Close Brothers Group plc has announced that on 14 August 2023, it transferred 202 ordinary shares of 25 pence each from treasury to participants in its employee share plans. The transfer price for these shares was 888 pence. After the transfer, the company now holds 1,597,971 of its ordinary shares in treasury and has 150,462,319 ordinary shares in issue, excluding treasury shares. Helen Thorpe, Head of Secretariat at Close Brothers Group plc, provided this information.