Annual Report and Accounts

Close Brothers Group PLC
29 September 2005


Close Brothers Group plc

Annual Report 2005

Copies of the above document, plus the Notice of Annual General Meeting have
been submitted to the UK Listing Authority and will shortly be available for
inspection at the UK Listing Authority's Document Viewing Facility, which is
situated at:

Financial Services Authority
25 The North Colonnade
Canary Wharf
London E14 5HS

Tel [phone]

A copy of the Annual Report 2005 will also shortly be available on the Close
Brothers Group website, www.closebrothers.co.uk.





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