Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 2844B

Close Brothers Group PLC

05 October 2015

Close Brothers Group plc

Notification of transactions by

persons discharging managerial responsibilities

Pursuant to its obligations under Disclosure and Transparency Rule 3.1.2R, Close Brothers Group plc (the 'Company') notifies the following changes in the interests in the ordinary shares of 25p each of the Company ('Shares') of the executive directors and other persons discharging managerial responsibilities ('PDMRs') which were notified to it on 2 October 2015:

Release of Deferred Annual Bonus Awards

The following notification is in respect of the holding of the person referred to below in respect of 2013 and 2014 deferred annual bonus plan ("DAB") awards which were released on 2 October 2015. The Shares were then sold in London on 2 October 2015.

Number of 2013 and 2014 DAB Shares released

Number of Shares sold

Sale Price

Per Share £

Executive director

Jonathan Howell

26,831

15.315

Share Sales

The following notification is in respect of holdings of the executive directors and other PDMRs referred to below, these transactions taking place in London on 2 October 2015 and having been undertaken in anticipation of the release and retention (after tax and NI) of 2012 Long Term Incentive Plan and Share Matching Plan share awards, which will be covered in a subsequent announcement.

	Number of Shares sold	Sale Price Per Share £
Executive directors
Stephen Hodges	84,775	15.28
Elizabeth Lee	20,000	15.29
Preben Prebensen	150,944	15.100781

Other PDMRs
Tazim Essani	13,500	15.23
Rebekah Etherington	23,064	15.037172

With one exception, each of these sales relate to holdings of the person referred to above. With respect to Tazim Essani, 6,750 Shares were sold from her own holding and 6,750 Shares from that of her spouse, Kevin Magner.

In summary

The beneficial interests in the ordinary share capital of the Company of these executive directors and other PDMRs on 1 October 2015 prior to these transactions being undertaken were and on 2 October following the conclusion of these dealings are:

	Interest in Company Shares at 1 October 2015	Interest in Company Shares at 2 October 2015
Executive directors
Stephen Hodges	776,616	691,841 (0.46%)
Jonathan Howell	263,596	263,596 (0.18%)
Elizabeth Lee	54,917	34,917 (0.02%)
Preben Prebensen	700,048	549,104 (0.37%)

Other PDMRs
Tazim Essani	36,774	23,274 (0.02%)
Rebekah Etherington	29,162	6,098 (0.004%)