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Macquarie Group Limited15 January 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 Capital Securities (Australia) LimitedCompany dealt in BHP Billiton LimitedClass of relevant security to which the Ordinary shares ISIN: AU000000BHP4dealings being disclosed relate (Note 1) Date of dealing 14 January 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 5,000 (2) Derivatives (other than options) (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell Total 0 0 0 0 (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 Ordinary shares ISIN: AU000000BHP4 3. DEALINGS (Note 3) (a) Purchases and sales Purchase/sale Number of securities Price per unit (Note 4) 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) 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 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/NO Date of disclosure 15 January 2008 Contact name Johanna Uy Telephone number +44 (0) 2030374339 Name of offeree/offeror with which connected Rio Tinto PlcNature 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: Purchase/sale Number of Price per securities unit 3 PURCHASE 39550 38.3717PURCHASE 50000 38.44SALE 657 38.34SALE 827 38.44SALE 548 38.48SALE 130 38.47SALE 100 38.47SALE 239 38.47SALE 365 38.5SALE 116 38.5SALE 185 38.56SALE 198 38.55SALE 345 38.48SALE 158 38.37SALE 245 38.37SALE 260 38.42SALE 26 38.42SALE 523 38.36SALE 17 38.36SALE 83 38.36SALE 155 38.39SALE 13 38.39SALE 141 38.39SALE 346 38.45SALE 101 38.46SALE 237 38.38SALE 355 38.4SALE 365 38.42SALE 100 38.43SALE 288 38.43SALE 565 38.44SALE 476 38.42SALE 491 38.41SALE 520 38.41SALE 650 38.41SALE 594 38.45SALE 932 38.41SALE 3886 38.44SALE 1114 38.44SALE 868 38.44SALE 5000 38.44SALE 300 38.44SALE 1000 38.44SALE 1953 38.39SALE 585 38.39SALE 1000 38.39SALE 150 38.39SALE 5000 38.38SALE 12 38.39SALE 1188 38.39SALE 500 38.39SALE 52 38.39SALE 677 38.38SALE 399 38.36SALE 245 38.36SALE 296 38.36SALE 200 38.34SALE 1200 38.34SALE 1860 38.34SALE 1120 38.34SALE 100 38.34SALE 1104 38.33SALE 6000 38.32SALE 17 38.32SALE 685 38.32SALE 6 38.32SALE 72 38.32SALE 112 38.32SALE 150 38.32SALE 2300 38.31SALE 1000 38.3SALE 1000 38.3SALE 150 38.3SALE 150 38.3SALE 400 38.3SALE 700 38.3SALE 6768 38.3SALE 1500 38.3SALE 80 38.3SALE 300 38.3SALE 775 38.26SALE 9 38.24SALE 500 38.24SALE 1881 38.24SALE 758 38.33SALE 819 38.37SALE 9 38.42SALE 827 38.38SALE 812 38.35SALE 844 38.4SALE 441 38.45SALE 11 38.45SALE 523 38.45SALE 803 38.42SALE 817 38.4SALE 958 38.34SALE 30 38.34SALE 1051 38.38SALE 1216 38.37SALE 882 38.36SALE 1086 38.37SALE 1491 38.44SALE 1400 38.44SALE 247 38.33SALE 1248 38.33SALE 950 38.35SALE 856 38.35SALE 1001 38.28SALE 3460 38.24SALE 500 38.24SALE 795 38.24TOTAL SALE 89550 TOTAL PURCHASE 89550 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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