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UBS AG (EPT)07 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 6 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 25,797 0.02% 550 0.00%(2) Derivatives (other thanoptions)(3) Options and agreements topurchase/sellTotal 25,797 0.02% 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 665 870.5 pence PURCHASE 910 870.5 PURCHASE 1000 870.5 PURCHASE 3620 870.5 PURCHASE 500 870.5 SALE 434 872 SALE 382 872 PURCHASE 657 872 PURCHASE 666 872 PURCHASE 522 872 PURCHASE 1000 872 PURCHASE 1032 872 PURCHASE 562 872 PURCHASE 259 872 PURCHASE 231 872 PURCHASE 4 872 SALE 843 872.5 SALE 1805 872.5 SALE 286 872.5 SALE 514 872.5 SALE 1000 872.5 PURCHASE 5832 873 PURCHASE 10 873 PURCHASE 6368 873 PURCHASE 900 873 PURCHASE 10 873 SALE 283 873.5 SALE 2023 873.5 SALE 500 873.5 PURCHASE 875 873.5 PURCHASE 300 873.5 PURCHASE 441 873.5 SALE 1400 874 SALE 700 874 SALE 274 874.5 SALE 500 874.5 SALE 194 874.5 SALE 938 875 SALE 1244 875 SALE 500 875 SALE 379 875 SALE 283 875 SALE 2000 875 SALE 938 875 PURCHASE 1000 875 SALE 410 875 SALE 300 875.5 SALE 2100 875.5 PURCHASE 1123 875.5 SALE 562 875.5 PURCHASE 2500 875.5 PURCHASE 3669 875.5 PURCHASE 1000 875.5 PURCHASE 125 875.5 SALE 602 875.5 SALE 515 875.5 SALE 400 875.5 PURCHASE 479 875.5 PURCHASE 402 875.5 PURCHASE 1000 875.5 PURCHASE 400 875.5 SALE 650 875.5 SALE 282 875.5 SALE 2500 875.5 SALE 64 876 SALE 462 876 SALE 600 877 SALE 1505 877 SALE 297 877 SALE 280 877 SALE 2429 877 SALE 370 877 SALE 2500 877 SALE 356 877 SALE 1000 877 SALE 1709 877 SALE 468 877 PURCHASE 642 877 SALE 2133 877 SALE 1150 877 SALE 2286 877 SALE 21 877 SALE 1612 877 SALE 2504 877 PURCHASE 300 877.5 SALE 721 877.5 SALE 359 877.5 SALE 1000 877.5 PURCHASE 863 877.5 PURCHASE 684 877.5 PURCHASE 100 877.5 PURCHASE 400 878 PURCHASE 792 878 PURCHASE 400 878 PURCHASE 100 878 PURCHASE 1650 878 PURCHASE 102 878 PURCHASE 400 878 PURCHASE 112 878 SALE 114 878.5 PURCHASE 1200 878.5 PURCHASE 385 878.5 PURCHASE 1018 878.5 PURCHASE 3648 879 PURCHASE 521 879 PURCHASE 29 879 PURCHASE 77 879 SALE 29 879 SALE 564 879 PURCHASE 334 881 SALE 179 881.5 SALE 392 882.5 SALE 344 883 TOTAL PURCHASES 51,154 TOTAL SALES 51,854 (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 7 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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