Close Brothers Group PLC has announced the transfer of 209 ordinary shares of 25 pence each from treasury to participants in its employee share plans. The transfer price was 794 pence. Following this transaction, the Company holds 1,572,747 of its ordinary shares in treasury and has 150,487,543 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares). Helen Thorpe, the Head of Secretariat at Close Brothers Group PLC, confirmed the transaction.