Acquisition of Shares by ESOT

Close Brothers Group PLC
04 December 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 200,000 ordinary shares in the Company ("Shares") on 1st December 2006
at a price of £9.80 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 1,677,357
Shares. The executive directors of the Company are for Companies Act purposes
deemed to be interested in all of these Shares.





Robin Sellers 4th December 2006

Company Secretary


020 7655 3100



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