X0306 4 2015-12-31 0 0000875159 XL GROUP PLC XL 0001445316 Rosengarten Jacob D. 100 WASHINGTON BLVD STAMFORD CT 06902 0 1 0 0 Chief Enterprise Risk Officer Dividend Equivalent Rights 2015-12-31 4 A 0 131.68 0.00 A Ordinary Shares 131.68 778.32 D Dividend equivalent rights accrued on 2014 restricted stock unit awards. Dividends will vest proportionately with the restricted stock units to which they relate. Each dividend equivalent right is the economic equivalent of one XL ordinary share. /s/ Hannah Orowitz, Attorney-in-Fact for Jacob D. Rosengarten 2016-01-05