Become a Member

Track your favourite stocks
Create & monitor portfolios
Daily portfolio value

Company	Chg	Chg %
Quickpicks
£	%
Add shares to your quickpicks to display them here!

EPT Disclosure

1st Oct 2008 09:52

RNS Number : 7955E

Macquarie Group Limited

01 October 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	Macquarie Bank Limited
Company dealt in	BHP Billiton Plc
Class of relevant security to which the dealings being disclosed relate (Note 1)	Ordinary shares ISIN: GB0000566504
Date of dealing	30 September 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	1,537,030 0.06%
(2) Derivatives (other than options)		137,642 0.00%
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell	199,642 0.00%
Total	1,736,672 0.07%	137,642 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 than options)
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell
Total

Rights to subscribe (Note 2)

Class of relevant security:

Details

3. DEALINGS (Note 3)

Purchases and sales

See Annexure

(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)

Quantity

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) YES

Date of disclosure	1 October 2008
Contact name	Johanna Uy
Telephone number	+44 (0) 2030374339
Name of offeree/offeror with which connected	Rio Tinto Plc
Nature of connection (Note 9)	Connected principal trader

SUPPLEMENTAL FORM 38.5(b)

BLT.L

Call/Put	BuySell	Quantity	Strike	Amer/Euro	Expiry	ETO C/SIZE

Call Option	BUY	200000.00	13.43	European	20090511
Call Option	SELL	-175.00	14.00	American	20090320	1000
Call Option	SELL	-07.00	14.00	American	20090619	1000
Call Option	SELL	-15.00	13.00	American	20090619	1000

Annexure

Buy = 211538 Sell = 170817

Buy Sell	Exec Quantity	Exec Price

BUY	02.00	12.38
BUY	4638.00	12.38
BUY	2320.00	12.37
BUY	500.00	12.39
BUY	211.00	12.39
BUY	1609.00	12.39
BUY	1512.00	12.40
BUY	808.00	12.40
BUY	232.00	12.39
BUY	563.00	12.26
BUY	133.00	12.26
BUY	1392.00	12.27
BUY	232.00	12.30
BUY	593.00	12.31
BUY	497.00	12.31
BUY	464.00	12.30
BUY	43.00	12.29
BUY	584.00	12.29
BUY	1693.00	12.29
BUY	119.00	12.28
BUY	590.00	12.28
BUY	669.00	12.28
BUY	564.00	12.28
BUY	27.00	12.28
BUY	351.00	12.28
BUY	58.00	12.30
BUY	1000.00	12.30
BUY	564.00	12.30
BUY	760.00	12.30
BUY	1000.00	12.30
BUY	798.00	12.30
BUY	460.00	12.30
BUY	232.00	12.29
BUY	2011.00	12.35
BUY	469.00	12.35
BUY	765.00	12.26
BUY	354.00	12.26
BUY	1675.00	12.26
BUY	751.00	12.26
BUY	1880.00	12.26
BUY	900.00	12.26
BUY	1140.00	12.33
BUY	1065.00	12.33
BUY	647.00	12.33
BUY	1788.00	12.33
BUY	1000.00	12.35
BUY	41.00	12.26
BUY	2214.00	12.26
BUY	700.00	12.26
BUY	2060.00	12.26
BUY	3740.00	12.26
BUY	4640.00	12.26
BUY	1042.00	12.26
BUY	2193.00	12.26
BUY	1405.00	12.26
BUY	700.00	12.31
BUY	930.00	12.31
BUY	29.00	12.31
BUY	700.00	12.31
BUY	661.00	12.31
BUY	1620.00	12.31
BUY	4300.00	12.30
BUY	340.00	12.30
BUY	4640.00	12.30
BUY	700.00	12.31
BUY	900.00	12.31
BUY	720.00	12.31
BUY	1230.00	12.27
BUY	660.00	12.30
BUY	430.00	12.30
BUY	936.00	12.28
BUY	2473.00	12.28
BUY	532.00	12.28
BUY	699.00	12.28
BUY	2784.00	12.28
BUY	548.00	12.46
BUY	338.00	12.49
BUY	1308.00	12.46
BUY	1606.00	12.49
BUY	104.00	12.49
BUY	1200.00	12.49
BUY	626.00	12.48
BUY	552.00	12.49
BUY	110.00	12.49
BUY	104.00	12.49
BUY	200.00	12.49
BUY	1000.00	12.49
BUY	220.00	12.49
BUY	1810.00	12.49
BUY	169.00	12.49
BUY	1241.00	12.49
BUY	1121.00	12.50
BUY	3519.00	12.50
BUY	928.00	12.50
BUY	980.00	12.50
BUY	2450.00	12.50
BUY	282.00	12.50
BUY	4183.00	12.49
BUY	457.00	12.49
BUY	2088.00	12.49
BUY	1080.00	12.49
BUY	1050.00	12.49
BUY	422.00	12.49
BUY	1299.00	12.47
BUY	51.00	12.47
BUY	1750.00	12.47
BUY	1540.00	12.47
BUY	2088.00	12.45
BUY	834.00	12.45
BUY	141.00	12.45
BUY	38.00	12.45
BUY	834.00	12.45
BUY	241.00	12.45
BUY	464.00	12.44
BUY	265.00	12.33
BUY	1000.00	12.33
BUY	3375.00	12.33
BUY	464.00	12.36
BUY	1400.00	12.36
BUY	1600.00	12.36
BUY	1176.00	12.36
BUY	416.00	12.40
BUY	4224.00	12.40
BUY	464.00	12.39
BUY	1291.00	12.46
BUY	1865.00	12.46
BUY	1020.00	12.46
BUY	900.00	12.47
BUY	260.00	12.47
BUY	889.00	12.46
BUY	2591.00	12.46
BUY	96.00	12.46
BUY	04.00	12.46
BUY	900.00	12.46
BUY	2450.00	12.46
BUY	1190.00	12.46
BUY	500.00	12.45
BUY	928.00	12.46
BUY	1160.00	12.46
BUY	800.00	12.45
BUY	2552.00	12.46
BUY	200.00	12.45
BUY	100.00	12.45
BUY	3040.00	12.45
BUY	821.00	12.47
BUY	900.00	12.47
BUY	2400.00	12.47
BUY	1400.00	12.47
BUY	39.00	12.47
BUY	884.00	12.47
BUY	884.00	12.47
BUY	500.00	12.47
BUY	884.00	12.47
BUY	568.00	12.47
BUY	1000.00	12.47
BUY	52.00	12.47
BUY	3588.00	12.47
BUY	821.00	12.56
BUY	1963.00	12.56
BUY	1856.00	12.56
BUY	232.00	12.53
BUY	1776.00	12.58
BUY	124.00	12.58
BUY	884.00	12.58
BUY	700.00	12.58
BUY	924.00	12.58
BUY	2297.00	12.58
BUY	712.00	12.59
BUY	562.00	12.59
BUY	900.00	12.59
BUY	169.00	12.59
BUY	4640.00	12.53
BUY	297.00	12.55
BUY	232.00	12.57
BUY	928.00	12.57
BUY	232.00	12.56
BUY	1080.00	12.57
BUY	1400.00	12.57
BUY	07.00	12.57
BUY	1051.00	12.58
BUY	464.00	12.56
BUY	255.00	12.59
BUY	3000.00	12.60
BUY	334.00	12.60
BUY	500.00	12.42
BUY	155.00	12.36
BUY	845.00	12.36
BUY	900.00	12.45
BUY	732.00	12.45
BUY	2368.00	12.45
BUY	4500.00	12.48
SELL	-719.00	12.70
SELL	-333.00	12.70
SELL	-579.00	12.70
SELL	-3369.00	12.70
SELL	-75.00	12.70
SELL	-1000.00	12.70
SELL	-591.00	12.70
SELL	-3334.00	12.70
SELL	-7109.00	12.70
SELL	-09.00	12.70
SELL	-1000.00	12.70
SELL	-5058.00	12.70
SELL	-1824.00	12.70
SELL	-488.00	12.70
SELL	-736.00	12.70
SELL	-4458.00	12.70
SELL	-400.00	12.70
SELL	-6238.00	12.70
SELL	-1308.00	12.70
SELL	-1372.00	12.70
SELL	-636.00	12.70
SELL	-1248.00	12.70
SELL	-1945.00	12.70
SELL	-2000.00	12.70
SELL	-9171.00	12.70
SELL	-440.00	12.77
SELL	-480.00	12.77
SELL	-4080.00	12.77
SELL	-821.00	12.76
SELL	-821.00	12.76
SELL	-798.00	12.76
SELL	-1660.00	12.76
SELL	-817.00	12.76
SELL	-83.00	12.76
SELL	-734.00	12.76
SELL	-1183.00	12.76
SELL	-1102.00	12.76
SELL	-2598.00	12.76
SELL	-485.00	12.76
SELL	-3898.00	12.76
SELL	-821.00	12.76
SELL	-821.00	12.76
SELL	-688.00	12.76
SELL	-1377.00	12.76
SELL	-227.00	12.76
SELL	-383.00	12.74
SELL	-683.00	12.74
SELL	-1198.00	12.76
SELL	-386.00	12.76
SELL	-964.00	12.76
SELL	-821.00	12.76
SELL	-1183.00	12.76
SELL	-8334.00	12.75
SELL	-1000.00	12.75
SELL	-821.00	12.76
SELL	-1660.00	12.76
SELL	-1126.00	12.75
SELL	-46.00	12.75
SELL	-7461.00	12.75
SELL	-641.00	12.74
SELL	-2692.00	12.74
SELL	-1158.00	12.74
SELL	-1183.00	12.74
SELL	-3334.00	12.73
SELL	-992.00	12.73
SELL	-1000.00	12.73
SELL	-5000.00	12.73
SELL	-5000.00	12.73
SELL	-5000.00	12.74
SELL	-1568.00	12.75
SELL	-59.00	12.74
SELL	-1000.00	12.74
SELL	-182.00	12.74
SELL	-1239.00	12.74
SELL	-1000.00	12.74
SELL	-1520.00	12.74
SELL	-3432.00	12.75
SELL	-15.00	12.76
SELL	-2771.00	12.76
SELL	-2214.00	12.76
SELL	-98.00	12.77
SELL	-825.00	12.77
SELL	-301.00	12.77
SELL	-1101.00	12.77
SELL	-558.00	12.77
SELL	-202.00	12.77
SELL	-65.00	12.77
SELL	-350.00	12.77
SELL	-490.00	12.77
SELL	-119.00	12.77
SELL	-210.00	12.77
SELL	-681.00	12.77
SELL	-204.00	12.79
SELL	-700.00	12.79
SELL	-762.00	12.79
SELL	-821.00	12.79
SELL	-821.00	12.79
SELL	-24.00	12.79
SELL	-323.00	12.79
SELL	-1076.00	12.79
SELL	-269.00	12.79
SELL	-821.00	12.80
SELL	-1535.00	12.80
SELL	-350.00	12.80
SELL	-824.00	12.80
SELL	-415.00	12.80
SELL	-415.00	12.80
SELL	-207.00	12.80
SELL	-234.00	12.76
SELL	-798.00	12.76
SELL	-1000.00	12.76
SELL	-117.00	12.76
SELL	-199.00	12.76
SELL	-1050.00	12.76
SELL	-351.00	12.76
SELL	-1251.00	12.76
SELL	-176.00	12.72
SELL	-89.00	12.72
SELL	-274.00	12.72
SELL	-2091.00	12.72
SELL	-2370.00	12.72
SELL	-250.00	12.49
	00.00	OTC sale to custodian at market.
Total	40721.00

This information is provided by RNS

The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

END

EMMFSFSAFSASEIS

Related Shares:

FTSE 100 Latest

Value8,596.35

Change99.55