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:

21 October 2020

Number of ordinary shares purchased:

35,807

Highest price paid per share:

£10.62

Lowest price paid per share:

£10.43

Volume weighted average price paid per share:

£10.583955

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 789,716 of its ordinary shares in treasury and has 151,270,574 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

58,743

10.530755