TRANSACTION IN OWN SHARES
Close Brothers Group plc (the 'Company') announces that on 15 December 2015 it transferred 14,204 ordinary shares of 25 pence each from treasury to participants in its employee share plans. The highest and lowest transfer price was 1143 pence and 590 pence, respectively. Following the transfer of these shares, the Company holds 893,938 of its ordinary shares in treasury and has 149,740,899 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).
John Hudspith
Deputy Company Secretary
15 December 2015
020 7655 3100