16th Jan 2008 11:27
UBS AG (EPT)16 January 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 AG London BranchCompany dealt in Rio Tinto PLCClass of relevant security to which the 10p Ordinarydealings being disclosed relate (Note 1)Date of dealing 15 JANUARY 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 2,268,449 0.23% 0 0.00%(2) Derivatives (other thanoptions)(3) Options and agreements topurchase/sellTotal 2,268,449 0.23% 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 thanoptions)(3) Options and agreements topurchase/sellTotal (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) SALE 732 5000 pence PURCHASE 862 5004 PURCHASE 439 5006 PURCHASE 129 5007 PURCHASE 118 5008 PURCHASE 194 5008 PURCHASE 386 5008 PURCHASE 1000 5008 PURCHASE 130 5010 PURCHASE 138 5012 PURCHASE 187 5012 PURCHASE 279 5012 PURCHASE 447 5012 PURCHASE 271 5013 PURCHASE 294 5013 PURCHASE 299 5013 PURCHASE 400 5013 PURCHASE 1386 5013 SALE 562 5014 PURCHASE 575 5014 SALE 1430 5015 PURCHASE 149 5016 PURCHASE 266 5016 PURCHASE 310 5016 PURCHASE 794 5016 PURCHASE 850 5016 PURCHASE 800 5017 SALE 1927 5018 SALE 800 5018 SALE 104 5018 SALE 90 5018 PURCHASE 26 5018 PURCHASE 180 5018 PURCHASE 229 5018 PURCHASE 284 5018 PURCHASE 382 5018 PURCHASE 740 5018 PURCHASE 983 5018 PURCHASE 1053 5018 PURCHASE 1624 5018 SALE 2988 5019 SALE 2000 5019 SALE 540 5019 SALE 508 5019 SALE 492 5019 SALE 480 5019 SALE 270 5019 PURCHASE 7 5019 PURCHASE 16 5019 PURCHASE 61 5019 PURCHASE 84 5019 PURCHASE 168 5019 PURCHASE 574 5019 PURCHASE 1000 5019 SALE 434 5020 SALE 128 5020 PURCHASE 70 5020 PURCHASE 168 5020 PURCHASE 201 5020 PURCHASE 295 5020 PURCHASE 579 5020 SALE 2267 5021 SALE 1679 5021 SALE 623 5021 SALE 423 5021 SALE 312 5021 PURCHASE 497 5021 SALE 1444 5022 PURCHASE 42 5022 PURCHASE 114 5022 PURCHASE 121 5022 PURCHASE 144 5022 PURCHASE 168 5022 PURCHASE 235 5022 PURCHASE 390 5022 PURCHASE 420 5022 PURCHASE 469 5022 SALE 1312 5023 SALE 750 5023 SALE 585 5023 SALE 150 5023 SALE 19 5023 PURCHASE 100 5023 PURCHASE 111 5023 PURCHASE 187 5023 PURCHASE 479 5023 PURCHASE 756 5023 PURCHASE 800 5023 PURCHASE 1000 5023 PURCHASE 1761 5023 PURCHASE 3277 5023 SALE 1132 5024 SALE 827 5024 SALE 626 5024 SALE 278 5024 SALE 250 5024 SALE 150 5024 SALE 80 5024 PURCHASE 65 5024 PURCHASE 90 5024 PURCHASE 168 5024 PURCHASE 312 5024 PURCHASE 2200 5024 SALE 250 5025 SALE 110 5025 PURCHASE 100 5025 PURCHASE 104 5025 PURCHASE 104 5025 PURCHASE 168 5025 PURCHASE 168 5025 PURCHASE 210 5025 PURCHASE 268 5025 PURCHASE 292 5025 PURCHASE 400 5025 PURCHASE 400 5025 PURCHASE 500 5025 PURCHASE 950 5025 SALE 636 5026 SALE 421 5026 SALE 250 5026 SALE 59 5026 SALE 59 5026 PURCHASE 40 5026 PURCHASE 84 5026 PURCHASE 168 5026 PURCHASE 250 5026 PURCHASE 257 5026 PURCHASE 274 5026 PURCHASE 400 5026 PURCHASE 573 5026 PURCHASE 1000 5026 PURCHASE 1600 5026 PURCHASE 1701 5026 SALE 935 5027 SALE 461 5027 PURCHASE 29 5027 PURCHASE 36 5027 PURCHASE 59 5027 PURCHASE 60 5027 PURCHASE 101 5027 PURCHASE 761 5027 PURCHASE 800 5027 PURCHASE 2000 5027 SALE 700 5028 PURCHASE 34 5028 PURCHASE 749 5028 SALE 1100 5029 SALE 548 5029 SALE 173 5029 SALE 141 5029 SALE 70 5029 SALE 14 5029 SALE 7 5029 PURCHASE 30 5029 PURCHASE 192 5029 SALE 949 5030 SALE 461 5030 SALE 329 5030 SALE 311 5030 PURCHASE 250 5030 SALE 563 5031 SALE 96 5031 PURCHASE 250 5031 PURCHASE 268 5031 PURCHASE 300 5031 PURCHASE 400 5031 PURCHASE 932 5031 SALE 390 5032 PURCHASE 128 5032 PURCHASE 346 5032 PURCHASE 390 5032 PURCHASE 400 5032 PURCHASE 51 5033 PURCHASE 123 5033 SALE 368 5034 SALE 120 5034 SALE 270 5035 PURCHASE 19 5035 PURCHASE 386 5035 SALE 534 5036 PURCHASE 580 5036 PURCHASE 1000 5036 SALE 1603 5037 SALE 1038 5037 SALE 350 5037 SALE 770 5038 SALE 150 5038 SALE 59 5038 SALE 59 5038 SALE 1000 5039 SALE 396 5039 SALE 353 5039 SALE 346 5039 SALE 249 5039 SALE 116 5039 PURCHASE 250 5039 SALE 2113 5040 SALE 1211 5040 SALE 605 5040 SALE 422 5040 SALE 390 5040 SALE 384 5040 SALE 382 5040 SALE 294 5040 SALE 277 5040 SALE 268 5040 SALE 50 5040 SALE 21 5040 PURCHASE 350 5040 PURCHASE 168 5041 PURCHASE 250 5041 PURCHASE 599 5041 SALE 780 5042 PURCHASE 43 5042 SALE 533 5043 PURCHASE 116 5043 PURCHASE 200 5043 PURCHASE 30 5045 PURCHASE 31 5045 PURCHASE 47 5045 PURCHASE 483 5045 PURCHASE 71 5046 PURCHASE 73 5046 PURCHASE 283 5046 PURCHASE 376 5046 PURCHASE 602 5046 PURCHASE 732 5046 PURCHASE 946 5046 SALE 303 5047 SALE 1061 5050 SALE 555 5050 SALE 443 5050 SALE 438 5050 SALE 400 5050 SALE 141 5050 SALE 32 5050 PURCHASE 13 5050 PURCHASE 18 5050 PURCHASE 25 5050 PURCHASE 37 5050 PURCHASE 63 5050 PURCHASE 201 5050 PURCHASE 226 5050 PURCHASE 513 5050 SALE 1979 5052 SALE 329 5052 SALE 156 5052 SALE 544 5053 SALE 12 5053 SALE 1000 5056 SALE 250 5057 PURCHASE 606 5057 SALE 471 5058 SALE 268 5058 PURCHASE 516 5058 PURCHASE 750 5058 SALE 1000 5059 SALE 646 5060 SALE 380 5060 SALE 361 5060 SALE 268 5060 SALE 10 5060 PURCHASE 4 5060 PURCHASE 56 5060 PURCHASE 77 5060 PURCHASE 200 5060 PURCHASE 279 5060 PURCHASE 422 5060 PURCHASE 439 5060 PURCHASE 507 5060 PURCHASE 624 5060 PURCHASE 700 5060 PURCHASE 823 5060 SALE 532 5061 PURCHASE 59 5061 PURCHASE 150 5061 PURCHASE 150 5061 PURCHASE 275 5061 PURCHASE 959 5061 SALE 1070 5062 PURCHASE 50 5062 PURCHASE 59 5062 PURCHASE 66 5062 PURCHASE 170 5062 PURCHASE 273 5062 PURCHASE 298 5062 PURCHASE 305 5062 PURCHASE 781 5062 SALE 904 5063 SALE 550 5063 PURCHASE 107 5064 PURCHASE 165 5064 PURCHASE 861 5064 PURCHASE 100 5065 PURCHASE 130 5065 PURCHASE 205 5065 PURCHASE 233 5065 PURCHASE 291 5065 PURCHASE 330 5065 PURCHASE 500 5065 PURCHASE 500 5065 PURCHASE 285 5066 PURCHASE 1531 5066 SALE 766 5067 SALE 766 5067 SALE 466 5067 SALE 428 5067 SALE 76 5067 PURCHASE 171 5068 SALE 362 5069 SALE 294 5069 SALE 666 5070 SALE 535 5070 PURCHASE 29 5070 PURCHASE 143 5070 PURCHASE 154 5070 PURCHASE 169 5070 PURCHASE 171 5070 PURCHASE 3268 5070 SALE 511 5071 SALE 225 5071 SALE 63 5071 PURCHASE 29 5071 PURCHASE 100 5071 PURCHASE 152 5071 PURCHASE 208 5071 PURCHASE 276 5071 PURCHASE 300 5071 SALE 1500 5072 PURCHASE 150 5072 PURCHASE 300 5072 SALE 1218 5073 SALE 300 5073 PURCHASE 100 5073 PURCHASE 162 5073 PURCHASE 694 5073 SALE 529 5074 SALE 487 5074 SALE 400 5074 SALE 400 5074 SALE 309 5074 SALE 198 5074 SALE 1755 5075 SALE 700 5075 SALE 611 5075 SALE 559 5075 SALE 489 5075 SALE 400 5075 SALE 400 5075 SALE 314 5075 SALE 303 5075 PURCHASE 2 5075 PURCHASE 40 5075 PURCHASE 46 5075 PURCHASE 70 5075 PURCHASE 154 5075 PURCHASE 174 5075 PURCHASE 301 5075 PURCHASE 413 5075 PURCHASE 765 5075 PURCHASE 931 5075 PURCHASE 1000 5075 PURCHASE 1500 5075 SALE 1611 5076 SALE 632 5076 SALE 132 5076 PURCHASE 995 5076 PURCHASE 1485 5076 SALE 1500 5077 SALE 361 5077 SALE 150 5077 PURCHASE 5 5077 PURCHASE 42 5077 PURCHASE 42 5077 PURCHASE 59 5077 PURCHASE 433 5077 PURCHASE 460 5077 PURCHASE 590 5077 PURCHASE 903 5077 PURCHASE 1320 5077 SALE 1160 5078 SALE 603 5078 PURCHASE 6 5078 PURCHASE 19 5078 PURCHASE 61 5078 PURCHASE 166 5078 PURCHASE 172 5078 PURCHASE 300 5078 PURCHASE 300 5078 PURCHASE 315 5078 PURCHASE 473 5078 PURCHASE 541 5078 PURCHASE 600 5078 PURCHASE 600 5078 PURCHASE 600 5078 PURCHASE 600 5078 PURCHASE 600 5078 PURCHASE 600 5078 PURCHASE 667 5078 PURCHASE 870 5078 SALE 705 5079 SALE 495 5079 SALE 468 5079 SALE 150 5079 PURCHASE 30 5079 PURCHASE 49 5079 PURCHASE 57 5079 PURCHASE 100 5079 PURCHASE 150 5079 PURCHASE 303 5079 PURCHASE 1127 5079 SALE 796 5080 SALE 666 5080 SALE 656 5080 SALE 500 5080 SALE 500 5080 SALE 491 5080 SALE 484 5080 SALE 435 5080 SALE 413 5080 SALE 357 5080 SALE 272 5080 PURCHASE 1000 5080 SALE 547 5081 SALE 541 5081 PURCHASE 56 5081 PURCHASE 68 5081 PURCHASE 331 5081 PURCHASE 400 5081 PURCHASE 1124 5081 SALE 400 5082 SALE 210 5082 SALE 164 5082 PURCHASE 15 5082 PURCHASE 15 5082 PURCHASE 40 5082 PURCHASE 41 5082 PURCHASE 55 5082 PURCHASE 56 5082 PURCHASE 144 5082 PURCHASE 334 5082 PURCHASE 393 5082 PURCHASE 406 5082 PURCHASE 478 5082 PURCHASE 900 5082 SALE 1178 5083 SALE 183 5083 SALE 832 5084 SALE 680 5084 SALE 368 5084 SALE 350 5084 SALE 250 5084 SALE 250 5084 SALE 189 5084 PURCHASE 13 5084 PURCHASE 15 5084 PURCHASE 74 5084 PURCHASE 100 5084 PURCHASE 106 5084 PURCHASE 111 5084 PURCHASE 446 5084 SALE 500 5085 SALE 250 5085 SALE 150 5085 PURCHASE 42 5085 PURCHASE 60 5085 PURCHASE 100 5085 PURCHASE 176 5085 PURCHASE 242 5085 PURCHASE 434 5085 PURCHASE 468 5085 PURCHASE 494 5085 PURCHASE 500 5085 PURCHASE 735 5085 SALE 315 5086 SALE 235 5086 SALE 150 5086 SALE 122 5086 PURCHASE 220 5086 PURCHASE 368 5086 PURCHASE 446 5086 PURCHASE 900 5086 PURCHASE 1821 5086 SALE 865 5087 SALE 800 5087 PURCHASE 15 5087 PURCHASE 40 5087 PURCHASE 98 5087 PURCHASE 98 5087 PURCHASE 289 5087 PURCHASE 289 5087 PURCHASE 429 5087 PURCHASE 446 5087 PURCHASE 500 5087 PURCHASE 1288 5087 SALE 2948 5088 SALE 1723 5088 SALE 961 5088 SALE 841 5088 SALE 598 5088 SALE 368 5088 SALE 110 5088 SALE 103 5088 SALE 65 5088 SALE 17 5088 PURCHASE 24 5088 PURCHASE 65 5088 PURCHASE 69 5088 PURCHASE 100 5088 PURCHASE 124 5088 PURCHASE 712 5088 PURCHASE 1053 5088 PURCHASE 1442 5088 SALE 832 5089 SALE 420 5089 SALE 400 5089 SALE 112 5089 PURCHASE 24 5090 PURCHASE 229 5090 PURCHASE 230 5090 PURCHASE 305 5090 PURCHASE 343 5090 PURCHASE 493 5090 PURCHASE 646 5090 PURCHASE 680 5090 PURCHASE 1408 5090 PURCHASE 2946 5090 PURCHASE 15 5091 PURCHASE 68 5091 PURCHASE 76 5091 PURCHASE 105 5091 PURCHASE 177 5091 SALE 384 5092 PURCHASE 13 5092 PURCHASE 15 5092 PURCHASE 34 5092 PURCHASE 59 5092 PURCHASE 73 5092 PURCHASE 107 5092 PURCHASE 136 5092 PURCHASE 505 5092 PURCHASE 823 5092 SALE 308 5093 SALE 290 5093 SALE 246 5093 SALE 56 5093 PURCHASE 103 5093 PURCHASE 295 5093 PURCHASE 448 5093 PURCHASE 58 5094 PURCHASE 100 5094 PURCHASE 230 5094 PURCHASE 272 5094 PURCHASE 323 5094 PURCHASE 472 5094 PURCHASE 851 5094 PURCHASE 77 5095 PURCHASE 203 5095 PURCHASE 254 5095 SALE 331 5096 SALE 317 5096 SALE 181 5096 SALE 809 5097 SALE 455 5097 SALE 400 5097 SALE 29 5097 PURCHASE 13 5097 PURCHASE 57 5097 PURCHASE 59 5097 PURCHASE 448 5097 PURCHASE 488 5097 PURCHASE 501 5097 PURCHASE 519 5097 PURCHASE 800 5097 SALE 400 5098 SALE 185 5098 SALE 3 5098 PURCHASE 500 5098 PURCHASE 2249 5098 SALE 245 5099 SALE 200 5099 SALE 3563 5100 SALE 1776 5100 PURCHASE 15 5100 PURCHASE 41 5100 PURCHASE 181 5100 PURCHASE 432 5100 SALE 266 5101 PURCHASE 98 5101 PURCHASE 422 5101 SALE 229 5102 SALE 210 5102 SALE 31 5102 PURCHASE 16 5102 PURCHASE 533 5102 PURCHASE 701 5102 PURCHASE 872 5102 SALE 531 5103 SALE 229 5103 PURCHASE 29 5103 PURCHASE 69 5103 PURCHASE 122 5103 PURCHASE 428 5103 SALE 475 5104 SALE 224 5104 SALE 500 5105 PURCHASE 43 5105 PURCHASE 56 5105 PURCHASE 56 5105 PURCHASE 223 5105 PURCHASE 249 5105 PURCHASE 365 5105 PURCHASE 469 5105 PURCHASE 553 5105 PURCHASE 944 5105 PURCHASE 944 5105 SALE 599 5106 PURCHASE 126 5106 PURCHASE 1371 5106 SALE 444 5107 SALE 34 5107 PURCHASE 65 5107 PURCHASE 108 5107 PURCHASE 108 5107 PURCHASE 564 5107 PURCHASE 600 5109 PURCHASE 1462 5109 SALE 691 5110 SALE 509 5110 SALE 150 5110 PURCHASE 56 5110 PURCHASE 269 5110 PURCHASE 1065 5110 PURCHASE 2627 5110 SALE 459 5111 SALE 448 5111 SALE 400 5111 SALE 18 5111 PURCHASE 16 5111 PURCHASE 319 5111 SALE 891 5112 PURCHASE 57 5112 SALE 982 5113 PURCHASE 100 5113 PURCHASE 200 5113 PURCHASE 265 5113 SALE 2437 5114 SALE 356 5114 SALE 259 5114 SALE 240 5114 SALE 51 5114 PURCHASE 42 5114 PURCHASE 50 5114 PURCHASE 57 5114 PURCHASE 268 5114 PURCHASE 1094 5114 PURCHASE 1500 5114 SALE 1143 5115 SALE 469 5115 SALE 53 5115 PURCHASE 39 5115 PURCHASE 59 5115 PURCHASE 71 5115 PURCHASE 80 5115 PURCHASE 126 5115 PURCHASE 194 5115 PURCHASE 667 5115 PURCHASE 15 5116 PURCHASE 15 5116 PURCHASE 18 5116 PURCHASE 55 5116 PURCHASE 310 5116 PURCHASE 1245 5116 PURCHASE 41 5117 PURCHASE 41 5117 PURCHASE 48 5117 PURCHASE 56 5117 PURCHASE 57 5117 PURCHASE 66 5117 SALE 614 5118 PURCHASE 360 5118 PURCHASE 800 5118 SALE 598 5119 SALE 676 5120 SALE 546 5120 SALE 430 5120 SALE 384 5120 SALE 369 5120 SALE 357 5120 SALE 150 5120 SALE 51 5120 PURCHASE 354 5120 SALE 1041 5122 SALE 500 5122 SALE 268 5122 SALE 250 5122 SALE 109 5122 PURCHASE 66 5122 PURCHASE 643 5122 SALE 329 5123 PURCHASE 19 5123 PURCHASE 29 5123 PURCHASE 58 5123 PURCHASE 372 5123 SALE 268 5124 SALE 250 5124 SALE 197 5124 SALE 467 5125 PURCHASE 275 5126 PURCHASE 400 5126 PURCHASE 465 5126 SALE 551 5127 SALE 434 5127 SALE 422 5127 SALE 355 5127 PURCHASE 1000 5127 SALE 264 5128 PURCHASE 754 5128 SALE 1000 5129 PURCHASE 310 5129 SALE 800 5130 SALE 262 5130 SALE 163 5130 SALE 117 5130 PURCHASE 210 5130 PURCHASE 644 5130 PURCHASE 1050 5130 SALE 472 5131 SALE 433 5131 SALE 400 5131 SALE 73 5131 SALE 37 5131 SALE 6 5131 PURCHASE 500 5131 PURCHASE 514 5131 SALE 994 5132 SALE 777 5132 SALE 261 5132 PURCHASE 307 5132 PURCHASE 600 5132 PURCHASE 788 5132 PURCHASE 2471 5132 SALE 434 5133 PURCHASE 590 5134 PURCHASE 590 5134 SALE 1221 5135 PURCHASE 100 5135 PURCHASE 142 5135 PURCHASE 142 5135 PURCHASE 259 5135 PURCHASE 480 5135 PURCHASE 1000 5135 PURCHASE 250 5136 PURCHASE 311 5136 PURCHASE 519 5136 SALE 500 5137 SALE 205 5137 SALE 36 5137 PURCHASE 663 5137 SALE 1421 5138 SALE 1183 5138 SALE 975 5138 SALE 859 5138 SALE 195 5138 SALE 143 5138 SALE 32 5138 SALE 1000 5139 SALE 621 5139 SALE 439 5139 SALE 423 5139 SALE 400 5139 PURCHASE 58 5139 PURCHASE 141 5139 PURCHASE 600 5140 PURCHASE 108 5141 PURCHASE 204 5141 PURCHASE 429 5141 PURCHASE 558 5141 PURCHASE 600 5141 PURCHASE 800 5141 PURCHASE 1000 5141 PURCHASE 1000 5141 PURCHASE 1300 5141 SALE 352 5142 SALE 322 5142 SALE 38 5142 SALE 829 5143 SALE 357 5143 PURCHASE 100 5143 PURCHASE 346 5143 PURCHASE 1130 5143 PURCHASE 1200 5143 SALE 1019 5144 SALE 555 5144 SALE 529 5144 SALE 225 5144 SALE 225 5144 PURCHASE 150 5144 SALE 600 5145 SALE 532 5145 SALE 65 5145 PURCHASE 100 5145 PURCHASE 2915 5145 SALE 1040 5146 SALE 234 5147 SALE 125 5149 SALE 542 5150 SALE 433 5150 PURCHASE 2159 5151 SALE 465 5152 SALE 400 5152 SALE 248 5152 SALE 204 5152 SALE 183 5152 SALE 133 5152 SALE 36 5152 SALE 13 5152 PURCHASE 490 5155 SALE 500 5156 SALE 179 5156 PURCHASE 800 5157 SALE 187 5158 SALE 8 5158 SALE 534 5159 SALE 459 5159 PURCHASE 161 5159 PURCHASE 287 5159 SALE 100 5160 SALE 169 5161 PURCHASE 203 5161 SALE 1000 5162 SALE 250 5162 SALE 35 5162 PURCHASE 250 5164 SALE 366 5165 SALE 380 5166 SALE 615 5167 SALE 489 5167 SALE 432 5167 SALE 800 5168 SALE 709 5168 SALE 518 5168 SALE 400 5168 SALE 354 5168 SALE 65 5168 SALE 24 5168 SALE 679 5170 SALE 500 5170 SALE 412 5170 SALE 300 5170 SALE 142 5170 SALE 134 5170 PURCHASE 155 5170 PURCHASE 191 5170 SALE 484 5171 SALE 436 5171 SALE 150 5171 SALE 100 5171 SALE 77 5171 SALE 41 5171 SALE 34 5171 SALE 34 5171 SALE 1614 5172 SALE 500 5172 SALE 369 5172 SALE 1500 5173 SALE 459 5173 SALE 439 5173 SALE 278 5173 SALE 268 5173 SALE 178 5173 SALE 100 5173 SALE 94 5173 SALE 79 5173 SALE 31 5173 SALE 1325 5175 SALE 362 5175 PURCHASE 604 5175 PURCHASE 800 5175 PURCHASE 891 5175 PURCHASE 1134 5175 PURCHASE 1403 5175 SALE 400 5176 SALE 250 5176 SALE 143 5176 SALE 87 5176 SALE 70 5176 SALE 50 5176 SALE 44 5176 SALE 16 5176 PURCHASE 100 5176 PURCHASE 161 5176 PURCHASE 235 5176 PURCHASE 235 5176 PURCHASE 275 5176 PURCHASE 391 5176 PURCHASE 499 5176 PURCHASE 545 5176 PURCHASE 559 5176 SALE 150 5177 PURCHASE 1060 5177 SALE 330 5178 SALE 268 5178 SALE 1339 5179 SALE 494 5179 PURCHASE 178 5179 PURCHASE 835 5179 SALE 387 5181 SALE 35 5181 PURCHASE 200 5181 PURCHASE 119 5184 SALE 1919 5186 SALE 580 5186 SALE 377 5186 SALE 156 5186 SALE 61 5186 SALE 9 5186 PURCHASE 459 5186 SALE 150 5189 SALE 1674 5190 SALE 1030 5190 SALE 851 5190 SALE 250 5190 PURCHASE 200 5190 PURCHASE 1017 5190 SALE 553 5191 SALE 500 5191 SALE 167 5192 SALE 2888 5193 SALE 1044 5193 SALE 800 5193 PURCHASE 88 5193 PURCHASE 88 5193 PURCHASE 1000 5193 PURCHASE 1154 5193 PURCHASE 2800 5193 PURCHASE 508 5194 PURCHASE 510 5194 PURCHASE 909 5194 PURCHASE 317 5199 SALE 1194 5200 SALE 496 5203 SALE 297 5205 SALE 200 5208 PURCHASE 3 5209 PURCHASE 458 5209 PURCHASE 15 5218 PURCHASE 42 5218 PURCHASE 61 5218 PURCHASE 77 5218 PURCHASE 82 5218 PURCHASE 84 5218 PURCHASE 115 5218 PURCHASE 496 5218 SALE 391 5220 SALE 97 5220 TOTAL PURCHASES 222,480 TOTAL SALES 212,044 (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 16 JANUARY 2008Contact name LOUISE ROBINSONTelephone number 020 7567 8762Name of offeree/offeror with which connected BHP Billiton PLC BHP Billiton LTDNature 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:
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