Holding(s) in Company

Close Brothers Group PLC 24 April 2002 SCHEDULE 10 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1. Name of company Close Brothers Group plc 2. Name of shareholder having a major interest Fidelity International Limited and its direct and indirect subsidiaries 3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18 Non-beneficial shareholding of shareholder named in 2. 4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of shares held by each of them Chase Nominees Ltd 922,364 Bankers Trust 263,400 Citibank 57,500 Nortrust Nominees Ltd 338,400 Chase Nominees Ltd 123,800 HSBC Client Holdings Nominee (UK) Limited 131,300 MSS Nominees Ltd 79,500 Nortrust Nominees Ltd 294,690 Bankers Trust 193,982 Mellon Trust 85,130 State Street Nominees Ltd 287,150 RBS Trust Bank 472,190 Bank of New York Europe 203,953 KAS Associatie 26,090 Northern Trust 345,600 RBS-EDINBURG 32,430 JP Morgan 59,298 Chase Nominees Ltd 118,700 State Street Bank & Trust 80,190 5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired N/A 6. Percentage of issued class N/A 7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed N/A 8. Percentage of issued class N/A 9. Class of security Ordinary shares of 25p each 10. Date of transaction 18th April 2002 11. Date company informed 24th April 2004 12. Total holding following this notification 4,115,667 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 3.01% 14. Any additional information This transaction occurred prior to the placing of 6,800,000 ordinary shares of 25p each on 22nd April 2002. 15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries ROBIN SELLERS 020 7655 3100 16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification ROBIN SELLERS Date of notification 24th April 2002 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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