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UBS AG (EPT)29 January 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 28 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 19,197 0.01% 3,050 0.00%(2) Derivatives (other thanoptions)(3) Options and agreements topurchase/sellTotal 19,197 0.01% 3,050 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) PURCHASE 324 785 pence SALE 277 789 PURCHASE 701 793.5 PURCHASE 390 793.5 SALE 676 793.5 PURCHASE 3000 795 PURCHASE 973 795 PURCHASE 1334 795 PURCHASE 200 795.5 SALE 78 796.5 SALE 100 798.5 SALE 100 798.5 SALE 100 798.5 SALE 661 798.5 PURCHASE 478 800.5 PURCHASE 1815 800.5 PURCHASE 2500 800.5 PURCHASE 2300 802 PURCHASE 2400 804 PURCHASE 2500 804 PURCHASE 500 804 PURCHASE 1014 804 PURCHASE 167 804 PURCHASE 440 804 PURCHASE 682 804 SALE 159 804.5 SALE 400 804.5 SALE 152 804.5 SALE 1100 804.5 SALE 1500 804.5 SALE 1000 804.5 SALE 2000 804.5 PURCHASE 509 805 SALE 200 806 PURCHASE 370 806.5 PURCHASE 600 806.5 PURCHASE 537 806.5 PURCHASE 962 806.5 PURCHASE 2000 806.5 PURCHASE 1000 806.5 PURCHASE 2500 806.5 PURCHASE 664 806.5 PURCHASE 1036 806.5 PURCHASE 55 806.5 SALE 216 808.5 PURCHASE 600 808.5 PURCHASE 2500 808.5 PURCHASE 192 808.5 PURCHASE 1500 808.5 PURCHASE 1252 808.5 SALE 1000 808.5 SALE 1667 809 SALE 492 809 SALE 1500 809 SALE 1488 809 PURCHASE 342 809 SALE 200 809.5 SALE 200 809.5 SALE 418 810 SALE 1757 810 SALE 1500 810 SALE 2500 810 SALE 400 810 SALE 1246 810 SALE 1674 810 SALE 21 810 SALE 700 810 SALE 73 810 SALE 1989 810 SALE 779 810 SALE 1724 810 SALE 100 810 PURCHASE 2977 810 SALE 1425 810.5 SALE 1500 810.5 SALE 900 810.5 PURCHASE 997 810.5 PURCHASE 335 810.5 SALE 1500 810.5 PURCHASE 81 811 PURCHASE 384 811 SALE 774 811.5 PURCHASE 792 811.5 SALE 800 812 SALE 1000 812 SALE 500 812 SALE 2000 812 SALE 800 812 SALE 1000 812 PURCHASE 1200 812 SALE 133 812.5 SALE 516 812.5 SALE 2500 812.5 SALE 100 813 SALE 100 813.5 PURCHASE 200 814.5 PURCHASE 613 814.5 PURCHASE 2000 814.5 SALE 1489 816 SALE 2500 816 SALE 1500 816 SALE 100 817 SALE 216 817 SALE 27 817.5 SALE 100 817.5 SALE 100 817.5 PURCHASE 1000 818.5 TOTAL PURCHASES 48,916 TOTAL SALES 51,727 (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 29 JANUARY 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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