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Macquarie Group Limited07 February 2008 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 Macquarie Capital Securities (Australia) Limited Company dealt in BHP Billiton Limited Class of relevant security to which the Ordinary shares ISIN: AU000000BHP4dealings being disclosed relate (Note 1) Date of dealing 06 February 2008 2. INTERESTS, SHORT POSITIONS AND RIGHTS TO SUBSCRIBE (a) Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class ofrelevant security dealt in (Note 2) Long Short Number Number (%) (%) (1) Relevant securities (2) Derivatives (other than options) (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell Total 0 0 0 0 (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 than options) (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell Total (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) See Annexure A (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options) Product name, Long/short (Note 5) Number of securities (Note 6) Price per unit (Note 4) e.g. CFD (c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities (i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying Product name, Writing, selling, Number of securities Exercise Type, e.g. Expiry Option money purchasing, to which the option American,e.g. call option varying etc. relates (Note 6) price European etc. date 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 relatingto the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option referred to on this form or relating to the votingrights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative referred to on this form isreferenced. If none, this should be stated. Is a Supplemental Form 38.5(b) attached? (Note 8) YES/NO Date of disclosure 07 February 2008 Contact name Johanna Uy Telephone number +44 (0) 2030374339 Name of offeree/offeror with which connected Rio Tinto Plc Nature of connection (Note 9) Connected principal trader Notes The Notes on Form 38.5(b) can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website atwww.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk Annexure A: Purchase/sale Number of Price per securities unit (AUD) PURCHASE 61640 37.1PURCHASE 8550 37.1828SALE 194 37.71SALE 181 38.08SALE 134 37.69SALE 159 37.78SALE 146 37.78SALE 143 37.8SALE 192 37.73SALE 194 37.77SALE 159 37.75SALE 120 37.75SALE 26 37.75SALE 119 37.75SALE 105 37.73SALE 32 37.7SALE 11 37.69SALE 128 37.71SALE 113 37.55SALE 20 37.55SALE 118 37.32SALE 95 37.42SALE 6 37.42SALE 112 37.42SALE 76 37.27SALE 74 37.36SALE 78 37.34SALE 59 37.39SALE 58 37.4SALE 55 37.45SALE 45 37.44SALE 50 37.35SALE 54 37.25SALE 47 37.28SALE 51 37.18SALE 55 37.16SALE 14 37.1SALE 49 37.1SALE 58 37.07SALE 71 37.19SALE 93 37.15SALE 72 37.09SALE 85 37.1SALE 92 37.08SALE 1001 37.12SALE 2000 37.12SALE 5437 37.12SALE 1562 37.12SALE 3922 37.12SALE 6078 37.12SALE 931 37.12SALE 5000 37.12SALE 5709 37.12SALE 1310 37.13SALE 133 37.13SALE 100 37.13SALE 3457 37.13SALE 93 37.13SALE 19 37.13SALE 32 37.13SALE 32 37.13SALE 102 37.13SALE 1023 37.12SALE 800 37.12SALE 2992 37.12SALE 2416 37.12SALE 331 37.12SALE 136 37.12SALE 40 37.12SALE 1350 37.12SALE 15727 37.12SALE 100 37.14SALE 162 37.04SALE 118 36.78SALE 122 36.67SALE 111 36.75SALE 47 36.66SALE 86 36.66SALE 2 36.68SALE 2 36.68SALE 100 36.68SALE 14 36.68SALE 21 36.68SALE 15 36.42SALE 140 36.42SALE 145 36.42SALE 153 36.35SALE 140 36.58SALE 159 36.53SALE 134 36.44SALE 190 36.66SALE 180 36.81SALE 5 36.81SALE 155 36.68SALE 190 36.74SALE 179 36.81SALE 235 36.68SALE 213 36.69SALE 149 36.72SALE 1 36.78SALE 160 36.78SALE 154 36.92SALE 8 36.98SALE 184 36.87SALE 199 36.95SALE 98 36.92SALE 335 36.88SALE 54 36.66SALE 254 36.66TOTAL SALE 70190TOTAL PURCHASE 70190 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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