8th Apr 2008 11:15
UBS AG (EPT)08 April 2008 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 BHP Billiton PlcClass of relevant security to which the 0.5 USD Ordinarydealings being disclosed relate (Note 1)Date of dealing 7 APRIL 2008 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 8,802,906 0.40% 3,902,272 0.18%(2) Derivatives (other thanoptions)(3) Options and agreements topurchase/sellTotal 8,802,906 0.40% 3,902,272 0.18% (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) PURCHASE 2710 1649 pence PURCHASE 7290 1649 PURCHASE 2 1650 PURCHASE 86 1650 PURCHASE 100 1650 PURCHASE 233 1650 PURCHASE 372 1650 PURCHASE 880 1650 PURCHASE 954 1650 PURCHASE 1000 1650 PURCHASE 1187 1650 PURCHASE 1427 1650 PURCHASE 1639 1650 PURCHASE 1654 1650 PURCHASE 1660 1650 PURCHASE 2355 1650 PURCHASE 2907 1650 PURCHASE 5000 1650 PURCHASE 6684 1650 PURCHASE 10000 1650 PURCHASE 2 1651 PURCHASE 295 1651 PURCHASE 391 1651 PURCHASE 514 1651 PURCHASE 516 1651 PURCHASE 850 1651 PURCHASE 1197 1651 PURCHASE 1687 1651 PURCHASE 1692 1651 PURCHASE 1785 1651 PURCHASE 2385 1651 PURCHASE 4663 1651 PURCHASE 6000 1651 PURCHASE 7224 1651 PURCHASE 8299 1651 PURCHASE 10000 1651 PURCHASE 12500 1651 PURCHASE 100 1652 PURCHASE 433 1652 PURCHASE 614 1652 PURCHASE 800 1652 PURCHASE 824 1652 PURCHASE 880 1652 PURCHASE 1200 1652 PURCHASE 1654 1652 PURCHASE 2172 1652 PURCHASE 2881 1652 PURCHASE 6743 1652 PURCHASE 10000 1652 PURCHASE 73 1653 PURCHASE 800 1653 PURCHASE 1117 1653 PURCHASE 1957 1653 PURCHASE 2102 1653 PURCHASE 1300 1654 SALE 1197 1655 SALE 125 1655 PURCHASE 400 1655 PURCHASE 500 1655 PURCHASE 700 1655 PURCHASE 800 1655 PURCHASE 827 1655 PURCHASE 2126 1655 PURCHASE 2500 1655 PURCHASE 4100 1655 SALE 118 1655.5 SALE 1390 1656 SALE 1265 1656 SALE 875 1656 SALE 814 1656 SALE 191 1656 SALE 115 1656 SALE 111 1656 PURCHASE 1239 1656 PURCHASE 801 1657 SALE 2295 1658 SALE 2122 1658 SALE 1614 1658 SALE 1100 1658 PURCHASE 297 1658 PURCHASE 353 1658 PURCHASE 803 1658 PURCHASE 1000 1658 PURCHASE 1300 1658 PURCHASE 1300 1658 PURCHASE 2481 1658 PURCHASE 3116 1658 PURCHASE 50000 1658.3157 SALE 108 1658.5 PURCHASE 84 1659 PURCHASE 1214 1659 PURCHASE 1298 1659 SALE 120 1659.5 PURCHASE 422 1659.5 PURCHASE 491 1659.5 SALE 2068 1660 SALE 765 1660 SALE 564 1660 SALE 200 1660 PURCHASE 500 1660 PURCHASE 519 1660 PURCHASE 800 1660 PURCHASE 1000 1660 PURCHASE 1000 1660 PURCHASE 1547 1660 PURCHASE 2745 1660 PURCHASE 3012 1660 PURCHASE 3126 1660 PURCHASE 3862 1660 PURCHASE 7255 1660 PURCHASE 8200 1660 SALE 171 1660.5 SALE 131 1660.5 SALE 110 1660.5 PURCHASE 139 1661 PURCHASE 139 1661 PURCHASE 170 1661 PURCHASE 327 1661 PURCHASE 360 1661 PURCHASE 417 1661 PURCHASE 491 1661 PURCHASE 741 1661 PURCHASE 760 1661 PURCHASE 947 1661 PURCHASE 2181 1661 PURCHASE 2240 1661 PURCHASE 7688 1661 PURCHASE 491 1661.5 PURCHASE 400 1662 PURCHASE 500 1662 PURCHASE 500 1662 PURCHASE 500 1662 PURCHASE 500 1662 PURCHASE 500 1662 PURCHASE 1439 1662 PURCHASE 7782 1662 PURCHASE 12367 1662 SALE 2781 1663 SALE 1089 1663 SALE 118 1663 PURCHASE 100 1663 PURCHASE 459 1663 SALE 2500 1664 SALE 1365 1664 SALE 1141 1664 SALE 1095 1664 SALE 1000 1664 SALE 975 1664 SALE 825 1664 SALE 700 1664 SALE 110 1664 SALE 3 1664 PURCHASE 211 1664 PURCHASE 295 1664 PURCHASE 325 1664 PURCHASE 605 1664 PURCHASE 1975 1664 PURCHASE 3189 1664 PURCHASE 3400 1664 SALE 75000 1664.79 SALE 400 1665 SALE 107 1665 PURCHASE 635 1665 PURCHASE 1100 1665 PURCHASE 1100 1665 PURCHASE 1449 1665 PURCHASE 2916 1665 PURCHASE 3000 1665 PURCHASE 3172 1665 PURCHASE 3500 1665 PURCHASE 3900 1665 PURCHASE 1714 1666 SALE 2500 1667 SALE 870 1667 SALE 673 1667 SALE 643 1667 SALE 564 1667 SALE 130 1667 SALE 119 1667 SALE 2500 1668 SALE 2295 1668 SALE 825 1668 SALE 739 1668 PURCHASE 1700 1668 SALE 131 1669 PURCHASE 239 1669 PURCHASE 299 1669 PURCHASE 528 1669 PURCHASE 675 1669 PURCHASE 880 1669 PURCHASE 880 1669 PURCHASE 1300 1669 PURCHASE 1434 1669 PURCHASE 1601 1669 PURCHASE 1660 1669 PURCHASE 2500 1669 PURCHASE 3000 1669 PURCHASE 3832 1669 PURCHASE 5985 1669 SALE 117 1669.5 SALE 376 1670 PURCHASE 78 1670 PURCHASE 118 1670 PURCHASE 190 1670 PURCHASE 422 1670 PURCHASE 500 1670 PURCHASE 500 1670 PURCHASE 500 1670 PURCHASE 500 1670 PURCHASE 500 1670 PURCHASE 500 1670 PURCHASE 500 1670 PURCHASE 500 1670 PURCHASE 500 1670 PURCHASE 789 1670 PURCHASE 2 1671 PURCHASE 122 1671 PURCHASE 275 1671 PURCHASE 358 1671 PURCHASE 380 1671 PURCHASE 380 1671 PURCHASE 680 1671 PURCHASE 692 1671 PURCHASE 948 1671 PURCHASE 1126 1671 PURCHASE 1126 1671 PURCHASE 1200 1671 PURCHASE 1249 1671 PURCHASE 1353 1671 PURCHASE 1487 1671 PURCHASE 1617 1671 PURCHASE 1822 1671 PURCHASE 2025 1671 PURCHASE 2203 1671 PURCHASE 2800 1671 PURCHASE 3000 1671 PURCHASE 3400 1671 PURCHASE 6755 1671 SALE 850 1673 PURCHASE 1662 1673 PURCHASE 2160 1673 PURCHASE 2160 1673 SALE 113 1673.5 SALE 1790 1674 SALE 297 1674 SALE 109 1674 SALE 55 1674.5 PURCHASE 5970 1675 SALE 117 1675.5 SALE 941 1676 SALE 110 1676.5 SALE 708 1677 SALE 129 1677.5 SALE 1020 1678 SALE 4761 1679 SALE 1687 1679 SALE 129 1679 SALE 1000 1680 SALE 90 1681.5 SALE 10126 1682 SALE 5400 1682 SALE 4000 1682 SALE 3432 1682 SALE 1711 1682 SALE 1482 1682 SALE 1481 1682 SALE 500 1682 SALE 300 1682 SALE 109 1682.5 SALE 2453 1683 SALE 1195 1683 SALE 870 1683 SALE 73 1683.5 SALE 895 1684 PURCHASE 1284 1684 PURCHASE 2806 1684 SALE 36123 1685 SALE 7463 1685 SALE 3445 1685 SALE 183 1685 SALE 118 1685 PURCHASE 1198 1686 PURCHASE 4733 1686 TOTAL PURCHASES 419,715 TOTAL SALES 214,525 (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 8 APRIL 2008Contact name LOUISE ROBINSONTelephone number 020 7567 8762Name of offeree/offeror with which connected BHP Billiton PLC BHP Billiton LTDNature 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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