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EPT Disclosure

25th Jul 2008 11:33

RNS Number : 8969Z

Credit Suisse Equities (Australia)

25 July 2008

4FORM 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 disclosed relate (Note 1)	Ordinary Shares
Date of dealing	24-July-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			8399685	0.250
(2) Derivatives (other than options)
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell
Total			8399685	0.250

(b) Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company, other than the class dealt in (Note 2)

Class Of Relevant Security : Ordinary Shares	Long	Short
(1) Relevant Securities
(2) Derivatives (other than options)
(3) Options and agreements to purchasesell
Total

Class of relevant security:	Details

3. DEALINGS (Note 3)

(a) Purchases and sales

Purchase/sale	Number of securities			Price per unit (Note 4)
200		200	37.55
21,332		21,332	37.55
3,690		3,690	37.55
1,000		1,000	37.55
2,000		2,000	37.55
14,146		14,146	37.55
258		258	37.70
735		735	37.70
7		7	37.69
1,000		1,000	37.68
1,000		1,000	37.70
8,454		8,454	37.71
2,490		2,490	37.71
857		857	37.71
819		819	37.71
4,166		4,166	37.71
4,166		4,166	37.72
525		525	37.68
4,353		4,353	37.68
477		477	37.70
523		523	37.70
1,066		1,066	37.74
1,827		1,827	37.74
1,000		1,000	37.74
2,147		2,147	37.74
1,000		1,000	37.74
460		460	37.74
300		300	37.70
51		51	37.70
55		55	37.70
523		523	37.70
164		164	37.70
159		159	37.70
81		81	37.70
369		369	37.70
17		17	37.70
78		78	37.70
87		87	37.70
9		9	37.70
1		1	37.70
716		716	37.70
929		929	37.70
100		100	37.70
1,471		1,471	37.70
5,000		5,000	37.69
898		898	37.69
114		114	37.69
3,571		3,571	37.69
2,500		2,500	37.70
85		85	37.70
113		113	37.70
288		288	37.70
53		53	37.70
3,627		3,627	37.70
3,724		3,724	37.69
442		442	37.69
4,166		4,166	37.67
5,833		5,833	37.69
4,166		4,166	37.69
1,000		1,000	37.70
4,166		4,166	37.69
253		253	37.68
5,000		5,000	37.66
2,631		2,631	37.68
1,418		1,418	37.68
534		534	37.67
4,166		4,166	37.67
4,166		4,166	37.68
214		214	37.67
41		41	37.67
300		300	37.67
4,028		4,028	37.67
580		580	37.66
5,087		5,087	37.67
85		85	37.67
245		245	37.67
3,151		3,151	37.75
1,093		1,093	37.75
884		884	37.75
4,872		4,872	37.75
4,133		4,133	37.84
310		310	37.84
500		500	37.84
57		57	37.84
6,250		6,250	37.89
3,013		3,013	37.90
600		600	37.90
868		868	37.90
61		61	37.90
230		230	37.90
75		75	37.90
50		50	37.90
359		359	37.90
113		113	37.90
48		48	37.90
2,338		2,338	37.92
500		500	37.92
500		500	37.92
821		821	37.92
841		841	37.92
1,942		1,942	37.95
58		58	37.95
1,461		1,461	37.88
495		495	37.88
58		58	37.88
803		803	37.88
994		994	37.84
250		250	37.84
1,920		1,920	37.84
6,138		6,138	37.84
5,000		5,000	37.84
1,000		1,000	37.85
636		636	37.85
614		614	37.85
308		308	37.85
183		183	37.85
259		259	37.85
787		787	37.93
200		200	37.93
3,181		3,181	37.93
1,665		1,665	37.93
1,000		1,000	37.93
2,500		2,500	37.93
2,000		2,000	37.93
64		64	37.93
495		495	37.93
58		58	37.93
383		383	37.93
2,000		2,000	37.99
2,000		2,000	37.99
1,000		1,000	37.95
1,211		1,211	37.96
157		157	37.96
1,000		1,000	37.96
250		250	37.96
431		431	37.96
900		900	37.96
1		1	37.96
17		17	37.96
57		57	37.96
34		34	37.96
108		108	37.96
345		345	37.95
78		78	37.95
832		832	37.95
50		50	37.95
476		476	37.95
1		1	37.95
3,218		3,218	37.95
666		666	37.93
600		600	37.95
48		48	37.93
507		507	37.93
4		4	37.93
86		86	37.93
15		15	37.93
4,507		4,507	37.93
1,999		1,999	37.92
1		1	37.92
670		670	37.88
93		93	37.88
19		19	37.88
218		218	37.88
407		407	37.88
2,195		2,195	37.88
250		250	37.88
288		288	37.88
351		351	37.88
400		400	37.88
275		275	37.88
4,166		4,166	37.87
284		284	37.86
15		15	37.86
353		353	37.86
710		710	37.86
2		2	37.86
77		77	37.86
710		710	37.86
152		152	37.86
164		164	37.86
26		26	37.86
513		513	37.86
1,160		1,160	37.86
213		213	37.86
1,000		1,000	37.86
287		287	37.86
1,000		1,000	37.86
2,166		2,166	37.83
2,000		2,000	37.83
494		494	37.83
1,124		1,124	37.83
116		116	37.83
21		21	37.83
3		3	37.83
34		34	37.83
80		80	37.83
2,294		2,294	37.83
577		577	37.79
170		170	37.79
63		63	37.79
514		514	37.79
860		860	37.79
1,974		1,974	37.79
8		8	37.79
239		239	37.77
1,000		1,000	37.80
-572		-572	37.87
-166		-166	37.99
-3,936		-3,936	37.99
-6,312		-6,312	38.00
-707		-707	38.00
-647		-647	37.92
-831		-831	37.93
-569		-569	37.90
-40		-40	37.90
-6,360		-6,360	37.70
-768		-768	37.70
-450		-450	37.70
-503		-503	37.70
-300		-300	37.70
-200		-200	37.70
-507		-507	37.70
-132		-132	37.70
-523		-523	37.70
-1,896		-1,896	37.70
-1,000		-1,000	37.70
-535		-535	37.70
-575		-575	37.70
-1,251		-1,251	37.70
-13,822		-13,822	37.86
-258		-258	37.86
-300		-300	37.86
-337		-337	37.86
-5,000		-5,000	37.86
-200		-200	37.86
-300		-300	37.86
-515		-515	37.87
-367		-367	37.87
-876		-876	37.87
-200		-200	37.99
-100		-100	38.00
-544		-544	38.00
-1,200		-1,200	38.00
-218		-218	38.00
-4,379		-4,379	37.95
-100		-100	37.95
-1,841		-1,841	37.95
-680		-680	37.95
-328		-328	37.92
-518		-518	37.92
-509		-509	37.92
-535		-535	37.92
-555		-555	37.92
-519		-519	37.92
-1,000		-1,000	37.92
-234		-234	37.92
-108		-108	37.92
-508		-508	37.92
-527		-527	37.92
-547		-547	37.92
-527		-527	37.92
-132		-132	37.92
-511		-511	37.92
-546		-546	37.92
-538		-538	37.92
-90		-90	37.92
-100		-100	37.92
-507		-507	37.92
-1		-1	37.92
-654		-654	37.92
-308		-308	37.92
-1		-1	37.93
-550		-550	37.93
-169		-169	37.93
-539		-539	37.90
-525		-525	37.90
-246		-246	37.90
-764		-764	37.85

TOTAL BUYS:271755

TOTAL SELLS:72613

(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.

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

Date of disclosure	25-07-2008
Contact name	Carolyn Collins/ Simon Crawley
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 www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.

This information is provided by RNS

The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

END

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