20th Mar 2008 12:09
UBS AG (EPT)20 March 2008 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 UBS AG London BranchCompany dealt in BHP Billiton PlcClass of relevant security to which the 0.5 USD Ordinarydealings being disclosed relate (Note 1)Date of dealing 19 MARCH 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 8,620,825 0.39% 4,479,455 0.20%(2) Derivatives (other thanoptions)(3) Options and agreements topurchase/sellTotal 8,620,825 0.39% 4,479,455 0.20% (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 Number (%) Number (%)(1) Relevant securities(2) Derivatives (other thanoptions)(3) Options and agreements topurchase/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) SALE 8246 1441 pence SALE 340 1441 SALE 9929 1441 SALE 1739 1441 SALE 3800 1441 SALE 258 1441 PURCHASE 99 1442 SALE 365 1445 PURCHASE 6915 1445 SALE 1000 1446 SALE 752 1446 SALE 1800 1446 SALE 463 1446 SALE 1100 1446 SALE 1800 1446 PURCHASE 98 1447 PURCHASE 1778 1447 PURCHASE 395 1447 PURCHASE 1464 1447 PURCHASE 990 1447 PURCHASE 1666 1447 PURCHASE 2276 1447 SALE 1022 1447 SALE 345 1447 PURCHASE 1950 1447.5 PURCHASE 2052 1447.5 PURCHASE 1297 1448 PURCHASE 440 1448 PURCHASE 200 1448 PURCHASE 138 1448 PURCHASE 646 1448 PURCHASE 2770 1448 PURCHASE 840 1448 PURCHASE 1445 1448 PURCHASE 3536 1448 PURCHASE 981 1448 PURCHASE 3059 1448 PURCHASE 1946 1448 PURCHASE 1911 1448 PURCHASE 551 1448 PURCHASE 2500 1448 PURCHASE 960 1448 PURCHASE 1162 1448 PURCHASE 1191 1448 PURCHASE 3964 1448 PURCHASE 614 1448 PURCHASE 372 1448 PURCHASE 300 1448 PURCHASE 1759 1448 PURCHASE 5364 1448 PURCHASE 2436 1448 PURCHASE 248 1448 PURCHASE 179 1448 PURCHASE 4043 1448 PURCHASE 1995 1448.5 PURCHASE 1584 1449 PURCHASE 782 1449 PURCHASE 1694 1449 PURCHASE 1579 1449 PURCHASE 1981 1449 PURCHASE 1704 1449 PURCHASE 2500 1449 PURCHASE 120 1449 PURCHASE 916 1449 PURCHASE 821 1449 PURCHASE 1999 1449 PURCHASE 311 1449 PURCHASE 200 1449 PURCHASE 200 1449 PURCHASE 599 1449 PURCHASE 2052 1449 PURCHASE 200 1449 SALE 743 1449 PURCHASE 2000 1449 PURCHASE 1809 1449 PURCHASE 54 1449 PURCHASE 960 1449 PURCHASE 5000 1449 PURCHASE 282 1449 SALE 1258 1449 SALE 5100 1449 SALE 2138 1449 SALE 336 1449 SALE 1262 1449 SALE 4919 1449 PURCHASE 1042 1449 PURCHASE 3040 1449.5 PURCHASE 1984 1449.5 PURCHASE 1831 1449.5 SALE 100000 1450 PURCHASE 1563 1450 PURCHASE 960 1450 PURCHASE 3537 1450 PURCHASE 5226 1451.5 PURCHASE 172 1452 PURCHASE 136 1452 SALE 2100 1452 SALE 316 1452 SALE 700 1452 SALE 2479 1452 SALE 820 1452 SALE 6849 1460 SALE 6839 1462 SALE 3309 1462 PURCHASE 1511 1466 SALE 455 1466 SALE 880 1466 SALE 1759 1466 SALE 650 1466 SALE 648 1466 SALE 780 1466 PURCHASE 3300 1467 PURCHASE 787 1467 PURCHASE 63 1467 PURCHASE 221 1467 PURCHASE 5494 1467 SALE 916 1467 SALE 642 1467 SALE 455 1467 PURCHASE 4943 1468 PURCHASE 1975 1468 PURCHASE 751 1468 PURCHASE 1650 1468 PURCHASE 1000 1468 SALE 705 1468 SALE 916 1468 SALE 160 1468 SALE 916 1468 SALE 977 1468 SALE 775 1468 SALE 809 1468 SALE 916 1468 SALE 1641 1468 PURCHASE 2390 1469 PURCHASE 410 1469 PURCHASE 2700 1469 PURCHASE 440 1469 PURCHASE 867 1469 PURCHASE 2986 1469 PURCHASE 283 1470 SALE 1662 1473 SALE 2338 1473 SALE 971 1474 SALE 564 1474 SALE 351 1474 PURCHASE 1577 1474 PURCHASE 2250 1474 PURCHASE 1557 1474 SALE 5997 1474 SALE 120 1474 SALE 2957 1475 SALE 3300 1475 SALE 1000 1477 SALE 2370 1477 SALE 3000 1477 SALE 400 1477 SALE 1312 1478 SALE 1000 1478 SALE 680 1478 SALE 1716 1478 SALE 1684 1478 SALE 3300 1478 SALE 827 1478 SALE 2159 1478 PURCHASE 105 1479 PURCHASE 1000 1479 SALE 500 1479 PURCHASE 223 1480 PURCHASE 827 1480 PURCHASE 1660 1480 PURCHASE 1763 1480 SALE 701 1481 PURCHASE 564 1481 PURCHASE 1660 1481 PURCHASE 6752 1481 PURCHASE 97 1482 PURCHASE 905 1482 PURCHASE 93 1482 SALE 1747 1482 PURCHASE 613 1485 PURCHASE 119 1485 PURCHASE 2796 1486 PURCHASE 2862 1486 PURCHASE 853 1487 PURCHASE 705 1487 PURCHASE 1800 1487 PURCHASE 951 1487 PURCHASE 2678 1490 PURCHASE 1777 1490 SALE 764 1491 PURCHASE 2700 1491 PURCHASE 1588 1491 PURCHASE 827 1491 PURCHASE 20 1492 PURCHASE 1600 1492 PURCHASE 3539 1492 PURCHASE 122 1492 PURCHASE 1200 1492 PURCHASE 561 1492 PURCHASE 128 1492 PURCHASE 544 1492 PURCHASE 612 1492 PURCHASE 559 1492 PURCHASE 3100 1492 PURCHASE 2304 1493 PURCHASE 9 1493.5 PURCHASE 2760 1494 SALE 2779 1494 SALE 1149 1495 PURCHASE 76 1495 PURCHASE 529 1495 PURCHASE 1680 1495 PURCHASE 476 1495 SALE 1633 1496 SALE 62 1496 SALE 124 1496 SALE 1343 1496 PURCHASE 2500 1496 PURCHASE 115 1496 PURCHASE 1280 1496 PURCHASE 220 1496 PURCHASE 440 1496 PURCHASE 440 1496 PURCHASE 220 1496 PURCHASE 880 1496 PURCHASE 4373 1497 PURCHASE 1654 1497 PURCHASE 687 1497 PURCHASE 46 1497 PURCHASE 440 1497 PURCHASE 31 1497.5 PURCHASE 880 1498 PURCHASE 112 1498 PURCHASE 500 1498 SALE 178 1499 SALE 2000 1499 PURCHASE 4973 1499 PURCHASE 5801 1499 SALE 98 1499.5 SALE 63 1499.5 PURCHASE 648 1500 SALE 297 1500 PURCHASE 501 1500 SALE 500 1500 SALE 2010 1500 PURCHASE 1230 1500 PURCHASE 210 1500 SALE 2575 1501 PURCHASE 218 1501 PURCHASE 2500 1501 PURCHASE 701 1501 PURCHASE 187 1502 PURCHASE 727 1502 SALE 889 1502 PURCHASE 656 1503 PURCHASE 121 1503 PURCHASE 290 1503 PURCHASE 1861 1503 SALE 6926 1503 PURCHASE 554 1503 PURCHASE 3407 1503 PURCHASE 827 1503 PURCHASE 2475 1503 PURCHASE 2263 1503 PURCHASE 740 1503 PURCHASE 3200 1503 PURCHASE 3200 1503 PURCHASE 160 1505 SALE 1600 1506 PURCHASE 306 1506 PURCHASE 5000 1506 PURCHASE 624 1506 PURCHASE 38 1506 PURCHASE 905 1506 SALE 1042 1507 SALE 958 1507 SALE 2000 1507 PURCHASE 2000 1507 SALE 142 1507 SALE 104 1507 SALE 669 1507 SALE 3500 1507 PURCHASE 533 1507 PURCHASE 608 1507 PURCHASE 1000 1507 PURCHASE 1000 1508 PURCHASE 200 1508 SALE 1000 1508 PURCHASE 1000 1508 PURCHASE 2696 1508 SALE 1035 1508 PURCHASE 54 1508 SALE 756 1508 SALE 1694 1509 SALE 98 1509 SALE 8 1509 SALE 444 1509 PURCHASE 2000 1509 PURCHASE 1200 1509 PURCHASE 580 1509 PURCHASE 120 1509 SALE 2000 1509 PURCHASE 348 1509 PURCHASE 1472 1509 PURCHASE 1555 1509 PURCHASE 38 1509 PURCHASE 100 1509 PURCHASE 2207 1509 PURCHASE 4038 1509 SALE 408 1510 SALE 903 1510 SALE 100 1510 SALE 589 1510 PURCHASE 1100 1510 PURCHASE 3000 1510 PURCHASE 800 1510 PURCHASE 1000 1510 PURCHASE 131 1510 PURCHASE 1000 1510 PURCHASE 827 1510 PURCHASE 126 1510 PURCHASE 2293 1510 PURCHASE 2580 1510 PURCHASE 357 1511 PURCHASE 700 1511 PURCHASE 2400 1511 SALE 2000 1511 PURCHASE 3000 1511 PURCHASE 382 1511 SALE 113 1511 SALE 2007 1511 PURCHASE 1114 1511 PURCHASE 1101 1511 PURCHASE 1430 1511 SALE 7 1512 SALE 1000 1512 SALE 593 1512 PURCHASE 2443 1512 PURCHASE 339 1512 PURCHASE 461 1512 SALE 2400 1512 PURCHASE 4000 1512 PURCHASE 1 1512 PURCHASE 1999 1512 PURCHASE 1900 1512 PURCHASE 1000 1512 SALE 605 1512 SALE 91 1512 PURCHASE 1000 1512 PURCHASE 127 1512 PURCHASE 563 1512 SALE 1080 1513 SALE 920 1513 SALE 2000 1513 SALE 800 1513 PURCHASE 2767 1513 PURCHASE 264 1513 PURCHASE 225 1513 PURCHASE 1529 1513 PURCHASE 1178 1514 SALE 1200 1514 PURCHASE 225 1514 SALE 287 1514 SALE 112 1514 SALE 619 1514 SALE 667 1514 SALE 690 1514 SALE 25 1514 SALE 641 1514 SALE 459 1514 PURCHASE 1700 1514 SALE 2700 1514 SALE 1000 1514 SALE 500 1514 SALE 700 1514 SALE 437 1514 PURCHASE 5987 1514 PURCHASE 237 1514 PURCHASE 534 1514 PURCHASE 179 1514 PURCHASE 582 1514 PURCHASE 1673 1515 PURCHASE 278 1515 PURCHASE 777 1515 SALE 1000 1515 SALE 53 1515 PURCHASE 800 1515 SALE 1300 1515 PURCHASE 3 1515 PURCHASE 3519 1515 PURCHASE 6600 1515 SALE 1549 1515 PURCHASE 2000 1516 SALE 115 1516 SALE 1885 1516 PURCHASE 842 1516 PURCHASE 158 1516 PURCHASE 900 1516 PURCHASE 900 1516 PURCHASE 1300 1516 SALE 1300 1516 PURCHASE 224 1516 PURCHASE 1776 1516 PURCHASE 1100 1516 PURCHASE 38 1516 PURCHASE 92 1516 PURCHASE 1969 1516 SALE 115 1517 SALE 785 1517 SALE 1100 1517 PURCHASE 800 1517 PURCHASE 2000 1517 PURCHASE 1100 1517 SALE 2765 1517 SALE 1200 1518 SALE 129 1518 SALE 2329 1518 SALE 992 1518 SALE 700 1519 SALE 500 1519 SALE 1100 1519 SALE 150 1519 SALE 1111 1519 PURCHASE 479 1519 PURCHASE 1521 1519 PURCHASE 3059 1519 PURCHASE 41 1519 SALE 4169 1519 SALE 25 1520 SALE 1436 1520 SALE 539 1520 SALE 4100 1520 PURCHASE 2000 1520 SALE 30 1520 SALE 2000 1520 SALE 100 1520 SALE 400 1520 SALE 900 1521 SALE 38 1521 PURCHASE 1764 1521 PURCHASE 236 1521 PURCHASE 264 1521 PURCHASE 1736 1521 PURCHASE 1491 1521 PURCHASE 3500 1521 PURCHASE 1878 1522 PURCHASE 2000 1524 SALE 1111 1524 SALE 289 1524 SALE 2034 1525 SALE 600 1525 SALE 1250 1525 SALE 550 1525 SALE 1752 1525 SALE 1648 1525 PURCHASE 1800 1525 SALE 1300 1525 SALE 1300 1525 SALE 7341 1525 SALE 1092 1525 SALE 3142 1525 SALE 599 1525 SALE 801 1525 SALE 2390 1525 SALE 1000 1525 PURCHASE 36 1525.5 PURCHASE 551 1526 PURCHASE 712 1526 PURCHASE 346 1526 PURCHASE 1154 1526 SALE 1000 1526 SALE 3178 1526 SALE 2211 1527 SALE 4188 1527 SALE 2600 1527 SALE 824 1527 PURCHASE 931 1527 PURCHASE 369 1527 SALE 369 1527 PURCHASE 1200 1527 SALE 1200 1527 PURCHASE 1400 1527 PURCHASE 638 1531 SALE 1315 1534 SALE 6000 1535 SALE 202 1535 SALE 400 1536 SALE 1916 1536 SALE 6000 1537 SALE 1880 1538 SALE 677 1538 SALE 400 1540 SALE 1075 1540 SALE 1075 1540 TOTAL PURCHASES 1,182,667 TOTAL SALES 392,500 (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)Product name, e.g Long/short (Note 5) Number of securities Price per unitCFD (Note 6) (Note 4) (c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities (i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying Product Writing, Number of Exercise Type, e.g. Expiry Optionname,e.g. selling, securities price American, date money paid/call purchasing, to which the European received peroption varying etc option etc. unit (Note relates 4) (Note 6) (ii) Exercising Product name, e.g. call Number of securities Exercise price per unitoption (Note 4) (d) Other dealings (including new securities) (Note 3) Nature of transaction Details Price per unit (if applicable)(Note 7) 4. OTHER INFORMATION 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 20 MARCH 2008Contact name NIMISHA SACHDEVTelephone number 020 7568 9289Name of offeree/offeror with which connected BHP Billiton PLC BHP Billiton LTDNature of connection (Note 9) CONNECTED ADVISER Notes The Notes on Form 38.5(b) can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website atwww.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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