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Macquarie Bank Ld06 December 2007 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 Capital Securities (Australia) Limited Company dealt in BHP Billiton Limited Class of relevant security to which the Ordinary shares ISIN: AU000000BHP4dealings being disclosed relate (Note 1) Date of dealing 05 December 2007 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 (2) Derivatives (other than options) (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell Total 0 0.00% 0 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 (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) See Annexure A (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 name, Writing, selling, Number of securities Exercise Type, e.g. Expiry Option money purchasing, to which the option American,e.g. call option varying etc. relates (Note 6) price European etc. date 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 relatingto the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option referred to on this form or relating to the votingrights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative referred to on this form isreferenced. If none, this should be stated. Is a Supplemental Form 38.5(b) attached? (Note 8) YES/NO Date of disclosure 06 December 2007 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 Notes The Notes on Form 38.5(b) can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website atwww.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk Annexure A: Purchase/sale Number of securities Price per unit (AUD) Sale 226 42.82Sale 113 42.82Sale 284 42.84Sale 196 42.9Sale 106 42.9Sale 349 42.92Sale 338 42.91Sale 423 42.88Sale 528 42.91Sale 463 42.95Sale 21 42.88Sale 420 42.88Sale 202 42.88Sale 187 42.88Sale 97 42.88Sale 554 42.9Sale 543 42.93Sale 534 42.94Sale 546 42.92Sale 28 42.95Sale 200 42.95Sale 297 42.95Sale 624 42.95Sale 549 42.97Sale 539 42.99Sale 612 43.01Sale 21 42.92Sale 700 42.9Sale 22 42.84Sale 713 42.84Sale 676 42.85Sale 401 42.88Sale 172 42.88Sale 64 42.88Sale 901 42.88Sale 514 42.86Sale 307 42.86Sale 894 42.8Sale 1238 42.8Sale 1024 42.83Sale 3106 42.7Sale 17972 42.866Purchase 152 42.84Purchase 4200 42.84Purchase 81 42.84Purchase 17 42.84Purchase 550 42.84Purchase 307 43.01Purchase 374 43Purchase 399 42.97Purchase 414 43Purchase 395 43Purchase 273 43.04Purchase 296 42.96Purchase 328 42.91Purchase 262 42.94Purchase 323 42.93Purchase 27 42.93Purchase 230 42.93Purchase 244 42.92Purchase 240 42.9Purchase 187 42.89Purchase 177 42.87Purchase 149 42.91Purchase 115 42.95Purchase 157 42.96Purchase 101 42.95Purchase 35 42.91Purchase 77 42.91Purchase 125 42.9Purchase 106 42.9Purchase 66 42.85Purchase 9 42.85Purchase 29 42.85Purchase 148 42.84Purchase 126 42.83Purchase 130 42.83Purchase 116 42.82Purchase 188 42.83Purchase 177 42.83Purchase 8 42.83Purchase 165 42.9Purchase 174 42.9Purchase 228 42.92Purchase 207 42.91Purchase 259 42.89Purchase 284 42.96Purchase 326 42.95Purchase 282 42.87Purchase 265 42.87Purchase 309 42.9Purchase 292 42.94Purchase 355 42.94Purchase 324 42.93Purchase 22 42.95Purchase 27 42.95Purchase 165 42.95Purchase 135 42.95Purchase 313 42.96Purchase 380 42.97Purchase 323 43Purchase 320 43.01Purchase 445 42.9Purchase 394 42.83Purchase 456 42.85Purchase 401 42.89Purchase 505 42.89Purchase 514 42.86Purchase 581 42.84Purchase 517 42.83Purchase 27 42.83Purchase 69 42.85Purchase 48 42.85Purchase 605 42.83Purchase 1917 42.7Purchase 19732 42.837 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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