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Credit Suisse Equities (Australia)15 February 2008 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 INFORMATIONName of exempt principal trader Credit Suisse Equities (Australia) LimitedCompany dealt in BHP Billiton LimitedClass of relevant security to which the dealings being Ordinary Sharesdisclosed relate (Note 1)Date of dealing 14-Feb-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 387,830 0.011 1,054,158 0.031(2) Derivatives (other than options)(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sellTotal 387,830 0.011 1,054,158 0.031 (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(1) Relevant Securities(2) Derivatives (other than options)(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sellTotal (c) Rights to subscribe (Note 2)Class of relevant security: Details 3. DEALINGS (Note 3)(a) Purchases and salesPurchase/sale Number of securities Price per unit (Note 4)Purchase 4003 39.03Purchase 8166 39.03Purchase 10000 39.03Purchase 19200 39.03Purchase 250 39.03Purchase 88 39.03Purchase 500 39.03Purchase 37 39.03Purchase 7756 39.03Purchase 244 39.03Purchase 756 39.03Purchase 5608 39.03Purchase 10000 39.03Purchase 150 39.03Purchase 1000 39.03Purchase 3242 39.03Purchase 3000 39.03Purchase 4378 38.87Purchase 11 38.87Purchase 7 38.87Purchase 562 38.87Purchase 738 38.87Purchase 734 38.87Purchase 36 38.87Purchase 2000 38.87Purchase 141 38.87Purchase 1700 38.87Purchase 80 38.87Purchase 400 38.87Purchase 1467 38.87Purchase 987 38.87Purchase 1340 38.87Purchase 860 38.87Purchase 1500 38.87Purchase 34 38.87Purchase 136 38.87Purchase 1000 38.87Purchase 1889 38.87Purchase 3111 38.87Purchase 245 38.87Purchase 10000 38.87Purchase 10000 38.87Purchase 2000 38.87Purchase 1411 38.87Purchase 12087 38.87Purchase 46 38.87Purchase 10000 38.87Purchase 1100 38.87Purchase 5037 38.8Purchase 250 38.8Purchase 200 38.8Purchase 143 38.8Purchase 57 38.8Purchase 1000 38.8Purchase 250 38.8Purchase 329 38.8Purchase 2584 38.77Purchase 3400 38.77Purchase 1274 38.8Purchase 3000 38.79Purchase 9295 38.73Purchase 705 38.73Purchase 5984 38.74Purchase 5129 38.74Purchase 468 38.83Purchase 450 38.83Purchase 356 38.83Purchase 3000 38.83Purchase 2000 38.84Purchase 722 38.8Purchase 489 38.8Purchase 4000 38.8Purchase 2000 38.84Purchase 4274 38.84Purchase 1200 38.8Purchase 1176 38.79Purchase 3824 38.78Purchase 4702 38.78Purchase 649 38.75Purchase 156 38.75Purchase 100 38.75Purchase 500 38.75Purchase 500 38.75Purchase 387 38.75Purchase 555 38.75Purchase 500 38.75Purchase 1200 38.75Purchase 155 38.75Purchase 9000 38.7Purchase 1000 38.69Purchase 1473 38.7Purchase 1027 38.7Purchase 800 38.69Purchase 800 38.69Purchase 200 38.69Purchase 200 38.69Purchase 3576 38.68Purchase 698 38.68Purchase 4415 38.63Purchase 585 38.62Purchase 4274 38.51Purchase 4274 38.5Purchase 347 38.65Purchase 29 38.65Purchase 896 38.65Purchase 502 38.65Purchase 2500 38.65Purchase 3640 38.69Purchase 135 38.69Purchase 3775 38.68Purchase 1000 38.68Purchase 305 38.68Purchase 2186 38.68Purchase 4274 38.68Purchase 4702 38.6Purchase 4274 38.54Purchase 443 38.54Purchase 1238 38.54Purchase 2521 38.54Purchase 500 38.54Purchase 272 38.48Purchase 431 38.48Purchase 10000 38.48Purchase 1905 38.46Purchase 357 38.46Purchase 1000 38.46Purchase 200 38.46Purchase 3527 38.48Purchase 1 38.48Purchase 5129 38.5Purchase 2883 38.48Purchase 4274 38.48Purchase 4702 38.48Purchase 3139 38.47Purchase 1563 38.47Purchase 18 38.44Purchase 576 38.44Purchase 341 38.44Purchase 800 38.44Purchase 500 38.44Purchase 500 38.44Purchase 417 38.44Purchase 1977 38.44Purchase 299 38.45Purchase 2948 38.45Purchase 63 38.45Purchase 200 38.45Purchase 764 38.45Purchase 1300 38.44Purchase 783 38.44Purchase 1990 38.44Purchase 331 38.44Purchase 298 38.44Purchase 4702 38.44Purchase 4702 38.4Purchase 4274 38.4Purchase 4274 38.44Purchase 4274 38.4Purchase 4114 38.4Purchase 160 38.39Purchase 3856 38.48Purchase 4274 38.48Purchase 5129 38.5Purchase 4017 38.39Purchase 1 38.38Purchase 256 38.38Purchase 4273 38.39Purchase 1 38.38Purchase 4,702 38.39Purchase 429 38.40Purchase 149 38.40Purchase 200 38.40Purchase 500 38.40Purchase 1,000 38.40Purchase 1,629 38.40Purchase 367 38.40Purchase 500 38.37Purchase 100 38.37Purchase 17 38.37Purchase 229 38.37Purchase 826 38.38Purchase 100 38.38Purchase 3,348 38.38Purchase 4,274 38.37Purchase 4,274 38.37Purchase 140 38.34Purchase 270 38.34Purchase 1,100 38.34Purchase 89 38.32Purchase 82 38.32Purchase 387 38.32Purchase 200 38.31Purchase 54 38.31Purchase 174 38.29Purchase 3,000 38.29Purchase 722 38.29Purchase 163 38.29Purchase 1,000 38.29Purchase 6 38.29Purchase 5 38.29Purchase 2,806 38.29Purchase 3,083 38.37Purchase 6 38.37Purchase 5 38.37Purchase 1,180 38.37Purchase 2 38.36Purchase 3,955 38.36Purchase 317 38.36Purchase 3,835 38.34Purchase 439 38.33Purchase 1,148 38.33Purchase 1,500 38.33Purchase 32 38.33Purchase 6 38.33Purchase 1,588 38.33Purchase 231 38.37Purchase 3,808 38.37Purchase 894 38.37Purchase 7,394 38.36Purchase 300 38.36Purchase 6 38.34Purchase 5 38.34Purchase 4,460 38.34Purchase 189 38.34Purchase 4,940 38.34Purchase 4,274 38.31Purchase 341 38.30Purchase 1,500 38.30Purchase 1,500 38.30Purchase 1,788 38.29Purchase -682 38.29Purchase 682 38.29Purchase 2,253 38.29Purchase 1,339 38.29Purchase 242 38.27Purchase 1,412 38.25Purchase 4,274 38.27Purchase 2,000 38.25Purchase 1,754 38.25Purchase 1,774 38.28Purchase 2,500 38.28Purchase 2,874 38.29Purchase 1,400 38.29Purchase 8 38.28Purchase 2,500 38.28Purchase 12 38.28Purchase 16 38.28Purchase 2,381 38.28Purchase 21 38.26Purchase 407 38.26Purchase 6 38.26Purchase 950 38.26Purchase 323 38.25Purchase 300 38.25Purchase 125 38.25Purchase 97 38.25Purchase 2,760 38.25Purchase 5 38.25Purchase 1,236 38.25Purchase 3,055 38.24Purchase 4,274 38.24Purchase 2,274 38.24Purchase 2,000 38.24Purchase 4,702 38.22Purchase 4,702 38.22Purchase 4,274 38.22Purchase 6,411 38.24Purchase 4,274 38.23Purchase 1,267 38.28Purchase 7 38.28Purchase 3,000 38.28Purchase 2,366 38.29Purchase 4,702 38.30Purchase 360 38.29Purchase 300 38.29Purchase 4,274 38.29Purchase 3,402 38.26Purchase 872 38.26Purchase 5,129 38.23Purchase 56 38.31Purchase 376 38.31Purchase 6 38.31Purchase 3,836 38.31Purchase 5,197 38.38Purchase 100 38.38Purchase 260 38.38Purchase 1,745 38.37Purchase 1,000 38.37Purchase 1,529 38.37Purchase 4,274 38.37Purchase 4,702 38.37Purchase 4,702 38.37Purchase 4,702 38.38Purchase 1,762 38.34Purchase 2,512 38.34Purchase 423 38.33Purchase 5,000 38.33Purchase 990 38.28Purchase 232 38.28Purchase 194 38.28Purchase 997 38.28Purchase 4,274 38.28Purchase 5,557 38.28Purchase 1,686 38.27Purchase 88 38.27Purchase 2,500 38.27Purchase 698 38.28Purchase 1,576 38.28Purchase 2,000 38.28Purchase 249 38.27Purchase 1,865 38.27Purchase 2,000 38.27Purchase 160 38.27Purchase 13 38.26Purchase 476 38.26Purchase 2,117 38.26Purchase 1,668 38.26Purchase 1,181 38.26Purchase 1,647 38.26Purchase 300 38.26Purchase 1,000 38.26Purchase 1,001 38.26Purchase 507 38.19Purchase 1,000 38.19Purchase 2,600 38.19Purchase 380 38.19Purchase 850 38.19Purchase 500 38.19Purchase 615 38.19Purchase 1,000 38.19Purchase 1,000 38.19Purchase 255 38.19Purchase 55 38.19Purchase 250 38.19Purchase 250 38.19Purchase 400 38.19Purchase 200 38.19Purchase 300 38.19Purchase 100 38.19Purchase 1,000 38.19Purchase 300 38.19Purchase 300 38.19Purchase 250 38.19Purchase 1,000 38.19Purchase 40 38.19Purchase 350 38.19Purchase 100 38.19Purchase 2,398 38.19Purchase 56,000 38.28Purchase 50,000 38.34Purchase 3,705 38.28Purchase 3,614 38.29Purchase 1,908 38.28Purchase 1,886 38.25Purchase 2,890 38.26Purchase 1,865 38.28Purchase 1,766 38.28Purchase 2,887 38.27Purchase 682 38.29Purchase 10,000 36.86Sale -2,394 38.27Sale -83 38.27Sale -500 39.03Sale -35,118 39.03Sale -125 39.03Sale -1,332 38.88Sale -23 38.62Sale -577 38.59Sale -100 38.60Sale -200 38.60Sale -18 38.60Sale -22 38.60Sale -72 38.61Sale -11 38.61Sale -291 38.66Sale -507 38.67Sale -4,302 38.67Sale -74 38.66Sale -1,436 38.66Sale -100 38.67Sale -150 38.67Sale -100 38.67Sale -106 38.68Sale -45 38.68Sale -239 38.68Sale -239 38.68Sale -11 38.68Sale -2,000 38.52Sale -6,390 38.50Sale -2,434 38.40Sale -334 38.41Sale -232 38.41Sale -2,000 38.41Sale -897 38.34Sale -32 38.34Sale -71 38.34Sale -929 38.34Sale -225 38.34Sale -130 38.34Sale -258 38.34Sale -240 38.34Sale -718 38.34Sale -1,578 38.38Sale -3,948 38.38Sale -100 38.27Sale -14 38.27Sale -9 38.27Sale -1,817 38.21Sale -142 38.22Sale -727 38.22Sale -35 38.25Sale -179 38.25Sale -100 38.25Sale -1,882 38.18Sale -7 38.20Sale -100 38.26Sale -11 38.26Sale -644 38.31Sale -1,095 38.31Sale -761 38.31Sale -3,000 38.36Sale -2,500 38.23Sale -2,286 38.28Sale -214 38.29Sale -2,500 38.30Sale -10,000 36.86TOTAL BUYS:789420 TOTAL SELLS:98714 (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) (c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varyingProduct Writing, selling, Number of securities to Exercise Type, e.g. Expiry Option money paid/name,e.g. call purchasing, varying which the option relates price American, date received per unitoption etc. (Note 6) European etc. (Note 4) (ii) ExercisingProduct 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 :AMENDMENT- SEE OPTIONSAgreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivativesNONE Is a Supplemental Form 38.5(b) attached? (Note 8) NO Date of disclosure 15-Feb-2008Contact name Collins, CarolynTelephone number 44 20 7888 0241Name of offeree/offeror with which connected Rio Tinto PlcNature of connection (Note 9) ADVISOR Notes The Notes on Form 38.5(b) can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website at http://www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk/. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
BHP Group