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EPT Disclosure

20th Oct 2008 11:06

RNS Number : 2036G
BNP Paribas London
20 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

16 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 

4,124,504 0.41%

(2) Derivatives (other than options)

(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell

Total

4,124,504 0.41%

(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

Rights to subscribe (Note 2)

Class of relevant security:

Details

3. DEALINGS (Note 3)

(a) Purchases and sales

Purchases

Quantity

Price

 

1000

34.00

 

103

23.76

 

178

23.74

 

65

23.58

 

534

23.55

 

478

23.54

 

70

23.53

 

800

23.47

 

896

23.43

 

700

23.42

 

19

23.40

 

331

23.35

 

51

23.34

 

2079

23.33

 

331

23.30

 

973

23.29

 

17

23.28

 

826

23.26

 

851

23.24

 

832

23.20

 

417

23.16

 

400

23.13

 

800

23.12

 

869

23.10

 

846

23.09

 

366

23.01

 

923

22.95

 

331

22.92

 

53

22.91

 

307

22.79

 

324

22.78

 

1000

22.69

 

240

22.67

 

1100

22.66

 

4416

22.65

 

706

22.64

 

331

22.62

 

40

22.61

 

1375

22.60

 

1043

22.58

 

931

22.57

 

166

22.56

 

493

22.55

 

550

22.53

 

1875

22.51

 

1275

22.50

 

2903

22.49

 

1083

22.48

 

240

22.47

 

978

22.46

 

277

22.45

 

2462

22.44

 

1053

22.43

 

543

22.42

 

1048

22.41

 

2626

22.40

 

1062

22.39

 

649

22.38

 

544

22.37

 

1841

22.36

 

1141

22.35

 

2822

22.34

 

886

22.33

 

3800

22.32

 

358

22.31

 

2420

22.30

 

767

22.28

 

155

22.26

 

175

22.25

 

673

22.24

 

71

22.23

 

365

22.22

 

291

22.20

 

28

22.19

 

31

22.12

 

10

22.09

 

400

22.06

 

300

22.05

 

830

22.04

 

1711

22.03

 

7500

21.89

 

1437

21.86

 

594

21.83

 

406

21.81

 

300

21.76

 

1000

21.73

 

536

21.70

 

1353

21.69

 

100

21.68

 

1300

21.66

 

500

21.65

 

644

21.64

 

414

21.63

 

433

21.62

 

417

21.61

 

1240

21.58

 

500

21.57

 

660

21.56

 

366

21.18

 

200

21.14

 

1058

21.10

 

1

20.98

 

10808

20.96

 

15015

20.95

 

2093

20.94

 

1207

20.93

 

744

20.92

 

2106

20.91

 

1365

20.89

 

2206

20.84

 

259

20.82

 

1156

20.81

 

2073

20.80

 

72

20.79

 

465

20.76

 

135

20.75

 

1875

20.70

 

1875

20.68

 

386

20.66

 

1727

20.65

 

781

20.64

 

1177

20.63

 

714

20.62

 

1733

20.59

 

1141

20.57

 

1179

20.56

 

2426

20.55

 

1365

20.54

 

1665

20.53

 

1807

20.52

 

118464

20.50

 

1760

20.49

 

2050

20.48

 

368

20.47

 

3750

20.45

 

200

20.44

 

2523

20.43

 

4154

20.42

 

2283

20.41

 

692

20.40

 

679

20.39

 

233

20.38

 

252

20.37

 

2580

20.36

 

419

20.35

 

194

20.30

 

331

20.29

 

1378

20.28

 

2438

20.26

 

195

20.24

 

480

20.23

 

120

20.22

 

1073

20.14

 

2062

20.13

 

700

20.12

 

4043

20.07

 

957

20.05

 

380

20.03

 

930

20.01

 

1965

20.00

 

480

19.99

 

1860

19.96

 

1888

19.95

 

773

19.94

 

10575

19.91

 

1778

19.90

 

773

19.89

 

565

19.88

 

326

19.87

Total:

324,039 

 

Sales

Quantity

Price

 

-6000

34.00

 

-178

23.74

 

-331

23.59

 

-70

23.56

 

-12

23.51

 

-400

23.48

 

-135

23.47

 

-350

23.45

 

-22

23.44

 

-17

23.43

 

-174

23.42

 

-208

23.31

 

-20123

23.30

 

-973

23.29

 

-17

23.28

 

-58

23.21

 

-390

23.18

 

-134

23.17

 

-380

23.16

 

-869

23.13

 

-23

23.09

 

-568

22.98

 

-53

22.94

 

-99

22.93

 

-463

22.92

 

-619

22.88

 

-2955

22.85

 

-475

22.84

 

-1076

22.82

 

-171

22.81

 

-184

22.79

 

-35

22.78

 

-10223

22.77

 

-725

22.75

 

-296

22.74

 

-171

22.72

 

-258

22.70

 

-285

22.68

 

-1399

22.67

 

-2536

22.66

 

-1043

22.63

 

-331

22.62

 

-40

22.61

 

-173

22.59

 

-885

22.58

 

-1571

22.57

 

-486

22.56

 

-1851

22.55

 

-1027

22.54

 

-1848

22.52

 

-1488

22.51

 

-331

22.50

 

-60

22.43

 

-785

22.41

 

-295

22.40

 

-300

22.39

 

-349

22.38

 

-1745

22.37

 

-1531

22.36

 

-1525

22.35

 

-910

22.33

 

-2649

22.32

 

-23

22.28

 

-155

22.26

 

-19

22.25

 

-24

22.21

 

-331

22.19

 

-289

22.18

 

-300

22.17

 

-31

22.14

 

-411

22.13

 

-689

22.12

 

-592

22.11

 

-868

22.10

 

-176

22.09

 

-486

22.07

 

-243

22.06

 

-2500

22.05

 

-1187

22.04

 

-1700

21.96

 

-5349

21.94

 

-545

21.92

 

-316

21.90

 

-846

21.89

 

-212

21.87

 

-850

21.86

 

-1900

21.82

 

-3269

21.80

 

-13619

21.78

 

-605

21.77

 

-300

21.76

 

-1551

21.75

 

-1299

21.74

 

-908

21.73

 

-1046

21.72

 

-895

21.71

 

-670

21.70

 

-758

21.69

 

-21

21.68

 

-337

21.67

 

-500

21.64

 

-417

21.61

 

-1320

21.19

 

-735

21.18

 

-2500

21.14

 

-408

21.13

 

-331

20.95

 

-1131

20.85

 

-169

20.84

 

-250

20.83

 

-452

20.82

 

-500

20.80

 

-279

20.79

 

-2820

20.77

 

-1832

20.71

 

-1434

20.70

 

-200

20.68

 

-2000

20.67

 

-798

20.59

 

-306

20.57

 

-7761

20.56

 

-614

20.54

 

-2100

20.52

 

-400

20.51

 

-209365

20.50

 

-1875

20.49

 

-517

20.46

 

-391

20.44

 

-1493

20.43

 

-6787

20.42

 

-2805

20.41

 

-267

20.36

 

-1333

20.34

 

-331

20.31

 

-244

20.30

 

-1000

20.28

 

-656

20.27

 

-11663

20.26

 

-1002

20.25

 

-1347

20.24

 

-290

20.18

 

-300

20.15

 

-3342

20.13

 

-513

20.12

 

-300

20.09

 

-2616

20.08

 

-3487

20.07

 

-200

20.06

 

-369

20.05

 

-400

20.04

 

-523

20.03

 

-550

20.02

 

-1100

20.01

 

-345

20.00

 

-249

19.99

 

-771

19.98

 

-515

19.96

 

-1041

19.95

 

-478

19.94

 

-589

19.93

 

-562

19.92

Total:

- 408,871 

 

 (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)

(c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities

(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

20 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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