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Close Brothers Group PLC
22 December 2008
| 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 Bros 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: | Lloyds TSB Group Plc | ||
| 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3): | Perry Nominees Ltd Boltro Nominees Ltd Lloyds Bank (PEP) Nominees Ltd State Street Nominees Ltd | ||
| 5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different): | 19th December 2008 | ||
| 6. Date on which issuer notified: | 22nd December 2008 | ||
| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: | Fallen Below 4% | ||
| 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 | |||||
| 0766807 Ord GBP0.25 | 6,316,199 | 6,316,199 | 5,562,834 | | 5,562,834 | | 3.870 | |
| 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 |
| 5,562,834 | 3.870 |
| 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: |
| 5,704 Shares are held by Perry Nominees Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds TSB Bank Plc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds TSB Group Plc. 7,787 Shares are held by Boltro Nominees Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds TSB Bank Plc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds TSB Group Plc. 22,207 Shares are held by Lloyds Bank (Pep) Nominees Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds TSB Bank Plc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds TSB Group Plc. 5,527,136 Shares are held by State Street Nominees Ltd. Shares are under the control of Scottish Widows Investment Partnership Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Scottish Widows Investment Partnership Group Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Scottish Widows Group Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds TSB Bank plc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds TSB Group Plc. |
| 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: | |
| 14 Contact name: | Lucille Dolor |
| 15. Contact telephone name: | +44 (0) 207 655 3100 |
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