Close Bros Regulatory News (CBG)

TRANSACTIONS IN OWN SECURITIES

Close Brothers Group plc ("Close Brothers" or the "group") announces that it has purchased the following number of its ordinary shares of 25p each on the London Stock Exchange. The purchased shares will be held in treasury.

Ordinary Shares

Date of purchases:

19 October 2018

Number of ordinary shares purchased:

59,862

Highest price paid per share:

£15.63

Lowest price paid per share:

£15.43

Volume weighted average price paid per share:

£15.2146

This share purchase is pursuant to the group's existing share purchase programme effected under instructions issued to Link Market Services Trustees Limited by Close Brothers on 15 October 2018 and as announced on the same day (the "Programme").

Following the above transaction, Close Brothers holds 916,008 of its ordinary shares in treasury and has 151,144,282 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).

Aggregated information in respect of ordinary shares purchased under the Programme:

Trading venue

Aggregated volume

Volume weighted average price (£)

London Stock Exchange

303,795

15.2715