Close Brothers Group plc
(the 'Company')
Annual Report and Annual General Meeting
The Company announces that two copies of its 2009 Annual Report and Accounts, Notice of Annual General Meeting on 18 November 2009 and Form of Proxy have been submitted to the UK Listing Authority. Copies of all the above documents will shortly be available for inspection at the UK Listing Authority's Document Viewing Facility which is situated at:
The Financial Services Authority
25 The North Colonnade
Canary Wharf
London E14 5HS
Telephone: 020 7066 1000
The above documents will also shortly be available for download from the Company's website at www.closebrothers.co.uk.
At the Annual General Meeting due to be held on 18 November 2009, it is proposed that the Company adopts new Articles of Association. A summary of the proposed changes is set out in the explanatory notes which accompany the Notice of Annual General Meeting 2009 and which will be available on the Company's website at www.closebrothers.co.uk.
John Hudspith
Assistant Company Secretary
15 October 2009
020 7655 3100