Annual Report

Close Brothers Group plc (the "group" or "Close Brothers") announces that it has today published its Annual Report and Accounts 2025 (the "Annual Report"). The document is available to view on the group's website at:

In accordance with Listing Rule 6.4.1, a copy of the document has also been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at:

The Annual Report will be sent to shareholders on 17 October 2025, together with the Notice of Annual General Meeting. The 2025 Annual General Meeting ("AGM") will be held at 10 Crown Place, London EC2A 4FT on 20 November 2025 at 11.00am. Full details of the proposed resolutions will be set out in the Notice of AGM.

The Board encourages shareholders to vote on the resolutions to be proposed at the AGM by proxy in advance of the deadline to be set out in the Notice of AGM. Further details regarding voting by proxy will be set out in the Notice of AGM.

The content of this announcement should be read in conjunction with the group's preliminary results announcement for the year ended 31 July 2025, which was released on 30 September 2025 and is available on the group's website at:

Together, these announcements constitute the material required by DTR 6.3.5 to be communicated in unedited full text through a Regulatory Information Service. This material is not a substitute for reading the full Annual Report.