Rule 8.3- (MacLellan Group)

Close Brothers Group PLC
14 July 2006


                                    FORM 8.3

    DEALINGS BY PERSONS WITH INTERESTS IN SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE
              (Rule 8.3 of the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers)

1. KEY INFORMATION

Name of person dealing (Note 1)                              Close Investment
                                                             Limited

Company dealt in                                             MacLellan Group Plc

Class of relevant security to which the dealings being       Ordinary
disclosed relate (Note 2)

Date of dealing                                              13th July 2006



2. INTERESTS, SHORT POSITIONS AND RIGHTS TO SUBSCRIBE


(a) Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class of relevant
security dealt in (Note 3)

                                               Long                Short
                                               Number (%)          Number (%)
(1) Relevant
securities                                     1,628,241 1.63%
(2) Derivatives (other than options)
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell
Total


(b) Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company, other
than the class dealt in (Note 3)

Class of relevant security:                        Long           Short
                                                   Number (%)     Number (%)
(1) Relevant securities
(2) Derivatives (other than options)
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell
Total


(c) Rights to subscribe (Note 3)

Class of relevant security:                                   Details



3. DEALINGS (Note 4)


(a) Purchases and sales

Purchase/sale    Number of securities          Price per unit (Note 5)
Sale                   582,047                          112p



(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)

Product       Long/short      Number of securities     Price per unit 
name,         (Note 6)        (Note7)                  (Note 5)
e.g. CFD



(c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities

(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Product  Writing,     Number of         Exercise Type, e.g. Expiry Option money
name,    selling,     securities to     price    American,  date   paid/received    
e.g.     purchasing,  which the option           European          per unit
call     varying etc. relates (Note 7)           etc.              (Note 5)
option                                                         
                                                                  
                                                                                

(ii) Exercising

Product name, e.g. call       Number of           Exercise price per unit (Note
option                        securities          5)



(d) Other dealings (including new securities) (Note 4)

Nature of transaction (Note 8)  Details  Price per unit (if applicable) (Note 5)



4. OTHER INFORMATION


Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives



Full details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding between the person
disclosing and any other person relating to the voting rights of any relevant
securities under any option referred to on this form or relating to the voting
rights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any
derivative referred to on this form is referenced. If none, this should be
stated.



Is a Supplemental Form 8 attached? (Note 9) YES/NO



Date of disclosure                                               14th July 2006

Contact name                                                     W.J. Jenkins

Telephone number                                                 020 7426 4013

If a connected EFM, name of offeree/offeror with which connected

If a connected EFM, state nature of connection (Note 10)



Notes


The Notes on Form 8.3 can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website at
www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk






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