Holding(s) in Company

Close Brothers Group PLC
27 March 2007



TR-1(i): NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES


1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which
voting rights are attached (ii):


Close Brothers Group plc


2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate boxes):


An acquisition or disposal of voting rights:                             ( X )


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 the notification obligation (iii):


Ameriprise Financial, Inc. and its group including Threadneedle Asset Management
Holdings Ltd


4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.) (iv):


BNY (OCS) Nominees A/c 219064         91,720
Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 10496    190,278
Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 7196      25,000
Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 10489     92,075
Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 10469    133,132
Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 10492    356,497
Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 7199      35,800
Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 7207   1,304,203
Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 21688    226,186
Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 7205     432,085
Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 10479      7,300
Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 2891   4,209,777
Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 31348     49,857
Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 18667    144,206


5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or
reached if different) (v):


26 March 2007


6. Date on which issuer notified:


27 March 2007


7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:


Below 5%


8. Notified details:



A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of shares if possible using  Situation previous to the Triggering
the ISIN CODE                           transaction (vi)
                                        Number of      Number of voting 
                                        shares         Rights(viii)

                                                       
GB0007668071                            8,515,228      8,515,228



Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (vii)

Class/type of shares if possible Number of  Number of voting     % of voting
using the ISIN CODE              shares     rights (ix)          rights

                                 Direct     Direct  Indirect     Direct Indirect
                                            (x)     (xi)

GB0007668071                      0         0       7,298,116    0.0%    4.964%



B: Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (xii)

Type of     Expiration Exercise/       Number of voting rights that may  % of
financial   Date       Conversion      be acquired if the instrument is  voting
instrument  (xiii)     Period/ Date    exercised/ converted.             rights
                       (xiv)







Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights                      % of voting rights

7,298,116                                        4.964%



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


Ameriprise Financial, Inc., which controls the voting of
Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings Ltd, which controls the voting rights of
Threadneedle Asset Management Ltd, Threadneedle International Ltd and
Threadneedle Pensions Ltd.


Proxy Voting:


10. Name of the proxy holder:

N/A


11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

N/A


12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

N/A

13. Additional information:


14. Contact name:

Robin Sellers
Company Secretary


15. Contact telephone number:

020 7655 3100




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