Holding(s) in Company

Close Brothers Group PLC
07 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

Barclays 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

Bank of Ireland                                                         21,733
Barclays Capital Nominees Limited                                       28,830
Chase Nominees Ltd 16376                                                80,644
Chase Nominees Ltd 20947                                             1,400,125
CIBC Mellon Global Securities                                            2,912
Investors Bank and Trust Co.                                         1,340,805
JP Morgan (BGI Custody) 16331                                           36,410
JP Morgan (BGI Custody) 16341                                           98,836
JP Morgan (BGI Custody) 16344                                            2,061
JP Morgan (BGI Custody) 16400                                        1,481,553
JP Morgan (BGI Custody) 18409                                           75,971
JP Morgan Chase Bank                                                   175,519
Mellon Trust - Boston & SF                                              28,078
Mellon Trust of New England                                             11,932
Mitsubishi Trust International                                             775
Northern Trust Bank - BGI SEPA                                          28,093
RC Greig Nominees BL1                                                   76,919
RC Greig Nominees CM1                                                   35,215
RC Greig Nominees GP1                                                   33,468
RC Greig Nominees SA1                                                   20,298
State Street                                                             1,976
State Street Boston                                                    124,541


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

7th October 2004

12. Total holding following this notification

5,106,694

13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

3.54%

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

7th October 2004

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