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EPT Disclosure

21st Aug 2008 11:35

RNS Number : 7988B

Credit Suisse Equities (Australia)

21 August 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	20-08-2008

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			10852714	0.323
(2) Derivatives (other than options)
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell
Total			10852714	0.323

(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	2,889		38.73
Purchase	1,665	38.73
Purchase	1,148	38.73
Purchase	1,148	38.73
Purchase	1,200	38.73
Purchase	28,341	38.73
Purchase	3,276	38.45
Purchase	150	38.45
Purchase	5	38.45
Purchase	34	38.45
Purchase	615	38.45
Purchase	757	38.45
Purchase	350	38.45
Purchase	167	38.45
Purchase	1,406	38.45
Purchase	3,009	38.43
Purchase	150	38.43
Purchase	1,000	38.43
Purchase	224	38.41
Purchase	5,407	38.39
Purchase	163	38.37
Purchase	29	38.37
Purchase	2,218	38.37
Purchase	9	38.37
Purchase	230	38.37
Purchase	349	38.37
Purchase	1,968	38.10
Purchase	419	38.10
Purchase	1,250	38.10
Purchase	172	38.10
Purchase	1,996	38.10
Purchase	798	38.10
Purchase	700	38.10
Purchase	1,500	38.10
Purchase	500	38.10
Purchase	5,000	38.10
Purchase	200	38.10
Purchase	100	38.10
Purchase	80	38.10
Purchase	179	38.10
Purchase	500	38.09
Purchase	650	38.09
Purchase	1,500	38.09
Purchase	200	38.09
Purchase	2,000	38.09
Purchase	250	38.09
Purchase	2,493	38.09
Purchase	396	38.08
Purchase	1,596	38.08
Purchase	83	38.08
Purchase	3	38.08
Purchase	467	38.08
Purchase	10,740	38.00
Purchase	413	38.00
Purchase	2,761	38.00
Purchase	3,704	38.00
Purchase	395	38.00
Purchase	3	38.00
Purchase	57	38.00
Purchase	49	38.00
Purchase	125	38.00
Purchase	5,000	38.00
Purchase	400	38.00
Purchase	485	38.00
Purchase	3,467	38.00
Purchase	700	38.00
Purchase	3	38.00
Purchase	54	38.00
Purchase	390	38.00
Purchase	215	38.00
Purchase	4,542	38.00
Purchase	3	38.00
Purchase	3,027	38.00
Purchase	2,000	38.00
Purchase	46	38.00
Purchase	75	38.00
Purchase	173	38.00
Purchase	87	38.00
Purchase	724	38.00
Purchase	29	38.00
Purchase	897	38.00
Purchase	19	38.00
Purchase	204	38.00
Purchase	10	38.00
Purchase	4	38.00
Purchase	77	38.00
Purchase	885	38.00
Purchase	28	38.00
Purchase	800	38.00
Purchase	2	38.00
Purchase	402	38.00
Purchase	64	37.99
Purchase	720	38.00
Purchase	336	38.00
Purchase	1,386	38.00
Purchase	346	38.00
Purchase	89	37.99
Purchase	654	38.00
Purchase	800	38.00
Purchase	16	38.00
Purchase	213	37.99
Purchase	213	37.99
Purchase	931	37.99
Purchase	500	37.99
Purchase	12	38.00
Purchase	1,313	38.00
Purchase	1,843	38.00
Purchase	1,393	38.00
Purchase	770	38.00
Purchase	196	38.00
Purchase	989	38.00
Purchase	3,432	38.05
Purchase	4,056	38.05
Purchase	596	38.05
Purchase	5,256	38.05
Purchase	627	38.05
Purchase	1,250	38.05
Purchase	2,670	38.05
Purchase	710	38.05
Purchase	1,000	38.05
Purchase	421	38.05
Purchase	120	38.05
Purchase	4	38.05
Purchase	17	38.05
Purchase	710	38.05
Purchase	612	38.05
Purchase	3,519	38.05
Purchase	2,135	38.00
Purchase	206	37.99
Purchase	335	37.99
Purchase	58	37.99
Purchase	149	37.99
Purchase	953	38.00
Purchase	600	38.00
Purchase	1,000	38.00
Purchase	3,006	38.00
Purchase	130	38.00
Purchase	400	38.00
Purchase	8,841	38.00
Purchase	3,951	38.00
Purchase	1,000	38.00
Purchase	3,050	38.00
Purchase	1,430	38.00
Purchase	209	38.00
Purchase	120	38.00
Purchase	2,250	38.00
Purchase	1,213	38.00
Purchase	1,203	38.00
Purchase	2,478	38.00
Purchase	376	37.99
Purchase	262	37.99
Purchase	148	37.99
Purchase	155	37.99
Purchase	350	37.99
Purchase	429	37.99
Purchase	351	37.99
Purchase	466	37.99
Purchase	15	37.99
Purchase	294	37.99
Purchase	272	37.99
Purchase	4	37.99
Purchase	606	37.99
Purchase	244	37.98
Purchase	300	37.98
Purchase	303	37.98
Purchase	84	37.99
Purchase	1,300	37.99
Purchase	690	37.98
Purchase	112	37.98
Purchase	12	37.98
Purchase	626	37.98
Purchase	326	37.98
Purchase	345	37.98
Purchase	386	37.98
Purchase	109	37.99
Purchase	825	37.98
Purchase	310	37.98
Purchase	3,001	38.00
Purchase	480	38.00
Purchase	650	38.00
Purchase	840	38.00
Purchase	848	38.00
Purchase	1,000	38.00
Purchase	700	38.00
Purchase	1,300	38.00
Purchase	1,500	38.00
Purchase	230	37.98
Purchase	973	37.99
Purchase	84	37.98
Purchase	196	37.99
Purchase	144	37.98
Purchase	320	37.98
Purchase	527	37.99
Purchase	318	37.98
Purchase	25	37.98
Purchase	164	37.98
Purchase	130	37.98
Purchase	651	37.98
Purchase	119	37.98
Purchase	469	37.98
Purchase	619	37.98
Purchase	373	37.96
Purchase	94	37.96
Purchase	51	37.96
Purchase	40	37.95
Purchase	765	37.96
Purchase	1,312	37.96
Purchase	713	37.99
Purchase	423	37.99
Purchase	427	37.97
Purchase	56	38.00
Purchase	331	38.00
Purchase	258	38.00
Purchase	144	38.00
Purchase	684	38.00
Purchase	749	38.00
Purchase	112	38.00
Purchase	39	38.00
Purchase	240	38.00
Purchase	3	38.00
Purchase	1,303	38.00
Purchase	1,697	38.00
Purchase	102	38.00
Purchase	4,520	38.00
Purchase	5,000	38.00
Purchase	2,000	38.00
Purchase	5,000	38.00
Purchase	1,000	38.00
Purchase	5,000	38.00
Purchase	2,480	38.00
Purchase	1,184	38.10
Purchase	1	38.10
Purchase	300	38.10
Purchase	600	38.10
Purchase	321	38.10
Purchase	690	38.09
Purchase	904	38.09
Purchase	2,100	37.87
Purchase	400	37.87
Purchase	1,294	37.90
Purchase	3	37.88
Purchase	833	37.88
Purchase	2	37.87
Purchase	368	37.87
Sale	-30	38.66
Sale	-970	38.66
Sale	-205	38.64
Sale	-192	38.64
Sale	-603	38.64
Sale	-838	38.63
Sale	-18	38.63
Sale	-7	38.63
Sale	-136	38.63
Sale	-1	38.63
Sale	-1,000	38.63
Sale	-840	38.63
Sale	-160	38.63
Sale	-788	38.60
Sale	-12	38.61
Sale	-200	38.61
Sale	-1,000	38.60
Sale	-1,000	38.72
Sale	-1,000	38.72
Sale	-1,653	38.65
Sale	-1,000	38.65
Sale	-500	38.65
Sale	-1,500	38.65
Sale	-530	38.65
Sale	-488	38.65
Sale	-40	38.65
Sale	-885	38.65
Sale	-404	38.65
Sale	-927	38.53
Sale	-73	38.53
Sale	-27	38.53
Sale	-160	38.53
Sale	-24	38.53
Sale	-26	38.53
Sale	-215	38.53
Sale	-548	38.53
Sale	-4,946	38.58
Sale	-12	38.58
Sale	-42	38.58
Sale	-66	38.58
Sale	-256	38.58
Sale	-212	38.59
Sale	-4,466	38.59
Sale	-2,846	38.27
Sale	-9	38.27
Sale	-25	38.27
Sale	-13	38.27
Sale	-804	38.27
Sale	-550	38.27
Sale	-2,381	38.27
Sale	-2,000	38.27
Sale	-13	38.29
Sale	-2,359	38.29
Sale	-5,605	38.23
Sale	-547	38.23
Sale	-586	38.23
Sale	-2,000	38.23
Sale	-525	38.23
Sale	-919	38.22
Sale	-81	38.22
Sale	-4,500	38.23
Sale	-31	38.23
Sale	-800	38.23
Sale	-1,406	38.23
Sale	-450	38.18
Sale	-162	38.18
Sale	-46	38.18
Sale	-1,215	38.18
Sale	-37	38.19
Sale	-23	38.19
Sale	-25	38.19
Sale	-31	38.19
Sale	-11	38.19
Sale	-4,741	38.06
Sale	-23	38.06
Sale	-399	38.06
Sale	-856	38.05
Sale	-35	38.05
Sale	-1,300	38.05
Sale	-711	38.05
Sale	-62	38.05
Sale	-2,036	38.05
Sale	-2,697	38.03
Sale	-2,047	38.03
Sale	-100	38.03
Sale	-156	38.03
Sale	-5,000	38.04
Sale	-156	38.07
Sale	-266	38.07
Sale	-170	38.07
Sale	-10	38.07
Sale	-71	38.07
Sale	-1,300	38.07
Sale	-379	38.07
Sale	-26	38.07
Sale	-2,622	38.07
Sale	-100,000	38.02
Sale	-90,400	36.69
Sale	-250,000	37.55

TOTAL BUYS:265339

TOTAL SELLS:523563

(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	21-08-2008
Contact name	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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