Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 7861M

City of London Investment Group PLC

04 February 2009

TR-1: notification of major interests in shares

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:	City of London Investment Group Plc
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
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):	For Discretionary Clients
5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):	3rd February 2009
6. Date on which issuer notified:	4th February 2009
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	5%
8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Situation previous to the Triggering transaction		Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
	Number of Shares	Number of Voting Rights viii	Number of shares		Number of voting rights ix		% of voting rights
			Direct	Indirect	Direct x	Indirect xi	Direct	Indirect
Ordinary / GB00B104RS51	1,311,005	1,311,005		1,269,005		1,269,005		4.9696%

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

Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
1,269,005	4.9696%

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

700,000 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: