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EPT Disclosure

2nd Oct 2008 11:49

RNS Number : 9343E

Credit Suisse Equities (Australia)

02 October 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	01-10-2008

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			3296044	0.098
(2) Derivatives (other than options)
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell
Total			3296044	0.098

(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	10,726	32.75
Purchase	73,056	32.75
Purchase	41,891	32.75
Purchase	340	32.40
Purchase	379	32.77
Purchase	695	32.77
Purchase	3,000	32.77
Purchase	926	32.77
Purchase	20	32.85
Purchase	16	32.83
Purchase	7	32.83
Purchase	14	32.83
Purchase	23	32.82
Purchase	2,950	32.80
Purchase	276	32.80
Purchase	9,774	32.80
Purchase	522	32.77
Purchase	58	32.77
Purchase	10,000	32.77
Purchase	420	32.76
Purchase	100	33.13
Purchase	50	32.86
Purchase	17,384	32.86
Purchase	423	32.86
Purchase	21	32.86
Purchase	12,172	32.86
Purchase	3,249	32.70
Purchase	1,751	32.70
Purchase	2,946	32.80
Purchase	150	32.80
Purchase	10,000	32.80
Purchase	1	32.80
Purchase	2,971	32.80
Purchase	15	32.79
Purchase	917	32.79
Purchase	8,000	32.87
Purchase	3,000	32.87
Purchase	7,903	32.95
Purchase	800	32.95
Purchase	1,000	32.95
Purchase	2,000	32.95
Purchase	300	32.95
Purchase	100	32.95
Purchase	3,000	32.95
Purchase	1,000	32.95
Purchase	400	32.95
Purchase	100	32.95
Purchase	5,000	32.95
Purchase	500	32.95
Purchase	500	32.95
Purchase	320	32.95
Purchase	1,037	32.95
Purchase	650	32.94
Purchase	390	32.93
Purchase	27	32.71
Purchase	13	32.71
Purchase	2,151	32.71
Purchase	27	32.71
Purchase	841	32.71
Purchase	3,000	32.71
Purchase	250	32.70
Purchase	731	32.70
Purchase	20	32.38
Purchase	5	32.52
Purchase	15	32.53
Purchase	20	32.37
Purchase	4,878	32.60
Purchase	365	32.60
Purchase	4,757	32.60
Purchase	4,390	32.64
Purchase	381	32.64
Purchase	5,029	32.64
Purchase	200	32.61
Purchase	416	32.67
Purchase	6,000	32.67
Purchase	3,093	32.67
Purchase	491	32.66
Purchase	1,388	32.67
Purchase	2,000	32.67
Purchase	200	32.67
Purchase	100	32.67
Purchase	400	32.67
Purchase	5,000	32.67
Purchase	336	32.66
Purchase	28	32.66
Purchase	548	32.66
Purchase	341	32.67
Purchase	3	32.67
Purchase	6	32.67
Purchase	4,650	32.67
Purchase	4,830	32.77
Purchase	136	32.77
Purchase	323	32.75
Purchase	9,711	32.75
Purchase	145	32.80
Purchase	1,000	32.80
Purchase	2,000	32.80
Purchase	5,000	32.80
Purchase	1,855	32.80
Purchase	10,227	32.80
Purchase	1,000	32.80
Purchase	500	32.80
Purchase	1,000	32.80
Purchase	309	32.80
Purchase	1,817	32.80
Purchase	147	32.79
Purchase	2,316	32.80
Purchase	2,658	32.80
Purchase	26	32.79
Purchase	2,922	32.78
Purchase	7,000	32.78
Purchase	48	32.78
Purchase	4,581	32.78
Purchase	5,000	32.78
Purchase	217	32.78
Purchase	5,000	32.78
Purchase	198	32.78
Purchase	3,448	32.79
Purchase	24	32.79
Purchase	2,323	32.80
Purchase	6,677	32.80
Purchase	7,000	32.79
Purchase	2,000	32.79
Purchase	100	32.79
Purchase	529	32.79
Purchase	5,000	32.79
Purchase	1,288	32.79
Purchase	5,611	32.78
Purchase	1,034	32.81
Purchase	2,543	32.85
Purchase	280	32.85
Purchase	6,469	32.85
Purchase	1,062	32.85
Purchase	50	32.85
Purchase	4,596	32.85
Purchase	938	32.86
Purchase	3,487	32.86
Purchase	26	32.86
Purchase	1,583	32.85
Purchase	10,000	32.81
Purchase	1,384	32.81
Purchase	100	32.81
Purchase	7	32.81
Purchase	475	32.81
Purchase	822	32.84
Purchase	162	32.84
Purchase	2,086	32.84
Purchase	1,000	32.84
Purchase	3,472	32.84
Purchase	2,000	32.84
Purchase	243	32.84
Purchase	62	32.84
Purchase	753	32.84
Purchase	1,400	32.83
Purchase	6,957	32.92
Purchase	100	32.92
Purchase	10,000	32.92
Purchase	4,600	32.92
Purchase	418	32.91
Purchase	57	32.91
Purchase	2,868	32.91
Purchase	3,861	32.90
Purchase	2,000	32.90
Purchase	300	32.90
Purchase	868	32.90
Purchase	63	32.90
Purchase	29	32.90
Purchase	6,095	32.90
Purchase	6	32.89
Purchase	1,778	32.89
Purchase	951	32.90
Purchase	1,000	32.90
Purchase	3,000	32.90
Purchase	254	32.90
Purchase	315	32.90
Purchase	2,000	32.90
Purchase	620	32.90
Purchase	300	32.90
Purchase	500	32.90
Purchase	500	32.90
Purchase	2,425	32.90
Purchase	60	32.89
Purchase	2,218	32.89
Purchase	48	32.88
Purchase	809	32.88
Purchase	10	32.86
Purchase	3,674	32.86
Purchase	103	32.86
Purchase	58	32.86
Purchase	10,000	32.86
Purchase	244	32.86
Purchase	7,000	32.86
Purchase	168	32.88
Purchase	110	32.88
Purchase	53	32.88
Purchase	9,569	32.88
Purchase	30	32.88
Purchase	19,000	32.89
Purchase	5,715	32.84
Purchase	173	32.84
Purchase	1	32.84
Purchase	500	32.84
Purchase	200	32.84
Purchase	800	32.84
Purchase	1,500	32.84
Purchase	2,855	32.84
Purchase	256	32.84
Purchase	801	32.83
Purchase	2,000	32.83
Purchase	171	32.83
Purchase	2,000	32.83
Purchase	37	32.83
Purchase	2,000	32.83
Purchase	471	32.83
Purchase	2,000	32.83
Purchase	160	32.83
Purchase	575	32.86
Purchase	20,000	32.86
Purchase	299	32.86
Purchase	90	32.85
Purchase	36	32.85
Purchase	4,000	32.83
Purchase	54	32.83
Purchase	306	32.83
Purchase	7,000	32.83
Purchase	2,811	32.74
Purchase	5,056	32.74
Purchase	5,000	32.74
Purchase	340	32.74
Purchase	285	32.74
Purchase	4,319	32.74
Purchase	3,000	32.74
Purchase	4,446	32.77
Purchase	144	32.77
Purchase	410	32.77
Purchase	505	32.86
Purchase	149	32.86
Purchase	33	32.86
Purchase	800	32.86
Purchase	43,513	32.86
Purchase	369	32.64
Purchase	2,000	32.64
Purchase	13	32.64
Purchase	2,042	32.65
Purchase	138	32.65
Purchase	2,000	32.65
Purchase	43	32.65
Purchase	111	32.65
Purchase	223	32.65
Purchase	2,000	32.65
Purchase	54	32.65
Purchase	1	32.65
Purchase	500	32.65
Purchase	2,000	32.65
Purchase	5,888	32.65
Purchase	1,513	32.67
Purchase	68	32.67
Purchase	2,000	32.67
Purchase	103	32.67
Purchase	1,316	32.67
Purchase	16	32.70
Purchase	9,984	32.69
Purchase	4,241	32.60
Purchase	185	32.60
Purchase	2,000	32.60
Purchase	1,000	32.60
Purchase	2	32.60
Purchase	500	32.60
Purchase	622	32.60
Purchase	2	32.60
Purchase	595	32.60
Purchase	5,853	32.60
Purchase	4,818	32.68
Purchase	762	32.70
Purchase	4,148	32.70
Purchase	3	32.70
Purchase	1	32.70
Purchase	2,000	32.70
Purchase	2	32.70
Purchase	1,000	32.70
Purchase	80	32.70
Purchase	4	32.70
Purchase	8,590	32.72
Purchase	800	32.72
Purchase	189	32.72
Purchase	1,378	32.72
Purchase	448	32.71
Purchase	595	32.71
Purchase	100	32.71
Purchase	2,650	32.70
Purchase	2,350	32.70
Purchase	20	32.60
Purchase	200	32.60
Purchase	200	32.60
Purchase	2,000	32.60
Purchase	500	32.60
Purchase	291	32.60
Purchase	1,000	32.60
Purchase	1,000	32.60
Purchase	1,000	32.60
Purchase	500	32.60
Purchase	800	32.60
Purchase	200	32.60
Purchase	600	32.60
Purchase	200	32.60
Purchase	10,000	32.60
Purchase	5,000	32.60
Purchase	300	32.60
Purchase	200	32.60
Purchase	2,000	32.60
Purchase	215	32.59
Purchase	700	32.59
Purchase	2,000	32.59
Purchase	924	32.59
Purchase	2,000	32.59
Purchase	1,000	32.59
Purchase	5,000	32.59
Purchase	1,000	32.59
Purchase	150	32.59
Purchase	1,000	32.59
Purchase	2,738	32.53
Purchase	3	32.53
Purchase	5	32.53
Purchase	2,436	32.53
Purchase	414	32.53
Purchase	150	32.53
Purchase	3,000	32.53
Purchase	2	32.53
Purchase	2	32.53
Purchase	220	32.53
Purchase	2,569	32.53
Purchase	1,700	32.45
Purchase	3,000	32.45
Purchase	300	32.45
Purchase	586	32.49
Purchase	2,000	32.49
Purchase	1,000	32.49
Purchase	1,414	32.49
Purchase	2,724	32.49
Purchase	2,000	32.49
Purchase	276	32.49
Purchase	2,000	32.39
Purchase	3,134	32.40
Purchase	1,866	32.40
Purchase	2,000	32.39
Purchase	250	32.39
Purchase	393	32.39
Purchase	272	32.45
Purchase	3	32.45
Purchase	4,725	32.45
Purchase	7,443	32.45
Purchase	557	32.45
Purchase	1,000	32.45
Purchase	1,831	32.45
Purchase	50	32.45
Purchase	1,045	32.45
Purchase	174	32.45
Purchase	160	32.45
Purchase	1,740	32.45
Purchase	1	32.31
Purchase	653	32.31
Purchase	15	32.31
Purchase	833	32.31
Purchase	138	32.31
Purchase	556	32.31
Purchase	555	32.31
Purchase	5,000	32.31
Purchase	167	32.31
Purchase	6	32.31
Purchase	3,068	32.30
Purchase	1,614	32.33
Purchase	611	32.33
Purchase	555	32.33
Purchase	5,000	32.33
Purchase	1,667	32.33
Purchase	242	32.33
Purchase	556	32.32
Purchase	4,755	32.32
Purchase	11,713	32.33
Purchase	354	32.33
Purchase	1	32.33
Purchase	1,932	32.33
Purchase	3,329	32.50
Purchase	2,058	32.50
Purchase	583	32.50
Purchase	4,000	32.50
Purchase	30	32.50
Purchase	345	32.50
Purchase	1,308	32.50
Purchase	188	32.50
Purchase	1,791	32.50
Purchase	3,970	32.50
Purchase	447	32.50
Purchase	328	32.50
Purchase	1,623	32.50
Purchase	234	32.50
Purchase	234	32.50
Purchase	446	32.50
Purchase	200	32.50
Purchase	2,130	32.50
Purchase	2,750	32.50
Purchase	4,014	32.50
Purchase	898	32.53
Purchase	800	32.53
Purchase	5,000	32.53
Purchase	4,000	32.53
Purchase	500	32.53
Purchase	250	32.53
Purchase	135	32.53
Purchase	4,952	32.52
Purchase	21	32.50
Purchase	2,000	32.50
Purchase	500	32.50
Purchase	2,200	32.50
Purchase	5,000	32.50
Purchase	1,000	32.50
Purchase	1,000	32.50
Purchase	2,000	32.50
Purchase	500	32.50
Purchase	50,000	32.50
Purchase	800	32.50
Purchase	121	32.50
Purchase	480	32.50
Purchase	1,000	32.50
Purchase	50	32.50
Purchase	130	32.50
Purchase	100	32.50
Purchase	320	32.50
Purchase	220	32.50
Purchase	200	32.50
Purchase	800	32.50
Purchase	500	32.50
Purchase	1,000	32.50
Purchase	4,000	32.50
Purchase	300	32.50
Purchase	500	32.50
Purchase	60	32.50
Purchase	20	32.49
Purchase	3,000	32.49
Purchase	21	32.49
Purchase	100	32.49
Purchase	1,000	32.49
Purchase	13,678	32.49
Purchase	3,375	32.45
Purchase	1,000	32.45
Purchase	1,513	32.45
Purchase	8,756	32.45
Purchase	327	32.42
Purchase	2,442	32.45
Purchase	5,000	32.45
Purchase	4,000	32.45
Purchase	2,500	32.45
Purchase	1,700	32.45
Purchase	2,108	32.45
Purchase	2,250	32.44
Purchase	873	32.42
Purchase	2,794	32.30
Purchase	375	32.30
Purchase	1,600	32.30
Purchase	3,000	32.30
Purchase	819	32.30
Purchase	700	32.30
Purchase	10,712	32.30
Purchase	1,528	32.27
Purchase	2,000	32.27
Purchase	6,143	32.26
Purchase	5,329	32.24
Purchase	300	32.30
Purchase	20,929	32.13
Purchase	500	32.13
Purchase	1,500	32.13
Purchase	138	32.13
Purchase	1,000	32.13
Purchase	25,933	32.13
Purchase	2,336,449	34.29
Purchase	2,336,449	34.29
Purchase	2,336,449	34.29
Purchase	9,000	31.52
Sale	-808	32.40
Sale	-337	32.41
Sale	-523	32.41
Sale	-160	32.41
Sale	-31	32.43
Sale	-5,000	32.75
Sale	-421	32.38
Sale	-96	32.38
Sale	-500	32.38
Sale	-419	32.38
Sale	-101	32.38
Sale	-300	32.38
Sale	-100	32.38
Sale	-1,000	32.38
Sale	-1,220	32.38
Sale	-500	32.41
Sale	-200	32.41
Sale	-16	32.41
Sale	-127	32.41
Sale	-934	32.40
Sale	-70	32.40
Sale	-1,246	32.40
Sale	-1,258	32.40
Sale	-620	32.40
Sale	-39	32.40
Sale	-24	32.40
Sale	-117	32.40
Sale	-8	32.40
Sale	-58	32.40
Sale	-2,196	32.43
Sale	-3,023	32.41
Sale	-700	32.41
Sale	-75	32.41
Sale	-308	32.43
Sale	-14	32.43
Sale	-2,000	32.43
Sale	-300	32.43
Sale	-100	32.43
Sale	-50	32.43
Sale	-1	32.43
Sale	-4,338	32.38
Sale	-400	32.38
Sale	-833	32.38
Sale	-1,400	32.38
Sale	-1,000	32.38
Sale	-200	32.38
Sale	-8	32.39
Sale	-354	32.39
Sale	-340	32.40
Sale	-39	32.40
Sale	-8	32.40
Sale	-60	32.45
Sale	-1,139	32.49
Sale	-5,000	32.47
Sale	-500	32.49
Sale	-45	32.49
Sale	-200	32.49
Sale	-107	32.49
Sale	-22	32.54
Sale	-403	32.83
Sale	-5,000	32.83
Sale	-500	32.83
Sale	-55	32.84
Sale	-42	32.84
Sale	-3,687	32.80
Sale	-2,313	32.81
Sale	-1,696	32.81
Sale	-2,500	32.81
Sale	-14	32.72
Sale	-442	32.72
Sale	-4,193	32.72
Sale	-315	32.72
Sale	-5,026	32.69
Sale	-898	32.69
Sale	-1,300	32.70
Sale	-776	32.70
Sale	-6,000	32.69
Sale	-2,000	32.69
Sale	-96	32.79
Sale	-302	32.81
Sale	-2	32.81
Sale	-500	32.81
Sale	-2	32.47
Sale	-1,500	32.49
Sale	-194	32.89
Sale	-2,000	32.73
Sale	-50	32.50
Sale	-3,100	31.97
Sale	-100,000	31.33
Sale	-300,000	31.17
Sale	-1,900,000	31.73

TOTAL BUYS: 816302

TOTAL SELLS: 2385899

(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	02-10-2008
Contact name	Simon Crawley; Philipp Abelbeck
Telephone number	44 20 7888 5416
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

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