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UBS AG (EPT)24 April 2008 FORM 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 UBS AG London BranchCompany dealt in Rio Tinto LimitedClass of relevant security to which the Ordinarydealings being disclosed relate (Note 1)Date of dealing 23 APRIL 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 0 0.00% 1,312 0.00%(2) Derivatives (other thanoptions)(3) Options and agreements topurchase/sellTotal 0 0.00% 1,312 0.00% (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 thanoptions)(3) Options and agreements topurchase/sellTotal (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) SALE 1749 14288 AUD Cents SALE 629 14288 SALE 192 14288 SALE 125 14288 SALE 14 14288 SALE 3 14288 PURCHASE 3 14290 PURCHASE 200 14290 PURCHASE 1110 14290 PURCHASE 4 14300 PURCHASE 130 14300 PURCHASE 1260 14300 PURCHASE 275 14325 SALE 738 14328 SALE 244 14328 SALE 200 14328 SALE 100 14328 SALE 70 14328 SALE 64 14328 SALE 15 14328 SALE 232 14329 SALE 510 14330 SALE 323 14330 SALE 320 14330 SALE 263 14330 SALE 221 14330 SALE 125 14330 SALE 36 14330 SALE 31 14330 PURCHASE 5 14330 PURCHASE 500 14330 PURCHASE 5 14332 PURCHASE 59 14332 PURCHASE 938 14334 PURCHASE 10 14335 PURCHASE 99 14335 PURCHASE 100 14335 PURCHASE 112 14335 PURCHASE 268 14336 PURCHASE 268 14336 PURCHASE 26 14339 PURCHASE 164 14339 SALE 217 14344 SALE 54 14344 PURCHASE 1 14344 PURCHASE 57 14344 PURCHASE 58 14344 PURCHASE 409 14345 SALE 200 14346 SALE 31 14346 SALE 275 14347 SALE 143 14347 SALE 8 14347 SALE 349 14350 SALE 154 14352 SALE 163 14353 PURCHASE 1 14354 PURCHASE 6 14354 PURCHASE 458 14354 PURCHASE 24 14360 PURCHASE 1569 14360 SALE 112 14370 SALE 82 14370 SALE 20 14370 SALE 6 14370 SALE 207 14371 SALE 155 14371 SALE 543 14375 SALE 243 14376 SALE 214 14376 SALE 114 14376 SALE 290 14379 SALE 3 14379 PURCHASE 200 14380 PURCHASE 853 14380 SALE 189 14381 PURCHASE 15 14381 PURCHASE 48 14381 PURCHASE 63 14381 SALE 314 14387 PURCHASE 60 14389 PURCHASE 60 14389 SALE 211 14390 SALE 208 14392 SALE 145 14392 SALE 160 14393 SALE 912 14395 SALE 160 14395 SALE 112 14395 SALE 40 14395 SALE 3 14395 SALE 149 14398 SALE 144 14399 SALE 138 14399 SALE 36 14399 PURCHASE 500 14400 PURCHASE 614 14400 SALE 128 14401 SALE 88 14401 PURCHASE 231 14401 PURCHASE 231 14401 SALE 149 14402 SALE 42 14402 SALE 134 14404 SALE 203 14406 SALE 12 14406 SALE 12 14406 SALE 593 14439 PURCHASE 12 14460 PURCHASE 16 14460 PURCHASE 51 14460 PURCHASE 58 14460 PURCHASE 71 14460 PURCHASE 180 14460 PURCHASE 278 14460 SALE 216 14469 SALE 85 14469 SALE 70 14469 SALE 27 14469 SALE 2 14469 SALE 211 14472 SALE 46 14472 SALE 3 14472 SALE 96 14475 SALE 20 14475 SALE 37 14476 SALE 27 14476 SALE 26 14476 SALE 2 14476 SALE 144 14478 SALE 33586 14479.23742 PURCHASE 33586 14479.23742 PURCHASE 803 14480 SALE 30521 14484.30894 PURCHASE 30521 14484.30894 PURCHASE 54 14485 PURCHASE 99 14485 PURCHASE 556 14485 PURCHASE 1572 14485 SALE 626 14486 SALE 391 14486 SALE 127 14486 SALE 51 14486 SALE 26 14486 SALE 1725 14487 SALE 193 14488 SALE 72 14488 PURCHASE 2 14488 PURCHASE 2 14488 PURCHASE 8 14488 PURCHASE 8 14488 PURCHASE 10 14488 PURCHASE 11 14488 PURCHASE 15 14488 PURCHASE 58 14488 PURCHASE 710 14495 PURCHASE 12 14500 PURCHASE 15 14500 PURCHASE 349 14500 PURCHASE 11 14504 PURCHASE 12 14504 PURCHASE 1561 14504 SALE 684 14514 SALE 131 14514 SALE 35 14514 SALE 2 14514 SALE 153 14518 SALE 139 14518 SALE 16 14518 SALE 2 14518 SALE 182 14525 SALE 115 14530 SALE 74 14530 SALE 1 14530 SALE 130 14536 SALE 34 14536 SALE 1 14536 PURCHASE 13 14550 PURCHASE 500 14550 PURCHASE 776 14550 PURCHASE 500 14557 SALE 284 14558 SALE 400 14559 SALE 256 14559 SALE 231 14559 SALE 200 14559 SALE 200 14559 SALE 157 14559 SALE 60 14559 SALE 36 14559 SALE 22 14559 SALE 2 14559 PURCHASE 85 14560 PURCHASE 222 14560 PURCHASE 1000 14560 PURCHASE 10 14563 PURCHASE 61 14563 PURCHASE 86 14563 SALE 223 14564 SALE 74 14564 SALE 47 14564 SALE 38 14564 SALE 6 14564 SALE 149 14567 SALE 272 14568 SALE 200 14568 SALE 157 14568 SALE 69 14568 SALE 40 14568 SALE 1 14568 SALE 152 14569 PURCHASE 118 14569 SALE 336 14570 SALE 169 14570 PURCHASE 3 14570 PURCHASE 15 14570 PURCHASE 50 14570 PURCHASE 74 14570 SALE 757 14572 SALE 256 14572 SALE 228 14572 SALE 223 14572 SALE 45 14572 SALE 28 14572 SALE 1 14572 SALE 1 14572 PURCHASE 26 14573 PURCHASE 37 14573 PURCHASE 1652 14573 SALE 289 14574 SALE 156 14574 SALE 43 14574 SALE 416 14575 SALE 405 14575 SALE 269 14577 SALE 174 14577 SALE 144 14577 SALE 48 14577 SALE 3 14577 SALE 390 14580 SALE 179 14581 SALE 35 14581 PURCHASE 1024 14583 PURCHASE 889 14584 PURCHASE 500 14585 PURCHASE 500 14585 SALE 334 14588 SALE 429 14589 SALE 247 14589 SALE 8 14589 SALE 4 14589 PURCHASE 5 14593 PURCHASE 13 14593 PURCHASE 26 14593 PURCHASE 107 14593 PURCHASE 251 14593 SALE 156 14594 SALE 95 14594 SALE 234 14608 SALE 66 14618 PURCHASE 21 14618 PURCHASE 23 14618 PURCHASE 24 14618 PURCHASE 30 14618 PURCHASE 68 14618 PURCHASE 69 14618 SALE 198 14623 SALE 135 14624 PURCHASE 500 14626 PURCHASE 255 14650 SALE 104 14660 SALE 99 14660 SALE 4 14660 PURCHASE 50 14660 PURCHASE 50 14660 PURCHASE 1705 14660 PURCHASE 455 14661 SALE 107 14666 SALE 100 14666 SALE 1 14666 PURCHASE 200 14673 PURCHASE 1000 14675 SALE 200 14678 SALE 200 14678 SALE 150 14678 SALE 100 14678 SALE 3 14678 SALE 1689 14679 SALE 14 14679 SALE 166 14693 SALE 126 14693 SALE 6 14693 SALE 237 14694 SALE 198 14694 SALE 92 14694 SALE 17 14694 SALE 3 14694 SALE 2 14694 SALE 200 14695 TOTAL PURCHASES 94,628 TOTAL SALES 97,693 (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)Product name, e.g Long/short (Note 5) Number of securities Price per unitCFD (Note 6) (Note 4) (c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities (i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying Product Writing, Number of Exercise Type, e.g. Expiry Optionname,e.g. selling, securities price American, date money paid/call purchasing, to which the European received peroption varying etc option etc. unit (Note relates 4) (Note 6) (ii) Exercising Product name, e.g. call Number of securities Exercise price per unitoption (Note 4) (d) Other dealings (including new securities) (Note 3) Nature of transaction Details Price per unit (if applicable)(Note 7) 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) NO Date of disclosure 24 APRIL 2008Contact name LOUISE ROBINSONTelephone number 020 7567 8762Name of offeree/offeror with which connected BHP Billiton PLC BHP Billiton LTDNature of connection (Note 9) CONNECTED ADVISER Notes The Notes on Form 38.5(b) can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website atwww.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
Rio Tinto