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UBS AG (EPT)11 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 10 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 22,331 0.01% 550 0.00%(2) Derivatives (other thanoptions)(3) Options and agreements topurchase/sellTotal 22,331 0.01% 550 0.00% (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 636 866.25 pence PURCHASE 278 866.5 PURCHASE 613 866.5 SALE 164 869.5 PURCHASE 60 869.5 PURCHASE 278 869.5 PURCHASE 371 869.5 PURCHASE 2500 869.5 SALE 1541 871 SALE 411 871 SALE 231 871 SALE 636 871.75 SALE 636 874.25 SALE 3419 874.5 SALE 2807 874.5 SALE 1240 874.5 SALE 850 874.5 SALE 668 874.5 SALE 395 874.5 SALE 297 874.5 SALE 165 874.5 SALE 51 874.5 PURCHASE 100 875 PURCHASE 300 875 PURCHASE 3269 875 PURCHASE 4552 875 PURCHASE 5886 875 SALE 900 875.5 SALE 646 875.5 SALE 104 875.5 PURCHASE 493 876 PURCHASE 2500 876 PURCHASE 188 876.5 PURCHASE 206 876.5 SALE 2070 877 SALE 1661 877 SALE 1000 877 SALE 840 877 SALE 515 877 SALE 306 877 SALE 41 877 SALE 561 877.5 PURCHASE 185 878.5 PURCHASE 553 878.5 SALE 1847 879 SALE 617 879 SALE 567 879 SALE 543 879 SALE 518 879 SALE 514 879 SALE 435 879 SALE 412 879 SALE 94 879 PURCHASE 496 879.5 PURCHASE 535 882.5 SALE 656 883 SALE 499 883 SALE 52 883 SALE 52 883 SALE 52 883 SALE 51 883 PURCHASE 33 884 PURCHASE 3500 884 SALE 662 884.5 TOTAL PURCHASES 26,896 TOTAL SALES 30,362 (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 11 DECEMBER 2007Contact name LOUISE ROBINSONTelephone number 020 7567 8762Name 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:
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