4th Feb 2008 07:00
GoldmanSachs International01 February 2008 Amendment - due to 'as of' CFD transactions the disclosure made on 29 January2008 for dealings on 28 January 2008 is being amended. The original tradepurchases disclosed 1,709,289 & 4,600 shares have been amended to totalpurchases 1,854,821 & 4,600 shares. The original trade sales disclosed 1,806,352& 4,600 shares have been amended to total sales 1,756,352 & 4,600 shares.Dealings 2 (a) & (b) have been updated. FORM 38.5(a) DEALINGS BY CONNECTED EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADERS WITH RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY STATUS DEALING IN A CLIENT-SERVING CAPACITY (Rule 38.5(a) of the Takeover Code) 1. KEY INFORMATION Name of exempt principal trader (GS) GOLDMAN SACHS INTERNATIONALCompany dealt in BHP BILLITON PLCClass of relevant security to which the Ordinary Sharesdealings being disclosed relate (Note 1) Date of dealing 28 January 2008 2. DEALINGS (Note 2) (a) Purchases and sales Total number of securities purchased Highest price paid (Note 3) Lowest price paid (Note 3) 4600 56.032 USD 55.19 USD 1854821 14.19 GBP 13.63 GBP Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) Lowest price received (Note 3) 4600 55.4239 USD 55.264 USD 1756352 14.12 GBP 13.63 GBP (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options) Product name, Long/short (Note 4) Number of securities (Note 5) Price per unit (Note 3) e.g. CFD CFD Long 1600 13.8392 GBPCFD Short 11279 13.7994 GBPCFD Short 92940 13.7994 GBPCFD Short 25487 13.7994 GBPCFD Short 123725 13.7994 GBPCFD Short 3992 13.7994 GBPCFD Short 500 13.86 GBPCFD Long 1185 13.9058 GBPCFD Short 11212 13.9234 GBPCFD Short 12248 13.9234 GBPCFD Short 440 13.9234 GBPCFD Short 16100 13.9234 GBPCFD Long 20000 13.8293 GBPCFD Long 50000 13.8293 GBPCFD Long 268 13.7566 GBPCFD Short 17648 13.7994 GBPCFD Long 500 13.86 GBPCFD Short 50000 13.9439 GBPCFD Short 50000 13.9439 GBPCFD Long 100000 13.8711 GBPCFD Long 50000 13.6489 GBPCFD Long 26576 13.9376 GBPCFD Short 26576 13.71 GBPCFD Short 11400 13.9442 GBPCFD Short 7110 13.8453 GBPCFD Short 137535 13.7428 GBPCFD Short 137536 13.8558 GBP (c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities (i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying Product name, Writing, selling, Number of securities to Exercise Type, e.g. Expiry Option money purchasing, which the option relates American,e.g. call varying etc. (Note 5) price European date paid/received peroption etc. unit (Note 3) (ii) Exercising Product name, e.g. call option Number of securities Exercise price per unit (Note 3) 3. 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. Date of disclosure 01 February 2008 Contact name Peter Highton Telephone number +44-207-774-1935 Name of offeree/offeror with which connected BHP BILLITON PLCNature of connection (Note 6) Advisor Notes The Notes on Form 38.5(a) 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:
BHP Group