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EPT Disclosure

7th Nov 2008 18:23

RNS Number : 7671H

BNP Paribas London

07 November 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	06 November 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	3,905,932 0.35%
(2) Derivatives (other than options)
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell
Total	3,905,932 0.35%

(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
	1150	28.45
	602	28.42
	876	28.34
	752	28.31
	872	28.30
	167	28.23
	287	28.13
	1095	28.10
	332	28.09
	2200	28.07
	113	28.04
	65	28.00
	1877	27.96
	735	27.95
	1931	27.91
	407	27.90
	598	27.89
	2024	27.88
	132	27.87
	2869	27.84
	3195	27.83
	2871	27.82
	619	27.76
	270	27.75
	1160	27.70
	367	27.69
	1009	27.68
	192	27.67
	109	27.65
	300	27.64
	40	27.63
	1177	27.62
	790	27.60
	29	27.59
	1156	27.58
	376	27.57
	400	27.56
	2589	27.51
	3819	27.50
	679	27.49
	50	27.48
	900	27.47
	1464	27.46
	400	27.45
	2000	27.44
	2176	27.43
	2118	27.42
	851	27.38
	3217	27.37
	900	27.35
	660	27.34
	667	27.33
	5338	27.31
	2101	27.30
	1678	27.29
	1018	27.28
	967	27.27
	2542	27.26
	1256	27.25
	1713	27.23
	937	27.22
	1289	27.21
	2498	27.20
	1306	27.19
	897	27.18
	1440	27.17
	3181	27.16
	629	27.15
	285	27.14
	590	27.13
	1581	27.12
	1813	27.11
	2817	27.10
	14	27.09
	2012	27.08
	381	27.07
	300	27.06
	193	27.05
	3148	27.04
	1845	27.03
	1493	27.02
	543	27.01
	1751	27.00
	132	26.98
	788	26.97
	3758	26.96
	2384	26.95
	1870	26.94
	74	26.93
	642	26.92
	1895	26.91
	2173	26.90
	384	26.89
	2916	26.88
	4761	26.87
	1012	26.86
	1084	26.85
	576	26.84
	1287	26.83
	1630	26.82
	1625	26.81
	702	26.80
	100	26.79
	963	26.78
	868	26.75
	451	26.74
	2757	26.73
	326	26.72
	2137	26.71
	874	26.70
	409	26.69
	1323	26.68
	3046	26.67
	1523	26.66
	124	26.65
	1765	26.63
	200	26.61
	2834	26.60
	4709	26.59
	390	26.58
	460	26.57
	623	26.56
	2794	26.55
	264	26.54
	2400	26.53
	1178	26.52
	3482	26.50
	500	26.49
	1332	26.47
	1703	26.46
	668	26.45
	311	26.44
	931	26.43
	946	26.42
	1191	26.40
	322	26.39
	1549	26.38
	209	26.37
	821	26.36
	111	26.35
	279	26.34
	303	26.33
	219	26.32
	103939	26.31
	295	26.30
	251	26.29
	560	26.25
	58	26.20
	343	26.19
	220	26.17
	295	26.16
	4023	26.13
	22	25.98
	100	25.91
	208	25.90
	1585	25.88
	66	25.87
	3093	25.85
	295	25.70
	705	25.66
	1470	25.65
	2415	25.64
	1810	25.63
	150	25.62
	2305	25.61
	295	25.60
	297	25.59
	575	25.58
	121	25.57
	150	25.56
	466	25.54
	2175	25.53
	165	25.52
	159	25.51
	146	25.50
	153	25.48
	5195	25.47
	125	25.46
	910	25.45
	1351	25.44
	9858	25.42
	1120	25.41
	1943	25.40
	5965	25.39
	4153	25.38
	6087	25.37
	3555	25.36
	2074	25.35
	2805	25.34
	2113	25.33
	1210	25.32
	3020	25.31
	1006	25.30
	1180	25.29
	127	25.28
	1309	25.27
	1622	25.26
	165	25.25
	5924	25.24
	2880	25.23
	675	25.22
	465	25.21
	795	25.20
	1050	25.19
	795	25.18
	90	25.16
	112	25.15
	135	25.10
	109951	25.06
Total:	488,953

Sales	Quantity	Price
	-217	28.39
	-200	28.33
	-1019	28.32
	-347	28.31
	-1370	28.30
	-507	28.29
	-425	28.17
	-1831	28.15
	-299	28.12
	-600	28.08
	-600	28.07
	-400	28.06
	-199	28.03
	-300	28.02
	-7318	28.00
	-367	27.99
	-348	27.98
	-2919	27.96
	-300	27.93
	-1113	27.92
	-3676	27.91
	-500	27.90
	-1987	27.89
	-11188	27.88
	-20	27.87
	-1573	27.86
	-43	27.85
	-620	27.84
	-417	27.83
	-3322	27.82
	-864	27.81
	-295	27.79
	-166	27.77
	-619	27.75
	-270	27.74
	-56	27.71
	-268	27.69
	-109	27.66
	-295	27.65
	-295	27.62
	-240	27.61
	-100	27.60
	-177	27.59
	-1068	27.57
	-350	27.50
	-23	27.46
	-413	27.38
	-567	27.32
	-295	27.25
	-295	27.16
	-295	27.14
	-295	27.13
	-476	27.11
	-171	27.07
	-61	27.06
	-657	27.05
	-400	27.04
	-1895	27.03
	-41800	27.00
	-918	26.99
	-2439	26.97
	-586	26.96
	-1176	26.95
	-2017	26.94
	-1514	26.91
	-1400	26.90
	-713	26.89
	-175	26.88
	-232	26.86
	-460	26.84
	-968	26.83
	-623	26.80
	-30	26.79
	-590	26.78
	-251	26.76
	-659	26.75
	-1286	26.74
	-1772	26.73
	-111	26.71
	-1139	26.70
	-2332	26.69
	-295	26.68
	-655	26.64
	-1400	26.62
	-355	26.61
	-4492	26.60
	-295	26.59
	-635	26.58
	-158	26.56
	-2447	26.54
	-300	26.53
	-295	26.51
	-1573	26.44
	-448	26.43
	-23	26.41
	-295	26.40
	-1433	26.39
	-295	26.36
	-850	26.35
	-303	26.34
	-38	26.33
	-57	26.27
	-548	26.26
	-274	26.23
	-315	26.19
	-295	26.18
	-220	26.17
	-241	26.16
	-160	26.13
	-295	26.04
	-1131	26.03
	-383	25.98
	-2170	25.89
	-1042	25.88
	-125	25.82
	-463	25.73
	-1648	25.68
	-419	25.66
	-200	25.63
	-295	25.61
	-295	25.58
	-100	25.52
	-384	25.49
	-295	25.48
	-164	25.47
	-295	25.43
	-4336	25.42
	-4698	25.41
	-7255	25.40
	-707	25.39
	-295	25.32
	-56	25.31
	-295	25.30
	-536	25.29
	-92	25.20
	-242	25.07
	-225670	25.06
Total:	- 390,812

(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	07 November 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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