Holding in Company

Close Brothers Group PLC
2 October 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      898,264
                                                    

Bankers Trust                                       124,100


Citibank                                             48,900
                                              

Nortrust Nominees Ltd                               273,900


Chase Nominees Ltd                                  123,500


HSBC Client Holdings Nominee (UK) Limited           101,600


MSS Nominees Ltd                                    79,600


Nortrust Nominees Limited                          260,890


Bankers Trust                                      206,112


Mellon Trust                                        85,130


State Street Nominees Ltd                          286,230


RBS Trust Bank                                     431,080


Bank of New York Europe                            159,953


KAS Associate                                       26,090


Northern Trust                                     322,900


RBS-EDINBURG                                        32,430


HSBC Client Holdings Nominee (UK) Limited              310


JP Morgan                                           60,350


Clydesdale Bank (Head Office) Nominees Limited     102,900




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

2nd October 2001

12)  Total holding following this notification

3,624,239


13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

2.66%

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   2nd October 2001