5th Mar 2008 11:11
UBS AG (EPT)05 March 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 LimitedClass of relevant security to which the Ordinarydealings being disclosed relate (Note 1)Date of dealing 4 MARCH 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 123 0.00% 0 0.00%(2) Derivatives (other thanoptions)(3) Options and agreements topurchase/sellTotal 123 0.00% 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) PURCHASE 170 13099 AUD CENTS PURCHASE 350 13099 PURCHASE 378 13099 SALE 500 13100 SALE 500 13100 SALE 442 13100 SALE 100 13100 SALE 100 13100 SALE 50 13100 SALE 31 13100 SALE 6 13100 PURCHASE 378 13101 PURCHASE 2 13103 PURCHASE 14 13103 PURCHASE 190 13103 PURCHASE 121 13110 PURCHASE 326 13110 PURCHASE 511 13110 SALE 362 13112 SALE 59 13112 SALE 44 13112 SALE 15 13112 SALE 14 13112 SALE 6 13112 SALE 5 13112 SALE 4 13112 PURCHASE 27 13114 PURCHASE 100 13114 PURCHASE 244 13114 SALE 58 13115 SALE 33 13115 SALE 1643 13116 PURCHASE 81 13116 PURCHASE 100 13116 PURCHASE 180 13116 SALE 94 13117 PURCHASE 1 13117 PURCHASE 9 13117 PURCHASE 100 13117 PURCHASE 100 13117 PURCHASE 112 13117 PURCHASE 334 13117 PURCHASE 1 13119 PURCHASE 2 13119 PURCHASE 19 13119 PURCHASE 80 13119 PURCHASE 100 13119 PURCHASE 29 13120 PURCHASE 89 13120 PURCHASE 134 13120 PURCHASE 432 13120 SALE 447 13121 PURCHASE 100 13122 PURCHASE 353 13122 PURCHASE 358 13125 PURCHASE 85 13127 PURCHASE 155 13128 PURCHASE 500 13128 PURCHASE 395 13130 PURCHASE 46 13131 PURCHASE 270 13131 PURCHASE 7 13132 PURCHASE 88 13132 PURCHASE 100 13132 PURCHASE 136 13132 PURCHASE 390 13132 PURCHASE 390 13132 PURCHASE 392 13132 PURCHASE 367 13133 PURCHASE 1 13134 PURCHASE 6 13134 PURCHASE 29 13134 PURCHASE 29 13134 PURCHASE 29 13134 PURCHASE 29 13134 PURCHASE 105 13134 PURCHASE 137 13134 SALE 100 13135 SALE 59 13135 SALE 40 13135 SALE 5 13135 SALE 5 13135 SALE 850 13137 SALE 55 13137 SALE 43 13137 SALE 10 13137 SALE 246 13139 PURCHASE 193 13139 SALE 418 13140 SALE 373 13140 SALE 5 13140 PURCHASE 36 13140 PURCHASE 783 13140 SALE 395 13141 SALE 262 13141 PURCHASE 4 13141 PURCHASE 8 13141 PURCHASE 80 13141 PURCHASE 360 13141 PURCHASE 479 13141 SALE 500 13142 SALE 111 13142 PURCHASE 26 13142 PURCHASE 29 13142 PURCHASE 29 13142 PURCHASE 81 13142 PURCHASE 21 13143 PURCHASE 21 13143 PURCHASE 29 13143 PURCHASE 387 13143 PURCHASE 696 13143 SALE 463 13144 SALE 385 13144 SALE 142 13144 SALE 109 13144 SALE 500 13145 SALE 1150 13146 SALE 166 13146 SALE 20 13146 SALE 11 13146 SALE 10 13146 SALE 1 13146 PURCHASE 20 13146 PURCHASE 29 13146 PURCHASE 83 13146 PURCHASE 316 13146 PURCHASE 346 13146 PURCHASE 92 13147 SALE 391 13149 SALE 174 13149 SALE 75 13149 SALE 1500 13150 SALE 500 13150 SALE 200 13150 SALE 157 13150 SALE 58 13150 SALE 15 13150 SALE 15 13150 PURCHASE 11 13151 PURCHASE 340 13151 SALE 345 13152 PURCHASE 2 13152 PURCHASE 11 13152 PURCHASE 12 13152 PURCHASE 22 13152 PURCHASE 23 13152 PURCHASE 29 13152 PURCHASE 368 13152 SALE 318 13153 SALE 57 13153 PURCHASE 100 13153 SALE 374 13154 SALE 100 13154 SALE 100 13154 SALE 100 13154 SALE 94 13154 SALE 92 13154 SALE 65 13154 SALE 58 13154 SALE 46 13154 SALE 17 13154 SALE 13 13154 SALE 10 13154 SALE 6 13154 SALE 5 13154 SALE 5 13154 SALE 1 13154 SALE 37 13155 PURCHASE 3 13155 PURCHASE 4 13155 PURCHASE 15 13155 PURCHASE 15 13155 PURCHASE 40 13155 PURCHASE 58 13155 PURCHASE 200 13155 PURCHASE 212 13155 SALE 397 13156 SALE 70 13156 SALE 49 13156 SALE 84 13157 SALE 57 13157 SALE 35 13157 PURCHASE 12 13157 PURCHASE 17 13157 PURCHASE 400 13157 SALE 334 13158 SALE 165 13158 SALE 10 13158 PURCHASE 16 13158 PURCHASE 375 13158 SALE 324 13160 SALE 300 13160 SALE 100 13160 SALE 99 13160 SALE 70 13160 SALE 5 13160 SALE 5 13160 SALE 4 13160 PURCHASE 1434 13160 SALE 393 13161 SALE 132 13161 SALE 49 13161 SALE 29 13161 SALE 10 13161 SALE 5 13161 SALE 5 13161 PURCHASE 22 13161 PURCHASE 133 13161 PURCHASE 170 13161 PURCHASE 307 13161 PURCHASE 313 13161 PURCHASE 773 13161 SALE 34186 13161.38987 PURCHASE 34186 13161.38987 SALE 287 13162 SALE 59 13162 SALE 23 13162 PURCHASE 51 13162 PURCHASE 175 13162 PURCHASE 1052 13162 SALE 43 13164 SALE 11 13164 PURCHASE 2 13164 PURCHASE 32 13164 PURCHASE 98 13164 PURCHASE 158 13164 PURCHASE 205 13164 PURCHASE 482 13164 PURCHASE 606 13164 SALE 500 13165 SALE 470 13165 SALE 37 13165 SALE 5 13165 SALE 5 13165 PURCHASE 15 13165 PURCHASE 88 13165 SALE 737 13166 PURCHASE 1 13166 PURCHASE 21 13166 PURCHASE 29 13166 PURCHASE 29 13166 PURCHASE 338 13166 PURCHASE 541 13166 SALE 33862 13166.26995 PURCHASE 33862 13166.26995 PURCHASE 24 13169 PURCHASE 29 13169 PURCHASE 100 13169 PURCHASE 329 13169 SALE 272 13170 SALE 200 13170 PURCHASE 307 13170 PURCHASE 17 13172 PURCHASE 24 13172 PURCHASE 29 13172 PURCHASE 72 13172 PURCHASE 81 13172 PURCHASE 100 13172 PURCHASE 100 13172 PURCHASE 124 13172 PURCHASE 175 13172 PURCHASE 215 13172 PURCHASE 390 13172 PURCHASE 390 13172 PURCHASE 2 13173 PURCHASE 3 13173 PURCHASE 19 13173 PURCHASE 20 13173 PURCHASE 96 13173 PURCHASE 354 13173 PURCHASE 457 13173 SALE 162 13174 SALE 846 13175 SALE 344 13175 SALE 42 13175 SALE 35 13175 SALE 10 13175 SALE 5 13175 SALE 5 13175 SALE 3 13175 SALE 247 13176 SALE 228 13176 SALE 200 13176 SALE 200 13176 SALE 100 13176 SALE 66 13176 SALE 59 13176 SALE 53 13176 SALE 15 13176 SALE 11 13176 SALE 5 13176 PURCHASE 52 13177 PURCHASE 79 13177 PURCHASE 341 13177 SALE 890 13178 SALE 773 13178 SALE 129 13179 PURCHASE 1000 13179 PURCHASE 331 13180 SALE 421 13182 SALE 58 13182 PURCHASE 240 13182 SALE 400 13193 SALE 363 13195 SALE 258 13197 SALE 82 13197 SALE 10 13197 SALE 309 13199 SALE 47 13199 SALE 145 13200 SALE 16 13200 SALE 11 13200 PURCHASE 4 13201 PURCHASE 15 13201 PURCHASE 25 13201 PURCHASE 29 13201 PURCHASE 61 13201 PURCHASE 241 13202 PURCHASE 460 13204 SALE 276 13205 SALE 426 13206 SALE 46 13206 PURCHASE 361 13206 PURCHASE 1563 13208 SALE 400 13209 SALE 354 13209 SALE 350 13209 SALE 59 13209 SALE 55 13209 SALE 15 13209 SALE 15 13209 PURCHASE 28 13210 PURCHASE 29 13210 SALE 130 13211 SALE 100 13211 PURCHASE 6 13211 PURCHASE 17 13211 PURCHASE 100 13211 PURCHASE 750 13211 PURCHASE 4 13213 PURCHASE 320 13213 SALE 578 13219 SALE 161 13220 SALE 157 13220 SALE 48 13220 SALE 300 13221 SALE 246 13221 SALE 199 13224 PURCHASE 761 13225 SALE 300 13232 SALE 363 13235 SALE 228 13253 SALE 10 13253 SALE 5 13253 SALE 5 13253 SALE 32 13266 SALE 300 13272 SALE 121 13288 PURCHASE 570 13295 SALE 440 13296 SALE 250 13300 PURCHASE 233 13301 PURCHASE 390 13301 SALE 52 13318 SALE 38 13318 TOTAL PURCHASES 102,234 TOTAL SALES 101,910 (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 5 MARCH 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:
Rio Tinto