Holding in Company

Close Brothers Group PLC
6 November 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




Chase Nominees Ltd                            1,036,364

Bankers Trust                                   163,700

Citibank                                         57,500

Nortrust Nominees Ltd                           328,100

Chase Nominees Ltd                              150,100

HSBC Client Holdings Nominee (UK) Limited       114,000

MSS Nominees Ltd                                 92,100

Nortrust Nominees Limited                       294,690

Bankers Trust                                   209,612

Mellon Trust                                     85,130

State Street Nominees Ltd                       304,730

RBS Trust Bank                                  474,080

Bank of New York Europe                         190,353

KAS Associatie                                   26,090

Northern Trust                                  345,600

RBS-EDINBURG                                     32,430

HSBC Client Holdings Nominee (UK) Limited           310

JP Morgan                                        62,698

Chase Nominees Ltd                              121,048




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

6th November 2001

12)  Total holding following this notification

4,088,635


13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

3.00%

14)  Any additional information



15)  Name of contact and telephone number for queries

ROBIN SELLERS 020 7655 3100

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

R.D. SELLERS


Date of notification   6th November 2001