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UBS AG (EPT)01 February 2008 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 31 JANUARY 2008 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 18,247 0.01% 3,500 0.00%(2) Derivatives (other thanoptions)(3) Options and agreements topurchase/sellTotal 18,247 0.01% 3,500 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 587 804.5 pence SALE 425 804.5 PURCHASE 509 805 PURCHASE 1000 805 PURCHASE 1055 805 PURCHASE 1938 805 PURCHASE 2435 805 PURCHASE 4763 805 PURCHASE 6600 805 PURCHASE 7500 805 SALE 3739 807 SALE 365 807 SALE 588 807.5 SALE 119 807.5 PURCHASE 441 807.5 PURCHASE 244 808 PURCHASE 918 808 PURCHASE 979 808 PURCHASE 1000 808 PURCHASE 2500 808 PURCHASE 2500 808 PURCHASE 91 808.5 SALE 297 809 SALE 900 810.5 PURCHASE 90 812.5 SALE 2000 815.5 SALE 1500 815.5 SALE 900 815.5 SALE 600 815.5 SALE 500 815.5 SALE 400 815.5 SALE 3247 816.5 SALE 3000 816.5 SALE 2500 816.5 SALE 2000 816.5 SALE 2000 816.5 SALE 2000 816.5 SALE 1770 816.5 SALE 1500 816.5 SALE 1042 816.5 SALE 900 816.5 SALE 900 816.5 SALE 554 816.5 SALE 410 816.5 SALE 300 816.5 SALE 300 816.5 SALE 113 816.5 PURCHASE 178 816.5 PURCHASE 453 816.5 PURCHASE 500 816.5 PURCHASE 1185 816.5 PURCHASE 2500 816.5 PURCHASE 2700 816.5 PURCHASE 100 817 PURCHASE 101 817 PURCHASE 201 817 PURCHASE 879 817 PURCHASE 1000 817 PURCHASE 1000 817 PURCHASE 1000 817 PURCHASE 1005 817 SALE 4000 817.5 SALE 2876 817.5 SALE 1852 817.5 SALE 1289 817.5 SALE 1156 817.5 SALE 811 817.5 SALE 483 817.5 SALE 248 817.5 PURCHASE 100 817.5 SALE 483 818 PURCHASE 400 818 PURCHASE 1500 818 SALE 2807 818.5 SALE 2500 818.5 SALE 2000 818.5 SALE 969 818.5 PURCHASE 1500 818.5 PURCHASE 3650 818.5 SALE 5200 820 SALE 1694 820 SALE 1500 820 SALE 1000 820 SALE 700 820 SALE 600 820 SALE 306 820 SALE 300 820 PURCHASE 3445 820 PURCHASE 3750 820 PURCHASE 5000 820 SALE 2500 821 SALE 2000 821 SALE 1500 821 SALE 1100 821 PURCHASE 117 821 PURCHASE 189 821 PURCHASE 56 822.5 PURCHASE 247 822.5 PURCHASE 915 822.5 PURCHASE 1500 822.5 PURCHASE 1500 822.5 PURCHASE 2500 822.5 PURCHASE 3443 822.5 PURCHASE 5000 822.5 PURCHASE 33 823.5 PURCHASE 1200 823.5 PURCHASE 2500 823.5 SALE 10931 825 SALE 7283 825 PURCHASE 66 825 PURCHASE 336 828 PURCHASE 3396 828 PURCHASE 786 828.5 TOTAL PURCHASES 90,494 TOTAL SALES 93,544 (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 1 FEBRUARY 2008Contact 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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