Holding(s) in Company

Close Brothers Group PLC
1 May 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 269,800

Citibank 57,500

Nortrust Nominees Ltd 338,400

Chase Nominees Ltd 128,000

HSBC Client Holdings Nominee (UK) Limited 144,200

MSS Nominees Ltd 81,500

Nortrust Nominees Ltd 290,690

Bankers Trust 195,482

Mellon Trust 85,130

State Street Nominees Ltd 287,150

RBS Trust Bank 472,190

Bank of New York Europe 252,753

KAS Associatie 26,090

Northern Trust 345,600

RBS-EDINBURG 32,430

JP Morgan 59,298

Chase Nominees Ltd 118,700

State Street Bank & Trust 80,190


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

29th April 2002


11. Date company informed

1st May 2002


12. Total holding following this notification

4,187,467


13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

2.92%


14. Any additional information

The change in percentage holding is as a result of the recent issue of 6,800,000 
ordinary shares of 25p each.


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

ROBIN SELLERS


Date of notification

1st May 2002



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