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UBS AG (EPT)26 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 INFORMATION Name of exempt principal trader UBS AG London BranchCompany dealt in Rio Tinto LimitedClass of relevant security to which the Ordinarydealings being disclosed relate (Note 1)Date of dealing 25 MARCH 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 433 0.00% 0 0.00%(2) Derivatives (other thanoptions)(3) Options and agreements topurchase/sellTotal 433 0.00% 0 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 1000 11687 AUD Cents SALE 40 11687 SALE 152 11699 SALE 34 11699 SALE 242 11701 SALE 129 11701 SALE 166 11702 PURCHASE 1793 11703 PURCHASE 82 11713 PURCHASE 478 11725 PURCHASE 478 11726 SALE 300 11730 SALE 250 11730 SALE 92 11730 SALE 1000 11731 SALE 54 11731 SALE 77 11740 PURCHASE 100 11745 PURCHASE 313 11745 PURCHASE 911 11745 SALE 573 11747 SALE 414 11747 SALE 25 11747 PURCHASE 4 11750 PURCHASE 5 11750 PURCHASE 7 11750 PURCHASE 7 11750 PURCHASE 8 11750 PURCHASE 8 11750 PURCHASE 14 11750 PURCHASE 15 11750 PURCHASE 906 11750 SALE 370 11752 PURCHASE 1269 11752 SALE 300 11753 SALE 404 11759 SALE 248 11759 PURCHASE 22 11760 PURCHASE 23 11760 PURCHASE 181 11760 PURCHASE 200 11760 PURCHASE 332 11760 SALE 343 11763 SALE 17 11763 SALE 339 11765 SALE 103 11765 SALE 18 11765 SALE 466 11767 SALE 2124 11768 SALE 465 11768 PURCHASE 200 11768 SALE 524 11769 SALE 509 11769 SALE 465 11769 SALE 448 11769 SALE 208 11769 SALE 75 11769 PURCHASE 1967 11769 SALE 2124 11770 PURCHASE 9 11771 PURCHASE 52 11771 PURCHASE 287 11771 PURCHASE 100 11772 PURCHASE 100 11772 PURCHASE 822 11772 SALE 2000 11773 SALE 72 11773 SALE 51 11773 SALE 374 11774 SALE 340 11774 SALE 67 11774 SALE 47 11774 PURCHASE 100 11774 PURCHASE 5 11775 PURCHASE 11 11775 PURCHASE 100 11775 PURCHASE 155 11775 PURCHASE 168 11775 PURCHASE 332 11775 PURCHASE 545 11775 PURCHASE 608 11775 PURCHASE 993 11775 PURCHASE 997 11775 PURCHASE 1017 11775 PURCHASE 1036 11775 PURCHASE 1514 11775 PURCHASE 10 11776 PURCHASE 27 11776 PURCHASE 100 11776 PURCHASE 620 11776 PURCHASE 34 11777 PURCHASE 163 11777 PURCHASE 5 11778 PURCHASE 58 11780 SALE 1200 11789 PURCHASE 10 11792 PURCHASE 300 11792 SALE 970 11794 SALE 354 11794 SALE 915 11795 SALE 257 11795 PURCHASE 9 11795 PURCHASE 296 11795 SALE 180 11796 SALE 170 11796 SALE 50 11796 SALE 6 11796 PURCHASE 154 11796 SALE 166 11797 SALE 154 11797 SALE 114 11797 SALE 14 11797 SALE 13 11797 SALE 5 11797 SALE 515 11798 SALE 500 11798 SALE 305 11798 SALE 200 11798 SALE 171 11798 SALE 144 11798 SALE 114 11798 SALE 100 11798 SALE 44 11798 SALE 42 11798 SALE 37 11798 SALE 37 11798 SALE 27 11798 SALE 27 11798 SALE 15 11798 SALE 11 11798 SALE 10 11798 SALE 6 11798 PURCHASE 100 11798 SALE 1500 11799 SALE 1229 11799 SALE 245 11799 SALE 208 11799 SALE 66 11799 SALE 44 11799 SALE 19 11799 SALE 10 11799 SALE 6 11799 PURCHASE 4 11800 PURCHASE 100 11800 SALE 500 11801 PURCHASE 12 11801 PURCHASE 34 11801 PURCHASE 153 11801 PURCHASE 1569 11802 PURCHASE 4 11803 PURCHASE 9 11803 PURCHASE 24 11803 PURCHASE 100 11803 PURCHASE 163 11804 PURCHASE 13 11805 PURCHASE 100 11805 PURCHASE 172 11805 PURCHASE 195 11805 PURCHASE 196 11805 PURCHASE 198 11805 PURCHASE 324 11805 PURCHASE 1089 11805 PURCHASE 1500 11805 PURCHASE 2117 11805 PURCHASE 4 11806 PURCHASE 9 11806 PURCHASE 11 11806 PURCHASE 13 11806 PURCHASE 20 11806 PURCHASE 100 11806 PURCHASE 152 11806 PURCHASE 10 11809 PURCHASE 112 11809 PURCHASE 15 11810 PURCHASE 60 11810 PURCHASE 200 11810 PURCHASE 469 11810 PURCHASE 1 11811 PURCHASE 4 11811 PURCHASE 5 11811 PURCHASE 7 11811 PURCHASE 8 11811 PURCHASE 8 11811 PURCHASE 14 11811 PURCHASE 15 11811 PURCHASE 85 11811 PURCHASE 115 11811 PURCHASE 224 11811 PURCHASE 300 11811 SALE 52939 11811.26361 PURCHASE 52939 11811.26361 PURCHASE 14 11812 PURCHASE 55 11812 PURCHASE 130 11812 PURCHASE 1000 11815 PURCHASE 45 11816 PURCHASE 935 11816 PURCHASE 6 11817 PURCHASE 292 11820 PURCHASE 3 11821 PURCHASE 773 11821 PURCHASE 450 11822 SALE 69 11823 SALE 64 11823 PURCHASE 600 11823 SALE 54619 11823.01919 PURCHASE 54619 11823.01919 SALE 230 11824 PURCHASE 12 11825 PURCHASE 100 11825 PURCHASE 170 11825 PURCHASE 320 11825 SALE 691 11827 SALE 129 11828 SALE 121 11828 PURCHASE 10 11828 PURCHASE 29 11828 PURCHASE 159 11828 SALE 240 11829 SALE 205 11829 SALE 58 11829 SALE 24 11829 SALE 10 11829 PURCHASE 27 11830 PURCHASE 122 11830 PURCHASE 173 11830 PURCHASE 290 11830 PURCHASE 459 11830 SALE 186 11831 SALE 60 11831 SALE 21 11831 PURCHASE 4 11833 PURCHASE 20 11833 PURCHASE 137 11833 SALE 895 11834 SALE 400 11835 SALE 400 11835 SALE 200 11835 SALE 200 11835 PURCHASE 276 11835 PURCHASE 724 11835 SALE 200 11836 SALE 133 11836 SALE 96 11836 SALE 40 11836 PURCHASE 1 11836 PURCHASE 5 11836 PURCHASE 8 11836 PURCHASE 8 11836 PURCHASE 14 11836 PURCHASE 15 11836 SALE 650 11837 PURCHASE 9 11837 PURCHASE 26 11838 PURCHASE 26 11838 PURCHASE 27 11838 PURCHASE 31 11838 PURCHASE 290 11838 SALE 1000 11840 SALE 1000 11840 SALE 202 11840 SALE 46 11842 SALE 25 11842 SALE 8 11842 PURCHASE 320 11845 SALE 406 11846 SALE 252 11846 SALE 23 11846 SALE 200 11847 SALE 15 11847 SALE 400 11848 SALE 270 11848 SALE 200 11848 SALE 161 11848 SALE 100 11848 SALE 31 11848 SALE 355 11849 PURCHASE 14 11849 PURCHASE 711 11849 PURCHASE 847 11853 SALE 1940 11854 PURCHASE 3 11854 PURCHASE 6 11854 PURCHASE 31 11854 PURCHASE 194 11854 PURCHASE 860 11854 PURCHASE 1903 11855 SALE 339 11857 SALE 300 11857 SALE 300 11857 SALE 200 11857 SALE 100 11857 SALE 100 11857 SALE 67 11857 SALE 52 11857 SALE 19 11857 SALE 14 11857 SALE 7 11857 PURCHASE 9 11857 SALE 191 11858 SALE 72 11858 SALE 39 11858 SALE 11 11858 PURCHASE 26 11860 SALE 272 11861 SALE 85 11861 PURCHASE 4 11862 PURCHASE 267 11862 PURCHASE 438 11863 PURCHASE 408 11866 SALE 303 11867 SALE 180 11867 SALE 25 11867 SALE 6 11867 PURCHASE 11 11868 PURCHASE 11 11868 PURCHASE 297 11868 PURCHASE 800 11868 SALE 93 11869 SALE 83 11869 PURCHASE 3 11869 PURCHASE 5 11869 PURCHASE 5 11869 PURCHASE 7 11869 PURCHASE 8 11869 PURCHASE 8 11869 PURCHASE 9 11869 PURCHASE 14 11869 PURCHASE 15 11869 PURCHASE 146 11869 SALE 314 11870 PURCHASE 100 11872 PURCHASE 600 11872 SALE 281 11874 PURCHASE 3 11877 PURCHASE 192 11878 PURCHASE 408 11878 SALE 283 11879 SALE 399 11880 SALE 5 11880 PURCHASE 687 11880 PURCHASE 76 11881 PURCHASE 365 11881 SALE 271 11882 PURCHASE 20 11883 PURCHASE 244 11883 SALE 312 11887 SALE 36 11888 SALE 26 11888 SALE 72 11889 SALE 17 11889 PURCHASE 12 11891 PURCHASE 13 11891 PURCHASE 50 11891 SALE 22 11892 SALE 782 11893 SALE 353 11893 SALE 345 11893 SALE 171 11894 PURCHASE 13 11894 PURCHASE 88 11894 PURCHASE 149 11894 PURCHASE 178 11894 PURCHASE 250 11894 SALE 400 11895 SALE 220 11895 SALE 181 11895 SALE 151 11895 SALE 53 11895 SALE 37 11895 SALE 37 11895 SALE 34 11895 PURCHASE 4 11895 PURCHASE 12 11896 PURCHASE 100 11896 SALE 400 11898 SALE 100 11898 SALE 100 11898 SALE 74 11898 SALE 46 11898 SALE 23 11898 SALE 1460 11900 SALE 364 11900 PURCHASE 5 11900 PURCHASE 5 11900 PURCHASE 8 11900 PURCHASE 8 11900 PURCHASE 8 11900 PURCHASE 8 11900 PURCHASE 14 11900 PURCHASE 15 11900 PURCHASE 91 11900 PURCHASE 282 11900 PURCHASE 416 11900 PURCHASE 492 11900 PURCHASE 635 11903 PURCHASE 231 11905 PURCHASE 907 11905 PURCHASE 187 11914 PURCHASE 212 11914 SALE 720 11920 PURCHASE 4 11922 PURCHASE 5 11922 PURCHASE 7 11922 PURCHASE 7 11922 PURCHASE 8 11922 PURCHASE 8 11922 PURCHASE 14 11922 PURCHASE 15 11922 PURCHASE 40 11922 PURCHASE 129 11923 SALE 245 11933 PURCHASE 242 11940 SALE 717 11941 SALE 383 11947 SALE 230 11947 SALE 75 11947 SALE 31 11947 SALE 161 11958 SALE 100 11969 SALE 100 11973 SALE 98 11973 SALE 435 11974 SALE 436 11978 SALE 300 11978 SALE 456 11979 SALE 100 11981 SALE 100 11981 TOTAL PURCHASES 160,497 TOTAL SALES 162,177 (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 26 MARCH 2008Contact name LOUISE ROBINSONTelephone number 020 7567 8762Name 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:
Rio Tinto