Close Brothers : Share Purchase

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 2019
Number of ordinary shares purchased:				50,194
Highest price paid per share:				£14.39
Lowest price paid per share:				£14.12
Volume weighted average price paid per share:				£14.2953
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 15 October 2019 and as announced on the same day(the 'Programme').
Following the above transaction, Close Brothers holds 801,033 of its ordinary shares in treasury and has 151,259,257 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	147,943	14.063078

Enquiries: John Hudspith, Group Deputy Company Secretary 020 3857 6059

About Close Brothers

Close Brothers is a leading UK merchant banking group providing lending, deposit taking, wealth management services and securities trading. We employ over 3,000 people, principally in the UK. Close Brothers Group plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a member of the FTSE 250.