Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 5226B

Close Brothers Group PLC

07 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 6 and 7 October 2015:

Release of Deferred Annual Bonus Awards

The following notification is in respect of holdings of the persons referred to below in respect of 2012, 2013 and 2014 deferred annual bonus plan ("DAB") awards which were released on 6 October 2015. The Shares were sold in London on 6 and 7 October 2015.

	Number of 2012 DAB Shares released	Number of 2013 DAB Shares released	Number of 2014 DAB Shares released	Number of Shares sold	Sale Price Per Share £
Executive directors
Stephen Hodges		24,799	21,547	46,346	15.46679
Preben Prebensen		14,252	23,926	38,178	15.46679

Other PDMR
Martin Andrew	319	950		597	15.46679

Release of 2012 Long Term Incentive Plan Awards

The following notification is in respect of holdings of the persons referred to below in respect of 2012 Long Term Incentive Plan ("LTIP") awards which were released on 6 October 2015 with only a partial sale of the Shares (to cover tax and NI deductions) in London on 6 October 2015.

	Number of 2012 LTIP Shares released	Number of Shares sold	Sale Price Per Share £
Executive directors
Stephen Hodges	89,494	42,126	15.46679
Elizabeth Lee	36,228	17,053	15.46679
Preben Prebensen	110,129	51,839	15.46679

Other PDMRs
Martin Andrew	17,389	8,186	15.46679
Tazim Essani	28,982	13,643	15.46679
Rebekah Etherington	25,360	11,937	15.46679

Release of 2012 Share Matching Plan Awards

The following notification is in respect of holdings of the persons referred to below in respect of 2012 Share Matching Plan ("SMP") awards which were released on 6 October 2015 again, with only a partial sale of the Shares (to cover tax and NI deductions) in London on 6 October 2015.

	Number of 2012 SMP Shares released	Number of Shares sold	Sale Price Per Share £
Executive directors
Stephen Hodges	70,922	33,384	15.46679
Elizabeth Lee	21,154	9,958	15.46679
Preben Prebensen	175,479	82,599	15.46679

Other PDMRs
Tazim Essani	16,454	7,745	15.46679
Rebekah Etherington	18,216	8,575	15.46679

In summary

The beneficial interests in the ordinary share capital of the Company of these executive directors and other PDMRs on 6 October 2015 prior to these transactions being undertaken were and on 7 October following the conclusion of these dealings are:

	Interest in Company Shares at 6 October 2015	Interest in Company Shares at 7 October 2015
Executive directors
Stephen Hodges	691,841	776,747 (0.52%)
Elizabeth Lee	34,917	65,288 (0.04%)
Preben Prebensen	549,114	700,284 (0.47%)

Other PDMRs
Martin Andrew	90,890	100,765 (0.07)
Tazim Essani	23,274	47,322 (0.03%)
Rebekah Etherington	6,108	29,172 (0.02%)