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EPT Disclosure

27th Aug 2008 11:23

RNS Number : 1071C

Credit Suisse Equities (Australia)

27 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	26-08-2008

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			11108632	0.331
(2) Derivatives (other than options)
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell
Total			11108632	0.331

(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	33,834		40.75
Purchase	450	40.75
Purchase	450	40.75
Purchase	2,969	40.49
Purchase	31	40.49
Purchase	637	40.50
Purchase	575	40.50
Purchase	6,172	40.50
Purchase	8,272	40.50
Purchase	1,000	40.50
Purchase	62	40.50
Purchase	1,043	40.50
Purchase	328	40.50
Purchase	458	40.48
Purchase	273	40.48
Purchase	608	40.48
Purchase	4,000	40.48
Purchase	1,370	40.43
Purchase	799	40.45
Purchase	1,853	40.45
Purchase	483	40.57
Purchase	1,500	40.57
Purchase	968	40.57
Purchase	372	40.57
Purchase	415	40.57
Purchase	12	40.57
Purchase	1,250	40.54
Purchase	15,000	40.54
Purchase	3,746	40.55
Purchase	5,000	40.55
Purchase	5,000	40.55
Purchase	400	40.55
Purchase	14,396	40.57
Purchase	12,882	40.55
Purchase	2,972	40.55
Purchase	2,116	40.50
Purchase	4,542	40.50
Purchase	2,867	40.50
Purchase	2,316	40.50
Purchase	618	40.50
Purchase	192	40.50
Purchase	1,200	40.50
Purchase	200	40.50
Purchase	200	40.50
Purchase	1,000	40.50
Purchase	5,949	40.50
Purchase	2,550	40.45
Purchase	1,624	40.53
Purchase	1,000	40.52
Purchase	1,000	40.52
Purchase	440	40.52
Purchase	2,379	40.53
Purchase	547	40.53
Purchase	136	40.53
Purchase	3,583	40.53
Purchase	1,057	40.54
Purchase	4,342	40.54
Purchase	89	40.50
Purchase	417	40.40
Purchase	730	40.40
Purchase	669	40.40
Purchase	201	40.40
Purchase	49	40.40
Purchase	758	40.40
Purchase	931	40.40
Purchase	79	40.40
Purchase	390	40.40
Purchase	200	40.40
Purchase	816	40.40
Purchase	364	40.40
Purchase	106	40.45
Purchase	76	40.41
Purchase	1	40.41
Purchase	4,091	40.41
Purchase	1	40.41
Purchase	1	40.41
Purchase	10,000	40.41
Purchase	1,132	40.41
Purchase	1	40.41
Purchase	4,697	40.41
Purchase	3,301	40.35
Purchase	3,252	40.47
Purchase	690	40.46
Purchase	1,000	40.46
Purchase	58	40.46
Purchase	995	40.35
Purchase	5,000	40.35
Purchase	5,704	40.35
Purchase	1,549	40.35
Purchase	48	40.35
Purchase	403	40.35
Purchase	1,000	40.35
Purchase	12,000	40.35
Purchase	2,686	40.15
Purchase	2,314	40.15
Purchase	651	40.20
Purchase	24,349	40.20
Purchase	100	40.00
Purchase	300	40.00
Purchase	2,000	39.53
Purchase	-5,000	39.57
Purchase	5,000	39.57
Purchase	847	39.63
Purchase	4,153	39.63
Purchase	26	39.63
Purchase	683	39.59
Purchase	5,000	39.57
Purchase	500,000	40.07
Sale	-1,370	40.43
Sale	-2,550	40.45
Sale	-2,594	39.90
Sale	2,221	39.53
Sale	-2,221	39.53
Sale	-29	39.56
Sale	-4,153	39.56
Sale	-69	39.56
Sale	-1,250	39.56
Sale	5,000	39.57
Sale	-5,000	39.57
Sale	4,153	39.63
Sale	-4,153	39.63
Sale	874	39.64
Sale	-874	39.64
Sale	870	39.64
Sale	-870	39.64
Sale	-4,864	39.54
Sale	-75	39.56
Sale	-20,000	39.98
Sale	-1,630	40.45
Sale	-450	40.45
Sale	-3,000	40.48
Sale	-1	40.45
Sale	-1	40.30
Sale	-1	40.17
Sale	-13,735	39.90
Sale	-10	39.90
Sale	-1,000	39.90
Sale	-10,000	39.90
Sale	-5,055	39.90
Sale	-2,044	39.90
Sale	-3,000	39.90
Sale	-37	39.90
Sale	-5,108	39.90
Sale	-255	39.90
Sale	-630	39.90
Sale	-1,156	39.90
Sale	-2,501	39.90
Sale	-1,000	39.90
Sale	-610	39.91
Sale	-498	39.92
Sale	-2	39.92
Sale	-2	39.94
Sale	-100	39.95
Sale	-262	39.97
Sale	-200	39.97
Sale	-100	39.97
Sale	-100	39.97
Sale	-1	39.97
Sale	-155	39.55
Sale	-100	39.55
Sale	-500	39.55
Sale	-800	39.55
Sale	-11	39.55
Sale	-137	39.55
Sale	-1,703	39.56
Sale	-38	39.56
Sale	-11	39.56
Sale	-600	39.56
Sale	-11	39.56
Sale	-11	39.56
Sale	-863	39.53
Sale	-300	39.53
Sale	-217	39.53
Sale	-1,200	39.53
Sale	-4,091	39.52
Sale	-62	39.52
Sale	-168	39.53
Sale	-6	39.53
Sale	-9	39.53
Sale	-1,584	39.56
Sale	-166	39.56
Sale	-3,118	39.56
Sale	-900	39.56
Sale	-551	39.56
Sale	-2,808	39.55
Sale	-203	39.56
Sale	-53	39.60
Sale	-828	39.55
Sale	-1,292	39.60
Sale	-69	39.56
Sale	-69	39.56
Sale	-464	39.56
Sale	-351	39.57
Sale	-80	39.64
Sale	-318	39.64
Sale	-13	39.63
Sale	-138	39.63
Sale	-203	39.63
Sale	-121	39.63
Sale	-356	39.63
Sale	-467	39.62
Sale	-550	39.62
Sale	-28	39.62
Sale	-441	39.62
Sale	-93	39.60
Sale	-80	39.59
Sale	-116	39.59
Sale	-466	39.59
Sale	-256	39.59
Sale	-333	39.59
Sale	-614	39.59
Sale	-125	39.58
Sale	-867	39.52
Sale	-150	39.50
Sale	-250	39.53
Sale	-2,704	39.49
Sale	-1,520	39.50
Sale	-57	39.56
Sale	-4	39.56
Sale	-4	39.65
Sale	-660	39.65
Sale	-4,000	39.70
Sale	-55,257	39.72
Sale	-870	39.64
Sale	-211	39.65
Sale	-874	39.64
Sale	-4,153	39.63
Sale	-26	39.63
Sale	-683	39.59
Sale	-5,000	39.57
Sale	-2,221	39.53
Sale	-200,000	40.26

TOTAL BUYS:773346

TOTAL SELLS:397201

(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	27-08-2008
Contact name	Carolyn Collins
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

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