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Macquarie Bank Ld03 January 2008 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) Part 2 of 2 1. KEY INFORMATION Name of exempt principal trader Macquarie Bank Limited Company dealt in BHP Billiton Limited Class of relevant security to which the dealings being Ordinary shares ISIN:disclosed relate (Note 1) AU000000BHP4 Date of dealing 2 January 2008 2. INTERESTS, SHORT POSITIONS AND RIGHTS TO SUBSCRIBE (a) Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class of relevantsecurity dealt in (Note 2) Long Short Number (%) Number (%)(1) Relevant securities 6,948,044 0.20%(2) Derivatives(other than options) 992,154 0.03%(3) Optionsand agreementsto purchase/sell 7,430,688 0.22% Total 992,154 0.03% 14,378,732 0.43% (b) Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company, otherthan the class dealt in (Note 2) Class of relevant security: Long Short Number (%) Number (%)(1) Relevant securities(2) Derivatives (other than options)(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell Total (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)See Annexure A (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options) Product name, Long/short (Note Number of securities (Note Price per unit (Note 5) 6) 4)e.g. CFDSee Annexure B (c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities (i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying Product Writing, Number of Exercise Type, e.g. Expiry Optionname, selling, securities to price American, date money purchasing, which the option European paid/ varying etc. relates (Note 6) etc. receivede.g. per unitcall (Note 4)option SeeAnnexure C (ii) Exercising Product name, e.g. call Number of Exercise price per unit option securities (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 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) YES/NO Date of disclosure 3 January 2008 Contact name Johanna Uy Telephone number +44 (0) 2030374339 Name of offeree/offeror with which connected Rio Tinto Plc Nature of connection (Note 9) Connected principal trader Notes The Notes on Form 38.5(b) can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website atwww.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk Annexure A Buy/Sell Exec Quantity Exec Price BUY 995.00 40.24 BUY 1702.00 40.57 BUY 1013.00 40.56 BUY 998.00 40.51 BUY 839.00 40.41 BUY 706.00 40.32 BUY 371.00 40.34 BUY 867.00 40.33 BUY 2833.00 40.32 BUY 131.00 40.32 BUY 184.00 40.32 BUY 198.00 40.33 BUY 250.00 40.10 BUY 500.00 40.29 BUY 1000.00 40.47 BUY 200.00 40.64 BUY 288.00 40.54 BUY 750.00 40.70 BUY 1000.00 40.70 BUY 400.00 40.70 BUY 298.00 40.70 BUY 100.00 40.71 BUY 100.00 40.68 BUY 500.00 40.49 BUY 200.00 40.35 BUY 1000.00 40.28 BUY 1000.00 40.32 BUY 200.00 40.30 BUY 300.00 40.30 BUY 250.00 40.30 BUY 2500.00 40.30 BUY 3968.00 40.35 BUY 15.00 40.50 BUY 760.00 40.50 BUY 6750.00 40.32 BUY 3250.00 40.32 BUY 100.00 40.50 BUY 5125.00 40.50 BUY 16.00 40.62 BUY 2000.00 40.62 BUY 22.00 40.50 BUY 1707.00 40.50 BUY 1984.00 40.62 BUY 4000.00 40.63 BUY 215.00 40.50 BUY 56.00 40.50 BUY 32.00 40.50 BUY 2000.00 40.34 BUY 600.00 70.85 BUY 300.00 70.85 BUY 600.00 70.85 BUY 700.00 70.86 BUY 100.00 70.86 BUY 700.00 70.86 BUY 200.00 70.86 BUY 400.00 70.86 BUY 400.00 70.86 BUY 400.00 70.86 BUY 100.00 70.86 BUY 300.00 70.82 BUY 1200.00 70.82 BUY 300.00 70.82 BUY 600.00 70.82 BUY 100.00 70.82 BUY 200.00 70.82 BUY 300.00 70.82 BUY 100.00 70.77 BUY 100.00 70.78 BUY 100.00 70.76 BUY 100.00 70.76 BUY 100.00 70.76 BUY 100.00 70.78 BUY 100.00 70.78 BUY 800.00 70.78 BUY 700.00 70.71 BUY 800.00 70.71 BUY 400.00 70.71 BUY 200.00 70.71 BUY 200.00 70.71 BUY 200.00 70.71 BUY 100.00 70.65 BUY 100.00 70.65 BUY 100.00 70.65 BUY 400.00 70.65 BUY 100.00 70.65 BUY 100.00 70.65 BUY 1000.00 70.65 BUY 400.00 70.65 BUY 200.00 70.65 BUY 100.00 70.40 BUY 100.00 70.40 BUY 2000.00 70.40 BUY 100.00 70.40 BUY 100.00 70.40 BUY 100.00 70.40 SELL -32.00 40.27 SELL -480.00 40.27 SELL -121.00 40.27 SELL -39.00 40.27 SELL -32.00 40.27 SELL -120.00 40.27 SELL -122.00 40.27 SELL -378.00 40.27 SELL -01.00 40.27 SELL -27.00 40.27 SELL -150.00 40.27 SELL -804.00 40.48 SELL -600.00 40.47 SELL -346.00 40.47 SELL -199.00 40.47 SELL -321.00 40.55 SELL -02.00 40.54 SELL -300.00 40.54 SELL -122.00 40.54 SELL -178.00 40.54 SELL -1000.00 40.54 SELL -300.00 40.54 SELL -289.00 40.54 SELL -502.00 40.54 SELL -1125.00 40.54 SELL -104.00 40.55 SELL -498.00 40.54 SELL -276.00 40.70 SELL -400.00 40.70 SELL -298.00 40.70 SELL -500.00 40.70 SELL -750.00 40.70 SELL -1000.00 40.70 SELL -12820.00 40.70 SELL -1500.00 40.70 SELL -2718.00 40.70 SELL -2390.00 40.70 SELL -2348.00 40.70 SELL -165.00 40.29 SELL -81.00 40.06 SELL -169.00 40.06 SELL -400.00 40.29 SELL -13.00 40.62 SELL -311.00 40.62 SELL -300.00 40.62 SELL -100.00 40.62 SELL -276.00 40.62 SELL -250.00 40.68 SELL -250.00 40.42 SELL -2287.00 40.60 SELL -991.00 40.60 SELL -1722.00 40.60 SELL -23.00 40.56 SELL -301.00 40.56 SELL -13.00 40.56 SELL -19.00 40.56 SELL -1607.00 40.10 SELL -200.00 40.10 SELL -440.00 40.10 SELL -100.00 40.10 SELL -1000.00 40.10 SELL -240.00 40.10 SELL -18.00 40.10 SELL -60.00 40.10 SELL -500.00 40.10 SELL -100.00 40.10 SELL -125.00 40.10 SELL -124.00 40.10 SELL -74.00 40.10 SELL -500.00 40.10 SELL -500.00 40.10 SELL -500.00 40.10 SELL -1000.00 40.10 SELL -400.00 40.10 SELL -2512.00 40.10 SELL -9745.00 40.30 SELL -255.00 40.30 SELL -4799.00 40.61 SELL -23.00 40.61 SELL -32.00 40.61 SELL -500.00 40.61 SELL -500.00 40.61 SELL -300.00 40.61 SELL -1482.00 40.61 SELL -16.00 40.61 SELL -32.00 40.61 SELL -200.00 40.61 SELL -300.00 40.61 SELL -39.00 40.61 SELL -1400.00 40.61 SELL -377.00 40.61 SELL -274.00 40.50 SELL -156.00 40.50 SELL -4570.00 40.50 SELL -5000.00 40.68 SELL -272.00 40.47 SELL -922.00 40.47 SELL -5066.00 40.47 SELL -3740.00 40.47 SELL -300.00 40.66 SELL -500.00 40.66 SELL -16.00 40.66 SELL -4609.00 40.66 SELL -299.00 40.66 SELL -59.00 40.69 SELL -724.00 40.69 SELL -2000.00 40.66 SELL -2000.00 40.66 SELL -181.00 40.66 SELL -95.00 40.66 SELL -10000.00 40.68 SELL -4217.00 40.69 SELL -100.00 70.48 SELL -300.00 70.46 SELL -100.00 70.46 SELL -16.00 70.46 SELL -400.00 70.45 SELL -200.00 70.45 SELL -200.00 70.45 SELL -200.00 70.45 SELL -700.00 70.45 SELL -100.00 70.45 SELL -184.00 70.45 SELL -400.00 70.45 SELL -1100.00 70.45 SELL -200.00 70.50 SELL -100.00 70.50 SELL -100.00 70.50 SELL -1100.00 70.50 SELL -200.00 70.55 SELL -900.00 70.55 SELL -900.00 70.55 24685.00 OTC sale to custodian at market. TOTAL SALES 123,363 TOTAL PURCHASES 70,173 Annexure B Type BuySell Exec Quantity CFDS BUY 169.00 CFDS BUY 81.00 CFDS BUY 400.00 CFDS BUY 311.00 CFDS BUY 300.00 CFDS BUY 100.00 CFDS BUY 276.00 CFDS BUY 13.00 CFDS BUY 250.00 CFDS BUY 250.00 CFDS SELL -250.00 CFDS SELL -500.00 CFDS SELL -1000.00 CFDS SELL -200.00 CFDS SELL -288.00 CFDS SELL -298.00 CFDS SELL -1000.00 CFDS SELL -750.00 CFDS SELL -400.00 CFDS SELL -100.00 CFDS SELL -100.00 CFDS SELL -500.00 CFDS SELL -1000.00 CFDS SELL -200.00 CFDS SELL -200.00 CFDS SELL -1000.00 CFDS SELL -300.00 CFDS SELL -250.00 Annexure C Call/Put Buy Sell Exec Quantity Exec Price Strike Amer/Euro Expiry Put Option BUY 25000.00 07.05 34.00 European 24/01/2008 Put Option BUY 371.00 00.01 25.00 European 17/11/2016 Put Option BUY 500.00 16.68 25.00 European 19/05/2016 Put Option BUY 500.00 03.52 38.00 European 24/01/2008 Put Option BUY 500.00 03.52 38.00 European 24/01/2008 Put Option BUY 4000.00 03.52 38.00 European 24/01/2008 Put Option BUY 18.00 00.01 26.00 European 20/12/2007 Put Option BUY 2000.00 01.22 42.00 European 24/01/2008 Put Option BUY 2000.00 01.22 42.00 European 24/01/2008 Put Option BUY 500.00 01.22 42.00 European 24/01/2008 Put Option BUY 500.00 01.22 42.00 European 24/01/2008 Put Option BUY 6000.00 01.31 42.00 European 24/01/2008 Put Option BUY 230.00 00.01 24.00 European 20/12/2007 Put Option BUY 600.00 00.01 24.00 European 20/12/2007 Put Option BUY 01.00 00.01 30.00 European 20/12/2007 Put Option BUY 1500.00 00.01 30.00 European 20/12/2007 Put Option BUY 500.00 00.01 35.00 European 20/12/2007 Put Option SELL -1000.00 01.52 45.00 European 20080327Call Option SELL -5000.00 00.54 40.00 European 20080124 Put Option SELL -200.00 24.70 17.16 European 29/06/2012 Put Option SELL -1000.00 16.39 25.00 European 19/05/2016 Put Option SELL -2000.00 03.54 38.00 European 24/01/2008 Put Option SELL -1000.00 03.44 38.00 European 24/01/2008 Put Option SELL -4500.00 05.06 24.00 European 27/09/2007 Put Option SELL -500.00 05.06 24.00 European 27/09/2007 Put Option SELL -1500.00 04.84 40.00 European 23/04/2008 Put Option SELL -3000.00 01.36 42.00 European 24/01/2008 Put Option SELL -3000.00 01.34 42.00 European 24/01/2008 Put Option SELL -1200.00 01.27 42.00 European 24/01/2008 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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