12 June 2023

NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES OR ITS TERRITORIES OR TO, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF, U.S. PERSONS OR OTHERWISE THAN TO PERSONS TO WHOM IT CAN LAWFULLY BE DISTRIBUTED

CLOSE BROTHERS GROUP PLC

PUBLICATION OF PROSPECTUS

The following prospectus has been approved by the Financial Conduct Authority and is available for viewing:

Prospectus dated 12 June 2023 (the "Prospectus") relating to the issue of £250,000,000 7.750 per cent. Notes due 14 June 2028 (the "Notes").

To view the full Prospectus, please paste the following URL into the address bar of your browser:

http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/4450C_1-2023-6-12.pdf

The Prospectus will also be available for viewing at the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at: https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.

For further information, please contact:

Penny Thomas
Company Secretary
Close Brothers Group plc
LEI code: 213800W73SYHR14I3X91
10 Crown Place
London EC2A 4FT
+44 (0)20 7655 3100

DISCLAIMER - INTENDED ADDRESSEES

EU MiFID II professionals/ECPs only/No EEA PRIIPs KID

UK MiFIR professionals/ECPs only/No UK PRIIPs KID

Please note that the information contained in the Prospectus may be addressed to and/or targeted at persons who are residents of particular countries (as specified in the Prospectus) only and is not intended for use and should not be relied upon by any person outside these countries and/or to whom the offer contained in the Prospectus is not addressed. Prior to relying on the information contained in the Prospectus, you must ascertain from the Prospectus whether or not you are part of the intended addressees of the information contained therein.

In particular, neither this announcement nor the Prospectus shall constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy securities in the United States or in any other jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration, exemption from registration or qualification under the securities law of any such jurisdiction.

The Notes have not been, and will not be, registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), or under the securities laws of any state or other jurisdiction of the United States, and the Notes may not be offered, sold, pledged, taken up, resold, transferred or delivered, directly or indirectly, in the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons (as defined in Regulation S under the Securities Act ("Regulation S")) unless the Notes are registered under the Securities Act or an exemption from the registration requirements for the Securities Act is available. The Notes are being offered and sold only to non-U.S. persons outside the United States in reliance upon Regulation S. The Prospectus may not be accessed from, or transmitted in or into, the United States.

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