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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 \* TName of exempt principal trader ABN AMRO Equities Australia Limited---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Company dealt in BHP Billiton Ltd---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Class of relevant security to which the Ordinary Shares dealings being disclosed relate (Note 1)---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Date of dealing 29 July 2008---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\* T 2. INTERESTS, SHORT POSITIONS AND RIGHTS TO SUBSCRIBE (a) Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class of relevantsecurity dealt in (Note 2) \* T Long Short-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Number (%) Number (%)--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------(1) Relevant securities 3,814,733 0.11366628 2238720 0.0667064--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------(2) Derivatives (other than options) 1,355,324 0.040384121 1783725 0.053149--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell 1,080,162 0.032185214 1508000 0.0449334--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Total 6,250,219 0.186235615 5530445 0.1647888--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\* T (b) Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company, otherthan the class dealt in (Note 2) \* T Class of relevant security: Long Short-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Number (%) Number (%)--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------(1) Relevant securities 0 (0%) 0 (0%)--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------(2) Derivatives (other than options) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell 0 (0%) 0 (0%)--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Total 0 (0%) 0 (0%)--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\* T (c) Rights to subscribe (Note 2) \* TClass of relevant security: Details---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\* T 3. DEALINGS (Note 3) (a) Purchases and sales \* T Purchases Number of securities Price per unit (AUD)Purchase 253909 38Purchase 421 38.01Purchase 568 38.02Purchase 408 38.03Purchase 103 38.04Purchase 430 38.05Purchase 1319 38.06Purchase 3288 38.09Purchase 1262 38.1Purchase 1844 38.12Purchase 3616 38.13Purchase 6175 38.14Purchase 2793 38.15Purchase 9986 38.16Purchase 467 38.17Purchase 150 38.18Purchase 281 38.19Purchase 1000 38.2Purchase 979 38.21Purchase 2807 38.22Purchase 2598 38.24Purchase 34233 38.25Purchase 2041 38.26Purchase 771 38.27Purchase 842 38.28Purchase 3896 38.29Purchase 5394 38.3Purchase 3014 38.31Purchase 231979 38.32Purchase 5900 38.33Purchase 5793 38.34Purchase 13152 38.35Purchase 7450 38.36Purchase 6912 38.37Purchase 13064 38.38Purchase 5564 38.39Purchase 17686 38.4Purchase 32641 38.41Purchase 11383 38.42Purchase 8682 38.43Purchase 1938 38.44Purchase 7853 38.45Purchase 2571 38.46Purchase 456 38.47Purchase 1410 38.48Purchase 1403 38.49Purchase 46064 38.5 766496\* T \* T Sales Number of securities Price per unit (AUD)Sale 253909 38Sale 3003 38.02Sale 1000 38.04Sale 2076 38.06Sale 25000 38.12Sale 2580 38.15Sale 21694 38.25Sale 6029 38.26Sale 30000 38.2656Sale 1365 38.27Sale 1161 38.28Sale 39 38.29Sale 14287 38.3Sale 6285 38.31Sale 226602 38.32Sale 200 38.34Sale 890 38.35Sale 527 38.37Sale 5992 38.38Sale 2000 38.39Sale 4205 38.4Sale 215 38.42Sale 54 38.43Sale 200 38.45Sale 1000 38.47Sale 3250 38.51Sale 200 38.54 613763\* T (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options) \* TProduct name, Long/short (Note 5) Number of securities (Note 6) Price per unit (Note 4) AUDe.g. CFD--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------BHPKZL Long (buy) 1000 4.22--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------BHPKZL Long (buy) 2000 4.31--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------BHPKZK Short (sell) 350 15.05--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------BHPKZI Long (buy) 2400 7.12--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------BHPKZI Long (buy) 1000 7.19--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------BHPKZI Short (sell) 2500 7.15--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------BHPJZU Short (sell) 1500 10.29--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------BHPIZZ Short (sell) 1350 18.95--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\* T (c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities (i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying \* TProduct name, Writing, Number of Exercise Type, e.g. Expiry Option moneye.g. call option selling, securities to price American, date paid/received purchasing, which the option European per unit varying etc. relates (Note 6) etc. (Note 4) AUD--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Sep 08 Put Selling 500000 38.00 American 25/9/08 2.60--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Sep 08 Put Purchasing 500000 38.00 American 25/9/08 2.60--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\* T (ii) Exercising \* TProduct name, e.g. call option Number of securities Exercise price per unit (Note 4)---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\* T (d) Other dealings (including new securities) (Note 3) \* TNature of transaction (Note 7) Details Price per unit (if applicable) (Note 4)---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\* T 4. OTHER INFORMATION Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives \* TFull details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding between the person disclosing and any other person relating to the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option referred to on this form or relating to the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative referred to on this form is referenced. If none, this should be stated.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\* T Is a Supplemental Form 38.5(b) attached? (Note 8) YES/NO \* TDate of disclosure 30 July 2008---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Contact name Oliver Bainbridge - Kirit Devshi---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Telephone number (020) 7678 5898---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Name of offeree/offeror with which connected RIO TINTO---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Nature of connection (Note 9) Advisor---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\* T Notes: The Notes on Form 38.5(b) can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's websiteat www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk SUPPLEMENTAL FORM 8 DETAILS OF OPEN POSITIONS (This form should be attached to Form 8.1, Form 8.1(b)(ii) or Form 8.3, as appropriate) OPEN POSITIONS (Note 1) \* TProduct name, Written or Number of Exercise price Type, e.g. Expiry datee.g. call option purchased securities to (Note 2) American, which the option European or derivative etc. relates-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Sep 08 Put Written 15000 39.00 American 25/9/08-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Aug 08 Put Purchased 100,000 35.00 American 28/8/08-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Sep 08 Call Purchased 943,000 0.01 European 25/09/08-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Dec 08 Call Written 1,300,000 0.01 European 21/12/08-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Dec 08 Call Written 100,000 0.01 European 21/12/08-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Aug 08 Put Purchased 3,000 38.00 American 28/8/08-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Aug 08 Put Purchased 1,000 38.00 American 28/8/08-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Aug 08 Put Purchased 4,000 38.00 American 28/8/08------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Jun 08 Put Written 11,563 35.06 European 30/06/2008-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Jul 09 Put Written 12,824 38.99 European 1/07/2009-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Jul 09 Call Purchased 12,824 50.69 European 1/07/2009-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Jun 09 Put Written 21,514 46.48 European 26/06/2009-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Jun 10 Put Written 75,000 17.00 American 30/06/2010------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------BHP Swap Short 13,990 5/9/08-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------BHP Swap Short 10,520 5/9/08-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------BHP Swap Short 310 5/9/08-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------BHP Swap Short 2,970 5/9/08-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------BHP Swap Short 2,340 5/9/08-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------BHP Swap Short 630 5/9/08-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------BHP Swap Short 4,190 5/9/08-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------BHP Swap Long 327,792 5/9/08-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------BHP Swap Long 1,022,208 5/9/08-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\* T Notes 1. Where there are open option positions or open derivative positions (exceptfor CFDs), full details should be given. Full details of any existing agreementsto purchase or to sell should also be given on this form. 2. For all prices and other monetary amounts, the currency must be stated. For details of the Code's dealing disclosure requirements, see Rule 8 and itsNotes which can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website atwww.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk Copyright Business Wire 2008Related Shares:
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