141	I	See Note⁽¹⁾

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: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Warrants to acquire common shares	⁽²⁾	12/12/2015	Common Shares	784,056⁽³⁾	$17.5	I	See Note⁽¹⁾

Explanation of Responses:

1. Includes securities held by funds managed by New Mountain Capital, L.L.C.: New Mountain Partners II (Cayman), L.P., Allegheny New Mountain Partners (Cayman), L.P. and New Mountain Affiliated Investors II (Cayman), L.P. (collectively, the "New Mountain funds"). Alok Singh is a managing director of New Mountain Capital, L.L.C. Mr. Singh disclaims beneficial ownership of the common shares and warrants owned by the New Mountain funds.

2. Warrants are exercisable at any time prior to December 12, 2015.

3. Warrants owned by the New Mountain funds provide, in the relevant part, that they shall be exercisable for a number of shares representing 1.08% of the common shares of the issuer on the day immediately prior to consummation of the issuer's initial public offering of common shares, on a fully diluted basis. The number of shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants reported above has been calculated based upon the issuer's estimate, given to the reporting persons, of the number of outstanding common shares, warrants and options immediately prior to consummation of the issuer's initial public offering of common shares.

	John Schuster, Attorney-in-Fact	07/24/2007
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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