24th Dec 2007 11:45
UBS AG (EPT)24 December 2007 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 UBS AG London BranchCompany dealt in Rio Tinto PLCClass of relevant security to which the 10p Ordinarydealings being disclosed relate (Note 1)Date of dealing 21 DECEMBER 2007 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 2,326,880 0.23% 123 0.00%(2) Derivatives (other thanoptions)(3) Options and agreements topurchase/sellTotal 2,326,880 0.23% 123 0.00% (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 Number (%) Number (%)(1) Relevant securities(2) Derivatives (other thanoptions)(3) Options and agreements topurchase/sellTotal (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) SALE 107 5147 pence SALE 963 5149 SALE 148 5150 SALE 19 5150 SALE 200 5150 SALE 124 5152 PURCHASE 358 5152 PURCHASE 375 5154 SALE 166 5155 SALE 1000 5155 SALE 51 5155 SALE 1000 5155 SALE 80 5156 SALE 71 5156 SALE 567 5156 SALE 1000 5157 SALE 300 5159 PURCHASE 777 5160 PURCHASE 433 5160 PURCHASE 73 5161 PURCHASE 1000 5161 SALE 695 5163 PURCHASE 681 5164 PURCHASE 1117 5164 PURCHASE 199 5164 PURCHASE 687 5164 PURCHASE 122 5164 SALE 82 5165 SALE 82 5165 SALE 42 5165 SALE 16 5165 SALE 251 5165 PURCHASE 226 5165 PURCHASE 1000 5167 PURCHASE 229 5168 PURCHASE 229 5168 PURCHASE 297 5169 SALE 300 5169 PURCHASE 443 5171 PURCHASE 50 5171 PURCHASE 1000 5171 PURCHASE 716 5171 PURCHASE 557 5171 PURCHASE 238 5171 PURCHASE 909 5171 PURCHASE 512 5171 PURCHASE 500 5172 PURCHASE 441 5172 PURCHASE 250 5172 SALE 87 5173 PURCHASE 145 5173 PURCHASE 1720 5173 SALE 525 5174 PURCHASE 716 5174 PURCHASE 358 5174 PURCHASE 250 5175 PURCHASE 26 5175 PURCHASE 479 5175 SALE 58 5176 SALE 408 5176 SALE 402 5176 SALE 33 5177 SALE 864 5177 SALE 63 5177 SALE 968 5177 SALE 17 5177 PURCHASE 860 5180 SALE 478 5180 SALE 198 5180 SALE 460 5180 SALE 482 5180 SALE 503 5180 SALE 994 5180 PURCHASE 349 5181 PURCHASE 192 5181 SALE 58 5182 SALE 581 5182 SALE 189 5182 PURCHASE 216 5182 SALE 83 5182 SALE 41 5182 SALE 400 5182 PURCHASE 862 5182 PURCHASE 26 5182 PURCHASE 1208 5182 PURCHASE 213 5182 PURCHASE 249 5183 PURCHASE 200 5183 PURCHASE 903 5184 PURCHASE 1284 5184 PURCHASE 438 5184 SALE 600 5184 PURCHASE 400 5184 PURCHASE 100 5184 PURCHASE 388 5184 PURCHASE 500 5186 PURCHASE 198 5186 PURCHASE 295 5187 PURCHASE 30 5187 SALE 229 5187 SALE 563 5188 SALE 600 5189 SALE 300 5189 PURCHASE 1019 5189 SALE 19 5189 SALE 119 5189 SALE 200 5189 SALE 1398 5190 SALE 300 5190 SALE 43 5190 SALE 205 5190 SALE 461 5190 SALE 619 5190 SALE 447 5190 SALE 529 5191 PURCHASE 232 5192 PURCHASE 251 5192 SALE 354 5192 PURCHASE 413 5192 SALE 59 5192 SALE 293 5192 PURCHASE 220 5192 PURCHASE 264 5192 SALE 853 5192 SALE 600 5193 SALE 275 5193 SALE 134 5194 SALE 50 5194 SALE 53 5194 SALE 1443 5194 PURCHASE 609 5194 SALE 1946 5195 SALE 161 5195 SALE 5 5195 SALE 168 5195 SALE 121 5195 SALE 173 5195 SALE 43 5195 SALE 42 5195 SALE 166 5195 SALE 594 5195 PURCHASE 429 5195 PURCHASE 26 5195 PURCHASE 133 5195 PURCHASE 381 5195 PURCHASE 406 5195 PURCHASE 845 5195 PURCHASE 412 5195 PURCHASE 556 5195 SALE 172 5196 PURCHASE 300 5196 PURCHASE 318 5196 PURCHASE 411 5196 SALE 221 5197 PURCHASE 640 5197 PURCHASE 425 5197 PURCHASE 155 5197 PURCHASE 160 5197 SALE 120 5197 SALE 436 5197 SALE 28 5197 SALE 419 5197 SALE 367 5197 SALE 277 5198 SALE 2885 5198 SALE 1750 5198 SALE 355 5198 PURCHASE 355 5198 SALE 62 5198 SALE 200 5198 SALE 110 5198 SALE 523 5199 SALE 508 5199 SALE 120 5199 PURCHASE 28 5199 PURCHASE 428 5199 PURCHASE 16 5199 PURCHASE 834 5199 PURCHASE 169 5199 PURCHASE 500 5200 SALE 678 5200 SALE 1773 5200 SALE 433 5200 SALE 120 5200 SALE 6 5200 PURCHASE 1000 5200 PURCHASE 36 5200 PURCHASE 1300 5201 PURCHASE 392 5201 PURCHASE 114 5201 PURCHASE 621 5201 PURCHASE 467 5202 PURCHASE 842 5202 PURCHASE 255 5202 PURCHASE 120 5202 PURCHASE 144 5202 PURCHASE 456 5202 PURCHASE 188 5202 PURCHASE 705 5202 PURCHASE 2784 5202 PURCHASE 99 5202 PURCHASE 466 5203 SALE 95 5203 SALE 258 5203 PURCHASE 500 5203 SALE 144 5203 SALE 491 5203 PURCHASE 249 5203 PURCHASE 869 5203 PURCHASE 608 5203 SALE 500 5204 SALE 1160 5204 PURCHASE 250 5204 PURCHASE 250 5204 SALE 80 5204 SALE 110 5204 SALE 498 5204 SALE 628 5204 SALE 475 5204 SALE 37 5204 SALE 466 5204 PURCHASE 29 5205 PURCHASE 2038 5205 PURCHASE 455 5205 PURCHASE 37 5205 SALE 505 5205 SALE 106 5205 SALE 1021 5205 PURCHASE 553 5205 SALE 167 5205 PURCHASE 360 5205 PURCHASE 27 5206 PURCHASE 423 5206 SALE 193 5206 SALE 100 5206 SALE 200 5206 SALE 86 5206 SALE 33 5206 SALE 400 5206 SALE 85 5206 SALE 828 5206 PURCHASE 657 5206 SALE 244 5206 SALE 300 5206 SALE 147 5206 SALE 346 5206 SALE 415 5206 SALE 1519 5206 SALE 44 5206 SALE 51 5206 SALE 222 5206 PURCHASE 578 5206 SALE 8 5206.5 PURCHASE 1110 5207 SALE 221 5207 SALE 156 5207 SALE 224 5207 PURCHASE 172 5207 PURCHASE 2608 5207 PURCHASE 272 5207 SALE 316 5207 PURCHASE 1373 5207 PURCHASE 172 5207 SALE 695 5207 SALE 48 5207 PURCHASE 1462 5207 PURCHASE 153 5207 PURCHASE 431 5207 PURCHASE 604 5208 SALE 52 5208 SALE 783 5208 PURCHASE 1231 5208 SALE 183 5208 SALE 359 5208 SALE 48 5208 SALE 741 5208 SALE 48 5208 SALE 48 5208 SALE 601 5208 SALE 497 5209 SALE 160 5209 SALE 300 5209 SALE 2879 5209 SALE 671 5209 SALE 324 5209 SALE 400 5209 PURCHASE 1200 5209 PURCHASE 100 5209 SALE 410 5209 SALE 489 5209 SALE 198 5210 SALE 37 5210 SALE 518 5210 SALE 324 5210 PURCHASE 118 5210 PURCHASE 200 5210 SALE 356 5210 SALE 136 5210 SALE 434 5210 SALE 526 5210 SALE 89 5210 SALE 919 5210 SALE 55 5210 SALE 686 5210 SALE 72 5210 SALE 48 5210 SALE 848 5211 SALE 55 5211 SALE 297 5211 SALE 24 5211 SALE 83 5211 SALE 277 5211 SALE 152 5211 SALE 151 5211 SALE 13 5211 SALE 5 5211 PURCHASE 387 5211 PURCHASE 71 5211 PURCHASE 2020 5211 PURCHASE 73 5211 PURCHASE 185 5211 PURCHASE 600 5211 PURCHASE 126 5211 SALE 4 5211.5 SALE 1 5211.5 SALE 246 5212 SALE 4 5212 SALE 400 5212 PURCHASE 1050 5212 SALE 487 5212 SALE 115 5212 SALE 597 5212 PURCHASE 1699 5212 SALE 66 5213 PURCHASE 2877 5213 PURCHASE 1918 5213 SALE 946 5213 SALE 765 5213 SALE 800 5213 SALE 124 5213 SALE 377 5213 SALE 121 5213 SALE 38 5213 SALE 536 5213 SALE 800 5213 SALE 435 5213 SALE 146 5213 SALE 588 5214 SALE 613 5214 SALE 108 5214 SALE 747 5214 PURCHASE 553 5214 SALE 31 5214 SALE 37 5214 SALE 719 5214 SALE 553 5214 PURCHASE 1264 5214 PURCHASE 1917 5214 PURCHASE 871 5214 SALE 307 5215 PURCHASE 1054 5215 PURCHASE 600 5215 SALE 409 5215 SALE 45 5215 SALE 517 5215 SALE 16 5215 SALE 333 5215 SALE 1071 5215 SALE 306 5215 SALE 14 5215.5 PURCHASE 552 5216 PURCHASE 1000 5216 PURCHASE 593 5216 PURCHASE 1954 5216 PURCHASE 539 5216 PURCHASE 1446 5216 SALE 193 5216 PURCHASE 322 5216 PURCHASE 66 5217 PURCHASE 959 5217 PURCHASE 1171 5217 PURCHASE 277 5217 PURCHASE 305 5217 PURCHASE 18 5218 PURCHASE 2874 5219 SALE 1398 5219 SALE 1083 5219 SALE 492 5219 SALE 369 5219 SALE 49 5219 PURCHASE 2409 5220 PURCHASE 66 5220 SALE 385 5220 PURCHASE 636 5220 PURCHASE 158 5220 PURCHASE 395 5220 PURCHASE 395 5220 PURCHASE 158 5220 SALE 1100 5221 SALE 165 5221 SALE 590 5221 SALE 964 5221 SALE 577 5221 SALE 278 5221 SALE 693 5221 SALE 189 5221 PURCHASE 2700 5221 SALE 2873 5221 SALE 448 5221 SALE 5 5222 SALE 400 5223 SALE 400 5223 SALE 378 5223 SALE 434 5224 SALE 48 5224 SALE 494 5224 SALE 735 5224 SALE 48 5224 SALE 546 5224 SALE 50 5224 SALE 516 5224 PURCHASE 544 5224 SALE 500 5225 PURCHASE 346 5225 PURCHASE 50 5225 PURCHASE 743 5225 SALE 1175 5225 SALE 499 5225 PURCHASE 368 5225 SALE 324 5226 PURCHASE 582 5226 PURCHASE 289 5226 PURCHASE 92 5226 PURCHASE 1200 5227 SALE 800 5227 SALE 400 5227 SALE 1212 5227 SALE 427 5227 SALE 950 5227 SALE 280 5227 SALE 398 5227 SALE 9 5228 SALE 495 5228 SALE 469 5228 SALE 50 5228 PURCHASE 345 5228 PURCHASE 600 5228 PURCHASE 100 5228 SALE 15 5228 SALE 116 5229 SALE 6 5229 SALE 400 5229 SALE 447 5229 SALE 448 5229 PURCHASE 502 5229 PURCHASE 1714 5230 PURCHASE 79 5230 PURCHASE 203 5230 PURCHASE 54 5230 PURCHASE 920 5230 PURCHASE 508 5230 PURCHASE 716 5230 PURCHASE 1000 5230 PURCHASE 716 5230 SALE 50 5230.5 SALE 1367 5231 PURCHASE 909 5231 PURCHASE 1460 5231 PURCHASE 62 5231 PURCHASE 1242 5231 PURCHASE 388 5231 PURCHASE 1518 5231 PURCHASE 600 5231 SALE 453 5231 PURCHASE 1911 5231 PURCHASE 328 5231 PURCHASE 716 5231 PURCHASE 1578 5232 PURCHASE 378 5232 PURCHASE 1533 5232 SALE 330 5232 SALE 2189 5233 SALE 1730 5233 PURCHASE 300 5233 SALE 72 5233 SALE 727 5233 SALE 1630 5233 SALE 1000 5233 SALE 376 5233 SALE 94 5233 SALE 527 5233 SALE 2 5233.5 SALE 695 5234 SALE 589 5234 SALE 448 5234 SALE 39 5234 PURCHASE 143 5234 PURCHASE 636 5234 PURCHASE 259 5234 SALE 50 5234 SALE 373 5235 PURCHASE 7 5235 PURCHASE 142 5235 PURCHASE 20 5235 PURCHASE 264 5235 PURCHASE 484 5235 PURCHASE 1018 5235 PURCHASE 160 5235 SALE 687 5236 SALE 796 5236 SALE 53 5236 SALE 459 5236 SALE 1120 5236 SALE 423 5236 SALE 11 5236 SALE 507 5236 SALE 93 5236 PURCHASE 300 5236 PURCHASE 150 5236 PURCHASE 536 5236 PURCHASE 288 5236 PURCHASE 400 5236 PURCHASE 1152 5236 PURCHASE 347 5236 PURCHASE 296 5236 PURCHASE 530 5236 SALE 1 5236.5 PURCHASE 53 5237 PURCHASE 1303 5237 PURCHASE 90 5237 PURCHASE 273 5237 PURCHASE 597 5237 PURCHASE 212 5237 PURCHASE 131 5237 PURCHASE 1146 5237 PURCHASE 281 5237 PURCHASE 674 5237 PURCHASE 573 5237 PURCHASE 257 5237 PURCHASE 1073 5237 PURCHASE 580 5237 PURCHASE 547 5237 SALE 142 5238 SALE 800 5238 SALE 2 5238.5 SALE 424 5239 PURCHASE 845 5239 PURCHASE 497 5240 PURCHASE 285 5240 SALE 1 5240.5 SALE 2 5241 PURCHASE 401 5241 PURCHASE 265 5241 SALE 2 5241 SALE 1 5242 SALE 268 5242 SALE 400 5242 SALE 2 5242.5 SALE 365 5243 SALE 533 5243 SALE 762 5243 SALE 2860 5243 SALE 4 5243 SALE 37 5243 SALE 372 5243 SALE 315 5243 SALE 121 5243 PURCHASE 413 5243 SALE 3 5243.5 PURCHASE 1044 5244 PURCHASE 1258 5244 SALE 788 5244 SALE 539 5244 SALE 1 5245 SALE 522 5246 SALE 330 5246 PURCHASE 213 5247 SALE 317 5247 SALE 1978 5247 SALE 518 5247 SALE 1905 5248 SALE 751 5248 SALE 1558 5248 PURCHASE 164 5248 PURCHASE 421 5248 SALE 3 5248.5 PURCHASE 3915 5249 PURCHASE 214 5249 PURCHASE 131 5249 PURCHASE 487 5250 SALE 1 5250.5 SALE 2 5251 SALE 600 5252 SALE 100 5252 SALE 1 5255 PURCHASE 2148 5260 SALE 1 5263.5 SALE 48 5270 SALE 388 5271 SALE 1157 5271 SALE 591 5272 PURCHASE 1000 5272 SALE 2 5273.5 SALE 367 5274 SALE 695 5274 SALE 30 5274 SALE 43 5274 SALE 400 5275 SALE 2273 5276 SALE 435 5276 SALE 509 5276 SALE 61 5276 SALE 570 5276 PURCHASE 510 5276 SALE 84 5276 PURCHASE 318 5277 SALE 400 5277 SALE 800 5277 SALE 2042 5277 SALE 389 5277 SALE 369 5278 SALE 3 5278 PURCHASE 218 5278 SALE 1273 5278 SALE 6931 5278 SALE 532 5279 SALE 677 5279 SALE 400 5279 SALE 1 5279.5 SALE 6 5279.5 SALE 2 5280 PURCHASE 211 5280 PURCHASE 1400 5280 PURCHASE 2840 5280 PURCHASE 2684 5280 PURCHASE 1748 5280 PURCHASE 530 5280 PURCHASE 405 5280 PURCHASE 651 5280 PURCHASE 673 5281 PURCHASE 390 5282 PURCHASE 1200 5282 SALE 3 5282 PURCHASE 400 5283 SALE 28 5283 SALE 2148 5283 SALE 524 5283 PURCHASE 2500 5284 SALE 2 5284.5 SALE 434 5286 PURCHASE 1049 5286 PURCHASE 377 5286 PURCHASE 265 5286 PURCHASE 33 5286 PURCHASE 273 5287 PURCHASE 448 5287 PURCHASE 647 5287 SALE 710 5287 PURCHASE 960 5288 SALE 171 5288 SALE 1200 5288 PURCHASE 266 5289 SALE 1200 5289 SALE 400 5289 SALE 24 5290 SALE 83 5290 SALE 1110 5290 SALE 2835 5290 SALE 1200 5296 TOTAL PURCHASES 176,508 TOTAL SALES 176,316 (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)Product name, e.g Long/short (Note 5) Number of securities Price per unitCFD (Note 6) (Note 4) (c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities (i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying Product Writing, Number of Exercise Type, e.g. Expiry Optionname,e.g. selling, securities price American, date money paid/call purchasing, to which the European received peroption varying etc option etc. unit (Note relates 4) (Note 6) (ii) Exercising Product name, e.g. call Number of securities Exercise price per unitoption (Note 4) (d) Other dealings (including new securities) (Note 3) Nature of transaction Details Price per unit (if applicable)(Note 7) 4. OTHER INFORMATION Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives Full details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding between the persondisclosing and any other person relating to the voting rights of any relevantsecurities under any option referred to on this form or relating to the votingrights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which anyderivative referred to on this form is referenced. If none, this should bestated. .............................................................................. .............................................................................. Is a Supplemental Form 38.5(b) attached? (Note 8) NO Date of disclosure 24 DECEMBER 2007Contact name NIMISHA SACHDEVTelephone number 020 7568 9289Name of offeree/offeror with which connected BHP Billiton PLC BHP Billiton LTDNature of connection (Note 9) CONNECTED ADVISER Notes The Notes on Form 38.5(b) can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website atwww.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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