SAR - Close Finsbury Eurotech
Close Brothers Group PLC
24 February 2004
FORM SAR 3
Lodge with a RIS or Newstrack, if appropriate, and the Takeover Panel. A copy
must also be sent to the company the shares of which are acquired.
Date of disclosure 24/2/04
DISCLOSURE UNDER RULE 3 OF THE RULES GOVERNING SUBSTANTIAL ACQUISITIONS OF
SHARES ("SARs")
Date of acquisition 26/01/04
Acquisition in Close Finsbury Eurotech Trust plc (name of company)
(1) Class of voting shares Number of shares/rights If rights over shares
(eg ordinary shares) over shares acquired acquired, as opposed
to the shares themselves,
specify nature of rights
Ordinary Shares 3,400,000 shares
rights
(2) Resultant total Resultant total holding Total percentage
holding of voting of rightsover shares
shares (and % of total (and % of total voting
voting shares in issue) shares in issue)
5,225,150 (15.3 %) ( %) 5,225,150 (15.3%)
(3) Party making disclosure Close Brothers Group plc
(4) (a) Name of person acquiring shares or rights over shares
and, if different, beneficial owner See attached
(b) Names of any other persons acting by
agreement or understanding As above
Signed, for and on behalf of the party named in (3) above
(Also print name of signatory)
C.C.Miller
Telephone and extension number 020 7655 3100 x3383
______________________________________
Note 1. Under SAR 5, the holdings of and acquisitions by persons acting by
agreement or understanding must be aggregated and treated as a holding of or
acquisition by one person. Note 3 on SAR 5 requires persons who must aggregate
holdings to disclose certain disposals.
Note 2. The resultant total percentage holding of voting shares and rights over
shares is to be calculated by reference to the percentage held and in issue
outside treasury.
For full details of the SARs disclosure requirements, see Rules 3 and 5 of the
SARs. If in doubt, contact the Panel on Takeovers and Mergers, Monitoring
Section, Tel. No: 020 7638 0129.
E-mail: monitoring@disclosure.org.uk
Name of Close Wealth CWM on behalf of CWM on behalf of TOTALS
person Management clients of Close clients of Close
acquiring Limited (CWM) Investment International Custody
shares for its own Management (Isle of Services Limited
clients Man) Limited (Guernsey)
Number of
shares
acquired
on 26 3,400,000 0 0 3,400,000
January
2004
Resultant
total
holding
(including
beneficial 5,202,083 15,976 7,091 5,225,150
ownership)
Resultant
total
percentage
of
shares in issue 15.21% 0.05% 0.02% 15.28%
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