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Credit Suisse Equities (Australia)11 January 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 Credit Suisse Equities (Australia) Limited Company dealt in BHP Billiton Limited Class of relevant security to which the dealings being Ordinary Sharesdisclosed relate (Note 1) Date of dealing 10-Jan-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 1577034 0.046 (2) Derivatives (other than options) (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell Total 1577034 0.046 (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/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) Purchase 4,232 39.13Purchase 20 39.13Purchase 20 39.13Purchase 325 39.14Purchase 638 39.14Purchase 3,000 39.14Purchase 83 39.14Purchase 2,060 39.14Purchase 303 39.14Purchase 2,017 39.14Purchase 4,829 39.14Purchase 1,580 39.14Purchase 4,272 39.11Purchase 1,877 39.08Purchase 2,395 39.08Purchase 487 39.15Purchase 85 39.15Purchase 1,522 39.15Purchase 2,906 39.15Purchase 5,000 39.07Purchase 2,255 39.14Sale -451 39.11Sale -958 39.11Sale -87 39.04Sale -31 39.04Sale -911 39.04Sale -236 39.11Sale -355 39.11Sale -1,000 39.11Sale -892 39.04Sale -428 39.04Sale -101 39.04Sale -50 39.04Sale -1,900 38.98Sale -100 38.98Sale -650 39.19TOTAL BUYS:39906 TOTAL SELLS:8150 (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 varying Product 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) 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 :AMENDMENT- SEE OPTIONS Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives NONE Is a Supplemental Form 38.5(b) attached? (Note 8) NO Date of disclosure 11-Jan-2008 Contact name Collins, Carolyn 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 http://www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk/. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
BHP Group