Holding(s) in Company

Close Brothers Group PLC
13 March 2006


                   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 New York                                                         9,385
Barclays Capital Nominees Limited                                      224,927
Barclays Global Investors Canada                                         9,329
BNP Paribas                                                              9,861
Boiss Nominees Limited                                                  84,390
Chase Nominees Ltd 16376                                                77,200
Chase Nominees Ltd 16530                                                20,203
Chase Nominees Ltd 20947                                             1,211,788
Chase Nominees Ltd 21359                                               109,559
Chase Nominees Ltd 28270                                               114,060
CIBC Mellon Global Securities                                            6,493
Gerrard Nominees Limited 605704                                            350
Gerrard Nominees Limited 621942                                            525
Gerrard Nominees Limited 631118                                          4,000
Gerrard Nominees Limited 659442                                            550
Greig Middleton Nominees Limited (GM1)                                 136,704
Investors Bank and Trust Co.                                         1,950,595
JP Morgan (BGI Custody) 16331                                           42,195
JP Morgan (BGI Custody) 16341                                          173,524
JP Morgan (BGI Custody) 16344                                           37,230
JP Morgan (BGI Custody) 16345                                           63,398
JP Morgan (BGI Custody) 16400                                        1,469,131
JP Morgan (BGI Custody) 18409                                          115,493
JP Morgan Chase Bank                                                   294,571
Mellon Trust - US Custodian                                             25,996
Mellon Trust of New England                                             15,929
Mitsui Asset                                                             1,522
Northern Trust Bank - BGI SEPA                                          50,298
R C Greig Nominees Limited                                             463,498
R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c AK1                                     329,539
R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c BL1                                      64,930
R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c CM1                                      37,216
R C Greig Nominees Limited GP1                                          31,163
R C Greig Nominees Limited SA1                                          19,913
State Street Bank & Trust - W1                                          21,794
State Street Boston                                                     72,635
State Street Trust of Canada                                            15,120
The Northern Trust Company - U                                          10,804
Trust & Custody Services Bank                                            1,229


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

13th March 2006


12. Total holding following this notification

7,327,047


13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

5.02%


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

13th March 2006


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