Acquisition of Shares by ESOT

Close Brothers Group PLC
06 November 2006










Close Brothers Group plc (the "Company") announces that Bedell Trustees Limited
(the "Trustee") as Trustee of the Close Brothers Group Employee Share Trust
acquired 45,438 ordinary shares in the Company ("Shares") on 2nd November 2006
at an average price of 979.23 per Share. These Shares will be used in due course
to satisfy options and awards under the Company's employee share schemes.

Following the acquisition of these Shares, the Trustee now holds 1,497,995
Shares. The executive directors of the Company are for Companies Act purposes
deemed to be interested in all of these Shares.





Robin Sellers                                                  6th November 2006
Company Secretary


020 7655 3100



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