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UBS AG (EPT)11 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 08 FEBRUARY 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 19,250 0.01% 3,750 0.00%(2) Derivatives (other thanoptions)(3) Options and agreements topurchase/sellTotal 19,250 0.01% 3,750 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 32 776.5 pence PURCHASE 1088 776.5 SALE 3379 778.5 PURCHASE 418 779 PURCHASE 456 779 PURCHASE 521 779 PURCHASE 794 779 PURCHASE 945 779 PURCHASE 964 779 PURCHASE 1000 779 PURCHASE 3000 779 PURCHASE 3000 779 SALE 1050 779.5 SALE 291 779.5 SALE 260 779.5 PURCHASE 765 780 PURCHASE 905 780 PURCHASE 1311 780 PURCHASE 1991 780 PURCHASE 174 781 PURCHASE 800 781 PURCHASE 818 781 PURCHASE 922 781 PURCHASE 938 781 PURCHASE 3000 781 PURCHASE 3000 781 PURCHASE 946 781.5 SALE 1191 782 SALE 1042 782 SALE 800 782 SALE 688 782 SALE 646 782 SALE 621 782 SALE 616 782 SALE 389 782 SALE 300 782 SALE 172 782 SALE 46 782 SALE 3000 782.5 SALE 1500 782.5 SALE 1318 782.5 SALE 948 782.5 SALE 635 782.5 SALE 500 782.5 SALE 335 782.5 PURCHASE 961 782.5 PURCHASE 1488 782.5 PURCHASE 3000 782.5 SALE 3000 783.5 SALE 1100 783.5 SALE 1200 784 SALE 900 784 SALE 595 784 SALE 454 784 SALE 300 784 SALE 200 784 PURCHASE 667 784 PURCHASE 1924 784 SALE 2700 784.5 SALE 1236 784.5 SALE 951 784.5 SALE 761 784.5 SALE 760 784.5 SALE 760 784.5 SALE 700 784.5 SALE 603 784.5 SALE 396 784.5 SALE 223 787.5 SALE 100 788 PURCHASE 39 788.5 PURCHASE 219 788.5 PURCHASE 4087 788.5 PURCHASE 7788 788.5 SALE 900 789.5 SALE 237 789.5 SALE 1 789.5 SALE 790 790 SALE 581 790 PURCHASE 900 790 PURCHASE 254 791.5 PURCHASE 1267 791.5 SALE 2000 792 SALE 218 792 SALE 1239 793.5 SALE 800 793.5 SALE 643 793.5 SALE 225 793.5 SALE 100 793.5 SALE 100 793.5 SALE 1763 795 SALE 674 795 SALE 272 795 SALE 197 795 SALE 1000 798 SALE 719 798 SALE 487 798 SALE 456 798 SALE 300 798 SALE 14 798 TOTAL PURCHASES 50,382 TOTAL SALES 50,382 (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 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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