Share Purchase

RNS Number : 3456I

Close Brothers Group PLC

01 December 2022

 

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:	1 December 2022
Number of ordinary shares purchased:	36,817
Highest price paid per share:	£10.97
Lowest price paid per share:	£10.835
Volume weighted average price paid per share:	£10.882790

This share purchase is pursuant to the Group's share purchase programme (the "Programme") effected under instructions issued to Link Asset Services by Close Brothers on 1 December 2022 and as announced on the same day.

Following the above transaction, Close Brothers holds 1,636,395 of its ordinary shares in treasury and has 150,460,712 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).

Aggregated information in respect of ordinary shares purchased under the share purchase programme:

Trading venue	Aggregated volume	Volume weighted average price (£)
London Stock Exchange	36,817	10.882790

Penny Thomas

Company Secretary

Close Brothers Group plc

LEI Code: 213800W73SYHR14I3X91

1 December 2022

About Close Brothers

Close Brothers is a leading UK merchant banking group providing lending, deposit taking, wealth management services and securities trading.  We employ approximately 4,000 people, principally in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Close Brothers Group plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a member of the FTSE 250.

 

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