23rd Nov 2007 11:59
UBS AG (EPT)23 November 2007 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 22 NOVEMBER 2007 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 9,338,024 0.41% 3,543,867 0.16%(2) Derivatives (other thanoptions)(3) Options and agreements topurchase/sellTotal 9,338,024 0.41% 3,543,867 0.16% (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) SALE 300 1463 pence SALE 400 1463 SALE 400 1463 SALE 200 1463 PURCHASE 400 1463 PURCHASE 400 1463 PURCHASE 6835 1463 PURCHASE 479 1463 PURCHASE 900 1463 PURCHASE 1684 1463 PURCHASE 1729 1463 PURCHASE 300 1464 SALE 772 1464 SALE 3500 1465 SALE 2500 1465 SALE 1000 1465 SALE 492 1465 PURCHASE 1000 1465 PURCHASE 175 1465 PURCHASE 492 1465 PURCHASE 1402 1466 PURCHASE 2198 1466 PURCHASE 1900 1466 PURCHASE 900 1466 SALE 2213 1466 PURCHASE 1600 1467 PURCHASE 2202 1467 PURCHASE 2154 1467 PURCHASE 3233 1467 PURCHASE 188 1467 SALE 3626 1467 SALE 1967 1467 PURCHASE 631 1467 PURCHASE 3851 1467 SALE 807 1468 SALE 97 1468 PURCHASE 1853 1468 SALE 1200 1468 PURCHASE 235 1468 PURCHASE 2244 1468 PURCHASE 3386 1468 PURCHASE 67 1469 SALE 800 1469 SALE 1000 1469 SALE 533 1469 PURCHASE 5936 1469 PURCHASE 1664 1469 PURCHASE 1147 1469 SALE 1600 1469 SALE 3212 1469 PURCHASE 2200 1469 SALE 132 1470 PURCHASE 2499 1470 PURCHASE 2201 1470 PURCHASE 1200 1470 PURCHASE 2499 1470 SALE 1800 1470 PURCHASE 4384 1470 PURCHASE 600 1470 SALE 600 1470 SALE 800 1470 SALE 399 1470 PURCHASE 800 1470 SALE 1086 1470 SALE 636 1470 SALE 296 1471 SALE 704 1471 PURCHASE 2499 1471 PURCHASE 2499 1471 PURCHASE 602 1471 PURCHASE 1537 1471 SALE 855 1471 PURCHASE 5000 1471 PURCHASE 800 1471 PURCHASE 750 1471 PURCHASE 3450 1471 PURCHASE 771 1471 SALE 4700 1471 SALE 7600 1471 PURCHASE 1844 1471 PURCHASE 1276 1471 SALE 1 1471.5 SALE 1000 1472 PURCHASE 500 1472 SALE 6275 1472 SALE 25 1472 SALE 1800 1472 SALE 1118 1472 SALE 1272 1472 SALE 500 1472 PURCHASE 1269 1472 PURCHASE 457 1472 PURCHASE 543 1472 PURCHASE 2835 1472 PURCHASE 3958 1472 SALE 1068 1472 PURCHASE 2000 1472 SALE 193 1472 SALE 92 1472 SALE 287 1472 SALE 2513 1472 PURCHASE 2513 1472 PURCHASE 1402 1472 PURCHASE 230 1472 PURCHASE 800 1472 PURCHASE 5500 1472 PURCHASE 1200 1473 PURCHASE 1200 1473 PURCHASE 600 1473 PURCHASE 800 1473 PURCHASE 187 1473 PURCHASE 500 1473 PURCHASE 6788 1473 PURCHASE 3212 1473 SALE 6788 1473 PURCHASE 3333 1473 PURCHASE 177 1473 PURCHASE 2200 1473 PURCHASE 2356 1473 SALE 469 1473 SALE 1578 1473 SALE 50 1473 SALE 169 1473 SALE 109 1473 SALE 50 1473 SALE 444 1473 PURCHASE 6300 1473 PURCHASE 270 1474 PURCHASE 5000 1474 SALE 1500 1474 SALE 10 1474 SALE 1090 1474 SALE 681 1474 PURCHASE 2478 1474 PURCHASE 1909 1474 PURCHASE 3409 1474 PURCHASE 1500 1474 PURCHASE 372 1474 PURCHASE 1600 1474 SALE 3804 1474 SALE 1577 1474 SALE 1100 1474 PURCHASE 2250 1474 PURCHASE 800 1474 SALE 2508 1474 SALE 2275 1474 SALE 1577 1474 SALE 424 1474 SALE 1300 1474 SALE 752 1474 SALE 1548 1474 PURCHASE 638 1474 PURCHASE 1864 1474 SALE 5400 1475 SALE 1000 1475 PURCHASE 500 1475 PURCHASE 800 1475 SALE 3800 1475 PURCHASE 3800 1475 PURCHASE 1200 1475 SALE 1100 1475 SALE 969 1475 PURCHASE 1100 1475 PURCHASE 2000 1475 PURCHASE 931 1475 PURCHASE 969 1475 PURCHASE 1817 1475 PURCHASE 1100 1475 PURCHASE 987 1475 PURCHASE 315 1475 SALE 1014 1475 PURCHASE 46 1475 PURCHASE 2454 1475 SALE 2454 1475 PURCHASE 81 1475 PURCHASE 117 1475 PURCHASE 800 1475 PURCHASE 800 1475 PURCHASE 300 1475 SALE 6700 1475 PURCHASE 2388 1475 PURCHASE 922 1475 PURCHASE 1580 1475 PURCHASE 213 1475 PURCHASE 1500 1475 PURCHASE 532 1475 SALE 2000 1475 SALE 1 1475 SALE 849 1475 SALE 1577 1475 SALE 232 1475 SALE 1000 1476 PURCHASE 800 1476 SALE 1400 1476 PURCHASE 1100 1476 PURCHASE 2439 1476 PURCHASE 800 1476 PURCHASE 1400 1476 PURCHASE 95 1476 PURCHASE 800 1476 SALE 3769 1476 SALE 1776 1476 SALE 1230 1476 PURCHASE 1330 1476 PURCHASE 5445 1476 SALE 733 1476 SALE 5030 1476 PURCHASE 900 1476 PURCHASE 2200 1476 PURCHASE 459 1476 PURCHASE 200 1476 SALE 182 1476 SALE 75 1476 SALE 925 1476 SALE 3403 1476 SALE 374 1476 SALE 70 1476 SALE 1535 1476 SALE 1298 1477 PURCHASE 1438 1477 PURCHASE 5393 1477 PURCHASE 91 1477 SALE 6770 1477 SALE 230 1477 PURCHASE 2481 1477 PURCHASE 2456 1477 PURCHASE 1300 1477 PURCHASE 500 1477 PURCHASE 2112 1477 PURCHASE 134 1477 PURCHASE 1444 1477 PURCHASE 49 1477 PURCHASE 914 1477 SALE 175 1477 PURCHASE 1332 1477 PURCHASE 2200 1477 PURCHASE 1100 1477 PURCHASE 500 1477 SALE 5000 1477 SALE 800 1477 SALE 800 1477 PURCHASE 1100 1477 PURCHASE 5200 1477 SALE 3500 1477 SALE 745 1477 SALE 381 1477 SALE 124 1478 SALE 1000 1478 SALE 750 1478 PURCHASE 2464 1478 PURCHASE 1286 1478 PURCHASE 1350 1478 SALE 2800 1478 SALE 4600 1478 SALE 600 1478 PURCHASE 2211 1478 PURCHASE 2973 1478 PURCHASE 2303 1478 PURCHASE 442 1478 PURCHASE 4377 1478 SALE 912 1478 PURCHASE 144 1478 PURCHASE 1756 1478 SALE 1756 1478 SALE 3417 1478 SALE 3348 1478 SALE 6800 1478 SALE 3800 1478 SALE 4127 1478 SALE 1516 1478 SALE 2300 1478 SALE 6948 1478 PURCHASE 800 1478 PURCHASE 1599 1478 SALE 10 1478 SALE 1562 1478 SALE 57 1478 PURCHASE 3695 1478 PURCHASE 658 1478 PURCHASE 2412 1478 SALE 292 1478 SALE 149 1478 PURCHASE 4600 1478 PURCHASE 3900 1478 SALE 6765 1478 SALE 51 1478.5 SALE 25 1478.5 SALE 4499 1479 PURCHASE 3569 1479 PURCHASE 132 1479 PURCHASE 48 1479 PURCHASE 181 1479 SALE 751 1479 SALE 412 1479 SALE 1966 1479 SALE 1556 1479 SALE 528 1479 SALE 329 1479 SALE 6300 1479 SALE 66 1479 SALE 3634 1479 SALE 805 1479 SALE 1000 1479 PURCHASE 1858 1479 PURCHASE 132 1479 PURCHASE 1000 1479 PURCHASE 700 1479 PURCHASE 324 1479 PURCHASE 2454 1479 PURCHASE 3000 1479 PURCHASE 1307 1479 SALE 693 1479 SALE 83 1479 SALE 917 1479 PURCHASE 2873 1479 PURCHASE 5711 1479 PURCHASE 489 1479 SALE 489 1479 SALE 1900 1480 SALE 381 1480 SALE 665 1480 PURCHASE 3000 1480 SALE 1623 1480 SALE 514 1480 PURCHASE 2397 1480 SALE 700 1480 SALE 6756 1480 PURCHASE 564 1480 PURCHASE 94 1480 PURCHASE 42 1480 SALE 508 1480 SALE 6756 1480 PURCHASE 34 1480 PURCHASE 1766 1480 PURCHASE 2397 1480 SALE 750 1480 SALE 1575 1480 SALE 2138 1480 SALE 2145 1480 SALE 693 1480 PURCHASE 1293 1480 SALE 3 1480 PURCHASE 30 1481 PURCHASE 610 1481 PURCHASE 2200 1481 PURCHASE 547 1481 PURCHASE 925 1481 PURCHASE 94 1481 PURCHASE 132 1481 PURCHASE 2200 1481 PURCHASE 800 1481 PURCHASE 869 1481 PURCHASE 664 1481 PURCHASE 400 1481 PURCHASE 5700 1481 SALE 88 1481 SALE 42 1481 SALE 1569 1481 PURCHASE 1100 1481 SALE 535 1481 SALE 800 1482 SALE 1500 1482 SALE 2700 1482 SALE 1326 1482 SALE 529 1482 SALE 376 1482 PURCHASE 2583 1482 PURCHASE 4000 1482 PURCHASE 959 1482 PURCHASE 1072 1482 PURCHASE 1000 1482 PURCHASE 1000 1482 PURCHASE 500 1482 PURCHASE 600 1482 PURCHASE 400 1482 PURCHASE 500 1482 PURCHASE 500 1482 PURCHASE 1000 1482 PURCHASE 500 1482 SALE 5000 1482 PURCHASE 1000 1482 PURCHASE 1000 1482 PURCHASE 1000 1482 PURCHASE 1000 1482 SALE 1900 1482 SALE 42 1482 SALE 5122 1482 PURCHASE 100 1483 PURCHASE 386 1483 PURCHASE 1000 1483 PURCHASE 2298 1483 PURCHASE 378 1483 PURCHASE 2508 1483 PURCHASE 126 1483 PURCHASE 1100 1483 PURCHASE 600 1483 PURCHASE 2500 1483 PURCHASE 6300 1483 PURCHASE 1295 1483 PURCHASE 2000 1483 PURCHASE 200 1483 PURCHASE 391 1483 PURCHASE 1009 1483 PURCHASE 1100 1483 PURCHASE 1000 1483 PURCHASE 4200 1483 PURCHASE 576 1483 PURCHASE 4500 1483 PURCHASE 1249 1483 PURCHASE 2440 1483 PURCHASE 6743 1483 SALE 807 1484 PURCHASE 4000 1484 SALE 652 1484 SALE 2899 1484 SALE 1520 1484 PURCHASE 2203 1484 PURCHASE 100 1484 PURCHASE 700 1484 PURCHASE 923 1484 PURCHASE 177 1484 SALE 4052 1484 PURCHASE 6738 1484 PURCHASE 1556 1484 PURCHASE 3560 1484 PURCHASE 650 1484 PURCHASE 1547 1484 PURCHASE 1100 1484 PURCHASE 1100 1484 SALE 2807 1484 SALE 1473 1484 SALE 5265 1484 PURCHASE 2876 1484 PURCHASE 933 1484 SALE 1812 1484 SALE 2067 1484 SALE 2218 1484 SALE 869 1484 SALE 900 1484 SALE 1270 1484 SALE 2328 1484 SALE 2172 1484 SALE 1231 1484 SALE 200 1484 SALE 896 1484 SALE 2501 1484 SALE 9970 1484 SALE 9 1484 SALE 221 1485 SALE 1456 1485 PURCHASE 1800 1485 PURCHASE 185 1485 PURCHASE 491 1485 PURCHASE 3157 1485 SALE 5000 1485 SALE 1173 1485 SALE 561 1485 SALE 4520 1485 PURCHASE 481 1485 SALE 4027 1485 SALE 4027 1485 SALE 589 1485 SALE 438 1485 SALE 4027 1485 PURCHASE 1450 1485 SALE 5024 1485 PURCHASE 1135 1485 SALE 4700 1485 SALE 1014 1485 PURCHASE 500 1485 PURCHASE 500 1485 SALE 3100 1485 SALE 1000 1485 PURCHASE 1000 1485 SALE 100 1485 SALE 500 1485 PURCHASE 500 1485 PURCHASE 1381 1485 SALE 658 1485 SALE 42 1485 SALE 900 1485 PURCHASE 900 1485 SALE 500 1485 PURCHASE 960 1485 SALE 3373 1485 PURCHASE 18 1485 PURCHASE 1482 1485 SALE 1500 1485 SALE 1000 1485 SALE 1564 1485 SALE 1167 1485 SALE 6909 1485 SALE 2107 1485 SALE 2087 1485 PURCHASE 146 1485 PURCHASE 2107 1485 PURCHASE 2087 1485 SALE 1606 1485 SALE 1771 1485 SALE 500 1485 SALE 100 1485 SALE 446 1485 SALE 725 1485 SALE 481 1485 SALE 1826 1485 SALE 500 1485 SALE 2527 1485 SALE 267 1485 SALE 2383 1485 SALE 2261 1485 SALE 191 1485 SALE 3363 1485 PURCHASE 4680 1485 SALE 2486 1485 SALE 2276 1485 SALE 281 1485 SALE 1267 1485 SALE 76 1485 SALE 716 1485 SALE 2365 1485 SALE 2568 1485 SALE 1231 1485 SALE 2249 1485 PURCHASE 1100 1485 PURCHASE 4400 1485 SALE 3061 1485 SALE 39 1485 SALE 1668 1485 SALE 32 1485 PURCHASE 6734 1485 PURCHASE 336 1485 PURCHASE 1000 1485 PURCHASE 1000 1485 PURCHASE 700 1485 SALE 700 1485 SALE 769 1485.5 SALE 600 1486 SALE 964 1486 PURCHASE 300 1486 SALE 1300 1486 SALE 1004 1486 SALE 96 1486 SALE 700 1486 SALE 1100 1486 PURCHASE 100 1486 PURCHASE 600 1486 SALE 600 1486 SALE 2810 1486 PURCHASE 1464 1486 SALE 710 1486 SALE 290 1486 SALE 1100 1486 PURCHASE 750 1486 PURCHASE 6729 1486 PURCHASE 1804 1486 PURCHASE 600 1486 PURCHASE 2200 1486 PURCHASE 700 1486 PURCHASE 1400 1486 SALE 240 1486 PURCHASE 1100 1486 PURCHASE 800 1486 SALE 6200 1486 SALE 500 1486 SALE 1464 1486 SALE 200 1486 PURCHASE 2300 1486 SALE 1563 1486 PURCHASE 200 1486 PURCHASE 1400 1486 SALE 1400 1486 SALE 1741 1486 PURCHASE 1100 1486 PURCHASE 1412 1486 PURCHASE 800 1486 SALE 1563 1486 SALE 4000 1486 SALE 2194 1486 SALE 2146 1486 PURCHASE 1550 1486 SALE 1563 1486 SALE 7600 1486 SALE 6800 1486 SALE 1563 1486 SALE 937 1486 SALE 2534 1486 SALE 2632 1486 PURCHASE 2632 1486 SALE 1558 1486 SALE 5171 1486 SALE 227 1486 SALE 504 1486 SALE 3657 1486 SALE 1563 1486 SALE 4000 1486 SALE 71 1486.5 SALE 42 1486.5 SALE 2576 1486.5 SALE 1 1486.5 SALE 1984 1486.5 SALE 68 1486.5 SALE 34 1486.5 SALE 22 1486.5 PURCHASE 250000 1486.55 PURCHASE 900 1487 PURCHASE 5000 1487 SALE 4600 1487 PURCHASE 1457 1487 SALE 83 1487 SALE 248 1487 SALE 5000 1487 SALE 248 1487 SALE 600 1487 SALE 696 1487 SALE 592 1487 PURCHASE 500 1487 PURCHASE 171 1487 PURCHASE 125 1487 PURCHASE 2827 1487 PURCHASE 184 1487 PURCHASE 969 1487 SALE 2293 1487 PURCHASE 320 1487 SALE 2488 1487 SALE 2302 1487 SALE 653 1487 SALE 5419 1487 SALE 500 1487 SALE 1563 1487 SALE 96 1487.5 SALE 104 1487.5 SALE 81 1487.5 SALE 2630 1487.5 SALE 2256 1487.5 SALE 6902 1488 SALE 1409 1488 SALE 2427 1488 SALE 2104 1488 SALE 750 1488 SALE 2100 1488 SALE 1800 1488 PURCHASE 10 1488 PURCHASE 3000 1488 PURCHASE 2031 1488 PURCHASE 509 1488 PURCHASE 1522 1488 PURCHASE 2453 1488 SALE 207 1488 SALE 1133 1488 SALE 800 1488 SALE 1443 1488 PURCHASE 126 1488 PURCHASE 874 1488 SALE 874 1488 PURCHASE 47 1488 PURCHASE 953 1488 SALE 953 1488 SALE 1498 1488 SALE 2000 1488 SALE 1244 1488 SALE 2108 1488 SALE 429 1488 PURCHASE 245 1488 PURCHASE 1026 1488 SALE 758 1488 SALE 1063 1488 SALE 1559 1488 SALE 1207 1488 SALE 1890 1488 SALE 1010 1488 SALE 30 1488 SALE 1170 1488 SALE 732 1488 SALE 370 1488 SALE 2659 1488 SALE 859 1488 SALE 3519 1488 PURCHASE 3019 1488 PURCHASE 3 1488 SALE 2676 1488 SALE 2473 1488 SALE 2463 1488 SALE 2376 1488 SALE 2283 1488 PURCHASE 2200 1488 PURCHASE 4585 1488 SALE 274 1488 SALE 2245 1488 SALE 2 1488 SALE 425 1488 SALE 1994 1488 SALE 902 1488 PURCHASE 876 1488 SALE 142 1488.5 SALE 79 1488.5 SALE 48 1488.5 SALE 100 1488.5 SALE 51 1488.5 SALE 4465 1488.5 SALE 75 1488.5 SALE 39 1488.5 SALE 3700 1488.5 SALE 15 1488.5 SALE 569 1488.5 SALE 683 1488.5 SALE 53 1488.5 SALE 2566 1488.5 SALE 800 1489 SALE 1400 1489 PURCHASE 182 1489 SALE 800 1489 SALE 800 1489 PURCHASE 1500 1489 SALE 1500 1489 SALE 2333 1489 PURCHASE 585 1489 PURCHASE 2000 1489 PURCHASE 498 1489 SALE 1700 1489 PURCHASE 428 1489 PURCHASE 427 1489 PURCHASE 715 1489 SALE 2364 1489 SALE 99 1489 SALE 918 1489 PURCHASE 1633 1489 PURCHASE 800 1489 PURCHASE 800 1489 PURCHASE 63 1489 PURCHASE 186 1489 PURCHASE 414 1489 PURCHASE 2035 1489 PURCHASE 2548 1489 PURCHASE 986 1489 SALE 795 1489 SALE 5 1489 PURCHASE 370 1489 PURCHASE 2626 1489 SALE 2187 1489 SALE 1000 1489 PURCHASE 583 1489 SALE 1405 1489 PURCHASE 2187 1489 PURCHASE 2537 1489 PURCHASE 2619 1489 SALE 853 1489 SALE 1666 1489 SALE 73 1489 SALE 500 1489 SALE 829 1489 SALE 1071 1489 SALE 2432 1489 SALE 511 1489 SALE 1750 1489 SALE 500 1489 SALE 1562 1489 SALE 1244 1489 SALE 532 1489 SALE 200 1489 SALE 1774 1489 SALE 4 1489 SALE 386 1489 SALE 1735 1489 PURCHASE 903 1489 PURCHASE 903 1489 PURCHASE 957 1489 PURCHASE 830 1489 PURCHASE 819 1489 SALE 1397 1489 SALE 805 1489 SALE 1095 1489 SALE 586 1489 SALE 501 1489 SALE 1796 1489 SALE 30 1489 SALE 70 1489 SALE 14 1489 SALE 1778 1489 SALE 2269 1489 SALE 675 1489 SALE 1560 1489 SALE 1277 1489 PURCHASE 1699 1489 PURCHASE 3001 1489 PURCHASE 827 1489 PURCHASE 749 1489 PURCHASE 897 1489 PURCHASE 27 1489 SALE 1327 1489 SALE 1674 1489 SALE 1494 1489 SALE 2092 1489 SALE 1086 1489 SALE 1149 1489 PURCHASE 629 1489 PURCHASE 1267 1489 PURCHASE 533 1489 PURCHASE 192 1489 PURCHASE 738 1489 PURCHASE 270 1489 PURCHASE 1100 1489 PURCHASE 3124 1489 PURCHASE 876 1489 PURCHASE 184 1489 SALE 2093 1489 PURCHASE 345 1489 PURCHASE 2000 1489 PURCHASE 3455 1489 PURCHASE 2 1489 PURCHASE 2000 1489 PURCHASE 2000 1489 PURCHASE 1198 1489 SALE 186 1489 SALE 95 1489 PURCHASE 1000 1489 PURCHASE 2897 1489 PURCHASE 6890 1489 PURCHASE 12968 1489 PURCHASE 260 1489 SALE 470 1489 SALE 224 1489 SALE 99 1489.5 SALE 3841 1489.5 SALE 68 1489.5 SALE 36 1489.5 SALE 2463 1489.5 PURCHASE 3648 1490 PURCHASE 2500 1490 SALE 1500 1490 SALE 3431 1490 SALE 500 1490 PURCHASE 4127 1490 SALE 456 1490 SALE 5316 1490 SALE 2323 1490 PURCHASE 1073 1490 SALE 600 1490 SALE 765 1490 SALE 500 1490 PURCHASE 3000 1490 PURCHASE 800 1490 PURCHASE 1174 1490 PURCHASE 100 1490 PURCHASE 1400 1490 SALE 1190 1490 PURCHASE 3255 1490 PURCHASE 3045 1490 PURCHASE 210 1490 PURCHASE 1090 1490 PURCHASE 204 1490 PURCHASE 1500 1490 PURCHASE 698 1490 SALE 1537 1490 SALE 156 1490 SALE 1837 1490 SALE 57 1490 SALE 1561 1490 SALE 728 1490 SALE 849 1490 SALE 899 1490 SALE 1932 1490 PURCHASE 148 1490 SALE 148 1490 PURCHASE 552 1490 SALE 2497 1490 SALE 378 1490 SALE 2187 1490 PURCHASE 1494 1490 SALE 920 1490 SALE 1708 1490 SALE 1560 1490 SALE 1901 1490 SALE 213 1490 SALE 5200 1490 SALE 2048 1490 PURCHASE 600 1490 PURCHASE 1400 1490 SALE 3388 1490 SALE 1559 1490 SALE 296 1490 SALE 3457 1490 SALE 1860 1490 SALE 2740 1490 SALE 3624 1490 SALE 1608 1490 SALE 1559 1490 SALE 66 1490 SALE 3478 1490 SALE 1528 1490 SALE 1335 1490 PURCHASE 539 1490 PURCHASE 393 1490 SALE 65 1490.5 SALE 16 1490.5 SALE 8 1490.5 SALE 1246 1490.5 SALE 27 1490.5 SALE 14 1490.5 SALE 1037 1490.5 PURCHASE 5974 1491 PURCHASE 918 1491 PURCHASE 82 1491 PURCHASE 918 1491 PURCHASE 1759 1491 PURCHASE 300 1491 PURCHASE 3479 1491 SALE 538 1491 PURCHASE 2500 1491 SALE 800 1491 SALE 700 1491 SALE 800 1491 SALE 200 1491 SALE 1699 1491 SALE 2201 1491 SALE 500 1491 SALE 3400 1491 SALE 1275 1491 SALE 1200 1491 SALE 852 1491 SALE 780 1491 SALE 1268 1491 SALE 858 1491 PURCHASE 500 1491 SALE 970 1491 SALE 153 1491 SALE 1052 1491 SALE 85 1491 SALE 45 1491 SALE 756 1491 SALE 2068 1491 SALE 2516 1491 SALE 2279 1491 PURCHASE 1928 1491 PURCHASE 604 1491 PURCHASE 690 1491 PURCHASE 1100 1491 PURCHASE 1400 1491 PURCHASE 1984 1491 PURCHASE 60 1491 PURCHASE 466 1491 PURCHASE 1000 1491 SALE 4437 1491 SALE 2909 1491 SALE 91 1491 PURCHASE 4437 1491 PURCHASE 2269 1491 SALE 2847 1491 SALE 464 1491 SALE 80 1491.5 PURCHASE 179 1492 PURCHASE 1000 1492 PURCHASE 2307 1492 SALE 5341 1492 SALE 1205 1492 SALE 1361 1492 PURCHASE 562 1492 SALE 1312 1492 SALE 1200 1492 PURCHASE 1200 1492 SALE 5000 1492 PURCHASE 100 1492 PURCHASE 1100 1492 SALE 5000 1492 SALE 1100 1492 SALE 9 1492 SALE 2000 1492 SALE 1781 1492 PURCHASE 892 1492 PURCHASE 5000 1492 PURCHASE 494 1492 PURCHASE 5000 1492 SALE 155 1492 SALE 762 1492 SALE 884 1492 SALE 864 1492 SALE 1280 1492 SALE 1055 1492 SALE 722 1492 SALE 429 1492 SALE 2566 1492 SALE 2215 1492 SALE 2483 1492 SALE 1558 1492 SALE 446 1492 PURCHASE 1100 1492 PURCHASE 871 1492 SALE 994 1492 PURCHASE 1683 1492 PURCHASE 910 1492 PURCHASE 2079 1492 PURCHASE 2140 1492 PURCHASE 2032 1492 PURCHASE 2530 1492 SALE 457 1492 SALE 2297 1492 SALE 1858 1492 SALE 1726 1492 SALE 364 1492 SALE 20 1492 SALE 5 1492 SALE 761 1492 SALE 63 1492 SALE 18 1492 SALE 2546 1492 SALE 1494 1492 SALE 1705 1492 PURCHASE 800 1492 SALE 8393 1492 SALE 1849 1492 SALE 1558 1492 SALE 332 1492 SALE 1031 1493 SALE 22 1493 SALE 312 1493 PURCHASE 958 1493 PURCHASE 1000 1493 PURCHASE 1000 1493 PURCHASE 2268 1493 PURCHASE 1000 1493 PURCHASE 1000 1493 PURCHASE 173 1493 PURCHASE 399 1493 PURCHASE 601 1493 PURCHASE 399 1493 PURCHASE 500 1493 SALE 2655 1493 SALE 900 1493 SALE 438 1493 SALE 500 1493 SALE 301 1493 SALE 1040 1493 SALE 768 1493 SALE 1557 1493 SALE 91 1493 SALE 2317 1493 SALE 967 1493 SALE 1185 1493 SALE 569 1493 PURCHASE 2146 1493 PURCHASE 1700 1493 SALE 4031 1493 SALE 717 1493 SALE 38 1493.5 SALE 2606 1493.5 SALE 1698 1494 SALE 756 1494 SALE 600 1494 PURCHASE 600 1494 PURCHASE 84 1494 PURCHASE 500 1494 PURCHASE 1100 1494 PURCHASE 1200 1494 SALE 1763 1494 PURCHASE 1247 1494 PURCHASE 1128 1494 PURCHASE 654 1494 PURCHASE 1400 1494 SALE 1700 1494 SALE 461 1494 SALE 300 1494 SALE 171 1494 SALE 493 1495 SALE 2680 1495 SALE 2680 1495 SALE 1092 1495 SALE 1555 1495 SALE 1730 1495 SALE 452 1495 SALE 6688 1495 SALE 2767 1495 SALE 4102 1495 SALE 2258 1495 SALE 3736 1495 SALE 1727 1495 SALE 1555 1495 SALE 1264 1495 SALE 65 1495 SALE 21 1495 SALE 256 1495 SALE 10 1495 SALE 2 1495 SALE 958 1495 SALE 308 1495 SALE 3599 1495 SALE 3100 1495 SALE 22 1495 SALE 5 1495 SALE 758 1495 SALE 123 1495.5 SALE 27 1495.5 SALE 62 1495.5 SALE 15 1495.5 SALE 1643 1495.5 SALE 10 1495.5 SALE 2 1495.5 SALE 235 1495.5 SALE 11 1495.5 SALE 2 1495.5 SALE 272 1495.5 SALE 21 1495.5 SALE 4 1495.5 SALE 605 1495.5 SALE 14 1495.5 SALE 3 1495.5 SALE 470 1495.5 SALE 27 1495.5 SALE 6 1495.5 SALE 994 1495.5 SALE 117 1496 SALE 2925 1496 SALE 1200 1496 SALE 2330 1496 PURCHASE 2200 1496 PURCHASE 677 1496 PURCHASE 318 1496 PURCHASE 1009 1496 PURCHASE 2480 1496 SALE 859 1496 SALE 1010 1496 SALE 2300 1496 PURCHASE 2300 1496 SALE 1891 1496 SALE 1366 1496 SALE 697 1496 PURCHASE 1738 1496 SALE 900 1496 SALE 1193 1497 SALE 1500 1497 SALE 900 1497 SALE 357 1497 SALE 734 1497 SALE 1000 1498 SALE 1117 1498 SALE 517 1498 PURCHASE 1016 1501 PURCHASE 100 1501 PURCHASE 153 1501 PURCHASE 181 1501 PURCHASE 656 1501 PURCHASE 152 1501 PURCHASE 2090 1501 PURCHASE 132 1501 SALE 772 1502 SALE 2200 1502 PURCHASE 2579 1504 PURCHASE 264 1505 PURCHASE 1200 1506 PURCHASE 3642 1506 SALE 3957 1506 SALE 1600 1506 PURCHASE 1707 1507 PURCHASE 500 1508 PURCHASE 500 1508 PURCHASE 2553 1509 PURCHASE 180 1509 PURCHASE 47 1509 PURCHASE 2384 1509 PURCHASE 482 1509 PURCHASE 276 1509 PURCHASE 2570 1509 PURCHASE 1000 1509 PURCHASE 400 1509 PURCHASE 832 1509 PURCHASE 733 1509 PURCHASE 1733 1509 SALE 660 1510 SALE 5621 1510 SALE 1109 1510 PURCHASE 3218 1511 SALE 4696 1512 SALE 6605 1512 PURCHASE 569 1513 PURCHASE 323 1513 SALE 6605 1514 SALE 362 1514 TOTAL PURCHASES 1,015,505 TOTAL SALES 1,010,326 (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 23 NOVEMBER 2007Contact 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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