Director/PDMR Shareholding

Close Brothers Group PLC
03 October 2007


Close Brothers Group plc

Close Brothers Group plc ("the Company") notify the following changes in the
interests in the ordinary shares ("Shares") of the executive directors and
persons discharging managerial responsibilities ("PDMR's") arising out of the
operation of its Long Term Incentive Plan 2004 ("LTIP").

On 2 October 2007, options to acquire Shares at nil cost ("Awards") were granted
under the LTIP to the following executive directors and PDMR's, as set out
below. The numbers of Shares stated are the maximum available to each director
or PDMR on satisfaction, in full, of the performance targets described below.

Executive director                     Ordinary shares under Awards

M.A. Hines                                          26,281

S.R. Hodges                                         86,069

C.D. Keogh                                          98,364

D.C. Pusinelli                                      77,462

PDMR

S.W. Aulsebrook                                     43,895

M. J. Barley                                        46,108

J. S. Sieff                                         61,477

Vesting of these Awards will be conditional on the achievement of two distinct
performance targets. Vesting of two thirds of the Shares under an Award will be
based on the Company's Earnings Per Share ("EPS") growth exceeding a range of
targets above the rate of growth of the Retail Prices Index ("RPI"). Vesting of
the remaining one third of the Shares under an Award will be based on a
condition measuring the Company's total shareholder return ("TSR") performance
relative to a comparator group of 24 other companies from the FTSE 350
Speciality and Other Financial Index and FTSE 350 Banks Index.

The earliest date on which the executive director or PDMR could normally become
entitled to call for the Shares comprised in the Awards is 2 October 2010, which
is the third anniversary of the date on which these Awards were granted.

It is intended that the Shares required to satisfy these Awards on maturity will
be transferred by the trustee of the Close Brothers Group plc Employee Benefit
Trust.

The Company's Remuneration Committee reserves the right to make a payment in
cash or in Shares to participants on the vesting of their Awards equivalent to
the amount of dividends they would have been entitled to receive during the
performance period in respect of those Shares that vest.

The beneficial interests in the ordinary share capital of the company of those
executive directors and PDMR's involved in the LTIP Award's above are:


                Shareholding     Option holding     Deferred share     LTIP awards
                prior to         prior to           awards prior to    prior to
                LTIP Award       LTIP Award         LTIP Award         LTIP Award

Executive director


M.A. Hines      12,500 (0.01%)   150,814                -               70,318

S.R. Hodges    455,462 (0.30%)   507,244            240,407            212,831

C.D. Keogh     386,251 (0.25%)   537,230            295,781            270,186

D.C. Pusinelli 250,184 (0.17%)   297,800            124,893            178,544



PDMR


S.W. Aulsebrook 65,276 (0.04%)   93,100             46,442                -

M.J. Barley      7,257 (0.01%)   87,300             27,562             103,335

J.S. Sieff         500 (0.01%)   18,914             95,553             113,366


               Shareholding      Option holding     Deferred share     LTIP awards
               after             after              award after        after
               LTIP Award        LTIP Award         LTIP Award         LTIP Awards


Executive director


M.A. Hines      12,500 (0.01%)   150,814                -               96,599

S.R. Hodges    455,462 (0.30%)   507,244            240,407            298,900

C.D. Keogh     386,251 (0.25%)   537,230            295,781            368,550

D.C. Pusinelli 250,184 (0.17%)   297,800            124,893            256,006



PDMR


S.W. Aulsebrook 65,276 (0.04%)    93,100             46,442             43,895

M.J. Barley      7,257 (0.01%)    87,300             27,562            149,443

J.S. Sieff         500 (0.01%)    18,914             95,553            174,843

The company's closing mid-market share price on the date of the grant of these
deferred share awards was 822.50p.








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