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SG Option Europe03 March 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 SG Option Europe Company dealt in BHP Billiton plc Class of relevant security to which thedealings being disclosed relate (Note 1) 0.5 USD Ordinary Date of dealing 29 February 2008 2. INTERESTS, SHORT POSITIONS AND RIGHTS TO SUBSCRIBE (a) Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class ofrelevant security dealt in (Note 2) Long Short Number (%) Number (%) (1) Relevant securities 1,068,216 0.05 (2) Derivatives (other than options) (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell Total 1,068,216 0.05 (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 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 unitPurchase 9,859 16.3937Purchase 74,172 16.3493Purchase 9,530 16.3000Purchase 27,800 16.5029Purchase 242 16.5300Purchase 39,819 16.2853Purchase 14,000 16.3000Purchase 3,733 16.3000Purchase 5,375 16.3000Purchase 20,366 16.3000Purchase 10,343 16.3000Purchase 192,435 16.5200Purchase 1,257 16.3000Purchase 935 16.2500Purchase 6,860 16.3000Total Purchases 416,726Sale 311,343 16.4600Sale 509,052 16.4851Sale 105,860 16.3909Sale 37,776 16.4721Sale 3,044 16.3000Sale 12 16.3500Sale 3,858 16.6268Sale 51,133 16.2952Sale 38,120 16.3000Sale 3,733 16.3800Sale 1,900 16.3000Sale 97,763 16.3000Sale 2,257 16.6136Sale 19,764 16.5664Total Sales 1,185,615 (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options) Product name, Long/short (Note 5) Number of securities (Note 6) Price per unit (Note 4) e.g. CFD (c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities (i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying Product name, Writing, selling, Number of securities Exercise Type, e.g. Expiry Option money purchasing, to which the option American,e.g. call option varying etc. relates (Note 6) price European etc. date paid/received per unit (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 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. Is a Supplemental Form 38.5(b) attached? (Note 8) NO Date of disclosure 3 March 2008 Contact name Dan Batchelor Telephone number 020 7676 6936 Name of offeree/offeror with which connected Rio Tinto Nature of connection (Note 9) Advisor 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:
BHP Group