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EPT Disclosure

3rd Sep 2008 11:25

RNS Number : 6414C

Credit Suisse Equities (Australia)

03 September 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	02-09-2008

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			11,666,154	0.347
(2) Derivatives (other than options)
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell
Total			11,666,154	0.347

(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	2,000	39.29
Purchase	2,500	39.29
Purchase	19,323	39.29
Purchase	68	39.29
Purchase	1,000	39.29
Purchase	15,363	39.29
Purchase	251	39.29
Purchase	5,674	39.29
Purchase	37,679	39.29
Purchase	4,000	39.29
Purchase	30	39.33
Purchase	72	39.40
Purchase	300	39.40
Purchase	300	39.40
Purchase	633	39.40
Purchase	1,283	39.40
Purchase	863	39.39
Purchase	117	39.39
Purchase	1,432	39.39
Purchase	4,151	39.45
Purchase	1	39.42
Purchase	1	39.43
Purchase	7,545	39.43
Purchase	1,322	39.43
Purchase	132	39.43
Purchase	1,000	39.43
Purchase	141	39.42
Purchase	1,500	39.42
Purchase	4,999	39.42
Purchase	54	39.43
Purchase	1,824	39.43
Purchase	1,492	39.43
Purchase	300	39.43
Purchase	300	39.43
Purchase	1	39.43
Purchase	1	39.43
Purchase	594	39.40
Purchase	1,759	39.44
Purchase	241	39.44
Purchase	2,093	39.44
Purchase	896	39.52
Purchase	80	39.52
Purchase	24	39.52
Purchase	869	39.55
Purchase	131	39.55
Purchase	1,995	39.55
Purchase	5	39.55
Purchase	97	39.55
Purchase	88	39.55
Purchase	675	39.55
Purchase	140	39.55
Purchase	10,000	39.51
Purchase	81	39.57
Purchase	919	39.57
Purchase	3,220	39.56
Purchase	1	39.56
Purchase	529	39.56
Purchase	250	39.56
Purchase	204	39.58
Purchase	796	39.58
Purchase	1,000	39.56
Purchase	3,000	39.64
Purchase	108	39.63
Purchase	300	39.63
Purchase	956	39.63
Purchase	4	39.63
Purchase	1	39.63
Purchase	496	39.63
Purchase	1,046	39.61
Purchase	800	39.61
Purchase	161	39.61
Purchase	2,993	39.61
Purchase	7,898	39.64
Purchase	1,892	39.64
Purchase	84	39.63
Purchase	42	39.63
Purchase	42	39.63
Purchase	42	39.63
Purchase	86	39.69
Purchase	1,667	39.69
Purchase	8,247	39.69
Purchase	428	39.90
Purchase	185	39.90
Purchase	539	39.90
Purchase	1,607	39.90
Purchase	181	39.90
Purchase	1	39.90
Purchase	4	39.90
Purchase	7,055	39.90
Purchase	2,500	39.90
Purchase	1,000	39.98
Purchase	2,498	40.00
Purchase	20,000	40.00
Purchase	15,000	40.00
Purchase	45,845	40.00
Purchase	14,923	40.00
Purchase	781	40.00
Purchase	781	40.00
Purchase	172	40.00
Purchase	1	40.00
Purchase	31,406	40.00
Purchase	1,303	40.00
Purchase	500	40.00
Purchase	1,252	40.00
Purchase	10,000	40.00
Purchase	538	40.00
Purchase	5,000	40.00
Purchase	1,000	39.90
Purchase	7,239	39.93
Purchase	34	39.93
Purchase	56	39.93
Purchase	167	39.93
Purchase	300	39.93
Purchase	500	39.93
Purchase	900	39.93
Purchase	12	39.90
Purchase	570	39.90
Purchase	1,514	39.90
Purchase	9,547	39.90
Purchase	1,000	40.09
Purchase	716	40.08
Purchase	284	40.08
Purchase	841	40.10
Purchase	34	40.10
Purchase	125	40.10
Purchase	1,000	40.13
Purchase	500	40.12
Purchase	3,902	40.29
Purchase	2,000	40.29
Purchase	5,846	40.29
Purchase	407	40.30
Purchase	382	40.30
Purchase	211	40.30
Purchase	481	40.29
Purchase	1,000	40.30
Purchase	1,471	40.29
Purchase	983	40.28
Purchase	518	40.28
Purchase	52	40.28
Purchase	149	40.28
Purchase	2,600	40.28
Purchase	264	40.27
Purchase	4,151	40.25
Purchase	4,566	40.25
Purchase	200	40.24
Purchase	128	40.24
Purchase	2,902	40.24
Purchase	500	40.23
Purchase	2	40.24
Purchase	259	40.24
Purchase	422	40.24
Purchase	1,000	40.24
Purchase	479	40.24
Purchase	239	40.24
Purchase	301	40.24
Purchase	255	40.24
Purchase	1,194	40.24
Purchase	3,845	40.23
Purchase	264	40.23
Purchase	42	40.23
Purchase	4,566	40.24
Purchase	4,151	40.23
Purchase	75	40.19
Purchase	1,864	40.19
Purchase	1	40.19
Purchase	139	40.19
Purchase	26	40.18
Purchase	500	40.18
Purchase	249	40.18
Purchase	3,000	40.18
Purchase	2	40.18
Purchase	374	40.18
Purchase	3,963	40.22
Purchase	188	40.22
Purchase	3,322	40.20
Purchase	829	40.20
Purchase	220	40.19
Purchase	1,400	40.19
Purchase	2,531	40.19
Purchase	2,089	40.18
Purchase	62	40.18
Purchase	2,000	40.18
Purchase	913	40.16
Purchase	1,000	40.16
Purchase	2,238	40.16
Purchase	762	40.16
Purchase	1,500	40.16
Purchase	1,889	40.16
Purchase	4,661	40.17
Purchase	1,000	40.17
Purchase	2	40.17
Purchase	148	40.17
Purchase	3,484	40.15
Purchase	667	40.15
Purchase	2,813	40.12
Purchase	1,338	40.12
Purchase	3,131	40.09
Purchase	4,151	40.10
Purchase	61	40.09
Purchase	1	40.09
Purchase	3	40.09
Purchase	819	40.09
Purchase	111	40.09
Purchase	25	40.09
Purchase	4,440	40.08
Purchase	500	40.08
Purchase	733	40.08
Purchase	432	40.08
Purchase	1,770	40.08
Purchase	2,000	40.07
Purchase	4	40.07
Purchase	83	40.07
Purchase	381	40.05
Purchase	860	40.05
Purchase	1,910	40.05
Purchase	1,000	40.05
Purchase	477	40.00
Purchase	887	40.00
Purchase	841	40.00
Purchase	109	40.00
Purchase	22	40.00
Purchase	738	40.00
Purchase	4,240	40.00
Purchase	61	40.00
Purchase	939	40.00
Purchase	1	40.00
Purchase	1,059	40.00
Purchase	438	40.00
Purchase	184	40.07
Purchase	3,967	40.07
Purchase	742	40.00
Purchase	4,220	40.00
Purchase	778	40.00
Purchase	480	40.00
Purchase	2,720	40.00
Purchase	8,134	40.00
Purchase	5,970	40.00
Purchase	2,102	40.00
Purchase	5,000	40.00
Purchase	1,000	40.00
Purchase	1,898	40.00
Purchase	8,102	40.00
Purchase	549	40.00
Purchase	4,450	40.00
Purchase	331	40.00
Purchase	4,488	40.00
Purchase	7,012	40.00
Purchase	352	40.00
Purchase	126	40.01
Purchase	1	40.01
Purchase	8,352	40.00
Purchase	332	40.05
Purchase	4,789	40.05
Purchase	4,964	40.05
Purchase	36	40.05
Purchase	5,000	40.07
Purchase	3,721	40.23
Purchase	1,500	40.23
Purchase	2	40.23
Purchase	83	40.23
Purchase	1,017	40.23
Purchase	2,224	40.23
Purchase	4,151	40.20
Purchase	308	40.18
Purchase	692	40.18
Purchase	4,151	40.17
Purchase	1	40.14
Purchase	4,151	40.10
Purchase	86,851	41.07
Sale	-1,950	40.00
Sale	-4,151	40.25
Sale	-4,566	40.25
Sale	-2,427	40.25
Sale	-4,151	40.20
Sale	-4,151	40.17
Sale	-8,401	40.09
Sale	-201	39.90
Sale	-21	39.90
Sale	-10,000	39.90
Sale	-5,000	39.90
Sale	-751	39.90
Sale	-11	39.90
Sale	-1	39.91
Sale	-1,434	39.91
Sale	-196	39.91
Sale	-7	39.91
Sale	-184	39.91
Sale	-5,000	39.91
Sale	-1	39.93
Sale	-1,000	40.00
Sale	-888	40.00
Sale	-6,000	40.00
Sale	-421	40.00
Sale	-1,000	40.00
Sale	-908	40.00
Sale	-662	40.00
Sale	-533	40.00
Sale	-15,000	40.00
Sale	-50	40.00
Sale	-240	40.00
Sale	-100	40.00
Sale	-1,000	40.00
Sale	-150	40.00
Sale	-400	40.00
Sale	-250	40.00
Sale	-50	40.00
Sale	-250	40.00
Sale	-2,500	40.00
Sale	-250	40.00
Sale	-250	40.00
Sale	-75	40.00
Sale	-5,045	40.00
Sale	-625	40.00
Sale	-300	40.00
Sale	-124	40.00
Sale	-83	40.00
Sale	-17	40.00
Sale	-2,000	40.00
Sale	-1,000	40.00
Sale	-700	40.00
Sale	-290	40.00
Sale	-12	40.00
Sale	-200	40.00
Sale	-500	40.00
Sale	-500	40.00
Sale	-10,000	40.00
Sale	-13	40.00
Sale	-175	40.00
Sale	-250	40.00
Sale	-1,000	40.00
Sale	-500	40.00
Sale	-724	40.00
Sale	-390	40.00
Sale	-1,000	40.00
Sale	-200	40.00
Sale	-250	40.00
Sale	-100	40.00
Sale	-341	40.00
Sale	-232	40.00
Sale	-1,500	40.01
Sale	-1,000	40.01
Sale	-1,000	40.01
Sale	-10,000	40.02
Sale	-200	40.02
Sale	-1,000	40.02
Sale	-181	40.03
Sale	-1,000	40.03
Sale	-250	40.03
Sale	-2,000	40.03
Sale	-1,000	40.03
Sale	-250	40.03
Sale	-200	40.04
Sale	-7,500	40.04
Sale	-500	40.04
Sale	-185	40.05
Sale	-4,200	40.05
Sale	-1,000	40.05
Sale	-2	40.05
Sale	-500	40.05
Sale	-441	40.06
Sale	-16	40.06
Sale	-10	40.06
Sale	-1,000	40.06
Sale	-2,221	40.06
Sale	-1,546	40.07
Sale	-800	40.07
Sale	-16	40.28
Sale	-7,536	40.28
Sale	-1,644	40.28
Sale	-2,418	40.25
Sale	-26	40.25
Sale	-22	40.25
Sale	-2	40.25
Sale	-7,154	40.25
Sale	-47,000	40.25
Sale	-4,173	40.25
Sale	-5,000	40.25
Sale	-50	40.25
Sale	-500	40.25
Sale	-12,368	40.25
Sale	-6,211	40.25
Sale	-75	40.25
Sale	-50	40.25
Sale	-205	40.25
Sale	-1,815	40.25
Sale	-500	40.25
Sale	-1,287	40.25
Sale	-30	40.05
Sale	-1,549	40.20
Sale	-6,218	40.20
Sale	-15,000	40.20
Sale	-10,000	40.20
Sale	-10,000	40.20
Sale	-400	40.20
Sale	-50	40.20
Sale	-1,980	40.20
Sale	-360	40.20
Sale	-7,948	40.20
Sale	-4,172	40.20
Sale	-4,173	40.20
Sale	-2,376	40.20
Sale	-2,244	40.20
Sale	-4,251	40.20
Sale	-7,000	40.20
Sale	-437	40.20
Sale	-747	40.20
Sale	-167	40.20
Sale	-2,500	40.20
Sale	-4,500	40.20
Sale	-500	40.20
Sale	-250	40.20
Sale	-5,000	40.21
Sale	-3,921	40.21
Sale	-104	40.22
Sale	-1	40.22
Sale	-1	40.22
Sale	-3,281	40.24
Sale	-1,500	40.24
Sale	-500	40.24
Sale	-1	40.24
Sale	-2,067	40.24
Sale	-3,048	40.24
Sale	-4,603	40.24
Sale	-4,025	40.25
Sale	-831	40.25
Sale	-831	40.25
Sale	-196	40.25
Sale	-11	40.25
Sale	-2,493	40.25
Sale	-459	40.25
Sale	-2,318	40.25
Sale	-88,836	40.25
Sale	-952	40.17
Sale	-2,600	40.17
Sale	-323	40.17
Sale	-25	40.17
Sale	-2,343	40.17
Sale	-4,195	40.17
Sale	-450	40.17
Sale	-1	40.17
Sale	-1	40.17
Sale	-4,959	40.17
Sale	-2,235	40.09
Sale	-325	40.09
Sale	-467	40.09
Sale	-1,994	40.09
Sale	-1,364	40.09
Sale	-5,214	40.09
Sale	-200	40.00
Sale	-9,502	40.00
Sale	-2,000	40.00
Sale	-10,000	40.00
Sale	-50	40.00
Sale	-40	40.00
Sale	-3,000	40.00
Sale	-5,408	40.00
Sale	-86,851	41.07
Sale	-25,000	40.99
Sale	-250,000	40.51

TOTAL BUYS:686,182

TOTAL SELLS:879,084

(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	03-09-2008
Contact name	Simon Crawley / 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

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END

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