Holding(s) in Company

Close Brothers Group PLC
23 June 2005


                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1. Name of company

Close Brothers Group plc

2. Name of shareholder having a major interest

Zurich Financial Services

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

BNY (OCS) Nominees Ltd A/c 219064                                      144,367
Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 35822                                        8,500
Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 07199                                       32,210
Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 21688                                      254,649
Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 07205                                      250,911
Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 11121                                        6,500
Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 02891                                    3,522,492
Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 03449                                      225,000
Williams & Glyns (Isle of Man) Nominees Ltd A/c 0700096001              40,000

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

22nd June 2005

12. Total holding following this notification

4,484,629

13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

3.10%

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 June 2005

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