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UBS AG (EPT)03 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 30 NOVEMBER 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 36,317 0.02% - 0.00%(2) Derivatives (other thanoptions)(3) Options and agreements topurchase/sellTotal 36,317 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) SALE 600 889.5 pence SALE 300 889.5 SALE 76 889.5 PURCHASE 230 897.5 SALE 2500 898 SALE 1631 898 SALE 1000 898 SALE 848 898 SALE 600 898 SALE 400 898 SALE 371 898 SALE 278 898 SALE 200 898 SALE 100 898 PURCHASE 12 898 PURCHASE 112 898 PURCHASE 448 898 PURCHASE 646 898 PURCHASE 780 898 PURCHASE 2249 898 PURCHASE 83 898.5 PURCHASE 500 898.5 PURCHASE 807 898.5 PURCHASE 835 898.5 PURCHASE 1760 898.5 SALE 654 899 PURCHASE 111 899 PURCHASE 1348 899.5 PURCHASE 1395 899.5 SALE 887 900 SALE 600 900 SALE 481 900 SALE 322 900 SALE 212 900 SALE 144 900 PURCHASE 68 900 PURCHASE 266 900 PURCHASE 295 900 PURCHASE 570 900 PURCHASE 600 900 PURCHASE 619 900 PURCHASE 655 900 PURCHASE 819 900 SALE 900 900.5 SALE 639 900.5 PURCHASE 57 900.5 PURCHASE 97 900.5 PURCHASE 506 900.5 SALE 1470 901 SALE 330 901 PURCHASE 1187 901 PURCHASE 1929 901 PURCHASE 2884 901 PURCHASE 4276 901 PURCHASE 13395 901 SALE 1144 901.5 SALE 1000 901.5 SALE 356 901.5 SALE 199 901.5 PURCHASE 123 901.5 PURCHASE 520 901.5 PURCHASE 1227 901.5 PURCHASE 237 902 SALE 2500 902.5 SALE 1403 902.5 SALE 1000 902.5 SALE 612 902.5 PURCHASE 400 903 PURCHASE 1888 903 PURCHASE 2500 903 PURCHASE 4041 903 SALE 1878 903.5 SALE 624 903.5 SALE 618 903.5 SALE 2655 906 SALE 1584 906 SALE 838 906 SALE 655 906 SALE 339 906 PURCHASE 117 907 PURCHASE 621 907 PURCHASE 652 907 PURCHASE 882 907 SALE 2123 909 SALE 1557 909 SALE 1078 909 SALE 810 909 SALE 648 909 SALE 100 909 SALE 88 909 PURCHASE 911 909 PURCHASE 1240 909 PURCHASE 7 910 PURCHASE 20 910 PURCHASE 858 910 PURCHASE 902 910 SALE 652 910.5 SALE 48 910.5 TOTAL PURCHASES 56,685 TOTAL SALES 40,052 (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 3 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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