Close Brothers : Director/PDMR Shareholding

Close Brothers Group plc (the 'Company')

Notification of transactions by

persons discharging managerial responsibilities in Ordinary shares of the Company of 25p each (Shares)

On 6 March 2019 the Company was notified by Equiniti Limited, the administrators of the Close Brothers Group plc Share Incentive Plan (the 'Plan'), that Shares were purchased under the Plan for Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility. The following notifications, made pursuant to Article 19(3) of the Market Abuse Regulation, provide further details.

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	1. Preben Prebensen 2. Rebekah Etherington 3. Robert Sack 4. Philip Yarrow
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	1. Chief Executive 2. Group Head of Human Resources 3. Group Chief Risk Officer 4. Winterflood Chief Executive
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Close Brothers Group plc
b)	LEI	213800W73SYHR14I3X91
4	Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code	Ordinary Shares of 25p each GB0007668071
b)	Nature of the transaction	Acquisition of shares under the Close Brothers Group plc Share Incentive Plan
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) 1. £15.19 2. £15.19 3. £15.19 4. £15.19 1. 10 2. 10 3. 6 4. 10
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	N/A (Single transactions)
e)	Date of the transaction	5 March 2019
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange, XLON