Transaction in Own Shares

TRANSACTION IN OWN SHARES

Close Brothers Group plc (the 'Company') announces that on 10 April 2013 it transferred 13,588 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 2,978,896 of its ordinary shares in treasury and has 147,627,948 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).

John Hudspith

Assistant Company Secretary

11 April 2013

020 7655 3100