Share Purchase

RNS Number : 1189D

Close Brothers Group PLC

23 October 2020

 

TRANSACTIONS IN OWN SECURITIES
Close Brothers Group plc ("Close Brothers" or the "group") announces that it has purchased the following number of its ordinary shares of 25p each on the London Stock Exchange.  The purchased shares will be held in treasury.
Ordinary Shares
Date of purchases:				23 October 2020
Number of ordinary shares purchased:				10,159
Highest price paid per share:				£10.91
Lowest price paid per share:				£10.75
Volume weighted average price paid per share:				£10.8554
This share purchase is pursuant to the group's existing share purchase programme effected under instructions issued to Link Asset Services by Close Brothers on 20 October 2020 and as announced on the same day (the "Programme").
Following the above transaction, Close Brothers holds 831,400 of its ordinary shares in treasury and has 151,228,890 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).
Aggregated information in respect of ordinary shares purchased under the Programme:
Trading venue	Aggregated volume	Volume weighted average price (£)
London Stock Exchange	100,427	10.590615

Enquiries: Alex Dunn, Company Secretary & Head of Legal (Corporate & Bank Retail)

020 3857 6057

About Close Brothers

Close Brothers is a leading UK merchant banking group providing lending, deposit taking, wealth management services and securities trading.  We employ over 3,500 people, principally in the UK. Close Brothers Group plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a member of the FTSE 250.

 

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