TRANSACTION IN OWN SHARES
Close Brothers Group plc (the 'Company') announces that on 30 April 2014 it transferred 1,525 ordinary shares of 25 pence each from treasury to participants in its employee share plans. The transfer price was 590 pence. Following the transfer of these shares, the Company holds 1,742,010 of its ordinary shares in treasury and has 148,880,573 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).
John Hudspith
Deputy Company Secretary
30 April 2014
020 7655 3100