14th Apr 2008 11:37
UBS AG (EPT)14 April 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 11 APRIL 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 8,618,168 0.39% 3,774,228 0.17%(2) Derivatives (other thanoptions)(3) Options and agreements topurchase/sellTotal 8,618,168 0.39% 3,774,228 0.17% (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) PURCHASE 827 1730 pence SALE 600 1730 PURCHASE 1300 1731 PURCHASE 600 1731 PURCHASE 700 1732 PURCHASE 500 1732 PURCHASE 1700 1733 SALE 798 1733 SALE 1102 1733 SALE 860 1733 SALE 750 1733 SALE 3129 1733 PURCHASE 2200 1733 SALE 1800 1733 SALE 1900 1733 PURCHASE 1900 1734 SALE 300 1734 SALE 1600 1734 PURCHASE 2400 1734 PURCHASE 1800 1734 PURCHASE 1800 1734 SALE 200 1734 PURCHASE 683 1734 SALE 595 1734 SALE 2977 1735 SALE 503 1735 PURCHASE 1300 1735 SALE 3000 1735 SALE 700 1735 PURCHASE 423 1735 PURCHASE 600 1735 SALE 1056 1735 SALE 1200 1735 SALE 1800 1735 PURCHASE 1230 1735 PURCHASE 1230 1735 PURCHASE 275 1735 PURCHASE 453 1735 PURCHASE 5923 1735 PURCHASE 700 1735 PURCHASE 438 1735 PURCHASE 2000 1735 PURCHASE 562 1735 PURCHASE 700 1735 SALE 1100 1736 PURCHASE 230 1736 PURCHASE 470 1736 PURCHASE 106 1736 PURCHASE 300 1736 SALE 300 1736 SALE 300 1736 SALE 111 1736 SALE 2400 1736 SALE 176 1736 SALE 65 1736 SALE 1166 1736 PURCHASE 1800 1736 PURCHASE 345 1736 PURCHASE 127 1736 SALE 800 1736 PURCHASE 752 1736 PURCHASE 749 1736 PURCHASE 555 1736 PURCHASE 339 1736.5 PURCHASE 2600 1737 PURCHASE 500 1737 PURCHASE 54 1737 SALE 42 1737 SALE 432 1737 SALE 116 1737 SALE 1210 1737 PURCHASE 1100 1737 SALE 2400 1737 SALE 770 1737 SALE 30 1737 PURCHASE 317 1737 PURCHASE 1483 1737 PURCHASE 564 1737 PURCHASE 1236 1737 SALE 600 1737 SALE 22 1737 SALE 1878 1737 SALE 2400 1737 SALE 690 1737 SALE 10 1737 SALE 1200 1737 SALE 800 1737 PURCHASE 100 1737 PURCHASE 477 1737 PURCHASE 192 1737 SALE 229 1738 SALE 255 1738 SALE 3 1738 SALE 113 1738 SALE 900 1738 SALE 300 1738 SALE 400 1738 SALE 1000 1738 SALE 600 1738 PURCHASE 722 1738 PURCHASE 857 1738 PURCHASE 222 1738 PURCHASE 230 1738 PURCHASE 1000 1738 PURCHASE 469 1738 SALE 600 1738 SALE 800 1738 SALE 208 1738 SALE 1692 1738 SALE 343 1738 SALE 85 1738 SALE 1472 1738 SALE 309 1738 PURCHASE 2837 1738 PURCHASE 5 1738 PURCHASE 361 1738 PURCHASE 1539 1738 PURCHASE 1900 1738 SALE 1200 1738 PURCHASE 2400 1738 SALE 314 1738 PURCHASE 4084 1738 PURCHASE 1669 1738 PURCHASE 930 1738 PURCHASE 612 1738 SALE 499 1739 SALE 1 1739 PURCHASE 1000 1739 PURCHASE 1900 1739 SALE 475 1739 SALE 1000 1739 SALE 25 1739 SALE 204 1739 SALE 535 1739 SALE 229 1739 SALE 800 1739 SALE 600 1739 PURCHASE 237 1739 SALE 2000 1739 SALE 3000 1739 PURCHASE 301 1739 PURCHASE 650 1739 PURCHASE 1652 1739 SALE 3600 1739 PURCHASE 925 1739 PURCHASE 375 1739 PURCHASE 1900 1739 PURCHASE 700 1739 SALE 383 1740 SALE 1617 1740 SALE 2000 1740 SALE 500 1740 SALE 800 1740 SALE 2405 1740 PURCHASE 1268 1740 PURCHASE 504 1740 SALE 1660 1740 SALE 240 1740 PURCHASE 2453 1740 SALE 1900 1740 SALE 500 1740 SALE 1000 1740 SALE 945 1740 SALE 2000 1740 PURCHASE 81 1740 PURCHASE 473 1740 PURCHASE 446 1740 SALE 240 1740 SALE 2400 1740 PURCHASE 761 1740 PURCHASE 1139 1740 SALE 951 1740 SALE 480 1740 SALE 320 1740 PURCHASE 134 1740 PURCHASE 49 1740 PURCHASE 198 1740 SALE 500 1740 SALE 500 1740 SALE 1781 1740 SALE 2400 1740 SALE 700 1740 PURCHASE 182 1740 PURCHASE 3131 1740 PURCHASE 1800 1740 PURCHASE 25 1740 PURCHASE 2259 1740 SALE 600 1741 PURCHASE 600 1741 PURCHASE 1281 1741 SALE 1929 1741 SALE 1271 1741 PURCHASE 1900 1741 SALE 500 1741 PURCHASE 1489 1741 PURCHASE 509 1741 PURCHASE 2 1741 SALE 45 1741 PURCHASE 900 1741 SALE 267 1741 SALE 1033 1741 PURCHASE 1900 1741 SALE 800 1741 PURCHASE 200 1741 PURCHASE 200 1741 SALE 500 1741 SALE 700 1741 PURCHASE 1600 1741 PURCHASE 100 1741 PURCHASE 1200 1741 PURCHASE 700 1741 PURCHASE 46 1741 PURCHASE 900 1741 PURCHASE 916 1741 SALE 145 1741 SALE 1755 1741 PURCHASE 618 1741 SALE 5248 1741 SALE 495 1741 PURCHASE 750 1742 SALE 55 1742 SALE 1845 1742 PURCHASE 55 1742 SALE 2400 1742 SALE 1000 1742 PURCHASE 457 1742 SALE 880 1742 SALE 139 1742 PURCHASE 785 1742 PURCHASE 15 1742 SALE 42 1742 SALE 51 1742 SALE 1307 1742 PURCHASE 1500 1742 PURCHASE 549 1742 PURCHASE 551 1742 PURCHASE 941 1742 PURCHASE 159 1742 PURCHASE 500 1742 PURCHASE 1165 1742 PURCHASE 35 1742 PURCHASE 7 1742 PURCHASE 389 1742 PURCHASE 335 1742 SALE 1800 1742 PURCHASE 900 1742 PURCHASE 600 1742 PURCHASE 1100 1742 SALE 1900 1742 PURCHASE 284 1742 PURCHASE 105 1742 PURCHASE 1400 1742 PURCHASE 200 1742 SALE 500 1743 SALE 817 1743 SALE 162 1743 SALE 21 1743 PURCHASE 464 1743 PURCHASE 1436 1743 PURCHASE 1230 1743 PURCHASE 770 1743 PURCHASE 1300 1743 SALE 608 1743 SALE 152 1743 SALE 152 1743 PURCHASE 600 1743 PURCHASE 416 1743 PURCHASE 484 1743 PURCHASE 1660 1743 PURCHASE 40 1743 PURCHASE 800 1743 PURCHASE 800 1743 SALE 200 1743 SALE 200 1743 SALE 898 1743 PURCHASE 900 1743 SALE 2400 1743 SALE 3652 1743 PURCHASE 752 1743 PURCHASE 3587 1743 PURCHASE 564 1743 PURCHASE 800 1743 PURCHASE 144 1744 PURCHASE 656 1744 PURCHASE 3300 1744 PURCHASE 998 1744 PURCHASE 476 1744 PURCHASE 1357 1744 PURCHASE 233 1744 SALE 455 1744 SALE 534 1744 SALE 1511 1744 PURCHASE 2000 1744 SALE 25 1744 SALE 2 1744 SALE 637 1744 SALE 885 1744 SALE 15 1744 SALE 223 1744 SALE 87 1744 SALE 190 1744 PURCHASE 1700 1744 PURCHASE 271 1744 PURCHASE 29 1744 PURCHASE 1300 1744 PURCHASE 1237 1744 PURCHASE 663 1744 SALE 2400 1744 SALE 1100 1744 PURCHASE 453 1744 SALE 2134 1744 PURCHASE 655 1744 PURCHASE 45 1744 PURCHASE 1900 1744 SALE 200 1744 PURCHASE 1100 1744 SALE 200 1744 PURCHASE 777 1744 PURCHASE 916 1744 PURCHASE 307 1744 PURCHASE 524 1744 PURCHASE 2000 1745 PURCHASE 916 1745 PURCHASE 1100 1745 PURCHASE 1100 1745 SALE 160 1745 SALE 7 1745 SALE 1193 1745 PURCHASE 450 1745 PURCHASE 500 1745 PURCHASE 490 1745 PURCHASE 1200 1745 PURCHASE 700 1745 PURCHASE 700 1745 PURCHASE 800 1745 SALE 1000 1745 PURCHASE 143 1745 PURCHASE 657 1745 PURCHASE 290 1746 SALE 1900 1746 PURCHASE 700 1746 PURCHASE 293 1746 SALE 472 1746 SALE 296 1746 SALE 4000 1746 SALE 190 1746 SALE 580 1746 SALE 249 1746 SALE 560 1746 SALE 5759 1746 SALE 4946 1746 SALE 380 1746 SALE 190 1746 SALE 580 1746 SALE 280 1746 SALE 191 1746 PURCHASE 226 1747 PURCHASE 1024 1747 PURCHASE 800 1747 PURCHASE 246 1747 PURCHASE 1654 1747 PURCHASE 600 1747 PURCHASE 820 1747 SALE 2172 1747 SALE 28 1747 SALE 823 1748 PURCHASE 750 1748 PURCHASE 50 1748 SALE 800 1749 PURCHASE 900 1749 PURCHASE 47 1749 PURCHASE 2411 1749 PURCHASE 649 1749 PURCHASE 480 1749 PURCHASE 228 1749 PURCHASE 517 1749 SALE 825 1749 SALE 2003 1749 PURCHASE 2430 1749 PURCHASE 4000 1750 PURCHASE 3279 1750 PURCHASE 232 1750 PURCHASE 482 1750 PURCHASE 497 1750 SALE 1300 1750 SALE 2270 1750 SALE 567 1750 SALE 141 1750 SALE 141 1750 SALE 141 1750 SALE 347 1750 SALE 347 1750 SALE 347 1750 SALE 86 1750 SALE 86 1750 SALE 173 1750 SALE 173 1750 SALE 108 1750 SALE 2000 1754 SALE 1800 1754 SALE 129 1756 SALE 10 1756 SALE 1861 1756 SALE 800 1756 PURCHASE 500 1756 PURCHASE 800 1756 PURCHASE 283 1756 PURCHASE 1287 1756 PURCHASE 144 1756 SALE 1000 1758 PURCHASE 237 1759 PURCHASE 486 1759 PURCHASE 491 1759 PURCHASE 1423 1759 PURCHASE 2400 1759 SALE 1100 1759 SALE 650 1759 SALE 50 1759 SALE 650 1759 SALE 50 1759 PURCHASE 36 1759 PURCHASE 518 1759 PURCHASE 753 1759 PURCHASE 432 1759 PURCHASE 3 1759 PURCHASE 1054 1759 SALE 227 1759 SALE 473 1759 PURCHASE 1221 1760 PURCHASE 779 1760 PURCHASE 1221 1760 PURCHASE 779 1760 SALE 1000 1760 SALE 800 1760 SALE 975 1760 SALE 203 1760 PURCHASE 862 1760 PURCHASE 38 1760 PURCHASE 986 1760 PURCHASE 14 1760 PURCHASE 258 1760 PURCHASE 1024 1760 PURCHASE 718 1760 PURCHASE 2400 1760 SALE 3645 1760 SALE 655 1760 PURCHASE 1831 1760 PURCHASE 169 1760 SALE 2400 1760 SALE 2400 1760 PURCHASE 182 1760 PURCHASE 67 1760 PURCHASE 1751 1760 PURCHASE 272 1760 PURCHASE 428 1760 SALE 2950 1761 PURCHASE 480 1761 PURCHASE 320 1761 SALE 320 1761 SALE 1287 1761 PURCHASE 501 1761 PURCHASE 365 1761 SALE 700 1761 SALE 1100 1761 PURCHASE 2000 1761 PURCHASE 1400 1761 PURCHASE 2000 1761 PURCHASE 905 1763 PURCHASE 493 1763 PURCHASE 450 1763 PURCHASE 1236 1763 PURCHASE 600 1764 SALE 163 1764 SALE 537 1764 SALE 2000 1764 SALE 900 1764 SALE 827 1764 SALE 1300 1765 SALE 827 1765 SALE 173 1765 SALE 827 1765 SALE 564 1765 SALE 9 1765 PURCHASE 271 1765 PURCHASE 1729 1765 SALE 1100 1765 SALE 697 1766 SALE 778 1766 SALE 1307 1766 SALE 315 1766 PURCHASE 2000 1766 SALE 2800 1766 PURCHASE 735 1766 PURCHASE 1265 1766 PURCHASE 73 1767 PURCHASE 1927 1767 SALE 405 1767 SALE 195 1767 SALE 600 1768 PURCHASE 2000 1768 PURCHASE 2000 1768 PURCHASE 916 1768 PURCHASE 1084 1768 PURCHASE 77 1772 PURCHASE 279 1773 PURCHASE 3433 1773 PURCHASE 319 1773 SALE 1084 1773 SALE 543 1773 SALE 67 1773 PURCHASE 36 1774 PURCHASE 580 1774 SALE 805 1774 SALE 2611 1774 PURCHASE 42 1774.5 SALE 25000 1774.83 SALE 462 1776 SALE 500 1776 SALE 1600 1776 SALE 600 1777 SALE 1101 1777 PURCHASE 59 1777 PURCHASE 48 1777 PURCHASE 265 1777 PURCHASE 328 1777 PURCHASE 1300 1777 PURCHASE 329 1778 PURCHASE 640 1778 PURCHASE 2561 1778 PURCHASE 39 1778 SALE 700 1779 SALE 482 1779 SALE 700 1779 SALE 2000 1780 PURCHASE 1026 1781 PURCHASE 300 1781 SALE 1299 1781 SALE 2813 1781 PURCHASE 456 1781 SALE 1862 1782 SALE 1138 1782 PURCHASE 471 1782 PURCHASE 629 1782 SALE 342 1782 SALE 2058 1782 PURCHASE 2200 1784 PURCHASE 919 1784 PURCHASE 2000 1784 SALE 3582 1784 SALE 1526 1784 SALE 597 1784 SALE 960 1784 SALE 650 1784 SALE 827 1784 PURCHASE 524 1784.5 PURCHASE 1100 1785 PURCHASE 2096 1785 PURCHASE 4 1785 SALE 817 1785 SALE 1041 1785 PURCHASE 606 1785 PURCHASE 524 1785.5 SALE 1839 1786 SALE 810 1786 SALE 2773 1786 SALE 1400 1786 PURCHASE 426 1786 PURCHASE 1546 1786 SALE 600 1786 PURCHASE 1205 1786 SALE 600 1786 PURCHASE 800 1786 PURCHASE 400 1786 PURCHASE 202 1786 SALE 364 1786 SALE 336 1786 SALE 500 1786 SALE 1247 1786 SALE 1785 1786 SALE 768 1786 PURCHASE 109 1786 PURCHASE 272 1786 PURCHASE 100 1786 PURCHASE 40 1786 PURCHASE 580 1786 PURCHASE 234 1786 PURCHASE 1766 1786 SALE 531 1786 SALE 1258 1786 SALE 2000 1787 SALE 1000 1787 SALE 1000 1787 SALE 1900 1787 SALE 1100 1787 PURCHASE 1000 1787 PURCHASE 1001 1787 PURCHASE 399 1787 PURCHASE 598 1787 PURCHASE 2 1787 PURCHASE 59 1787 PURCHASE 100 1787 SALE 1200 1787 PURCHASE 575 1787 PURCHASE 25 1787 PURCHASE 129 1787 PURCHASE 57 1787 SALE 800 1787 SALE 162 1787 SALE 38 1787 PURCHASE 1800 1787 SALE 1418 1787 SALE 1000 1787 SALE 907 1787 PURCHASE 147 1787 PURCHASE 54 1787 SALE 2000 1788 SALE 1500 1788 SALE 1200 1788 PURCHASE 328 1788 PURCHASE 539 1788 PURCHASE 433 1788 SALE 1365 1788 SALE 435 1788 PURCHASE 122 1788 PURCHASE 424 1788 PURCHASE 114 1788 PURCHASE 42 1788 PURCHASE 339 1788 PURCHASE 64 1788 SALE 1000 1788 SALE 800 1788 SALE 500 1788 SALE 1094 1789 SALE 300 1789 SALE 2000 1789 PURCHASE 2000 1789 SALE 4147 1789 SALE 1442 1789 PURCHASE 129 1789 PURCHASE 100 1789 PURCHASE 170 1789 PURCHASE 62 1789 PURCHASE 985 1789 PURCHASE 1715 1789 PURCHASE 1000 1789 SALE 653 1789 SALE 1247 1789 SALE 771 1789 PURCHASE 1700 1789 PURCHASE 133 1789 PURCHASE 49 1789 PURCHASE 1999 1790 PURCHASE 340 1790 PURCHASE 61 1790 SALE 900 1790 PURCHASE 488 1790 PURCHASE 131 1790 PURCHASE 48 1790 PURCHASE 98 1790 SALE 2000 1790 SALE 163 1792 SALE 1637 1792 PURCHASE 118 1792 PURCHASE 43 1792 PURCHASE 1146 1792 PURCHASE 2400 1793 PURCHASE 1100 1793 SALE 1400 1793 PURCHASE 500 1793 SALE 1800 1794 PURCHASE 1896 1794 PURCHASE 50 1794 PURCHASE 506 1794 PURCHASE 48 1794 PURCHASE 26,000 1736.754 TOTAL PURCHASES 325,701 TOTAL SALES 355,795 (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 14 APRIL 2008Contact name NIMISHA SACHDEVTelephone number 020 7567 8762Name 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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