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EPT Disclosure

8th Sep 2008 11:51

RNS Number : 9392C

Credit Suisse Equities (Australia)

08 September 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	05-09-2008

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			21021366	0.626
(2) Derivatives (other than options)
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell
Total			21021366	0.626

(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)
Purchase	4,009	37.00
Purchase	1,000	37.00
Purchase	1,100	37.00
Purchase	5,000	37.00
Purchase	45	37.00
Purchase	6,156	37.00
Purchase	6,079	37.00
Purchase	124	37.00
Purchase	50	37.00
Purchase	16	37.01
Purchase	25,586	37.00
Purchase	1,100	37.00
Purchase	6	37.00
Purchase	11	37.00
Purchase	500	37.00
Purchase	279	37.00
Purchase	196	37.00
Purchase	238	37.00
Purchase	238	37.00
Purchase	238	37.00
Purchase	238	37.00
Purchase	238	37.00
Purchase	238	37.00
Purchase	4	37.00
Purchase	1,636	37.00
Purchase	129	37.00
Purchase	381	37.00
Purchase	500	37.00
Purchase	12,500	37.00
Purchase	2,000	37.00
Purchase	1,369	37.00
Purchase	2,100	37.00
Purchase	275	37.00
Purchase	1,626	36.99
Purchase	436	36.99
Purchase	1,000	36.99
Purchase	660	36.99
Purchase	100	36.99
Purchase	329	36.99
Purchase	1	36.96
Purchase	25	36.96
Purchase	928	36.95
Purchase	3	36.95
Purchase	3	36.95
Purchase	9,123	36.95
Purchase	268	36.95
Purchase	240	36.95
Purchase	18	36.95
Purchase	1	36.95
Purchase	600	36.95
Purchase	1	36.95
Purchase	130	36.95
Purchase	7	36.95
Purchase	141	36.95
Purchase	1,540	36.95
Purchase	140	36.94
Purchase	3	36.94
Purchase	11	36.94
Purchase	2	36.94
Purchase	5,000	36.94
Purchase	25	36.96
Purchase	500	36.94
Purchase	523	36.94
Purchase	200	36.94
Purchase	522	36.94
Purchase	2,000	36.94
Purchase	500	36.94
Purchase	350	36.94
Purchase	150	36.94
Purchase	27	36.97
Purchase	22	36.97
Purchase	7	36.94
Purchase	1	36.94
Purchase	461	36.94
Purchase	1	36.94
Purchase	2,360	36.94
Purchase	2	36.90
Purchase	12,950	36.90
Purchase	50	36.92
Purchase	23	36.91
Purchase	20	36.85
Purchase	20	36.90
Purchase	16	36.76
Purchase	19	36.69
Purchase	18	36.66
Purchase	19	36.63
Purchase	15	36.61
Purchase	17	36.64
Purchase	21	36.59
Purchase	15	36.62
Purchase	14	36.62
Purchase	14	36.67
Purchase	13	36.65
Purchase	14	36.60
Purchase	13	36.58
Purchase	15	36.59
Purchase	14	36.67
Purchase	17	36.66
Purchase	12	36.62
Purchase	16	36.63
Purchase	12	36.72
Purchase	13	36.72
Purchase	12	36.61
Purchase	13	36.76
Purchase	11	36.79
Purchase	12	36.79
Purchase	10	36.77
Purchase	9	36.84
Purchase	9	36.88
Purchase	8	36.89
Purchase	7	36.90
Purchase	7	36.87
Purchase	7	36.86
Purchase	7	37.01
Purchase	7	37.04
Purchase	7	37.01
Purchase	7	36.98
Purchase	500	36.99
Purchase	7	36.94
Purchase	8	36.93
Purchase	7	36.98
Purchase	7	36.96
Purchase	8	37.02
Purchase	7	37.11
Purchase	9	37.14
Purchase	8	37.11
Purchase	9	37.15
Purchase	9	37.15
Purchase	11	37.17
Purchase	9	37.18
Purchase	11	37.14
Purchase	12	37.06
Purchase	12	37.02
Purchase	13	36.99
Purchase	12	36.97
Purchase	15	37.01
Purchase	13	36.88
Purchase	14	36.88
Purchase	15	36.76
Purchase	15	36.78
Purchase	15	36.86
Purchase	15	36.94
Purchase	16	36.97
Purchase	17	36.96
Purchase	50	36.96
Purchase	15	36.80
Purchase	17	36.78
Purchase	16	36.74
Purchase	17	36.75
Purchase	60	36.76
Purchase	17	36.67
Purchase	1,058	36.71
Purchase	2	36.70
Purchase	1	36.70
Purchase	7,512	36.70
Purchase	17	36.62
Purchase	20	36.56
Purchase	14	36.62
Purchase	36	36.62
Purchase	19	36.56
Purchase	1,372	36.50
Purchase	266	36.50
Purchase	2,689	36.50
Purchase	119	36.50
Purchase	2,750	36.50
Purchase	3,501	36.50
Purchase	22	36.58
Purchase	50	36.57
Purchase	5	36.54
Purchase	17	36.54
Purchase	5,000	36.50
Purchase	1	36.50
Purchase	5,292	36.50
Purchase	1,794	36.50
Purchase	1	36.50
Purchase	3,229	36.50
Purchase	1,166	36.50
Purchase	1,049	36.50
Purchase	1,000	36.50
Purchase	94	36.50
Purchase	2,104	36.50
Purchase	22	36.54
Purchase	21	36.47
Purchase	24	36.46
Purchase	23	36.44
Purchase	1	36.44
Purchase	22	36.47
Purchase	23	36.47
Purchase	27	36.47
Purchase	34	36.40
Purchase	26	36.38
Purchase	27	36.43
Purchase	13	36.32
Purchase	43	36.40
Purchase	200,000	37.44
Purchase	240,000	37.44
Purchase	312,400	36.85
Sale	-2,764	36.80
Sale	-945	36.90
Sale	2,038	36.96
Sale	-2,038	36.96
Sale	-7	36.96
Sale	-119	36.96
Sale	875	37.05
Sale	-875	37.05
Sale	-92	37.00
Sale	-3,853	36.34
Sale	-4,999	36.34
Sale	-146	36.34
Sale	-406	36.34
Sale	-5,000	36.34
Sale	-315	36.34
Sale	-3,884	36.34
Sale	-4,671	36.34
Sale	-100	36.32
Sale	-145	36.34
Sale	-59,200	36.26
Sale	-18,973	37.00
Sale	-100	37.00
Sale	-810	37.00
Sale	-1,297	37.00
Sale	-544	37.00
Sale	-34	37.00
Sale	-2	37.00
Sale	-800	37.00
Sale	-2,670	37.00
Sale	-3,062	37.00
Sale	-400	37.00
Sale	-1	37.00
Sale	-25,000	37.00
Sale	-200	37.00
Sale	-712	37.00
Sale	-140	37.00
Sale	-7,711	37.00
Sale	-150	36.70
Sale	-845	36.62
Sale	-1,347	36.62
Sale	-1,500	36.62
Sale	-459	36.62
Sale	-9,288	36.71
Sale	-198	36.71
Sale	-36,514	36.71
Sale	-4,000	36.72
Sale	-100	36.79
Sale	-1,964	36.80
Sale	-96	36.80
Sale	-41	36.80
Sale	-123	36.80
Sale	-138	36.80
Sale	-28	36.80
Sale	-26	36.80
Sale	-283	36.80
Sale	-3,924	36.80
Sale	-5,000	36.80
Sale	-6,793	36.80
Sale	-1,044	36.80
Sale	-5,647	36.80
Sale	-54	36.80
Sale	-500	36.80
Sale	-150	36.80
Sale	-100	36.80
Sale	-272	36.80
Sale	-3,257	36.80
Sale	-500	36.80
Sale	-1,000	36.80
Sale	-400	36.80
Sale	-100	36.80
Sale	-1,000	36.80
Sale	-20	36.80
Sale	-25	36.80
Sale	-3,301	36.80
Sale	-815	36.81
Sale	-1,000	36.81
Sale	-1,500	36.81
Sale	-1	36.82
Sale	-54	36.82
Sale	-1,500	36.82
Sale	-257	36.82
Sale	-820	36.82
Sale	-1,550	36.90
Sale	-554	36.90
Sale	-134	36.90
Sale	-400	36.90
Sale	-500	36.90
Sale	-697	36.90
Sale	-554	36.90
Sale	-169	36.90
Sale	-1,776	36.90
Sale	-50,000	36.90
Sale	-26,801	36.90
Sale	-300	36.90
Sale	-120	36.90
Sale	-1,171	36.90
Sale	-5,000	36.90
Sale	-300	36.90
Sale	-295	36.90
Sale	-1,000	36.90
Sale	-2,722	36.90
Sale	-380	36.90
Sale	-5,000	36.90
Sale	-1,000	36.90
Sale	-400	36.90
Sale	-100	36.90
Sale	-25	36.90
Sale	-586	36.91
Sale	-538	36.91
Sale	-15	36.91
Sale	-273	36.91
Sale	-200	36.91
Sale	-1,358	36.91
Sale	-16	36.92
Sale	-624	36.92
Sale	-1,060	36.96
Sale	-429	36.96
Sale	-868	37.05
Sale	-3,083	37.03
Sale	-1	37.03
Sale	-100	37.03
Sale	-967	37.03
Sale	-2,900	37.00
Sale	-1,000	37.00
Sale	-3,000	37.00
Sale	-15,000	37.00
Sale	-162	37.00
Sale	-1,500	37.00
Sale	-4,147	37.00
Sale	-41,108	37.00
Sale	-270	37.00
Sale	-4,145	37.00
Sale	-2,086	37.00
Sale	-5,000	37.00
Sale	-390	37.00
Sale	-6,924	37.00
Sale	-2,555	37.00
Sale	-1,177	37.00
Sale	-1,415	37.00
Sale	-100	37.00
Sale	-2,500	37.00
Sale	-103	37.00
Sale	-133	37.00
Sale	-270	37.00
Sale	-245	37.00
Sale	-943	37.01
Sale	-3	37.01
Sale	-1,802	37.02
Sale	-100	37.02
Sale	-300	37.02
Sale	-73	37.02
Sale	-557	37.02
Sale	-50	36.87
Sale	-2,552	36.77
Sale	-250	36.77
Sale	-76	36.77
Sale	-445	36.76
Sale	-270	36.76
Sale	-3,436	36.76
Sale	-50	36.72
Sale	-827	36.77
Sale	-131	36.77
Sale	-1,560	36.77
Sale	-50	36.84
Sale	-1	36.47
Sale	-62	36.36
Sale	-100	36.36
Sale	-4	36.36
Sale	-634	36.36
Sale	-4,151	36.41
Sale	-250	36.34
Sale	-1,800	36.34
Sale	-1,000	36.34
Sale	-225	36.34
Sale	-2,740	36.34
Sale	-1,000	36.34
Sale	-68	36.34
Sale	-200	36.34
Sale	-4,948	36.34
Sale	-1,000	36.34
Sale	-642	36.34
Sale	-2,708	36.34
Sale	-105	36.40
Sale	-500	36.40
Sale	-645	36.40
Sale	-1,000	36.40
Sale	-224	36.40
Sale	-500	36.40
Sale	-500	36.40
Sale	-500	36.40
Sale	-4,000	36.40
Sale	-50	36.40
Sale	-100	36.40
Sale	-550	36.40
Sale	-500	36.40
Sale	-4,726	36.40
Sale	-875	37.05
Sale	-2,038	36.96
Sale	-250,000	37.50

TOTAL BUYS: 910961

TOTAL SELLS: 754253

(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	08-09-2008
Contact name	Simon Crawley / Carolyn Collins
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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