Result of AGM

Close Brothers Group PLC
31 October 2003


Results of Annual General Meeting


Close Brothers Group plc advises that all the resolutions proposed at its Annual
General Meeting held yesterday were unanimously passed on a show of hands.  In
addition Close Brothers can advise that the following proxy votes were cast:-

Ordinary resolutions        In Favour      Chairman's    Against      Withheld
                                           Discretion

1. To receive and adopt    105,640,836      615,171      372,560     1,210,788
the directors' report and
financial statements.
2. To approve the           83,819,759      619,906    8,184,523    15,215,167
directors' remuneration
report.
3. To declare a final      107,045,399      611,471      168,755        13,730
dividend.
4. (a) To re-elect Mr.      82,291,422      613,540    9,394,148    15,540,245
P.N. Buckley as a
director of the
company.
(b) To re-elect Mr. S.R.   106,428,845      614,340      211,776       584,394
Hodges as a director of
the company.
(c) To re-elect Mr.        106,760,387      624,596      188,704       265,668
P.S.S. Macpherson as a
director of the
company.
(d) To re-elect Mr.         82,859,810      624,192    9,384,272    14,971,081
M.G.A.  McLintock as a
director of the
company.
(e) To re-elect Mr. P.L.   106,957,323      652,951      213,851        15,230
Winkworth as a director
of the company.
5. To re-appoint the       105,553,538      621,806    1,664,011             0
auditors.
6. To authorise the        103,268,602    1,339,044    3,217,979        13,730
directors of the company
to determine the
auditors' remuneration.

Special resolution

7. To authorise the        107,032,441      613,352      179,832        13,730
company to make market
purchases as specified in
the Notice of Annual
General Meeting.

Ordinary resolution

8. To renew the authority  106,459,343      615,202      751,080        13,730
conferred by Article 7.1
of the Articles of
Association and that the
section 80 amount be
£12,000,000.

Special resolutions

9. To renew the power      107,018,998      615,102      191,525        13,730
conferred by Article 7.2
of the Articles of
Association and that the
section 89 amount be
£900,000.
10. To amend the Articles  106,952,888      625,776      246,018        14,673
of Association to
increase the maximum
aggregate amount of
ordinary remuneration
payable to non executive
directors to £600,000 per
annum.




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