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Macquarie Group Limited22 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 Macquarie Capital Securities (Australia) Limited Company dealt in BHP Billiton Limited Class of relevant security to which the Ordinary shares ISIN: AU000000BHP4dealings being disclosed relate (Note 1) Date of dealing 21 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 (2) Derivatives (other than options) (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell Total 0 0 0.00% 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 than options) (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell Total (c) Rights to subscribe (Note 2) Class of relevant security: Details Ordinary shares ISIN: AU000000BHP4 3. DEALINGS (Note 3) (a) Purchases and sales Purchase/sale Number of securities Price per unit (Note 4) See Annexure A (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. Is a Supplemental Form 38.5(b) attached? (Note 8) YES/NO Date of disclosure 22 April 2008 Contact name Johanna Uy Telephone number +44 (0) 2030374339 Name of offeree/offeror with which connected Rio Tinto PlcNature of connection (Note 9) Connected principal trader Notes The Notes on Form 38.5(b) can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website atwww.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk Annexure A: BHP Purchase 119634 43.8306 Total 119634 PurchasesBHP Sale 2461 43.78BHP Sale 2866 43.84BHP Sale 2364 43.78BHP Sale 2130 43.78BHP Sale 1912 43.75BHP Sale 151 43.76BHP Sale 100 43.76BHP Sale 320 43.76BHP Sale 320 43.76BHP Sale 48 43.76BHP Sale 12 43.76BHP Sale 361 43.76BHP Sale 836 43.76BHP Sale 2085 43.78BHP Sale 1040 43.7BHP Sale 71 43.7BHP Sale 774 43.7BHP Sale 1695 43.67BHP Sale 1284 43.65BHP Sale 130 43.69BHP Sale 1205 43.69BHP Sale 1576 43.69BHP Sale 47 43.69BHP Sale 1271 43.68BHP Sale 8 43.68BHP Sale 136 43.68BHP Sale 138 43.68BHP Sale 1199 43.71BHP Sale 1097 43.73BHP Sale 1248 43.7BHP Sale 371 43.69BHP Sale 6 43.69BHP Sale 706 43.69BHP Sale 1 43.71BHP Sale 1 43.71BHP Sale 27 43.71BHP Sale 1219 43.71BHP Sale 1000 43.69BHP Sale 130 43.69BHP Sale 969 43.75BHP Sale 1283 43.76BHP Sale 1120 43.74BHP Sale 1178 43.77BHP Sale 124 43.77BHP Sale 513 43.77BHP Sale 200 43.77BHP Sale 439 43.77BHP Sale 1334 43.78BHP Sale 1264 43.83BHP Sale 1703 43.82BHP Sale 144 43.76BHP Sale 39 43.76BHP Sale 9 43.76BHP Sale 870 43.76BHP Sale 1000 43.76BHP Sale 14 43.76BHP Sale 148 43.73BHP Sale 1486 43.73BHP Sale 2627 43.72BHP Sale 2301 43.75BHP Sale 2181 43.85BHP Sale 2378 43.88BHP Sale 813 43.83BHP Sale 200 43.83BHP Sale 300 43.83BHP Sale 300 43.83BHP Sale 900 43.83BHP Sale 154 43.83BHP Sale 463 43.83BHP Sale 1837 43.83BHP Sale 2948 43.78BHP Sale 51 43.78BHP Sale 2768 43.85BHP Sale 130 43.85BHP Sale 1200 43.85BHP Sale 868 43.85BHP Sale 300 43.86BHP Sale 2948 43.86BHP Sale 442 43.87BHP Sale 300 43.87BHP Sale 300 43.87BHP Sale 690 43.87BHP Sale 170 43.87BHP Sale 158 43.87BHP Sale 48 43.87BHP Sale 14 43.87BHP Sale 32 43.87BHP Sale 300 43.87BHP Sale 350 43.87BHP Sale 1385 43.91BHP Sale 300 43.91BHP Sale 388 43.9BHP Sale 1141 43.9BHP Sale 3513 43.88BHP Sale 2808 43.88BHP Sale 3712 43.88BHP Sale 800 43.96BHP Sale 473 43.96BHP Sale 1893 43.96BHP Sale 139 43.94BHP Sale 88 43.9BHP Sale 101 43.9BHP Sale 3477 43.9BHP Sale 205 43.97BHP Sale 3226 43.95BHP Sale 75 43.94BHP Sale 4617 43.94BHP Sale 1481 43.94BHP Sale 1541 43.94BHP Sale 1513 43.94BHP Sale 100 43.95BHP Sale 1200 43.92BHP Sale 3522 43.92BHP Sale 1817 43.93BHP Sale 1599 43.93BHP Sale 709 43.93BHP Sale 80 43.93BHP Sale 13 43.93BHP Sale 3064 43.93 Total Sales 119634 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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