Share Purchase

RNS Number : 4523Q
Close Brothers Group PLC
18 October 2019
 

 

 

 

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:

 

18 October 2019

Number of ordinary shares purchased:    

 

49,134

Highest price paid per share:

 

£14.26

Lowest price paid per share:

 

£13.88

Volume weighted average price paid per share:           

 

£14.18793

 

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 15 October 2019 and as announced on the same day (the "Programme").

 

Following the above transaction, Close Brothers holds 750,839 of its ordinary shares in treasury and has 151,309,451 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

97,749

13.94383

 

         

 

Enquiries: Alex Dunn, Company Secretary & Corporate Counsel

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 3,000 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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