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UBS AG (EPT)17 December 2007 FORM 38.5(b) DEALINGS BY CONNECTED EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADERS WITHOUT RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY STATUS, OR WITH RI STATUS BUT NOT DEALING IN A CLIENT-SERVING CAPACITY (Rule 38.5(b) of the Takeover Code) 1. KEY INFORMATION Name of exempt principal trader UBS AG London BranchCompany dealt in Close Brothers Group PlcClass of relevant security to which the Ord 25pdealings being disclosed relate (Note 1)Date of dealing 14 DECEMBER 2007 2. INTERESTS, SHORT POSITIONS AND RIGHTS TO SUBSCRIBE (a) Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class of relevant security dealt in (Note 2) Long Short Number (%) Number (%)(1) Relevant securities 17,100 0.01% 10,386 0.01%(2) Derivatives (other thanoptions)(3) Options and agreements topurchase/sellTotal 17,100 0.01% 10,386 0.01% (b) Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company, other than the class dealt in (Note 2) Class of relevant security: Long Short Number (%) Number (%)(1) Relevant securities(2) Derivatives (other thanoptions)(3) Options and agreements topurchase/sellTotal (c) Rights to subscribe (Note 2)Class of relevant security: Details 3. DEALINGS (Note 3) (a) Purchases and sales Purchase/sale Number of securities Price per unit (Note 4) SALE 2210 870 pence SALE 428 870 SALE 529 870 SALE 452 870 SALE 45 870 SALE 1657 870 SALE 2500 870 SALE 480 870 SALE 673 870 SALE 41 870 SALE 15 870 SALE 2030 870 SALE 2500 870 SALE 2030 870 SALE 2330 870 SALE 544 870 PURCHASE 601 870.5 PURCHASE 126 870.5 PURCHASE 575 870.5 PURCHASE 515 870.5 PURCHASE 600 870.5 PURCHASE 21 870.5 PURCHASE 500 870.5 PURCHASE 100 870.5 PURCHASE 324 870.5 PURCHASE 1509 870.5 PURCHASE 1958 870.5 PURCHASE 1538 870.5 PURCHASE 923 870.5 SALE 519 871 PURCHASE 833 871 PURCHASE 347 871 PURCHASE 700 871 PURCHASE 500 871 PURCHASE 122 871 PURCHASE 141 871 PURCHASE 315 871 PURCHASE 2032 871 PURCHASE 700 871 PURCHASE 783 871 PURCHASE 195 871 PURCHASE 643 871 PURCHASE 783 871 PURCHASE 215 871 PURCHASE 760 871 SALE 4199 871.5 SALE 1990 871.5 PURCHASE 650 872 PURCHASE 683 872 PURCHASE 500 872 PURCHASE 1869 872 PURCHASE 500 872 PURCHASE 700 872 PURCHASE 686 872 PURCHASE 460 872 PURCHASE 598 872 PURCHASE 2500 872 PURCHASE 100 872 SALE 509 873 SALE 520 873 PURCHASE 200 874 SALE 5 874 SALE 1642 874 SALE 5 874 SALE 600 874 SALE 138 874 PURCHASE 700 875 PURCHASE 519 875 PURCHASE 677 875 SALE 2500 875.5 SALE 409 875.5 SALE 3 875.5 SALE 1463 875.5 SALE 45 875.5 PURCHASE 503 875.5 PURCHASE 281 875.5 PURCHASE 641 875.5 SALE 138 876 SALE 326 876 SALE 960 876 SALE 42 876 SALE 48 876 SALE 532 876 SALE 848 876.5 SALE 45 876.5 SALE 2500 876.5 SALE 51 877 SALE 46 877 SALE 379 877 SALE 40 877 SALE 199 877.25 SALE 2500 877.5 SALE 1676 877.5 SALE 568 877.5 SALE 4 877.75 SALE 390 878 SALE 397 878 SALE 46 878 SALE 47 879.5 SALE 234 879.5 SALE 19 879.5 SALE 513 947.5 SALE 289 949 SALE 181 949 SALE 184 950.5 PURCHASE 13803 950.5 SALE 2500 957 TOTAL PURCHASES 44,929 TOTAL SALES 48,713 (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)Product name, e.g Long/short (Note 5) Number of securities Price per unitCFD (Note 6) (Note 4) (c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities (i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying Product Writing, Number of Exercise Type, e.g. Expiry Optionname,e.g. selling, securities price American, date money paid/call purchasing, to which the European received peroption varying etc option etc. unit (Note relates 4) (Note 6) (ii) Exercising Product name, e.g. call Number of securities Exercise price per unitoption (Note 4) (d) Other dealings (including new securities) (Note 3) Nature of transaction Details Price per unit (if applicable)(Note 7) 4. OTHER INFORMATION Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives Full details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding between the persondisclosing and any other person relating to the voting rights of any relevantsecurities under any option referred to on this form or relating to the votingrights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which anyderivative referred to on this form is referenced. If none, this should bestated. .............................................................................. .............................................................................. Is a Supplemental Form 38.5(b) attached? (Note 8) NO Date of disclosure 17 DECEMBER 2007Contact name NIMISHA SACHDEVTelephone number 020 7568 9289Name of offeree/offeror with which connected Close Brothers Group PlcNature of connection (Note 9) CONNECTED ADVISER Notes The Notes on Form 38.5(b) can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website atwww.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
Close Bros