TRANSACTION IN OWN SHARES
Close Brothers Group plc (the 'Company') announces that on 1 April 2015 it transferred 394 ordinary shares of 25 pence each from treasury to participants in its employee share plans. The transfer price was 547 pence. Following the transfer of these shares, the Company holds 1,194,065 of its ordinary shares in treasury and has 149,439,671 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).
John Hudspith
Deputy Company Secretary
1 April 2015
020 7655 3100