Transaction in Own Shares

TRANSACTION IN OWN SHARES

Close Brothers Group plc (the 'Company') announces that on 2 January 2014 it transferred 4,788 ordinary shares of 25 pence each from treasury to participants in its employee share plans. The highest and lowest transfer price was 590 pence and 428 pence, respectively. Following the transfer of these shares, the Company holds 1,826,154 of its ordinary shares in treasury and has 148,782,258 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).

John Hudspith

Deputy Company Secretary

2 January 2014

020 7655 3100