Close Brothers Group plc has announced that on 7 August 2023, it transferred 3,302 ordinary shares of 25 pence each from treasury to participants in its employee share plans. The transfer price for the shares was 888 pence. After the transfer, the company now holds 1,598,173 of its ordinary shares in treasury and has 150,462,117 ordinary shares in issue, excluding treasury shares. Helen Thorpe, Head of Secretariat at Close Brothers Group plc, provided the announcement.