Holding(s) in Company

Brooks Macdonald Group PLC
11 May 2007


TR-1(i):               notification of major interests in shares

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing    BROOKS MACDONALD GROUP
shares to which voting rights are attached(ii):

2. Reason for the notification     (please tick the appropriate box or boxes)

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                X

                                                                                            
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of  
shares already issued to which voting rights are attached

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                                            
Other (please specify):________________                                                     

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation        Hargreave Hale Limited
(iii):

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)(iv):

5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is                09 May 2007
crossed or reached if different)(v):

6. Date on which issuer notified:                                             10 May 2007

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:                                     5%

8. Notified details:


A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of       Situation previous to   Resulting situation after the triggering transaction(vii)
shares              the Triggering
                    transaction (vi)
 if possible using  Number of    Number of  Number of shares      Number of voting       % of voting
the ISIN CODE       Shares       Voting                           rights ix              rights
                                 Rights
                                 viii       Direct   Indirect     Direct  x Indirect xi  Direct  Indirect

Ordinary /          447,154      447,154             547,154                547,154              5.58%

GB00B067N833




B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction xii
Type of financial    Expiration date Exercise/ Conversion      Number of voting rights    % of voting
instrument           xiii            Period/ Date xiv          that may be acquired if    rights
                                                               the instrument is
                                                               exercised/ converted.



Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights                            % of voting rights
547,154                                            5.58%






9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively
held, if applicable xv:

300,000 of these shares are for unit trusts operated by Marlborough Fund Managers Ltd, for which Hargreave Hale manages
the investments on a discretionary basis. The remaining balance is held on behalf of other discretionary clients.


Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

13. Additional information:                  The denominator used in calculating the percentage holdings is
                                             9,813,100 as reported in the company's press release dated 19th
                                             December 2006.
14. Contact name:                            Simon Jackson


15. Contact telephone number:                [phone]







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