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Credit Suisse Equities (Australia)07 December 2007 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 Credit Suisse Equities (Australia) Limited Company dealt in BHP Billiton Limited Class of relevant security to which the dealings being Ordinary Sharesdisclosed relate (Note 1) Date of dealing 6-Dec-2007 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 1,470,548 0.044(2) Derivatives (other than options)(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sellTotal 1,470,548 0.044 (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 (1) Relevant Securities(2) Derivatives (other than options)(3) Options and agreements to purchase/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)Purchase 750 43.36Purchase 250 43.36Purchase 1000 43.46Purchase 95 43.56Purchase 305 43.56Purchase 600 43.56Purchase 5196 43.6Purchase 305 43.6Purchase 150 43.6Purchase 1000 43.6Purchase 3349 43.6Purchase 818 43.72Purchase 1992 43.72Purchase 799 43.71Purchase 16 43.71Purchase 3534 43.71Purchase 357 43.71Purchase 300 43.69Purchase 5 43.69Purchase 250 43.69Purchase 1000 43.69Purchase 350 43.69Purchase 233 43.69Purchase 968 43.69Purchase 100 43.69Purchase 254 43.69Purchase 4042 43.69Purchase 236 43.69Purchase 227 43.68Purchase 233 43.68Purchase 3598 43.68Purchase 21 43.68Purchase 189 43.68Purchase 10 43.68Purchase 534 43.78Purchase 94 43.79Purchase 214 43.79Purchase 4826 43.79Purchase 750 43.78Purchase 994 43.78Purchase 488 43.8Purchase 600 43.8Purchase 100 43.8Purchase 2000 43.8Purchase 150 43.8Purchase 500 43.8Purchase 440 43.8Purchase 2000 43.78Purchase 2483 43.79Purchase 83 43.79Purchase 972 43.79Purchase 14 43.79Purchase 20 43.79Purchase 250 43.78Purchase 400 43.78Purchase 53 43.78Purchase 8 43.78Purchase 500 43.78Purchase 306 43.78Purchase 500 43.78Purchase 1712 43.78Purchase 168 43.78Purchase 4278 43.79Purchase 106 43.79Purchase 1000 43.79Purchase 3172 43.79Purchase 84 43.77Purchase 1003 43.77Purchase 91 43.76Purchase 78 43.76Purchase 994 43.76Purchase 4398 43.76Purchase 4278 43.74Purchase 212 43.73Purchase 6417 43.74Purchase 4278 43.74Purchase 4378 43.74Purchase 1595 43.74Purchase 672 43.74Purchase 50 43.74Purchase 4528 43.74Purchase 615 43.73Purchase 866 43.73Purchase 1000 43.73Purchase 227 43.7Purchase 4278 43.72Purchase 4278 43.71Purchase 4465 43.7Purchase 5989 43.7Purchase 2572 43.68Purchase 22 43.68Purchase 47 43.68Purchase 57 43.68Purchase 1580 43.68Purchase 938 43.72Purchase 2000 43.72Purchase 500 43.72Purchase 320 43.72Purchase 520 43.72Purchase 120 43.73Purchase 4158 43.73Purchase 354 43.73Purchase 460 43.73Purchase 985 43.73Purchase 84 43.73Purchase 2000 43.73Purchase 1000 43.73Purchase 113 43.73Purchase 1421 43.73Purchase 520 43.68Purchase 1279 43.68Purchase 14 43.68Purchase 88 43.68Purchase 127 43.68Purchase 5906 43.68Purchase 287 43.68Purchase -798 43.66Purchase 798 43.66Purchase 110 43.66Purchase 3370 43.66Purchase 4245 43.66Purchase 33 43.66Purchase 142 43.66Purchase 1099 43.66Purchase 391 43.66Purchase 95 43.66Purchase 124 43.66Purchase 986 43.66Purchase 34 43.66Purchase 100 43.62Purchase 1000 43.62Purchase 100 43.62Purchase 36 43.62Purchase 33 43.62Purchase 2 43.6Purchase 5132 43.6Purchase 5989 43.65Purchase 3339 43.64Purchase 1367 43.64Purchase 2364 43.62Purchase 1914 43.62Purchase 5989 43.6Purchase 4278 43.6Purchase 4278 43.59Purchase 588 43.59Purchase 933 43.59Purchase 1700 43.59Purchase 81 43.59Purchase 276 43.59Purchase 367 43.59Purchase 333 43.59Purchase 6845 43.59Purchase 1000 43.56Purchase 5561 43.65Purchase 4278 43.66Purchase 4278 43.7Purchase 4648 43.69Purchase 58 43.69Purchase 3118 43.69Purchase 17 43.69Purchase 1143 43.69Purchase 112 43.7Purchase 270 43.7Purchase 260 43.69Purchase 670 43.69Purchase 1835 43.72Purchase 1706 43.73Purchase 209 43.74Purchase 500 43.74Purchase 340 43.74Purchase 1380 43.74Purchase 7 43.74Purchase 2000 43.74Purchase 270 43.74Purchase 2500 43.73Purchase 500 43.73Purchase 5561 43.73Purchase 3299 43.72Purchase 176 43.72Purchase 2000 43.72Purchase 230 43.72Purchase 2300 43.72Purchase 4278 43.75Purchase 5073 43.77Purchase 19 43.77Purchase 42 43.77Purchase 4278 43.8Purchase 4268 43.73Purchase 9 43.73Purchase 1 43.73Purchase 445 43.7Purchase 4689 43.7Purchase 4631 43.7Purchase 75 43.7Purchase 4278 43.7Purchase 4278 43.65Purchase 4278 43.65Purchase 4278 43.65Purchase 4278 43.65Purchase 4278 43.65Purchase 2966 43.7Purchase 2705 43.66Purchase 798 43.66Purchase 2286 43.72Purchase 2610 43.65Sale -163 43.73Sale -13 43.73Sale -6487 43.71Sale -128 43.73Sale -60 43.73Sale -108 43.73Sale -20 43.73Sale -50 43.73Sale -458 43.73Sale -1000 43.78Sale -212 43.73Sale -1500 43.79Sale -500 43.87Sale -37 43.77Sale -76 43.77Sale -71 43.7Sale -7929 43.7Sale -843 43.7Sale -310 43.7Sale -300 43.71Sale -8060 43.71Sale -1500 43.65Sale -1500 43.65Sale -928 43.65Sale -9072 43.65Sale -12 43.65TOTAL BUYS:317233 TOTAL SELLS:41337 (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 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 6) European etc. (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 :AMENDMENT- SEE OPTIONS 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 7-Dec-2007 Contact name Collins, Carolyn 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 http://www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk/. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
BHP Group