Close Brothers Group PLC

Director's Dealing • Oct 21, 2020

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RNS Number : 8220C

Close Brothers Group PLC

21 October 2020

Close Brothers Group plc (the "Company")

Notification of transactions by

persons discharging managerial responsibilities in Ordinary shares of the Company of 25p each (Shares)

On 21 October 2020 the Company granted options to employees under the Close Brothers Group Sharesave Scheme (the "Scheme"). This grant of options over Shares under the Scheme included certain Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility. The following notifications, made pursuant to Article 19(3) of the Market Abuse Regulation, provide further details.   

1

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

a)

Name

1.   Adrian Sainsbury

2.   Rebekah Etherington

3.   Angela Yotov

4.   Martyn Atkinson

5.   Robert Sack

6.   Mike Morgan

2

Reason for the notification

a)

Position/status

1.   Group Chief Executive

2.   Group Head of Human Resources

3.   Group General Counsel

4.   Group Chief Operating Officer

5.   Group Chief Risk Officer

6.   Group Finance Director

b)

Initial notification /Amendment

Initial notification

3

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

a)

Name

Close Brothers Group plc

b)

LEI

213800W73SYHR14I3X91

4

Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted

a)

Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument

Identification code

Ordinary Shares of 25p each

GB0007668071

b)

Nature of the transaction

Grant of three years (1, 2, 4 and 5) and five years (3 and 6) options over shares under the Company's Sharesave scheme.

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

Price(s)	Volume(s)
1.   £7.94 2.   £7.94 3.   £7.94 4.   £7.94 5.   £7.94 6.   £7.94	1.   1,133 2.   2,267 3.   3,778 4.   2,267 5.   453 6.   3,778

d)

Aggregated information

- Aggregated volume

- Price

N/A

e)

Date of the transaction

21 October 2020

f)

Place of the transaction

Off market

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