Director/PDMR Shareholding

Close Brothers Group PLC
26 September 2006

This announcement replaces announcement 4856J Director/PDMR Shareholding 
released at 12.12pm.

In the original announcement the column headings in the second part of the
announcement were incorrect.  No other information has changed.   



On 25th September 2006, Messrs S.R. Hodges, C.D. Keogh, D.C. Pusinelli and P.L.
Winkworth, being executive directors of Close Brothers Group plc ("the company")
were each granted a deferred share award respectively of 50,160, 65,101, 36,552
and 50,160 shares in the company.


The award entitles each of them to call at any time, at their option, at nil
cost, these shares, between September, 2008 and September 2013. These
entitlements will lapse if they leave employment in certain circumstances prior
to 1st August, 2008.


The beneficial interests in the ordinary share capital of the company of those
executive directors involved in the share dealings above are:


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

S.R. Hodges     411,075 (0.28%)     529,744           160,158         168,543
C.D. Keogh      368,751 (0.25%)     554,730           199,955         174,210
D.C. Pusinelli  250,184 (0.17%)     310,300           131,138          56,515
P.L. Winkworth  602,765 (0.41%)     666,414           162,993          92,371


                 Shareholding    Option holding    LTIP awards    Deferred share
                    after           after             after        awards after
                 share dealing   share dealing     share dealing  share dealing

S.R. Hodges     411,075 (0.28%)     529,744           160,158         218,703
C.D. Keogh      368,751 (0.25%)     554,730           199,955         239,311
D.C. Pusinelli  250,184 (0.17%)     310,300           131,138          93,067
P.L. Winkworth  602,765 (0.41%)     666,414           162,993         142,531


The company's closing mid-market share price on the date of the grant of these
deferred share awards was 937p.






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