Holding in Company

Close Brothers Group PLC
25 July 2001

                                 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

Clydesdale Bank (Head Office) Nominees Limited  786,040



Bankers Trust                                   222,400



Bank of New York Europe                         106,944



RBS Trust Bank                                  164,350



Citibank                                        103,300



Nortrust Nominees Limited                       442,200



Chase Nominees Limited                          245,100



HSBC Client Holdings Nominees (UK) Limited      155,400



MSS Nominees Limitd                             33,795



BT Globenet Nominees Limited                    26,450



MSS Nominees Limited                            44,500



Nortrust Nominees Limited                       409,690



Bankers Trust                                   263,312



Mellon Trust                                    85,130



State Street Nominees Limited                   338,630



RBS Trust Bank                                  861,160



Chase Nominees Limited                          23,600



Citibank                                        30,200



Bank of New York Europe                         290,653



KAS Associatie                                  26,090



Northern Trust                                  552,500



RBS-EDINBURG                                    32,430



HSBC Client Holdings Nominee (UK) Limited           310



Morgan Stanley                                  53,500



JP Morgan                                       57,650




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

N/A

11)  Date company informed

24th July 2001

12)  Total holding following this notification

5,355,334


13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

3.93%

14)  Any additional information



15)  Name of contact and telephone number for queries

SIMON WATSON 020 7655 3100

16)        Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for
     making this notification

R.D. SELLERS


Date of notification    25th July 2001