22nd Feb 2008 11:34
UBS AG (EPT)22 February 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 BHP Billiton PlcClass of relevant security to which the 0.5 USD Ordinarydealings being disclosed relate (Note 1)Date of dealing 21 FEBRUARY 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 9,457,122 0.43% 7,267,558 0.33%(2) Derivatives (other thanoptions)(3) Options and agreements topurchase/sellTotal 9,457,122 0.43% 7,267,558 0.33% (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 2500 1623 pence SALE 1928 1623 SALE 3000 1626 SALE 3797 1628 SALE 2000 1628 SALE 1529 1628 SALE 800 1628 SALE 105 1628 PURCHASE 1338 1628 PURCHASE 2028 1628 SALE 2325 1629 SALE 2161 1629 SALE 800 1629 PURCHASE 600 1629 PURCHASE 800 1629 PURCHASE 1129 1629 SALE 2569 1630 PURCHASE 176 1631 PURCHASE 470 1631 PURCHASE 1024 1631 SALE 1864 1632 SALE 2047 1633 SALE 1506 1633 SALE 1069 1633 SALE 1004 1633 SALE 492 1633 SALE 447 1633 SALE 250 1633 SALE 207 1633 SALE 159 1633 SALE 157 1633 PURCHASE 3823 1633 SALE 4000 1634 SALE 1200 1634 SALE 1012 1634 PURCHASE 157 1634 PURCHASE 171 1634 PURCHASE 176 1634 PURCHASE 214 1634 PURCHASE 377 1634 PURCHASE 830 1634 PURCHASE 3686 1634 SALE 3000 1635 SALE 2300 1635 SALE 570 1635 SALE 473 1635 SALE 473 1635 SALE 161 1635 PURCHASE 137 1635 PURCHASE 452 1635 PURCHASE 452 1635 PURCHASE 821 1635 PURCHASE 2104 1635 PURCHASE 2395 1635 SALE 1400 1636 SALE 725 1636 SALE 573 1636 SALE 519 1636 SALE 500 1636 SALE 385 1636 PURCHASE 100 1636 PURCHASE 216 1636 PURCHASE 225 1636 PURCHASE 378 1636 PURCHASE 500 1636 PURCHASE 500 1636 PURCHASE 800 1636 PURCHASE 1193 1636 PURCHASE 1307 1636 PURCHASE 1439 1636 PURCHASE 2000 1636 SALE 1500 1637 SALE 1000 1637 SALE 1000 1637 SALE 500 1637 SALE 240 1637 SALE 155 1637 PURCHASE 300 1637 PURCHASE 800 1637 PURCHASE 880 1637 PURCHASE 880 1637 PURCHASE 1000 1637 PURCHASE 1000 1637 PURCHASE 1452 1637 PURCHASE 1600 1637 PURCHASE 1750 1637 PURCHASE 1774 1637 SALE 1520 1638 SALE 1000 1638 SALE 1000 1638 SALE 1000 1638 SALE 635 1638 SALE 600 1638 SALE 568 1638 SALE 322 1638 SALE 198 1638 SALE 100 1638 PURCHASE 1 1638 PURCHASE 500 1638 PURCHASE 800 1638 PURCHASE 800 1638 PURCHASE 841 1638 PURCHASE 880 1638 PURCHASE 1825 1638 PURCHASE 1842 1638 PURCHASE 2000 1638 SALE 4072 1639 SALE 1245 1639 SALE 880 1639 PURCHASE 100 1639 PURCHASE 256 1639 PURCHASE 1000 1639 PURCHASE 1000 1639 PURCHASE 1000 1639 PURCHASE 1322 1639 PURCHASE 1744 1639 PURCHASE 2128 1639 SALE 9146 1640 SALE 2967 1640 SALE 1197 1640 SALE 1000 1640 SALE 820 1640 SALE 217 1640 PURCHASE 100 1640 PURCHASE 147 1640 PURCHASE 199 1640 PURCHASE 318 1640 PURCHASE 384 1640 PURCHASE 1150 1640 PURCHASE 1158 1640 SALE 4300 1641 SALE 2927 1641 SALE 1929 1641 SALE 1800 1641 SALE 1520 1641 SALE 1148 1641 SALE 1000 1641 SALE 800 1641 SALE 666 1641 SALE 600 1641 SALE 100 1641 PURCHASE 78 1641 PURCHASE 478 1641 PURCHASE 500 1641 PURCHASE 500 1641 PURCHASE 522 1641 PURCHASE 945 1641 PURCHASE 1000 1641 PURCHASE 1000 1641 PURCHASE 1254 1641 PURCHASE 1800 1641 PURCHASE 1800 1641 PURCHASE 1800 1641 PURCHASE 1900 1641 PURCHASE 2300 1641 SALE 1482 1642 SALE 1317 1642 SALE 1000 1642 SALE 800 1642 SALE 800 1642 SALE 784 1642 SALE 604 1642 SALE 242 1642 PURCHASE 2 1642 PURCHASE 78 1642 PURCHASE 400 1642 PURCHASE 400 1642 PURCHASE 867 1642 PURCHASE 1297 1642 PURCHASE 1400 1642 PURCHASE 1642 1642 PURCHASE 2000 1642 PURCHASE 3017 1642 SALE 3245 1643 SALE 2921 1643 SALE 2129 1643 SALE 1000 1643 SALE 900 1643 SALE 548 1643 SALE 531 1643 SALE 500 1643 SALE 500 1643 SALE 473 1643 SALE 470 1643 SALE 400 1643 SALE 323 1643 SALE 125 1643 PURCHASE 78 1643 PURCHASE 78 1643 PURCHASE 140 1643 PURCHASE 200 1643 PURCHASE 376 1643 PURCHASE 600 1643 PURCHASE 600 1643 PURCHASE 700 1643 PURCHASE 941 1643 PURCHASE 1029 1643 PURCHASE 1600 1643 PURCHASE 1700 1643 PURCHASE 2473 1643 PURCHASE 2500 1643 PURCHASE 3577 1643 PURCHASE 3651 1643 SALE 2500 1644 SALE 2476 1644 SALE 2000 1644 SALE 2000 1644 SALE 1503 1644 SALE 1421 1644 SALE 1316 1644 SALE 1000 1644 SALE 931 1644 SALE 845 1644 SALE 830 1644 SALE 800 1644 SALE 720 1644 SALE 702 1644 SALE 563 1644 SALE 552 1644 SALE 510 1644 SALE 500 1644 SALE 490 1644 SALE 400 1644 SALE 328 1644 SALE 100 1644 SALE 46 1644 SALE 31 1644 PURCHASE 245 1644 PURCHASE 483 1644 PURCHASE 600 1644 PURCHASE 700 1644 PURCHASE 880 1644 PURCHASE 1134 1644 PURCHASE 1200 1644 PURCHASE 1289 1644 PURCHASE 1600 1644 PURCHASE 1729 1644 PURCHASE 1930 1644 PURCHASE 2500 1644 PURCHASE 2707 1644 PURCHASE 5200 1644 SALE 2312 1645 SALE 2000 1645 SALE 1351 1645 SALE 1312 1645 SALE 1082 1645 SALE 795 1645 SALE 600 1645 SALE 600 1645 SALE 550 1645 SALE 300 1645 SALE 300 1645 SALE 137 1645 SALE 36 1645 PURCHASE 351 1645 PURCHASE 929 1645 SALE 1065 1646 SALE 750 1646 SALE 500 1646 SALE 352 1646 SALE 280 1646 PURCHASE 84 1646 PURCHASE 118 1646 PURCHASE 225 1646 PURCHASE 225 1646 PURCHASE 280 1646 PURCHASE 379 1646 PURCHASE 624 1646 PURCHASE 624 1646 PURCHASE 626 1646 PURCHASE 840 1646 PURCHASE 1801 1646 PURCHASE 1853 1646 PURCHASE 2257 1646 PURCHASE 3000 1646 PURCHASE 3000 1646 PURCHASE 3363 1646 PURCHASE 3363 1646 SALE 1815 1647 PURCHASE 940 1647 PURCHASE 1244 1647 SALE 1078 1648 SALE 817 1648 SALE 300 1648 PURCHASE 742 1648 SALE 3131 1649 SALE 3040 1649 SALE 3000 1649 SALE 627 1649 SALE 615 1649 SALE 517 1649 SALE 344 1649 SALE 243 1649 SALE 196 1649 PURCHASE 477 1649 PURCHASE 500 1649 PURCHASE 522 1649 PURCHASE 526 1649 PURCHASE 699 1649 PURCHASE 779 1649 PURCHASE 940 1649 PURCHASE 1017 1649 SALE 4119 1650 SALE 2300 1650 SALE 1000 1650 SALE 627 1650 SALE 535 1650 SALE 500 1650 SALE 141 1650 PURCHASE 1000 1650 PURCHASE 170 1651 PURCHASE 260 1651 PURCHASE 285 1651 PURCHASE 386 1651 PURCHASE 680 1651 PURCHASE 700 1651 PURCHASE 710 1651 PURCHASE 1304 1651 PURCHASE 1519 1651 PURCHASE 1891 1651 PURCHASE 3000 1651 SALE 6082 1652 SALE 3759 1652 SALE 2779 1652 SALE 2093 1652 SALE 1830 1652 SALE 1800 1652 SALE 1200 1652 SALE 1000 1652 SALE 1000 1652 SALE 797 1652 SALE 750 1652 SALE 314 1652 SALE 100 1652 SALE 3 1652 PURCHASE 205 1652 PURCHASE 205 1652 PURCHASE 760 1652 PURCHASE 898 1652 PURCHASE 1131 1652 PURCHASE 1200 1652 PURCHASE 1205 1652 PURCHASE 1368 1652 PURCHASE 1738 1652 PURCHASE 2213 1652 SALE 4479 1653 SALE 853 1653 SALE 73 1653 PURCHASE 1167 1653 PURCHASE 1269 1653 PURCHASE 1731 1653 PURCHASE 2500 1653 SALE 3000 1654 SALE 2500 1654 SALE 2427 1654 SALE 2090 1654 SALE 1920 1654 SALE 1909 1654 SALE 1900 1654 SALE 1865 1654 SALE 1485 1654 SALE 1100 1654 SALE 1100 1654 SALE 1000 1654 SALE 1000 1654 SALE 990 1654 SALE 897 1654 SALE 875 1654 SALE 800 1654 SALE 800 1654 SALE 791 1654 SALE 704 1654 SALE 600 1654 SALE 600 1654 SALE 500 1654 SALE 500 1654 SALE 209 1654 PURCHASE 8 1654 PURCHASE 44 1654 PURCHASE 99 1654 PURCHASE 200 1654 PURCHASE 334 1654 PURCHASE 382 1654 PURCHASE 430 1654 PURCHASE 500 1654 PURCHASE 500 1654 PURCHASE 650 1654 PURCHASE 700 1654 PURCHASE 800 1654 PURCHASE 1000 1654 PURCHASE 1000 1654 PURCHASE 1024 1654 PURCHASE 1328 1654 PURCHASE 1337 1654 SALE 1804 1655 SALE 1702 1655 SALE 1381 1655 SALE 800 1655 SALE 700 1655 SALE 600 1655 SALE 545 1655 SALE 294 1655 PURCHASE 9 1655 PURCHASE 118 1655 PURCHASE 127 1655 PURCHASE 175 1655 PURCHASE 195 1655 PURCHASE 200 1655 PURCHASE 216 1655 PURCHASE 230 1655 PURCHASE 240 1655 PURCHASE 240 1655 PURCHASE 325 1655 PURCHASE 358 1655 PURCHASE 369 1655 PURCHASE 400 1655 PURCHASE 400 1655 PURCHASE 400 1655 PURCHASE 600 1655 PURCHASE 625 1655 PURCHASE 640 1655 PURCHASE 700 1655 PURCHASE 728 1655 PURCHASE 729 1655 PURCHASE 800 1655 PURCHASE 800 1655 PURCHASE 1000 1655 PURCHASE 1000 1655 PURCHASE 1792 1655 PURCHASE 2200 1655 PURCHASE 2421 1655 PURCHASE 3000 1655 PURCHASE 3000 1655 PURCHASE 3802 1655 PURCHASE 5812 1655 PURCHASE 55 1655.5 SALE 1700 1656 SALE 503 1656 SALE 300 1656 PURCHASE 313 1656 PURCHASE 573 1656 PURCHASE 873 1656 PURCHASE 891 1656 PURCHASE 1007 1656 PURCHASE 1047 1656 PURCHASE 1239 1656 PURCHASE 1257 1656 PURCHASE 1979 1656 PURCHASE 2341 1656 PURCHASE 2712 1656 PURCHASE 4552 1656 PURCHASE 4663 1656 PURCHASE 466 1657 PURCHASE 713 1657 PURCHASE 800 1657 PURCHASE 800 1657 PURCHASE 959 1657 PURCHASE 1573 1657 PURCHASE 2300 1657 PURCHASE 2500 1657 PURCHASE 3000 1657 PURCHASE 5035 1657 SALE 2321 1658 PURCHASE 100 1658 PURCHASE 100 1658 PURCHASE 100 1658 PURCHASE 200 1658 PURCHASE 800 1658 PURCHASE 917 1658 PURCHASE 1024 1658 PURCHASE 1200 1658 PURCHASE 1500 1658 PURCHASE 1600 1658 PURCHASE 1664 1658 PURCHASE 1718 1658 PURCHASE 1735 1658 PURCHASE 1800 1658 PURCHASE 2000 1658 PURCHASE 3273 1658 SALE 8826 1659 SALE 5474 1659 SALE 3396 1659 SALE 2877 1659 SALE 2642 1659 SALE 2000 1659 SALE 2000 1659 SALE 1980 1659 SALE 1800 1659 SALE 1367 1659 SALE 1080 1659 SALE 748 1659 SALE 730 1659 SALE 600 1659 SALE 426 1659 SALE 374 1659 SALE 200 1659 PURCHASE 278 1659 PURCHASE 800 1659 PURCHASE 800 1659 PURCHASE 800 1659 PURCHASE 812 1659 PURCHASE 944 1659 PURCHASE 965 1659 PURCHASE 1000 1659 PURCHASE 1000 1659 PURCHASE 1000 1659 PURCHASE 2317 1659 PURCHASE 3052 1659 PURCHASE 351 1659.5 SALE 2980 1660 SALE 1911 1660 SALE 830 1660 SALE 500 1660 SALE 470 1660 SALE 4 1660 PURCHASE 1767 1660 PURCHASE 2488 1660 SALE 9030 1661 SALE 4912 1661 SALE 3914 1661 SALE 2000 1661 SALE 1830 1661 SALE 1300 1661 SALE 754 1661 SALE 678 1661 PURCHASE 169 1661 PURCHASE 800 1661 PURCHASE 1000 1661 PURCHASE 1862 1661 PURCHASE 3000 1661 PURCHASE 80 1661.5 SALE 2452 1662 SALE 2152 1662 SALE 2042 1662 SALE 1321 1662 SALE 1200 1662 SALE 676 1662 SALE 479 1662 PURCHASE 358 1662 PURCHASE 500 1662 PURCHASE 570 1662 PURCHASE 3000 1662 PURCHASE 3000 1662 SALE 2331 1663 PURCHASE 96 1663 PURCHASE 100 1663 PURCHASE 961 1663 SALE 2752 1664 PURCHASE 964 1664 PURCHASE 1600 1664 SALE 2540 1665 SALE 1786 1665 SALE 1032 1665 SALE 485 1665 SALE 470 1665 SALE 412 1665 SALE 350 1665 SALE 179 1665 SALE 179 1665 SALE 100 1665 SALE 45 1665 PURCHASE 1000 1665 PURCHASE 1758 1665 PURCHASE 2811 1665 SALE 813 1666 SALE 336 1666 PURCHASE 413 1666 PURCHASE 524 1666 PURCHASE 1000 1666 PURCHASE 1000 1666 PURCHASE 1375 1666 PURCHASE 1500 1666 PURCHASE 1523 1666 PURCHASE 3240 1666 SALE 6221 1667 SALE 1608 1667 SALE 1000 1667 SALE 884 1667 SALE 830 1667 SALE 749 1667 SALE 500 1667 SALE 201 1667 SALE 126 1667 SALE 71 1667 SALE 47 1667 PURCHASE 863 1667 PURCHASE 2570 1667 PURCHASE 2684 1667 SALE 4277 1668 SALE 2000 1668 SALE 998 1668 SALE 406 1668 SALE 179 1668 SALE 179 1668 SALE 94 1668 PURCHASE 61 1668 PURCHASE 636 1668 PURCHASE 863 1668 PURCHASE 1010 1668 PURCHASE 1142 1668 PURCHASE 1465 1668 PURCHASE 1500 1668 PURCHASE 1750 1668 PURCHASE 1783 1668 SALE 2418 1669 SALE 997 1669 PURCHASE 8987 1669 SALE 8286 1670 SALE 2980 1670 SALE 2579 1670 SALE 2312 1670 SALE 2270 1670 SALE 2268 1670 SALE 2248 1670 SALE 2104 1670 SALE 1639 1670 SALE 1289 1670 SALE 1192 1670 SALE 1000 1670 SALE 1000 1670 SALE 1000 1670 SALE 976 1670 SALE 879 1670 SALE 800 1670 SALE 800 1670 SALE 724 1670 SALE 558 1670 SALE 500 1670 SALE 500 1670 SALE 366 1670 SALE 325 1670 SALE 237 1670 SALE 216 1670 SALE 91 1670 SALE 89 1670 SALE 87 1670 SALE 54 1670 PURCHASE 1022 1670 PURCHASE 1300 1670 PURCHASE 1981 1670 PURCHASE 2500 1670 PURCHASE 2858 1670 PURCHASE 351 1670.5 SALE 2593 1671 SALE 2386 1671 SALE 2000 1671 SALE 1500 1671 SALE 1066 1671 SALE 746 1671 SALE 582 1671 SALE 500 1671 SALE 500 1671 SALE 377 1671 SALE 359 1671 SALE 277 1671 SALE 176 1671 SALE 68 1671 PURCHASE 100 1671 PURCHASE 129 1671 PURCHASE 384 1671 PURCHASE 500 1671 PURCHASE 905 1671 PURCHASE 1320 1671 PURCHASE 1985 1671 PURCHASE 2980 1671 PURCHASE 3885 1671 SALE 3702 1672 SALE 3399 1672 SALE 2188 1672 SALE 2129 1672 SALE 2027 1672 SALE 1587 1672 SALE 1500 1672 SALE 1364 1672 SALE 1000 1672 SALE 1000 1672 SALE 984 1672 SALE 732 1672 SALE 634 1672 SALE 493 1672 SALE 443 1672 SALE 333 1672 SALE 304 1672 SALE 106 1672 SALE 100 1672 SALE 100 1672 SALE 100 1672 SALE 3 1672 SALE 2 1672 PURCHASE 149 1672 PURCHASE 351 1672 PURCHASE 408 1672 PURCHASE 451 1672 PURCHASE 957 1672 SALE 12229 1673 SALE 3650 1673 SALE 3000 1673 SALE 3000 1673 SALE 2509 1673 SALE 2083 1673 SALE 2080 1673 SALE 1906 1673 SALE 1609 1673 SALE 1250 1673 SALE 1092 1673 SALE 1046 1673 SALE 862 1673 SALE 656 1673 SALE 470 1673 SALE 388 1673 SALE 388 1673 SALE 313 1673 SALE 245 1673 SALE 82 1673 SALE 53 1673 PURCHASE 46 1673 PURCHASE 46 1673 PURCHASE 391 1673 PURCHASE 428 1673 PURCHASE 780 1673 PURCHASE 800 1673 PURCHASE 822 1673 PURCHASE 1024 1673 PURCHASE 1105 1673 PURCHASE 1245 1673 PURCHASE 1352 1673 PURCHASE 1823 1673 PURCHASE 1880 1673 PURCHASE 2000 1673 PURCHASE 2258 1673 SALE 3278 1674 SALE 2083 1674 SALE 2000 1674 SALE 1853 1674 SALE 1100 1674 SALE 1000 1674 SALE 1000 1674 SALE 1000 1674 SALE 896 1674 SALE 765 1674 SALE 500 1674 SALE 255 1674 SALE 213 1674 SALE 49 1674 SALE 46 1674 PURCHASE 30 1674 PURCHASE 328 1674 PURCHASE 395 1674 PURCHASE 456 1674 PURCHASE 800 1674 PURCHASE 800 1674 PURCHASE 838 1674 PURCHASE 1010 1674 PURCHASE 1017 1674 PURCHASE 1042 1674 PURCHASE 1296 1674 PURCHASE 1381 1674 PURCHASE 1618 1674 PURCHASE 2107 1674 PURCHASE 2488 1674 PURCHASE 3618 1674 SALE 2643 1675 PURCHASE 100 1675 PURCHASE 100 1675 PURCHASE 122 1675 PURCHASE 274 1675 PURCHASE 298 1675 PURCHASE 600 1675 PURCHASE 600 1675 PURCHASE 728 1675 PURCHASE 772 1675 PURCHASE 1300 1675 PURCHASE 1509 1675 PURCHASE 1548 1675 PURCHASE 1721 1675 PURCHASE 2217 1675 PURCHASE 2604 1675 PURCHASE 3652 1675 PURCHASE 4000 1675 PURCHASE 5000 1675 SALE 1336 1676 PURCHASE 202 1676 PURCHASE 1606 1676 PURCHASE 2192 1676 SALE 2980 1677 SALE 800 1677 SALE 500 1677 PURCHASE 2355 1677 PURCHASE 3000 1677 SALE 650 1679 TOTAL PURCHASES 475,690 TOTAL SALES 511,865 (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 22 FEBRUARY 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:
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