Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 3019Y

Close Brothers Group PLC

01 September 2009

 



TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:		CLOSE BROTHERS GROUP PLC
2. Reason for notification (yes/no)
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights			Yes
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 notification obligation:	Artemis Investment Management Limited
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):	Artemis Special Situations MT Income Fund City of London Cash A/c City of London Pension A/c Artemis Alpha Trust BHS Senior Management Scheme BHS Pension Scheme Institutional Special Situations Hampstead Heath (COL) Charities Pool (COL) Pearson Prudential Staff Pension Scheme Akzo Nobel Pension Scheme SAUL Barclays UK Alpha L&G(Barclays) MM Alpha Fund L&G(Barclays) Series2 MM Alpha Fund Witan Investment Trust
5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):	27 August 2009
6. Date on which issuer notified:	28 August 2009
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	5%

8: Notified Details
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares If possible use ISIN code	Situation previous to the triggering transaction		Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
	Number of shares	Number of voting rights	Number of shares	Number of voting rights		Percentage of voting rights
				Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
GB0007668071	7,228,214	7,228,214	7,168,437	7,168,437		4.98%

B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ conversion period/date	No. of voting rights that may be acquired (if the instrument exercised/converted)	Percentage of voting rights

Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
7,168,437	4.98%

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

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of proxy holder:
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

13. Additional information:	Notification using the total voting rights figure of 144,008,648
14 Contact name:	John Hudspith Close Brothers Group plc
15. Contact telephone name:	020 7655 3100

 

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