Holding(s) in Company

Close Brothers Group PLC
23 July 2004


                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1. Name of company

Close Brothers Group plc

2. Name of shareholder having a major interest

Scottish Widows Investment Partnership Ltd

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

Shareholder named in 2 above

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 A/C XBY2                                 827,408
State Street Nominees Limited A/C XC5U                                 611,792
State Street Nominees Limited A/C XBY3                                  70,068
State Street Nominees Limited A/C W36A                                  60,717
State Street Nominees Limited A/C W32L                                 132,356
State Street Nominees Limited A/C W3L2                                  39,217
State Street Nominees Limited A/C W33H                                 388,697
State Street Nominees Limited A/C XBJ2                                 439,063
State Street Nominees Limited A/C XBK2                                 207,101
State Street Nominees Limited A/C XBJ3                                 118,684
State Street Nominees Limited A/C W3J3                                 574,641
State Street Nominees Limited A/C W318                                  16,523
State Street Nominees Limited A/C WJJ9                                  20,000
State Street Nominees Limited A/C XBP7                                 113,140
State Street Nominees Limited A/C XBY4                                 439,623
State Street Nominees Limited A/C XC5W                                 327,877
State Street Nominees Limited A/C W39Q                                  10,653
State Street Nominees Limited A/C XBY5                                  23,551
State Street Nominees Limited A/C W32Z                                  33,196
State Street Nominees Limited A/C W33B                                 298,020
State Street Nominees Limited A/C W39N                                 168,404
State Street Nominees Limited A/C W36U                                 239,799
State Street Nominees Limited A/C XBK6                                 238,125
State Street Nominees Limited A/C XBS8                                   7,006
State Street Nominees Limited A/C W39F                               1,860,402


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

16th July 2004

12. Total holding following this notification

7,266,063

13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

5.04%

14. Any additional information

N/A

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
COMPANY SECRETARY

Date of notification

23rd July 2004

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