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EPT Disclosure

31st Jul 2008 11:31

RNS Number : 3257A

Credit Suisse Equities (Australia)

31 July 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	30-July-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			11570983	0.345
(2) Derivatives (other than options)
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell
Total			11570983	0.345

(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)
Purchase	187		39.27
Purchase	3,976	39.27
Purchase	4,163	39.27
Purchase	4,163	39.30
Purchase	5,729	39.30
Purchase	1,200	39.30
Purchase	37	39.30
Purchase	203	39.30
Purchase	741	39.30
Purchase	1,290	39.32
Purchase	18	39.32
Purchase	150	39.32
Purchase	819	39.32
Purchase	1,886	39.32
Purchase	236	39.30
Purchase	87	39.30
Purchase	140	39.30
Purchase	400	39.30
Purchase	1,000	39.30
Purchase	2,000	39.30
Purchase	300	39.30
Purchase	4,163	39.27
Purchase	1,203	39.25
Purchase	1,028	39.25
Purchase	33	39.25
Purchase	7	39.25
Purchase	293	39.25
Purchase	2,015	39.25
Purchase	486	39.24
Purchase	455	39.24
Purchase	50	39.24
Purchase	342	39.24
Purchase	600	39.24
Purchase	1,600	39.24
Purchase	630	39.24
Purchase	3,193	39.24
Purchase	4,163	39.18
Purchase	546	39.20
Purchase	91	39.20
Purchase	3,526	39.20
Purchase	3,411	39.18
Purchase	752	39.18
Purchase	200	39.16
Purchase	575	39.16
Purchase	150	39.16
Purchase	45	39.16
Purchase	2,724	39.02
Purchase	529	39.02
Purchase	414	39.02
Purchase	86	39.02
Purchase	17	39.02
Purchase	14	39.02
Purchase	212	39.02
Purchase	17	39.02
Purchase	910	39.02
Purchase	1,321	39.02
Purchase	2,374	39.01
Purchase	2,205	39.01
Purchase	2,005	39.00
Purchase	16	39.00
Purchase	339	39.00
Purchase	90	39.00
Purchase	1,360	39.00
Purchase	86	39.00
Purchase	18	39.00
Purchase	41	39.00
Purchase	208	39.00
Purchase	87	38.98
Purchase	100	38.98
Purchase	58	38.98
Purchase	700	38.90
Purchase	500	38.90
Purchase	1,200	38.90
Purchase	86	38.90
Purchase	2,264	38.90
Purchase	4,163	38.91
Purchase	4,163	38.87
Purchase	3,032	38.94
Purchase	1,389	38.97
Purchase	1,500	38.97
Purchase	1,315	38.94
Purchase	250	38.94
Purchase	10,000	38.94
Purchase	8,000	38.94
Purchase	5,000	38.94
Purchase	1,000	38.94
Purchase	5,083	38.94
Purchase	10,000	38.94
Purchase	40,000	38.94
Purchase	5,977	38.94
Purchase	500	38.94
Purchase	205	38.94
Purchase	2,000	38.94
Purchase	5,000	38.94
Purchase	7,151	39.00
Purchase	4	39.00
Purchase	500	39.00
Purchase	19	39.00
Purchase	1,522	39.00
Purchase	46,711	39.00
Purchase	910	39.00
Purchase	250	39.00
Purchase	5,074	39.00
Purchase	102	39.00
Purchase	27	39.00
Purchase	5	39.00
Purchase	277	39.00
Purchase	1,714	39.00
Purchase	114	39.00
Purchase	4,050	39.00
Purchase	1,000	39.00
Purchase	450	39.00
Purchase	500	39.00
Purchase	220	39.00
Purchase	500	39.00
Purchase	200	39.00
Purchase	134	39.00
Purchase	1,000	39.00
Purchase	250	39.00
Purchase	100	39.00
Purchase	35	39.00
Purchase	623	39.00
Purchase	2,500	39.00
Purchase	1,250	39.00
Purchase	51	39.00
Purchase	500	39.00
Purchase	200	39.00
Purchase	35	39.00
Purchase	4,000	39.00
Purchase	1,000	39.00
Purchase	100	39.00
Purchase	200	39.00
Purchase	400	39.00
Purchase	400	39.00
Purchase	700	39.00
Purchase	530	39.00
Purchase	955	39.00
Purchase	69	39.00
Purchase	250	39.00
Purchase	25	39.00
Purchase	500	39.00
Purchase	1,000	39.00
Purchase	500	39.00
Purchase	250	39.00
Purchase	250	39.00
Purchase	500	39.00
Purchase	3,500	39.00
Purchase	500	39.00
Purchase	100	39.00
Purchase	5,856	38.99
Purchase	200	38.98
Purchase	105	38.98
Purchase	132	38.98
Purchase	900	38.94
Purchase	300	38.94
Purchase	388	38.94
Purchase	17	38.94
Purchase	33	38.94
Purchase	1,000	38.94
Sale	-70	39.10
Sale	-2,674	38.85
Sale	-26	39.00
Sale	-48	39.07
Sale	-30	39.05
Sale	-100	39.24
Sale	-749	39.20
Sale	-251	39.20
Sale	-1,000	39.15
Sale	-1,000	39.14
Sale	-250	39.18
Sale	-1,000	39.10
Sale	-473	39.10
Sale	-800	39.10
Sale	-727	39.10
Sale	-427	39.10
Sale	-900	39.10
Sale	-400	39.10
Sale	-16	39.10
Sale	-128	39.11
Sale	-59	39.11
Sale	-1,000	39.10
Sale	-4,000	38.85
Sale	-284	38.85
Sale	-42	38.85
Sale	-1,000	38.85
Sale	-35,000	39.00
Sale	-13,258	39.00
Sale	-19,377	39.00
Sale	-1,000	39.00
Sale	-421	39.00
Sale	-236	39.00
Sale	-158	39.00
Sale	-20	39.00
Sale	-504	39.00
Sale	-989	38.95
Sale	-11	38.95
Sale	-3,227	39.00
Sale	-8,918	39.00
Sale	-37	39.01
Sale	-420	39.01
Sale	-1,070	39.01
Sale	-24	39.01
Sale	-5,000	39.01
Sale	-5,747	39.01
Sale	-1,000	39.01
Sale	-107	39.01
Sale	-893	39.01
Sale	-1,000	39.08
Sale	-63	39.07
Sale	-1,056	39.07
Sale	-573	39.07
Sale	-184	39.07
Sale	-76	39.07
Sale	-1,413	39.04
Sale	-587	39.05
Sale	-970	39.05

TOTAL BUYS:289478

TOTAL SELLS:120793

(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	31-07-2008
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

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