Last checked at 1 Sep 2009 10:27
| 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: |
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| 14 Contact name: | John Hudspith Close Brothers Group plc | |
| 15. Contact telephone name: | 020 7655 3100 |