22nd Apr 2008 10:42
Credit Suisse Securities (Eur) Ltd22 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 Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited Company dealt in BHP Billiton Class of relevant security to which the dealings being Ordinary Sharesdisclosed relate (Note 1) Date of dealing 21-Apr-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 1,800,729 0.082 32694 0.0015 (2) Derivatives (other than options) (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell Total 1,800,729 0.082 32694 0.0015 (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 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) Buy 4673 18.45 (GBP)Buy 2738 18.26 (GBP)Buy 2735 18.28 (GBP)Buy 2732 18.3 (GBP)Buy 2730 18.31 (GBP)Buy 2730 18.31 (GBP)Buy 2727 18.33 (GBP)Buy 2726 18.34 (GBP)Buy 2726 18.34 (GBP)Buy 2706 18.4 (GBP)Buy 2620 18.28 (GBP)Buy 2615 18.36 (GBP)Buy 2609 18.38 (GBP)Buy 2310 18.28 (GBP)Buy 2280 18.36 (GBP)Buy 2266 18.29 (GBP)Buy 2265 18.32 (GBP)Buy 2260 18.35 (GBP)Buy 2181 18.3 (GBP)Buy 2169 18.3 (GBP)Buy 2101 18.29 (GBP)Buy 2093 18.33 (GBP)Buy 2056 18.29 (GBP)Buy 2055 18.32 (GBP)Buy 2040 18.34 (GBP)Buy 2022 18.33 (GBP)Buy 1946 18.31 (GBP)Buy 1852 18.3 (GBP)Buy 1759 18.29 (GBP)Buy 1758 18.32 (GBP)Buy 1739 18.34 (GBP)Buy 1734 18.27 (GBP)Buy 1733 18.26 (GBP)Buy 1660 18.3 (GBP)Buy 1643 18.31 (GBP)Buy 1642 18.31 (GBP)Buy 1567 18.25 (GBP)Buy 1517 18.29 (GBP)Buy 1508 18.31 (GBP)Buy 1477 18.33 (GBP)Buy 1473 18.32 (GBP)Buy 1325 18.35 (GBP)Buy 1300 18.35 (GBP)Buy 1250 18.33 (GBP)Buy 1248 18.39 (GBP)Buy 1189 18.29 (GBP)Buy 1072 18.3 (GBP)Buy 1035 18.35 (GBP)Buy 1035 18.28 (GBP)Buy 1002 18.27 (GBP)Buy 977 18.36 (GBP)Buy 944 18.29 (GBP)Buy 880 18.3 (GBP)Buy 800 18.36 (GBP)Buy 780 18.27 (GBP)Buy 700 18.35 (GBP)Buy 686 18.34 (GBP)Buy 677 18.29 (GBP)Buy 677 18.29 (GBP)Buy 669 18.27 (GBP)Buy 657 18.29 (GBP)Buy 636 18.29 (GBP)Buy 632 18.31 (GBP)Buy 600 18.29 (GBP)Buy 597 18.29 (GBP)Buy 551 18.3 (GBP)Buy 517 18.31 (GBP)Buy 500 18.29 (GBP)Buy 474 18.29 (GBP)Buy 467 18.45 (GBP)Buy 466 18.31 (GBP)Buy 452 18.35 (GBP)Buy 313 18.31 (GBP)Buy 311 18.355 (GBP)Buy 310 18.375 (GBP)Buy 310 18.4 (GBP)Buy 309 18.31 (GBP)Buy 302 18.36 (GBP)Buy 297 18.36 (GBP)Buy 279 18.32 (GBP)Buy 272 18.35 (GBP)Buy 271 18.36 (GBP)Buy 268 18.39 (GBP)Buy 262 18.32 (GBP)Buy 223 18.32 (GBP)Buy 218 18.29 (GBP)Buy 217 18.39 (GBP)Buy 217 18.39 (GBP)Buy 217 18.34 (GBP)Buy 217 18.34 (GBP)Buy 217 18.35 (GBP)Buy 213 18.32 (GBP)Buy 204 18.33 (GBP)Buy 187 18.31 (GBP)Buy 184 18.33 (GBP)Buy 176 18.32 (GBP)Buy 174 18.405 (GBP)Buy 161 18.31 (GBP)Buy 160 18.3 (GBP)Buy 160 18.3 (GBP)Buy 160 18.31 (GBP)Buy 160 18.29 (GBP)Buy 152 18.42 (GBP)Buy 151 18.31 (GBP)Buy 151 18.42 (GBP)Buy 147 18.32 (GBP)Buy 144 18.31 (GBP)Buy 141 18.36 (GBP)Buy 130 18.32 (GBP)Buy 128 18.32 (GBP)Buy 123 18.34 (GBP)Buy 122 18.33 (GBP)Buy 118 18.25 (GBP)Buy 117 18.29 (GBP)Buy 111 18.38 (GBP)Buy 110 18.31 (GBP)Buy 110 18.4 (GBP)Buy 107 18.32 (GBP)Buy 105 18.31 (GBP)Buy 104 18.29 (GBP)Buy 102 18.32 (GBP)Buy 99 18.29 (GBP)Buy 95 18.31 (GBP)Buy 88 18.31 (GBP)Buy 62 18.31 (GBP)Buy 50 18.35 (GBP)Buy 48 18.31 (GBP)Buy 47 18.32 (GBP)Buy 43 18.29 (GBP)Buy 43 18.45 (GBP)Buy 40 18.35 (GBP)Buy 40 18.31 (GBP)Buy 40 18.32 (GBP)Buy 38 18.31 (GBP)Buy 29 18.38 (GBP)Buy 23 18.33 (GBP)Buy 13 18.31 (GBP)Buy 5 18.33 (GBP)Buy 5 18.29 (GBP)Sell 5434 18.42 (GBP)Sell 4199 18.37 (GBP)Sell 3795 18.31 (GBP)Sell 2733 18.29 (GBP)Sell 2733 18.29 (GBP)Sell 2733 18.29 (GBP)Sell 2732 18.3 (GBP)Sell 2729 18.32 (GBP)Sell 2726 18.34 (GBP)Sell 2724 18.35 (GBP)Sell 2723 18.36 (GBP)Sell 2723 18.36 (GBP)Sell 2721 18.37 (GBP)Sell 2721 18.37 (GBP)Sell 2718 18.39 (GBP)Sell 2717 18.4 (GBP)Sell 2681 18.32 (GBP)Sell 2500 18.3 (GBP)Sell 2336 18.45 (GBP)Sell 2070 18.28 (GBP)Sell 2016 18.32 (GBP)Sell 2000 18.32 (GBP)Sell 1841 18.31 (GBP)Sell 1831 18.32 (GBP)Sell 1831 18.29 (GBP)Sell 1819 18.3 (GBP)Sell 1791 18.29 (GBP)Sell 1753 18.31 (GBP)Sell 1733 18.37 (GBP)Sell 1556 18.29 (GBP)Sell 1500 18.31 (GBP)Sell 1479 18.32 (GBP)Sell 1451 18.37 (GBP)Sell 1440 18.45 (GBP)Sell 1426 18.31 (GBP)Sell 1404 18.28 (GBP)Sell 1334 18.3 (GBP)Sell 1317 18.37 (GBP)Sell 1265 18.29 (GBP)Sell 1233 18.29 (GBP)Sell 1203 18.32 (GBP)Sell 1200 18.33 (GBP)Sell 1200 18.29 (GBP)Sell 1199 18.3 (GBP)Sell 1197 18.31 (GBP)Sell 1178 18.34 (GBP)Sell 1170 18.45 (GBP)Sell 1121 18.28 (GBP)Sell 1115 18.39 (GBP)Sell 1060 18.29 (GBP)Sell 1048 18.29 (GBP)Sell 1038 18.28 (GBP)Sell 1000 18.33 (GBP)Sell 1000 18.35 (GBP)Sell 1000 18.36 (GBP)Sell 1000 18.39 (GBP)Sell 926 18.37 (GBP)Sell 835 18.31 (GBP)Sell 835 18.31 (GBP)Sell 835 18.31 (GBP)Sell 827 18.27 (GBP)Sell 827 18.29 (GBP)Sell 827 18.29 (GBP)Sell 826 18.29 (GBP)Sell 798 18.3 (GBP)Sell 795 18.31 (GBP)Sell 769 18.35 (GBP)Sell 713 18.32 (GBP)Sell 700 18.29 (GBP)Sell 690 18.31 (GBP)Sell 690 18.34 (GBP)Sell 663 18.3 (GBP)Sell 647 18.36 (GBP)Sell 641 18.35 (GBP)Sell 605 18.34 (GBP)Sell 600 18.37 (GBP)Sell 600 18.28 (GBP)Sell 576 18.28 (GBP)Sell 571 18.25 (GBP)Sell 564 18.31 (GBP)Sell 543 18.45 (GBP)Sell 527 18.33 (GBP)Sell 500 18.34 (GBP)Sell 496 18.3 (GBP)Sell 415 18.32 (GBP)Sell 413 18.31 (GBP)Sell 389 18.3 (GBP)Sell 386 18.28 (GBP)Sell 378 18.29 (GBP)Sell 346 18.3 (GBP)Sell 344 18.37 (GBP)Sell 311 18.355 (GBP)Sell 305 18.35 (GBP)Sell 300 18.29 (GBP)Sell 300 18.39 (GBP)Sell 299 18.3 (GBP)Sell 295 18.32 (GBP)Sell 271 18.31 (GBP)Sell 249 18.29 (GBP)Sell 242 18.38 (GBP)Sell 240 18.29 (GBP)Sell 218 18.29 (GBP)Sell 218 18.33 (GBP)Sell 218 18.33 (GBP)Sell 217 18.39 (GBP)Sell 217 18.37 (GBP)Sell 217 18.35 (GBP)Sell 217 18.37 (GBP)Sell 210 18.35 (GBP)Sell 208 18.31 (GBP)Sell 198 18.31 (GBP)Sell 183 18.34 (GBP)Sell 173 18.3 (GBP)Sell 173 18.3 (GBP)Sell 170 18.29 (GBP)Sell 162 18.34 (GBP)Sell 161 18.34 (GBP)Sell 156 18.34 (GBP)Sell 156 18.35 (GBP)Sell 156 18.35 (GBP)Sell 156 18.34 (GBP)Sell 141 18.29 (GBP)Sell 107 18.31 (GBP)Sell 106 18.32 (GBP)Sell 102 18.32 (GBP)Sell 90 18.32 (GBP)Sell 90 18.39 (GBP)Sell 82 18.29 (GBP)Sell 77 18.31 (GBP)Sell 76 18.32 (GBP)Sell 68 18.32 (GBP)Sell 67 18.26 (GBP)Sell 65 18.29 (GBP)Sell 57 18.26 (GBP)Sell 56 18.21 (GBP)Sell 51 18.34 (GBP)Sell 50 18.25 (GBP)Sell 48 18.32 (GBP)Sell 45 18.34 (GBP)Sell 27 18.34 (GBP)Sell 5 18.345 (GBP)Sell 1 18.25 (GBP)TOTAL BUYS:125118 TOTAL SELLS:138301 (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) (c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities (i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying Product Writing, selling, Number of securities to Exercise Type, e.g. Expiry Option money paid/name,e.g. call purchasing, varying which the option relates price American, date received per unitoption etc. (Note 6) European etc. (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) No Date of disclosure 22-Apr-2008 09:21:53 Contact name Segal,Debra Telephone number 44 20 7883 4577 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 http://www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk/. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
BHP Group