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UBS AG (EPT)03 January 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 02 JANUARY 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 9,052,073 0.41% 3,733,760 0.17%(2) Derivatives (other thanoptions)(3) Options and agreements topurchase/sellTotal 9,052,073 0.41% 3,733,760 0.17% (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 2000 1535 pence SALE 1435 1535 SALE 416 1536 SALE 414 1536 PURCHASE 161 1537 PURCHASE 577 1537 PURCHASE 3711 1537 SALE 1596 1539 SALE 400 1539 PURCHASE 107 1539 PURCHASE 261 1539 PURCHASE 507 1539 PURCHASE 3746 1539 SALE 1200 1540 SALE 506 1540 PURCHASE 1800 1540 SALE 2530 1542 SALE 1498 1542 PURCHASE 398 1542 SALE 1409 1543 SALE 1000 1543 SALE 395 1543 SALE 56 1543 PURCHASE 1800 1543 PURCHASE 2200 1543 SALE 3595 1544 SALE 1100 1544 SALE 1028 1544 SALE 123 1544 SALE 49 1544 PURCHASE 445 1544 PURCHASE 507 1544 PURCHASE 1100 1544 SALE 9977 1545 SALE 6200 1545 SALE 5000 1545 SALE 4122 1545 SALE 3922 1545 SALE 3672 1545 SALE 3447 1545 SALE 2350 1545 SALE 1813 1545 SALE 1277 1545 SALE 1169 1545 SALE 951 1545 SALE 261 1545 SALE 231 1545 SALE 28 1545 SALE 23 1545 SALE 23 1545 SALE 19 1545 PURCHASE 211 1545 PURCHASE 606 1545 PURCHASE 2696 1545 SALE 4400 1546 SALE 2585 1546 SALE 2187 1546 SALE 2081 1546 SALE 1506 1546 SALE 1296 1546 SALE 572 1546 SALE 164 1546 SALE 162 1546 SALE 155 1546 SALE 51 1546 SALE 50 1546 PURCHASE 68 1546 PURCHASE 200 1546 PURCHASE 334 1546 PURCHASE 800 1546 PURCHASE 1000 1546 PURCHASE 1500 1546 PURCHASE 1700 1546 PURCHASE 2200 1546 PURCHASE 3100 1546 PURCHASE 3300 1546 PURCHASE 3725 1546 PURCHASE 3800 1546 SALE 5470 1547 SALE 1583 1547 SALE 1555 1547 SALE 1000 1547 SALE 1000 1547 SALE 830 1547 SALE 500 1547 SALE 366 1547 SALE 355 1547 SALE 155 1547 SALE 116 1547 PURCHASE 200 1547 PURCHASE 390 1547 PURCHASE 400 1547 PURCHASE 481 1547 PURCHASE 509 1547 PURCHASE 1000 1547 PURCHASE 1000 1547 PURCHASE 1100 1547 PURCHASE 2200 1547 PURCHASE 6464 1547 SALE 4046 1548 SALE 4000 1548 SALE 4000 1548 SALE 2300 1548 SALE 2284 1548 SALE 2200 1548 SALE 1286 1548 SALE 1214 1548 SALE 1000 1548 SALE 721 1548 SALE 660 1548 SALE 569 1548 SALE 551 1548 SALE 496 1548 SALE 425 1548 SALE 159 1548 SALE 153 1548 SALE 122 1548 SALE 113 1548 SALE 49 1548 SALE 31 1548 SALE 30 1548 SALE 16 1548 PURCHASE 17 1548 PURCHASE 365 1548 PURCHASE 535 1548 PURCHASE 585 1548 PURCHASE 679 1548 PURCHASE 703 1548 PURCHASE 961 1548 PURCHASE 1000 1548 PURCHASE 1084 1548 PURCHASE 1400 1548 PURCHASE 1418 1548 PURCHASE 1698 1548 PURCHASE 1809 1548 PURCHASE 1883 1548 PURCHASE 2200 1548 PURCHASE 2300 1548 PURCHASE 2300 1548 PURCHASE 3091 1548 PURCHASE 3300 1548 PURCHASE 3800 1548 PURCHASE 4420 1548 PURCHASE 5023 1548 PURCHASE 7300 1548 PURCHASE 10000 1548 SALE 467 1548.5 SALE 1500 1549 SALE 509 1549 SALE 155 1549 PURCHASE 35 1549 PURCHASE 182 1549 PURCHASE 382 1549 PURCHASE 600 1549 PURCHASE 600 1549 PURCHASE 900 1549 PURCHASE 1300 1549 PURCHASE 1300 1549 PURCHASE 1300 1549 PURCHASE 1800 1549 PURCHASE 2000 1549 SALE 3000 1550 SALE 1000 1550 SALE 600 1550 PURCHASE 678 1550 SALE 5200 1551 SALE 1391 1551 PURCHASE 500 1551 PURCHASE 500 1551 PURCHASE 720 1551 PURCHASE 726 1551 PURCHASE 1612 1551 PURCHASE 2446 1551 PURCHASE 6447 1551 PURCHASE 16 1552 PURCHASE 41 1552 PURCHASE 114 1552 PURCHASE 578 1552 PURCHASE 659 1552 PURCHASE 732 1552 PURCHASE 800 1552 PURCHASE 806 1552 PURCHASE 1600 1552 PURCHASE 1800 1552 PURCHASE 2200 1552 SALE 3072 1553 PURCHASE 34 1553 PURCHASE 50 1553 PURCHASE 96 1553 PURCHASE 539 1553 PURCHASE 750 1553 PURCHASE 766 1553 PURCHASE 1089 1553 PURCHASE 1300 1553 PURCHASE 1500 1553 PURCHASE 1572 1553 PURCHASE 3004 1553 SALE 3000 1554 SALE 1632 1554 SALE 507 1554 SALE 267 1554 SALE 267 1554 SALE 400 1555 SALE 133 1555 SALE 108 1555 SALE 67 1555 SALE 4000 1556 SALE 1602 1556 SALE 700 1556 SALE 398 1556 SALE 300 1556 SALE 251 1556 PURCHASE 348 1556 PURCHASE 445 1556 PURCHASE 1536 1556 SALE 2800 1557 SALE 2638 1557 SALE 2000 1557 SALE 1500 1557 SALE 1208 1557 SALE 1000 1557 SALE 1000 1557 SALE 815 1557 SALE 741 1557 SALE 500 1557 SALE 500 1557 SALE 500 1557 SALE 277 1557 SALE 135 1557 SALE 101 1557 PURCHASE 199 1557 PURCHASE 500 1557 PURCHASE 960 1557 PURCHASE 1000 1557 PURCHASE 1200 1557 PURCHASE 1449 1557 PURCHASE 2900 1557 SALE 2800 1558 SALE 1100 1558 SALE 800 1558 SALE 800 1558 SALE 535 1558 SALE 465 1558 SALE 268 1558 PURCHASE 43 1558 PURCHASE 70 1558 PURCHASE 105 1558 PURCHASE 162 1558 PURCHASE 204 1558 PURCHASE 304 1558 PURCHASE 304 1558 PURCHASE 507 1558 PURCHASE 651 1558 PURCHASE 732 1558 PURCHASE 800 1558 PURCHASE 823 1558 PURCHASE 857 1558 PURCHASE 900 1558 PURCHASE 1000 1558 PURCHASE 1000 1558 PURCHASE 1500 1558 PURCHASE 1804 1558 PURCHASE 2800 1558 PURCHASE 3361 1558 SALE 2200 1559 SALE 2182 1559 SALE 1905 1559 SALE 1627 1559 SALE 1585 1559 SALE 1500 1559 SALE 1400 1559 SALE 1299 1559 SALE 1100 1559 SALE 1000 1559 SALE 1000 1559 SALE 885 1559 SALE 730 1559 SALE 467 1559 SALE 392 1559 SALE 326 1559 SALE 135 1559 SALE 100 1559 PURCHASE 6 1559 PURCHASE 400 1559 PURCHASE 500 1559 PURCHASE 508 1559 PURCHASE 681 1559 PURCHASE 1496 1559 PURCHASE 1689 1559 PURCHASE 6300 1559 SALE 2676 1560 SALE 1393 1560 SALE 617 1560 SALE 445 1560 PURCHASE 142 1560 PURCHASE 200 1560 PURCHASE 328 1560 PURCHASE 617 1560 PURCHASE 686 1560 PURCHASE 710 1560 PURCHASE 1000 1560 PURCHASE 1171 1560 PURCHASE 2000 1560 SALE 1691 1561 SALE 1269 1561 SALE 1219 1561 SALE 600 1561 SALE 441 1561 SALE 261 1561 SALE 218 1561 SALE 180 1561 SALE 77 1561 PURCHASE 228 1561 PURCHASE 970 1561 PURCHASE 1000 1561 PURCHASE 1000 1561 PURCHASE 1094 1561 PURCHASE 1214 1561 PURCHASE 1359 1561 PURCHASE 1369 1561 PURCHASE 1982 1561 PURCHASE 3425 1561 PURCHASE 3833 1561 PURCHASE 4035 1561 PURCHASE 5703 1561 SALE 3036 1562 SALE 2647 1562 SALE 2200 1562 SALE 1973 1562 SALE 1800 1562 SALE 1539 1562 SALE 1500 1562 SALE 1455 1562 SALE 1400 1562 SALE 1360 1562 SALE 1165 1562 SALE 1100 1562 SALE 1075 1562 SALE 1000 1562 SALE 932 1562 SALE 806 1562 SALE 800 1562 SALE 800 1562 SALE 763 1562 SALE 741 1562 SALE 500 1562 SALE 440 1562 SALE 400 1562 SALE 400 1562 SALE 400 1562 SALE 356 1562 SALE 139 1562 SALE 125 1562 SALE 100 1562 SALE 67 1562 SALE 66 1562 SALE 61 1562 SALE 59 1562 SALE 54 1562 SALE 46 1562 SALE 46 1562 SALE 35 1562 PURCHASE 163 1562 PURCHASE 234 1562 PURCHASE 247 1562 PURCHASE 251 1562 PURCHASE 424 1562 PURCHASE 500 1562 PURCHASE 560 1562 PURCHASE 713 1562 PURCHASE 726 1562 PURCHASE 740 1562 PURCHASE 772 1562 PURCHASE 905 1562 PURCHASE 937 1562 PURCHASE 1000 1562 PURCHASE 1049 1562 PURCHASE 1106 1562 PURCHASE 1254 1562 PURCHASE 1390 1562 PURCHASE 1390 1562 PURCHASE 2319 1562 PURCHASE 2600 1562 PURCHASE 3457 1562 PURCHASE 3646 1562 SALE 3805 1563 SALE 2611 1563 SALE 1800 1563 SALE 1639 1563 SALE 1528 1563 SALE 1415 1563 SALE 1400 1563 SALE 1324 1563 SALE 1200 1563 SALE 1200 1563 SALE 1200 1563 SALE 1121 1563 SALE 1000 1563 SALE 1000 1563 SALE 1000 1563 SALE 1000 1563 SALE 907 1563 SALE 800 1563 SALE 615 1563 SALE 500 1563 SALE 500 1563 SALE 500 1563 SALE 484 1563 SALE 400 1563 SALE 383 1563 SALE 374 1563 SALE 300 1563 SALE 272 1563 SALE 241 1563 SALE 192 1563 SALE 164 1563 SALE 136 1563 SALE 120 1563 SALE 112 1563 SALE 95 1563 SALE 92 1563 SALE 78 1563 SALE 62 1563 SALE 58 1563 PURCHASE 33 1563 PURCHASE 200 1563 PURCHASE 437 1563 PURCHASE 498 1563 PURCHASE 526 1563 PURCHASE 542 1563 PURCHASE 794 1563 PURCHASE 963 1563 PURCHASE 1000 1563 PURCHASE 1276 1563 PURCHASE 1488 1563 PURCHASE 1604 1563 PURCHASE 4807 1563 SALE 3714 1564 SALE 3693 1564 SALE 2200 1564 SALE 2094 1564 SALE 1524 1564 SALE 1176 1564 SALE 1100 1564 SALE 1100 1564 SALE 1000 1564 SALE 1000 1564 SALE 1000 1564 SALE 1000 1564 SALE 850 1564 SALE 778 1564 SALE 600 1564 SALE 441 1564 SALE 437 1564 SALE 312 1564 SALE 207 1564 SALE 173 1564 SALE 126 1564 SALE 89 1564 SALE 66 1564 SALE 64 1564 SALE 59 1564 SALE 50 1564 SALE 41 1564 PURCHASE 115 1564 PURCHASE 200 1564 PURCHASE 473 1564 PURCHASE 500 1564 PURCHASE 501 1564 PURCHASE 564 1564 PURCHASE 660 1564 PURCHASE 672 1564 PURCHASE 720 1564 PURCHASE 729 1564 PURCHASE 800 1564 PURCHASE 843 1564 PURCHASE 900 1564 PURCHASE 1000 1564 PURCHASE 1000 1564 PURCHASE 1000 1564 PURCHASE 1406 1564 PURCHASE 1469 1564 PURCHASE 2355 1564 SALE 3 1564.5 SALE 2429 1565 SALE 2017 1565 SALE 1464 1565 SALE 1053 1565 SALE 1046 1565 SALE 1000 1565 SALE 924 1565 SALE 920 1565 SALE 880 1565 SALE 739 1565 SALE 648 1565 SALE 515 1565 SALE 500 1565 SALE 437 1565 SALE 232 1565 SALE 100 1565 SALE 71 1565 SALE 71 1565 SALE 65 1565 SALE 14 1565 PURCHASE 4 1565 PURCHASE 101 1565 PURCHASE 235 1565 PURCHASE 500 1565 PURCHASE 550 1565 PURCHASE 628 1565 PURCHASE 697 1565 PURCHASE 717 1565 PURCHASE 781 1565 PURCHASE 792 1565 PURCHASE 900 1565 PURCHASE 900 1565 PURCHASE 900 1565 PURCHASE 1000 1565 PURCHASE 2200 1565 PURCHASE 2663 1565 PURCHASE 2800 1565 SALE 3 1565.5 SALE 1553 1566 SALE 906 1566 SALE 888 1566 SALE 723 1566 SALE 568 1566 SALE 500 1566 SALE 500 1566 SALE 460 1566 SALE 456 1566 PURCHASE 127 1566 PURCHASE 303 1566 PURCHASE 488 1566 PURCHASE 500 1566 PURCHASE 514 1566 PURCHASE 657 1566 PURCHASE 794 1566 PURCHASE 796 1566 PURCHASE 2000 1566 PURCHASE 2133 1566 SALE 3377 1567 SALE 3240 1567 SALE 2200 1567 SALE 1770 1567 SALE 1687 1567 SALE 1487 1567 SALE 1255 1567 SALE 1069 1567 SALE 550 1567 SALE 458 1567 SALE 344 1567 SALE 229 1567 SALE 221 1567 SALE 201 1567 SALE 188 1567 SALE 97 1567 SALE 79 1567 PURCHASE 153 1567 PURCHASE 276 1567 PURCHASE 638 1567 PURCHASE 860 1567 PURCHASE 1000 1567 PURCHASE 4100 1567 PURCHASE 5283 1567 SALE 2200 1568 SALE 1549 1568 SALE 855 1568 SALE 722 1568 SALE 229 1568 SALE 229 1568 SALE 171 1568 SALE 25 1568 PURCHASE 179 1568 PURCHASE 242 1568 PURCHASE 726 1568 PURCHASE 898 1568 PURCHASE 940 1568 PURCHASE 1380 1568 SALE 6193 1570 SALE 322 1570 SALE 176 1570 PURCHASE 2200 1570 SALE 3985 1571 PURCHASE 100 1571 PURCHASE 516 1571 PURCHASE 553 1571 PURCHASE 5196 1571 PURCHASE 500 1572 PURCHASE 517 1573 PURCHASE 1233 1573 TOTAL PURCHASES 614,987 TOTAL SALES 348,429 (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 03 JANUARY 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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