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UBS Securities LLC30 April 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 INFORMATION Name of exempt principal trader UBS Securities LLC Company dealt in Rio Tinto PLC (ISIN US7672041008) Ordinary shares dealt in ADR formClass of relevant security to which thedealings being disclosed relate (Note 1) ADR (1 ADR = 4 Ords) Date of dealing 29 APRIL 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 15048 Ords - 4556 Ords 0.00 (equivalent (equivalent to 3762 ADRs) to 1139 ADRs) (2) Derivatives (other than - - - -options) (3) Options and agreements to 0 Ords - 0 Ords -purchase/sell (equivalent (equivalent to 0 ADRs to 0 ADRs) Total 15048 Ords - 4556 0.00 (equivalent Ords to 3762 ADRs) (equivalent to 1139 ADRs) (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 thanoptions) (3) Options and agreements topurchase/sell Total (c) Rights to subscribe (Note 2)Class of relevant security: Details 3. DEALINGS (Note 3) (a) Purchases and sales Buy/Sell Equivalent Trade Price (USD) Ord QuantityB 5512 477.281B 4400 473.154B 400 470B 21168 473.348B 2400 475.202B 6216 473.917B 35524 472.79S 5872 475.624S 2800 473.083S 20072 474.722S 2000 471.918S 28164 472.515S 1240 472.611S 15472 473.005Total Buys 75620Total Sells 75620 (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)Product name, e.g Long/short (Note 5) Number of securities Price per unitCFD (Note 6) (Note 4) (c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities (i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying Product Writing, Number of Exercise Type, e.g. Expiry Optionname,e.g. selling, securities price American, date money paid/call purchasing, to which the European received peroption varying etc option etc. unit (Note relates 4) (Note 6) (ii) Exercising Product name, e.g. call Number of securities Exercise price per unitoption (Note 4) (d) Other dealings (including new securities) (Note 3) Nature of transaction Details Price per unit (if applicable)(Note 7) 4. OTHER INFORMATION Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives Full details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding between the persondisclosing and any other person relating to the voting rights of any relevantsecurities under any option referred to on this form or relating to the votingrights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which anyderivative referred to on this form is referenced. If none, this should bestated. .............................................................................. .............................................................................. Is a Supplemental Form 38.5(b) attached? (Note 8) NO Date of disclosure 30 APRIL 2008 Contact name Richard Mulcahy Telephone number 203 719 0467 Name of offeree/offeror with which connected BHP Billiton Nature of connection (Note 9) Connected Adviser Notes The Notes on Form 38.5(b) can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website atwww.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
Rio Tinto