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UBS AG (EPT)05 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 4 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 30,315 0.02% - 0.00%(2) Derivatives (other thanoptions)(3) Options and agreements topurchase/sellTotal 30,315 0.02% - 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 1099 853 pence PURCHASE 1585 853 PURCHASE 223 859.5 PURCHASE 1323 859.5 SALE 331 860 SALE 314 860 SALE 141 860 SALE 3 860 PURCHASE 572 860.5 PURCHASE 982 860.5 PURCHASE 2500 860.5 SALE 839 861 SALE 207 861 SALE 750 861.5 SALE 669 861.5 SALE 594 861.5 SALE 156 861.5 SALE 5000 862.5 SALE 842 862.5 SALE 800 862.5 SALE 664 862.5 SALE 500 862.5 SALE 500 862.5 SALE 483 862.5 SALE 320 862.5 SALE 768 863 SALE 2500 863.5 SALE 2500 863.5 SALE 1000 863.5 SALE 688 863.5 SALE 650 863.5 SALE 360 863.5 PURCHASE 268 863.5 PURCHASE 308 863.5 PURCHASE 700 863.5 PURCHASE 2500 863.5 SALE 246 864.25 SALE 5000 865 SALE 2500 865 SALE 991 865 SALE 943 865 SALE 900 865 SALE 667 865 SALE 617 865 SALE 571 865 SALE 281 865 SALE 189 865 PURCHASE 206 865 PURCHASE 389 865 PURCHASE 617 865 PURCHASE 2041 865 SALE 1105 866 SALE 701 866 SALE 196 866 SALE 141 866 SALE 126 866 SALE 440 866.25 PURCHASE 100 866.5 PURCHASE 231 866.5 PURCHASE 580 866.5 PURCHASE 846 866.5 PURCHASE 2500 866.5 SALE 1495 867 SALE 1200 867 SALE 1000 867 SALE 873 867 SALE 847 867 SALE 668 867 SALE 657 867 SALE 400 867 SALE 385 867 SALE 295 867 SALE 265 867 SALE 146 867 PURCHASE 876 867 PURCHASE 1000 867 PURCHASE 1068 867 PURCHASE 1132 867 PURCHASE 1564 867 PURCHASE 2500 867 PURCHASE 95 869 PURCHASE 222 869 PURCHASE 697 869 PURCHASE 123 869.5 PURCHASE 23 870 PURCHASE 1891 870 PURCHASE 2500 870 PURCHASE 2500 870 PURCHASE 3200 870 SALE 123 870.5 PURCHASE 176 871 PURCHASE 298 871 PURCHASE 237 871.5 SALE 465 872 SALE 357 872 PURCHASE 298 873 PURCHASE 438 873 PURCHASE 821 873 SALE 1910 885 TOTAL PURCHASES 41,229 TOTAL SALES 48,279 (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 5 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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