TRANSACTION IN OWN SHARES

Close Brothers Group plc (the 'Company') announces that on 20 March 2017 it transferred 328 ordinary shares of 25 pence each from treasury to a participant in its employee share plans. The transfer price was 1143 pence. Following the transfer of these shares, the Company holds 483,070 of its ordinary shares in treasury and has 150,160,658 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).

John Hudspith

Deputy Company Secretary

Close Brothers Group plc

LEI code: 213800W73SYHR14I3X91

20 March 2017

020 7655 3100