Transaction in Own Shares

TRANSACTION IN OWN SHARES

Close Brothers Group plc (the 'Company') announces that on 29 May 2012 it transferred 4,498 ordinary shares of 25 pence each from treasury to participants in its employee share plans. The highest and lowest transfer price was 616 pence and nil pence, respectively.

Following the transfer of these shares, the Company holds 3,575,231 of its ordinary shares in treasury and has 147,006,082 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).

John Hudspith

Assistant Company Secretary

29 May 2012

020 7655 3100