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Macquarie Group Limited02 May 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 Macquarie Bank Limited Company dealt in BHP Billiton Plc Class of relevant security to which the Ordinary shares ISIN: GB0000566504dealings being disclosed relate (Note 1) Date of dealing 01 May 2008 2. INTERESTS, SHORT POSITIONS AND RIGHTS TO SUBSCRIBE (a) Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class ofrelevant security dealt in (Note 2) Long Short Number (%) Number (%) (1) Relevant securities 3,267,273 0.14% (2) Derivatives (other than options) (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell Total 3,267,273 0.14% (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 (c) Rights to subscribe (Note 2) Class of relevant security: Details 3. DEALINGS (Note 3) (a) Purchases and sales See Annexure A (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options) Product name, Long/short (Note 5) Number of securities (Note 6) Price per unit (Note 4) e.g. CFD (c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities (i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying Product name, Writing, selling, Number of securities Exercise Type, e.g. Expiry Option money purchasing, to which the option American,e.g. call option varying etc. relates (Note 6) price European etc. date 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) Quantity Price per unit (if applicable) (Note 4) Collateral Received 210,000 N/A 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 relatingto the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option referred to on this form or relating to the votingrights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative referred to on this form isreferenced. If none, this should be stated. Is a Supplemental Form 38.5(b) attached? (Note 8) YES Date of disclosure 2 May 2008 Contact name Johanna Uy Telephone number +44 (0) 2030374339 Name of offeree/offeror with which connected Rio Tinto Plc Nature of connection (Note 9) Connected principal trader Notes The Notes on Form 38.5(b) can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website atwww.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk Annexure A B = 279579 S = -277871 Buy Sell Exec Quantity Exec Price BUY 92.00 18.30 BUY 241.00 18.30 BUY 650.00 18.30 BUY 1300.00 18.29 BUY 3075.00 18.30 BUY 720.00 18.30 BUY 93.00 18.30 BUY 7298.00 18.30 BUY 94.00 18.30 BUY 608.00 18.30 BUY 106.00 18.30 BUY 120.00 18.30 BUY 38.00 18.30 BUY 800.00 18.30 BUY 600.00 18.30 BUY 176.00 18.30 BUY 2982.00 18.30 BUY 433.00 18.30 BUY 90.00 18.30 BUY 640.00 18.30 BUY 55.00 18.28 BUY 1302.00 18.28 BUY 4360.00 18.30 BUY 640.00 18.30 BUY 128.00 18.30 BUY 2420.00 18.30 BUY 2500.00 18.30 BUY 714.00 18.30 BUY 1420.00 18.30 BUY 1649.00 18.30 BUY 2513.00 18.30 BUY 1300.00 18.30 BUY 1300.00 18.30 BUY 2000.00 18.30 BUY 406.00 18.30 BUY 523.00 18.29 BUY 1526.00 18.29 BUY 451.00 18.29 BUY 249.00 18.29 BUY 500.00 18.29 BUY 3751.00 18.29 BUY 1906.00 18.29 BUY 720.00 18.29 BUY 2005.00 18.29 BUY 1300.00 18.29 BUY 650.00 18.29 BUY 619.00 18.29 BUY 55.00 18.28 BUY 151.00 18.28 BUY 559.00 18.28 BUY 699.00 18.28 BUY 500.00 18.28 BUY 281.00 18.28 BUY 127.00 18.28 BUY 1045.00 18.28 BUY 80475.00 17.87 BUY 14400.00 17.88 BUY 10019.00 18.70 BUY 114205.00 18.62 SELL -79473.00 00.01 SELL -500.00 18.30 SELL -200.00 18.31 SELL -480.00 18.27 SELL -3502.00 18.30 SELL -5000.00 18.30 SELL -12800.00 18.30 SELL -648.00 18.30 SELL -650.00 18.30 SELL -1300.00 18.30 SELL -1300.00 18.30 SELL -1660.00 18.30 SELL -640.00 18.30 SELL -2000.00 18.30 SELL -7710.00 18.31 SELL -500.00 18.31 SELL -650.00 18.31 SELL -640.00 18.31 SELL -2000.00 18.31 SELL -500.00 18.31 SELL -500.00 18.31 SELL -300.00 18.31 SELL -759.00 18.31 SELL -10000.00 18.31 SELL -500.00 18.31 SELL -358.00 18.32 SELL -1419.00 18.33 SELL -1000.00 18.33 SELL -500.00 18.33 SELL -2464.00 18.33 SELL -1100.00 18.60 SELL -2783.00 18.60 SELL -1200.00 18.60 SELL -4917.00 18.60 SELL -110.00 18.60 SELL -7000.00 18.60 SELL -445.00 18.60 SELL -2445.00 18.60 SELL -221.00 18.60 SELL -1100.00 18.60 SELL -5202.00 18.60 SELL -7152.00 18.60 SELL -93167.00 00.01 SELL -10019.00 18.15 SELL -1057.00 18.62 00.00 OTC sale to custodian at market. Total 1708.00 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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