Holding(s) in Company

Close Brothers Group PLC
31 October 2007



TR-1(i): NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES


1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which
voting rights are attached (ii):


Close Brothers Group plc


2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate boxes):


An acquisition or disposal of voting rights:                                 (X)


An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the
acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached:    ( )


An event changing the breakdown of voting rights:                            ( )


Other (please specify):                                                      ( )



3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation (iii):


Legal & General Group Plc (L&G)


4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.) (iv):


Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management) Limited (PMC)


5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or
reached if different) (v):


17th October 2007


6. Date on which issuer notified:


30th October 2007


7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:


From 3% - 4% (L&G)


8. Notified details:


A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of shares if possible using  Situation previous to the Triggering
the ISIN CODE                           transaction (vi)
                                        
                                        Number of      Number of voting Rights
                                        shares         (viii)

GB0007668071                            5,063,184      5,063,184




Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (vii)

Class/type of shares if      Number of    Number of voting      % of voting
possible using the ISIN CODE shares       rights (ix)           rights

                                          Direct (x)   Indirect Direct  Indirect
                                                       (xi)

GB0007668071                 6,036,311    6,036,311             4.09



B: Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (xii)

Type of     Expiration Exercise/       Number of voting rights that may  % of
financial   Date       Conversion      be acquired if the instrument is  voting
instrument  (xiii)     Period/ Date    exercised/ converted.             rights
                       (xiv)



Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights                % of voting rights

6,036,311                              4.09



9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable (xv):


Legal & General Group Plc (Direct and Indirect) (Group)


Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (LGIMH) (Direct and
Indirect)


Legal & General Investment Management Limited (Indirect) (LGIM)


    Legal & General Group Plc (Direct) (L&G) (6,036,311 - 4.09% = LGAS, LGPL 
    & PMC)


Legal & General Investment Management     Legal & General Insurance Holdings
Holdings) Limited (Direct) (LGIMHD)       Limited (Direct) (LGIH)
5,334,238 - 3.62% = PMC)


Legal & General Assurance (Pensions       Legal & General Assurance Society
Management) (5,334,238 - 3.62% = PMC)     Limited (LGAS & LGPL) Limited (PMC)



                                          Legal & General Pensions Limited 
                                          (Direct) (LGPL)



Proxy Voting:


10. Name of the proxy holder:


N/A


11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:


N/A


12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:


N/A

13. Additional information:

Notification using the total voting rights figures of 147,346,776

Please note this notification has been delayed due to the large number of
disclosures required following a substantial amount of new business which has
come to us in the form of an in-specie transfer.


14. Contact name:


Robin Sellers

Company Secretary


15. Contact telephone number:


020 7655 3100





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