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Macquarie Bank Ld19 November 2007 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 dealings Ordinary shares ISIN:being disclosed relate (Note 1) AU000000BHP4 Date of dealing 16 November 2007 2. INTERESTS, SHORT POSITIONS AND RIGHTS TO SUBSCRIBE (a) Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class of relevantsecurity 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 0.00% 0 0.00% (b) Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company, otherthan 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 Long/short (Note Number of securities (Note Price per unit (Notename, 5) 6) 4)e.g. CFD (c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities (i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying Product Writing, Number of Exercise Type, e.g. Expiry Optionname, selling, securities to American, money purchasing, which the option European varying etc. relates (Note 6) etc.e.g. price date paid/call receivedoption per unit (Note 4) (ii) Exercising Product name, e.g. call Number of Exercise price per unit (Noteoption securities 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 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) YES/NO Date of disclosure 19 November 2007 Contact name Johanna Uy Telephone number +44 (0) 2030374339 Name of offeree/offeror with which connected Rio Tinto PlcNature 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 Securities Price per unit (AUD)Purchase 1000 41.51Purchase 600 41.51Purchase 686 41.51Purchase 1922 41.47Purchase 1721 41.28Purchase 2052 41.12Purchase 1371 41.33Purchase 125 41.36Purchase 229 41.36Purchase 593 41.37Purchase 1445 41.36Purchase 1218 41.46Purchase 1300 41.56Purchase 42 41.56Purchase 500 41.62Purchase 908 41.62Purchase 1177 41.63Purchase 1200 41.57Purchase 55 41.57Purchase 31 41.49Purchase 846 41.49Purchase 3 41.49Purchase 574 41.49Purchase 1113 41.54Purchase 1111 41.51Purchase 1000 41.47Purchase 21 41.47Purchase 4 41.5Purchase 1052 41.53Purchase 100 41.53Purchase 1006 41.53Purchase 897 41.56Purchase 949 41.55Purchase 1214 41.69Purchase 814 41.66Purchase 900 41.62Purchase 10 41.62Purchase 255 41.62Purchase 1153 41.71Purchase 760 41.72Purchase 749 41.74Purchase 311 41.73Purchase 408 41.73Purchase 508 41.72Purchase 271 41.72Purchase 535 41.74Purchase 628 41.75Purchase 563 41.73Purchase 475 41.77Purchase 446 41.78Purchase 58 41.78Purchase 550 41.79Purchase 458 41.72Purchase 350 41.73Purchase 405 41.73Purchase 371 41.75Purchase 260 41.72Purchase 291 41.72Purchase 318 41.72Purchase 10 41.69Purchase 270 41.69Purchase 220 41.7Purchase 240 41.71Purchase 289 41.7Purchase 181 41.69Purchase 82 41.69Purchase 398 41.55Purchase 389 41.48Purchase 189 41.56Purchase 38 41.56Purchase 107 41.56Purchase 382 41.54Purchase 560 41.57Purchase 246 41.47Purchase 272 41.47Purchase 668 41.38Purchase 528 41.31Purchase 863 41.3Purchase 929 41.3Purchase 909 41.3Purchase 923 41.28Purchase 1200 41.26Purchase 1182 41.25Purchase 54 41.43Purchase 1099 41.43Purchase 1097 41.31Purchase 803 41.4Purchase 280 41.4Purchase 373 41.49Purchase 240 41.49Purchase 114 41.49Purchase 291 41.49Purchase 1092 41.35Purchase 1166 41.35Purchase 1017 41.38Purchase 1000 41.33Purchase 158 41.33Purchase 1057 41.28Purchase 873 41.13Purchase 300 41.04Purchase 921 41.04Purchase 1569 41.11Purchase 1687 41.1Purchase 313 41.14Purchase 1550 41.14Purchase 1008 41.18Purchase 5687 41.15Sale 74952 41.3699 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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