8th Apr 2008 10:59
Credit Suisse Equities (Australia)08 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 7-04-2008 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 179,730 0.005 8,379,718 0.249 (2) Derivatives (other than options) (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell Total 179,730 0.005 8,379,718 0.249 (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) Purchase 353 40.58Purchase 139 40.58Purchase 270 40.58Purchase 106 40.58Purchase 606 40.59Purchase 2,460 40.59Purchase 39 40.59Purchase 2,000 40.59Purchase 5 40.59Purchase 39 40.59Purchase 79 40.59Purchase 2,000 40.59Purchase 320 40.58Purchase 687 40.58Purchase 1,000 40.58Purchase 1,000 40.58Purchase 511 40.58Purchase 300 40.58Purchase 11 40.58Purchase 423 40.58Purchase 1,904 40.57Purchase 290 40.57Purchase 300 40.57Purchase 1,761 40.57Purchase 460 40.57Purchase 200 40.57Purchase 500 40.57Purchase 112 40.57Purchase 2,615 40.56Purchase 4,204 40.56Purchase 400 40.56Purchase 51 40.56Purchase 7 40.56Purchase 600 40.56Purchase 2,456 40.56Purchase 60 40.53Purchase 4,192 40.53Purchase 1,552 40.52Purchase 650 40.52Purchase 2,050 40.52Purchase 1 40.51Purchase 474 40.51Purchase 2,909 40.51Purchase 875 40.50Purchase 9,274 40.50Purchase 545 40.50Purchase 46 40.50Purchase 7,629 40.50Purchase 125 40.50Purchase 135 40.50Purchase 2,000 40.50Purchase 1,992 40.50Purchase 624 40.49Purchase 3,000 40.49Purchase 1,053 40.49Purchase 11,160 40.48Purchase 300 40.48Purchase 110 40.48Purchase 3,430 40.48Purchase 3,366 40.45Purchase 375 40.45Purchase 47 40.45Purchase 742 40.45Purchase 3,630 40.45Purchase 3,024 40.45Purchase 1,100 40.45Purchase 1,000 40.45Purchase 1,000 40.45Purchase 246 40.45Purchase 2,166 40.45Purchase 865 40.45Purchase 1,000 40.45Purchase 977 40.45Purchase 363 40.49Purchase 6,378 40.48Purchase 2,000 40.45Purchase 1,000 40.45Purchase 1,000 40.45Purchase 1,757 40.45Purchase 8 40.45Purchase 1,600 40.45Purchase 500 40.45Purchase 387 40.45Purchase 4,216 40.45Purchase 500 40.45Purchase 150 40.45Purchase 23 40.45Purchase 111 40.45Purchase 1,785 40.44Purchase 650 40.44Purchase 1,263 40.44Purchase 565 40.43Purchase 2,505 40.43Purchase 3,137 40.37Purchase 27,000 40.39Purchase 284 40.37Purchase 2,594 40.37Purchase 4,252 40.50Purchase 5,102 40.50Purchase 5,294 40.49Purchase 500 40.49Purchase 10 40.49Purchase 149 40.49Purchase 161 40.46Purchase 100 40.46Purchase 250 40.46Purchase 50 40.46Purchase 2,140 40.49Purchase 48 40.49Purchase 33 40.49Purchase 30 40.49Purchase 1 40.49Purchase 2,000 40.49Purchase 74 40.46Purchase 2,483 40.48Purchase 34 40.48Purchase 1,500 40.48Purchase 64 40.48Purchase 54 40.48Purchase 4 40.48Purchase 4 40.48Purchase 500 40.48Purchase 34 40.47Purchase 4,252 40.47Purchase 3,000 40.46Purchase 200 40.46Purchase 2,907 40.46Purchase 4 40.46Purchase 27 40.46Purchase 204 40.46Purchase 41 40.46Purchase 636 40.46Purchase 989 40.52Purchase 500 40.52Purchase 5,000 40.52Purchase 31 40.52Purchase 652 40.52Purchase 6,904 40.52Purchase 480 40.50Purchase 468 40.50Purchase 300 40.50Purchase 250 40.50Purchase 2,000 40.50Purchase 5,000 40.50Purchase 420 40.50Purchase 50 40.50Purchase 218 40.50Purchase 190 40.50Purchase 1,800 40.50Purchase 150 40.50Purchase 200 40.50Purchase 72 40.50Purchase 500 40.50Purchase 245 40.50Purchase 300 40.50Purchase 1,000 40.50Purchase 1,300 40.50Purchase 1,000 40.50Purchase 500 40.50Purchase 100 40.50Purchase 1,000 40.50Purchase 274 40.50Purchase 400 40.50Purchase 500 40.50Purchase 7,300 40.50Purchase 12,800 40.50Purchase 20 40.50Purchase 200 40.50Purchase 200 40.50Purchase 100 40.50Purchase 250 40.50Purchase 500 40.50Purchase 245 40.50Purchase 68 40.50Purchase 500 40.50Purchase 500 40.50Purchase 3,500 40.50Purchase 250 40.50Purchase 150 40.50Purchase 100 40.50Purchase 1,400 40.50Purchase 200 40.50Purchase 3,000 40.50Purchase 2,228 40.46Purchase 232 40.46Purchase 4,252 40.49Purchase 145 40.46Purchase 2 40.45Purchase 1,346 40.45Purchase 1,000 40.45Purchase 500 40.45Purchase 750 40.45Purchase 494 40.45Purchase 750 40.45Purchase 100 40.45Purchase 700 40.45Purchase 500 40.45Purchase 100 40.45Purchase 3,500 40.45Purchase 260 40.45Purchase 3,021 40.37Purchase 2,979 40.37Purchase 111 40.38Purchase 306 40.38Purchase 100 40.38Purchase 280 40.38Purchase 60 40.38Purchase 7 40.38Purchase 3,946 40.38Purchase 190 40.37Purchase 11 40.37Purchase 25 40.37Purchase 4,600 40.37Purchase 25 40.37Purchase 207 40.37Purchase 25 40.37Purchase 209 40.37Purchase 4,079 40.36Purchase 5,921 40.36Purchase 5,000 40.37Purchase 3,447 40.37Purchase 2,553 40.37Purchase -719 40.37Purchase 719 40.37Purchase 215 40.37Purchase 10,000 40.35Purchase 134 40.35Purchase 1,000 40.35Purchase 500 40.35Purchase 5,838 40.35Purchase 25 40.35Purchase 2,503 40.35Purchase 25 40.35Purchase 6,039 40.35Purchase 10,000 40.35Purchase 27,000 40.35Purchase 4,524 40.35Purchase 476 40.35Purchase 295 40.35Purchase 100 40.35Purchase 5 40.35Purchase 2,100 40.35Purchase 5,000 40.35Purchase 1,000 40.35Purchase 1,500 40.35Purchase 5,000 40.35Purchase 33 40.32Purchase 10,000 40.33Purchase 450 40.32Purchase 2 40.32Purchase 500 40.32Purchase 33 40.32Purchase 33 40.32Purchase 247 40.32Purchase 195 40.32Purchase 33 40.32Purchase 25 40.32Purchase 1,767 40.32Purchase 4,677 40.31Purchase 279 40.32Purchase 60 40.32Purchase 2 40.32Purchase 4,659 40.32Purchase 600 40.30Purchase 1,979 40.30Purchase 8,000 40.30Purchase 21 40.30Purchase 5,000 40.30Purchase 60 40.30Purchase 1 40.30Purchase 4,918 40.30Purchase 5,091 40.30Purchase 10 40.29Purchase 5 40.28Purchase 4,894 40.28Purchase 4,991 40.30Purchase 9 40.30Purchase 480 40.32Purchase 1,000 40.32Purchase 400 40.32Purchase 28 40.32Purchase 1 40.32Purchase 118 40.32Purchase 2,625 40.32Purchase 3,113 40.32Purchase 500 40.32Purchase 800 40.32Purchase 28 40.32Purchase 480 40.32Purchase 79 40.32Purchase 3,024 40.32Purchase 2,000 40.32Purchase 2,034 40.32Purchase 4 40.32Purchase 3,938 40.32Purchase 6,000 40.32Purchase 62 40.32Purchase 28 40.32Purchase 2,910 40.32Purchase 265 40.30Purchase 3,698 40.30Purchase 4,500 40.30Purchase 2,349 40.30Purchase 1,718 40.30Purchase 1 40.30Purchase 2,469 40.30Purchase 7,321 40.30Purchase 250 40.30Purchase 203 40.30Purchase 28 40.30Purchase 7,198 40.30Purchase 8,000 40.30Purchase 3,562 40.30Purchase 36 40.30Purchase 65 40.30Purchase 2,337 40.30Purchase 1,563 40.30Purchase 1,437 40.30Purchase 454 40.34Purchase 2,000 40.34Purchase 2,546 40.34Purchase 100 40.30Purchase 66 40.30Purchase 1,421 40.30Purchase 1,000 40.30Purchase 579 40.30Purchase 8,000 40.31Purchase 23 40.31Purchase 265 40.31Purchase 9 40.34Purchase 23 40.34Purchase 23 40.34Purchase 1,945 40.34Purchase 3,000 40.35Purchase 4,907 40.35Purchase 93 40.35Purchase 357 40.33Purchase 748 40.33Purchase 1,606 40.34Purchase 2,347 40.34Purchase 100 40.34Purchase 199 40.34Purchase 2,801 40.35Purchase 199 40.34Purchase 7,000 40.35Purchase 28 40.33Purchase 8,380 40.35Purchase 600 40.35Purchase 1,000 40.35Purchase 1,000 40.35Purchase 240 40.35Purchase 5,000 40.35Purchase 25 40.34Purchase 4 40.34Purchase 691 40.34Purchase 5,000 40.34Purchase 700 40.34Purchase 2,000 40.34Purchase 360 40.34Purchase 811 40.33Purchase 1,300 40.33Purchase 25 40.33Purchase 175 40.33Purchase 25 40.33Purchase 25 40.33Purchase 120 40.33Purchase 10 40.33Purchase 500 40.33Purchase 128 40.33Purchase 2,000 40.30Purchase 1,447 40.30Purchase 7,328 40.30Purchase 300 40.30Purchase 127 40.30Purchase 1,000 40.30Purchase 6,245 40.30Purchase 3,795 40.30Purchase 1,000 40.30Purchase 10,000 40.30Purchase 205 40.30Purchase 2,578 40.30Purchase 10,000 40.30Purchase 220 40.25Purchase 500 40.25Purchase 4,317 40.25Purchase 400 40.25Purchase 860 40.25Purchase 1,000 40.25Purchase 1,492 40.25Purchase 884 40.25Purchase 73 40.25Purchase 300 40.25Purchase 120 40.25Purchase 1,000 40.25Purchase 55 40.25Purchase 200 40.25Purchase 200 40.25Purchase 3 40.25Purchase 142 40.25Purchase 390 40.25Purchase 200 40.25Purchase 530 40.25Purchase 300 40.25Purchase 1,000 40.25Purchase 700 40.25Purchase 58,000 40.25Purchase 1,000 40.25Purchase 350 40.25Purchase 400 40.25Purchase 250 40.25Purchase 1,500 40.25Purchase 100 40.25Purchase 50 40.25Purchase 3,800 40.25Purchase 1,000 40.25Purchase 1,200 40.25Purchase 45 40.25Purchase 55 40.25Purchase 80 40.25Purchase 200 40.25Purchase 100 40.25Purchase 3,000 40.25Purchase 200 40.25Purchase 200 40.25Purchase 3,000 40.25Purchase 294 40.25Purchase 400 40.25Purchase 1,098 40.25Purchase 250 40.25Purchase 600 40.25Purchase 200 40.25Purchase 1,000 40.25Purchase 135 40.25Purchase 1,000 40.25Purchase 120 40.25Purchase 500 40.25Purchase 457 40.25Purchase 250 40.25Purchase 1,000 40.25Purchase 200 40.25Purchase 1,000 40.25Purchase 300 40.25Purchase 600 40.25Purchase 300 40.25Purchase 1,000 40.25Purchase 600 40.25Purchase 1,768 40.22Purchase 500 40.22Purchase 191 40.22Purchase 30 40.22Purchase 1,791 40.22Purchase 1,800 40.22Purchase 30 40.22Purchase 382 40.22Purchase 209 40.22Purchase 9,791 40.22Purchase 4,000 40.23Purchase 685 40.24Purchase 497 40.24Purchase 5,846 40.24Purchase 600 40.24Purchase 50 40.24Purchase 1,000 40.24Purchase 450 40.24Purchase 66 40.24Purchase 5,000 40.24Purchase 450 40.24Purchase 356 40.24Purchase 616 40.22Purchase 1,000 40.22Purchase 100 40.22Purchase 250 40.22Purchase 2,203 40.23Purchase 35 40.23Purchase 762 40.23Purchase 48 40.23Purchase 1,000 40.23Purchase 2,000 40.23Purchase 30 40.23Purchase 30 40.23Purchase 331 40.23Purchase 500 40.22Purchase 500 40.22Purchase 30 40.22Purchase 531 40.22Purchase 3,000 40.22Purchase 1,998 40.22Purchase 2 40.22Purchase 141 40.22Purchase 236 40.22Purchase 1,000 40.22Purchase 535 40.22Purchase 187 40.22Purchase 901 40.22Purchase 3,238 40.23Purchase 762 40.23Purchase 4,200 40.23Purchase 800 40.23Purchase 3,000 40.23Purchase 1,200 40.23Purchase 300 40.23Purchase 2,500 40.23Purchase 27,000 40.24Purchase 3,000 40.23Purchase 1,406 40.23Purchase 1 40.23Purchase 1,000 40.23Purchase 250 40.23Purchase 200 40.23Purchase 1,143 40.23Purchase 7,589 40.23Purchase 300 40.23Purchase 110 40.23Purchase 3,001 40.23Purchase 147 40.22Purchase 21 40.22Purchase 11 40.22Purchase 11 40.22Purchase 178 40.22Purchase 1,632 40.22Purchase 3,000 40.22Purchase 136 40.20Purchase 1,231 40.20Purchase 760 40.20Purchase 1,489 40.20Purchase 801 40.20Purchase 710 40.20Purchase 56 40.22Purchase 206 40.22Purchase 738 40.22Purchase 329 40.20Purchase 2,504 40.20Purchase 496 40.20Purchase 639 40.20Purchase 2,000 40.20Purchase 900 40.20Purchase 2,461 40.20Purchase 887 40.21Purchase 27 40.21Purchase 1,086 40.21Purchase 1,129 40.20Purchase 110 40.20Purchase 117 40.20Purchase 700 40.20Purchase 240 40.20Purchase 300 40.20Purchase 500 40.20Purchase 500 40.20Purchase 3,500 40.20Purchase 1,160 40.20Purchase 4,000 40.20Purchase 1,000 40.20Purchase 2,000 40.20Purchase 2,000 40.20Purchase 2,850 40.20Purchase 800 40.20Purchase 569 40.20Purchase 1,000 40.20Purchase 100 40.20Purchase 100 40.20Purchase 100 40.20Purchase 150 40.20Purchase 350 40.20Purchase 250 40.20Purchase 6,600 40.20Purchase 1,500 40.20Purchase 400 40.20Purchase 120 40.20Purchase 800 40.20Purchase 500 40.20Purchase 1,000 40.20Purchase 580 40.20Purchase 280 40.20Purchase 30 40.20Purchase 2,000 40.20Purchase 420 40.20Purchase 50 40.20Purchase 110 40.20Purchase 350 40.20Purchase 100 40.20Purchase 500 40.20Purchase 1,000 40.20Purchase 500 40.20Purchase 500 40.20Purchase 250 40.20Purchase 600 40.20Purchase 500 40.20Purchase 2,000 40.20Purchase 315 40.20Purchase 100 40.20Purchase 370 40.20Purchase 1,677 40.19Purchase 500 40.19Purchase 500 40.19Purchase 248 40.19Purchase 575 40.19Purchase 500 40.19Purchase 1,000 40.19Purchase 500 40.19Purchase 500 40.19Purchase 1,382 40.18Purchase 1,618 40.18Purchase 4,473 40.18Purchase 200 40.18Purchase 63 40.18Purchase 300 40.18Purchase 1,000 40.18Purchase 500 40.18Purchase 1,285 40.18Purchase 179 40.18Purchase 79 40.17Purchase 1,921 40.17Purchase 2,419 40.17Purchase 28 40.17Purchase 12 40.17Purchase 28 40.17Purchase 104 40.17Purchase 59 40.17Purchase 7,335 40.17Purchase 15 40.17Purchase 27,000 40.03Purchase 27,000 40.03Purchase 1,009 40.20Purchase 42 40.30Purchase 2,380 40.30Purchase 4,000 40.33Purchase 2,257 40.32Purchase 719 40.37Purchase 12,000 40.36Purchase 992 40.45Sale -1,000 40.47Sale -1,000 40.45Sale -100,000 40.45Sale -986 40.40Sale -250,000 40.35Sale -500,000 40.25Sale -128 40.33Sale -2,000 40.20Sale -1,264 40.04Sale -4,408 40.40Sale -430 40.40Sale -225 40.40Sale -102 40.40Sale -39 40.40Sale -810 40.40Sale -428 40.33Sale -393 40.33Sale -54 40.33Sale -153 40.33Sale -263 40.33Sale -159 40.33Sale -50 40.33Sale -872 40.33Sale -160 40.25Sale -147 40.25Sale -11 40.25Sale -1,000 40.25Sale -480 40.25Sale -50 40.25Sale -6 40.21Sale -118 40.21Sale -1,201 40.21Sale -2,000 40.13Sale -2,607 40.11Sale -53 40.11Sale -128 40.11Sale -12 40.11Sale -200 40.11Sale -3,000 40.05Sale -790 40.04Sale -146 40.04Sale -26 40.04Sale -1,000 40.04Sale -54 40.04Sale -207 40.04Sale -81 40.04Sale -1,469 40.05Sale -1,019 40.04Sale -20 40.04Sale -38 40.04Sale -3,923 40.04Sale -377 40.04Sale -227 40.04Sale -1 40.04Sale -102 40.04Sale -29 40.04Sale -389 40.04Sale -22 40.04Sale -1,589 40.04Sale -828 40.05Sale -4,172 40.05Sale -2,697 40.04Sale -114 40.04Sale -28 40.04Sale -29 40.04Sale -2,132 40.04Sale -43 40.03Sale -111 40.03Sale -110 40.03Sale -4,736 40.03Sale -7,000 40.03Sale -451 40.03Sale -73 40.03Sale -4,313 40.03Sale -91 40.03Sale -8 40.03Sale -64 40.03Sale -4,235 40.03Sale -198 40.03Sale -114 40.03Sale -453 40.03Sale -1,847 40.03Sale -500 40.03Sale -113 40.03Sale -310 40.03Sale -9 40.03Sale -53 40.03Sale -2,168 40.03Sale -249 40.13Sale -74 40.13Sale -826 40.13Sale -380 40.19Sale -22 40.21Sale -1,600 40.21Sale -1,000 40.20Sale -2,000 40.20Sale -958 40.18Sale -42 40.18Sale -1,482 40.13Sale -270 40.13Sale -250 40.13Sale -498 40.15Sale -296 39.99Sale -36 39.99Sale -668 39.99Sale -1,000 39.88Sale -1,227 40.04Sale -1,000,000 36.58 TOTAL BUYS:1039408 TOTAL SELLS:1937324 (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 :AMENDMENT- SEE OPTIONS Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives NONE Is a Supplemental Form 38.5(b) attached? (Note 8) NO Date of disclosure 08-04-2008 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:
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