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EPT Disclosure

4th Aug 2008 11:17

RNS Number : 5571A

Credit Suisse Equities (Australia)

04 August 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	1-08-2008

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			12288091	0.366
(2) Derivatives (other than options)
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell
Total			12288091	0.366

(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	500		39.11
Purchase	3,307	39.11
Purchase	33,449	39.11
Purchase	5,000	39.11
Purchase	42,325	39.11
Purchase	969	38.90
Purchase	1,359	38.90
Purchase	353	38.90
Purchase	3,332	38.80
Purchase	667	38.80
Purchase	48	38.80
Purchase	115	38.80
Purchase	2,000	38.79
Purchase	200	38.79
Purchase	94	38.79
Purchase	19	38.79
Purchase	45,000	38.80
Purchase	5,000	38.80
Purchase	1,634	38.96
Purchase	225	38.96
Purchase	5	38.96
Purchase	136	38.96
Purchase	1,019	38.97
Purchase	1,533	38.97
Purchase	5,000	38.97
Purchase	200	39.04
Purchase	708	39.00
Purchase	997	39.00
Purchase	18	38.99
Purchase	146	38.99
Purchase	2	38.98
Purchase	146	38.98
Purchase	2	38.98
Purchase	18	38.98
Purchase	2	38.98
Purchase	300	38.98
Purchase	3	38.98
Purchase	3	38.98
Purchase	84	38.97
Purchase	195	38.97
Purchase	18	38.97
Purchase	725	38.97
Purchase	3	38.97
Purchase	30	38.97
Purchase	9,048	38.97
Purchase	5,109	38.99
Purchase	250	38.99
Purchase	16	38.99
Purchase	1,666	38.99
Purchase	2,717	38.99
Purchase	177	38.99
Purchase	458	38.99
Purchase	157	38.98
Purchase	303	38.98
Purchase	708	38.98
Purchase	4,154	38.95
Purchase	100	38.94
Purchase	167	38.94
Purchase	26	38.90
Purchase	100	38.90
Purchase	26	38.90
Purchase	1,648	38.90
Purchase	300	38.90
Purchase	2,900	38.90
Purchase	800	38.89
Purchase	84	38.89
Purchase	100	38.89
Purchase	250	38.80
Purchase	100	38.80
Purchase	300	38.80
Purchase	300	38.80
Purchase	3	38.80
Purchase	18	38.80
Purchase	25	38.80
Purchase	38	38.79
Purchase	200	38.81
Purchase	598	39.01
Purchase	175	39.01
Purchase	900	39.01
Purchase	1,000	39.01
Purchase	90	39.01
Purchase	3,973	39.01
Purchase	300	38.98
Purchase	116	38.98
Purchase	102	38.98
Purchase	5,410	39.00
Purchase	184	38.96
Purchase	10	38.96
Purchase	1,000	38.96
Purchase	292	38.96
Purchase	200	39.15
Purchase	4,162	39.74
Purchase	4,162	39.74
Purchase	4,162	39.74
Purchase	105	39.73
Purchase	9	39.73
Purchase	175	39.73
Purchase	461	39.73
Purchase	51	39.73
Purchase	3,777	39.73
Purchase	5,827	39.73
Purchase	5,827	39.73
Purchase	28	39.72
Purchase	7	39.72
Purchase	598	39.72
Purchase	683	39.72
Purchase	16	39.72
Purchase	76	39.72
Purchase	6	39.72
Purchase	250	39.72
Purchase	5	39.72
Purchase	2	39.72
Purchase	3	39.72
Purchase	11	39.72
Purchase	2,291	39.72
Purchase	186	39.71
Purchase	4,162	39.72
Purchase	4,162	39.72
Purchase	6,243	39.73
Purchase	1,928	39.73
Purchase	2,000	39.73
Purchase	400	39.73
Purchase	33	39.73
Purchase	12	39.73
Purchase	102	39.73
Purchase	500	39.73
Purchase	19	39.73
Purchase	4,162	39.75
Purchase	3,513	39.74
Purchase	250	39.74
Purchase	18	39.74
Purchase	347	39.74
Purchase	25	39.74
Purchase	9	39.74
Purchase	2,001	39.73
Purchase	126	39.73
Purchase	124	39.73
Purchase	40	39.73
Purchase	35	39.73
Purchase	8	39.73
Purchase	322	39.73
Purchase	1,506	39.73
Purchase	2,758	39.72
Purchase	12	39.72
Purchase	23	39.72
Purchase	339	39.72
Purchase	3	39.72
Purchase	1,027	39.71
Purchase	58	39.70
Purchase	3,000	39.70
Purchase	2	39.70
Purchase	4,140	39.73
Purchase	11	39.73
Purchase	11	39.73
Purchase	2,767	39.70
Purchase	57	39.79
Purchase	3,634	39.78
Purchase	386	39.78
Purchase	79	39.78
Purchase	19	39.78
Purchase	44	39.78
Purchase	1	40.00
Purchase	200,000	39.75
Sale	-242	38.85
Sale	-6	38.85
Sale	-200	38.81
Sale	-166	39.03
Sale	-13	39.04
Sale	-92	39.04
Sale	-76	39.04
Sale	-662	39.01
Sale	-10,000	39.00
Sale	-11	39.00
Sale	-200	39.15
Sale	-173	39.28
Sale	-34	39.59
Sale	-68	39.59
Sale	-32	39.59
Sale	-27	39.59
Sale	-500	39.73
Sale	-85	39.74
Sale	-154	39.74
Sale	-109	39.74
Sale	-638	39.74
Sale	-130	39.74
Sale	-9	39.73
Sale	-34	39.76
Sale	-231	39.85
Sale	-73	39.85
Sale	-981	39.88
Sale	-166	40.01
Sale	-343	40.01
Sale	35,000	36.24
Sale	-35,000	36.24
Sale	-300	38.85
Sale	-300	38.87
Sale	-12	38.85
Sale	-1	38.85
Sale	-64,254	38.85
Sale	-219	38.80
Sale	-1,000	38.80
Sale	-700	38.80
Sale	-10,000	38.80
Sale	-260	38.80
Sale	-1,000	38.80
Sale	-82	38.80
Sale	-50	38.80
Sale	-60	38.80
Sale	-600	38.80
Sale	-50	38.80
Sale	-11	38.81
Sale	-6	38.82
Sale	-63	38.83
Sale	-1	38.83
Sale	-6,473	38.84
Sale	-240	38.85
Sale	-100	39.00
Sale	-33,476	39.00
Sale	-1,000	39.00
Sale	-1	39.02
Sale	-1	39.02
Sale	-15,000	39.02
Sale	-5,000	39.03
Sale	-1	39.03
Sale	-220	39.03
Sale	-30	39.03
Sale	-420	39.04
Sale	-1,200	39.04
Sale	-203	39.04
Sale	-1	39.04
Sale	-921	39.04
Sale	-500	39.07
Sale	-739	39.09
Sale	-3,859	39.05
Sale	-10,000	39.05
Sale	-10,000	39.05
Sale	-1,141	39.05
Sale	-11,659	39.00
Sale	-132	39.00
Sale	-200	39.00
Sale	-16,716	39.00
Sale	-131	39.02
Sale	-500	39.02
Sale	-322	39.00
Sale	-10,000	39.00
Sale	-24,678	39.00
Sale	-216	39.00
Sale	-1,000	39.00
Sale	-33,784	39.00
Sale	-2,692	39.01
Sale	-1,200	39.01
Sale	-500	39.01
Sale	-608	39.01
Sale	-3,300	39.00
Sale	-1,200	39.00
Sale	-500	39.00
Sale	-4,083	38.96
Sale	-417	38.96
Sale	-500	38.96
Sale	-98	39.00
Sale	-5,755	39.00
Sale	-568	39.00
Sale	-8,402	39.00
Sale	-166	39.02
Sale	-6,811	39.02
Sale	-500	39.03
Sale	-165	39.03
Sale	-2,500	39.03
Sale	-24	39.03
Sale	-1,000	38.95
Sale	-500	39.00
Sale	-5,000	39.00
Sale	-300	39.00
Sale	-260	39.00
Sale	-25	39.00
Sale	-200	39.00
Sale	-50	39.00
Sale	-1,000	39.00
Sale	-1,000	39.00
Sale	-200	39.00
Sale	-1,000	39.00
Sale	-13	39.00
Sale	-115	39.00
Sale	-32	39.00
Sale	-250	39.00
Sale	-188	39.00
Sale	-15,575	39.15
Sale	-200	39.15
Sale	-125	39.15
Sale	-1,400	39.15
Sale	-1,000	39.15
Sale	-1,200	39.15
Sale	-500	39.15
Sale	-7,521	39.15
Sale	-28	39.15
Sale	-500	39.15
Sale	-600	39.15
Sale	-264	39.15
Sale	-1,800	39.15
Sale	-2,578	39.25
Sale	-1	39.25
Sale	-800	39.25
Sale	-1	39.26
Sale	-2	39.27
Sale	-5,000	39.27
Sale	-27	39.28
Sale	-506	39.28
Sale	-3,916	39.28
Sale	-600	39.28
Sale	-34	39.28
Sale	-450	39.28
Sale	-24,037	39.25
Sale	-4,815	39.25
Sale	-2,000	39.25
Sale	-587	39.25
Sale	-39	39.25
Sale	-50	39.25
Sale	-100	39.25
Sale	-300	39.26
Sale	-408	39.26
Sale	-15	39.26
Sale	-127	39.26
Sale	-253	39.26
Sale	-20	39.26
Sale	-1,162	39.52
Sale	-2,240	39.52
Sale	-92	39.52
Sale	-706	39.52
Sale	-800	39.52
Sale	-4,837	39.59
Sale	-2	39.60
Sale	-892	39.62
Sale	-907	39.63
Sale	-602	39.63
Sale	-2,385	39.75
Sale	-76	39.75
Sale	-611	39.79
Sale	-10,000	39.75
Sale	-15,000	39.75
Sale	-1,393	39.75
Sale	-4,757	39.75
Sale	-5,755	39.75
Sale	-24	39.75
Sale	-500	39.73
Sale	-25	39.75
Sale	-300	39.75
Sale	-74	39.75
Sale	-32	39.75
Sale	-32	39.75
Sale	-48	39.75
Sale	-32	39.75
Sale	-2,028	39.75
Sale	-500	39.75
Sale	-4,472	39.74
Sale	-5,000	39.74
Sale	-535	39.74
Sale	-38	39.74
Sale	-188	39.74
Sale	-97	39.74
Sale	-11	39.74
Sale	-231	39.74
Sale	-1,722	39.74
Sale	-740	39.74
Sale	-817	39.74
Sale	-459	39.74
Sale	-25	39.74
Sale	-84	39.74
Sale	-1,000	39.74
Sale	-873	39.74
Sale	-25	39.74
Sale	-66	39.74
Sale	-1	39.74
Sale	-500	39.74
Sale	-676	39.72
Sale	-200	39.72
Sale	-24	39.72
Sale	-5	39.73
Sale	-86	39.73
Sale	-346	39.76
Sale	-69	39.76
Sale	-198	39.76
Sale	-300	39.76
Sale	-53	39.76
Sale	-2,500	39.66
Sale	-126	39.82
Sale	-247	39.82
Sale	-627	39.82
Sale	-12	39.85
Sale	-1,741	39.85
Sale	-155	39.85
Sale	-147	39.85
Sale	-133	39.85
Sale	-24	39.85
Sale	-432	39.85
Sale	-36	39.86
Sale	-19	39.88
Sale	-3,035	40.01
Sale	-300	40.01
Sale	-12	40.01
Sale	-244	40.01
Sale	-900	40.01
Sale	-1,000	39.99
Sale	-554	39.88
Sale	-3,600	39.88
Sale	-46	39.88
Sale	-800	39.88
Sale	-1,277	39.88
Sale	-2,500	39.88
Sale	-800	39.88
Sale	-423	39.88
Sale	-400	39.85
Sale	-779	39.86
Sale	-50	39.86
Sale	-190	39.86
Sale	-150	39.86
Sale	-5,000	39.86
Sale	-3,831	39.86
Sale	-743,440	38.85
Sale	-56,560	38.85

TOTAL BUYS:486785

TOTAL SELLS:1319532

(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	4-08-2008
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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