Holding in Company

Close Brothers Group PLC
20 April 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

FMR Corp. and its direct and indirect subsidiaries, and 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

State Street Nominees Limited                          4,000

Chase Nominees Limited                               100,000

Clydesdale Bank (Head Office) Nominees Limited       932,247

Bankers Trust                                        193,700

Bank of New York Europe                              124,944

RBS Trust Bank                                       200,550

Citibank                                             105,300

Nortrust Nominees Ltd                                438,900

Chase Nominees Ltd                                   250,000

HSBC Client Holdings Nominees (UK) Limited           152,900

MSS Nominees Ltd                                      12,800

BT Globenet Nominees Ltd                              45,650

MSS Nominees Ltd                                      43,500

Nortrust Nominees Ltd                                393,350

Bankers Trust                                        218,072

Mellon Trust                                          62,800

State Street Nominees Ltd                            304,900

RBS Trust Bank                                       843,150

Chase Nominees Ltd                                    28,900

Citibank                                              37,100

Bank of New York Europe                              295,353

KAS Associatie                                        18,500

Northern Trust                                       533,360

RBS-EDINBURG                                          23,800
                                                
HSBC Client Holdings Nominees (UK) Limited               310

Morgan Stanley                                        65,800

JP Morgan                                             40,790


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

20th April 2001

12)  Total holding following this notification

5,470,676


13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

4.02%

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

     Date of notification    20th April 2001