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UBS AG (EPT)17 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 16 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 19,200 0.01% 1,550 0.00%(2) Derivatives (other thanoptions)(3) Options and agreements topurchase/sellTotal 19,200 0.01% 1,550 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 545 933 pence PURCHASE 1508 937.5 PURCHASE 90 939.5 PURCHASE 389 939.5 PURCHASE 500 939.5 PURCHASE 916 939.5 PURCHASE 994 939.5 PURCHASE 56 940 PURCHASE 238 940 PURCHASE 937 940 PURCHASE 939 940 PURCHASE 959 940 PURCHASE 1000 940 PURCHASE 1000 940 PURCHASE 1500 940 PURCHASE 1712 940 PURCHASE 633 940.5 PURCHASE 1700 940.5 SALE 2932 941 SALE 1440 941 SALE 836 941 SALE 612 941 SALE 612 941 SALE 4729 941.5 PURCHASE 187 941.5 PURCHASE 2500 941.5 PURCHASE 61 942 PURCHASE 122 942 PURCHASE 515 942 PURCHASE 779 942 SALE 5566 942.5 PURCHASE 251 942.5 PURCHASE 500 942.5 PURCHASE 555 942.5 PURCHASE 1000 942.5 PURCHASE 1016 942.5 PURCHASE 1435 942.5 SALE 1014 943 SALE 491 943 SALE 424 943 SALE 174 943 PURCHASE 310 943 PURCHASE 683 943 PURCHASE 906 943 PURCHASE 1500 943 PURCHASE 2500 943 PURCHASE 1655 944 PURCHASE 2204 944 SALE 1610 945 SALE 1095 945 SALE 966 945 SALE 422 945 SALE 5908 945.5 SALE 2500 947 SALE 762 947 SALE 657 947 SALE 634 947 SALE 573 947 SALE 438 947 SALE 196 947 PURCHASE 268 947 PURCHASE 500 947 PURCHASE 953 947 PURCHASE 1666 947 SALE 415 947.5 SALE 222 947.5 SALE 100 947.5 SALE 1414 948 SALE 730 948 SALE 143 948 SALE 50 948 SALE 3769 948.5 SALE 2341 948.5 SALE 962 948.5 SALE 26 948.5 SALE 2210 949 SALE 2210 949 SALE 3100 950 PURCHASE 3 950 PURCHASE 142 950 PURCHASE 306 950 PURCHASE 329 950 PURCHASE 368 950 PURCHASE 427 950 PURCHASE 500 950 PURCHASE 546 950 PURCHASE 1100 950 PURCHASE 1319 950 PURCHASE 1545 950 PURCHASE 2500 950 PURCHASE 6000 950 PURCHASE 250 951 PURCHASE 50 952 SALE 2500 952.5 SALE 282 952.5 PURCHASE 427 953 PURCHASE 1000 953 PURCHASE 1911 953 TOTAL PURCHASES 55,860 TOTAL SALES 55,610 (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 17 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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