Total Voting Rights

31 Mar 2008 16:59

Close Brothers Group PLC31 March 2008 Close Brothers Group plc Total Voting Rights and Capital In accordance with the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules, Close BrothersGroup plc ("CBG") notify the market that as at 31st March 2008: The CBG issued share capital consists of 149,359,561 ordinary shares of 25p eachwith one voting right per share. There are no shares held in treasury. The total number of shares in issue in CBG with voting rights is therefore149,359,561. The above figure may be used by shareholders (and others with notificationobligations) as the denominator for the calculation by which they will determineif they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interestin, CBG under the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules. Simon WatsonDeputy Company Secretary31st March 2008 020 7655 3100 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange