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EPT Disclosure

23rd Oct 2008 12:04

RNS Number : 5377G

Credit Suisse Equities (Australia)

23 October 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	22-10-2008

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			13785509	0.410
(2) Derivatives (other than options)
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell
Total			13785509	0.410

(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	1,200	27.25
Purchase	100	27.99
Purchase	10	28.00
Purchase	420	27.70
Purchase	1,680	27.70
Purchase	2,017	27.56
Purchase	1	27.56
Purchase	82	27.56
Purchase	10	27.58
Purchase	185	27.60
Purchase	10	27.72
Purchase	20	28.00
Purchase	10	27.93
Purchase	1,000	27.89
Purchase	10	27.91
Purchase	3,000	27.82
Purchase	10	27.95
Purchase	10	27.95
Purchase	200	27.95
Purchase	10	27.89
Purchase	10	27.88
Purchase	20	27.89
Purchase	10	27.80
Purchase	5	28.02
Purchase	5	28.07
Purchase	10	27.95
Purchase	10	27.95
Purchase	10	27.87
Purchase	10	27.72
Purchase	10	27.64
Purchase	50	27.53
Purchase	9	27.72
Purchase	1	27.72
Purchase	300	27.86
Purchase	10	27.88
Purchase	10	27.78
Purchase	101	28.65
Purchase	265,000	24.76
Purchase	1,000,000	27.93
Sale	-154	27.73
Sale	-123	27.90
Sale	-347	27.92
Sale	-70	27.90
Sale	-151	27.90
Sale	-68	27.90
Sale	-61	27.95
Sale	-442	27.95
Sale	-96	27.96
Sale	-4,497	27.95
Sale	-1,660	27.25
Sale	-8,834	27.25
Sale	-28,000	27.25
Sale	-25	27.25
Sale	-3,000	27.25
Sale	-200	27.25
Sale	-8,852	27.25
Sale	-1,631	27.25
Sale	-3,188	27.25
Sale	-801	27.25
Sale	-2,270	27.25
Sale	-17	27.25
Sale	-10,472	27.25
Sale	-3,244	27.25
Sale	-717	27.25
Sale	-26,823	27.25
Sale	-13,489	27.25
Sale	-7,289	27.25
Sale	-451	28.00
Sale	-1	28.00
Sale	-30	28.00
Sale	-1,618	28.00
Sale	-950	27.88
Sale	-1,000	27.88
Sale	-150	27.88
Sale	-181	27.62
Sale	-998	27.62
Sale	-1,755	27.70
Sale	-250	27.70
Sale	-1,000	27.70
Sale	-5,000	27.70
Sale	-180	27.70
Sale	-500	27.70
Sale	-500	27.70
Sale	-389	27.71
Sale	-360	27.71
Sale	-300	27.71
Sale	-2,000	27.72
Sale	-325	27.73
Sale	-2,880	27.73
Sale	-274	27.80
Sale	-360	27.80
Sale	-500	27.80
Sale	-10,000	27.80
Sale	-2,000	27.80
Sale	-300	27.80
Sale	-250	27.80
Sale	-438	27.80
Sale	-400	27.80
Sale	-175	27.80
Sale	-200	27.80
Sale	-1,400	27.80
Sale	-150	27.80
Sale	-150	27.80
Sale	-357	27.80
Sale	-500	27.80
Sale	-30	27.80
Sale	-100	27.80
Sale	-160	27.80
Sale	-100	27.80
Sale	-1,000	27.80
Sale	-179	27.80
Sale	-230	27.80
Sale	-18	27.80
Sale	-680	27.80
Sale	-400	27.80
Sale	-330	27.80
Sale	-4,500	27.80
Sale	-1,450	27.80
Sale	-1,000	27.80
Sale	-114	27.81
Sale	-369	27.81
Sale	-272	27.81
Sale	-505	27.81
Sale	-1,800	27.81
Sale	-200	27.81
Sale	-5,000	27.81
Sale	-56	27.81
Sale	-2,999	27.81
Sale	-599	27.81
Sale	-1,939	27.92
Sale	-4,164	27.92
Sale	-500	27.92
Sale	-1,400	27.92
Sale	-180	27.92
Sale	-53	27.92
Sale	-254	27.92
Sale	-293	27.92
Sale	-493	27.92
Sale	-7,594	27.90
Sale	-179	27.90
Sale	-4,869	27.90
Sale	-1,107	27.90
Sale	-4,164	27.90
Sale	-572	27.90
Sale	-235	27.90
Sale	-2,478	27.90
Sale	-3,776	27.90
Sale	-26	27.90
Sale	-24,458	27.90
Sale	-295	27.90
Sale	-133	27.90
Sale	-114	27.90
Sale	-5,200	27.90
Sale	-10,000	27.90
Sale	-200	27.90
Sale	-100	27.90
Sale	-6,199	27.90
Sale	-1,006	27.90
Sale	-416	27.90
Sale	-4,164	27.90
Sale	-2,000	27.90
Sale	-2,100	27.90
Sale	-78	27.90
Sale	-36	27.90
Sale	-150	27.90
Sale	-271	27.90
Sale	-161	27.90
Sale	-5,846	27.90
Sale	-1,375	27.90
Sale	-178	27.90
Sale	-110	27.90
Sale	-100	27.90
Sale	-500	27.90
Sale	-4,357	27.90
Sale	-353	27.91
Sale	-264	27.91
Sale	-81	27.91
Sale	-752	27.91
Sale	-588	27.91
Sale	-3,415	27.91
Sale	-10	27.99
Sale	-10	27.89
Sale	-7,330	27.90
Sale	-575	27.90
Sale	-85	27.90
Sale	-250	27.90
Sale	-364	27.90
Sale	-211	27.90
Sale	-813	27.90
Sale	-3,000	27.90
Sale	-3,000	27.90
Sale	-833	27.90
Sale	-961	27.90
Sale	-6,000	27.90
Sale	-610	27.90
Sale	-2,566	27.90
Sale	-1,024	27.90
Sale	-900	27.90
Sale	-4,730	27.90
Sale	-555	27.90
Sale	-5,407	27.90
Sale	-5,844	27.90
Sale	-455	27.90
Sale	-715	27.90
Sale	-2,788	27.90
Sale	-500	27.90
Sale	-484	27.90
Sale	-2,984	27.90
Sale	-1,486	27.90
Sale	-175	27.90
Sale	-321	27.90
Sale	-2,000	27.90
Sale	-50	27.90
Sale	-500	27.90
Sale	-11,079	27.90
Sale	-11	27.90
Sale	-1,271	27.90
Sale	-20,000	27.91
Sale	-121	27.92
Sale	-215	27.92
Sale	-1,104	27.90
Sale	-5,445	27.90
Sale	-280	27.90
Sale	-594	27.90
Sale	-90	27.90
Sale	-1,350	27.90
Sale	-360	27.90
Sale	-525	27.90
Sale	-31	27.90
Sale	-500	27.90
Sale	-1,000	27.90
Sale	-3,721	27.90
Sale	-7,054	27.90
Sale	-250	27.90
Sale	-75	27.90
Sale	-1,085	27.90
Sale	-50	27.90
Sale	-400	27.90
Sale	-1,000	27.90
Sale	-86	27.90
Sale	-100	27.92
Sale	-127	27.92
Sale	-251	27.92
Sale	-50	27.92
Sale	-1,000	27.92
Sale	-70	27.92
Sale	-17	27.92
Sale	-32	27.92
Sale	-75	27.92
Sale	-465	27.92
Sale	-750	27.92
Sale	-50	27.92
Sale	-78	27.92
Sale	-1,180	27.92
Sale	-72	27.92
Sale	-4,084	27.91
Sale	-417	27.91
Sale	-248	27.91
Sale	-251	27.92
Sale	-239	27.90
Sale	-1,911	27.90
Sale	-22,500	27.90
Sale	-350	27.90
Sale	-70	27.78
Sale	-130	27.78
Sale	-2,752	27.90
Sale	-22,248	27.90
Sale	-40	27.95
Sale	-3,000	27.95
Sale	-500	27.95
Sale	-1,500	27.95
Sale	-5,000	27.95
Sale	-1,000	27.95
Sale	-3,000	27.95
Sale	-10,000	27.95
Sale	-5,000	27.95
Sale	-2,000	27.95
Sale	-3,960	27.95
Sale	-1,454	27.90
Sale	-43	27.90
Sale	-13,503	27.90
Sale	-10,578	27.90
Sale	-170	27.90
Sale	-1	27.90
Sale	-1,675	27.90
Sale	-1	27.90
Sale	-2,575	27.90
Sale	-7,453	27.90
Sale	-2,000	27.90
Sale	-85	27.90
Sale	-140	27.90
Sale	-291	27.90
Sale	-500	27.90
Sale	-78	27.90
Sale	-60	27.90
Sale	-85	27.90
Sale	-7,000	27.90
Sale	-2,000	27.90
Sale	-29	27.90
Sale	-425	27.90
Sale	-123	27.90
Sale	-762	27.90
Sale	-1,069	27.90
Sale	-2,471	27.90
Sale	-208	27.91
Sale	-5	27.91
Sale	-395	27.90
Sale	-5	27.88
Sale	-10	27.78
Sale	-10	27.84
Sale	-482	27.89
Sale	-4,518	27.89
Sale	-120	27.90
Sale	-4,485	27.90
Sale	-2,385	27.90
Sale	-500	27.90
Sale	-1,000	27.90
Sale	-300	27.90
Sale	-121	27.90
Sale	-626	27.90
Sale	-5,000	27.90
Sale	-25	27.69
Sale	-10	27.92
Sale	-10	27.89
Sale	-10	27.87
Sale	-5	27.91
Sale	-5	27.91
Sale	-5	28.02
Sale	-10	27.99
Sale	-5	28.02
Sale	-11,539	28.00
Sale	-11,939	28.00
Sale	-1,522	28.00
Sale	-1,000	27.96
Sale	-1,000	27.96
Sale	-14,012	27.96
Sale	-5	27.95
Sale	-10,000	27.96
Sale	-10	27.87
Sale	-193	27.95
Sale	-150	27.95
Sale	-581	27.95
Sale	-11,390	27.96
Sale	-576	27.96
Sale	-128	27.96
Sale	-128	27.96
Sale	-128	27.96
Sale	-9,400	27.95
Sale	-1	27.96
Sale	-5	27.96
Sale	-1	27.96
Sale	-69	27.95
Sale	-21	27.95
Sale	-979	27.95
Sale	-1	27.96
Sale	-1	27.96
Sale	-1	27.96
Sale	-1	27.96
Sale	-1	27.96
Sale	-243	27.95
Sale	-7	27.95
Sale	-570	27.95
Sale	-111	27.98
Sale	-2,430	27.95
Sale	-498	27.96
Sale	-712	27.96
Sale	-303	27.97
Sale	-9,479	27.97
Sale	-136	27.95
Sale	-44	27.95
Sale	-444	27.95
Sale	-309	27.96
Sale	-491	27.96
Sale	-491	27.96
Sale	-856	27.95
Sale	-68	27.96
Sale	-4,089	27.95
Sale	-1,500	27.96
Sale	-588	27.95
Sale	-1	27.96
Sale	-3,756	27.96
Sale	-546	27.96
Sale	-17	27.95
Sale	-133	27.95
Sale	-150	27.95
Sale	-500	27.95
Sale	-106	27.95
Sale	-1,063	27.95
Sale	-136	27.95
Sale	-500	27.95
Sale	-6,435	27.95
Sale	-306	27.95
Sale	-9,694	27.95
Sale	-178	27.95
Sale	-5,744	27.95
Sale	-301	27.95
Sale	-498	27.95
Sale	-250	27.95
Sale	-97	27.95
Sale	-403	27.95
Sale	-461	27.95
Sale	-2,539	27.95
Sale	-69	27.95
Sale	-431	27.95
Sale	-68	27.95
Sale	-5,000	27.96
Sale	-816	27.98
Sale	-5,000	27.97
Sale	-192	27.95
Sale	-1,100	27.95
Sale	-8,900	27.95
Sale	-2,609	27.96
Sale	-2,397	27.96
Sale	-212	27.96
Sale	-204	27.96
Sale	-14	27.96
Sale	-2,391	27.96
Sale	-218	27.96
Sale	-2,391	27.97
Sale	-3,869	27.96
Sale	-31	27.95
Sale	-78	27.95
Sale	-772	27.95
Sale	-11	27.95
Sale	-500	27.96
Sale	-1,000	27.96
Sale	-44	27.95
Sale	-1,484	27.95
Sale	-350	27.96
Sale	-131	27.95
Sale	-125	27.95
Sale	-36	27.95
Sale	-10	27.95
Sale	-614	27.95
Sale	-60	27.95
Sale	-26	27.95
Sale	-5,963	27.95
Sale	-333	27.95
Sale	-1,745	27.95
Sale	-1,615	27.95
Sale	-817	27.95
Sale	-379	27.96
Sale	-1,000	27.95
Sale	-761	27.95
Sale	-10,098	27.95
Sale	-5	27.95
Sale	-416	27.95
Sale	-584	27.95
Sale	-285	27.95
Sale	-1	27.95
Sale	-104	27.95
Sale	-896	27.95
Sale	-37	27.95
Sale	-872	27.95
Sale	-91	27.95
Sale	-229	27.95
Sale	-7,691	27.96
Sale	-7,001	27.95
Sale	-106	27.95
Sale	-344	27.95
Sale	-6,000	27.95
Sale	-29	27.95
Sale	-7,419	27.95
Sale	-8,739	27.96
Sale	-1,261	27.95
Sale	-118	27.95
Sale	-4,390	27.95
Sale	-1,672	27.96
Sale	-10	27.82
Sale	-10	27.83
Sale	-10	27.84
Sale	-126	27.65
Sale	-174	27.65
Sale	-50	27.55
Sale	-200	27.90
Sale	-1,000	28.90
Sale	-688,400	28.16
Sale	-1,000,000	28.86
Sale	-400,000	28.63
Sale	-250,000	24.76

TOTAL BUYS:1275566

TOTAL SELLS: 3164835

(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	23-10-2008
Contact name	Simon Crawley; Philipp Abelbeck
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.

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