EPT Disclosure

 

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RNS Number : 7239N 
UBS AG (EPT) 
23 February 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                | UBS AG London Branch                                    |     | 
| trader                                  |                                                         |     | 
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| Company dealt in                        | NEW STAR ASSETMANAGEMENT                                | 
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| Class of relevant security to           | 25P ORDINARY                                            | 
| which the dealings being                |                                                         | 
| disclosed relate (Note 1)               |                                                         | 
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| Date of dealing                         | 20 FEBRUARY 2009                                        | 
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| 2.          | (Note 2)            | 
| DEALINGS    |                     | 
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| (a) Purchases and sales                                             | 
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| Total number of                | Highest       | (Note 3)     | Lowest price paid  | (Note 3)     | 
| securities purchased           | price paid    |              |                    |              | 
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| Total number of                | Highest price    | (Note     | Lowest price       | (Note 3)     | 
| securities sold                | received         | 3)        | received           |              | 
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| 11323                          | 1.9 PENCE                    | 1.9 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 | (Note 3)     | 
| name,          |            |              |    securities |           |         unit |              | 
| e.g. CFD       |            |              |               |           |              |              | 
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|                |                           |                           |              |              | 
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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    |  Type,    | Expiry date  |      Option money        | | 
|  name,  |  selling,   |  securities  |    price      |   e.g.    |              |  paid/received per unit  | | 
|  e.g.   |purchasing,  |to which the  |               |American,  |              |        (Note 3)          | | 
|  call   |varying etc  |    option    |               | European  |              |                          | | 
| option  |             |   relates    |               |   etc.    |              |                          | | 
|         |             |  (Note 5)    |               |           |              |                          | | 
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|         |             |              |               |           |              |           |              | | 
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| (ii) Exercising                                                              | 
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| Product name, e.g.             | Number of securities         | Exercise price per unit  | (Note  | 
| call option                    |                              |                          | 3)     | 
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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                      | 23 February 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            | NEW STAR ASSET MANAGEMENT                               | 
| which 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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