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Credit Suisse Equities (Australia)10 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 INFORMATIONName of exempt principal trader Credit Suisse Equities (Australia) LimitedCompany dealt in BHP Billiton LimitedClass of relevant security to which the dealings being Ordinary Sharesdisclosed relate (Note 1)Date of dealing 09-Jan-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 1,608,790 0.048(2) Derivatives (other than options)(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sellTotal 1,608,790 0.048 (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/sellTotal (c) Rights to subscribe (Note 2)Class of relevant security: Details 3. DEALINGS (Note 3)(a) Purchases and salesPurchase/sale Number of securities Price per unit (Note 4)Purchase 12,000 39.20Purchase 12 39.04Purchase 295 39.04Purchase 782 39.04Purchase 454 39.04Purchase 450 39.04Purchase 7 39.04Purchase 1,775 39.00Purchase 2,065 39.00Purchase 766 39.00Purchase 12 39.00Purchase 42 39.00Purchase 73 39.00Purchase 177 39.00Purchase 28 39.00Purchase 74 39.00Purchase 1,000 39.00Purchase 715 39.00Purchase 1,000 39.00Purchase 22,273 39.00Purchase 789 39.00Purchase 600 39.00Purchase 1,318 39.00Purchase 1,565 39.00Purchase 1,761 39.03Purchase 13 39.02Purchase 1,000 38.98Purchase 1,310 38.98Purchase 44 38.98Purchase 1,218 38.98Purchase 212 38.98Purchase 14 38.98Purchase 409 38.98Purchase 77 38.98Purchase 1,000 38.98Purchase 1,855 38.98Purchase 1,340 38.98Purchase 984 38.97Purchase 143 38.97Purchase 4,000 38.96Purchase 4,272 38.99Purchase 13 38.91Purchase 16 38.91Purchase 5,140 38.91Purchase 5,981 38.92Purchase 4,699 38.88Purchase 5,527 38.83Purchase 27 38.83Purchase 222 38.99Purchase 3,000 38.99Purchase 2,925 39.00Purchase 4,338 39.00Purchase 656 39.00Purchase 205 39.00Purchase 3,411 39.00Purchase 14 38.99Purchase 49 38.99Purchase 48 38.99Purchase 100 38.99Purchase 79 38.99Purchase 109 38.99Purchase 3,420 39.00Purchase 852 39.00Purchase 651 38.99Purchase 2,148 38.98Purchase 1,000 38.98Purchase 14 38.98Purchase 49 38.98Purchase 1,000 38.98Purchase 80 38.98Purchase 1,263 38.98Purchase 2,738 38.91Purchase 2,389 38.91Purchase 5 38.89Purchase 231 38.90Purchase 4,041 38.90Purchase 49 38.89Purchase 48 38.89Purchase 31 38.89Purchase 1,609 38.89Purchase 10,000 38.91Purchase 2,530 38.89Purchase 385 38.91Sale -609 39.01Sale -391 39.01Sale -829 38.62Sale -2,881 38.62Sale -2,290 38.62TOTAL BUYS:139016 TOTAL SELLS:7000 (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 varyingProduct 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) ExercisingProduct 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 OPTIONSAgreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivativesNONE Is a Supplemental Form 38.5(b) attached? (Note 8) NO Date of disclosure 10-Jan-2008Contact name Collins, CarolynTelephone number 44 20 7888 0241Name of offeree/offeror with which connected Rio Tinto PlcNature of connection (Note 9) ADVISORNotesThe 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:
BHP Group