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Macquarie Bank Ld20 November 2007 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 dealings Ordinary shares ISIN:being disclosed relate (Note 1) AU000000BHP4 Date of dealing 19 November 2007 2. INTERESTS, SHORT POSITIONS AND RIGHTS TO SUBSCRIBE (a) Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class of relevantsecurity dealt in (Note 2) Long Short Number (%) Number (%)(1) Relevant securities(2) Derivatives (other than options)(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell Total 0 0.00% 0 0.00% (b) Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company, otherthan 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 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 Long/short (Note Number of securities (Note Price per unit (Notename, 5) 6) 4)e.g. CFD (c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities (i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying Product Writing, Number of Exercise Type, e.g. Expiry Optionname, selling, securities to American, money purchasing, which the option European varying etc. relates (Note 6) etc.e.g. price date paid/call receivedoption per unit (Note 4) (ii) Exercising Product name, e.g. call Number of Exercise price per unit (Noteoption securities 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 persondisclosing and any other person relating to the voting rights of any relevantsecurities under any option referred to on this form or relating to the votingrights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which anyderivative referred to on this form is referenced. If none, this should bestated. Is a Supplemental Form 38.5(b) attached? (Note 8) YES/NO Date of disclosure 20 November 2007 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 unit securities (AUD)Purchase 50000 41.86Purchase 45160 41.86Purchase 9990 41.9Purchase 3360 41.9Purchase 25000 41.99Purchase 103331 41.83Purchase 96669 41.83Purchase 50000 41.8Purchase 1 41.8Sale 795 41.84Sale 500 41.84Sale 3705 41.84Sale 40 41.85Sale 4829 41.85Sale 16 41.85Sale 115 41.85Sale 4414 41.85Sale 5586 41.83Sale 15000 41.83Sale 850 41.83Sale 4713 41.83Sale 100 41.83Sale 500 41.83Sale 940 41.83Sale 2400 41.83Sale 3280 41.83Sale 2217 41.83Sale 58510 41.86Sale 1603 41.99Sale 40 41.99Sale 433 41.99Sale 2924 41.97Sale 312 41.99Sale 1390 41.99Sale 4281 41.99Sale 47 41.99Sale 531 41.99Sale 180 41.99Sale 200 41.99Sale 250 41.99Sale 1200 41.99Sale 1609 41.99Sale 1291 41.99Sale 300 41.99Sale 2998 41.97Sale 1000 41.97Sale 337 41.97Sale 474 41.97Sale 375 41.97Sale 1700 41.97Sale 1436 41.97Sale 89 41.97Sale 200000 41.83Sale 17335 41.8Sale 7570 41.8Sale 8560 41.8Sale 29 41.8Sale 743 41.8Sale 15762 41.8Sale 2 41.8Purchase 621 41.97Purchase 706 41.98Purchase 250 41.88Purchase 500 41.91Purchase 83 41.91Purchase 720 41.88Purchase 100 41.87Purchase 608 41.87Purchase 165 41.87Purchase 631 41.87Purchase 3 41.88Purchase 689 41.88Purchase 582 41.98Purchase 614 41.93Purchase 591 41.94Purchase 694 42.01Purchase 400 41.9Purchase 43 41.9Purchase 201 41.99Purchase 53 41.99Purchase 327 41.99Purchase 170 41.98Purchase 982 41.98Purchase 674 41.89Purchase 540 42Purchase 410 41.98Purchase 209 41.97Purchase 453 41.98Purchase 380 41.95Purchase 357 41.87Purchase 265 41.84Purchase 273 41.83Purchase 325 41.88Purchase 278 41.86Purchase 211 41.97Purchase 157 41.87Purchase 76 41.87Purchase 181 41.86Purchase 89 41.86Purchase 166 41.86Purchase 166 41.87Purchase 146 41.86Purchase 169 41.83Purchase 151 41.81Purchase 159 41.88Purchase 147 41.85Purchase 153 41.83Purchase 144 41.83Purchase 1 41.83Purchase 226 41.86Purchase 235 41.86Purchase 195 41.86Purchase 1 41.86Purchase 242 41.9Purchase 281 41.92Purchase 336 41.88Purchase 342 41.86Purchase 304 41.83Purchase 411 41.83Purchase 71 41.84Purchase 527 41.84Purchase 272 41.82Purchase 264 41.82Purchase 575 41.8Purchase 267 41.77Purchase 41 41.77Purchase 233 41.77Purchase 704 41.72Purchase 714 41.72Purchase 500 41.8Purchase 100 41.8Purchase 41 41.8Purchase 609 41.79Purchase 110 41.68Purchase 56 41.68Purchase 531 41.68Purchase 465 41.76Purchase 735 41.67Purchase 711 41.55Purchase 300 41.45Purchase 290 41.45Purchase 565 41.36Purchase 559 41.4Purchase 732 41.33Purchase 868 41.42Purchase 68 41.45Purchase 271 41.53Purchase 445 41.53Purchase 1165 41.53Purchase 906 41.55Purchase 3315 41.59Sale 35596 41.7348 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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