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EPT Disclosure

14th Oct 2008 09:44

RNS Number : 7794F

UBS Securities Australia Limited

14 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	UBS Securities Australia Limited
Company dealt in	Rio Tinto Ltd
Class of relevant security to which the dealings being disclosed relate (Note 1)	Ordinary
Date of dealing	13 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 (%)

(1) Relevant securities

583679

0.13%

2233965

0.49%

(2) Derivatives (other than options)

(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell

1097817

0.24%

573588

0.13%

Total

1681496

0.37%

2807553

0.61%

(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/Sales	Number of securities	Price per unit (AUD) (Note 4)
Purchase	105950	78.79
Purchase	5813	79.36
Purchase	2751	78.73
Purchase	2501	79.36
Purchase	2333	77.74
Purchase	1290	79.36
Purchase	1129	79.36
Purchase	864	79.36
Purchase	656	79.36
Purchase	300	78.84
Purchase	70	77.34
Purchase	70	77.26
Purchase	70	77.27
Purchase	70	77.31
Purchase	70	78.1
Purchase	70	76.95
Purchase	70	78.05
Purchase	70	77.83
Purchase	70	77.53
Purchase	70	77.85
Purchase	64	77.89
Purchase	53	78.12
Purchase	45	78.85
Purchase	37	77.33
Purchase	35	78.15
Purchase	35	78.21
Purchase	35	77.56
Purchase	33	78.21
Purchase	31	77.41
Purchase	25	78.85
Purchase	24	77.33
Purchase	14	78.12
Purchase	10	22.9
Purchase	8	77.33
Purchase	7	79.36
Purchase	6	77.89
Purchase	3	78.12
Purchase	3	77.41
Purchase	1	77.33
Purchase	1	78.21
Purchase	1	78.21
Purchase	1	77.41
Sale	10	22.9
Sale	1290	79.36
Sale	1652	79.36
Sale	2333	77.68
Sale	2501	79.36
Sale	2751	78.73
Sale	5813	79.36
Sale	17000	72.15
Sale	105950	78.79
Sale	105950	78.79
Total Purchase	124759
Total Sale	245250

(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	Written or purchased	Number of securities to which the option or derivatives relates	Exercise price (AUD) (Note2)	Type, e.g. American, European etc.	Expiry date	Option money paid/received per unit (Note 4)
Put Option	Purchasing	72.16	American	10	22-Jun-12	22.99
Put Option	Purchasing	72.16	American	10	22-Jun-12	0
Put Option	Selling	72.16	American	10	22-Jun-12	22.99
Put Option	Selling	72.16	American	10	22-Jun-12	0
Put Option	Selling	72.16	American	10	22-Jun-12	0

(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) YES

Date of disclosure	14 October 2008
Contact name	Belinda Maclay
Telephone number	+61 2 93242944
Name of offeree/offeror with which connected	BHP Billiton PLC/BHP Billiton Limited
Nature of connection (Note 9)	Connected Advisor

Notes

The Notes on Form 38.5(b) can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk

SUPPLEMENTAL FORM 38.5(b)

DETAILS OF OPEN POSITIONS

(This form should be attached to Form 38.5(b))

OPEN POSITIONS (Note 1)

Product name, e.g. call option	Written or purchased	Number of securities to which the option or derivatives relates	Exercise price (AUD) (Note2)	Type, e.g. American, European etc.	Expiry date
Call Option	Purchased	132000	27-Nov-08	150	American
Call Option	Purchased	100000	18-Dec-08	170	American
Call Option	Purchased	50000	30-Oct-08	100	American
Call Option	Purchased	50000	30-Oct-08	86	American
Call Option	Purchased	50000	30-Oct-08	124	American
Call Option	Purchased	40000	18-Dec-08	160	American
Call Option	Purchased	20000	18-Dec-08	112	American
Call Option	Purchased	20000	18-Dec-08	114	American
Call Option	Purchased	20000	18-Dec-08	130	American
Call Option	Purchased	20000	27-Nov-08	109	American
Call Option	Purchased	16000	26-May-09	80	European
Call Option	Purchased	15000	18-Dec-08	158	American
Call Option	Purchased	12000	06-Nov-08	96	European
Call Option	Purchased	10000	18-Dec-08	100	American
Call Option	Purchased	5000	30-Oct-08	110	American
Call Option	Purchased	4000	18-Dec-08	110	American
Call Option	Purchased	3000	18-Dec-08	170	American
Call Option	Purchased	1000	19-Jun-09	114.74	European
Call Option	Purchased	1000	30-Oct-08	128	American
Call Option	Purchased	1000	18-Dec-08	110	American
Call Option	Purchased	1000	27-Nov-08	121	American
Call Option	Written	2000	18-Dec-08	120	American
Call Option	Written	5000	18-Dec-08	180	American
Call Option	Written	5000	30-Oct-08	112	American
Call Option	Written	5000	30-Oct-08	115	American
Call Option	Written	12000	06-Nov-08	96	European
Call Option	Written	16000	26-May-09	80	European
Call Option	Written	50000	30-Oct-08	100	American
Call Option	Written	50000	30-Oct-08	86	American
Call Option	Written	50000	30-Oct-08	86	American
Call Option	Written	50000	30-Oct-08	100	American
Call Warrant	Written	1717	30-Jun-14	0	European
Call Warrant	Written	2600	29-Jan-09	115	European
Call Warrant	Written	3152	18-Jun-09	55	European
Call Warrant	Written	5150	18-Dec-08	145	European
Call Warrant	Written	7036	06-Nov-08	100	European
Call Warrant	Written	7500	18-Dec-08	120	European
Call Warrant	Written	7952	06-Nov-08	96	European
Call Warrant	Written	18506	26-May-09	80	European
Call Warrant	Written	32975	18-Dec-08	135	European
Put Option	Purchased	150000	22-Dec-11	77	American
Put Option	Purchased	75000	18-Dec-08	110	American
Put Option	Purchased	12000	30-Oct-08	100	American
Put Option	Purchased	5000	30-Oct-08	98	American
Put Option	Written	10	22-Jun-12	72.16	American
Put Option	Written	72	17-Jun-13	136.98	American
Put Option	Written	73	22-Feb-11	135.65	American
Put Option	Written	78	31-Jan-13	127	American
Put Option	Written	91	22-Jan-09	109	American
Put Option	Written	94	30-Jun-11	131.31	American
Put Option	Written	101	29-Aug-13	122.94	American
Put Option	Written	119	11-Aug-10	83.55	American
Put Option	Written	125	29-Jul-10	99.48	American
Put Option	Written	125	28-Jun-12	99.59	American
Put Option	Written	126	07-Sep-12	99.07	American
Put Option	Written	127	22-Jun-10	98.35	American
Put Option	Written	128	21-Jun-11	77.89	American
Put Option	Written	130	19-May-11	76.7	American
Put Option	Written	131	26-Jul-12	94.91	American
Put Option	Written	132	02-Jul-12	97.5	American
Put Option	Written	146	29-Jul-10	98.79	American
Put Option	Written	146	26-Jul-12	102.05	American
Put Option	Written	150	29-Jul-10	99.59	American
Put Option	Written	152	28-Jun-12	98.36	American
Put Option	Written	154	11-Dec-12	129.41	American
Put Option	Written	157	29-Jul-10	99.86	American
Put Option	Written	158	29-Jul-10	99.12	American
Put Option	Written	158	24-Jun-11	78.77	American
Put Option	Written	159	23-Jun-09	78.2	American
Put Option	Written	159	21-Jun-11	78.31	American
Put Option	Written	164	11-May-12	91.04	American
Put Option	Written	168	30-May-13	148.37	American
Put Option	Written	176	25-Oct-12	113.21	American
Put Option	Written	181	29-Jul-10	101	American
Put Option	Written	183	30-Jun-11	135.98	American
Put Option	Written	185	28-Jun-12	96.8	American
Put Option	Written	198	16-Jun-10	100.52	American
Put Option	Written	203	22-Jun-10	98.47	American
Put Option	Written	203	22-Jun-10	98.08	American
Put Option	Written	209	28-Apr-11	81.14	American
Put Option	Written	214	28-Jun-12	93.26	American
Put Option	Written	218	28-Jun-12	100.49	American
Put Option	Written	227	22-Jun-10	44.05	American
Put Option	Written	240	18-Apr-11	83.48	American
Put Option	Written	243	26-Jul-12	102.51	American
Put Option	Written	246	24-Jun-10	101.6	American
Put Option	Written	257	17-Jun-11	76.5	American
Put Option	Written	265	22-Jun-11	75.38	American
Put Option	Written	271	10-Jun-09	73.66	American
Put Option	Written	271	05-Jun-09	73.76	American
Put Option	Written	283	19-Oct-11	78.34	American
Put Option	Written	286	30-Aug-12	91.6	American
Put Option	Written	296	15-Sep-09	67.43	American
Put Option	Written	298	25-Jun-10	100.5	American
Put Option	Written	300	02-Jan-09	71.7	American
Put Option	Written	305	25-Jun-09	75.25	American
Put Option	Written	310	23-Jun-10	96.73	American
Put Option	Written	325	21-May-09	77.02	American
Put Option	Written	342	29-Jun-12	102.42	American
Put Option	Written	352	29-Jul-10	98.21	American
Put Option	Written	353	09-Feb-09	70.82	American
Put Option	Written	356	10-Jun-09	70.14	American
Put Option	Written	363	28-Apr-09	82.51	American
Put Option	Written	371	29-Jul-10	99.3	American
Put Option	Written	382	26-Jul-12	98	American
Put Option	Written	396	08-Mar-10	75.01	American
Put Option	Written	400	22-Jun-11	74.9	American
Put Option	Written	404	24-Jun-10	98.86	American
Put Option	Written	413	24-Jun-10	96.82	American
Put Option	Written	413	21-Jun-12	96.75	American
Put Option	Written	419	19-Jan-09	71.59	American
Put Option	Written	425	30-Jun-11	78.61	American
Put Option	Written	429	18-Jun-09	34.96	American
Put Option	Written	434	29-Jul-10	98.52	American
Put Option	Written	460	31-Jan-13	109.66	American
Put Option	Written	465	28-Jun-12	98.9	American
Put Option	Written	472	29-Jul-10	90.6	American
Put Option	Written	484	26-Jul-12	103.17	American
Put Option	Written	509	29-Jul-10	98.07	American
Put Option	Written	510	29-Jul-10	98	American
Put Option	Written	514	30-Jun-11	77.75	American
Put Option	Written	518	31-May-12	96.51	American
Put Option	Written	528	29-Jun-11	75.48	American
Put Option	Written	534	22-Jun-12	88.91	American
Put Option	Written	538	26-Jul-12	99.08	American
Put Option	Written	547	27-Jan-11	109.66	American
Put Option	Written	555	22-Jun-10	45.04	American
Put Option	Written	562	29-Jul-10	99.67	American
Put Option	Written	564	22-Jun-12	90.39	American
Put Option	Written	566	22-Jun-09	35.33	American
Put Option	Written	567	19-Jun-09	35.27	American
Put Option	Written	573	18-Jun-09	34.9	American
Put Option	Written	591	29-Jul-10	95.3	American
Put Option	Written	598	22-Jun-12	83.69	American
Put Option	Written	600	30-Jun-11	73.45	American
Put Option	Written	601	25-Jun-10	99.71	American
Put Option	Written	628	29-Jul-10	99.44	American
Put Option	Written	634	27-May-09	78.7	American
Put Option	Written	637	15-Jun-11	139.1	American
Put Option	Written	648	24-Jun-09	97.31	American
Put Option	Written	650	12-Jun-12	92.25	American
Put Option	Written	663	23-Jun-11	75.36	American
Put Option	Written	663	25-Jun-09	75.38	American
Put Option	Written	696	26-Jul-12	99.01	American
Put Option	Written	703	22-Jun-12	85.3	American
Put Option	Written	715	12-Jun-13	139.74	American
Put Option	Written	733	28-Jun-12	102.26	American
Put Option	Written	794	23-Jun-11	75.5	American
Put Option	Written	821	22-Jun-12	103.41	American
Put Option	Written	828	29-Jul-10	98.9	American
Put Option	Written	836	15-Jun-10	99.24	American
Put Option	Written	859	30-Jun-11	77.44	American
Put Option	Written	869	23-Jun-11	75.44	American
Put Option	Written	870	22-Jun-12	97.65	American
Put Option	Written	887	28-Jun-12	98.08	American
Put Option	Written	941	03-Jun-10	42.5	American
Put Option	Written	982	30-Jun-11	74.85	American
Put Option	Written	1000	14-Jun-11	76	American
Put Option	Written	1000	19-Jun-09	76.49	American
Put Option	Written	1008	18-Jun-10	99.09	American
Put Option	Written	1020	01-Aug-11	74.54	American
Put Option	Written	1038	30-Jun-11	76.08	American
Put Option	Written	1040	26-May-10	96.14	European
Put Option	Written	1062	28-Jun-12	98.28	American
Put Option	Written	1067	26-Jul-12	101.45	American
Put Option	Written	1080	29-Jul-10	101.81	American
Put Option	Written	1083	28-Jun-12	92.25	American
Put Option	Written	1175	27-Jan-10	42.5	American
Put Option	Written	1257	28-Jun-12	99.37	American
Put Option	Written	1281	21-Jun-10	43.4	American
Put Option	Written	1334	22-Jun-11	74.99	American
Put Option	Written	1360	28-Jul-11	73.51	American
Put Option	Written	1418	29-Jul-10	91.6	American
Put Option	Written	1441	29-Jul-10	99.64	American
Put Option	Written	1500	22-Mar-10	78.2	American
Put Option	Written	1500	23-Mar-10	78.39	American
Put Option	Written	1512	25-Jun-10	99.17	American
Put Option	Written	1588	26-Jul-12	99.88	American
Put Option	Written	1594	26-Jul-12	100.35	American
Put Option	Written	1600	25-Feb-10	77.2	American
Put Option	Written	1628	24-Jun-10	102.26	American
Put Option	Written	1639	26-Jul-12	103.64	American
Put Option	Written	1656	30-Jun-11	77.02	American
Put Option	Written	1787	26-Jul-12	100.7	American
Put Option	Written	1902	28-Jun-12	98.51	American
Put Option	Written	2000	18-Dec-08	160	American
Put Option	Written	2264	24-Jun-09	110.36	American
Put Option	Written	2450	28-Jul-11	76.54	American
Put Option	Written	2515	26-Jul-12	98.79	American
Put Option	Written	2716	28-Jul-11	78.99	American
Put Option	Written	2719	29-Jul-10	99.08	American
Put Option	Written	2739	29-Jul-10	94.91	American
Put Option	Written	2746	24-Jun-11	72.82	American
Put Option	Written	3000	30-Oct-08	83	American
Put Option	Written	3000	30-Oct-08	104	American
Put Option	Written	3013	26-Jul-12	101.81	American
Put Option	Written	3288	28-Jul-11	78	American
Put Option	Written	3628	29-Sep-11	67.79	American
Put Option	Written	3685	30-Jun-11	76.01	American
Put Option	Written	3883	30-Jun-11	77.32	American
Put Option	Written	3905	29-Jul-10	102.41	American
Put Option	Written	4000	18-Dec-08	58	American
Put Option	Written	4313	30-Jun-11	78.23	American
Put Option	Written	4724	28-Jul-11	78.43	American
Put Option	Written	6000	29-Jan-09	116	American
Put Option	Written	8568	28-Jul-11	78.86	American
Put Option	Written	10000	29-Jan-09	120	American
Put Option	Written	10000	29-Jan-09	122	American
Put Option	Written	18000	30-Oct-08	102	American
Put Option	Written	50000	18-Dec-08	140	American
Put Option	Written	50000	18-Dec-08	120	American
Put Option	Written	82000	29-Jan-09	130	American
Put Option	Written	150000	22-Dec-11	79	American

Notes

1. Where there are open option positions or open derivative positions (except for CFDs), full details should be given. Full details of any existing agreements to purchase or to sell should also be given on this form.

2. For all prices and other monetary amounts, the currency must be stated.

For details of the Code's dealing disclosure requirements, see Rules 8 and 38.5 and their Notes which can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk

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