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Credit Suisse Equities (Australia)11 March 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 10-03-2008 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 261,062 0.007 2,098,171 0.062(2) Derivatives (other than options)(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sellTotal 261,062 0.007 2,098,171 0.062 (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 100 37.17Purchase 2,642 37.25Purchase 1,158 37.25Purchase 300 37.25Purchase 300 37.25Purchase 197 37.25Purchase 5,000 37.25Purchase 2,000 37.25Purchase 270 37.25Purchase 600 37.25Purchase 19 37.25Purchase 173 37.25Purchase 341 37.25Purchase 1 37.08Purchase 50,000 37.08Purchase 8,500 37.16Purchase 5,569 37.24Purchase 5,141 37.23Purchase 1,000 37.01Purchase 4,284 37.10Purchase 649 37.15Purchase 1,776 37.11Purchase 300 37.11Purchase 2,208 37.11Purchase 4,284 37.10Purchase 100 37.40Purchase 4,712 37.55Purchase 4,079 37.55Purchase 205 37.55Purchase 5,998 37.50Purchase 205 37.51Purchase 1,472 37.63Purchase 3,240 37.63Purchase 1,500 37.51Purchase 10 37.51Purchase 169 37.51Purchase 100 37.51Purchase 1,500 37.51Purchase 300 37.51Purchase 500 37.51Purchase 5,190 38.02Purchase 4,438 38.02Purchase 1,560 38.02Purchase 1,000 37.96Purchase 3,797 37.99Purchase 19 37.99Purchase 468 37.99Purchase 55 37.96Purchase 100 37.96Purchase 156 37.96Purchase 249 37.96Purchase 1,818 37.96Purchase 550 37.76Sale -10,000 37.08Sale -1 37.08Sale -2,942 37.08Sale -6,185 37.29Sale -6,000 37.65Sale -1,000 37.23Sale -2,423 37.24Sale -23 37.24Sale -969 37.24Sale -31 37.24Sale -30 37.24Sale -258 37.24Sale -2,266 37.24Sale -3,717 37.20Sale -2,283 37.20Sale -1,260 37.10Sale -819 37.07Sale -341 37.08Sale -3,000 37.08Sale -6,658 37.08Sale -3,645 37.08Sale -268 37.08Sale -4,294 37.08Sale -1,793 37.08Sale -1,751 37.08Sale -169 37.08Sale -1,871 37.08Sale -5,562 37.08Sale -647 37.08Sale -1,091 37.08Sale -698 37.08Sale -269 37.08Sale -5,000 37.08Sale -1,315 37.29Sale -5,955 37.32Sale -1,350 37.32Sale -40 37.32Sale -44 37.32Sale -111 37.32Sale -200 37.31Sale -2,500 38.08Sale -2,000 38.09Sale -2,000 38.09Sale -644 38.22Sale -5 38.22Sale -649 38.20TOTAL BUYS:140302 TOTAL SELLS:94077 (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 11-March-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