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UBS Securities LLC06 March 2008 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 Securities LLC Company dealt in BHP Billiton Limited (ISIN US0886061086)Class of relevant security to which the dealings being disclosed relate (Note 1) Ordinary shares dealt in ADR form ADR (1 ADR = 2 Ords) Date of dealing 05 March 2008 2. INTERESTS, SHORT POSITIONS AND RIGHTS TO SUBSCRIBE (a) Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class ofrelevant security dealt in (Note 2) Long Short Number (%) Number (%) (1) Relevant securities 570538 Ords 16800 Ords (equivalent to (equivalent to 8400 ADRs) 285269ADRs) (2) Derivatives (other than options) - - - -(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell 644600 ORDS 1242200 (equivalent to Ords (equivalent to 322300 621100 ADRs) ADRs) Total 1215138 Ords 0.04 1259000 Ords (equivalent to 0.04 (equivalent to 629500 ADRs) 607569 ADRs) (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 than options) (3) Options and agreements topurchase/sell Total (c) Rights to subscribe (Note 2) Class of relevant security: Details 3. DEALINGS (Note 3) (a) Purchases and sales Buy/Sell No of Trade Price Securities (USD)B 2400 74.214B 9600 73.984B 400 74.23B 2260 73.267B 400 74.51B 74834 73.672B 1200 74.513B 2820 74.365B 9474 73.792S 16600 73.703S 600 72.92S 18900 73.796S 11662 73.499S 10312 74.03S 13334 73.79S 9400 73.771S 1320 74.296S 2000 74.38S 16892 74.039Total Buys 103388Total Sells 101020 (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options) Product name, Long/short (Note 5) Number of securities (Note 6) Price per unit (Note 4) e.g. CFD (c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities (i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying Product B/S No of Exercise Type Expiration Securities Price (USD)CALL B 200 75 American 3/22/2008CALL B 600 75 American 3/22/2008CALL B 800 75 American 3/22/2008CALL B 800 75 American 3/22/2008CALL B 2000 75 American 3/22/2008CALL B 1000 75 American 3/22/2008CALL B 400 75 American 3/22/2008CALL B 400 75 American 3/22/2008CALL B 400 75 American 3/22/2008CALL B 400 75 American 3/22/2008CALL B 200 75 American 3/22/2008CALL B 600 75 American 3/22/2008CALL B 2600 80 American 3/22/2008CALL B 200 80 American 3/22/2008CALL B 400 75 American 4/19/2008CALL B 400 75 American 4/19/2008CALL B 600 80 American 4/19/2008CALL B 800 80 American 4/19/2008CALL B 400 80 American 4/19/2008CALL B 400 80 American 4/19/2008CALL B 200 70 American 5/17/2008CALL B 800 75 American 5/17/2008CALL B 1400 75 American 5/17/2008CALL B 1600 75 American 5/17/2008CALL B 200 80 American 5/17/2008CALL B 2200 90 American 5/17/2008CALL B 200 90 American 8/16/2008CALL B 1600 95 American 8/16/2008CALL B 2000 95 American 8/16/2008CALL B 6400 95 American 8/16/2008CALL B 2000 70 American 1/17/2009CALL B 2000 75 American 1/17/2009CALL B 2000 80 American 1/17/2009CALL B 200 80 American 1/17/2009CALL B 2000 80 American 1/17/2009CALL B 2000 90 American 1/17/2009CALL B 2000 95 American 1/17/2009CALL B 2000 95 American 1/17/2009CALL B 2000 100 American 1/16/2010CALL S 400 70 American 3/22/2008CALL S 600 70 American 3/22/2008CALL S 800 70 American 4/19/2008CALL S 1000 80 American 4/19/2008CALL S 200 75 American 8/16/2008CALL S 2000 80 American 1/17/2009PUT B 200 60 American 5/17/2008PUT S 400 65 American 3/22/2008PUT S 200 75 American 3/22/2008PUT S 4600 80 American 3/22/2008PUT S 4000 60 American 5/17/2008PUT S 200 65 American 5/17/2008PUT S 200 65 American 5/17/2008 (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 Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives Full details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding between the person disclosing and any other personrelating to the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option referred to on this form or relatingto the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivativereferred to on this form is referenced. If none, this should be stated. Is a Supplemental Form 38.5(b) attached? (Note 8) YES Date of disclosure 06 MARCH 2008Contact name Richard MulcahyTelephone number 203 719 0467Name of offeree/offeror with which connected BHP BillitonNature 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 SUPPLEMENTAL FORM 38.5(b) DETAILS OF OPEN POSITIONS (This form should be attached to Form 38.5(b)) OPEN POSITIONS (Note 1) Product Purchased or No of Exercise Type Expiration Price (USD) Written Securities Price (USD)CALL Purchased 4200 105 American 1/17/2009 3.00CALL Purchased 1800 115 American 1/17/2009 1.45CALL Purchased 3200 125 American 1/17/2009 1.10CALL Purchased 3200 135 American 1/17/2009 0.65CALL Purchased 12800 140 American 1/17/2009 0.40CALL Purchased 400 20 American 1/17/2009 52.50CALL Purchased 200 40 American 1/17/2009 35.10CALL Purchased 2200 55 American 1/17/2009 21.30CALL Purchased 6400 60 American 1/17/2009 20.50CALL Purchased 7400 75 American 1/17/2009 11.50CALL Purchased 45000 80 American 1/17/2009 9.40CALL Purchased 23000 90 American 1/17/2009 6.10CALL Purchased 800 50 American 1/16/2010 30.20CALL Purchased 4400 80 American 1/16/2010 14.00CALL Purchased 3600 95 American 1/16/2010 7.30CALL Purchased 10200 70 American Mar-08 5.41CALL Purchased 38400 75 American Mar-08 2.35CALL Purchased 2400 85 American Mar-08 0.10CALL Purchased 200 70 American Apr-08 6.90CALL Purchased 3600 75 American Apr-08 4.20CALL Purchased 16800 80 American Apr-08 2.15CALL Purchased 2600 105 American May-08 0.10CALL Purchased 27000 110 American May-08 0.05CALL Purchased 2800 55 American May-08 20.00CALL Purchased 2800 70 American May-08 8.00CALL Purchased 30600 80 American May-08 3.10CALL Purchased 12000 85 American May-08 1.85CALL Purchased 5800 90 American May-08 0.90CALL Purchased 1800 95 American May-08 0.60CALL Purchased 1800 100 American Aug-08 1.40CALL Purchased 38400 60 American Aug-08 17.40CALL Purchased 1200 75 American Aug-08 8.60CALL Purchased 36200 80 American Aug-08 6.00CALL Purchased 2800 85 American Aug-08 4.30CALL Purchased 6000 90 American Aug-08 3.10CALL Purchased 7400 95 American Aug-08 2.25CALL Written -17000 100 American 1/17/2009 4.00CALL Written -2600 110 American 1/17/2009 2.50CALL Written -1400 120 American 1/17/2009 1.40CALL Written -5600 130 American 1/17/2009 0.85CALL Written -3000 30 American 1/17/2009 44.40CALL Written -31800 50 American 1/17/2009 27.26CALL Written -800 65 American 1/17/2009 16.70CALL Written -20800 70 American 1/17/2009 14.00CALL Written -2600 95 American 1/17/2009 4.90CALL Written -12000 100 American 1/16/2010 8.00CALL Written -2200 40 American 1/16/2010 37.50CALL Written -3000 60 American 1/16/2010 22.40CALL Written -11400 70 American 1/16/2010 18.41CALL Written -8800 90 American 1/16/2010 10.30CALL Written -25200 65 American Mar-08 9.50CALL Written -34200 67.5 American Mar-08 7.30CALL Written -34400 80 American Mar-08 0.60CALL Written -200 60 American Apr-08 14.70CALL Written -200 65 American Apr-08 10.50CALL Written -44200 85 American Apr-08 1.00CALL Written -39800 100 American May-08 0.40CALL Written -55200 60 American May-08 15.30CALL Written -55600 62.5 American May-08 13.30CALL Written -31800 65 American May-08 11.50CALL Written -23600 67.5 American May-08 9.70CALL Written -67000 75 American May-08 5.50CALL Written -6400 50 American Aug-08 25.30CALL Written -27000 55 American Aug-08 21.00CALL Written -32400 65 American Aug-08 13.70CALL Written -15200 70 American Aug-08 10.60PUT Purchased 4400 30 American 1/17/2009 0.45PUT Purchased 5000 40 American 1/17/2009 1.20PUT Purchased 13600 50 American 1/17/2009 2.75PUT Purchased 20000 55 American 1/17/2009 1.55PUT Purchased 8600 65 American 1/17/2009 7.00PUT Purchased 6400 75 American 1/17/2009 11.20PUT Purchased 10000 40 American 1/16/2010 0.15PUT Purchased 3600 80 American 1/16/2010 19.50PUT Purchased 200 90 American 1/16/2010 24.30PUT Purchased 800 50 American Mar-08 0.10PUT Purchased 10000 55 American Mar-08 0.05PUT Purchased 8200 60 American Mar-08 0.15PUT Purchased 34000 62.5 American Mar-08 0.15PUT Purchased 61800 65 American Mar-08 0.40PUT Purchased 29800 70 American Mar-08 1.00PUT Purchased 8000 80 American Mar-08 6.40PUT Purchased 1600 60 American Apr-08 0.65PUT Purchased 4200 62.5 American Apr-08 1.00PUT Purchased 20400 65 American Apr-08 1.40PUT Purchased 12000 67.5 American Apr-08 1.95PUT Purchased 2600 37.5 American May-08 0.10PUT Purchased 9400 40 American May-08 0.10PUT Purchased 1800 42.5 American May-08 0.15PUT Purchased 2000 45 American May-08 0.15PUT Purchased 6800 47.5 American May-08 0.30PUT Purchased 26800 50 American May-08 0.35PUT Purchased 29800 60 American May-08 1.15PUT Purchased 44600 62.5 American May-08 1.70PUT Purchased 60200 65 American May-08 2.20PUT Purchased 43200 70 American May-08 3.80PUT Purchased 37800 90 American May-08 17.70PUT Purchased 4000 100 American Aug-08 26.20PUT Purchased 32200 50 American Aug-08 1.10PUT Purchased 14200 55 American Aug-08 1.60PUT Purchased 29600 65 American Aug-08 4.30PUT Purchased 4400 67.5 American Aug-08 4.80PUT Purchased 11800 70 American Aug-08 5.70PUT Purchased 1000 85 American Aug-08 14.10PUT Purchased 2000 95 American Aug-08 21.70PUT Written -5000 20 American 1/17/2009 0.15PUT Written -25800 60 American 1/17/2009 5.30PUT Written -8200 70 American 1/17/2009 8.90PUT Written -25600 80 American 1/17/2009 14.90PUT Written -200 90 American 1/17/2009 20.80PUT Written -2800 50 American 1/16/2010 2.55PUT Written -1800 60 American 1/16/2010 8.50PUT Written -6400 70 American 1/16/2010 13.70PUT Written -9400 67.5 American Mar-08 0.65PUT Written -67000 75 American Mar-08 2.90PUT Written -3000 70 American Apr-08 2.55PUT Written -400 75 American Apr-08 4.71PUT Written -1000 30 American May-08 0.05PUT Written -200 32.5 American May-08 0.10PUT Written -19200 55 American May-08 0.70PUT Written -43400 67.5 American May-08 2.90PUT Written -5000 75 American May-08 5.60PUT Written -600 80 American May-08 8.50PUT Written -12200 85 American May-08 11.90PUT Written -6600 60 American Aug-08 2.60PUT Written -15800 75 American Aug-08 7.90PUT Written -15600 80 American Aug-08 10.80 Notes 1. Where there are open option positions or open derivative positions (exceptfor CFDs), full details should be given. Full details of any existingagreements to 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 Rules 8 and 38.5and their Notes which 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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