Acquisition of Shares by ESOT

RNS Number : 9708I

Close Brothers Group PLC

22 March 2010

 



Close Brothers Group plc (the "Company") announces that Bedell Trustees Limited (the "Trustee") as Trustee of the Close Brothers Group Employee Share Trust acquired 290,141 ordinary shares in the Company ("Shares") on 19 March 2010 at an average price of 781.6p per Share.  These Shares will be used in due course to satisfy awards under the Company's employee share schemes.

Following the acquisition of these Shares, the Trustee now holds 2,322,874 Shares.  The executive directors of the Company are for Companies Act purposes deemed to be interested in all of these Shares.

John Hudspith                                                                                          

Assistant Company Secretary

22 March 2010

020 7655 3100

 

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