Holding(s) in Company

Close Brothers Group PLC
13 March 2002

                                  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                              922,364


Bankers Trust                                   231,800



Citibank                                        57,500




Nortrust Nominees Ltd                           338,400



Chase Nominees Ltd                              117,500



HSBC Client Holdings Nominee (UK) Limited       114,000



MSS Nominees Ltd                                76,100



Nortrust Nominees Limited                       294,690



Bankers Trust                                   205,692



Mellon Trust                                    85,130



State Street Nominees Ltd                       287,150



RBS Trust Bank                                  481,880



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                                       59,298



Chase Nominees Ltd                              118,700



State Street Bank & Trust                       76,800


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

13th March 2002

12)  Total holding following this notification

4,061,787


13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

2.97%

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   13th March 2002







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