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EPT Disclosure

18th Sep 2008 10:20

RNS Number : 7314D

Credit Suisse Equities (Australia)

18 September 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	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	17-09-2008

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			10193030	0.304
(2) Derivatives (other than options)
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell
Total			10193030	0.304

(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	50,000	35.65
Purchase	1,060	35.65
Purchase	2,979	35.65
Purchase	34,943	35.65
Purchase	2,561	35.65
Purchase	17,400	35.67
Purchase	20	35.85
Purchase	30	35.84
Purchase	3,061	35.65
Purchase	97	35.65
Purchase	160	35.65
Purchase	1,346	35.65
Purchase	170	35.65
Purchase	1,165	35.65
Purchase	160	35.65
Purchase	3,874	35.65
Purchase	1,063	35.63
Purchase	6	35.63
Purchase	483	35.63
Purchase	7	35.63
Purchase	15	35.63
Purchase	1,157	35.63
Purchase	233	35.63
Purchase	229	35.63
Purchase	187	35.63
Purchase	587	35.63
Purchase	400	35.78
Purchase	1,914	35.78
Purchase	1,086	35.80
Purchase	5,000	35.87
Purchase	2,417	35.86
Purchase	1,155	35.86
Purchase	42	35.86
Purchase	42	35.86
Purchase	42	35.86
Purchase	113	35.86
Purchase	1,093	35.86
Purchase	96	35.86
Purchase	4,822	35.86
Purchase	1	35.86
Purchase	2,577	35.83
Purchase	20	35.99
Purchase	3,200	35.80
Purchase	1,800	35.80
Purchase	1,714	35.80
Purchase	792	35.80
Purchase	75	35.80
Purchase	552	35.80
Purchase	91	35.80
Purchase	3,282	35.80
Purchase	175	35.80
Purchase	107	35.80
Purchase	879	35.80
Purchase	1,120	35.80
Purchase	1,091	35.80
Purchase	122	35.80
Purchase	12	35.77
Purchase	10	35.66
Purchase	10	35.79
Purchase	60	35.97
Purchase	18	36.19
Purchase	7	36.19
Purchase	20	36.11
Purchase	3	36.34
Purchase	17	36.34
Purchase	50	36.44
Purchase	200	36.57
Purchase	1,364	36.40
Purchase	40,000	36.40
Purchase	3,100	36.40
Purchase	14,828	36.40
Purchase	2,225	36.40
Purchase	8,000	36.40
Purchase	48	36.40
Purchase	16,267	36.40
Purchase	15,734	36.40
Purchase	2,654	36.40
Purchase	14,505	36.40
Purchase	150	36.40
Purchase	520	36.40
Purchase	5,000	36.40
Purchase	182	36.40
Purchase	95	36.39
Purchase	1,385	36.38
Purchase	6	36.38
Purchase	13	36.38
Purchase	194	36.38
Purchase	2,372	36.37
Purchase	1,704	36.36
Purchase	1,000	36.35
Purchase	2,900	36.35
Purchase	716	36.34
Purchase	348	36.34
Purchase	1,426	36.32
Purchase	100	36.32
Purchase	646	36.32
Purchase	4,525	36.32
Purchase	500	36.30
Purchase	300	36.30
Purchase	342	36.30
Purchase	1,144	36.30
Purchase	1,103	36.30
Purchase	1,630	36.29
Purchase	500	36.29
Purchase	1,426	36.29
Purchase	1,048	36.29
Purchase	6	36.34
Purchase	44	36.34
Purchase	100	36.35
Purchase	11,456	36.40
Purchase	45,664	36.40
Purchase	737	36.40
Purchase	25,000	36.40
Purchase	2,000	36.40
Purchase	28	36.40
Purchase	1,000	36.40
Purchase	600	36.40
Purchase	200	36.40
Purchase	9,459	36.40
Purchase	429	36.39
Purchase	2,000	36.39
Purchase	500	36.39
Purchase	200	36.38
Purchase	727	36.38
Purchase	50	36.30
Purchase	16	36.30
Purchase	2,846	36.30
Purchase	6,887	36.30
Purchase	50	36.30
Purchase	1,500	36.30
Purchase	5,000	36.30
Purchase	162	36.30
Purchase	11,679	36.30
Purchase	50,000	36.30
Purchase	218	36.30
Purchase	324	36.30
Purchase	58	36.30
Purchase	215	36.30
Purchase	518	36.30
Purchase	706	36.30
Purchase	1,498	36.30
Purchase	100	36.30
Purchase	100	36.30
Purchase	100	36.30
Purchase	100	36.30
Purchase	120	36.30
Purchase	200	36.30
Purchase	41	36.29
Purchase	1,720	36.29
Purchase	2,706	36.29
Purchase	37	36.28
Purchase	1,961	36.28
Purchase	202	36.27
Purchase	1,050	36.27
Purchase	5,994	36.27
Purchase	3,892	36.27
Purchase	19,918	36.10
Purchase	600	36.10
Purchase	1,500	36.10
Purchase	250	36.10
Purchase	3,206	36.10
Purchase	51	36.10
Purchase	10	36.10
Purchase	1,384	36.10
Purchase	993	36.10
Purchase	60,000	36.10
Purchase	44	36.10
Purchase	180	36.10
Purchase	167	36.10
Purchase	250	36.10
Purchase	364	36.10
Purchase	300	36.10
Purchase	1,020	36.10
Purchase	300	36.10
Purchase	5,000	36.10
Purchase	60	36.08
Purchase	2,000	36.08
Purchase	983	36.06
Purchase	261	36.06
Purchase	534	36.05
Purchase	625	36.05
Purchase	2,190	36.07
Purchase	1	36.07
Purchase	3,309	36.07
Purchase	3,986	36.07
Purchase	70	36.07
Purchase	420	36.07
Purchase	948	36.07
Purchase	876	36.07
Purchase	4,795	36.03
Purchase	104	36.03
Purchase	21	36.03
Purchase	174	36.03
Purchase	1,116	36.03
Purchase	2,350	36.03
Purchase	6,440	36.03
Purchase	10,271	36.02
Purchase	1,079	36.02
Purchase	650	36.02
Purchase	14,515	36.00
Purchase	1,054	36.15
Purchase	2	36.15
Purchase	303	36.15
Purchase	7,641	36.15
Purchase	157	36.00
Purchase	900	36.00
Purchase	3,756	36.00
Purchase	7,000	36.00
Purchase	50,000	36.00
Purchase	17,853	36.00
Purchase	59	35.99
Purchase	400	35.98
Purchase	300	35.97
Purchase	60	35.97
Purchase	5,000	35.97
Purchase	88,252	35.90
Purchase	1,806	35.97
Purchase	76	35.97
Purchase	400	35.97
Purchase	300	35.97
Purchase	447	35.97
Purchase	58	35.96
Purchase	1,595	35.95
Purchase	1,144	35.95
Purchase	111	35.95
Purchase	1,120	35.95
Purchase	1,943	35.95
Purchase	7,753	36.09
Purchase	70	36.09
Purchase	10	36.09
Purchase	167	36.09
Purchase	49,023	36.20
Purchase	5,000	36.20
Purchase	75,000	36.20
Purchase	600	36.20
Purchase	100	36.20
Purchase	63	36.20
Purchase	30,000	36.20
Purchase	2,000	36.20
Purchase	300	36.20
Purchase	2,402	36.20
Purchase	14,687	36.20
Purchase	700	36.20
Purchase	60	36.20
Purchase	3,788	36.20
Purchase	4,844	36.19
Purchase	199	36.18
Purchase	900	36.18
Purchase	300	36.18
Purchase	600	36.18
Purchase	82	36.18
Purchase	3,361	36.18
Purchase	314	36.17
Purchase	5,677	36.17
Purchase	3,741	36.26
Purchase	119	36.26
Purchase	300	36.26
Purchase	400	36.26
Purchase	700	36.26
Purchase	7,000	36.26
Purchase	400	36.26
Purchase	600	36.26
Purchase	1,740	36.26
Purchase	310,000	34.40
Purchase	312,400	36.85
Purchase	100,000	34.51
Sale	-1,903	35.65
Sale	-606	36.06
Sale	-160,000	36.20
Sale	-1	35.67
Sale	-999	35.85
Sale	-4,671	35.79
Sale	-7	35.79
Sale	-1,163	35.79
Sale	-1,140	35.79
Sale	-439	35.79
Sale	-995	35.79
Sale	-1,135	35.80
Sale	-450	35.80
Sale	-2,468	35.65
Sale	-15	35.65
Sale	-2	35.65
Sale	-15	35.65
Sale	-20	36.03
Sale	-80	36.03
Sale	-60	36.04
Sale	-100	36.10
Sale	-909	36.06
Sale	-91	36.06
Sale	-1,329	36.16
Sale	-531	36.16
Sale	-140	36.16
Sale	-1,895	36.04
Sale	-34	36.04
Sale	-7	36.04
Sale	-615	36.04
Sale	-1	36.05
Sale	-7	36.06
Sale	-83	36.06
Sale	-413	36.07
Sale	-339	36.09
Sale	-2,206	36.26
Sale	-294	36.26
Sale	-1,657	36.22
Sale	-343	36.23
Sale	-75,000	35.97
Sale	-312,400	36.83

TOTAL BUYS: 1799872

TOTAL SELLS: 574563

(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	18-09-2008
Contact name	Simon Crawley; Philipp Abelbeck
Telephone number	44 20 7888 5416
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

END

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