Close Brothers Group plc (the 'Company')

Notification of transactions by

persons discharging managerial responsibilities

The Company has been informed on 6 January 2016 by Equiniti Limited, the administrators of the Close Brothers Group plc Share Incentive Plan (the 'Plan'), that

it purchased Ordinary shares of 25p each in the Company under the Plan in London on 5 January 2016 on behalf of Directors and other Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility at a price of £13.28 per share as follows:

Number of Shares Purchased

Total holding following notification

Executive directors

Preben Prebensen

11

717,514

Other PDMRs

Rebekah Etherington

11

29,205

Philip Yarrow

11

6,227

Name of authorised official of issuer responsible for making notification

John Hudspith

Deputy Company Secretary

Close Brothers Group plc

Date of notification: 6 January 2016

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