22nd Apr 2008 14:52
GoldmanSachs International22 April 2008 Amendment - due to late booked cancellations of both equity and CFD transactionsthe disclosure made on 21 April 2008 for dealings on 17 April 2008 is beingupdated. The original trade sales disclosed 28,200 & 2,549,088 shares have beenamended to total sales 28,200 & 2,539,088 shares. Dealings 2 (a) & (b) have beenupdated. 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 INTERNATIONAL Company dealt in BHP BILLITON PLC Class of relevant security to which the Ordinary Sharesdealings being disclosed relate (Note 1) Date of dealing 17 April 2008 2. DEALINGS (Note 2) (a) Purchases and sales Total number of securities purchased Highest price paid (Note 3) Lowest price paid (Note 3) 28200 72.3565 USD 72.3565 USD 2306673 18.94 GBP 18.09 GBP Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) Lowest price received (Note 3) 28200 72.3565 USD 72.3565 USD 2539088 18.96 GBP 18.03 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. CFDCFD Short 48100 18.6936 GBPCFD Short 400 18.6936 GBPCFD Short 1800 18.6936 GBPCFD Short 10100 18.6936 GBPCFD Short 151300 18.6936 GBPCFD Short 27100 18.6936 GBPCFD Short 11200 18.6936 GBPCFD Long 51662 18.2552 GBPCFD Long 3338 18.2552 GBPCFD Long 102000 18.6182 GBPCFD Long 8662 18.1795 GBPCFD Long 41538 18.1795 GBPCFD Long 15500 18.6114 GBPCFD Long 64000 18.5883 GBPCFD Short 64000 18.8003 GBPCFD Long 9500 18.6407 GBPCFD Short 9500 18.3192 GBPCFD Long 50000 18.7346 GBPCFD Short 50000 18.2931 GBPCFD Long 19398 18.2459 GBPCFD Long 10000 18.7762 GBPCFD Long 57855 18.8461 GBPCFD Long 1828 18.7084 GBPCFD Long 10882 18.7084 GBPCFD Long 1740 18.7084 GBPCFD Long 185854 18.2214 GBPCFD Short 34845 18.2977 GBPCFD Short 99222 18.2977 GBPCFD Short 3933 18.2977 GBPCFD Long 47640 18.8461 GBPCFD Long 44505 18.8461 GBPCFD Short 138000 18.3775 GBPCFD Long 13400 18.6114 GBPCFD Long 10000 18.4745 GBPCFD Long 10000 18.4745 GBPCFD Long 10000 18.4745 GBPCFD Long 10000 18.4745 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 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. Date of disclosure 22 April 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