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BNP Paribas London10 April 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 09 April 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 7,552,721 0.3346 (2) Derivatives (other than options) (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell Total 7,552,721 0.3346 (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 858 17.09Buy 8398 17.17Buy 4299 17.2Buy 762 17.21Buy 713 17.22Buy 1224 17.23Buy 3130 17.2374Buy 1560 17.24Buy 10822 17.25Buy 4656 17.26Buy 713 17.27Buy 254 17.29Buy 3675 17.31Buy 1913 17.32Buy 20218 17.34Buy 5622 17.36Buy 3661 17.37Buy 4380 17.38Buy 6873 17.39Buy 4504 17.4Buy 2238 17.41Buy 2000 17.46Buy 6854 17.47Buy 35217 17.48Buy 28267 17.49Buy 134722 17.5Buy 58778 17.51Buy 68979 17.52Buy 73674 17.53Buy 120277 17.54Buy 79210 17.55Buy 39379 17.56Buy 28432 17.57Buy 25684 17.58Buy 27445 17.59Buy 19195 17.6Buy 38442 17.61Buy 33927 17.62Buy 69124 17.63Buy 56358 17.64Buy 79271 17.65Buy 74911 17.66Buy 21649 17.67Buy 9633 17.68Buy 3034 17.69Buy 805 17.7Buy 1912 17.71Buy 1570 17.72Buy 5675 17.73Buy 1760 17.74Buy 11500 17.7478Buy 2314 17.75Buy 970 17.76Buy 133 17.77Buy 5967 17.92Buy 1459 17.93Buy 3408 17.94Buy 2487 17.95Buy 1768 17.96Buy 13872 17.97Buy 14208 17.98Buy 5591 17.99Buy 17385 18Buy 4985 18.01Buy 2779 18.02Buy 2543 18.03Buy 59462 18.04Buy 3252 18.05Total 1390740 Sell 450 17.14Sell 1364 17.15Sell 1051 17.18Sell 2500 17.2Sell 4020 17.22Sell 1554 17.23Sell 2280 17.24Sell 10963 17.25Sell 2959 17.26Sell 1700 17.2682Sell 3543 17.27Sell 1686 17.28Sell 89690 17.29Sell 100910 17.3Sell 655 17.31Sell 355 17.32Sell 5562 17.33Sell 2740 17.34Sell 4185 17.36Sell 5007 17.37Sell 2637 17.38Sell 1905 17.39Sell 865 17.4Sell 2237 17.42Sell 1483 17.47Sell 1029 17.49Sell 6703 17.5Sell 1031 17.51Sell 1492 17.52Sell 2569 17.53Sell 456135 17.56Sell 929397 17.5699Sell 1936 17.57Sell 756 17.58Sell 706 17.59Sell 14145 17.6Sell 470 17.61Sell 14712 17.62Sell 2941 17.63Sell 4892 17.64Sell 1223 17.65Sell 3878 17.66Sell 152 17.67Sell 2981 17.68Sell 6837 17.69Sell 800 17.7Sell 10532 17.72Sell 14312 17.73Sell 25436 17.74Sell 14479 17.75Sell 780 17.78Sell 1232 17.8Sell 1322 17.81Sell 45 17.82Sell 10043 17.83Sell 9311 17.86Sell 352 17.87Sell 14563 17.88Sell 2277 17.89Sell 688 17.91Sell 1695 17.92Sell 12880 17.93Sell 8593 17.94Sell 2393 17.95Sell 13459 17.96Sell 7134 17.97Sell 100690 17.98Sell 12971 17.99Sell 5597 18Sell 12411 18.01Sell 6308 18.02Sell 40196 18.04Sell 3252 18.06Total 2040037 (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 price American, date paid/received pere.g. call option varying etc. relates (Note 6) European etc. 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 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. None Is a Supplemental Form 38.5(b) attached? (Note 8) YES/NO Date of disclosure 10 April 2008 Contact name Darren Clarke Telephone number 020 7595 4821 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 ExchangeRelated Shares:
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