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Credit Suisse Equities (Australia)18 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 Credit Suisse Equities (Australia) Limited Company dealt in BHP Billiton Limited Class of relevant security to which the dealings being Ordinary Sharesdisclosed relate (Note 1) Date of dealing 17-04-2008 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 196,846 0.0059 8,397,620 0.25 (2) Derivatives (other than options) (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell Total 196,846 0.0059 8,397,620 0.25 (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 (1) Relevant Securities (2) Derivatives (other than options) (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell Total (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) (AUD) Purchase 1,200 43.76Purchase 1 43.76Purchase 1,126 43.76Purchase 11 43.76Purchase 17 43.76Purchase 16 43.76Purchase 1 43.76Purchase 1,006 43.76Purchase 2,500 43.73Purchase 2,500 43.70Purchase 1,000 43.76Purchase 107 43.93Purchase 3,488 43.93Purchase 1,000 43.93Purchase 405 43.93Purchase 566 43.90Purchase 217 43.90Purchase 217 43.90Purchase 1,000 43.90Purchase 1,087 43.86Purchase 50 43.86Purchase 900 43.86Purchase 300 43.86Purchase 100 43.86Purchase 300 43.86Purchase 300 43.86Purchase 300 43.86Purchase 638 43.86Purchase 225 43.86Purchase 800 43.86Purchase 1,332 43.88Purchase 6,668 43.88Purchase 2,000 43.88Purchase 2,500 43.92Purchase 5,000 43.92Purchase 4,721 43.95Purchase 4,525 43.94Purchase 475 43.94Purchase 6,000 43.90Purchase 2,988 43.90Purchase 230 43.90Purchase 1,278 43.90Purchase 300 43.90Purchase 910 43.90Purchase 750 43.90Purchase 2,823 43.90Sale -322 43.34Sale -2,178 43.34Sale -1,000 43.33Sale -500 43.32Sale -2,000 43.30Sale -220 43.30Sale -76 43.30Sale -2,204 43.30Sale -2,000 43.31Sale -500 43.12Sale -1,200 43.32Sale -25,841 44.14TOTAL BUYS:63878 TOTAL SELLS:38041 (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) (c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities (i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying Product Writing, selling, Number of securities to Exercise Type, e.g. Expiry Option money paid/name,e.g. call purchasing, varying which the option relates price American, date received per unitoption etc. (Note 6) European etc. (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 NONE Is a Supplemental Form 38.5(b) attached? (Note 8) NO Date of disclosure 18-04-2008 Contact name Collins, Carolyn Telephone number 44 20 7888 0241 Name of offeree/offeror with which connected Rio Tinto Plc Nature of connection (Note 9) ADVISOR Notes The Notes on Form 38.5(b) can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website at http://www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk/. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
BHP Group