Result of AGM

Close Brothers Group PLC
01 November 2006


Results of Annual General Meeting


Close Brothers Group plc advises that all the resolutions proposed at its Annual General Meeting held today were 
unanimously passed on a show of hands.
Resolutions 7, 8 and 9 concerned special business and so are reported in accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.18.

The following proxy votes were cast:-

    Ordinary resolutions               In Favour              Chairman's              Against                Vote
                                                              Discretion                                    Withheld
                                     Votes cast        %    Votes cast       %       Votes cast      %
 1. To receive and adopt the         103,199,769   99.51        54,393    0.05          456,707   0.44     2,421,014
    directors' report and
    financial statements.
    
 2. To approve the directors'        103,389,280   97.44        60,278    0.06        2,658,353   2.50        23,972
    remuneration report.
    
 3. To declare a final dividend.     106,052,617   99.94        61,516    0.06                -      -        17,750
        
 4. (a) To re-elect Mr. P.N.          83,079,856   83.35        60,030    0.06       16,534,258  16.59     6,457,739
    Buckley as a director
    of the company.
 
    (b) To re-elect Mr. B.N.         105,661,594   99.58        67,301    0.06          381,091   0.36        21,897
    Carnegie-Brown as a director
    of the company.

    (c) To re-elect Mr. S.R.         105,662,427   99.58        67,301    0.06          380,883   0.36        21,272
    Hodges as a director 
    of the company.

    (d) To re-elect Mr. P.S.S.       105,379,685   99.31        67,301    0.06          663,625   0.63        21,272
    Macpherson as a director
    of the company.

    (e) To re-elect Mr. M.G.A.        83,094,409   83.36        59,953    0.06       16,531,151  16.58     6,446,370
    McLintock as a director
    of the company.

    (f) To re-elect Mr. P.L.         105,661,400   99.58        67,301    0.06          380,883   0.36        22,299
    Winkworth as a director
    of the company.
    
 5. To re-appoint the auditors.      104,464,558   98.95        66,183    0.06        1,047,669   0.99       553,473
    
 6. To authorise the directors       105,227,216   99.17       151,663    0.14          734,164   0.69        18,840
    of the company to determine
    the auditors'remuneration.

    Special resolution

 7. To authorise the company to      105,238,635   99.18        69,095    0.06          803,953   0.76        20,200
    make market purchases as
    specified in the notice of
    Annual General Meeting.

    Ordinary resolution

 8. To renew the authority           105,576,710   99.50        69,924    0.07          457,275   0.43        27,974
    conferred by Article 7.1 of
    the Articles of Association
    and that the section 80
    amount be £12,201,000.
    
    Special resolution

 9. To renew the power               106,023,280   99.93        67,902    0.06           11,327   0.01        29,374
    conferred by Article 7.2 of
    the Articles of Association
    and that the section 89
    amount be £1,830,000.


NOTES:

1.        The 'vote withheld' option was provided to enable shareholders to instruct their proxy not to vote on any 
          particular resolution, however it should be noted that a vote withheld in this way is not a 'vote' in law and 
          therefore was not included in the calculation of the proportion of the vote 'In Favour' and 'Against' a 
          resolution.

2.        The current issued share capital of the company is 146,507,681.


In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.3(1) two copies of resolutions 7,8 and 9 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

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