Director/PDMR Shareholding

Released : 07 Jul 2023

RNS Number : 3496FClose Brothers Group PLC07 July 2023

Close Brothers Group plc (the "Company")

Notification of transactions by

persons discharging managerial responsibilities in Ordinary shares of the Company of 25p each (Shares)

On 6 July 2023 the Company was notified by Equiniti Limited, the administrators of the Close Brothers Group plc Share Incentive Plan (the "Plan"), that Shares were purchased under the Plan for Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility. The following notifications, made pursuant to Article 19(3) of the Market Abuse Regulation, provide further details.

1

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

a)

Name

1.   Adrian Sainsbury

2.   Rebekah Etherington

3.   Robert Sack

4.   Neil Davies

5.   Edward Reynolds

2

Reason for the notification

a)

Position/status

1.   Chief Executive

2.   Group Head of Human Resources

3.   Group Chief Risk Officer

4.   Chief Executive Officer, Commercial

5.   Chief Executive Officer, Close Brothers Asset Management

b)

Initial notification / Amendment

Initial notification

3

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

a)

Name

Close Brothers Group plc

b)

LEI

213800W73SYHR14I3X91

4

Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted

a)

Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument

Identification code

Ordinary Shares of 25p each

GB0007668071

b)

Nature of the transaction

Acquisition of shares under the Close Brothers Group plc Share Incentive Plan

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

Price(s)

Volume(s)

1.   £8.83

2.   £8.83

3.   £8.83

4.   £8.83

5.   £8.83

1.   17

2.   17

3.   11

4.   17

5.   17

d)

Aggregated information

- Aggregated volume

- Price

N/A (Single transactions)

e)

Date of the transaction

5 July 2023

f)

Place of the transaction

London Stock Exchange, XLON
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