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EPT Disclosure

9th Sep 2008 11:48

RNS Number : 0366D

Citigroup Inc

09 September 2008

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	Citigroup Global Markets Inc
Company dealt in	BHP Billiton Ltd
Class of relevant security to which the dealings being disclosed relate (Note 1)	Dealt in both ordinary and ADR form
Date of dealing	05 September 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	14 (0.00%)	2,294 (0.00%)
(2) Derivatives (other than options)	(0.00%)	(0.00%)
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell	(0.00%)	(0.00%)
Total	14 (0.00%)	2,294 (0.00%)

(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
Convertible	Number (%)	Number (%)
(1) Relevant securities	(0.00%)	(0.00%)
(2) Derivatives (other than options)	(0.00%)	(0.00%)
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell	(0.00%)	(0.00%)
Total	(0.00%)	(0.00%)

Rights to subscribe (Note 2)

Class of relevant security:

Details

3. DEALINGS (Note 3)

Purchases and sales

Purchase	Number of securities	Price per unit (Note 4) USD (unless stated)
	73,644	57.5472
	73,644	57.4400
	300	57.67
	100	57.69
	100	57.67
	100	57.68
	100	57.68
	100	57.68
	100	57.69
	200	57.69
	300	57.69
	200	57.67
	100	57.69
	100	57.69
	100	57.6975
	100	57.695
	300	57.7
	300	57.67
	200	57.69
	200	57.67
	100	57.69
	100	57.69
	89	57.7
	200	57.7
	200	57.7
	50	57.7
	39	57.67
	90	57.69
	200	57.7
	75	57.7
	100	57.7
	200	57.695
	200	57.695
	200	57.695
	400	57.67
	100	57.69
	200	57.67
	100	57.69
	100	57.68
	100	57.69
	200	57.7
	100	57.7
	400	57.7
	200	57.7
	100	57.7
	100	57.69
	89	57.68
	100	57.69
	200	57.7
	87	57.7
	13	57.7
	100	57.7
	100	57.7
	30	57.7
	60	57.69
	100	57.69
	100	57.69
	400	57.67
	100	57.69
	100	57.7
	200	57.7
	100	57.69
	39	57.67
	40	57.67
	100	57.69
	125	57.7
	200	57.7
	100	57.7
	300	57.7
	200	57.68
	51	57.69
	50	57.69
	100	57.695
	89	57.67
	300	57.675
	51	57.67
	51	57.68
	51	57.68
	50	57.68
	200	57.67
	10	57.66
	700	57.67
	200	57.675
	200	57.68
	200	57.675
	400	57.69
	1,800	57.695
	100	57.7
	100	57.69
	50	57.7
	49	57.7
	50	57.7
	100	57.7
	100	57.7
	200	57.7
	100	57.7
	200	57.695
	200	57.7
	100	57.7
	140	57.69
	100	57.68
	300	57.7
	540	57.6875
	100	57.69
	100	57.67
	9	57.67
	1,500	57.675
	50	57.68
	50	57.68
	51	57.68
	200	57.68
	51	57.68
	50	57.69
	500	57.67
	200	57.67
	100	57.67
	100	57.68
	100	57.68
	200	57.68
	100	57.67
	300	57.68
	300	57.66
	100	57.68
	300	57.69
	100	57.68
	200	57.66
	100	57.7
	200	57.7
	200	57.69
	100	57.69
	83	57.68
	200	57.7
	200	57.7
	200	57.7
	100	57.695
	200	57.7
	70	57.7
	100	57.7
	100	57.69
	260	57.685
	10	57.68
	100	57.685
	100	57.685
	99	57.67
	100	57.685
	100	57.685
	100	57.685
	50	57.68
	50	57.68
	100	57.685
	300	57.685
	100	57.68
	400	57.68
	100	57.68
	300	57.68
	100	57.68
	100	57.67
	100	57.67
	100	57.67
	400	57.69
	100	57.69
	600	57.7
	300	57.7
	52	57.7
	100	57.68
	200	57.68
	40	57.68
	100	57.69
	100	57.69
	50	57.69
	100	57.695
	230	57.6875
	310	57.6875
	50	57.67
	50	57.67
	100	57.67
	50	57.68
	51	57.68
	50	57.68
	51	57.68
	50	57.68
	1,100	57.68
	1500	57.68
	200	57.665
	100	57.68
	300	57.68
	100	57.675
	300	57.665
	100	57.67
	100	57.67
	30	57.7
	100	57.69
	100	57.69
	99	57.7
	100	57.68
	50	57.68
	51	57.68
	89	57.69
	55	57.68
	51	57.68
	200	57.67
	300	57.67
	100	57.68
	100	57.68
	300	57.68
	200	57.68
	100	57.68
	100	57.665
	300	57.68
	100	57.665
	200	57.665
	1,400	57.7
	100	57.7
	100	57.67
	100	57.67
	25,000	60.4631
Total ADR's	209,788
	50,000	30.2566
	8,516	23.7964
	75,000	28.8676
Total ORD's	133,516

Sales	Number of securities	Price per unit (Note 4) USD (unless stated)
	25,000	60.4631
	37,500	57.6852
	73,644	57.6400
	4,258	58.8085
	300	57.67
	100	57.69
	100	57.67
	100	57.68
	100	57.68
	100	57.68
	100	57.69
	200	57.69
	300	57.69
	200	57.67
	100	57.69
	100	57.69
	100	57.6975
	100	57.695
	300	57.7
	300	57.67
	200	57.69
	200	57.67
	100	57.69
	100	57.69
	89	57.7
	200	57.7
	200	57.7
	50	57.7
	39	57.67
	90	57.69
	200	57.7
	75	57.7
	100	57.7
	200	57.695
	200	57.695
	200	57.695
	400	57.67
	100	57.69
	200	57.67
	100	57.69
	100	57.68
	100	57.69
	200	57.7
	100	57.7
	400	57.7
	200	57.7
	100	57.7
	100	57.69
	89	57.68
	100	57.69
	200	57.7
	87	57.7
	13	57.7
	100	57.7
	100	57.7
	30	57.7
	60	57.69
	100	57.69
	100	57.69
	400	57.67
	100	57.69
	100	57.7
	200	57.7
	100	57.69
	39	57.67
	40	57.67
	100	57.69
	125	57.7
	200	57.7
	100	57.7
	300	57.7
	200	57.68
	51	57.69
	50	57.69
	100	57.695
	89	57.67
	300	57.675
	51	57.67
	51	57.68
	51	57.68
	50	57.68
	200	57.67
	10	57.66
	700	57.67
	200	57.675
	200	57.68
	200	57.675
	400	57.69
	1,800	57.695
	100	57.7
	100	57.69
	50	57.7
	49	57.7
	50	57.7
	100	57.7
	100	57.7
	200	57.7
	100	57.7
	200	57.695
	200	57.7
	100	57.7
	140	57.69
	100	57.68
	300	57.7
	540	57.6875
	100	57.69
	100	57.67
	9	57.67
	1,500	57.675
	50	57.68
	50	57.68
	51	57.68
	200	57.68
	51	57.68
	50	57.69
	500	57.67
	200	57.67
	100	57.67
	100	57.68
	100	57.68
	200	57.68
	100	57.67
	300	57.68
	300	57.66
	100	57.68
	300	57.69
	100	57.68
	200	57.66
	100	57.7
	200	57.7
	200	57.69
	100	57.69
	83	57.68
	200	57.7
	200	57.7
	200	57.7
	100	57.695
	200	57.7
	70	57.7
	100	57.7
	100	57.69
	260	57.685
	10	57.68
	100	57.685
	100	57.685
	99	57.67
	100	57.685
	100	57.685
	100	57.685
	50	57.68
	50	57.68
	100	57.685
	300	57.685
	100	57.68
	400	57.68
	100	57.68
	300	57.68
	100	57.68
	100	57.67
	100	57.67
	100	57.67
	400	57.69
	100	57.69
	600	57.7
	300	57.7
	52	57.7
	100	57.68
	200	57.68
	40	57.68
	100	57.69
	100	57.69
	50	57.69
	100	57.695
	230	57.6875
	310	57.6875
	50	57.67
	50	57.67
	100	57.67
	50	57.68
	51	57.68
	50	57.68
	51	57.68
	50	57.68
	1,100	57.68
	1,500	57.68
	200	57.665
	100	57.68
	300	57.68
	100	57.675
	300	57.665
	100	57.67
	100	57.67
	30	57.7
	100	57.69
	100	57.69
	99	57.7
	100	57.68
	50	57.68
	51	57.68
	89	57.69
	55	57.68
	51	57.68
	200	57.67
	300	57.67
	100	57.68
	100	57.68
	300	57.68
	200	57.68
	100	57.68
	100	57.665
	300	57.68
	100	57.665
	200	57.665
	1,400	57.7
	100	57.7
	100	57.67
	100	57.67
	25,000	60.4631
Total ADR's	202,902
	147,288	23.9403
Total ORD's	147,288

(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

(C = call;

P = put)

Writing, selling, purchasing, varying etc.

Number of securities to which the option relates (Note 6)

Exercise

Price (USD)

Type, e.g. American, European etc.

Expiry

date

Option money

paid/received per unit (USD) (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	09 September 2008
Contact name	Selina Campbell
Telephone number	028 90 40 9538
Name of offeree/offeror with which connected	BHP Billiton plc
Nature of connection (Note 9)	Corporate Broker/Financial 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

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