Transaction in Own Shares

TRANSACTION IN OWN SHARES

Close Brothers Group plc (the 'Company') announces that on 8 January 2018 it transferred 314 ordinary shares of 25 pence each from treasury to participants in its employee share plans. The transfer price was 1143 pence. Following the transfer of these shares, the Company holds 654,139 of its ordinary shares in treasury and has 151,406,151 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).

John Hudspith

Deputy Company Secretary

Close Brothers Group plc

LEI code: 213800W73SYHR14I3X91

8 January 2018

020 7655 3100