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Macquarie Bank Ld19 December 2007 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 Macquarie Capital Securities (Australia) Limited Company dealt in BHP Billiton Limited Class of relevant security to which the Ordinary shares ISIN: AU000000BHP4dealings being disclosed relate (Note 1) Date of dealing 18 December 2007 2. INTERESTS, SHORT POSITIONS AND RIGHTS TO SUBSCRIBE (a) Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class ofrelevant security dealt in (Note 2) Long Short Number Number (%) (%) (1) Relevant securities (2) Derivatives (other than options) (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell Total 0 0 (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 than options) (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell Total (c) Rights to subscribe (Note 2) Class of relevant security: Details Fully Paid Ordinary ISIN: AU000000BHP4 3. DEALINGS (Note 3) (a) Purchases and sales Purchase/sale Number of securities Price per unit (Note 4) See Annexure A (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options) Product name, Long/short (Note 5) Number of securities (Note 6) Price per unit (Note 4) e.g. CFD (c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities (i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying Product name, Writing, selling, Number of securities Exercise Type, e.g. Expiry Option money purchasing, to which the option American,e.g. call option varying etc. relates (Note 6) price European etc. date 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 relatingto the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option referred to on this form or relating to the votingrights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative referred to on this form isreferenced. If none, this should be stated. Is a Supplemental Form 38.5(b) attached? (Note 8) YES/NO Date of disclosure 18 December 2007 Contact name Johanna Uy Telephone number +44 (0) 2030374339 Name of offeree/offeror with which connected Rio Tinto PlcNature of connection (Note 9) Connected principal trader Notes The Notes on Form 38.5(b) can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website atwww.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk Annexure A: Purchase/sale Number of securities Price per unit (AUD)SALE 15783 39.85SALE 500 39.85SALE 1106 39.85SALE 200 39.85SALE 1684 39.85SALE 1242 39.31SALE 1370 39.37SALE 800 39.35SALE 337 39.35SALE 1054 39.34SALE 1201 39.23SALE 657 39.14SALE 108 39.14SALE 326 39.14SALE 215 39.14SALE 912 39.32SALE 114 39.32SALE 385 39.28SALE 50 39.28SALE 553 39.28SALE 953 39.48SALE 1104 39.43SALE 747 39.55SALE 849 39.6SALE 3227 39.85SALE 817 39.68SALE 482 39.69SALE 110 39.69SALE 725 39.66SALE 500 39.59SALE 47 39.59SALE 250 39.65SALE 389 39.65SALE 43 39.63SALE 252 39.63SALE 444 39.63SALE 751 39.59SALE 506 39.57SALE 134 39.57SALE 96 39.57SALE 370 39.69SALE 256 39.69SALE 325 39.65SALE 222 39.65SALE 380 39.57SALE 196 39.57SALE 495 39.56SALE 577 39.59SALE 446 39.62SALE 491 39.62SALE 447 39.72SALE 56 39.62SALE 340 39.62SALE 339 39.73SALE 248 39.7SALE 258 39.78SALE 6 39.77SALE 274 39.77SALE 236 39.72SALE 160 39.83SALE 230 39.88SALE 234 39.72SALE 173 39.7SALE 244 39.69SALE 236 39.62SALE 252 39.58SALE 234 39.63SALE 282 39.63SALE 400 39.65SALE 322 39.7SALE 14 39.69SALE 2 39.69SALE 299 39.69SALE 375 39.7SALE 310 39.77SALE 50 39.77SALE 55 39.77SALE 499 39.8SALE 501 39.93SALE 601 39.85SALE 452 39.97SALE 498 39.94SALE 283 39.88SALE 75 39.88SALE 264 39.88SALE 86 39.95SALE 512 39.95SALE 461 40.02SALE 131 40.02SALE 546 40.08SALE 682 40.12SALE 633 40.2SALE 84 40.2SALE 133 40.11SALE 462 40.11SALE 581 40.07SALE 75 40.04SALE 668 40.01SALE 630 40.05SALE 803 40.1SALE 128 40.18SALE 100 40.18SALE 598 40.18SALE 165 40.07SALE 250 40.07SALE 7 40.07SALE 376 40.07SALE 840 40.19SALE 52 40.19SALE 21 40.19SALE 968 40.23SALE 496 40.25SALE 556 40.25SALE 812 40.31SALE 320 40.31SALE 1233 40.24SALE 3458 40.1PURCHASE 48397 39.7598TOTAL SALES 70897TOTAL PURCHASES 48397 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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