25th Mar 2008 11:30
UBS AG (EPT)25 March 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 Rio Tinto LimitedClass of relevant security to which the Ordinarydealings being disclosed relate (Note 1)Date of dealing 20 MARCH 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 2,113 0.00% 0 0.00%(2) Derivatives (other thanoptions)(3) Options and agreements topurchase/sellTotal 2,113 0.00% 0 0.00% (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 198 11538 AUD Cents SALE 500 11540 SALE 326 11540 SALE 75 11540 SALE 1730 11545 PURCHASE 1820 11549 PURCHASE 100 11550 PURCHASE 178 11550 PURCHASE 596 11550 PURCHASE 661 11550 SALE 1000 11555 SALE 245 11555 SALE 150 11555 SALE 44 11555 SALE 1 11555 PURCHASE 1034 11556 PURCHASE 200 11557 SALE 100 11558 SALE 100 11559 PURCHASE 1 11559 PURCHASE 8 11559 PURCHASE 23 11559 PURCHASE 23 11559 PURCHASE 75 11559 PURCHASE 1776 11559 PURCHASE 2 11560 PURCHASE 9 11560 PURCHASE 20 11560 PURCHASE 500 11560 PURCHASE 937 11560 PURCHASE 56 11561 PURCHASE 350 11562 SALE 500 11565 SALE 750 11566 SALE 500 11566 SALE 88 11566 SALE 40 11566 SALE 265 11567 SALE 1 11567 SALE 487 11569 PURCHASE 1500 11570 PURCHASE 136 11572 SALE 952 11575 SALE 30 11575 SALE 383 11587 PURCHASE 1860 11588 PURCHASE 134 11592 PURCHASE 220 11592 PURCHASE 270 11592 PURCHASE 110 11593 PURCHASE 194 11593 PURCHASE 3 11598 PURCHASE 16 11598 PURCHASE 23 11598 PURCHASE 37 11598 PURCHASE 39 11598 PURCHASE 42 11598 PURCHASE 61 11598 PURCHASE 82 11598 PURCHASE 135 11598 PURCHASE 262 11598 PURCHASE 466 11598 SALE 579 11599 SALE 221 11599 SALE 250 11600 SALE 200 11600 SALE 100 11600 SALE 55 11600 SALE 4 11600 SALE 400 11608 SALE 500 11609 SALE 250 11609 SALE 500 11610 SALE 200 11620 SALE 630 11625 PURCHASE 1097 11630 PURCHASE 93 11632 PURCHASE 110 11632 PURCHASE 354 11632 PURCHASE 7 11634 PURCHASE 83 11634 PURCHASE 408 11634 SALE 188 11635 SALE 98 11635 SALE 500 11637 SALE 17 11637 PURCHASE 39 11637 PURCHASE 47 11637 SALE 206 11646 SALE 892 11660 SALE 100 11660 SALE 63 11660 PURCHASE 4 11660 PURCHASE 23 11660 PURCHASE 24 11660 PURCHASE 56 11660 PURCHASE 110 11660 PURCHASE 2144 11660 SALE 1740 11665 SALE 1250 11665 SALE 75 11665 SALE 70 11665 PURCHASE 23 11666 PURCHASE 23 11666 PURCHASE 253 11666 SALE 896 11667 SALE 402 11668 SALE 75 11668 SALE 36 11668 PURCHASE 954 11668 SALE 721 11669 SALE 400 11669 SALE 400 11669 SALE 209 11669 SALE 500 11670 SALE 473 11670 PURCHASE 4 11670 PURCHASE 14 11670 PURCHASE 94 11670 PURCHASE 103 11670 PURCHASE 110 11670 PURCHASE 248 11670 PURCHASE 870 11670 PURCHASE 932 11670 PURCHASE 134 11671 PURCHASE 5 11673 PURCHASE 201 11673 PURCHASE 279 11673 PURCHASE 3 11674 PURCHASE 110 11674 PURCHASE 740 11674 PURCHASE 1480 11674 PURCHASE 2141 11675 SALE 507 11679 SALE 652 11680 SALE 673 11683 SALE 1653 11684 SALE 100 11684 SALE 43 11684 PURCHASE 55 11685 PURCHASE 205 11685 SALE 785 11689 SALE 50 11689 SALE 726 11694 SALE 425 11694 SALE 350 11694 PURCHASE 3 11696 PURCHASE 4 11696 PURCHASE 30 11696 PURCHASE 951 11696 PURCHASE 1574 11696 SALE 210 11699 SALE 8 11699 PURCHASE 15 11700 PURCHASE 49 11700 PURCHASE 63 11700 SALE 500 11722 SALE 82 11722 SALE 807 11725 PURCHASE 513 11726 SALE 125 11730 SALE 41 11730 SALE 114 11744 SALE 85 11745 SALE 547 11747 SALE 708 11749 SALE 684 11749 SALE 100 11749 SALE 1 11749 PURCHASE 62 11750 PURCHASE 177 11750 PURCHASE 641 11750 PURCHASE 1951 11750 PURCHASE 327 11751 SALE 52004 11757.38466 PURCHASE 52004 11757.38466 PURCHASE 69 11765 PURCHASE 230 11765 SALE 56038 11767.876 PURCHASE 56038 11767.876 SALE 180 11780 SALE 100 11780 SALE 85 11780 SALE 50 11780 SALE 379 11789 SALE 33 11790 SALE 13 11790 SALE 8 11790 PURCHASE 301 11802 PURCHASE 500 11802 PURCHASE 7 11803 PURCHASE 23 11803 PURCHASE 23 11803 PURCHASE 145 11803 PURCHASE 310 11803 SALE 1118 11805 SALE 150 11805 PURCHASE 91 11810 PURCHASE 219 11815 SALE 929 11818 SALE 431 11818 SALE 364 11818 PURCHASE 112 11818 PURCHASE 208 11818 SALE 1000 11820 SALE 488 11821 PURCHASE 70 11821 PURCHASE 224 11821 SALE 228 11822 PURCHASE 14 11824 PURCHASE 273 11824 PURCHASE 2 11825 PURCHASE 250 11825 SALE 168 11830 SALE 79 11847 SALE 1 11847 PURCHASE 180 11847 PURCHASE 235 11847 PURCHASE 144 11848 PURCHASE 356 11848 PURCHASE 89 11849 SALE 297 11850 SALE 117 11850 SALE 50 11850 PURCHASE 479 11850 PURCHASE 266 11852 PURCHASE 169 11855 PURCHASE 1 11857 PURCHASE 6 11857 PURCHASE 17 11857 PURCHASE 337 11857 PURCHASE 2 11862 PURCHASE 14 11862 PURCHASE 90 11862 PURCHASE 238 11862 SALE 1000 11880 SALE 4 11880 SALE 1 11880 PURCHASE 205 11887 SALE 90 11888 SALE 11 11888 PURCHASE 89 11889 SALE 627 11890 SALE 978 11895 PURCHASE 96 11895 PURCHASE 129 11895 PURCHASE 23 11900 PURCHASE 100 11900 PURCHASE 400 11900 PURCHASE 25 11914 PURCHASE 329 11914 SALE 348 11935 PURCHASE 9 11949 PURCHASE 25 11949 PURCHASE 213 11949 PURCHASE 525 11949 SALE 253 11960 SALE 36 11960 SALE 416 11962 SALE 1000 11965 PURCHASE 350 11967 SALE 1200 11968 PURCHASE 1 11970 PURCHASE 2 11970 PURCHASE 14 11970 PURCHASE 138 11970 PURCHASE 258 11970 PURCHASE 1262 11970 PURCHASE 2088 11970 SALE 502 11980 SALE 500 11980 SALE 250 11985 SALE 2 11985 SALE 106 11990 SALE 75 11990 SALE 38 11990 SALE 1000 11997 SALE 430 12000 PURCHASE 23 12004 PURCHASE 23 12004 PURCHASE 25 12004 PURCHASE 114 12004 PURCHASE 225 12004 PURCHASE 525 12004 PURCHASE 25 12014 PURCHASE 468 12014 PURCHASE 14 12015 PURCHASE 432 12015 SALE 508 12039 SALE 1 12039 SALE 1299 12040 SALE 705 12040 SALE 72 12040 PURCHASE 25 12040 PURCHASE 473 12040 PURCHASE 126 12043 SALE 700 12044 SALE 233 12044 PURCHASE 14 12044 PURCHASE 1318 12044 PURCHASE 1000 12047 PURCHASE 1702 12050 PURCHASE 25 12053 PURCHASE 50 12053 PURCHASE 298 12053 SALE 521 12094 SALE 79 12095 SALE 251 12100 SALE 100 12100 SALE 2 12100 PURCHASE 500 12100 PURCHASE 207 12110 SALE 400 12116 SALE 1 12116 PURCHASE 498 12116 PURCHASE 500 12116 PURCHASE 1057 12121 PURCHASE 497 12123 SALE 356 12125 TOTAL PURCHASES 164,080 TOTAL SALES 160,046 (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 25 MARCH 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:
Rio Tinto