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UBS AG (EPT)31 December 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 28 DECEMBER 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 8,731,925 0.39% 3,738,600 0.17%(2) Derivatives (other thanoptions)(3) Options and agreements topurchase/sellTotal 8,731,925 0.39% 3,738,600 0.17% (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 195 1550 pence PURCHASE 201 1550 PURCHASE 1000 1550 PURCHASE 112 1550 PURCHASE 138 1550 SALE 2100 1550 PURCHASE 2100 1550 SALE 6447 1551 PURCHASE 2539 1552 SALE 713 1552 PURCHASE 1500 1552 PURCHASE 112 1552 PURCHASE 83 1552 SALE 683 1553 SALE 900 1553 SALE 17 1553 PURCHASE 1500 1553 PURCHASE 317 1553 PURCHASE 1212 1553 PURCHASE 1600 1554 PURCHASE 3300 1554 PURCHASE 2900 1554 PURCHASE 2400 1554 PURCHASE 290 1554 PURCHASE 1915 1554 PURCHASE 478 1554 PURCHASE 917 1554 SALE 1200 1554 SALE 200 1554 PURCHASE 504 1554 SALE 785 1554 PURCHASE 112 1554 PURCHASE 671 1554 SALE 256 1554.5 SALE 209 1554.5 SALE 287 1555 SALE 543 1555 SALE 2100 1555 SALE 2000 1555 PURCHASE 1186 1555 SALE 381 1555 SALE 1643 1555 SALE 776 1555 SALE 800 1555 PURCHASE 189 1555 PURCHASE 800 1555 SALE 1123 1555 SALE 1977 1555 SALE 2100 1555 PURCHASE 142 1555 PURCHASE 114 1555 PURCHASE 900 1555 PURCHASE 4800 1555 PURCHASE 1292 1555 SALE 400 1555 SALE 1344 1555 SALE 990 1555 SALE 1599 1555 SALE 2000 1555 SALE 307 1555 PURCHASE 490 1555 PURCHASE 100 1555 PURCHASE 129 1555 PURCHASE 2038 1555 SALE 160 1555 SALE 1200 1555 SALE 776 1555 SALE 1770 1555 SALE 220 1555 PURCHASE 1000 1556 PURCHASE 3700 1556 PURCHASE 266 1556 SALE 325 1556 SALE 308 1556 SALE 400 1556 SALE 1400 1556 PURCHASE 1400 1556 SALE 2200 1556 SALE 1590 1556 PURCHASE 500 1556 SALE 794 1556 SALE 292 1556 SALE 219 1556 SALE 808 1556 PURCHASE 500 1557 SALE 8522 1557 SALE 357 1557 PURCHASE 1379 1557 PURCHASE 300 1557 PURCHASE 110 1557 PURCHASE 182 1557 SALE 652 1557 PURCHASE 1000 1557 PURCHASE 800 1557 PURCHASE 3499 1557 PURCHASE 833 1557 PURCHASE 147 1557 PURCHASE 61 1557 PURCHASE 52 1557 SALE 1186 1557 SALE 397 1557.5 PURCHASE 452 1558 PURCHASE 200 1558 PURCHASE 1200 1558 PURCHASE 900 1558 PURCHASE 173 1558 PURCHASE 100 1558 SALE 100 1558 SALE 240 1558 SALE 432 1558 SALE 28 1558 SALE 147 1558 SALE 65 1558 PURCHASE 200 1558 PURCHASE 3400 1558 PURCHASE 1000 1558 PURCHASE 2000 1558 PURCHASE 1100 1558 PURCHASE 700 1558 PURCHASE 500 1558 PURCHASE 48 1558 PURCHASE 1200 1558 PURCHASE 140 1558 PURCHASE 200 1558 SALE 116 1558 SALE 148 1558 SALE 229 1558 SALE 600 1558 PURCHASE 109 1558 PURCHASE 474 1558 PURCHASE 446 1559 PURCHASE 253 1559 SALE 300 1559 SALE 1400 1559 SALE 2000 1559 SALE 483 1559 SALE 17 1559 SALE 1293 1559 PURCHASE 3342 1559 PURCHASE 611 1559 PURCHASE 240 1560 SALE 100 1560 SALE 162 1560 SALE 300 1560 SALE 238 1560 SALE 600 1560 PURCHASE 1000 1560 PURCHASE 743 1561 PURCHASE 294 1561 PURCHASE 428 1561 SALE 271 1561 SALE 777 1561 SALE 693 1561 SALE 500 1561 SALE 1359 1561 SALE 1025 1561 SALE 1005 1561 SALE 267 1561 SALE 782 1561 SALE 1073 1561 SALE 936 1561 SALE 761 1561 SALE 1073 1561 SALE 612 1561 SALE 1073 1561 SALE 373 1561 SALE 154 1561 SALE 264 1561 SALE 1073 1561 SALE 482 1561 PURCHASE 309 1562 PURCHASE 631 1562 PURCHASE 560 1562 PURCHASE 1165 1562 PURCHASE 349 1562 SALE 703 1562 SALE 400 1562 SALE 500 1562 PURCHASE 500 1562 SALE 2125 1562 SALE 710 1562 SALE 500 1562 SALE 438 1562 SALE 252 1562 PURCHASE 443 1562 PURCHASE 112 1562 SALE 438 1562 SALE 1352 1563 PURCHASE 3668 1563 SALE 224 1563 SALE 1000 1563 SALE 1000 1563 SALE 1000 1563 SALE 1200 1563 SALE 500 1563 PURCHASE 751 1563 PURCHASE 1000 1563 SALE 1372 1563 SALE 500 1563 SALE 804 1563 SALE 607 1563 PURCHASE 412 1563 PURCHASE 100 1563 SALE 187 1563 SALE 360 1563 PURCHASE 274 1564 PURCHASE 641 1564 PURCHASE 641 1564 PURCHASE 400 1564 SALE 945 1564 SALE 182 1564 SALE 400 1564 SALE 2800 1564 PURCHASE 1000 1564 SALE 1802 1564 SALE 268 1564 SALE 2000 1564 SALE 29 1564 SALE 1448 1564 SALE 2200 1564 SALE 317 1564 SALE 1269 1565 PURCHASE 1700 1565 PURCHASE 55 1565 SALE 1229 1565 PURCHASE 1000 1565 PURCHASE 500 1565 SALE 37 1565 PURCHASE 600 1565 PURCHASE 1500 1565 PURCHASE 49 1565 PURCHASE 335 1565 PURCHASE 469 1566 PURCHASE 1192 1566 PURCHASE 2600 1566 PURCHASE 13 1566 PURCHASE 368 1566 PURCHASE 1000 1566 SALE 56 1566 SALE 500 1566 PURCHASE 1300 1566 PURCHASE 1000 1566 PURCHASE 242 1566 PURCHASE 139 1566 PURCHASE 100 1566 PURCHASE 100 1566 PURCHASE 500 1566 SALE 25 1566.5 SALE 1374 1567 SALE 1000 1567 SALE 1355 1567 SALE 200 1567 SALE 738 1567 SALE 1245 1567 PURCHASE 374 1567 PURCHASE 474 1567 SALE 319 1567 SALE 1000 1567 SALE 500 1567 SALE 300 1567 SALE 1592 1567 SALE 750 1567 SALE 408 1567 SALE 720 1567 SALE 480 1567 PURCHASE 1000 1567 PURCHASE 2207 1567 SALE 19 1567 PURCHASE 1500 1567 SALE 729 1568 SALE 978 1568 SALE 124 1568 PURCHASE 1438 1568 SALE 210 1568 SALE 255 1568 PURCHASE 1023 1568 PURCHASE 940 1568 PURCHASE 1000 1568 PURCHASE 4437 1568 PURCHASE 2677 1568 PURCHASE 297 1568 PURCHASE 500 1568 SALE 31 1568.5 PURCHASE 403 1569 SALE 1066 1569 SALE 355 1569 PURCHASE 554 1569 PURCHASE 360 1569 SALE 1290 1569 SALE 22 1569 PURCHASE 23 1569 PURCHASE 500 1569 SALE 326 1570 SALE 473 1570 PURCHASE 75 1570 PURCHASE 208 1570 PURCHASE 531 1570 PURCHASE 71 1570 SALE 1500 1570 PURCHASE 1568 1570 PURCHASE 516 1570 PURCHASE 100 1570 SALE 200 1571 SALE 1758 1571 PURCHASE 148 1571 PURCHASE 500 1571 SALE 21 1571 SALE 20 1571 SALE 802 1571 SALE 936 1571 SALE 430 1571 SALE 277 1571 PURCHASE 699 1571 SALE 15 1571.5 PURCHASE 762 1572 SALE 861 1572 SALE 1204 1572 SALE 371 1572 PURCHASE 1458 1572 SALE 572 1572 SALE 83 1572 SALE 672 1572 PURCHASE 2541 1572 PURCHASE 86 1572 PURCHASE 1437 1572 SALE 594 1572 SALE 400 1572 SALE 33 1572 PURCHASE 2559 1572 PURCHASE 106 1572 PURCHASE 1097 1572 SALE 905 1572 SALE 439 1572 SALE 692 1572 SALE 19 1572.5 SALE 1000 1573 PURCHASE 172 1573 PURCHASE 2635 1573 PURCHASE 413 1573 SALE 26 1573 SALE 44 1573 SALE 13 1573 SALE 682 1573 SALE 632 1573 SALE 931 1573 SALE 2205 1573 SALE 500 1573 SALE 3 1573.5 SALE 19 1573.5 SALE 17 1573.5 PURCHASE 2976 1574 PURCHASE 156 1574 PURCHASE 727 1574 SALE 2507 1574 SALE 16 1574 SALE 14 1574 SALE 1229 1574 SALE 13 1574 SALE 21 1574 PURCHASE 449 1574 PURCHASE 200 1574 PURCHASE 1500 1574 PURCHASE 1200 1574 PURCHASE 60 1574 PURCHASE 4759 1574 PURCHASE 1534 1574 SALE 20 1574.5 SALE 14 1574.5 SALE 561 1575 SALE 135 1575 SALE 22 1575 SALE 1603 1575 PURCHASE 200 1575 PURCHASE 2000 1575 PURCHASE 100 1575 SALE 14 1575 SALE 3622 1575 SALE 405 1575 SALE 95 1575 SALE 707 1575 SALE 3812 1575 SALE 19 1575.5 SALE 18 1575.5 SALE 12 1575.5 SALE 8 1575.5 SALE 1000 1576 PURCHASE 283 1576 PURCHASE 300 1576 PURCHASE 103 1576 PURCHASE 531 1576 SALE 41 1576 PURCHASE 1171 1576 SALE 1870 1576 PURCHASE 2800 1576 PURCHASE 476 1576 SALE 19 1576.5 SALE 8 1576.5 PURCHASE 1006 1577 PURCHASE 1000 1577 PURCHASE 154 1577 SALE 1444 1577 SALE 500 1577 SALE 745 1577 SALE 788 1577 SALE 1002 1577 PURCHASE 150 1577 PURCHASE 885 1577 SALE 2800 1577 SALE 500 1577 SALE 15 1577 PURCHASE 1578 1577 PURCHASE 500 1577 PURCHASE 1000 1577 PURCHASE 1379 1577 PURCHASE 50 1577 SALE 1406 1578 SALE 49 1578 SALE 1449 1578 SALE 32 1578 PURCHASE 223 1578 PURCHASE 170 1578 PURCHASE 102 1578 PURCHASE 507 1578 SALE 512 1579 SALE 3662 1579 SALE 673 1580 TOTAL PURCHASES 170,794 TOTAL SALES 182,803 (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 31 DECEMBER 2007Contact name NIMISHA SACHDEVTelephone number 020 7568 9289Name 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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