Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 9529N

Close Brothers Group PLC

26 February 2009

 



TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:		Close Brothers Group plc Ord 25p
2. Reason for notification (yes/no)
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights			Yes
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 notification obligation:	Artemis Investment Management Ltd
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):	Artemis UK Hedge Artemis Special Situations Inst Special Situations L&G (Barclays) MM Alpha Prudential Staff Pension Scheme Akzo Nobel  Pension  Scheme Pearson Witan Investment Trust Barclay UK Alpha Artemis Alpha Trust  COL Cash L&G (Barclays) MM Alpha 2 COL Pension MT Income SAUL BHS Pension Scheme Institutional UK Alpha Fund COL Hampstead Heath BHS Senior Management Scheme COL Charities Pool
5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):	23rd January 2009
6. Date on which issuer notified:	24th 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 use ISIN code	Situation previous to the triggering transaction		Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
	Number of shares	Number of voting rights	Number of shares	Number of voting rights		Percentage of voting rights
				Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
GB0007668071	6,931,263	6,931,263	7,235,834	7,235,834		5.03%

B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ conversion period/date	No. of voting rights that may be acquired (if the instrument exercised/converted)	Percentage of voting rights

Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
7,235,834	5.03%

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

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of 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:

13. Additional information:	Notification using the total voting rights figure of 143,740,479
14. Contact name:	Lucille Dolor
15. Contact telephone name:	020 7655 3100

 

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