Close Brothers Group PLC

Major Shareholding Notification • Feb 24, 2016

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RNS Number : 0755Q

Close Brothers Group PLC

24 February 2016

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ii				Close Brothers Group plc
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights					yes
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached					no
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments					no
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights					no
Other (please specify):					no
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii		Standard Life Investments (Holdings) Limited (Parent Company) - 13.045%  compromised of: Standard Life Investments Limited - 11.78% Ignis Investment Services Limited - 1.26%
4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):iv		Vidacos Nominees\HSBC
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v		23/02/2016
6. Date on which issuer notified:		24/02/2016
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		Standard Life Investments (Holdings) Limited - 13% Standard Life Investments Limited - 11%

8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix
Class/type of shares if possible using the 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				% of  voting rights x
Direct			Direct xi	Indirect xii			Direct		Indirect
GB0007668071		19,407,639			19,407,639			19,538,831			0	19,538,831			0		13.045
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument			Expiration date xiii			Exercise/ Conversion Period xiv				Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.				% of voting rights
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Exercise price			Expiration date xvii			Exercise/ Conversion period xviii		Number of voting rights instrument refers to				% of voting rights xix, xx
													Nominal			Delta
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights									Percentage of voting rights
19,538,831									13.045

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
Standard Life Investments (Holdings) Limited (Parent Company) - 13.045%  compromised of: Standard Life Investments Limited - 11.78% Ignis Investment Services Limited - 1.26%
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the 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:	Nicholas Jennings
15. Contact telephone number:	0207 655 3487

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