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EPT Disclosure

31st Oct 2008 16:55

RNS Number : 2263H

BNP Paribas London

31 October 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	BNP PARIBAS ARBITRAGE SNC
Company dealt in	RIO TINTO PLC
Class of relevant security to which the dealings being disclosed relate (Note 1)	Ordinary shares
Date of dealing	30 October 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	3,230,997 0.32%
(2) Derivatives (other than options)
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell
Total	3,230,997 0.32%

(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

Rights to subscribe (Note 2)

Class of relevant security:

Details

3. DEALINGS (Note 3)

(a) Purchases and sales

Purchases	Quantity	Price
	205	29.40
	305	29.39
	1	29.36
	458	29.35
	3812	29.33
	60	29.32
	758	29.26
	921	29.24
	424	29.23
	801	29.22
	306	29.15
	370	29.13
	1050	29.12
	3222	29.11
	306	29.10
	613	29.09
	2331	29.08
	366	29.06
	194	29.04
	167	29.01
	833	29.00
	815	28.98
	1200	28.95
	653	28.92
	684	28.91
	293	28.90
	2650	28.89
	880	28.88
	794	28.87
	546	28.82
	1820	28.81
	2963	28.80
	642	28.79
	1718	28.78
	1342	28.76
	1212	28.75
	179	28.74
	650	28.73
	2666	28.72
	1298	28.71
	908	28.70
	2990	28.69
	663	28.68
	470	28.67
	1716	28.65
	187	28.64
	1004	28.63
	819	28.62
	675	28.61
	1773	28.60
	408	28.57
	126	28.56
	1757	28.52
	581	28.51
	3788	28.50
	830	28.49
	948	28.48
	830	28.46
	6277	28.45
	997	28.43
	826	28.42
	2049	28.41
	393	28.40
	1100	28.39
	135	28.37
	324	28.36
	100	28.35
	593	28.33
	362	28.31
	300	28.30
	331	28.29
	390	28.27
	1399	28.26
	2712	28.25
	736	28.24
	1744	28.23
	336	28.22
	306	28.20
	728	28.19
	790	28.18
	216	28.17
	1540	28.16
	2913	28.15
	1326	28.14
	3442	28.13
	625	28.12
	1981	28.11
	1455	28.10
	1838	28.09
	16977	28.09
	594	28.08
	3153	28.07
	200	28.06
	4823	28.05
	592	28.04
	1214	28.03
	2394	28.02
	306	28.01
	3007	28.00
	61	27.99
	470	27.98
	382	27.97
	594	27.96
	1391	27.95
	594	27.93
	1247	27.92
	1000	27.91
	198	27.87
	594	27.85
	594	27.84
	209	27.79
	593	27.75
	592	27.68
	6944	27.66
	455	27.63
	713	27.62
	760	27.61
	4	27.59
	300	27.54
	200	27.53
	376	27.50
	276	27.47
	673	27.42
	256	27.40
	143	27.39
	2751	27.38
	64	27.35
	754	27.34
	593	27.32
	582	27.31
	1340	27.30
	660	27.29
	831	27.27
	800	27.26
	594	27.23
	908	27.20
	927	27.19
	2797	27.18
	948	27.17
	1466	27.15
	323	27.14
	1557	27.13
	874	27.11
	644	27.10
	720	27.09
	1205	27.08
	1343	27.07
	691	27.05
	300	27.04
	1103	27.00
	1154	26.96
	74	26.95
	4273	26.94
	1130	26.92
	73	26.91
	7455	26.85
	1316	26.84
	256	26.82
	630	26.81
	342	26.80
Total:	193,602
Sales	Quantity	Price
	-1391	29.46
	-694	29.43
	-3780	29.42
	-2641	29.41
	-1035	29.36
	-2531	29.35
	-1088	29.34
	-1636	29.30
	-1455	29.29
	-1879	29.18
	-306	29.15
	-582	29.14
	-655	29.13
	-950	29.11
	-265	29.10
	-136	29.09
	-1157	29.08
	-225	29.07
	-3102	29.06
	-4923	29.05
	-6112	29.04
	-3777	29.03
	-5667	29.02
	-552	29.01
	-5166	29.00
	-3122	28.99
	-1389	28.98
	-1555	28.94
	-500	28.93
	-746	28.92
	-1104	28.90
	-757	28.88
	-71	28.87
	-116	28.84
	-1222	28.82
	-1045	28.81
	-2063	28.80
	-373	28.79
	-1234	28.78
	-1348	28.77
	-114	28.75
	-1413	28.69
	-707	28.68
	-2880	28.65
	-315	28.64
	-306	28.63
	-300	28.62
	-4130	28.61
	-3129	28.60
	-3183	28.59
	-1964	28.58
	-1476	28.57
	-575	28.56
	-1620	28.55
	-7249	28.54
	-249	28.53
	-219	28.52
	-2659	28.51
	-8699	28.50
	-1111	28.49
	-355	28.45
	-557	28.44
	-404	28.40
	-2000	28.35
	-965	28.34
	-2357	28.33
	-1010	28.32
	-3223	28.31
	-887	28.30
	-12097	28.28
	-310	28.26
	-166	28.25
	-1348	28.22
	-202	28.21
	-3338	28.20
	-13239	28.19
	-1016	28.18
	-2532	28.17
	-879	28.16
	-9348	28.15
	-3283	28.14
	-1420	28.13
	-5089	28.12
	-2432	28.11
	-1088	28.10
	-306	28.08
	-130	28.05
	-1604	28.04
	-458	28.02
	-522	28.00
	-11	27.99
	-177	27.98
	-823	27.95
	-547	27.94
	-1165	27.90
	-175	27.83
	-812	27.82
	-1179	27.81
	-142	27.80
	-455	27.75
	-46	27.73
	-24859	27.66
	-306	27.51
	-64	27.46
	-727	27.41
	-300	27.40
	-63	27.39
	-1725	27.37
	-6977	27.35
	-75	27.31
	-664	27.30
	-600	27.26
	-645	27.12
	-50	27.07
	-407	27.00
	-600	26.98
	-1150	26.95
	-193	26.93
	-127	26.88
	-234	26.85
	-366	26.84
	-600	26.83
	-872	26.82
	-900	26.81
	-135	26.80
	-615	26.74
	-600	26.72
	-59	26.69
	-600	26.67
Total:	- 233,258

(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.

None

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

Date of disclosure	31 October 2008
Contact name	Neil Kober
Telephone number	020 7595 4821
Name of offeree/offeror with which connected	BHP Billiton
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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