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Credit Suisse Securities (Eur) Ltd07 March 2008 FORM 38.5 (a) DEALINGS BY CONNECTED EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADERS WITH RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY STATUS DEALING IN A CLIENT-SERVING CAPACITY (Rule 38.5(a) of the Takeover Code) 1. KEY INFORMATION Name of exempt principal trader Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited Company dealt in BHP Billiton Class of relevant security to which the dealings being Ordinary Sharesdisclosed relate (Note 1) Date of dealing 06-Mar-2008 2. DEALINGS (Note 2) (a) Purchases and sales Total number of securities purchased Highest price paid (Note 3) Lowest price paid (Note 3) 3905549 17 (GBP) 16.66 (GBP) Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note Lowest price received (Note 3) 3)4272242 16.99 (GBP) 16.66 (GBP) (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options) Product name, e.g. CFD Long/short (Note 4) Number of securities (Note 5) Price per unit (Note 3) CFD Long 200000 16.8 (GBP)CFD Long 25000 16.8 (GBP)CFD Long 25000 16.8 (GBP)CFD Long 25000 16.8 (GBP)CFD Long 25000 16.8 (GBP)CFD Long 15000 16.8 (GBP)CFD Short 12145 16.8 (GBP)CFD Short 128 16.8 (GBP) (c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities (i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varyingProduct Writing, selling, Number of securities to Exercise Type, e.g. Expiry Option money paid/name,e.g. call purchasing, varying which the option relates price American, date received per unitoption etc. (Note 5) European etc. (Note 3) (ii) Exercising Product name, e.g. call option Number of securities Exercise price per unit (Note 3) 3. OTHER INFORMATION Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivativesFull 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. Date of disclosure 07-Mar-2008 10:36:05 Contact name Collins,Carolyn Telephone number 44 20 7888 0241 Name of offeree/offeror with which connected Rio Tinto Plc Nature of connection (Note 6) ADVISOR Notes The Notes on Form 38.5(a) 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 ExchangeRelated Shares:
BHP Group