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EPT Disclosure

14th Oct 2008 17:33

RNS Number : 8551F

BNP Paribas London

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	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	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 (%)	Number (%)
(1) Relevant securities	4,031,226 0.40%
(2) Derivatives (other than options)
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell
Total	4,031,226 0.40%

(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
	164	28.10
	1046	28.09
	1308	28.07
	218	28.06
	3945	28.05
	2252	28.04
	3261	28.03
	4327	28.02
	785	28.01
	1576	28.00
	1727	27.99
	6460	27.98
	284344	27.97
	4128	27.96
	3481	27.95
	3250	27.94
	2628	27.93
	1901	27.92
	5279	27.91
	6986	27.90
	1746	27.89
	4128	27.88
	828	27.87
	2620	27.86
	2623	27.85
	48	27.84
	2922	27.83
	687	27.82
	3768	27.80
	1312	27.79
	1771	27.78
	4114	27.77
	2909	27.76
	1959	27.73
	188	27.72
	2114	27.71
	1223	27.70
	4162	27.69
	1657	27.68
	1602	27.67
	200	27.66
	1031	27.65
	929	27.64
	1162	27.63
	6901	27.62
	1688	27.61
	3392	27.60
	827	27.59
	6999	27.58
	744	27.57
	262	27.56
	591	27.55
	234	27.54
	1927	27.52
	1904	27.51
	6600	27.50
	1235	27.49
	2288	27.48
	1948	27.47
	1342	27.46
	876	27.45
	2028	27.44
	1587	27.43
	2249	27.42
	1599	27.41
	4069	27.40
	1158	27.39
	2317	27.38
	577	27.37
	1488	27.36
	2780	27.35
	677	27.34
	2763	27.33
	1358	27.32
	1091	27.31
	962	27.30
	357	27.29
	996	27.28
	952	27.27
	119	27.26
	1353	27.25
	919	27.24
	1614	27.23
	1673	27.22
	1568	27.21
	6993	27.20
	1277	27.19
	557	27.18
	1257	27.17
	2630	27.16
	325	27.12
	347	27.11
	25	27.10
	542	27.09
	34	27.08
	462	27.06
	889	27.04
	2581	27.03
	2211	27.02
	1198	27.01
	420	27.00
	2402	26.99
	211	26.98
	700	26.97
	3046	26.96
	931	26.95
	2508	26.94
	2149	26.93
	344	26.92
	680	26.91
	660	26.90
	571	26.89
	2567	26.88
	550	26.87
	211	26.86
	828	26.85
	3206	26.84
	1611	26.83
	338	26.82
	977	26.81
	1047	26.80
	354	26.79
	698	26.78
	754	26.77
	97	26.76
	871	26.75
	214	26.73
	3158	26.72
	2703	26.71
	1510	26.70
	1589	26.69
	1961	26.68
	6515	26.67
	352	26.66
	221	26.65
	211	26.64
	391	26.63
	1916	26.62
	1780	26.61
	1836	26.60
	598	26.59
	687	26.58
	747	26.57
	543	26.56
	858	26.55
	5400	26.54
	464	26.53
	300	26.51
	592	26.49
	80	26.48
	180	26.47
	320	26.46
	358	26.44
	254	26.41
	46	26.40
	58	26.39
	1620	26.38
	1080	26.37
	2405	26.35
	1088	26.34
	100	26.33
	421	26.32
	5219	26.31
	1223	26.30
	469	26.29
	1856	26.28
	2483	26.27
	2671	26.26
	1462	26.25
	3516	26.24
	3900	26.23
	1408	26.22
	2968	26.21
	6317	26.20
	500	26.18
	3184	26.16
	550	26.15
	678	26.14
	418	26.13
	378	26.12
	4377	26.11
	951	26.10
	500	26.09
	2100	26.07
	496	26.06
	1936	26.05
	2300	26.03
	1364	26.02
	835	26.00
	1811	25.98
	1631	25.97
	441	25.96
	200	25.95
	4825	25.94
	309	25.93
	212	25.92
	5000	25.89
	785	25.85
	715	25.83
	1143	25.81
	20000	25.77
	174	25.74
	1630	25.68
	211	25.66
	566	25.65
	324	25.62
	644	25.60
	690	25.59
	699	25.58
	29	25.57
	121	25.56
	967	25.55
	111	25.52
	700	25.44
	48	25.41
Total:	651,441

Sales	Quantity	Price
	-816	28.07
	-554	28.03
	-1684	28.02
	-1578	27.99
	-1744	27.98
	-96406	27.97
	-1579	27.95
	-1348	27.94
	-1131	27.92
	-325	27.90
	-2000	27.89
	-1155	27.85
	-554	27.84
	-1968	27.83
	-2300	27.80
	-2685	27.79
	-1915	27.78
	-1674	27.77
	-2063	27.76
	-487	27.75
	-253	27.74
	-906	27.72
	-274	27.71
	-848	27.68
	-1235	27.64
	-968	27.63
	-1413	27.62
	-3235	27.61
	-205	27.60
	-586	27.59
	-23	27.58
	-3492	27.57
	-1375	27.56
	-905	27.55
	-655	27.54
	-317	27.53
	-700	27.52
	-440	27.50
	-1009	27.49
	-405	27.48
	-2205	27.47
	-32	27.46
	-1322	27.45
	-1486	27.44
	-2252	27.43
	-750	27.42
	-225	27.41
	-2150	27.40
	-23	27.39
	-1155	27.37
	-1082	27.36
	-2129	27.35
	-1155	27.34
	-774	27.33
	-908	27.32
	-57	27.31
	-1828	27.30
	-927	27.29
	-357	27.28
	-2082	27.27
	-248	27.26
	-619	27.25
	-300	27.24
	-999	27.23
	-1252	27.22
	-498	27.21
	-3165	27.20
	-217	27.18
	-732	27.16
	-1557	27.15
	-1959	27.12
	-2679	27.09
	-1415	27.08
	-1299	27.03
	-735	27.02
	-13	27.00
	-127	26.99
	-957	26.97
	-548	26.93
	-700	26.90
	-837	26.84
	-825	26.82
	-352	26.80
	-125	26.79
	-566	26.78
	-661	26.76
	-329	26.75
	-200	26.73
	-1950	26.72
	-1250	26.70
	-125	26.68
	-622	26.67
	-316	26.66
	-30	26.65
	-286	26.63
	-14	26.62
	-168	26.60
	-504	26.59
	-618	26.58
	-747	26.56
	-1807	26.55
	-800	26.54
	-367	26.53
	-104	26.51
	-961	26.49
	-962	26.48
	-1113	26.46
	-965	26.45
	-877	26.44
	-310	26.35
	-3243	26.34
	-1436	26.33
	-3446	26.32
	-1150	26.31
	-1572	26.28
	-79	26.27
	-28	26.21
	-2778	26.18
	-12	26.15
	-82	26.12
	-991	26.11
	-200	26.04
	-857	26.03
	-892	26.02
	-254	26.01
	-1222	25.99
	-196	25.98
	-115	25.95
	-23	25.82
	-400	25.72
	-111	25.71
	-383	25.68
	-566	25.66
	-100	25.65
	-219	25.61
	-34	25.58
	-150	25.56
Total:	- 225,458

(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	14 October 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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