Become a Member
  • Track your favourite stocks
  • Create & monitor portfolios
  • Daily portfolio value
Sign Up
Quickpicks
Add shares to your
quickpicks to
display them here!

BHP Billiton Plc

6th May 2008 07:00

BNP Paribas London05 May 2008 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 BNP PARIBAS ARBITRAGE SNC Company dealt in BHP BILLITON PLC Class of relevant security to which the Ordinary Sharesdealings being disclosed relate (Note 1) Date of dealing 2nd May 2008 2. INTERESTS, SHORT POSITIONS AND RIGHTS TO SUBSCRIBE (a) Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class ofrelevant security dealt in (Note 2) Long Short Number (%) Number (%) (1) Relevant securities 7,988,322 0.362% (2) Derivatives (other than options) (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell Total 7,988,322 (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 than options) (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell Total (c) Rights to subscribe (Note 2) Class of relevant security: Details 3. DEALINGS (Note 3) (a) Purchases and sales Buy/ Sell Amount Price Buy 670 17.92Buy 2,536 17.95Buy 629 17.96Buy 609 17.97Buy 2,647 17.98Buy 950 18.00Buy 777 18.01Buy 2,826 18.02Buy 113 18.03Buy 2,161 18.04Buy 1,532 18.05Buy 584 18.06Buy 244 18.07Buy 3,793 18.08Buy 1,050 18.09Buy 1,060 18.10Buy 1,083 18.11Buy 2,181 18.12Buy 2,421 18.15Buy 14,953 18.16Buy 1,335 18.17Buy 1,301 18.18Buy 8,390 18.19Buy 8,442 18.20Buy 2,680 18.22Buy 506 18.23Buy 5,600 18.24Buy 312 18.25Buy 753 18.27Buy 3,685 18.28Buy 12,501 18.29Buy 18,365 18.30Buy 11,617 18.31Buy 3,078 18.32Buy 520 18.33Buy 580 18.34Buy 1,564 18.35Buy 4,066 18.36Buy 3,166 18.37Buy 663 18.39Buy 397 18.42Buy 4,780 18.50Buy 10,544 18.51Buy 1,128 18.52Buy 3,731 18.53Buy 2,865 18.54Buy 1,461 18.56Buy 1,388 18.57Buy 2,740 18.58Buy 1,276 18.59Buy 1,249 18.60Buy 7,081 18.61Buy 4,956 18.62Buy 6,084 18.63Buy 465 18.64Buy 585 18.65Buy 240 18.66Buy 3,154 18.67Buy 810 18.68Buy 1,651 18.69Buy 3,681 18.70Buy 2,525 18.71Buy 1,597 18.72Buy 959 18.75Buy 85,060 18.76Buy 1,261 18.80Buy 1,500 18.81Buy 621 18.82Buy 220 18.86 Total 285,952 Buy/ Sell Amount Price Sell 1,900 17.92 Sell 1,800 17.94 Sell 2,060 17.95 Sell 1,410 17.99 Sell 3,558 18.01 Sell 1,790 18.04 Sell 3,069 18.05 Sell 7,369 18.05 Sell 530 18.06 Sell 2,746 18.07 Sell 4,881 18.08 Sell 6,299 18.09 Sell 3,995 18.10 Sell 2,279 18.11 Sell 3,870 18.12 Sell 2,090 18.13 Sell 2,243 18.14 Sell 3,535 18.15 Sell 4,059 18.16 Sell 7,219 18.17 Sell 12,117 18.18 Sell 8,288 18.19 Sell 2,933 18.20 Sell 2,467 18.21 Sell 2,422 18.22 Sell 2,957 18.29 Sell 18,087 18.30 Sell 3,071 18.31 Sell 5,041 18.32 Sell 9,422 18.33 Sell 3,467 18.34 Sell 1,837 18.35 Sell 1,980 18.36 Sell 7,079 18.37 Sell 7,533 18.38 Sell 1,401 18.39 Sell 4,800 18.40 Sell 1,659 18.41 Sell 2,210 18.42 Sell 1,581 18.44 Sell 15 18.45 Sell 2,220 18.46 Sell 2,359 18.47 Sell 660 18.48 Sell 1,788 18.49 Sell 2,625 18.50 Sell 5,980 18.51 Sell 1,320 18.52 Sell 1,980 18.53 Sell 3,415 18.54 Sell 5,314 18.55 Sell 18,007 18.56 Sell 6,136 18.57 Sell 3,285 18.58 Sell 8,560 18.59 Sell 11,144 18.60 Sell 8,436 18.61 Sell 6,928 18.62 Sell 4,887 18.63 Sell 17,984 18.64 Sell 6,755 18.65 Sell 4,555 18.66 Sell 62,983 18.67 Sell 9,945 18.68 Sell 2,354 18.69 Sell 13,598 18.70 Sell 7,101 18.71 Sell 228 18.72 Sell 48,620 18.76 Sell 2,949 18.78 Sell 2,329 18.80 Sell 4,027 18.81 Sell 1,882 18.82 Sell 2,192 18.83 Sell 1,153 18.84 Sell 1,035 18.85 Sell 1,133 18.86 Total 452,936 (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options) Product name, Long/short (Note 5) Number of securities (Note 6) Price per unit (Note 4) e.g. CFD (c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities (i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying Product name, Writing, selling, Number of securities Exercise Type, e.g. Expiry Option money purchasing, to which the option American,e.g. call option varying etc. relates (Note 6) price European etc. date paid/received per unit (Note 4) (ii) Exercising Product name, e.g. call option Number of securities Exercise price per unit (Note 4) (d) Other dealings (including new securities) (Note 3) Nature of transaction (Note 7) Details Price per unit (if applicable) (Note 4) 4. OTHER INFORMATION Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives Full details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding between the person disclosing and any other person relatingto the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option referred to on this form or relating to the votingrights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative referred to on this form isreferenced. If none, this should be stated. None Is a Supplemental Form 38.5(b) attached? (Note 8) YES/NO Date of disclosure 5th May 2008 Contact name Oliver Barker Telephone number 020 7595 3190 Name of offeree/offeror with which connected BHP Billiton Nature of connection (Note 9) Advisor 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 Exchange

Related Shares:

BHP Group
FTSE 100 Latest
Value8,941.12
Change-34.54