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EPT Disclosure

13th Oct 2008 17:08

RNS Number : 7497F

BNP Paribas London

13 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	10 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	3,605,243 0.36%
(2) Derivatives (other than options)
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell
Total	3,605,243 0.36%

(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

Class of relevant security:

Details

3. DEALINGS (Note 3)

(a) Purchases and sales

Purchases	Quantity	Price
	17	25.83
	87	25.79
	17	25.78
	200	25.75
	18	25.73
	287	25.71
	574	25.70
	17	25.67
	18	25.63
	287	25.60
	287	25.59
	17	25.58
	17	25.57
	287	25.56
	17	25.52
	287	25.49
	1052	25.48
	950	25.45
	587	25.44
	2033	25.43
	17	25.43
	150	25.42
	1146	25.41
	720	25.40
	658	25.39
	287	25.38
	823	25.38
	1618	25.36
	500	25.35
	232	25.34
	961	25.33
	1291	25.32
	1073	25.31
	1252	25.30
	1264	25.29
	2478	25.28
	693	25.27
	1462	25.26
	72	25.24
	287	25.23
	17	25.23
	1443	25.22
	200	25.21
	200	25.20
	2452	25.19
	400	25.18
	17	25.17
	162	25.15
	287	25.15
	400	25.14
	1697	25.12
	1157	25.10
	900	25.09
	17	25.08
	600	25.07
	199	25.04
	800	25.01
	2790	25.00
	932	24.98
	2584	24.94
	5418	24.93
	2837	24.92
	40	24.92
	1944	24.91
	69	24.90
	1927	24.89
	2831	24.88
	17	24.87
	1000	24.85
	1241	24.84
	1250	24.83
	304	24.82
	2700	24.81
	2087	24.80
	300	24.79
	837	24.78
	3433	24.76
	445	24.75
	2274	24.74
	210	24.73
	87	24.72
	560	24.71
	988	24.70
	3390	24.69
	1432	24.68
	994	24.67
	381	24.66
	1379	24.65
	4405	24.64
	722	24.63
	7055	24.62
	3252	24.61
	1753	24.60
	3016	24.59
	509	24.58
	955	24.57
	4311	24.56
	9417	24.55
	1130	24.54
	3601	24.53
	1142	24.52
	1600	24.51
	3272	24.50
	1262	24.49
	304	24.48
	700	24.47
	1467	24.46
	219	24.45
	181	24.43
	1754	24.42
	819	24.41
	1471	24.40
	2629	24.39
	1658	24.38
	895	24.37
	264	24.36
	349	24.30
	4	24.28
	1658	24.27
	164369	24.24
	506	24.24
	180	24.23
	1031	24.22
	154	24.19
	287	24.18
	131	24.17
	1912	24.16
	1400	24.15
	557	24.14
	213	24.14
	158	24.13
	600	24.12
	1767	24.11
	742	24.09
	1117	24.08
	30	24.07
	581	24.06
	80	24.04
	744	24.03
	210	24.02
	3425	24.01
	10	24.01
	1460	24.00
	500	23.98
	31	23.97
	374	23.96
	973	23.92
	200	23.91
	200	23.90
	1041	23.89
	882	23.88
	424	23.86
	439	23.84
	2060	23.83
	315	23.82
	1356	23.81
	2185	23.80
	5	23.76
	1038	23.69
	1099	23.68
	81	23.51
	17	23.47
	219	23.43
	572	23.42
	400	23.41
	37	23.38
	212	23.34
	19	23.32
	287	23.30
	209503	23.25
	287	23.17
	11	23.15
	79	23.14
	403	23.12
	746	23.11
	77	23.10
	115	23.09
	160	23.07
	900	23.06
	200	23.05
	17	23.05
	559	23.04
	11	23.03
	1210	23.00
	7	22.99
	412	22.98
	456	22.95
	478	22.93
	212	22.91
Total:	555,916

Sales	Quantity	Price
	-17	25.83
	-287	25.79
	-17	25.78
	-287	25.76
	-18	25.73
	-1374	25.72
	-1259	25.70
	-92	25.69
	-17	25.67
	-287	25.66
	-287	25.63
	-18	25.63
	-390	25.58
	-17	25.58
	-17	25.57
	-54	25.56
	-287	25.55
	-1427	25.54
	-3100	25.53
	-300	25.52
	-17	25.52
	-2503	25.50
	-1298	25.49
	-800	25.48
	-888	25.47
	-2292	25.46
	-2186	25.45
	-287	25.44
	-17	25.43
	-1184	25.42
	-3158	25.41
	-2164	25.40
	-1487	25.39
	-990	25.38
	-823	25.38
	-300	25.37
	-1029	25.36
	-900	25.34
	-200	25.33
	-2840	25.31
	-4719	25.29
	-351	25.28
	-612	25.27
	-1726	25.26
	-930	25.25
	-654	25.24
	-2599	25.23
	-17	25.23
	-4093	25.22
	-1067	25.21
	-1231	25.20
	-2400	25.19
	-1414	25.18
	-444	25.17
	-287	25.15
	-487	25.12
	-500	25.10
	-406	25.09
	-17	25.08
	-2287	25.07
	-287	25.03
	-27	25.02
	-686	25.00
	-1000	24.98
	-2027	24.96
	-1913	24.94
	-4597	24.93
	-40	24.92
	-1152	24.89
	-983	24.88
	-636	24.87
	-17	24.87
	-1908	24.86
	-654	24.85
	-519	24.84
	-55	24.83
	-579	24.82
	-903	24.81
	-5351	24.80
	-1584	24.79
	-846	24.78
	-3973	24.77
	-6737	24.76
	-6701	24.75
	-6409	24.74
	-2974	24.73
	-3950	24.72
	-3139	24.71
	-7005	24.70
	-5096	24.69
	-3491	24.68
	-7155	24.67
	-6349	24.66
	-5180	24.65
	-9945	24.64
	-3967	24.63
	-7706	24.62
	-2851	24.61
	-10596	24.60
	-4713	24.59
	-9073	24.58
	-3764	24.57
	-2832	24.56
	-5392	24.55
	-2195	24.54
	-3875	24.53
	-5040	24.52
	-620	24.51
	-8877	24.50
	-5113	24.49
	-6168	24.48
	-6792	24.47
	-10775	24.46
	-7587	24.45
	-9469	24.44
	-9721	24.43
	-5919	24.42
	-15840	24.41
	-9858	24.40
	-55580	24.39
	-8761	24.39
	-7533	24.38
	-4061	24.37
	-7061	24.36
	-28689	24.35
	-10202	24.34
	-7066	24.33
	-4978	24.32
	-5611	24.31
	-21538	24.30
	-3068	24.29
	-5306	24.28
	-2266	24.27
	-2993	24.26
	-12707	24.25
	-238844	24.24
	-6380	24.23
	-6413	24.22
	-5044	24.21
	-15717	24.20
	-4850	24.19
	-2300	24.18
	-5082	24.17
	-3339	24.16
	-6452	24.15
	-6096	24.14
	-213	24.14
	-3217	24.13
	-4856	24.12
	-8068	24.11
	-6710	24.10
	-6642	24.09
	-1874	24.08
	-1880	24.07
	-4307	24.06
	-9033	24.05
	-7442	24.04
	-4152	24.03
	-9602	24.02
	-8102	24.01
	-10	24.01
	-27929	24.00
	-11324	23.99
	-7786	23.98
	-5803	23.97
	-31	23.97
	-4612	23.96
	-18080	23.95
	-6522	23.94
	-11941	23.93
	-4068	23.92
	-4228	23.91
	-25296	23.90
	-11309	23.89
	-5857	23.88
	-13188	23.87
	-3215	23.86
	-15726	23.85
	-4255	23.84
	-6871	23.83
	-3068	23.82
	-3803	23.81
	-8880	23.80
	-2475	23.79
	-775	23.78
	-2218	23.77
	-816	23.76
	-3114	23.75
	-712	23.74
	-842	23.73
	-200	23.72
	-4476	23.71
	-5140	23.70
	-5497	23.69
	-1079	23.68
	-810	23.67
	-1660	23.66
	-400	23.65
	-1016	23.64
	-450	23.63
	-1994	23.62
	-1973	23.61
	-394	23.60
	-7105	23.59
	-2005	23.58
	-761	23.58
	-104	23.57
	-200	23.55
	-3590	23.53
	-572	23.52
	-698	23.51
	-81	23.51
	-1798	23.50
	-770	23.49
	-519	23.48
	-758	23.46
	-7793	23.45
	-582	23.44
	-254	23.42
	-400	23.40
	-1088	23.39
	-37	23.38
	-296	23.37
	-1799	23.36
	-11658	23.35
	-523	23.34
	-241	23.33
	-2724	23.32
	-19	23.32
	-285	23.31
	-1123	23.30
	-3886	23.29
	-4077	23.28
	-1104	23.27
	-1148	23.26
	-1498	23.25
	-209503	23.25
	-1320	23.24
	-600	23.23
	-2082	23.22
	-1238	23.21
	-1432	23.20
	-1403	23.19
	-2513	23.18
	-2915	23.17
	-53	23.16
	-2643	23.15
	-1416	23.14
	-743	23.13
	-2272	23.12
	-1490	23.11
	-9837	23.10
	-1213	23.09
	-13759	23.08
	-100	23.07
	-7895	23.06
	-3605	23.05
	-17	23.05
	-673	23.04
	-444	23.03
	-2954	23.02
	-2835	23.01
	-6321	23.00
	-1745	22.99
	-985	22.97
	-487	22.96
	-2157	22.95
	-300	22.94
	-845	22.93
Total:	- 1,474,936

(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	13 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

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