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UBS AG (EPT)25 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 24 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 18,900 0.01% 1,900 0.00%(2) Derivatives (other thanoptions)(3) Options and agreements topurchase/sellTotal 18,900 0.01% 1,900 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 999 768.5 pence PURCHASE 3000 768.5 SALE 144 769.5 SALE 102 772 SALE 186 775.5 PURCHASE 20 777 PURCHASE 936 777 SALE 1000 777.5 PURCHASE 645 778 PURCHASE 845 779 PURCHASE 1843 779 PURCHASE 412 782 PURCHASE 1601 782 PURCHASE 537 785 PURCHASE 174 786 PURCHASE 5000 786 PURCHASE 66 789 PURCHASE 562 792 PURCHASE 60 794 PURCHASE 121 794 PURCHASE 141 794 SALE 967 794.5 SALE 833 794.5 SALE 867 795.5 PURCHASE 806 796 PURCHASE 3000 796 SALE 3000 796.5 SALE 2000 796.5 SALE 2000 797 SALE 1500 797 SALE 478 797 PURCHASE 2812 797 PURCHASE 673 797.5 PURCHASE 964 798 PURCHASE 982 798 SALE 3000 798.5 SALE 1500 798.5 SALE 1500 798.5 PURCHASE 319 798.5 PURCHASE 1777 799.5 PURCHASE 1600 800 PURCHASE 1943 800 PURCHASE 998 801.5 PURCHASE 967 805 PURCHASE 3907 805 SALE 550 811 SALE 171 811.5 SALE 6100 812 SALE 635 812 SALE 2539 813 SALE 2500 813 SALE 1500 813 SALE 811 813 SALE 159 813 PURCHASE 479 814 PURCHASE 4584 814 PURCHASE 408 814.5 PURCHASE 1000 814.5 PURCHASE 1000 814.5 SALE 1456 817.5 PURCHASE 400 818 PURCHASE 600 818 PURCHASE 800 818 PURCHASE 1000 818 SALE 1894 819.5 SALE 492 819.5 SALE 3049 820 SALE 2500 820 SALE 1605 820 SALE 969 820 SALE 741 820 SALE 100 821 SALE 57 821 SALE 854 821.5 SALE 222 821.5 TOTAL PURCHASES 47,981 TOTAL SALES 47,981 (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 25 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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