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EPT Disclosure

13th Nov 2008 11:25

RNS Number : 0986I

Credit Suisse Equities (Australia)

13 November 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 Equities (Australia) Limited
Company dealt in	BHP Billiton Limited
Class of relevant security to which the dealings being disclosed relate (Note 1)	Ordinary Shares
Date of dealing	12-11-2008

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			9523786	0.284
(2) Derivatives (other than options)
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell
Total			9523786	0.284

(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 purchasesell
Total

Class of relevant security:	Details

3. DEALINGS (Note 3)

(a) Purchases and sales

Purchase/sale	Number of securities	Price per unit (Note 4)
Purchase	800	28.22
Purchase	100	28.99
Purchase	8,568	28.84
Purchase	366	28.84
Purchase	2,799	28.83
Purchase	24,607	28.90
Purchase	393	28.90
Purchase	2,675	29.00
Purchase	1,657	29.00
Purchase	340	29.00
Purchase	300	29.00
Purchase	1,500	29.00
Purchase	500	29.00
Purchase	3,076	29.00
Purchase	400	29.00
Purchase	2,527	29.00
Purchase	10,000	29.00
Purchase	1,437	29.00
Purchase	1,800	29.00
Purchase	1,000	29.00
Purchase	277	29.00
Purchase	1,474	29.00
Purchase	1,037	28.97
Purchase	526	29.00
Purchase	100	29.00
Purchase	2,000	29.00
Purchase	7,000	29.00
Purchase	1,000	29.00
Purchase	30	29.00
Purchase	1,000	29.00
Purchase	120	29.00
Purchase	2,700	29.00
Purchase	40	29.00
Purchase	182	29.00
Purchase	25	29.00
Purchase	1,000	29.00
Purchase	1,800	29.00
Purchase	2,500	28.99
Purchase	3,291	28.95
Purchase	1,604	28.95
Purchase	5,082	28.95
Purchase	6,553	28.90
Purchase	7,000	28.90
Purchase	3,000	28.90
Purchase	2,000	28.90
Purchase	247	28.89
Purchase	500	28.89
Purchase	247	28.88
Purchase	247	28.88
Purchase	5,000	28.88
Purchase	206	28.88
Purchase	1	28.70
Purchase	25	28.70
Purchase	865	28.70
Purchase	4	28.70
Purchase	599	28.70
Purchase	500	28.70
Purchase	6,000	28.70
Purchase	208	28.70
Purchase	14	28.67
Purchase	202	28.67
Purchase	45	28.67
Purchase	49	28.67
Purchase	15	28.67
Purchase	163	28.67
Purchase	1,012	28.69
Purchase	1,000	28.69
Purchase	3,355	28.69
Purchase	262	28.69
Purchase	3,706	28.69
Purchase	2,016	28.69
Purchase	2,513	28.69
Purchase	22	28.69
Purchase	297	28.69
Purchase	817	28.69
Purchase	87	28.70
Purchase	6,427	28.70
Purchase	2,000	28.70
Purchase	1,165	28.70
Purchase	304	28.70
Purchase	150	28.70
Purchase	4,867	28.70
Purchase	297	28.70
Purchase	277	28.70
Purchase	109	28.70
Purchase	1,999	28.70
Purchase	379	28.49
Purchase	500	28.49
Purchase	725	28.49
Purchase	1,802	28.49
Purchase	1,345	28.49
Purchase	1,007	28.49
Purchase	125	28.49
Purchase	311	28.49
Purchase	1,478	28.49
Purchase	11	28.49
Purchase	2,068	28.49
Purchase	3,000	28.50
Purchase	750	28.50
Purchase	3,000	28.50
Purchase	1,920	28.50
Purchase	500	28.50
Purchase	350	28.50
Purchase	2,938	28.49
Purchase	210	28.49
Purchase	200	28.48
Purchase	119	28.47
Purchase	1,000	28.46
Purchase	100	28.45
Purchase	5,000	28.45
Purchase	1,054	28.44
Purchase	766	28.43
Purchase	2,971	28.42
Purchase	307	28.42
Purchase	4,531	28.25
Purchase	5,000	28.25
Purchase	5,000	28.25
Purchase	469	28.25
Purchase	3,157	28.25
Purchase	3,641	28.25
Purchase	4,000	28.25
Purchase	1,000	28.25
Purchase	3,202	28.25
Purchase	2,500	28.21
Purchase	2,459	28.21
Purchase	3,000	28.21
Purchase	5,000	28.18
Purchase	1,221	28.18
Purchase	903	28.18
Purchase	739	28.18
Purchase	1,551	28.18
Purchase	3,657	28.17
Purchase	321	28.16
Purchase	147	28.16
Purchase	14	28.16
Purchase	1,447	28.16
Purchase	2,636	28.22
Purchase	1,689	28.22
Purchase	1,262	28.22
Purchase	499	28.22
Purchase	4,171	28.22
Purchase	3,856	28.25
Purchase	493	28.25
Purchase	7,321	28.25
Purchase	3,330	28.25
Purchase	4,525	28.28
Purchase	475	28.28
Purchase	14,096	28.30
Purchase	209	28.30
Purchase	60	28.30
Purchase	924	28.30
Purchase	2,108	28.30
Purchase	810	28.30
Purchase	4,793	28.30
Purchase	2,000	28.30
Purchase	579	28.26
Purchase	11	28.26
Purchase	1,100	28.26
Purchase	312	28.26
Purchase	2,998	28.26
Purchase	2,477	28.20
Purchase	350	28.20
Purchase	400	28.20
Purchase	4,447	28.20
Purchase	1,350	28.20
Purchase	200	28.20
Purchase	1,000	28.20
Purchase	538	28.19
Purchase	960	28.19
Purchase	21	28.19
Purchase	64	28.40
Purchase	200,000	27.04
Purchase	200,000	27.69
Purchase	200,000	30.05
Sale	-200,000	28.69
Sale	-100	28.09
Sale	-382	28.30

TOTAL BUYS:922964

TOTAL SELLS:200482

(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)

(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Product name,e.g. call option	Writing, selling, purchasing, varying etc.	Number of securities to which the option relates (Note 6)	Exercise price	Type, e.g. American, European etc.	Expiry date	Option money 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 relating to the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option referred to on this form or relating to the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative referred to on this form is referenced. If none, this should be stated.

Is a Supplemental Form 38.5(b) attached? (Note 8) No

Date of disclosure	13-11-2008
Contact name	Carolyn Collins; Simon Crawley
Telephone number	44 20 7888 0241
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 www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.

This information is provided by RNS

The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

END

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