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Macquarie Group Limited15 April 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) 1. KEY INFORMATION Name of exempt principal trader Macquarie Capital Securities (Australia) Limited Company dealt in BHP Billiton Limited Class of relevant security to which the Ordinary shares ISIN: AU000000BHP4dealings being disclosed relate (Note 1) Date of dealing 14 April 2008 2. INTERESTS, SHORT POSITIONS AND RIGHTS TO SUBSCRIBE (a) Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class ofrelevant security dealt in (Note 2) Long Short Number (%) Number (%) (1) Relevant securities (2) Derivatives (other than options) (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell Total 0 0 0 0 (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 than options) (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell Total (c) Rights to subscribe (Note 2) Class of relevant security: Details Ordinary shares ISIN: AU000000BHP4 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 5) Number of securities (Note 6) Price per unit (Note 4)e.g. CFD (c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities (i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying Product name, Writing, selling, Number of securities Exercise Type, e.g. Expiry Option money purchasing, to which the option American,e.g. call option varying etc. relates (Note 6) price European etc. date 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 relatingto the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option referred to on this form or relating to the votingrights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative referred to on this form isreferenced. If none, this should be stated. Is a Supplemental Form 38.5(b) attached? (Note 8) YES/NO Date of disclosure 15 April 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: BHP Purchase 30000 41.5BHP Purchase 30000 41.53BHP Purchase 50000 41.53BHP Purchase 50000 41.54BHP Purchase 50000 41.52BHP Purchase 25000 41.47BHP Purchase 25000 41.41BHP Purchase 120000 41.47BHP Purchase 60000 41.47 Total 440000 PurchaseBHP Sale 300 41.52BHP Sale 300 41.52BHP Sale 1000 41.52BHP Sale 78 41.52BHP Sale 78 41.52BHP Sale 3244 41.52BHP Sale 11619 41.52BHP Sale 500 41.51BHP Sale 1000 41.51BHP Sale 500 41.51BHP Sale 21 41.52BHP Sale 8360 41.52BHP Sale 281 41.53BHP Sale 219 41.53BHP Sale 2500 41.53BHP Sale 1000 41.53BHP Sale 1000 41.53BHP Sale 793 41.53BHP Sale 300 41.53BHP Sale 1000 41.53BHP Sale 907 41.53BHP Sale 864 41.53BHP Sale 2080 41.53BHP Sale 1000 41.53BHP Sale 4294 41.53BHP Sale 200 41.53BHP Sale 6562 41.53BHP Sale 930 41.54BHP Sale 70 41.54BHP Sale 354 41.54BHP Sale 25 41.54BHP Sale 6304 41.54BHP Sale 900 41.54BHP Sale 5815 41.53BHP Sale 1080 41.53BHP Sale 105 41.53BHP Sale 70 41.54BHP Sale 1347 41.54BHP Sale 4312 41.54BHP Sale 78 41.54BHP Sale 610 41.54BHP Sale 4359 41.54BHP Sale 5641 41.54BHP Sale 306 41.54BHP Sale 2519 41.54BHP Sale 100 41.54BHP Sale 5075 41.54BHP Sale 643 41.54BHP Sale 78 41.54BHP Sale 77 41.54BHP Sale 9202 41.54BHP Sale 625 41.54BHP Sale 100 41.54BHP Sale 9275 41.54BHP Sale 9714 41.53BHP Sale 286 41.53BHP Sale 61 41.54BHP Sale 189 41.54BHP Sale 3000 41.54BHP Sale 1750 41.54BHP Sale 1760 41.54BHP Sale 500 41.54BHP Sale 27 41.54BHP Sale 13745 41.53BHP Sale 1180 41.53BHP Sale 75 41.53BHP Sale 10000 41.53BHP Sale 7000 41.52BHP Sale 557 41.5BHP Sale 9443 41.5BHP Sale 4451 41.5BHP Sale 78 41.5BHP Sale 78 41.5BHP Sale 1106 41.5BHP Sale 4927 41.5BHP Sale 73 41.5BHP Sale 5000 41.5BHP Sale 4980 41.47BHP Sale 20 41.47BHP Sale 25 41.47BHP Sale 4975 41.47BHP Sale 399 41.48BHP Sale 4601 41.48BHP Sale 100 41.47BHP Sale 1807 41.47BHP Sale 3093 41.47BHP Sale 1500 41.47BHP Sale 597 41.47BHP Sale 2903 41.47BHP Sale 2133 41.47BHP Sale 141 41.47BHP Sale 77 41.47BHP Sale 78 41.47BHP Sale 391 41.47BHP Sale 28 41.47BHP Sale 2152 41.47BHP Sale 2290 41.47BHP Sale 224 41.47BHP Sale 200 41.47BHP Sale 66 41.47BHP Sale 64 41.47BHP Sale 750 41.47BHP Sale 359 41.44BHP Sale 32 41.44BHP Sale 585 41.44BHP Sale 164 41.44BHP Sale 5266 41.44BHP Sale 1648 41.44BHP Sale 872 41.44BHP Sale 1027 41.44BHP Sale 58 41.44BHP Sale 138 41.44BHP Sale 1257 41.44BHP Sale 521 41.44BHP Sale 200 41.44BHP Sale 360 41.44BHP Sale 3919 41.44BHP Sale 1399 41.43BHP Sale 160 41.43BHP Sale 8441 41.43BHP Sale 8448 41.44BHP Sale 27 41.44BHP Sale 200 41.44BHP Sale 1325 41.44BHP Sale 632 41.44BHP Sale 500 41.44BHP Sale 3868 41.44BHP Sale 180 41.47BHP Sale 550 41.47BHP Sale 1000 41.47BHP Sale 300 41.47BHP Sale 300 41.47BHP Sale 6000 41.47BHP Sale 63 41.47BHP Sale 300 41.47BHP Sale 250 41.47BHP Sale 1000 41.47BHP Sale 57 41.47BHP Sale 170000 41.47 Total Sale 440000 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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