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UBS AG (EPT)12 March 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 Rio Tinto LimitedClass of relevant security to which the Ordinarydealings being disclosed relate (Note 1)Date of dealing 11 MARCH 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 0 0.00% 111 0.00%(2) Derivatives (other thanoptions)(3) Options and agreements topurchase/sellTotal 0 0.00% 111 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 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) SALE 139 11872 AUD CENTS SALE 320 11886 SALE 150 11886 PURCHASE 859 11887 SALE 263 11890 SALE 91 11894 SALE 257 11896 SALE 445 11898 PURCHASE 666 11899 PURCHASE 6 11900 PURCHASE 42 11900 PURCHASE 50 11900 PURCHASE 1027 11900 PURCHASE 18 11901 PURCHASE 61 11901 PURCHASE 100 11907 PURCHASE 33 11909 PURCHASE 108 11909 PURCHASE 461 11909 PURCHASE 279 11910 PURCHASE 527 11912 PURCHASE 100 11915 SALE 247 11919 PURCHASE 8 11919 PURCHASE 122 11919 PURCHASE 300 11919 PURCHASE 514 11919 PURCHASE 619 11919 PURCHASE 300 11920 PURCHASE 300 11920 PURCHASE 709 11920 SALE 1625 11921 SALE 554 11923 SALE 436 11923 SALE 70 11923 SALE 13 11923 PURCHASE 21 11924 PURCHASE 350 11924 PURCHASE 51 11925 PURCHASE 244 11925 PURCHASE 315 11925 PURCHASE 323 11925 PURCHASE 277 11927 PURCHASE 420 11927 SALE 1021 11929 PURCHASE 498 11929 PURCHASE 574 11929 SALE 1459 11930 SALE 636 11930 SALE 494 11930 PURCHASE 15 11931 PURCHASE 300 11931 SALE 223 11932 SALE 14 11932 SALE 884 11933 SALE 150 11933 PURCHASE 19 11933 PURCHASE 360 11933 PURCHASE 216 11934 PURCHASE 480 11934 PURCHASE 630 11934 SALE 200 11935 SALE 3 11935 SALE 1 11935 PURCHASE 110 11935 SALE 184 11936 SALE 160 11936 SALE 413 11937 SALE 839 11938 PURCHASE 249 11938 PURCHASE 100 11940 SALE 1495 11941 PURCHASE 104 11943 SALE 1000 11945 SALE 500 11949 SALE 1 11949 PURCHASE 300 11951 SALE 500 11955 SALE 324 11955 SALE 50 11955 SALE 167 11962 SALE 1139 11965 PURCHASE 1 11970 PURCHASE 90 11970 PURCHASE 115 11970 PURCHASE 154 11970 PURCHASE 1 11974 PURCHASE 84 11974 PURCHASE 189 11974 PURCHASE 84 11975 PURCHASE 100 11975 PURCHASE 18 11977 PURCHASE 52 11977 PURCHASE 100 11977 PURCHASE 153 11977 SALE 421 11978 SALE 16 11978 PURCHASE 133 11978 PURCHASE 35 11980 PURCHASE 39 11980 PURCHASE 134 11980 PURCHASE 136 11980 PURCHASE 141 11980 PURCHASE 149 11980 PURCHASE 844 11980 PURCHASE 1950 11980 SALE 2086 11981 PURCHASE 217 11981 PURCHASE 290 11981 PURCHASE 703 11981 SALE 495 11982 SALE 4 11983 PURCHASE 21 11983 PURCHASE 1542 11983 PURCHASE 73 11985 PURCHASE 100 11985 PURCHASE 251 11985 SALE 520 11986 PURCHASE 16 11988 PURCHASE 35 11988 PURCHASE 108 11988 PURCHASE 271 11988 PURCHASE 179 11990 PURCHASE 291 11990 PURCHASE 50 11991 PURCHASE 106 11991 PURCHASE 1542 11991 SALE 790 11993 SALE 11 11993 PURCHASE 350 11994 SALE 556 11995 SALE 2084 11996 SALE 153 11996 SALE 52 11996 SALE 500 12000 SALE 370 12000 SALE 202 12000 SALE 200 12000 SALE 183 12000 SALE 100 12000 SALE 100 12000 SALE 100 12000 SALE 84 12000 SALE 70 12000 SALE 45 12000 SALE 42 12000 SALE 25 12000 SALE 25 12000 SALE 18 12000 SALE 15 12000 SALE 4 12000 PURCHASE 52 12000 PURCHASE 257 12000 PURCHASE 730 12000 SALE 529 12001 SALE 47 12002 PURCHASE 113 12003 SALE 299 12004 SALE 46 12004 SALE 143 12010 SALE 546 12011 SALE 5 12011 SALE 1 12011 PURCHASE 250 12020 PURCHASE 15 12022 PURCHASE 26 12022 PURCHASE 42 12022 PURCHASE 140 12022 PURCHASE 10 12023 PURCHASE 19 12023 PURCHASE 21 12023 PURCHASE 89 12023 PURCHASE 91 12023 PURCHASE 7 12024 PURCHASE 147 12024 PURCHASE 15 12025 PURCHASE 26 12025 PURCHASE 838 12025 SALE 1267 12030 SALE 500 12030 PURCHASE 90 12031 PURCHASE 246 12035 PURCHASE 56 12040 PURCHASE 500 12040 SALE 56623 12047.67287 PURCHASE 56623 12047.67287 SALE 58718 12049.26869 PURCHASE 58718 12049.26869 PURCHASE 7 12051 PURCHASE 24 12058 PURCHASE 116 12058 PURCHASE 146 12058 PURCHASE 180 12058 PURCHASE 877 12058 PURCHASE 5 12060 PURCHASE 155 12060 PURCHASE 248 12060 PURCHASE 264 12066 SALE 1198 12070 SALE 9 12070 PURCHASE 169 12071 SALE 1000 12073 SALE 165 12073 SALE 400 12074 SALE 7 12074 SALE 1000 12075 PURCHASE 250 12082 PURCHASE 340 12082 PURCHASE 845 12082 PURCHASE 100 12086 SALE 600 12090 SALE 10 12090 PURCHASE 904 12097 PURCHASE 1 12098 PURCHASE 98 12098 SALE 500 12102 SALE 200 12105 SALE 31 12105 PURCHASE 25 12105 PURCHASE 340 12105 PURCHASE 100 12107 PURCHASE 107 12107 PURCHASE 96 12109 PURCHASE 290 12109 SALE 1000 12110 SALE 200 12110 SALE 10 12110 PURCHASE 3 12110 PURCHASE 100 12110 PURCHASE 290 12110 PURCHASE 407 12110 SALE 1842 12111 SALE 1000 12111 SALE 319 12112 PURCHASE 29 12112 PURCHASE 278 12112 PURCHASE 16 12113 PURCHASE 298 12113 PURCHASE 63 12116 PURCHASE 117 12116 PURCHASE 290 12116 PURCHASE 230 12120 PURCHASE 772 12122 PURCHASE 711 12123 SALE 391 12126 SALE 500 12130 SALE 294 12130 SALE 293 12130 SALE 241 12130 SALE 200 12130 SALE 200 12130 SALE 199 12130 PURCHASE 18 12132 SALE 813 12133 PURCHASE 400 12133 PURCHASE 209 12134 SALE 95 12139 PURCHASE 2 12139 PURCHASE 100 12139 SALE 265 12140 PURCHASE 54 12140 PURCHASE 73 12140 PURCHASE 101 12140 PURCHASE 110 12140 PURCHASE 225 12140 PURCHASE 248 12140 PURCHASE 250 12140 PURCHASE 300 12140 PURCHASE 320 12140 PURCHASE 327 12140 PURCHASE 525 12140 PURCHASE 947 12140 PURCHASE 1488 12141 SALE 362 12143 PURCHASE 17 12143 PURCHASE 44 12143 PURCHASE 72 12143 PURCHASE 288 12143 PURCHASE 765 12143 PURCHASE 986 12143 SALE 108 12144 PURCHASE 52 12144 PURCHASE 100 12145 PURCHASE 1 12148 PURCHASE 38 12148 PURCHASE 66 12148 PURCHASE 132 12148 SALE 247 12149 PURCHASE 68 12149 PURCHASE 92 12149 PURCHASE 627 12149 SALE 833 12150 SALE 100 12150 PURCHASE 19 12150 PURCHASE 44 12150 PURCHASE 62 12150 PURCHASE 68 12150 PURCHASE 71 12150 PURCHASE 100 12150 PURCHASE 202 12150 PURCHASE 330 12150 PURCHASE 975 12150 PURCHASE 330 12151 SALE 100 12152 SALE 100 12152 PURCHASE 7 12153 PURCHASE 300 12153 SALE 396 12154 SALE 300 12154 SALE 200 12154 SALE 200 12154 SALE 200 12154 SALE 200 12154 SALE 100 12154 SALE 100 12154 SALE 100 12154 SALE 100 12154 SALE 100 12154 SALE 100 12154 SALE 100 12154 SALE 100 12154 SALE 30 12154 PURCHASE 3 12154 PURCHASE 37 12154 PURCHASE 300 12154 PURCHASE 310 12154 SALE 210 12155 SALE 65 12155 SALE 32 12155 SALE 4 12155 PURCHASE 148 12155 PURCHASE 220 12155 SALE 400 12156 SALE 225 12156 SALE 100 12156 SALE 100 12156 SALE 69 12156 PURCHASE 3 12156 PURCHASE 24 12156 PURCHASE 100 12156 PURCHASE 19 12157 PURCHASE 85 12157 PURCHASE 100 12157 PURCHASE 113 12158 PURCHASE 202 12158 PURCHASE 220 12158 SALE 292 12159 PURCHASE 135 12159 PURCHASE 173 12159 SALE 1650 12160 SALE 1200 12160 SALE 775 12160 SALE 645 12160 SALE 422 12160 SALE 378 12160 SALE 293 12160 SALE 158 12160 SALE 45 12160 SALE 16 12160 SALE 16 12160 SALE 15 12160 SALE 8 12160 SALE 6 12160 SALE 4 12160 SALE 1 12160 PURCHASE 250 12160 PURCHASE 310 12160 PURCHASE 500 12160 SALE 22 12161 PURCHASE 250 12161 PURCHASE 3 12162 PURCHASE 37 12162 PURCHASE 152 12162 PURCHASE 463 12162 SALE 577 12165 SALE 154 12165 PURCHASE 3 12165 PURCHASE 231 12165 SALE 368 12166 SALE 1376 12168 SALE 44 12168 PURCHASE 3 12168 PURCHASE 38 12168 PURCHASE 320 12168 PURCHASE 438 12168 SALE 282 12169 SALE 800 12170 SALE 489 12170 PURCHASE 286 12170 PURCHASE 1 12172 PURCHASE 54 12172 PURCHASE 200 12172 PURCHASE 288 12172 PURCHASE 3 12175 PURCHASE 70 12175 PURCHASE 100 12175 PURCHASE 100 12175 PURCHASE 100 12175 PURCHASE 104 12175 PURCHASE 200 12175 PURCHASE 4 12176 PURCHASE 310 12176 SALE 295 12180 SALE 70 12180 SALE 183 12189 SALE 3 12189 PURCHASE 146 12190 SALE 552 12195 SALE 72 12200 SALE 23 12200 PURCHASE 731 12200 PURCHASE 100 12201 TOTAL PURCHASES 171,964 TOTAL SALES 174,059 (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 12 MARCH 2008Contact name LOUISE ROBINSONTelephone 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:
Rio Tinto