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EPT Disclosure

23rd May 2008 11:38

RNS Number : 1710V

Credit Suisse Equities (Australia)

23 May 2008

9FORM 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	22-05-2008

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	71,382	0.002	8,181,080	0.243
(2) Derivatives (other than options)
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell
Total	71,382	0.002	8,181,080	0.243

(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
(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) (AUD)
Purchase	1,797	47.70
Purchase	1,797	47.70
Purchase	923	47.70
Purchase	1,994	47.70
Purchase	7,080	47.70
Purchase	4,000	47.70
Purchase	300	47.70
Purchase	20,000	47.70
Purchase	3,000	47.70
Purchase	1,041	47.70
Purchase	4,000	47.70
Purchase	52	47.70
Purchase	266	47.88
Purchase	400	47.88
Purchase	89	47.88
Purchase	1,000	47.88
Purchase	3	47.88
Purchase	75	47.88
Purchase	9	47.88
Purchase	4	47.87
Purchase	15	47.87
Purchase	139	47.87
Purchase	2,500	48.04
Purchase	4,089	48.09
Purchase	171	48.09
Purchase	678	48.09
Purchase	62	48.09
Purchase	4,212	47.96
Purchase	1,600	48.16
Purchase	4,718	48.16
Purchase	2,880	48.30
Purchase	502	48.30
Purchase	830	48.30
Purchase	676	48.15
Purchase	2,500	48.15
Purchase	200	48.15
Purchase	225	48.15
Purchase	11	48.15
Purchase	600	48.15
Purchase	1,698	48.09
Purchase	1,000	48.09
Purchase	820	48.09
Purchase	2,106	48.25
Purchase	2	48.25
Purchase	7	48.25
Purchase	26	48.25
Purchase	359	48.25
Purchase	2,068	48.48
Purchase	1,500	48.48
Purchase	3,000	48.48
Purchase	1	48.48
Purchase	44	48.48
Purchase	356	48.49
Purchase	5,155	48.49
Purchase	760	48.44
Purchase	13	48.44
Purchase	370	48.44
Purchase	492	48.43
Purchase	350	48.27
Purchase	116	48.27
Purchase	2,111	48.27
Purchase	1,228	48.23
Purchase	1,390	48.22
Purchase	3,152	48.22
Purchase	1,000	48.21
Purchase	60	48.21
Purchase	805	48.21
Purchase	1,835	48.21
Purchase	450	48.23
Purchase	304	48.23
Purchase	1,709	48.23
Purchase	300	48.23
Purchase	1,000	48.23
Purchase	17	48.23
Purchase	270	48.23
Purchase	162	48.23
Purchase	1,565	48.21
Purchase	7	48.21
Purchase	4,565	48.20
Purchase	7	48.19
Purchase	428	48.19
Purchase	13	48.24
Purchase	4,199	48.24
Purchase	6	48.24
Purchase	3,706	48.24
Purchase	500	48.24
Purchase	3,949	48.20
Purchase	263	48.20
Purchase	7,451	48.09
Purchase	2,280	48.09
Purchase	72	48.09
Purchase	1,201	48.15
Purchase	305	48.15
Purchase	1,000	48.15
Purchase	4,142	48.16
Purchase	70	48.16
Purchase	211	48.18
Purchase	700	48.18
Purchase	300	48.18
Purchase	1	48.18
Purchase	3,000	48.18
Purchase	764	48.15
Purchase	909	48.15
Purchase	870	48.15
Purchase	1,669	48.15
Purchase	4,212	48.09
Purchase	200	47.99
Purchase	125	47.99
Purchase	2,800	47.99
Purchase	1,100	47.92
Purchase	9	48.09
Purchase	51	48.09
Purchase	4,573	48.08
Purchase	2,142	47.74
Purchase	358	47.74
Purchase	3,365	47.67
Purchase	297	47.67
Purchase	1,445	47.65
Purchase	196	47.65
Purchase	500	47.65
Purchase	2,071	47.65
Purchase	1,387	47.64
Purchase	3,000	47.64
Purchase	146	47.64
Purchase	100	47.64
Purchase	1,933	47.40
Purchase	4,488	47.40
Purchase	318	47.40
Purchase	4,633	47.40
Purchase	3,712	47.37
Purchase	500	47.37
Purchase	7,161	47.30
Purchase	2,000	47.25
Purchase	5,897	47.35
Purchase	391	47.28
Purchase	1,900	47.28
Purchase	1,921	47.28
Purchase	756	47.25
Purchase	1,000	47.25
Purchase	732	47.25
Purchase	1,049	47.25
Purchase	939	47.25
Purchase	1,191	47.17
Purchase	230	47.17
Purchase	1,511	47.16
Purchase	1,802	47.16
Purchase	657	47.16
Purchase	242	47.16
Purchase	900	47.17
Purchase	2,500	47.17
Purchase	1,185	47.17
Purchase	3,136	47.16
Purchase	1,051	47.16
Purchase	21	46.90
Purchase	4	46.90
Purchase	743	46.90
Purchase	275	46.90
Purchase	41	46.90
Purchase	4,212	46.93
Purchase	2,993	46.90
Purchase	120	46.90
Purchase	40	46.90
Purchase	4,061	46.66
Purchase	151	46.66
Purchase	216	46.82
Purchase	250	46.82
Purchase	204	46.82
Purchase	968	46.82
Purchase	62	46.82
Purchase	800	46.82
Purchase	15,000	46.77
Purchase	75	46.76
Purchase	25	46.76
Purchase	119	46.76
Purchase	132	46.76
Purchase	254	46.76
Purchase	1,953	46.76
Purchase	129	46.76
Purchase	12	46.76
Purchase	44	46.76
Purchase	165	46.76
Purchase	46	46.76
Purchase	665	46.76
Purchase	811	46.89
Purchase	1,000	46.89
Purchase	1,000	46.89
Purchase	1,000	46.89
Purchase	401	46.88
Purchase	1,669	46.51
Purchase	831	46.51
Purchase	1	46.20
Purchase	5,000	46.27
Purchase	1	46.15
Purchase	3,586	46.13
Purchase	1,414	46.13
Purchase	1,936	46.13
Purchase	183	46.13
Purchase	429	46.13
Purchase	136	46.13
Purchase	2,316	46.13
Purchase	200	46.11
Purchase	891	47.17
Purchase	2,127	48.15
Purchase	4,212	48.16
Purchase	15,000	48.10
Purchase	694	48.09
Purchase	20,000	46.15
Sale	-2,600	48.46
Sale	-1,078	48.17
Sale	-3,922	48.17
Sale	-1	48.10
Sale	-1,361	48.04
Sale	-500	48.04
Sale	-139	48.04
Sale	-3,000	47.97
Sale	-2,005	47.97
Sale	-2,630	47.97
Sale	-218	47.97
Sale	-147	47.98
Sale	-7,185	46.80
Sale	-425	46.80
Sale	-350	46.80
Sale	-200	46.68
Sale	-1,000	46.80
Sale	-200	46.80
Sale	-840	46.80
Sale	-2,184	46.80
Sale	-18	46.80
Sale	-5,000	46.79
Sale	-1	46.77
Sale	-1	46.21
Sale	-1	46.17
Sale	-1	46.16
Sale	-1,408	46.16
Sale	-78	46.16
Sale	-1	46.15
Sale	-200	46.16
Sale	-2,901	46.16
Sale	-321	46.16
Sale	-92	46.16
Sale	-328	46.15
Sale	-4,672	46.15
Sale	-3,098	46.15
Sale	-1	46.15
Sale	-6,901	46.15
Sale	-1,417	46.80
Sale	-5,000	48.16

TOTAL BUYS:335057

TOTAL SELLS:61425

(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

NONE

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

Date of disclosure	23-05-2008
Contact name	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 http://www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk/.

This information is provided by RNS

The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

END

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