TRANSACTION IN OWN SHARES
Close Brothers Group plc (the 'Company') announces that on 1 April 2014 it transferred 344 ordinary shares of 25 pence each from treasury to participants in its employee share plans. The highest and lowest transfer price was 931 pence and 547 pence, respectively. Following the transfer of these shares, the Company holds 1,755,864 of its ordinary shares in treasury and has 148,866,719 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).
John Hudspith
Deputy Company Secretary
1 April 2014
020 7655 3100