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EPT Disclosure

11th Aug 2008 11:45

RNS Number : 0613B

Credit Suisse Equities (Australia)

11 August 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	8-08-2008

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			9824974	0.293
(2) Derivatives (other than options)
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell
Total			9824974	0.293

(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	7		37.20
Purchase	2,139	37.20
Purchase	11,334	37.20
Purchase	1,700	37.20
Purchase	532	37.20
Purchase	154	37.20
Purchase	13	37.20
Purchase	1,000	37.20
Purchase	8	37.19
Purchase	500	37.19
Purchase	133	37.19
Purchase	546	37.19
Purchase	250	37.18
Purchase	1,480	37.18
Purchase	2,246	37.18
Purchase	29	37.17
Purchase	78	37.16
Purchase	5,677	37.20
Purchase	2,500	37.20
Purchase	1,000	37.20
Purchase	5,519	37.20
Purchase	7,394	37.20
Purchase	989	37.20
Purchase	1,094	37.20
Purchase	416	37.20
Purchase	2,500	37.20
Purchase	19	37.20
Purchase	1,000	37.20
Purchase	1,000	37.20
Purchase	22	37.19
Purchase	962	37.19
Purchase	14,917	37.18
Purchase	609	37.18
Purchase	2,244	37.17
Purchase	2,138	37.17
Purchase	500	37.14
Purchase	1,000	37.14
Purchase	123	37.14
Purchase	1,073	37.14
Purchase	155	37.14
Purchase	1,707	37.14
Purchase	60	37.14
Purchase	174	37.14
Purchase	2,236	37.14
Purchase	10,000	37.14
Purchase	823	37.14
Purchase	67	37.15
Purchase	360	37.15
Purchase	19,826	37.21
Purchase	140	37.20
Purchase	1,000	37.20
Purchase	10,000	37.20
Purchase	1,000	37.20
Purchase	200	37.20
Purchase	500	37.20
Purchase	600	37.20
Purchase	965	37.20
Purchase	300	37.20
Purchase	500	37.20
Purchase	82	37.20
Purchase	3,000	37.20
Purchase	928	37.20
Purchase	969	37.19
Purchase	73	37.19
Purchase	400	37.19
Purchase	500	37.19
Purchase	1,000	37.19
Purchase	2,500	37.19
Purchase	277	37.19
Purchase	80	37.19
Purchase	1,340	37.19
Purchase	495	37.19
Purchase	353	37.18
Purchase	601	37.18
Purchase	1,000	37.18
Purchase	117	37.18
Purchase	1,100	37.18
Purchase	154	37.18
Purchase	17,806	37.12
Purchase	609	37.12
Purchase	662	37.12
Purchase	446	37.12
Purchase	1,088	37.12
Purchase	1,993	37.12
Purchase	2,396	37.12
Purchase	4,020	37.04
Purchase	763	37.04
Purchase	172	37.04
Purchase	2,117	37.04
Purchase	34	37.04
Purchase	201	37.04
Purchase	400	37.04
Purchase	432	37.04
Purchase	1,434	37.04
Purchase	3,393	36.98
Purchase	8,171	37.00
Purchase	532	37.00
Purchase	1,222	37.00
Purchase	100	37.00
Purchase	543	37.00
Purchase	5,792	37.00
Purchase	8,640	37.00
Purchase	4,359	37.00
Purchase	289	37.00
Purchase	3,905	37.00
Purchase	1,447	37.00
Purchase	130	36.98
Purchase	1,477	36.98
Purchase	2,501	36.99
Purchase	862	36.99
Purchase	270	36.99
Purchase	1,367	36.99
Purchase	6,037	37.00
Purchase	2,700	37.00
Purchase	676	37.00
Purchase	481	37.00
Purchase	25,000	37.00
Purchase	106	37.00
Purchase	19,874	37.00
Purchase	923	37.00
Purchase	3,000	37.00
Purchase	1	37.00
Purchase	1,000	37.00
Purchase	202	37.00
Purchase	1,072	37.09
Purchase	637	37.09
Purchase	14,919	37.09
Purchase	968	37.09
Purchase	452	37.09
Purchase	643	37.05
Purchase	270	37.07
Purchase	3	37.05
Purchase	3	37.05
Purchase	18	37.05
Purchase	92	37.05
Purchase	43	37.05
Purchase	322	37.05
Purchase	1,545	37.05
Purchase	3,075	37.06
Purchase	243	37.06
Purchase	843	37.06
Purchase	214	37.05
Purchase	121	37.05
Purchase	624	37.05
Purchase	2,167	37.05
Purchase	790	36.99
Purchase	900	36.99
Purchase	1	36.99
Purchase	732	37.02
Purchase	738	37.02
Purchase	29	37.02
Purchase	200	36.99
Purchase	125	36.99
Purchase	278	36.97
Purchase	751	36.97
Purchase	15	36.95
Purchase	3	36.95
Purchase	141	36.95
Purchase	1,660	36.94
Purchase	552	36.94
Purchase	141	36.91
Purchase	49	36.91
Purchase	1,717	36.91
Purchase	533	36.91
Purchase	500	36.91
Purchase	871	36.91
Purchase	350	36.91
Purchase	3,632	37.00
Purchase	269	37.00
Purchase	4,161	37.02
Purchase	130	37.00
Purchase	130	37.00
Purchase	66	37.14
Purchase	1,559	37.14
Purchase	1,305	37.14
Purchase	3,179	37.18
Purchase	50	37.18
Purchase	148	37.18
Purchase	500	37.18
Purchase	2,251	37.18
Purchase	1,813	37.17
Purchase	4,577	37.15
Purchase	68	37.14
Purchase	590	37.14
Purchase	100	37.14
Purchase	96	37.14
Purchase	293	37.14
Purchase	500	37.13
Purchase	3,440	37.12
Purchase	721	37.12
Purchase	7,759	37.00
Purchase	415	37.00
Purchase	1,427	37.00
Purchase	82	37.00
Purchase	10,000	37.00
Purchase	179	37.00
Purchase	19	37.00
Purchase	300	37.00
Purchase	1,000	37.00
Purchase	4,737	37.00
Purchase	2,781	36.94
Purchase	2,662	37.02
Sale	-2,838	36.72
Sale	-925	36.72
Sale	-7,802	36.72
Sale	-1	36.72
Sale	-5,000	36.72
Sale	-398	36.72
Sale	-2,000	36.72
Sale	-300	36.72
Sale	-5	36.72
Sale	-2,500	36.72
Sale	-200	36.72
Sale	-100	36.74
Sale	-2,500	36.75
Sale	-431	36.78
Sale	-1,003	36.90
Sale	-221	36.90
Sale	-1	36.90
Sale	-100	36.90
Sale	-10,000	36.90
Sale	-50	36.90
Sale	-300	36.91
Sale	-18	36.93
Sale	-581	36.93
Sale	-177	36.93
Sale	-18	36.94
Sale	-74	36.96
Sale	-8,057	36.96

TOTAL BUYS:380289

TOTAL SELLS:45600

(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	11-08-2008
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

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