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EPT Disclosure

22nd Sep 2008 11:26

RNS Number : 9576D

Credit Suisse Equities (Australia)

22 September 2008

4FORM 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 disclosed relate (Note 1)	Ordinary Shares
Date of dealing	19-09-2008

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			8189012	0.244
(2) Derivatives (other than options)
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell
Total			8189012	0.244

(b) Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company, other than the class dealt in (Note 2)

Class Of Relevant Security : Ordinary Shares	Long	Short
(1) Relevant Securities
(2) Derivatives (other than options)
(3) Options and agreements to purchasesell
Total

Class of relevant security:	Details

3. DEALINGS (Note 3)

(a) Purchases and sales

Purchase/sale	Number of securities	Price per unit (Note 4)
	5,546	35.40
Purchase	100	35.40
Purchase	646	35.40
Purchase	4,985	35.40
Purchase	1,500	35.40
Purchase	8,000	35.40
Purchase	32,010	35.40
Purchase	42,230	35.40
Purchase	2,769	35.39
Purchase	621	35.39
Purchase	162	35.39
Purchase	448	35.36
Purchase	59	35.53
Purchase	81	35.53
Purchase	10	35.52
Purchase	16,938	35.55
Purchase	370	35.55
Purchase	25,000	35.55
Purchase	1,342	35.55
Purchase	222	35.55
Purchase	222	35.55
Purchase	15,000	35.55
Purchase	74	35.55
Purchase	1,500	35.55
Purchase	953	35.55
Purchase	15	35.55
Purchase	1,832	35.55
Purchase	1,000	35.55
Purchase	5,000	35.55
Purchase	73	35.55
Purchase	146	35.55
Purchase	146	35.55
Purchase	7,179	35.55
Purchase	7,032	35.55
Purchase	812	35.55
Purchase	73	35.55
Purchase	2,000	35.55
Purchase	2,256	35.55
Purchase	1,038	35.55
Purchase	3,000	35.55
Purchase	1,185	35.55
Purchase	36	35.55
Purchase	6	35.55
Purchase	73	35.55
Purchase	73	35.55
Purchase	73	35.55
Purchase	6,500	35.55
Purchase	73	35.55
Purchase	5,000	35.55
Purchase	215	35.55
Purchase	73	35.55
Purchase	70	35.55
Purchase	7,032	35.55
Purchase	222	35.54
Purchase	958	35.53
Purchase	219	35.53
Purchase	12,450	35.53
Purchase	68	35.53
Purchase	904	35.53
Purchase	67	35.52
Purchase	229	35.52
Purchase	69	35.52
Purchase	105	35.56
Purchase	200	35.56
Purchase	82	35.54
Purchase	72	35.54
Purchase	88	35.54
Purchase	772	35.45
Purchase	73	35.45
Purchase	561	35.45
Purchase	1,297	35.45
Purchase	284	35.45
Purchase	73	35.45
Purchase	782	35.45
Purchase	6	35.45
Purchase	5,000	35.45
Purchase	191	35.44
Purchase	73	35.44
Purchase	770	35.44
Purchase	1,300	35.44
Purchase	73	35.42
Purchase	685	35.42
Purchase	240	35.42
Purchase	438	35.42
Purchase	517	35.42
Purchase	2,466	35.42
Purchase	1,140	35.44
Purchase	2,380	35.40
Purchase	33,708	35.50
Purchase	4,000	35.50
Purchase	1,108	35.50
Purchase	1,364	35.50
Purchase	148	35.50
Purchase	948	35.50
Purchase	74	35.50
Purchase	74	35.50
Purchase	2,773	35.50
Purchase	2,790	35.50
Purchase	1	35.50
Purchase	1	35.50
Purchase	500	35.50
Purchase	63	35.50
Purchase	1,185	35.45
Purchase	561	35.45
Purchase	74	35.45
Purchase	628	35.45
Purchase	47,640	35.70
Purchase	120	35.70
Purchase	21,514	35.73
Purchase	1,296	35.73
Purchase	2,205	35.73
Purchase	18,148	35.83
Purchase	1,415	35.83
Purchase	1,153	35.83
Purchase	219	35.83
Purchase	10,000	35.83
Purchase	310	35.83
Purchase	907	35.83
Purchase	73	35.83
Purchase	73	35.83
Purchase	3,256	35.83
Purchase	1,371	35.83
Purchase	1,369	35.83
Purchase	73	35.83
Purchase	1,376	35.83
Purchase	1,370	35.83
Purchase	1,394	35.83
Purchase	73	35.83
Purchase	752	35.83
Purchase	66	35.83
Purchase	4,093	35.83
Purchase	495	35.83
Purchase	1,400	35.83
Purchase	396	35.83
Purchase	164	35.83
Purchase	54	35.83
Purchase	250	35.73
Purchase	292	35.73
Purchase	292	35.73
Purchase	17,000	35.73
Purchase	146	35.73
Purchase	3,000	35.73
Purchase	1,222	35.73
Purchase	2	35.73
Purchase	750	35.73
Purchase	1,300	35.73
Purchase	43	35.73
Purchase	688	35.73
Purchase	110	35.70
Purchase	73	35.70
Purchase	321	35.70
Purchase	300	35.70
Purchase	73	35.70
Purchase	3	35.70
Purchase	860	35.70
Purchase	500	35.70
Purchase	1,724	35.74
Purchase	10,000	35.74
Purchase	73	35.74
Purchase	1,400	35.74
Purchase	73	35.74
Purchase	2,500	35.74
Purchase	4,000	35.74
Purchase	146	35.74
Purchase	10,000	35.74
Purchase	200	35.74
Purchase	11,000	35.74
Purchase	494	35.74
Purchase	73	35.74
Purchase	73	35.74
Purchase	6,994	35.74
Purchase	741	35.74
Purchase	73	35.74
Purchase	95	35.74
Purchase	300	35.74
Purchase	41	35.74
Purchase	6,788	35.75
Purchase	6,604	35.75
Purchase	6,771	35.75
Purchase	8,558	35.75
Purchase	6,848	35.75
Purchase	4,430	35.75
Purchase	694	35.75
Purchase	1,000	35.75
Purchase	561	35.75
Purchase	39	35.75
Purchase	3,387	35.75
Purchase	514	35.74
Purchase	935	35.74
Purchase	750	35.73
Purchase	514	35.73
Purchase	750	35.72
Purchase	146	35.72
Purchase	36	35.72
Purchase	652	35.72
Purchase	23	35.72
Purchase	43,467	35.75
Purchase	429	35.75
Purchase	5,155	35.75
Purchase	561	35.75
Purchase	91	35.74
Purchase	297	35.74
Purchase	46,928	35.69
Purchase	72	35.69
Purchase	3,000	35.69
Purchase	1	35.83
Purchase	65	35.83
Purchase	34	35.83
Purchase	1,772	35.88
Purchase	324	35.88
Purchase	486	35.88
Purchase	969	35.88
Purchase	969	35.88
Purchase	7,478	35.88
Purchase	191	35.88
Purchase	77	35.88
Purchase	1,313	35.87
Purchase	1,020	35.85
Purchase	5,000	35.85
Purchase	9,113	35.85
Purchase	200	35.84
Purchase	13	35.84
Purchase	2,641	35.84
Purchase	204	35.83
Purchase	706	35.83
Purchase	102	35.83
Purchase	500	35.83
Purchase	649	35.83
Purchase	81	35.82
Purchase	81	35.82
Purchase	1	35.82
Purchase	6,363	35.82
Purchase	1,300	35.81
Purchase	150	35.81
Purchase	81	35.81
Purchase	2,945	36.10
Purchase	724	36.10
Purchase	581	36.10
Purchase	84	36.10
Purchase	3	36.10
Purchase	84	36.10
Purchase	168	36.10
Purchase	1,329	36.10
Purchase	500	36.10
Purchase	1,019	36.10
Purchase	168	36.10
Purchase	1,500	36.10
Purchase	2,000	36.10
Purchase	280	36.10
Purchase	450	36.10
Purchase	4,000	36.10
Purchase	210	36.10
Purchase	3,000	36.10
Purchase	1,000	36.10
Purchase	1,000	36.10
Purchase	423	36.10
Purchase	300	36.10
Purchase	2,500	36.10
Purchase	1,386	36.09
Purchase	2,500	36.09
Purchase	500	36.07
Purchase	1,000	36.06
Purchase	5,000	36.06
Purchase	392	36.06
Purchase	500	36.06
Purchase	200	36.06
Purchase	249	36.05
Purchase	1,117	36.05
Purchase	10,000	36.05
Purchase	865	36.05
Purchase	2,000	36.05
Purchase	1,219	36.05
Purchase	107	36.05
Purchase	250	36.05
Purchase	100	36.05
Purchase	249	36.04
Purchase	1,001	36.04
Purchase	200	36.04
Purchase	10,000	36.04
Purchase	3,873	36.04
Purchase	1,785	36.03
Purchase	1,301	36.02
Purchase	1,064	36.02
Purchase	610	35.80
Purchase	21	35.80
Purchase	569	35.90
Purchase	541	35.92
Purchase	219	35.89
Purchase	38	35.85
Purchase	152	35.87
Purchase	83	35.82
Purchase	142	35.84
Purchase	176	35.86
Purchase	58	35.87
Purchase	670	35.97
Purchase	28	35.96
Purchase	213	35.97
Purchase	648	35.90
Purchase	670	35.82
Purchase	662	35.80
Purchase	221	35.74
Purchase	73	35.74
Purchase	2	35.73
Purchase	679	35.72
Purchase	318	35.70
Purchase	232	35.70
Purchase	303	35.70
Purchase	230	35.73
Purchase	326	35.73
Purchase	209	35.62
Purchase	817	35.71
Purchase	378	35.70
Purchase	1	35.76
Purchase	122	35.76
Purchase	68	35.76
Purchase	77	35.75
Purchase	274	35.73
Purchase	50	35.70
Purchase	71	35.70
Purchase	1	35.70
Purchase	717	35.58
Purchase	1	35.58
Purchase	144	35.58
Purchase	4,014	35.45
Purchase	400,000	33.83
Purchase	600,000	34.71
Purchase	4,800	34.88
Purchase	-164	35.48
Sale	-106	35.48
Sale	-260	35.50
Sale	-2,822	35.75
Sale	-209	35.62
Sale	-1,120	35.40
Sale	-1	35.40
Sale	-6,619	35.40
Sale	-500	35.40
Sale	-2,829	35.40
Sale	-204	35.45
Sale	-73	35.45
Sale	-40	35.45
Sale	-20	35.48
Sale	-140	35.48
Sale	-429	35.48
Sale	-44	35.48
Sale	-26	35.48
Sale	-54	35.48
Sale	-1,000	35.48
Sale	-194	35.48
Sale	-5	35.48
Sale	-1,744	35.48
Sale	-4,482	35.48
Sale	-1	35.48
Sale	-1,274	35.48
Sale	-7,295	35.64
Sale	-1	35.64
Sale	-1	35.64
Sale	-3,000	35.64
Sale	-1	35.64
Sale	-500	35.64
Sale	-130	35.64
Sale	-1,193	35.64
Sale	-4	35.64
Sale	-20	35.64
Sale	-420	35.64
Sale	-7,418	35.64
Sale	-16	35.65
Sale	-1	35.65
Sale	-1,000	35.53
Sale	-106	35.75
Sale	-1,100	35.75
Sale	-700	35.75
Sale	-1,219	35.75
Sale	-1,970	35.75
Sale	-8	35.75
Sale	-4	35.75
Sale	-4	35.75
Sale	-2,995	35.75
Sale	-6,007	35.75
Sale	-2	35.75
Sale	-1	35.75
Sale	-180	35.75
Sale	-5,000	35.75
Sale	-10	35.75
Sale	-10,679	35.75
Sale	-1,993	35.75
Sale	-78,480	35.60
Sale	-10,000	35.60
Sale	-4	35.60
Sale	-35	35.60
Sale	-2	35.60
Sale	-3,796	35.60
Sale	-600	35.62
Sale	-3,791	35.62
Sale	-125	35.62
Sale	-35	35.62
Sale	-2,923	35.62
Sale	-2,222	35.75
Sale	-1,000	35.75
Sale	-150	35.75
Sale	-1,000	35.75
Sale	-10,000	35.75
Sale	-137	35.75
Sale	-100	35.75
Sale	-13,066	35.75
Sale	-500	35.75
Sale	-100,000	34.51
Sale	-70,000	36.40

TOTAL BUYS: 1780291

TOTAL SELLS: 375304

(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)

(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Product name,e.g. call option	Writing, selling, purchasing, varying etc.	Number of securities to which the option relates (Note 6)	Exercise price	Type, e.g. American, European etc.	Expiry date	Option money paid/received per unit (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

Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives

Full 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.

Is a Supplemental Form 38.5(b) attached? (Note 8) No

Date of disclosure	20-09-2008
Contact name	Carolyn Collins/Simon Crawley
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 www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.

This information is provided by RNS

The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

END

EMMILFFIAEIFFIT

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