Share Purchase

RNS Number : 5075I

Close Brothers Group PLC

02 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:	2 December 2022
Number of ordinary shares purchased:	36,817
Highest price paid per share:	£11.07
Lowest price paid per share:	£10.82
Volume weighted average price paid per share:	£10.95755

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 1,673,212 of its ordinary shares in treasury and has 150,387,078 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	73,634	10.929930

Penny Thomas

Company Secretary

Close Brothers Group plc

LEI Code: 213800W73SYHR14I3X91

2 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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