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:

17 November 2020

Number of ordinary shares purchased:

53,677

Highest price paid per share:

£13.80

Lowest price paid per share:

£13.51

Volume weighted average price paid per share:

£13.698245

This share purchase is pursuant to the group's existing share purchase programme effected under instructions issued to Link Asset Services by Close Brothers on 20 October 2020 and as announced on the same day (the "Programme").

Following the above transaction, Close Brothers holds 1,428,471 of its ordinary shares in treasury and has 150,631,819 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

697,498

11.208299