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Credit Suisse Equities (Australia)30 January 2008 FORM 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 Ordinary Sharesdisclosed relate (Note 1) Date of dealing 29-Jan-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 378,728 0.011 1,070,976 0.032(2) Derivatives (other than options)(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sellTotal 378,728 0.011 1,070,976 0.032 (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(1) Relevant Securities(2) Derivatives (other than options)(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sellTotal (c) Rights to subscribe (Note 2)Class of relevant security: Details 3. DEALINGS (Note 3)(a) Purchases and salesPurchase/sale Number of securities Price per unit (Note 4)Purchase 30260 35.7Purchase 1000 35.7Purchase 1500 35.8Purchase 100 35.65Purchase 500 36.01Purchase 2821 36.38Purchase 10 36.38Purchase 25 36.38Purchase 91 36.38Purchase 6 36.38Purchase 2008 36.38Purchase 39 36.38Purchase 739 36.41Purchase 182 36.41Purchase 1000 36.42Purchase 717 36.4Purchase 80 36.4Purchase 16 36.4Purchase 92 36.4Purchase 674 36.4Purchase 363 36.36Purchase 189 36.36Purchase 154 36.36Purchase 551 36.36Purchase 181 36.36Purchase 1086 36.36Purchase 91 36.36Purchase 656 36.36Purchase 1729 36.36Purchase 184 36.38Purchase 16 36.38Purchase 500 36.26Purchase 5000 36.84Sale -37 36.38Sale -5117 36.31Sale -100 36.33Sale -597 36.49Sale -2378 36.31TOTAL BUYS:52560 TOTAL SELLS:8229 (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) (c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities (i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varyingProduct Writing, selling, Number of securities to Exercise Type, e.g. Expiry Option money paid/name,e.g. call purchasing, varying which the option relates price American, date received per unitoption etc. (Note 6) European etc. (Note 4) (ii) ExercisingProduct 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 :AMENDMENT- SEE OPTIONS Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives NONE Is a Supplemental Form 38.5(b) attached? (Note 8) NO Date of disclosure 30-Jan-2008 Contact name Collins, Carolyn 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 http://www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk/. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
BHP Group