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EPT Disclosure

24th Sep 2008 11:51

RNS Number : 1911E

Credit Suisse Equities (Australia)

24 September 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	23-09-2008

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			9594882	0.286
(2) Derivatives (other than options)
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell
Total			9594882	0.286

(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	20	37.86
Purchase	10	38.07
Purchase	20	37.96
Purchase	20	37.98
Purchase	50	37.96
Purchase	20	37.91
Purchase	30	37.80
Purchase	30	37.74
Purchase	20	37.68
Purchase	20	37.44
Purchase	10	37.71
Purchase	30	37.65
Purchase	10	37.88
Purchase	10	38.04
Purchase	10	38.01
Purchase	10	38.05
Purchase	10	38.15
Purchase	20	38.31
Purchase	20	38.30
Purchase	39,394	39.00
Purchase	500	39.00
Purchase	960	39.00
Purchase	6,400	39.00
Purchase	200	39.00
Purchase	5,000	39.00
Purchase	2,500	39.00
Purchase	177	39.00
Purchase	5	38.99
Purchase	298	38.99
Purchase	36	38.99
Purchase	5	38.99
Purchase	15,648	38.99
Purchase	1,127	38.95
Purchase	302	38.95
Purchase	140	38.95
Purchase	300	38.95
Purchase	200	38.95
Purchase	250	38.95
Purchase	300	38.95
Purchase	160	38.95
Purchase	5	38.94
Purchase	6,096	38.94
Purchase	5	38.94
Purchase	15,000	38.94
Purchase	1,000	38.93
Purchase	10	38.93
Purchase	14,954	38.93
Purchase	2,000	38.90
Purchase	145	38.90
Purchase	200	38.90
Purchase	414	38.90
Purchase	95	38.90
Purchase	10	38.90
Purchase	15,000	38.90
Purchase	5	38.90
Purchase	10,000	38.90
Purchase	1,000	38.89
Purchase	158	38.88
Purchase	28	38.88
Purchase	311	38.88
Purchase	17,639	38.90
Purchase	555	38.90
Purchase	5	38.90
Purchase	15,000	38.90
Purchase	5	38.90
Purchase	5,000	38.90
Purchase	40	38.90
Purchase	466	38.90
Purchase	247	38.89
Purchase	43	38.89
Purchase	1,000	38.89
Purchase	733	38.85
Purchase	5	38.85
Purchase	2,200	38.85
Purchase	2,500	38.85
Purchase	2,500	38.85
Purchase	12	38.84
Purchase	130	38.84
Purchase	5	38.80
Purchase	10	38.80
Purchase	8,757	38.80
Purchase	679	38.79
Purchase	463	38.79
Purchase	157	38.79
Purchase	5	38.79
Purchase	8,844	38.79
Purchase	1,000	38.78
Purchase	690	38.78
Purchase	5	38.78
Purchase	10,000	38.78
Purchase	14	38.78
Purchase	10	38.78
Purchase	281	38.78
Purchase	35	38.78
Purchase	4,678	38.78
Purchase	748	38.78
Purchase	31	38.78
Purchase	5	38.78
Purchase	14	38.78
Purchase	151	38.78
Purchase	4,137	38.80
Purchase	1,271	38.80
Purchase	5	38.80
Purchase	5	38.80
Purchase	12,482	38.80
Purchase	210	38.80
Purchase	15	38.80
Purchase	41	38.80
Purchase	5	38.80
Purchase	6,829	38.80
Purchase	5,439	38.80
Purchase	5	38.80
Purchase	8,791	38.80
Purchase	234	38.80
Purchase	5	38.80
Purchase	10,000	38.80
Purchase	10	38.80
Purchase	39	38.80
Purchase	241	38.80
Purchase	64	38.80
Purchase	172	38.80
Purchase	472	38.80
Purchase	1,557	38.80
Purchase	1,832	38.80
Purchase	5,000	38.80
Purchase	8,250	38.80
Purchase	419	38.80
Purchase	726	38.80
Purchase	5	38.80
Purchase	2	38.80
Purchase	6,737	38.80
Purchase	822	38.80
Purchase	158	38.80
Purchase	5	38.80
Purchase	9,015	38.80
Purchase	21,113	38.80
Purchase	15	38.80
Purchase	1,000	38.80
Purchase	1,380	38.80
Purchase	15	38.80
Purchase	1,477	38.80
Purchase	2,465	38.80
Purchase	3,000	38.80
Purchase	247	38.80
Purchase	33	38.80
Purchase	5	38.80
Purchase	10,000	38.80
Purchase	96	38.80
Purchase	5	38.80
Purchase	53	38.80
Purchase	9,096	38.80
Purchase	12,328	38.79
Purchase	15	38.79
Purchase	867	38.79
Purchase	1,790	38.79
Purchase	5,667	38.80
Purchase	170	38.80
Purchase	5	38.80
Purchase	10	38.80
Purchase	5,790	38.80
Purchase	1,000	38.80
Purchase	5,000	38.80
Purchase	2,000	38.80
Purchase	34	38.80
Purchase	2,033	38.80
Purchase	3,291	38.80
Purchase	250	38.80
Purchase	3	35.40
Purchase	16	35.42
Purchase	19	35.50
Purchase	20	35.45
Purchase	25	35.50
Purchase	25	35.38
Purchase	28	35.50
Purchase	31	35.42
Purchase	31	35.40
Purchase	32	35.40
Purchase	41	35.39
Purchase	55	35.50
Purchase	61	35.40
Purchase	64	35.42
Purchase	65	35.50
Purchase	70	35.42
Purchase	72	35.42
Purchase	73	35.39
Purchase	73	35.35
Purchase	73	35.35
Purchase	73	35.40
Purchase	73	35.42
Purchase	73	35.42
Purchase	73	35.41
Purchase	74	35.47
Purchase	74	35.50
Purchase	74	35.50
Purchase	74	35.50
Purchase	74	35.50
Purchase	74	35.50
Purchase	81	35.40
Purchase	84	35.47
Purchase	90	35.40
Purchase	95	35.40
Purchase	98	35.50
Purchase	98	35.42
Purchase	110	35.50
Purchase	115	35.40
Purchase	123	35.50
Purchase	126	35.38
Purchase	143	35.38
Purchase	146	35.40
Purchase	146	35.45
Purchase	146	35.40
Purchase	148	35.47
Purchase	148	35.46
Purchase	159	35.43
Purchase	209	35.39
Purchase	222	35.46
Purchase	222	35.42
Purchase	234	35.37
Purchase	235	35.40
Purchase	250	35.42
Purchase	295	35.44
Purchase	296	35.56
Purchase	341	35.43
Purchase	348	35.50
Purchase	356	35.38
Purchase	365	35.40
Purchase	390	35.40
Purchase	457	35.40
Purchase	490	35.44
Purchase	497	35.50
Purchase	500	35.50
Purchase	500	35.40
Purchase	542	35.42
Purchase	549	35.40
Purchase	583	35.40
Purchase	593	35.41
Purchase	625	35.42
Purchase	686	35.40
Purchase	750	35.42
Purchase	760	35.39
Purchase	780	35.56
Purchase	795	35.39
Purchase	803	35.40
Purchase	843	35.40
Purchase	843	35.40
Purchase	849	35.40
Purchase	856	35.38
Purchase	859	35.42
Purchase	986	35.40
Purchase	1,247	35.55
Purchase	1,300	35.42
Purchase	1,445	35.42
Purchase	1,456	35.56
Purchase	1,574	35.40
Purchase	1,963	35.50
Purchase	2,000	35.40
Purchase	2,001	35.42
Purchase	2,051	35.42
Purchase	2,324	35.47
Purchase	2,403	35.50
Purchase	2,444	35.50
Purchase	2,500	35.40
Purchase	2,500	35.39
Purchase	2,749	35.35
Purchase	2,796	35.50
Purchase	3,000	35.46
Purchase	3,632	35.50
Purchase	4,000	35.47
Purchase	4,229	35.40
Purchase	4,344	35.45
Purchase	4,364	35.50
Purchase	4,955	35.40
Purchase	5,000	35.40
Purchase	5,000	35.41
Purchase	5,376	35.50
Purchase	6,989	35.50
Purchase	7,042	35.50
Purchase	7,105	35.35
Purchase	7,378	35.50
Purchase	8,125	35.50
Purchase	9,391	35.50
Purchase	10,000	35.45
Purchase	20,000	35.50
Purchase	986	35.45
Purchase	600	35.55
Purchase	348	35.52
Purchase	185	35.52
Purchase	107	35.55
Purchase	45	35.55
Purchase	170,000	35.87
Purchase	172,294	35.87
Sale	-286	37.90
Sale	-269	37.96
Sale	-5	38.25
Sale	-5,000	37.60
Sale	-30	37.65
Sale	-5,000	37.92
Sale	-1,009	37.94
Sale	-991	37.94
Sale	-970	37.94
Sale	-1,783	38.76
Sale	-955	38.75
Sale	-417	38.76
Sale	-1,960	38.76
Sale	-1,634	38.76
Sale	-19,000	38.73
Sale	-10,685	37.90
Sale	-500	37.90
Sale	-8,000	37.90
Sale	-21,836	37.90
Sale	-1,000	37.90
Sale	-2,000	37.90
Sale	-2,886	37.90
Sale	-8,216	37.90
Sale	-8,216	37.90
Sale	-260	37.90
Sale	-30,226	37.90
Sale	-28	37.96
Sale	-860	37.90
Sale	-280	37.92
Sale	-315	37.92
Sale	-5	37.92
Sale	-39	37.92
Sale	-8	37.92
Sale	-10	37.93
Sale	-560	37.93
Sale	-15	37.93
Sale	-210	37.94
Sale	-10	37.94
Sale	-1,450	37.94
Sale	-1,799	38.00
Sale	-4,830	38.00
Sale	-3,868	38.00
Sale	-351	38.00
Sale	-351	38.00
Sale	-1,809	38.00
Sale	-6,127	38.00
Sale	-1,385	38.00
Sale	-1,716	38.00
Sale	-60	38.00
Sale	-1,000	38.00
Sale	-10,000	38.00
Sale	-100	38.00
Sale	-2,843	38.00
Sale	-390	38.00
Sale	-1,320	38.00
Sale	-115	38.01
Sale	-5,000	38.01
Sale	-63	38.01
Sale	-717	38.02
Sale	-1,799	38.03
Sale	-9	38.03
Sale	-486	38.03
Sale	-100	38.03
Sale	-10	38.18
Sale	-10	38.00
Sale	-10	38.11
Sale	-20	37.99
Sale	-54	37.92
Sale	-66	37.92
Sale	-20	37.77
Sale	-30	37.71
Sale	-8,749	37.45
Sale	-1,000	37.45
Sale	-14,651	37.45
Sale	-3,882	37.45
Sale	-660	37.45
Sale	-2,000	37.45
Sale	-3,000	37.45
Sale	-300	37.45
Sale	-5,000	37.48
Sale	-1,300	37.50
Sale	-20	37.50
Sale	-346	37.50
Sale	-500	37.50
Sale	-600	37.50
Sale	-7,992	37.50
Sale	-30	37.66
Sale	-861	37.50
Sale	-4,224	37.50
Sale	-3,623	37.50
Sale	-7,000	37.50
Sale	-500	37.50
Sale	-100	37.50
Sale	-1,000	37.50
Sale	-135	37.50
Sale	-26	37.50
Sale	-270	37.50
Sale	-11,000	37.50
Sale	-50	37.50
Sale	-390	37.50
Sale	-1,280	37.50
Sale	-100	37.50
Sale	-125	37.50
Sale	-250	37.50
Sale	-1,000	37.50
Sale	-200	37.50
Sale	-100	37.50
Sale	-500	37.50
Sale	-142	37.50
Sale	-500	37.50
Sale	-400	37.50
Sale	-1,000	37.50
Sale	-1,000	37.50
Sale	-600	37.50
Sale	-2,000	37.50
Sale	-550	37.50
Sale	-5,000	37.51
Sale	-10,000	37.52
Sale	-120	37.52
Sale	-100	37.53
Sale	-800	37.53
Sale	-5,000	37.56
Sale	-1,000	37.60
Sale	-7	37.61
Sale	-5,000	37.61
Sale	-759	37.64
Sale	-443	37.64
Sale	-10,000	37.65
Sale	-1,306	37.67
Sale	-390	37.67
Sale	-143	37.90
Sale	-10,000	37.90
Sale	-108	37.93
Sale	-250	37.93
Sale	-5	37.95
Sale	-613	37.95
Sale	-10,509	37.90
Sale	-70,000	37.90
Sale	-275	37.90
Sale	-10,000	37.90
Sale	-280	37.90
Sale	-1,000	37.91
Sale	-13	37.91
Sale	-765	37.92
Sale	-560	37.94
Sale	-3,628	37.94
Sale	-100	38.48
Sale	-100	38.59
Sale	-11,095	38.75
Sale	-1,958	38.76
Sale	-164	38.76
Sale	-10,000	38.75
Sale	-9,750	38.75
Sale	-250	38.76
Sale	-815	38.81
Sale	-5,185	38.81
Sale	-8,323	38.76
Sale	-7,045	38.75
Sale	-260	38.77
Sale	-3,361	38.76
Sale	-500	38.76
Sale	-400	38.76
Sale	-555	38.76
Sale	-280	38.76
Sale	-100	38.77
Sale	-210	38.78
Sale	-15,000	38.75
Sale	-994	38.74
Sale	-1,000	38.74
Sale	-4,211	38.72
Sale	-8,000	38.65
Sale	-1,164	38.65
Sale	-3,836	38.65
Sale	-9,000	38.62
Sale	-8,000	38.57
Sale	-9,789	38.72
Sale	-18	38.74
Sale	-740	38.74
Sale	-2,000	38.74
Sale	-9,990	38.74
Sale	-2,000	38.74
Sale	-1,000	38.74
Sale	-400	38.74
Sale	-2,000	38.74
Sale	-15,092	38.74
Sale	-31	38.74
Sale	-1,625	38.74
Sale	-110	38.77
Sale	-519,826	35.69
Sale	-998,800	37.39
Sale	-52,200	35.73

TOTAL BUYS: 920446

TOTAL SELLS: 2147689

(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	24-09-2008
Contact name	Carolyn Collins/Simon Crawley
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

EMMILFEIAIISFIT

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