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EPT Disclosure

29th Oct 2008 11:27

RNS Number : 9286G

Credit Suisse Equities (Australia)

29 October 2008

4FORM 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 disclosed relate (Note 1)	Ordinary Shares
Date of dealing	28-10-2008

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			10443377	0.311
(2) Derivatives (other than options)
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell
Total			10443377	0.311

(b) Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company, other than the class dealt in (Note 2)

Class Of Relevant Security : Ordinary Shares	Long	Short
(1) Relevant Securities
(2) Derivatives (other than options)
(3) Options and agreements to purchasesell
Total

Class of relevant security:	Details

3. DEALINGS (Note 3)

(a) Purchases and sales

Purchase/sale	Number of securities	Price per unit (Note 4)
Purchase	300	25.40
Purchase	63	25.30
Purchase	1,560	25.30
Purchase	900	25.30
Purchase	1,000	25.30
Purchase	25,000	25.30
Purchase	200	25.30
Purchase	350	25.30
Purchase	4,000	25.30
Purchase	2,000	25.30
Purchase	415	25.30
Purchase	3,000	25.30
Purchase	2,000	25.30
Purchase	420	25.30
Purchase	250	25.30
Purchase	3,000	25.30
Purchase	300	25.30
Purchase	45	25.30
Purchase	2,500	25.30
Purchase	200	25.30
Purchase	1,000	25.30
Purchase	400	25.30
Purchase	2,500	25.30
Purchase	1,000	25.30
Purchase	1,000	25.30
Purchase	1,000	25.30
Purchase	1,000	25.30
Purchase	600	25.30
Purchase	1,000	25.30
Purchase	400	25.30
Purchase	89	25.29
Purchase	2,500	25.29
Purchase	2,500	25.29
Purchase	500	25.29
Purchase	1,000	25.29
Purchase	200	25.29
Purchase	936	25.28
Purchase	300	25.28
Purchase	244	25.28
Purchase	1,782	25.28
Purchase	50	25.28
Purchase	1,000	25.28
Purchase	500	25.28
Purchase	1,066	25.28
Purchase	1,223	25.28
Purchase	1,000	25.28
Purchase	20	25.28
Purchase	4	25.27
Purchase	1,000	25.27
Purchase	6,711	25.27
Purchase	2	25.26
Purchase	4,000	25.20
Purchase	4	25.20
Purchase	10,000	25.20
Purchase	2	25.20
Purchase	997	25.20
Purchase	100	25.20
Purchase	590	25.20
Purchase	1,000	25.20
Purchase	5,000	25.20
Purchase	409	25.20
Purchase	500	25.20
Purchase	200	25.20
Purchase	1,000	25.20
Purchase	10,000	25.20
Purchase	2,000	25.20
Purchase	9,000	25.20
Purchase	1,000	25.20
Purchase	10,000	25.20
Purchase	100	25.20
Purchase	700	25.20
Purchase	2,500	25.20
Purchase	2,320	25.20
Purchase	404	25.20
Purchase	1,000	25.20
Purchase	1,000	25.20
Purchase	200	25.20
Purchase	1,500	25.20
Purchase	463	25.20
Purchase	43,140	25.10
Purchase	1,000	25.10
Purchase	2,090	25.10
Purchase	10,000	25.10
Purchase	7,200	25.10
Purchase	200	25.10
Purchase	5,000	25.10
Purchase	2,601	25.10
Purchase	1,000	25.10
Purchase	782	25.09
Purchase	250	25.09
Purchase	10,000	25.09
Purchase	5,000	25.09
Purchase	820	25.08
Purchase	1,000	25.08
Purchase	400	25.07
Purchase	2	25.07
Purchase	2,613	25.07
Purchase	3,613	25.07
Purchase	76	25.06
Purchase	3,213	25.06
Purchase	29,037	25.00
Purchase	400	25.00
Purchase	471	25.00
Purchase	1,944	25.00
Purchase	2,257	25.00
Purchase	2	25.00
Purchase	4	25.00
Purchase	10	25.00
Purchase	3,859	25.00
Purchase	3,047	25.00
Purchase	608	25.00
Purchase	400	25.00
Purchase	2,000	25.00
Purchase	1,000	25.00
Purchase	1,000	25.00
Purchase	10,000	25.00
Purchase	6,000	25.00
Purchase	5,000	25.00
Purchase	9,677	24.99
Purchase	300	24.99
Purchase	3,000	24.99
Purchase	500	24.99
Purchase	1,000	24.99
Purchase	3,893	24.98
Purchase	2,815	24.98
Purchase	250	24.98
Purchase	900	24.98
Purchase	650	24.98
Purchase	4,000	24.98
Purchase	100	24.98
Purchase	2,500	24.97
Purchase	100	24.96
Purchase	200	24.96
Purchase	1,000	24.96
Purchase	200	24.95
Purchase	200	24.95
Purchase	500	24.95
Purchase	7	24.94
Purchase	98	24.94
Purchase	229	24.94
Purchase	389	24.94
Purchase	453	24.94
Purchase	658	25.10
Purchase	4,000	25.10
Purchase	5,000	25.10
Purchase	595	25.10
Purchase	10,000	25.10
Purchase	480	25.10
Purchase	9,385	25.10
Purchase	10,000	25.10
Purchase	81	25.10
Purchase	5,000	25.10
Purchase	3,423	25.10
Purchase	500	25.10
Purchase	405	25.10
Purchase	1,000	25.10
Purchase	1,000	25.10
Purchase	100	25.10
Purchase	500	25.10
Purchase	10,519	25.10
Purchase	250	25.10
Purchase	1,000	25.10
Purchase	18,787	25.10
Purchase	1,000	25.10
Purchase	10,000	25.10
Purchase	813	25.10
Purchase	1,000	25.10
Purchase	1,050	25.10
Purchase	800	25.10
Purchase	250	25.10
Purchase	5,000	25.10
Purchase	500	25.10
Purchase	250	25.10
Purchase	1,000	25.10
Purchase	1,008	25.10
Purchase	600	25.10
Purchase	1,500	25.09
Purchase	9,000	25.09
Purchase	2,500	25.08
Purchase	3,000	25.08
Purchase	2,500	25.07
Purchase	400	25.07
Purchase	2	25.05
Purchase	300	25.05
Purchase	1,305	25.05
Purchase	400	25.05
Purchase	1,000	25.05
Purchase	6,000	25.05
Purchase	2,000	25.05
Purchase	1,000	25.05
Purchase	2,500	25.04
Purchase	2,121	24.90
Purchase	2	24.90
Purchase	5,428	24.90
Purchase	10,000	24.90
Purchase	2	24.90
Purchase	1,020	24.90
Purchase	2	24.90
Purchase	1,108	24.90
Purchase	8,892	24.90
Purchase	2,001	24.90
Purchase	2	24.90
Purchase	10,497	24.90
Purchase	500	24.90
Purchase	5,000	24.90
Purchase	1,500	24.89
Purchase	813	24.86
Purchase	850	24.86
Purchase	69	24.86
Purchase	5,000	24.85
Purchase	1,010	24.84
Purchase	80	24.83
Purchase	986	24.81
Purchase	100	24.81
Purchase	5,000	24.65
Purchase	240	24.92
Purchase	60	24.91
Purchase	20,633	25.00
Purchase	166	25.00
Purchase	500	25.00
Purchase	189	25.00
Purchase	565	25.00
Purchase	1,333	25.00
Purchase	4,000	25.00
Purchase	1,667	25.00
Purchase	5,000	25.00
Purchase	85	25.00
Purchase	255	25.00
Purchase	83	25.00
Purchase	250	25.00
Purchase	1,000	25.00
Purchase	3,000	25.00
Purchase	191	25.00
Purchase	573	25.00
Purchase	300	25.00
Purchase	100	25.00
Purchase	800	25.00
Purchase	2,000	25.00
Purchase	86	25.00
Purchase	119	25.00
Purchase	1,000	25.00
Purchase	5,000	25.00
Purchase	1,000	25.00
Purchase	105	25.00
Purchase	7,916	25.00
Purchase	309	25.00
Purchase	1,000	25.00
Purchase	2,000	25.00
Purchase	500	25.00
Purchase	5,000	25.00
Purchase	250	25.00
Purchase	300	25.00
Purchase	500	25.00
Purchase	4,945	25.00
Purchase	2,000	25.00
Purchase	5,000	25.00
Purchase	200	25.00
Purchase	20,000	25.00
Purchase	8,000	25.00
Purchase	25	25.00
Purchase	1,100	25.00
Purchase	2,000	25.00
Purchase	10,000	25.00
Purchase	25,000	25.00
Purchase	300	25.00
Purchase	1,000	25.00
Purchase	3,000	25.00
Purchase	1,000	25.00
Purchase	1,000	25.00
Purchase	700	25.00
Purchase	1,000	25.00
Purchase	1,000	25.00
Purchase	5,000	25.00
Purchase	8,179	25.00
Purchase	1,800	24.99
Purchase	502	24.99
Purchase	1,000	24.99
Purchase	5,000	24.99
Purchase	340	24.99
Purchase	4,000	24.98
Purchase	500	24.98
Purchase	500	24.98
Purchase	500	24.98
Purchase	813	24.97
Purchase	2,070	24.97
Purchase	75	24.96
Purchase	3,500	24.95
Purchase	250	24.95
Purchase	3,240	24.95
Purchase	1,000	24.95
Purchase	2	24.94
Purchase	3,060	24.93
Purchase	358	24.93
Purchase	1,642	24.93
Purchase	1,000	24.93
Purchase	624	24.93
Purchase	2,199	24.90
Purchase	676	24.90
Purchase	209	24.90
Purchase	20	24.90
Purchase	500	24.90
Purchase	1,500	24.90
Purchase	2,582	24.88
Purchase	2,000	24.88
Purchase	2,000	24.88
Purchase	1,000	24.87
Purchase	2	24.86
Purchase	8,000	24.86
Purchase	27	24.86
Purchase	100	24.85
Purchase	50	24.78
Purchase	6,514	25.00
Purchase	3,046	25.00
Purchase	3,046	25.00
Purchase	4,202	25.00
Purchase	4,000	25.00
Purchase	1,591	25.00
Purchase	3,046	25.00
Purchase	1,491	25.00
Purchase	2,881	25.10
Purchase	2,960	25.10
Purchase	1,012	25.10
Purchase	1,441	25.10
Purchase	2,568	25.10
Purchase	761	25.10
Purchase	721	25.10
Purchase	1,387	25.10
Purchase	4,201	25.10
Purchase	2	25.10
Purchase	8,634	25.10
Purchase	1,000	25.10
Purchase	213	25.10
Purchase	2	25.10
Purchase	2,217	25.10
Purchase	989	25.14
Purchase	1,070	25.14
Purchase	4	25.14
Purchase	53	25.14
Purchase	229	25.14
Purchase	500	25.14
Purchase	1,134	25.14
Purchase	4	25.14
Purchase	10,000	25.14
Purchase	2	25.14
Purchase	2	25.14
Purchase	4,139	25.14
Purchase	405	25.14
Purchase	1,215	25.14
Purchase	5,000	25.14
Purchase	300	25.14
Purchase	591	25.14
Purchase	200	25.14
Purchase	193	25.14
Purchase	174	25.14
Purchase	43	25.14
Purchase	3,753	25.14
Purchase	500	25.16
Purchase	24,500	25.16
Purchase	1,100	25.20
Purchase	500	25.20
Purchase	32	25.20
Purchase	1,000	25.20
Purchase	183	25.20
Purchase	1,000	25.20
Purchase	200	25.20
Purchase	2,000	25.20
Purchase	2,000	25.20
Purchase	1,500	25.20
Purchase	2,000	25.20
Purchase	50	25.20
Purchase	500	25.20
Purchase	100,000	25.20
Purchase	800	25.20
Purchase	200	25.20
Purchase	2,121	25.20
Purchase	1,000	25.19
Purchase	1,878	25.19
Purchase	4,000	25.00
Purchase	400	25.00
Purchase	1,356	25.00
Purchase	400	25.00
Purchase	280	25.00
Purchase	1,314	25.00
Purchase	97	25.00
Purchase	2,000	25.00
Purchase	2	25.00
Purchase	500	25.00
Purchase	400	25.00
Purchase	1,000	25.00
Purchase	1,000	25.00
Purchase	5,871	25.00
Purchase	3,000	25.00
Purchase	144	24.99
Purchase	1,000	24.99
Purchase	300	24.99
Purchase	280	25.02
Purchase	61	25.02
Purchase	5,000	25.02
Purchase	500	25.02
Purchase	1,000	25.02
Purchase	100	25.02
Purchase	5,000	25.02
Purchase	2	25.02
Purchase	5,000	25.02
Purchase	47	25.02
Purchase	300	25.02
Purchase	2,710	25.02
Purchase	5,740	25.07
Purchase	5,000	25.07
Purchase	799	25.07
Purchase	2,000	25.07
Purchase	200	25.07
Purchase	2	25.07
Purchase	5,800	25.07
Purchase	459	25.06
Purchase	4,159	25.08
Purchase	1,021	25.08
Purchase	500	25.08
Purchase	1,000	25.08
Purchase	2	25.08
Purchase	6,459	25.08
Purchase	10,000	25.08
Purchase	500	25.08
Purchase	500	25.08
Purchase	500	25.08
Purchase	500	25.08
Purchase	500	25.08
Purchase	3,000	25.08
Purchase	500	25.08
Purchase	500	25.08
Purchase	359	25.07
Purchase	761	24.80
Purchase	500	24.80
Purchase	2	24.80
Purchase	3,000	24.80
Purchase	8,400	24.80
Purchase	140	24.80
Purchase	443	24.80
Purchase	8,000	24.80
Purchase	500	24.80
Purchase	625	24.80
Purchase	100	24.80
Purchase	2	24.80
Purchase	1,500	24.80
Purchase	10,534	24.80
Purchase	3,493	24.80
Purchase	2,000	24.80
Purchase	56,998	24.97
Purchase	500,000	24.62
Purchase	175,000	24.83
Purchase	300,000	24.77
Purchase	15,807	24.46
Purchase	284,193	24.46
Purchase	199,479	31.00
Sale	-300	25.36
Sale	-200	25.38
Sale	-328	25.22
Sale	-102	25.12
Sale	-500	25.45
Sale	-100	25.29
Sale	-329	25.33
Sale	-215	25.33
Sale	-1,456	25.33
Sale	-1,600	25.22
Sale	-572	25.23
Sale	-1,800	24.80
Sale	-200	24.80
Sale	-720	25.11
Sale	-28	25.12
Sale	-150	25.12
Sale	-20	24.35
Sale	-37,333	24.78
Sale	-200,000	24.43
Sale	-640,000	23.55

TOTAL BUYS:2663069

TOTAL SELLS:885953

(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.

Is a Supplemental Form 38.5(b) attached? (Note 8) No

Date of disclosure	29-10-2008
Contact name	Simon Crawley/Carolyn Collins
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 www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.

This information is provided by RNS

The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

END

EMMILFFLIRLAFIT

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