Director/PDMR Shareholding

Close Brothers Group PLC
05 March 2008


Close Brothers Group plc

Close Brothers Group plc ("the Company") notify the following changes in the
interests in the ordinary shares ("Shares") of an executive director arising out
of the operation of its Long Term Incentive Plan 2004 ("LTIP").

On 4 March 2008, options to acquire Shares at nil cost ("Award") which were
granted under the LTIP to the following executive director is set out below. The
number of Shares stated is the maximum available to the director on
satisfaction, in full, of the performance targets described below.

Director                               Ordinary shares under Awards

J.A.G. Howell                                     113,207

Vesting of this Award 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 could normally become entitled
to call for the Shares comprised in the Award is 4 March 2011, which is the
third anniversary of the date on which this Award was granted.

It is intended that the Shares required to satisfy this Award 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 the participant on the vesting of their Award 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 the
executive director involved in the LTIP Award 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

Director

J.A.G. Howell    -              -                 -                 -


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

Director

J.A.G. Howell    -              -                -            113,207


The company's closing mid-market share price on the date of the grant of the
LTIP award was 612p.



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