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EPT Disclosure - BHP Billiton plc

18th Sep 2008 11:59

RNS Number : 7485D

BNP Paribas London

18 September 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	BNP PARIBAS ARBITRAGE SNC
Company dealt in	BHP BILLITON PLC
Class of relevant security to which the dealings being disclosed relate (Note 1)	Ordinary Shares
Date of dealing	17 September 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	7,078,577 0.32%
(2) Derivatives (other than options)
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell
Total	7,078,577 0.32%

(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

Class of relevant security:

Details

3. DEALINGS (Note 3)

(a) Purchases and sales

Purchases	Quantity	Price
	700	14.51
	2009	14.49
	7586	14.48
	733	14.47
	675	14.46
	7338	14.44
	2485	14.42
	770	14.41
	2507	14.39
	6472	14.38
	2103	14.37
	4745	14.36
	29180	14.35
	4894	14.34
	13646	14.33
	5204	14.32
	1283	14.31
	1955	14.30
	3089	14.29
	903	14.25
	3228	14.23
	6505	14.22
	6722	14.21
	4031	14.20
	3994	14.19
	1771	14.18
	2544	14.17
	3140	14.16
	2521	14.14
	4298	14.13
	10847	14.12
	8568	14.11
	7240	14.10
	16220	14.09
	10290	14.08
	22039	14.07
	17567	14.06
	3342	14.05
	835	14.04
	468	14.03
	10369	14.02
	44054	14.01
	35082	14.00
	1071	13.99
	7924	13.98
	12575	13.97
	15989	13.96
	14342	13.95
	12373	13.94
	7845	13.93
	7440	13.92
	3714	13.91
	1868	13.89
	2739	13.88
	2700	13.87
	6764	13.86
	13950	13.85
	23685	13.84
	1893	13.83
	9529	13.82
	11260	13.81
	5389	13.80
	4598	13.79
	763	13.78
	4166	13.77
	11724	13.76
	3967	13.75
	886	13.74
	12373	13.73
	8914	13.72
	2679	13.70
	1653	13.69
	12201	13.68
	21075	13.68
	11868	13.67
	2732	13.66
	1084	13.65
	223	13.64
	4160	13.61
	2400	13.60
	1034	13.58
	3972	13.56
	300	13.55
	7912	13.54
	18455	13.53
	7655	13.52
	3978	13.51
	810	13.50
	1500	13.49
	7215	13.48
	4059	13.47
	3358	13.46
	11779	13.45
	2355	13.44
	4907	13.43
	3000	13.42
	3793	13.41
	6248	13.40
	5817	13.38
	1985	13.37
	5876	13.36
	3558	13.35
	4375	13.34
	1322	13.33
	4547	13.32
	8623	13.31
	2188	13.30
	3682	13.29
	7117	13.28
	1601	13.27
	2068	13.26
	3964	13.25
	10092	13.24
	4240	13.23
	8258	13.22
	900	13.21
	1620	13.20
	615	13.19
	1290	13.18
	615	13.17
	8600	13.15
	2400	13.14
	2160	13.12
	630	13.11
	2170	13.10
	630	13.06
	7930	13.03
	1230	13.02
	630	13.01
	615	13.00
	5706	12.95
	17854	12.94
	1959	12.93
	2832	12.92
	5189	12.91
	127987	12.90
	3816	12.89
	2665	12.88
	13612	12.87
	5926	12.86
	2142	12.82
	231	12.79
	4800	12.76
	2500	12.75
Total:	995,365

Sales	Quantity	Price
	-700	14.51
	-350	14.46
	-1234	14.45
	-1071	14.44
	-108	14.43
	-2485	14.42
	-3446	14.41
	-1815	14.40
	-20134	14.39
	-2643	14.38
	-14447	14.37
	-14759	14.36
	-12409	14.35
	-2425	14.34
	-6821	14.33
	-295	14.32
	-18520	14.31
	-1871	14.30
	-3400	14.29
	-973	14.28
	-581	14.27
	-8208	14.24
	-16261	14.23
	-26879	14.22
	-1714	14.21
	-8531	14.20
	-5034	14.19
	-5596	14.18
	-1972	14.17
	-6854	14.16
	-5959	14.15
	-4361	14.14
	-14399	14.13
	-5197	14.12
	-40029	14.11
	-7831	14.10
	-1382	14.09
	-3252	14.08
	-6301	14.07
	-17393	14.06
	-11454	14.05
	-8902	14.04
	-4093	14.03
	-20148	14.02
	-4000	14.01
	-10453	14.00
	-4842	13.99
	-2014	13.98
	-4453	13.97
	-26634	13.96
	-19222	13.95
	-285	13.94
	-1222	13.93
	-13533	13.92
	-3058	13.91
	-1601	13.88
	-2131	13.87
	-2977	13.86
	-18005	13.85
	-8561	13.84
	-10139	13.83
	-14356	13.82
	-27594	13.81
	-9212	13.80
	-11656	13.79
	-8406	13.78
	-2406	13.77
	-6321	13.76
	-11524	13.75
	-9078	13.74
	-1032	13.73
	-4020	13.72
	-4702	13.71
	-4528	13.70
	-3635	13.69
	-19398	13.68
	-9399	13.67
	-3987	13.66
	-699	13.65
	-45	13.64
	-1030	13.63
	-3328	13.62
	-3155	13.61
	-4837	13.60
	-2883	13.58
	-5899	13.57
	-3402	13.54
	-3211	13.53
	-22869	13.52
	-1467	13.51
	-5673	13.49
	-3344	13.48
	-3045	13.47
	-264	13.46
	-8731	13.44
	-5982	13.43
	-1634	13.41
	-5360	13.35
	-6734	13.34
	-4437	13.32
	-2594	13.31
	-877	13.30
	-3139	13.29
	-2219	13.28
	-1765	13.27
	-12344	13.26
	-5604	13.25
	-1790	13.24
	-1230	13.23
	-1530	13.22
	-720	13.21
	-3397	13.20
	-1455	13.19
	-765	13.18
	-1515	13.17
	-1020	13.15
	-1781	13.14
	-495	13.13
	-240	13.11
	-4949	13.03
	-19754	13.02
	-5522	13.01
	-5259	13.00
	-4217	12.91
	-31625	12.90
	-4735	12.89
	-3183	12.88
	-24093	12.87
	-11583	12.86
	-3300	12.85
	-2000	12.82
Total:	- 889,350

(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)

(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Product name,

e.g. call option

Writing, selling, purchasing, varying etc.

Number of securities to which the option relates (Note 6)

Exercise

price

Type, e.g. American, European etc.

Expiry

date

Option money

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 relating to the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option referred to on this form or relating to the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative referred to on this form is referenced. If none, this should be stated.

None

Is a Supplemental Form 38.5(b) attached? (Note 8) NO

Date of disclosure	18 September 2008
Contact name	Neil Kober
Telephone number	020 7595 4821
Name of offeree/offeror with which connected	BHP Billiton
Nature of connection (Note 9)	Advisor

Notes

The Notes on Form 38.5(b) can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk

This information is provided by RNS

The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

END

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