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UBS AG (EPT)27 November 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 26 NOVEMBER 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 20,284 0.01% - 0.00%(2) Derivatives (other thanoptions)(3) Options and agreements topurchase/sellTotal 20,284 0.01% - 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 100 870.5 pence SALE 694 870.5 PURCHASE 1351 871.5 PURCHASE 300 872.5 PURCHASE 400 876 SALE 195 878.5 SALE 367 878.5 SALE 19 878.5 SALE 362 878.5 SALE 875 878.5 PURCHASE 200 879 PURCHASE 2500 879 PURCHASE 1407 879 PURCHASE 100 879 SALE 434 879.5 SALE 496 879.5 PURCHASE 100 879.5 PURCHASE 100 879.5 SALE 4457 880 PURCHASE 2500 880 PURCHASE 5110 880 PURCHASE 200 880 PURCHASE 2530 881 PURCHASE 795 881 PURCHASE 200 881 PURCHASE 737 881 PURCHASE 527 881.5 SALE 1291 882 SALE 515 884 SALE 679 884 SALE 391 884 PURCHASE 166 884.5 SALE 334 884.5 SALE 800 884.5 SALE 312 885 SALE 327 886 SALE 23 886 SALE 76 886 SALE 1221 888 SALE 41 888 SALE 600 889 SALE 400 889 SALE 909 889 SALE 700 889 SALE 665 889 SALE 365 889 PURCHASE 2260 890 PURCHASE 142 891.5 SALE 123 893.5 SALE 903 893.5 SALE 227 894 SALE 961 894 SALE 1763 896 TOTAL PURCHASES 21,625 TOTAL SALES 21,625 (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 27 NOVEMBER 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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