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EPT Disclosure

21st Oct 2008 11:28

RNS Number : 3248G

Credit Suisse Equities (Australia)

21 October 2008

4FORM 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	Credit Suisse Equities (Australia) Limited
Company dealt in	BHP Billiton Limited
Class of relevant security to which the dealings being disclosed relate (Note 1)	Ordinary Shares
Date of dealing	20-10-2008

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			11373040	0.339
(2) Derivatives (other than options)
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell
Total			11373040	0.339

(b) Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company, other than the class dealt in (Note 2)

Class Of Relevant Security : Ordinary Shares	Long	Short
(1) Relevant Securities
(2) Derivatives (other than options)
(3) Options and agreements to purchasesell
Total

Class of relevant security:	Details

3. DEALINGS (Note 3)

(a) Purchases and sales

Purchase/sale	Number of securities	Price per unit (Note 4)
Purchase	207,592	24.59
Purchase	103,796	24.59
Purchase	-103,796	0.02
Purchase	103,796	0.02
Purchase	-207,592	24.59
Purchase	207,592	24.59
Purchase	41,579	26.49
Purchase	41,579	26.49
Purchase	33,263	26.49
Purchase	10	26.30
Purchase	30	26.40
Purchase	23,284	26.30
Purchase	804	26.30
Purchase	2,700	26.30
Purchase	804	26.30
Purchase	804	26.30
Purchase	804	26.30
Purchase	804	26.30
Purchase	804	26.30
Purchase	804	26.30
Purchase	804	26.30
Purchase	804	26.30
Purchase	804	26.30
Purchase	2,588	26.30
Purchase	1,677	26.30
Purchase	500	26.30
Purchase	767	26.30
Purchase	1,000	26.30
Purchase	303	26.30
Purchase	500	26.30
Purchase	800	26.30
Purchase	170	26.30
Purchase	2,097	26.30
Purchase	1,000	26.30
Purchase	5,000	26.30
Purchase	300	26.30
Purchase	1,000	26.30
Purchase	5,000	26.30
Purchase	1,000	26.30
Purchase	1,300	26.30
Purchase	400	26.30
Purchase	1,500	26.30
Purchase	200	26.30
Purchase	500	26.30
Purchase	132	26.30
Purchase	6,500	26.30
Purchase	500	26.29
Purchase	1,221	26.29
Purchase	992	26.29
Purchase	2,750	26.29
Purchase	640	26.29
Purchase	6,567	26.28
Purchase	100	26.27
Purchase	6,987	26.27
Purchase	10	26.26
Purchase	2,631	26.26
Purchase	900	26.26
Purchase	22	26.25
Purchase	319	26.25
Purchase	15	26.25
Purchase	92,728	26.25
Purchase	22	26.24
Purchase	6	26.24
Purchase	67	26.24
Purchase	132	26.24
Purchase	959	26.24
Purchase	14,174	26.24
Purchase	274	26.18
Purchase	726	26.18
Purchase	5	26.20
Purchase	1,369	26.28
Purchase	100	26.28
Purchase	800	26.28
Purchase	500	26.28
Purchase	2,500	26.27
Purchase	100	26.26
Purchase	100	26.26
Purchase	200	26.25
Purchase	1,199	26.25
Purchase	288	26.25
Purchase	500	26.25
Purchase	300	26.25
Purchase	5,000	26.25
Purchase	50	26.25
Purchase	3,750	26.25
Purchase	2,500	26.25
Purchase	1,910	26.25
Purchase	2,390	26.25
Purchase	1,900	26.25
Purchase	1,000	26.25
Purchase	550	26.25
Purchase	1,000	26.25
Purchase	650	26.25
Purchase	500	26.25
Purchase	2,500	26.24
Purchase	600	26.24
Purchase	200	26.24
Purchase	1,000	26.24
Purchase	5,041	26.23
Purchase	1,000	26.23
Purchase	2,500	26.23
Purchase	1,000	26.23
Purchase	1,000	26.23
Purchase	3,576	26.22
Purchase	100	26.22
Purchase	2,000	26.21
Purchase	9,203	26.21
Purchase	120	26.20
Purchase	1,000	26.20
Purchase	100	26.20
Purchase	22	26.20
Purchase	2,730	26.20
Purchase	300	26.20
Purchase	500	26.20
Purchase	198	26.20
Purchase	2	26.20
Purchase	5	26.20
Purchase	75	26.20
Purchase	250	26.20
Purchase	300	26.20
Purchase	195	26.20
Purchase	850	26.20
Purchase	500	26.20
Purchase	2,000	26.20
Purchase	5,000	26.20
Purchase	114	26.20
Purchase	225	26.20
Purchase	14,012	26.20
Purchase	1,158	26.19
Purchase	67	26.19
Purchase	110	26.19
Purchase	10,000	26.19
Purchase	240	26.19
Purchase	105	26.19
Purchase	3	26.19
Purchase	44	26.19
Purchase	10	26.19
Purchase	595	26.19
Purchase	294	26.19
Purchase	625	26.19
Purchase	375	26.19
Purchase	5	26.15
Purchase	5	26.12
Purchase	10,568	25.90
Purchase	4,897	26.00
Purchase	1,673	26.00
Purchase	3,300	26.00
Purchase	530	26.00
Purchase	636	26.00
Purchase	697	26.00
Purchase	697	26.00
Purchase	697	26.00
Purchase	697	26.00
Purchase	697	26.00
Purchase	697	26.00
Purchase	697	26.00
Purchase	697	26.00
Purchase	512	26.00
Purchase	185	26.00
Purchase	164	26.00
Purchase	697	26.00
Purchase	697	26.00
Purchase	697	26.00
Purchase	697	26.00
Purchase	697	26.00
Purchase	697	26.00
Purchase	697	26.00
Purchase	697	26.00
Purchase	697	26.00
Purchase	697	26.00
Purchase	697	26.00
Purchase	697	26.00
Purchase	697	26.00
Purchase	697	26.00
Purchase	697	26.00
Purchase	697	26.00
Purchase	1,500	26.00
Purchase	697	26.00
Purchase	697	26.00
Purchase	697	26.00
Purchase	697	26.00
Purchase	697	26.00
Purchase	697	26.00
Purchase	697	26.00
Purchase	697	26.00
Purchase	697	26.00
Purchase	697	26.00
Purchase	697	26.00
Purchase	697	26.00
Purchase	697	26.00
Purchase	697	26.00
Purchase	697	26.00
Purchase	697	26.00
Purchase	697	26.00
Purchase	697	26.00
Purchase	697	26.00
Purchase	697	26.00
Purchase	697	26.00
Purchase	697	26.00
Purchase	697	26.00
Purchase	697	26.00
Purchase	697	26.00
Purchase	697	26.00
Purchase	697	26.00
Purchase	697	26.00
Purchase	697	26.00
Purchase	697	26.00
Purchase	697	26.00
Purchase	697	26.00
Purchase	697	26.00
Purchase	697	26.00
Purchase	697	26.00
Purchase	697	26.00
Purchase	697	26.00
Purchase	697	26.00
Purchase	697	26.00
Purchase	697	26.00
Purchase	697	26.00
Purchase	424	26.00
Purchase	325	26.00
Purchase	273	26.00
Purchase	2,814	26.00
Purchase	1,417	26.00
Purchase	288	26.00
Purchase	400	26.00
Purchase	300	26.00
Purchase	4,000	26.00
Purchase	353	26.00
Purchase	1,800	26.00
Purchase	250	26.00
Purchase	100	26.00
Purchase	424	26.00
Purchase	212	26.00
Purchase	500	25.99
Purchase	5,016	25.99
Purchase	1,000	25.98
Purchase	308	25.97
Purchase	1,209	25.97
Purchase	813	25.97
Purchase	7,584	25.96
Purchase	495	25.96
Purchase	55	25.96
Purchase	2,000	25.95
Purchase	2,000	25.95
Purchase	750	25.95
Purchase	10	25.95
Purchase	100	25.94
Purchase	233	25.93
Purchase	10	25.93
Purchase	110	25.93
Purchase	48	25.92
Purchase	904	25.92
Purchase	240	25.92
Purchase	1,143	25.91
Purchase	4,896	25.90
Purchase	48	25.89
Purchase	183	25.89
Purchase	780	25.89
Purchase	129	25.88
Purchase	7,566	25.88
Purchase	15	25.88
Purchase	1,000	25.83
Purchase	20	26.00
Purchase	477	25.78
Purchase	323	25.78
Purchase	200	25.78
Purchase	10	25.79
Purchase	10	25.67
Purchase	30	25.75
Purchase	4,604	26.10
Purchase	19,523	26.10
Purchase	70,098	26.10
Purchase	21,659	26.20
Purchase	1,123	26.20
Purchase	558	26.20
Purchase	1	26.20
Purchase	2,000	26.20
Purchase	20,000	26.20
Purchase	1	26.20
Purchase	558	26.20
Purchase	4,100	26.20
Purchase	674	26.10
Purchase	2,000	26.10
Purchase	370	26.10
Purchase	313	26.06
Purchase	1,000	26.06
Purchase	1	26.05
Purchase	167	26.04
Purchase	409	26.04
Purchase	283	26.02
Purchase	558	26.01
Purchase	19,445	26.25
Purchase	50	26.25
Purchase	1,500	26.25
Purchase	5,000	26.25
Purchase	5,000	26.25
Purchase	17,408	26.25
Purchase	4,213	26.25
Purchase	1,000	26.25
Purchase	800	26.25
Purchase	25	26.25
Purchase	2,500	26.25
Purchase	100	26.25
Purchase	250	26.25
Purchase	3,000	26.25
Purchase	2,000	26.25
Purchase	500	26.25
Purchase	400	26.25
Purchase	250	26.25
Purchase	200	26.25
Purchase	500	26.25
Purchase	300	26.24
Purchase	2,000	26.23
Purchase	5,000	26.23
Purchase	250	26.23
Purchase	1,000	26.22
Purchase	500	26.21
Purchase	813	26.20
Purchase	5,000	26.20
Purchase	250	26.20
Purchase	100	26.20
Purchase	100	26.20
Purchase	1,000	26.20
Purchase	6,635	26.20
Purchase	2,015	26.19
Purchase	2,650	26.19
Purchase	400	26.19
Purchase	1,000	26.19
Purchase	203	26.19
Purchase	1,000	26.18
Purchase	205	26.18
Purchase	15	26.18
Purchase	500	26.17
Purchase	2,610	26.16
Purchase	1,741	26.15
Purchase	572	26.14
Purchase	160	26.11
Purchase	6,033	25.95
Purchase	1,647	25.95
Purchase	1,260	25.96
Purchase	340	25.96
Purchase	3,751	25.96
Purchase	98,913	26.00
Purchase	1,087	26.00
Purchase	4,116	25.99
Purchase	640	26.00
Purchase	1,000	26.00
Purchase	1,000	26.00
Purchase	400	26.00
Purchase	1,076	26.00
Purchase	401	25.95
Purchase	160	25.95
Purchase	1,000	25.95
Purchase	270	25.95
Purchase	638	25.95
Purchase	2,199	25.93
Purchase	4,116	25.82
Purchase	214	25.81
Purchase	580	25.81
Purchase	100	25.81
Purchase	89	25.81
Purchase	3,133	25.81
Purchase	1,451	25.81
Purchase	3,900	25.81
Purchase	849	25.81
Purchase	300	25.81
Purchase	2,770	25.81
Purchase	21	25.81
Purchase	92	25.81
Purchase	84	25.81
Purchase	103	25.81
Purchase	616	25.81
Purchase	119	25.81
Purchase	616	25.81
Purchase	2,662	25.81
Purchase	150	25.85
Purchase	49	25.89
Purchase	151	25.89
Purchase	120	25.79
Purchase	1,362	25.55
Purchase	20,000	25.55
Purchase	2,488	25.55
Purchase	10,000	25.55
Purchase	10,000	25.55
Purchase	250	25.55
Purchase	2,810	25.55
Purchase	442	25.55
Purchase	372	25.55
Purchase	242	25.54
Purchase	1,320	25.53
Purchase	7	25.52
Purchase	165	25.51
Purchase	542	25.51
Purchase	7,500	25.62
Purchase	7	25.62
Purchase	9,498	25.62
Purchase	2	25.62
Purchase	500	25.62
Purchase	600	25.62
Purchase	1,250	25.62
Purchase	5	25.62
Purchase	638	25.61
Purchase	3,393	25.68
Purchase	7	25.68
Purchase	10,000	25.68
Purchase	758	25.68
Purchase	90	25.68
Purchase	30	25.67
Purchase	722	25.66
Purchase	800	25.73
Purchase	42	25.73
Purchase	207,592	24.59
Purchase	103,796	24.59
Purchase	250,000	30.39
Purchase	50,000	24.52
Purchase	250,000	24.76
Sale	-10	26.30
Sale	-10	25.93
Sale	-7,007	26.49
Sale	-500	26.49
Sale	-3,000	26.49
Sale	-1,000	26.49
Sale	-38,493	26.49
Sale	-5,494	26.49
Sale	-9,315	26.49
Sale	-210	26.49
Sale	-8,077	26.49
Sale	-437	26.49
Sale	-10,444	26.49
Sale	-27,109	26.49
Sale	-22,891	26.49
Sale	-4,768	26.30
Sale	-5	26.29
Sale	-16	26.30
Sale	-300	26.30
Sale	-200	26.30
Sale	-1,109	26.30
Sale	-500	26.30
Sale	-7,000	26.30
Sale	-300	26.30
Sale	-1,000	26.30
Sale	-40	26.30
Sale	-780	26.31
Sale	-5	26.23
Sale	-10	26.29
Sale	-10	26.35
Sale	-5	26.19
Sale	-5	26.08
Sale	-10	26.04
Sale	-1,726	25.90
Sale	-11	25.90
Sale	-577	25.91
Sale	-34	25.91
Sale	-1,088	25.91
Sale	-270	26.00
Sale	-204	26.00
Sale	-1,000	26.00
Sale	-500	26.00
Sale	-25,230	26.00
Sale	-29,941	26.00
Sale	-1,000	26.00
Sale	-42	26.00
Sale	-1,900	26.01
Sale	-45	26.01
Sale	-1,173	26.01
Sale	-785	26.01
Sale	-56	26.01
Sale	-173	26.01
Sale	-200	26.01
Sale	-302	26.02
Sale	-1,145	26.02
Sale	-358	26.03
Sale	-16,338	26.03
Sale	-11,118	26.03
Sale	-11	26.03
Sale	-10	25.90
Sale	-30	25.85
Sale	-250,000	30.37
Sale	-5,000	25.55

TOTAL BUYS:2198335

TOTAL SELLS: 500327

(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)

Product name, e.g. CFD	Long/short (Note 5)	Number of securities (Note 6)	Price per unit (Note 4)

(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Product name,e.g. call option	Writing, selling, purchasing, varying etc.	Number of securities to which the option relates (Note 6)	Exercise price	Type, e.g. American, European etc.	Expiry date	Option money 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 relating to the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option referred to on this form or relating to the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative referred to on this form is referenced. If none, this should be stated.

Is a Supplemental Form 38.5(b) attached? (Note 8) No

Date of disclosure	21-10-2008
Contact name	Simon Crawley;
Telephone number	44 20 7888 0241
Name of offeree/offeror with which connected	Rio Tinto Plc
Nature of connection (Note 9)	ADVISOR

Notes

The Notes on Form 38.5(b) can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.

This information is provided by RNS

The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

END

EMMILFFIIRLLFIT

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