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EPT Disclosure

5th Sep 2008 11:03

RNS Number : 8275C

Credit Suisse Equities (Australia)

05 September 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	04-09-2008

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			21,176,549	0.631
(2) Derivatives (other than options)
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell
Total			21,176,549	0.631

(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	13,900	37.11
Purchase	200	37.29
Purchase	8,098	37.35
Purchase	67	37.35
Purchase	1	37.35
Purchase	1	37.35
Purchase	1	37.35
Purchase	1	37.35
Purchase	99	37.35
Purchase	11,392	37.35
Purchase	340	37.35
Purchase	3,000	37.28
Purchase	23,886	37.40
Purchase	19	37.40
Purchase	290	37.40
Purchase	1,879	37.38
Purchase	286	37.40
Purchase	100	37.38
Purchase	34	37.39
Purchase	175	37.38
Purchase	78	37.42
Purchase	19,815	37.42
Purchase	502	37.40
Purchase	35	37.40
Purchase	225	37.40
Purchase	297	37.40
Purchase	295	37.40
Purchase	372	37.40
Purchase	6	37.40
Purchase	360	37.40
Purchase	1,300	37.39
Purchase	790	37.39
Purchase	35	37.39
Purchase	740	37.38
Purchase	825	37.38
Purchase	315	37.39
Purchase	35	37.38
Purchase	790	37.38
Purchase	9	37.38
Purchase	1,500	37.38
Purchase	501	37.38
Purchase	473	37.38
Purchase	306	37.38
Purchase	68	37.38
Purchase	12,283	37.40
Purchase	200	37.71
Purchase	1,269	37.40
Purchase	925	37.48
Purchase	6,999	37.48
Purchase	1,371	37.47
Purchase	1,629	37.47
Purchase	79	37.50
Purchase	89	37.50
Purchase	1,300	37.50
Purchase	710	37.50
Purchase	1,194	37.50
Purchase	704	37.50
Purchase	1	37.48
Purchase	1	37.48
Purchase	4,591	37.48
Purchase	1	37.48
Purchase	150	37.48
Purchase	179	37.48
Purchase	79	37.48
Purchase	977	37.59
Purchase	900	37.59
Purchase	2,220	37.59
Purchase	2,792	37.71
Purchase	9	37.71
Purchase	216	37.71
Purchase	158	37.71
Purchase	100	37.71
Purchase	849	37.70
Purchase	876	37.70
Purchase	193	37.70
Purchase	1,177	37.70
Purchase	600	37.70
Purchase	1,015	37.70
Purchase	12	37.70
Purchase	2,003	37.69
Purchase	4,210	37.77
Purchase	790	37.77
Purchase	658	37.80
Purchase	25	37.80
Purchase	1,317	37.80
Purchase	2,000	37.80
Purchase	557	37.80
Purchase	37	37.80
Purchase	1,000	37.80
Purchase	8,406	37.80
Purchase	1,420	37.82
Purchase	2,000	37.82
Purchase	790	37.82
Purchase	790	37.82
Purchase	10,000	37.82
Purchase	1,801	37.82
Purchase	8,199	37.82
Purchase	600	37.82
Purchase	322	37.82
Purchase	100	37.82
Purchase	995	37.82
Purchase	522	37.82
Purchase	1,197	37.82
Purchase	615	37.80
Purchase	292	37.80
Purchase	4,000	37.80
Purchase	93	37.80
Purchase	500	37.79
Purchase	1,300	37.79
Purchase	27	37.79
Purchase	41	37.79
Purchase	500	37.80
Purchase	371	37.77
Purchase	3,780	37.77
Purchase	1,764	37.76
Purchase	248	37.76
Purchase	224	37.76
Purchase	1,324	37.76
Purchase	2,537	37.76
Purchase	4,622	37.88
Purchase	16	37.86
Purchase	300	37.86
Purchase	62	37.85
Purchase	1,602	37.58
Purchase	733	37.58
Purchase	16	37.58
Purchase	3,000	37.58
Purchase	1,000	37.58
Purchase	700	37.58
Purchase	2,000	37.58
Purchase	551	37.58
Purchase	9,145	37.50
Purchase	5,855	37.50
Purchase	157	37.50
Purchase	1	37.50
Purchase	500	37.50
Purchase	24	37.50
Purchase	840	37.50
Purchase	13,478	37.50
Purchase	4,272	37.50
Purchase	588	37.50
Purchase	300	37.50
Purchase	12	37.50
Purchase	24,100	37.50
Purchase	3,001	37.50
Purchase	4,184	37.50
Purchase	3,484	37.50
Purchase	897	37.49
Purchase	840	37.49
Purchase	19	37.49
Purchase	9,300	37.49
Purchase	45	37.50
Purchase	400	37.50
Purchase	5,000	37.50
Purchase	555	37.50
Purchase	8,273	37.50
Purchase	869	37.50
Purchase	-358	37.50
Purchase	358	37.50
Purchase	500	37.49
Purchase	869	37.50
Purchase	5,000	37.50
Purchase	10	37.50
Purchase	5,000	37.50
Purchase	3,721	37.50
Purchase	400	37.49
Purchase	3	37.41
Purchase	358	37.50
Sale	-20,000	37.35
Sale	-6,548	37.58
Sale	-20,000	37.48
Sale	-1	37.48
Sale	-74,900	37.85
Sale	71,000	37.84
Sale	-71,000	37.84
Sale	-32,000	37.52
Sale	-9,145	37.50
Sale	-5,855	37.50
Sale	-4,051	37.50
Sale	-5,155	37.50
Sale	-4,200	37.50
Sale	-398	37.50
Sale	-50,000	37.50
Sale	-3,001	37.50
Sale	-4,184	37.50
Sale	-400	37.50
Sale	-555	37.50
Sale	-32,000	37.42
Sale	-11,000	37.57
Sale	-1,250	37.58
Sale	-1,070	37.58
Sale	-132	37.58
Sale	-200	37.60
Sale	-35,142	37.60
Sale	-530	37.60
Sale	-5,000	37.60
Sale	-25	37.60
Sale	-49,700	37.60
Sale	-9,603	37.60
Sale	-3,105	37.60
Sale	-38,424	37.60
Sale	-1,915	37.60
Sale	-590	37.60
Sale	-1,570	37.60
Sale	-350	37.60
Sale	-5,000	37.60
Sale	-500	37.60
Sale	-300	37.60
Sale	-5,000	37.60
Sale	-34	37.60
Sale	-200	37.60
Sale	-139	37.61
Sale	-10,000	37.61
Sale	-265	37.61
Sale	-500	37.61
Sale	-28	37.63
Sale	-5,000	37.64
Sale	-5,452	37.64
Sale	-200	37.64
Sale	-2,000	37.65
Sale	-31	37.65
Sale	-482	37.65
Sale	-210	37.65
Sale	-18,268	37.65
Sale	-437	37.66
Sale	-798	37.65
Sale	-250	37.65
Sale	-548	37.65
Sale	-2,997	37.65
Sale	-82	37.69
Sale	-2,000	37.69
Sale	-1,000	37.69
Sale	-325	37.69
Sale	-4,234	37.54
Sale	-5,000	37.54
Sale	-200	37.54
Sale	-130	37.54
Sale	-200	37.54
Sale	-1,401	37.54
Sale	-135	37.54
Sale	-500	37.54
Sale	-500	37.54
Sale	-100	37.54
Sale	-6,730	37.50
Sale	-1,000	37.51
Sale	-329	37.50
Sale	-396	37.50
Sale	-504	37.50
Sale	-3	37.50
Sale	-2,057	37.50
Sale	-2,235	37.50
Sale	-729	37.50
Sale	-891	37.50
Sale	-1	37.50
Sale	-1,925	37.50
Sale	-2,094	37.50
Sale	-205	37.50
Sale	-295	37.50
Sale	-27	37.50
Sale	-31	37.50
Sale	-31	37.50
Sale	-28	37.50
Sale	-32	37.50
Sale	-7,232	37.50
Sale	-63	37.50
Sale	-272	37.51
Sale	-119	37.50
Sale	-3	37.50
Sale	-258	37.50
Sale	-480	37.51
Sale	-185	37.50
Sale	-10,000	37.50
Sale	-2,570	37.50
Sale	-12,260	37.50
Sale	-170	37.50
Sale	-146	37.50
Sale	-4,699	37.50
Sale	-51	37.50
Sale	-5	37.50
Sale	-2	37.50
Sale	-609	37.50
Sale	-3,751	37.50
Sale	-638	37.50
Sale	-25,000	39.91
Sale	-500,000	38.46
Sale	-9,222,661	37.95

TOTAL BUYS: 333,246

TOTAL SELLS: 10,317,162

(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	05-09-2008
Contact name	Simon Crawley / Carolyn Collins
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

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