EPT Disclosure

 

TIDMHBOS 
 
RNS Number : 6945L 
UBS AG (EPT) 
15 January 2009 
 

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|                                                                                                       FORM38.5(a) | 
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|      DEALINGS BY CONNECTED EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADERS WITH RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY      | 
|        STATUS       DEALING IN A CLIENT-SERVING CAPACITY ( Rule 38.5(a) of the        | 
|                                    Takeover Code)                                     | 
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| 1. KEY INFORMATION                                                            | 
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| Name of exempt principal trader               | UBS AG London Branch                                                  | 
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| Company dealt in                              | HBOS PLC                                                              | 
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| Class of relevant security to which the       | 25P ORDINARY                                                          | 
| dealings being disclosed relate (Note         |                                                                       | 
| 1)                                            |                                                                       | 
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| Date of dealing                               | 14 JANUARY 2009                                                       | 
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| 2.           | (Note 2)               | 
| DEALINGS     |                        | 
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| (a) Purchases and sales                                                       | 
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| Total number of securities        | Highest price     | (Note 3)      | Lowest price paid         | (Note 3)          | 
| purchased                         | paid              |               |                           |                   | 
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| 3013443                           | 75.1841 PENCE                     | 70.1 PENCE                                    | 
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| Total number of securities        | Highest price         | (Note 3)  | Lowest price received     | (Note 3)          | 
| sold                              | received              |           |                           |                   | 
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| 640764                            | 81.2 PENCE                        | 70.100013 PENCE                               | 
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| (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)                                         | 
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| Product          | Long/short | (Note 4)          |     Number of |  (Note 5)     |    Price per unit | (Note 3)          | 
| name, e.g.       |            |                   |    securities |               |                   |                   | 
| CFD              |            |                   |               |               |                   |                   | 
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| CFD              | LONG                           | 82902                         | 0.79439603 GBP    |                   | 
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| (c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities                                | 
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| (i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying                                               | 
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|Product  |  Writing,   |    Number of      |  Exercise price   |  Type,    |    Expiry date    |  Option money paid/received   | 
|  name,  |  selling,   |  securities to    |                   |   e.g.    |                   |      per unit (Note 3)        | 
|  e.g.   |purchasing,  | which the option  |                   |American,  |                   |                               | 
|  call   |varying etc  | relates (Note 5)  |                   | European  |                   |                               | 
| option  |             |                   |                   |   etc.    |                   |                               | 
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|         |             |                   |                   |           |                   |               |               | 
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| (ii) Exercising                                                                           | 
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| Product name, e.g. call           | Number of securities              | Exercise price per unit           | (Note 3)  | 
| option                            |                                   |                                   |           | 
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| 3. OTHER INFORMATION                                                                      | 
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| Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives                                                     | 
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| Full details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding between the person disclosing and any other person        | 
| relating to the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option referred to on this form or relating        | 
| to the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative             | 
| referred to on this form is referenced. If none, this should be stated.                                               | 
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| Date of disclosure                            | 15 January 2009                                                       | 
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| Contact name                                  | Nimisha Sachdev                                                       | 
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| Telephone number                              | [phone]                                                   | 
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| Name of offeree/offeror with which            | LLOYDS TSB GROUP PLC                                                  | 
| associated                                    |                                                                       | 
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| Nature of connection (Note 6)                 | CONNECTED ADVISOR                                                     | 
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| Notes                                                                                                                 | 
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| The Notes on Form 38.5(a) can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website at  http://www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk/       | 
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