13th Feb 2008 11:49
UBS AG (EPT)13 February 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 PLCClass of relevant security to which the 10p Ordinarydealings being disclosed relate (Note 1)Date of dealing 12 FEBRUARY 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 2,161,203 0.22% 268 0.00%(2) Derivatives (other thanoptions)(3) Options and agreements topurchase/sellTotal 2,161,203 0.22% 268 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 1073 5273 pence SALE 873 5273 SALE 659 5273 SALE 450 5273 SALE 431 5273 SALE 373 5273 SALE 262 5273 PURCHASE 114 5273 SALE 277 5275 SALE 224 5275 PURCHASE 80 5275 PURCHASE 100 5275 PURCHASE 200 5275 PURCHASE 26 5276 PURCHASE 100 5276 PURCHASE 120 5276 PURCHASE 250 5276 PURCHASE 254 5276 PURCHASE 333 5276 PURCHASE 345 5276 PURCHASE 427 5276 PURCHASE 60 5277 PURCHASE 196 5277 PURCHASE 662 5277 PURCHASE 86 5278 PURCHASE 100 5278 PURCHASE 153 5278 PURCHASE 833 5278 PURCHASE 1043 5278 PURCHASE 1685 5278 SALE 234 5279 SALE 231 5279 PURCHASE 174 5279 PURCHASE 194 5279 PURCHASE 200 5279 PURCHASE 800 5279 SALE 772 5280 SALE 500 5280 SALE 500 5280 SALE 400 5280 SALE 250 5280 SALE 232 5280 PURCHASE 100 5280 PURCHASE 118 5280 PURCHASE 173 5280 PURCHASE 194 5280 PURCHASE 530 5280 PURCHASE 689 5280 SALE 721 5281 SALE 561 5281 SALE 511 5281 SALE 404 5281 SALE 267 5281 SALE 147 5281 SALE 147 5281 SALE 82 5281 PURCHASE 50 5281 PURCHASE 50 5281 PURCHASE 75 5281 PURCHASE 100 5281 PURCHASE 100 5281 SALE 1128 5282 SALE 770 5282 SALE 628 5282 SALE 535 5282 SALE 330 5282 SALE 266 5282 SALE 48 5282 PURCHASE 175 5282 PURCHASE 500 5282 SALE 500 5283 SALE 400 5283 PURCHASE 175 5283 PURCHASE 396 5283 PURCHASE 400 5283 PURCHASE 610 5283 PURCHASE 700 5283 PURCHASE 720 5283 PURCHASE 898 5283 SALE 838 5284 SALE 635 5284 SALE 8 5284 PURCHASE 31 5284 PURCHASE 428 5284 PURCHASE 1487 5284 PURCHASE 2089 5284 SALE 1000 5285 SALE 1000 5285 SALE 1000 5285 SALE 550 5285 SALE 403 5285 PURCHASE 44 5285 PURCHASE 82 5285 PURCHASE 162 5285 PURCHASE 250 5285 PURCHASE 304 5285 PURCHASE 400 5285 PURCHASE 521 5285 PURCHASE 1164 5285 SALE 1177 5286 SALE 500 5286 SALE 241 5286 SALE 162 5286 SALE 144 5286 PURCHASE 33 5286 PURCHASE 69 5286 PURCHASE 75 5286 PURCHASE 161 5286 PURCHASE 500 5286 PURCHASE 194 5287 PURCHASE 196 5287 PURCHASE 196 5287 PURCHASE 540 5287 PURCHASE 571 5287 PURCHASE 732 5287 PURCHASE 14 5288 PURCHASE 100 5288 PURCHASE 100 5288 PURCHASE 173 5288 PURCHASE 772 5288 PURCHASE 50 5289 PURCHASE 71 5289 PURCHASE 146 5289 PURCHASE 1692 5289 PURCHASE 200 5290 PURCHASE 210 5290 PURCHASE 357 5290 SALE 1113 5291 PURCHASE 78 5292 PURCHASE 100 5292 PURCHASE 586 5292 SALE 630 5293 SALE 500 5293 SALE 496 5293 SALE 482 5293 SALE 446 5293 SALE 148 5293 SALE 81 5293 PURCHASE 300 5293 PURCHASE 350 5293 PURCHASE 1000 5294 SALE 56 5295 SALE 1309 5296 PURCHASE 175 5296 PURCHASE 278 5298 PURCHASE 415 5298 PURCHASE 71 5299 PURCHASE 175 5299 PURCHASE 461 5299 PURCHASE 1240 5299 PURCHASE 175 5300 SALE 490 5301 SALE 210 5301 PURCHASE 66 5301 PURCHASE 257 5301 PURCHASE 282 5301 PURCHASE 357 5301 PURCHASE 600 5301 PURCHASE 689 5301 PURCHASE 1000 5301 SALE 767 5302 SALE 600 5302 SALE 300 5302 SALE 127 5302 PURCHASE 58 5302 PURCHASE 357 5302 PURCHASE 1404 5302 SALE 1716 5303 PURCHASE 224 5303 PURCHASE 227 5303 PURCHASE 255 5303 PURCHASE 300 5303 PURCHASE 357 5303 PURCHASE 479 5303 SALE 1687 5304 SALE 958 5304 SALE 552 5304 SALE 552 5304 SALE 552 5304 SALE 529 5304 SALE 489 5304 SALE 446 5304 SALE 262 5304 SALE 250 5304 SALE 246 5304 SALE 208 5304 SALE 140 5304 SALE 55 5304 PURCHASE 335 5304 PURCHASE 750 5304 SALE 182 5305 PURCHASE 50 5305 PURCHASE 55 5305 PURCHASE 145 5305 PURCHASE 158 5305 PURCHASE 172 5305 PURCHASE 219 5305 PURCHASE 242 5305 PURCHASE 250 5305 PURCHASE 323 5305 PURCHASE 405 5305 PURCHASE 600 5305 SALE 1510 5306 SALE 1507 5306 SALE 848 5306 SALE 777 5306 SALE 641 5306 SALE 434 5306 SALE 186 5306 SALE 94 5306 PURCHASE 80 5306 PURCHASE 166 5306 PURCHASE 224 5306 PURCHASE 300 5306 PURCHASE 490 5306 SALE 500 5307 SALE 500 5307 SALE 320 5307 SALE 173 5307 SALE 150 5307 SALE 63 5307 PURCHASE 24 5307 PURCHASE 223 5307 PURCHASE 484 5307 PURCHASE 602 5307 PURCHASE 725 5307 PURCHASE 1000 5307 SALE 488 5308 SALE 168 5308 SALE 100 5308 PURCHASE 40 5308 PURCHASE 100 5308 PURCHASE 221 5308 PURCHASE 258 5308 PURCHASE 262 5308 PURCHASE 295 5308 SALE 613 5309 SALE 250 5309 SALE 209 5309 PURCHASE 11 5309 PURCHASE 57 5309 PURCHASE 82 5309 PURCHASE 100 5309 PURCHASE 174 5309 PURCHASE 193 5309 PURCHASE 277 5309 PURCHASE 384 5309 PURCHASE 604 5309 PURCHASE 43 5310 PURCHASE 83 5310 PURCHASE 312 5310 PURCHASE 700 5310 PURCHASE 700 5310 PURCHASE 745 5310 PURCHASE 786 5310 PURCHASE 1000 5310 PURCHASE 1570 5310 PURCHASE 8 5311 PURCHASE 52 5311 PURCHASE 118 5311 PURCHASE 175 5311 PURCHASE 292 5311 PURCHASE 350 5311 PURCHASE 350 5311 PURCHASE 614 5311 SALE 80 5312 SALE 56 5312 SALE 56 5312 SALE 56 5312 PURCHASE 200 5312 PURCHASE 349 5312 PURCHASE 677 5312 PURCHASE 950 5312 SALE 453 5313 PURCHASE 42 5313 PURCHASE 46 5313 PURCHASE 72 5313 PURCHASE 91 5313 PURCHASE 152 5313 PURCHASE 350 5313 PURCHASE 611 5313 SALE 806 5314 SALE 500 5314 SALE 324 5314 SALE 100 5314 SALE 56 5314 SALE 56 5314 PURCHASE 292 5314 PURCHASE 401 5314 SALE 1949 5315 SALE 1118 5315 SALE 313 5315 SALE 310 5315 SALE 91 5315 PURCHASE 500 5315 PURCHASE 600 5315 PURCHASE 600 5315 PURCHASE 731 5315 SALE 1054 5316 SALE 542 5316 SALE 665 5317 SALE 427 5317 SALE 185 5317 SALE 72 5317 PURCHASE 200 5317 PURCHASE 464 5317 SALE 601 5318 SALE 394 5318 SALE 291 5318 SALE 232 5318 SALE 32 5318 PURCHASE 329 5318 PURCHASE 621 5318 PURCHASE 787 5318 SALE 1581 5319 SALE 732 5319 SALE 500 5319 SALE 263 5319 SALE 246 5319 SALE 80 5319 PURCHASE 157 5319 PURCHASE 276 5319 PURCHASE 514 5319 PURCHASE 1000 5319 SALE 1997 5320 SALE 321 5320 SALE 300 5320 SALE 1200 5321 PURCHASE 124 5322 PURCHASE 191 5322 PURCHASE 204 5322 PURCHASE 260 5322 PURCHASE 398 5322 PURCHASE 581 5322 PURCHASE 600 5322 PURCHASE 741 5322 SALE 998 5323 SALE 998 5323 SALE 870 5323 SALE 631 5323 SALE 600 5323 SALE 300 5323 SALE 282 5323 SALE 277 5323 SALE 128 5323 SALE 114 5323 SALE 64 5323 SALE 13 5323 SALE 400 5324 SALE 100 5324 SALE 45 5324 PURCHASE 175 5324 PURCHASE 2817 5324 SALE 694 5325 SALE 238 5325 SALE 56 5325 PURCHASE 48 5325 PURCHASE 175 5325 PURCHASE 600 5325 PURCHASE 1030 5325 SALE 885 5326 SALE 885 5326 SALE 885 5326 SALE 333 5326 SALE 269 5326 SALE 115 5326 PURCHASE 150 5326 PURCHASE 210 5326 PURCHASE 288 5326 PURCHASE 318 5326 PURCHASE 643 5326 PURCHASE 1000 5326 PURCHASE 700 5327 SALE 998 5328 SALE 625 5328 SALE 276 5328 SALE 273 5328 PURCHASE 171 5328 PURCHASE 500 5328 SALE 850 5329 PURCHASE 332 5329 SALE 993 5330 SALE 334 5330 PURCHASE 69 5330 PURCHASE 234 5330 PURCHASE 725 5330 PURCHASE 1234 5330 SALE 352 5331 SALE 244 5331 SALE 183 5331 SALE 138 5331 PURCHASE 377 5331 PURCHASE 424 5331 SALE 150 5332 SALE 145 5332 SALE 139 5332 PURCHASE 161 5332 SALE 287 5333 PURCHASE 245 5333 PURCHASE 1009 5333 SALE 550 5334 SALE 515 5334 SALE 252 5334 SALE 176 5334 SALE 91 5334 SALE 56 5334 SALE 29 5334 PURCHASE 800 5334 SALE 1200 5335 SALE 1110 5335 SALE 836 5335 SALE 744 5335 SALE 400 5335 SALE 123 5335 SALE 100 5335 PURCHASE 184 5335 PURCHASE 564 5335 PURCHASE 752 5335 SALE 508 5336 SALE 800 5337 SALE 593 5337 SALE 187 5337 SALE 183 5337 SALE 11 5337 PURCHASE 110 5337 PURCHASE 200 5337 PURCHASE 252 5337 PURCHASE 263 5337 PURCHASE 273 5337 PURCHASE 291 5337 PURCHASE 511 5337 PURCHASE 633 5337 SALE 500 5338 SALE 351 5338 PURCHASE 223 5338 PURCHASE 700 5338 SALE 1026 5339 SALE 311 5339 SALE 271 5339 SALE 265 5339 PURCHASE 206 5339 PURCHASE 658 5339 PURCHASE 797 5339 SALE 1092 5340 SALE 457 5340 SALE 361 5340 SALE 143 5340 SALE 98 5340 SALE 50 5340 SALE 34 5340 PURCHASE 300 5340 PURCHASE 428 5340 PURCHASE 553 5341 SALE 696 5342 SALE 558 5342 SALE 137 5342 SALE 173 5343 SALE 160 5343 SALE 13 5343 PURCHASE 773 5343 PURCHASE 1613 5343 PURCHASE 2807 5343 SALE 333 5344 SALE 289 5344 SALE 268 5344 SALE 1257 5345 SALE 408 5345 SALE 288 5345 SALE 132 5345 SALE 105 5345 PURCHASE 700 5346 SALE 406 5347 SALE 268 5347 SALE 268 5347 SALE 110 5347 SALE 72 5347 SALE 733 5348 SALE 674 5348 SALE 325 5348 SALE 268 5348 SALE 210 5348 SALE 42 5348 SALE 15 5348 SALE 2559 5349 SALE 975 5349 SALE 242 5349 SALE 150 5349 PURCHASE 24 5349 PURCHASE 353 5349 PURCHASE 700 5349 SALE 5000 5350 SALE 3223 5350 SALE 2500 5350 SALE 1612 5350 SALE 791 5350 SALE 626 5350 SALE 526 5350 SALE 320 5350 SALE 292 5350 SALE 233 5350 SALE 90 5350 SALE 63 5350 SALE 23 5350 SALE 13 5350 PURCHASE 74 5350 PURCHASE 100 5350 PURCHASE 2000 5350 SALE 1000 5351 SALE 552 5351 SALE 333 5351 SALE 300 5351 SALE 268 5351 SALE 230 5351 SALE 78 5351 SALE 78 5351 SALE 42 5351 SALE 27 5351 PURCHASE 788 5351 PURCHASE 1000 5351 PURCHASE 1064 5351 SALE 704 5352 SALE 608 5352 SALE 268 5352 SALE 268 5352 SALE 18 5352 SALE 491 5353 SALE 446 5353 SALE 259 5353 SALE 210 5353 SALE 100 5353 PURCHASE 280 5353 PURCHASE 2062 5353 PURCHASE 2139 5353 SALE 838 5354 SALE 360 5354 SALE 268 5354 SALE 207 5354 PURCHASE 423 5354 SALE 639 5355 SALE 588 5355 SALE 294 5355 SALE 250 5355 SALE 250 5355 SALE 217 5355 SALE 148 5355 SALE 55 5355 PURCHASE 531 5355 PURCHASE 612 5355 PURCHASE 620 5355 PURCHASE 898 5355 PURCHASE 1554 5355 PURCHASE 1570 5355 PURCHASE 77 5356 PURCHASE 357 5356 SALE 2343 5357 SALE 1000 5357 SALE 877 5357 SALE 571 5357 SALE 375 5357 SALE 268 5357 SALE 268 5357 SALE 100 5357 SALE 100 5357 SALE 55 5357 SALE 3 5357 PURCHASE 61 5357 PURCHASE 240 5357 PURCHASE 1864 5357 SALE 612 5358 SALE 524 5358 SALE 451 5358 SALE 351 5358 SALE 350 5358 SALE 260 5358 SALE 236 5358 SALE 100 5358 PURCHASE 383 5358 SALE 1580 5359 SALE 968 5359 SALE 500 5359 SALE 342 5359 SALE 250 5359 SALE 202 5359 SALE 54 5359 PURCHASE 24 5359 PURCHASE 230 5359 PURCHASE 300 5359 PURCHASE 1327 5359 SALE 1367 5360 SALE 1287 5360 SALE 1263 5360 SALE 729 5360 SALE 235 5360 SALE 73 5360 SALE 55 5360 SALE 23 5360 PURCHASE 293 5360 PURCHASE 293 5360 PURCHASE 801 5360 PURCHASE 832 5360 SALE 600 5361 SALE 520 5361 PURCHASE 128 5362 PURCHASE 362 5362 PURCHASE 862 5362 SALE 478 5363 SALE 337 5363 SALE 164 5363 SALE 96 5363 SALE 51 5363 SALE 15 5363 PURCHASE 628 5363 SALE 1716 5364 SALE 400 5364 SALE 46 5364 PURCHASE 21 5364 PURCHASE 81 5364 PURCHASE 605 5364 SALE 1041 5365 SALE 1029 5365 SALE 446 5365 SALE 36 5365 PURCHASE 543 5365 PURCHASE 830 5365 PURCHASE 1081 5365 PURCHASE 128 5366 PURCHASE 276 5366 PURCHASE 276 5366 PURCHASE 294 5366 PURCHASE 2795 5366 SALE 160 5367 SALE 89 5367 PURCHASE 328 5367 PURCHASE 605 5367 PURCHASE 622 5367 PURCHASE 1276 5367 SALE 717 5368 SALE 401 5368 SALE 324 5368 SALE 229 5368 PURCHASE 17 5368 PURCHASE 104 5368 PURCHASE 149 5368 PURCHASE 217 5368 PURCHASE 227 5368 PURCHASE 293 5368 PURCHASE 500 5368 PURCHASE 606 5368 PURCHASE 727 5368 PURCHASE 1000 5368 SALE 1000 5369 SALE 557 5369 SALE 402 5369 SALE 41 5369 PURCHASE 446 5369 PURCHASE 700 5369 PURCHASE 1000 5369 SALE 89 5370 SALE 84 5370 SALE 76 5370 SALE 44 5370 PURCHASE 170 5370 SALE 95 5371 SALE 357 5372 SALE 2791 5373 SALE 357 5373 PURCHASE 149 5373 PURCHASE 614 5373 SALE 535 5374 SALE 93 5375 SALE 59 5375 SALE 49 5375 PURCHASE 606 5375 PURCHASE 834 5375 PURCHASE 2652 5375 SALE 173 5376 SALE 173 5376 PURCHASE 446 5377 PURCHASE 699 5377 PURCHASE 781 5377 PURCHASE 881 5377 SALE 506 5379 SALE 211 5379 SALE 100 5379 PURCHASE 525 5379 PURCHASE 988 5381 PURCHASE 55 5382 PURCHASE 417 5382 PURCHASE 478 5382 PURCHASE 863 5382 SALE 624 5383 PURCHASE 468 5383 PURCHASE 1018 5383 SALE 1428 5384 SALE 702 5384 SALE 85 5384 SALE 45 5384 SALE 39 5384 SALE 37 5384 PURCHASE 258 5384 PURCHASE 713 5384 PURCHASE 739 5384 SALE 690 5385 SALE 18 5385 SALE 145 5386 SALE 67 5386 SALE 951 5387 SALE 765 5387 SALE 755 5387 SALE 567 5387 SALE 336 5387 SALE 234 5387 SALE 218 5387 SALE 143 5387 SALE 52 5387 SALE 35 5387 SALE 1209 5388 SALE 227 5388 SALE 131 5388 SALE 103 5388 SALE 1341 5389 SALE 991 5389 SALE 624 5389 SALE 14 5389 SALE 1636 5390 SALE 260 5390 SALE 256 5390 SALE 188 5390 SALE 61 5390 PURCHASE 2782 5390 SALE 468 5391 SALE 267 5391 SALE 99 5391 SALE 41 5391 PURCHASE 199 5391 PURCHASE 12 5395 PURCHASE 614 5395 PURCHASE 810 5395 SALE 713 5396 SALE 286 5396 SALE 94 5396 SALE 37 5396 SALE 32 5396 SALE 177 5397 SALE 2674 5398 SALE 90 5398 SALE 84 5398 SALE 500 5399 PURCHASE 2778 5399 SALE 2541 5400 SALE 2541 5400 SALE 2541 5400 SALE 2541 5400 SALE 2541 5400 SALE 2541 5400 SALE 2541 5400 SALE 2213 5400 SALE 330 5400 SALE 257 5403 SALE 29 5403 PURCHASE 1000 5403 SALE 410 5404 SALE 116 5404 SALE 40 5404 SALE 38 5404 SALE 1716 5405 SALE 1146 5405 SALE 875 5405 SALE 492 5405 SALE 152 5405 SALE 37 5405 SALE 29 5405 PURCHASE 178 5405 PURCHASE 713 5405 PURCHASE 733 5405 PURCHASE 1841 5405 SALE 713 5406 PURCHASE 563 5406 PURCHASE 800 5406 PURCHASE 36 5407 PURCHASE 129 5407 PURCHASE 250 5407 PURCHASE 538 5407 PURCHASE 713 5407 PURCHASE 1000 5407 SALE 527 5408 PURCHASE 19 5408 PURCHASE 74 5408 PURCHASE 120 5408 PURCHASE 328 5408 PURCHASE 343 5408 PURCHASE 536 5408 PURCHASE 600 5408 SALE 713 5409 PURCHASE 300 5409 SALE 220 5410 SALE 43 5410 PURCHASE 82 5410 PURCHASE 400 5410 PURCHASE 1000 5410 SALE 265 5411 SALE 256 5412 SALE 16 5412 PURCHASE 160 5412 PURCHASE 258 5412 PURCHASE 430 5412 SALE 1221 5413 SALE 732 5413 PURCHASE 240 5413 PURCHASE 2771 5413 SALE 713 5414 SALE 713 5414 PURCHASE 57 5414 PURCHASE 713 5414 SALE 1523 5415 SALE 1273 5415 SALE 1000 5415 SALE 907 5415 SALE 567 5415 SALE 46 5415 SALE 41 5415 SALE 35 5415 PURCHASE 90 5415 PURCHASE 129 5415 PURCHASE 180 5415 PURCHASE 713 5415 PURCHASE 777 5415 PURCHASE 284 5416 PURCHASE 400 5416 PURCHASE 400 5416 PURCHASE 442 5416 PURCHASE 601 5416 PURCHASE 731 5416 SALE 341 5417 SALE 100 5417 SALE 63 5417 SALE 54 5417 SALE 37 5417 PURCHASE 186 5417 PURCHASE 1132 5417 SALE 1912 5418 SALE 699 5418 SALE 269 5418 SALE 247 5418 SALE 100 5418 PURCHASE 3 5418 PURCHASE 100 5418 PURCHASE 206 5418 PURCHASE 290 5418 PURCHASE 700 5418 PURCHASE 713 5418 PURCHASE 794 5418 PURCHASE 800 5418 PURCHASE 800 5418 PURCHASE 809 5418 PURCHASE 1000 5418 PURCHASE 1000 5418 PURCHASE 1000 5418 PURCHASE 1000 5418 PURCHASE 1000 5418 SALE 434 5419 SALE 325 5419 PURCHASE 198 5419 PURCHASE 400 5419 PURCHASE 401 5419 PURCHASE 800 5419 PURCHASE 856 5419 PURCHASE 888 5419 SALE 2415 5420 SALE 1967 5420 SALE 1575 5420 SALE 1192 5420 SALE 839 5420 SALE 706 5420 SALE 692 5420 SALE 621 5420 SALE 607 5420 SALE 446 5420 SALE 400 5420 SALE 290 5420 PURCHASE 7 5420 PURCHASE 158 5420 PURCHASE 248 5420 PURCHASE 333 5420 PURCHASE 377 5420 PURCHASE 797 5420 PURCHASE 1086 5420 SALE 1633 5421 SALE 800 5421 SALE 500 5421 SALE 474 5421 SALE 467 5421 SALE 280 5421 SALE 250 5421 SALE 78 5421 SALE 56 5421 SALE 30 5421 PURCHASE 206 5421 PURCHASE 372 5421 PURCHASE 404 5421 PURCHASE 713 5421 PURCHASE 870 5421 PURCHASE 1311 5421 PURCHASE 1527 5421 PURCHASE 2027 5421 SALE 713 5422 SALE 400 5422 SALE 62 5422 SALE 47 5422 SALE 43 5422 PURCHASE 10 5422 PURCHASE 310 5422 PURCHASE 333 5422 PURCHASE 456 5422 PURCHASE 500 5422 SALE 800 5423 SALE 542 5423 SALE 275 5423 SALE 137 5423 PURCHASE 414 5423 PURCHASE 1000 5423 PURCHASE 1410 5423 SALE 1999 5424 SALE 713 5424 SALE 400 5424 SALE 266 5424 PURCHASE 8 5424 PURCHASE 329 5424 PURCHASE 400 5424 PURCHASE 703 5424 PURCHASE 713 5424 PURCHASE 713 5424 SALE 2764 5425 SALE 1462 5425 SALE 1064 5425 SALE 950 5425 PURCHASE 218 5425 PURCHASE 300 5425 SALE 1816 5426 SALE 1648 5426 SALE 861 5426 SALE 307 5426 SALE 70 5426 SALE 56 5426 PURCHASE 100 5426 PURCHASE 194 5426 PURCHASE 250 5426 PURCHASE 260 5426 PURCHASE 1578 5426 SALE 1523 5427 SALE 1084 5427 SALE 522 5427 SALE 507 5427 SALE 500 5427 SALE 161 5427 PURCHASE 165 5427 PURCHASE 269 5427 PURCHASE 451 5427 PURCHASE 722 5427 PURCHASE 1000 5427 PURCHASE 1111 5427 PURCHASE 1115 5427 PURCHASE 100 5428 PURCHASE 260 5428 PURCHASE 800 5428 SALE 390 5429 PURCHASE 60 5429 PURCHASE 159 5430 PURCHASE 752 5430 PURCHASE 1067 5430 PURCHASE 1215 5430 PURCHASE 1600 5430 PURCHASE 195 5431 PURCHASE 228 5431 PURCHASE 328 5431 PURCHASE 400 5431 PURCHASE 530 5431 PURCHASE 2037 5431 PURCHASE 2500 5431 PURCHASE 2761 5431 SALE 93 5432 SALE 54 5432 SALE 46 5432 SALE 39 5432 PURCHASE 19 5432 PURCHASE 64 5432 PURCHASE 400 5432 PURCHASE 400 5432 PURCHASE 500 5432 PURCHASE 550 5432 PURCHASE 692 5432 PURCHASE 787 5432 SALE 218 5433 PURCHASE 191 5433 PURCHASE 229 5433 PURCHASE 230 5433 PURCHASE 455 5433 PURCHASE 713 5433 PURCHASE 800 5433 SALE 2760 5434 PURCHASE 87 5434 PURCHASE 250 5434 PURCHASE 265 5434 PURCHASE 2500 5434 SALE 1463 5435 SALE 465 5435 SALE 376 5435 SALE 271 5435 SALE 261 5435 SALE 160 5435 SALE 77 5435 SALE 28 5435 PURCHASE 6 5435 PURCHASE 80 5435 PURCHASE 100 5435 PURCHASE 278 5435 PURCHASE 420 5435 PURCHASE 713 5435 PURCHASE 944 5435 PURCHASE 2008 5435 SALE 132 5436 PURCHASE 6 5436 PURCHASE 6 5436 PURCHASE 6 5436 PURCHASE 87 5436 PURCHASE 400 5436 PURCHASE 400 5436 PURCHASE 443 5436 PURCHASE 1000 5436 PURCHASE 1438 5436 SALE 379 5437 SALE 268 5437 PURCHASE 145 5437 PURCHASE 500 5437 SALE 1000 5438 SALE 595 5438 SALE 561 5438 SALE 351 5438 SALE 67 5438 SALE 52 5438 SALE 48 5438 SALE 38 5438 PURCHASE 186 5438 PURCHASE 300 5438 PURCHASE 547 5438 PURCHASE 713 5438 SALE 324 5439 SALE 244 5439 SALE 149 5439 SALE 143 5439 SALE 102 5439 SALE 75 5439 PURCHASE 500 5439 PURCHASE 609 5439 PURCHASE 1000 5439 SALE 1020 5440 SALE 713 5440 SALE 713 5440 SALE 306 5440 SALE 283 5440 SALE 276 5440 SALE 262 5440 SALE 242 5440 SALE 229 5440 SALE 163 5440 SALE 135 5440 SALE 73 5440 SALE 70 5440 SALE 64 5440 SALE 55 5440 SALE 44 5440 SALE 38 5440 PURCHASE 18 5440 PURCHASE 97 5440 PURCHASE 203 5440 PURCHASE 238 5440 PURCHASE 238 5440 PURCHASE 289 5440 PURCHASE 300 5440 PURCHASE 323 5440 PURCHASE 673 5440 PURCHASE 731 5440 PURCHASE 996 5440 PURCHASE 2643 5440 SALE 2363 5441 SALE 800 5441 SALE 169 5441 SALE 70 5441 SALE 21 5441 PURCHASE 260 5441 PURCHASE 400 5441 PURCHASE 3637 5441 SALE 1704 5442 SALE 780 5442 SALE 494 5442 SALE 388 5442 SALE 304 5442 SALE 251 5442 SALE 249 5442 SALE 186 5442 SALE 141 5442 SALE 91 5442 SALE 82 5442 SALE 65 5442 SALE 49 5442 SALE 43 5442 SALE 32 5442 SALE 16 5442 SALE 12 5442 SALE 2 5442 PURCHASE 231 5442 PURCHASE 250 5442 PURCHASE 414 5442 PURCHASE 480 5442 PURCHASE 713 5442 PURCHASE 738 5442 PURCHASE 1959 5442 SALE 1423 5443 SALE 1423 5443 SALE 1133 5443 SALE 739 5443 SALE 713 5443 SALE 577 5443 SALE 319 5443 SALE 167 5443 SALE 164 5443 SALE 141 5443 SALE 60 5443 SALE 52 5443 SALE 50 5443 SALE 50 5443 SALE 41 5443 SALE 38 5443 PURCHASE 923 5443 PURCHASE 1001 5443 PURCHASE 1122 5443 SALE 1493 5444 SALE 1025 5444 SALE 566 5444 SALE 200 5444 SALE 93 5444 SALE 68 5444 PURCHASE 165 5444 PURCHASE 197 5444 PURCHASE 400 5444 PURCHASE 1197 5444 SALE 813 5445 SALE 582 5445 SALE 500 5445 SALE 82 5445 SALE 75 5445 SALE 67 5445 SALE 50 5445 SALE 35 5445 PURCHASE 1000 5445 SALE 1031 5446 SALE 1000 5446 SALE 1000 5446 SALE 718 5446 SALE 625 5446 SALE 488 5446 SALE 343 5446 SALE 247 5446 SALE 177 5446 SALE 53 5446 SALE 42 5446 SALE 15 5446 SALE 13 5446 PURCHASE 11 5446 PURCHASE 806 5446 PURCHASE 897 5446 SALE 257 5447 SALE 99 5447 PURCHASE 147 5447 PURCHASE 152 5447 PURCHASE 300 5447 PURCHASE 303 5447 PURCHASE 538 5447 PURCHASE 731 5447 SALE 467 5448 SALE 401 5448 SALE 344 5448 SALE 83 5448 SALE 75 5448 SALE 61 5448 SALE 51 5448 SALE 42 5448 PURCHASE 6 5448 PURCHASE 6 5448 PURCHASE 91 5448 PURCHASE 350 5448 PURCHASE 397 5448 SALE 191 5449 SALE 142 5449 SALE 73 5449 SALE 67 5449 SALE 40 5449 SALE 62 5450 SALE 58 5450 SALE 34 5450 PURCHASE 1000 5450 SALE 1000 5451 PURCHASE 523 5451 SALE 875 5452 SALE 338 5452 SALE 272 5452 SALE 77 5452 SALE 70 5452 PURCHASE 200 5452 PURCHASE 285 5452 PURCHASE 300 5452 PURCHASE 300 5452 PURCHASE 492 5453 SALE 2202 5454 SALE 173 5454 PURCHASE 1592 5455 SALE 820 5456 SALE 226 5456 SALE 144 5456 SALE 78 5456 SALE 42 5456 PURCHASE 89 5459 PURCHASE 158 5459 SALE 430 5463 SALE 323 5463 PURCHASE 1086 5464 SALE 1181 5465 SALE 400 5465 SALE 331 5466 SALE 140 5466 PURCHASE 481 5466 PURCHASE 1712 5466 PURCHASE 2744 5466 SALE 324 5468 SALE 257 5468 SALE 237 5468 SALE 169 5468 SALE 110 5468 SALE 110 5468 PURCHASE 10 5468 PURCHASE 165 5468 PURCHASE 176 5468 PURCHASE 814 5468 PURCHASE 2500 5468 SALE 654 5469 PURCHASE 128 5469 PURCHASE 1005 5469 PURCHASE 9 5470 PURCHASE 9 5470 PURCHASE 172 5470 PURCHASE 209 5470 PURCHASE 415 5470 SALE 666 5471 SALE 500 5471 SALE 206 5471 SALE 145 5471 SALE 130 5471 PURCHASE 100 5471 PURCHASE 201 5471 SALE 800 5473 PURCHASE 8 5473 PURCHASE 8 5473 PURCHASE 25 5473 PURCHASE 624 5473 PURCHASE 1498 5473 SALE 1397 5474 SALE 1000 5474 SALE 482 5474 SALE 381 5474 SALE 246 5474 SALE 171 5474 SALE 1821 5475 SALE 1771 5475 SALE 1531 5475 SALE 1356 5475 SALE 1299 5475 SALE 1187 5475 SALE 1117 5475 SALE 1095 5475 SALE 1000 5475 SALE 1000 5475 SALE 937 5475 SALE 864 5475 SALE 791 5475 SALE 702 5475 SALE 627 5475 SALE 622 5475 SALE 468 5475 SALE 417 5475 SALE 400 5475 SALE 400 5475 SALE 400 5475 SALE 385 5475 SALE 362 5475 SALE 353 5475 SALE 341 5475 SALE 325 5475 SALE 294 5475 SALE 290 5475 SALE 290 5475 SALE 270 5475 SALE 247 5475 SALE 246 5475 SALE 238 5475 SALE 233 5475 SALE 205 5475 SALE 204 5475 SALE 203 5475 SALE 200 5475 SALE 180 5475 SALE 171 5475 SALE 121 5475 SALE 115 5475 SALE 107 5475 SALE 89 5475 SALE 52 5475 SALE 26 5475 SALE 15 5475 PURCHASE 15 5475 PURCHASE 205 5475 PURCHASE 385 5475 PURCHASE 627 5475 PURCHASE 1117 5475 PURCHASE 1187 5475 SALE 606 5476 SALE 545 5476 SALE 400 5476 SALE 374 5476 SALE 170 5476 SALE 144 5476 SALE 42 5476 SALE 30 5476 PURCHASE 240 5476 PURCHASE 255 5476 PURCHASE 500 5476 PURCHASE 662 5476 PURCHASE 1086 5476 SALE 816 5478 SALE 2358 5479 SALE 626 5479 SALE 570 5479 SALE 300 5479 PURCHASE 504 5479 PURCHASE 614 5479 PURCHASE 542 5480 SALE 400 5481 SALE 98 5481 SALE 2416 5482 SALE 64 5482 SALE 52 5482 SALE 747 5483 PURCHASE 499 5484 PURCHASE 190 5485 SALE 257 5487 SALE 103 5487 SALE 1791 5488 PURCHASE 9 5488 PURCHASE 10 5488 PURCHASE 10 5488 PURCHASE 24 5488 PURCHASE 648 5488 PURCHASE 2164 5488 SALE 779 5489 SALE 373 5489 SALE 269 5489 SALE 163 5489 SALE 53 5489 SALE 670 5490 SALE 287 5490 PURCHASE 400 5490 SALE 1845 5491 SALE 1200 5491 SALE 1191 5491 SALE 977 5491 SALE 840 5491 SALE 800 5491 SALE 482 5491 SALE 383 5491 SALE 318 5491 PURCHASE 120 5491 PURCHASE 128 5491 PURCHASE 390 5491 PURCHASE 568 5491 PURCHASE 800 5491 PURCHASE 269 5492 PURCHASE 444 5492 PURCHASE 758 5492 PURCHASE 800 5492 SALE 343 5493 SALE 339 5493 SALE 298 5493 SALE 258 5493 SALE 191 5493 SALE 100 5493 SALE 100 5493 SALE 91 5493 PURCHASE 290 5493 PURCHASE 311 5493 SALE 389 5494 PURCHASE 75 5494 PURCHASE 173 5494 SALE 2683 5495 SALE 1376 5495 SALE 1035 5495 SALE 1000 5495 SALE 941 5495 SALE 160 5495 SALE 109 5495 SALE 62 5495 SALE 53 5495 SALE 38 5495 SALE 33 5495 SALE 14 5495 PURCHASE 46 5495 PURCHASE 350 5495 PURCHASE 2683 5495 PURCHASE 76 5496 PURCHASE 300 5496 PURCHASE 833 5496 SALE 1024 5497 PURCHASE 738 5497 SALE 1068 5498 SALE 400 5498 SALE 100 5498 SALE 610 5499 SALE 603 5500 SALE 586 5500 SALE 405 5500 SALE 218 5500 SALE 191 5500 SALE 54 5500 SALE 44 5500 SALE 41 5500 SALE 17 5500 PURCHASE 357 5500 PURCHASE 713 5500 PURCHASE 1640 5500 SALE 588 5501 SALE 10 5501 PURCHASE 372 5501 PURCHASE 2726 5501 PURCHASE 75 5502 PURCHASE 300 5502 PURCHASE 300 5502 PURCHASE 618 5502 SALE 715 5503 SALE 558 5503 SALE 316 5503 SALE 1243 5504 SALE 77 5504 SALE 76 5504 SALE 62 5504 PURCHASE 4 5504 PURCHASE 249 5504 PURCHASE 400 5504 PURCHASE 517 5504 PURCHASE 713 5504 PURCHASE 1740 5504 PURCHASE 275 5505 PURCHASE 929 5505 PURCHASE 1000 5505 PURCHASE 2597 5505 SALE 644 5506 SALE 246 5506 SALE 106 5506 SALE 82 5506 PURCHASE 6 5506 PURCHASE 20 5506 PURCHASE 75 5506 PURCHASE 152 5506 PURCHASE 170 5506 PURCHASE 173 5506 PURCHASE 324 5506 PURCHASE 407 5506 SALE 976 5507 SALE 257 5507 SALE 118 5507 SALE 76 5507 PURCHASE 12 5507 PURCHASE 75 5507 PURCHASE 75 5507 PURCHASE 713 5507 PURCHASE 1058 5507 PURCHASE 50 5508 PURCHASE 840 5508 PURCHASE 1129 5508 PURCHASE 1138 5508 SALE 1000 5509 SALE 1000 5509 SALE 213 5509 SALE 26 5509 PURCHASE 403 5509 PURCHASE 428 5509 PURCHASE 461 5509 SALE 2722 5510 SALE 1287 5510 SALE 625 5510 PURCHASE 9 5510 PURCHASE 300 5510 PURCHASE 300 5510 PURCHASE 663 5510 SALE 404 5511 PURCHASE 300 5511 SALE 811 5512 SALE 697 5512 SALE 670 5512 SALE 529 5512 SALE 443 5512 SALE 224 5512 SALE 100 5512 PURCHASE 10 5512 PURCHASE 31 5512 PURCHASE 240 5512 PURCHASE 600 5512 PURCHASE 945 5512 PURCHASE 1736 5512 SALE 713 5513 SALE 713 5513 SALE 539 5513 SALE 449 5513 SALE 272 5513 SALE 75 5513 SALE 1636 5514 PURCHASE 750 5514 PURCHASE 2720 5514 SALE 374 5515 SALE 285 5515 SALE 67 5515 PURCHASE 1000 5515 SALE 868 5516 SALE 713 5516 SALE 415 5516 SALE 385 5516 SALE 241 5516 SALE 180 5516 SALE 1110 5517 SALE 38 5517 PURCHASE 75 5517 PURCHASE 1048 5517 SALE 2701 5518 SALE 17 5518 PURCHASE 645 5518 SALE 500 5519 PURCHASE 6 5519 PURCHASE 7 5519 PURCHASE 46 5519 PURCHASE 54 5519 PURCHASE 75 5519 PURCHASE 111 5519 PURCHASE 323 5519 PURCHASE 1000 5519 SALE 1741 5520 SALE 144 5520 PURCHASE 526 5520 PURCHASE 1045 5520 SALE 1110 5521 SALE 400 5521 SALE 100 5521 SALE 100 5521 SALE 100 5521 SALE 100 5521 SALE 56 5521 SALE 631 5522 SALE 49 5522 PURCHASE 1000 5522 SALE 14053 5523 SALE 9774 5523 SALE 9543 5523 SALE 173 5523 PURCHASE 166 5523 PURCHASE 171 5523 SALE 1340 5524 SALE 141 5524 PURCHASE 75 5525 PURCHASE 300 5525 TOTAL PURCHASE 372,523 TOTAL SALE 464,202 (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 13 FEBRUARY 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:
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