Holding(s) in Company

Close Brothers Group PLC
01 October 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

Prudential plc

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

M&G (LOMBARD ST) NOMS FPE                                               17,335

MAGIM HSBC GIS NOM(UK) SALI                                             57,031

PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM (UK) PAC                                        11,196,499

PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM (UK) PPL                                            35,500

PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM (UK) SAL                                             5,032

ROY NOMINEES 578079                                                     53,479

ROY NOMS LTD 578052                                                     29,797

ROY NOMS LTD 578141                                                     58,638

ROY NOMS LTD 578192                                                    123,432


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

1st October 2004

12. Total holding following this notification

 11,576,743

13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

 8.02%

14. Any additional information

N/A

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

SIMON WATSON
DEPUTY COMPANY SECRETARY

Date of notification

1st October 2004

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