7th Oct 2005 17:13
Close Brothers Group PLC07 October 2005 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES Close Brothers Group plc ("CBG") has been notified today that on 5th October2005 Morgan Stanley Securities Limited ("MSSL") acquired an interest in theshares of CBG that resulted in their holding increasing to 10,451,382, beingapproximately 7.20% of the issued share capital of CBG. MSSL have also advised that from time to time 10,427,849 of their holding of CBGshares are transferred to a third party on terms which give them the right torequire the return of an equivalent number of CBG shares. Accordingly, theirinterest is 10,427,849 shares pursuant to Section 208(5) of the Companies Act1985. MSSL is a member of the Morgan Stanley group of companies. Those group companieswhich are direct or indirect holding companies of MSSL are, under the terms ofsection 203 of the Companies Act 1985, each interested by attribution in anyshares in which MSSL is interested. Robin SellersCompany SecretaryTelephone 020 7655 3100 Date of notification 7th October 2005 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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