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Credit Suisse Equities (Australia)26 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 INFORMATIONName of exempt principal trader Credit Suisse Equities (Australia) LimitedCompany dealt in BHP Billiton LimitedClass of relevant security to which the dealings being Ordinary Sharesdisclosed relate (Note 1)Date of dealing 25-03-2008 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 260,824 0.007 8,633,414 0.257(2) Derivatives (other than options)(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sellTotal 260,824 0.007 8,633,414 0.257 (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(1) Relevant Securities(2) Derivatives (other than options)(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sellTotal (c) Rights to subscribe (Note 2)Class of relevant security: Details 3. DEALINGS (Note 3)(a) Purchases and salesPurchase/sale Number of securities Price per unit (Note 4)Purchase 10,317 34.41Purchase 5,102 34.54Purchase 3,303 34.55Purchase 949 34.55Purchase 1,782 34.54Purchase 2,003 34.62Purchase 601 34.67Purchase 4,926 34.67Purchase 5,074 34.67Purchase -28 34.65Purchase 28 34.65Purchase 3,174 34.65Purchase 60 34.65Purchase 1,215 34.66Purchase 1,000 34.66Purchase 3,312 34.66Purchase 1,637 34.69Purchase 780 34.73Purchase 437 34.73Purchase 100 34.73Purchase 3,715 34.73Purchase 6,285 34.73Purchase 169 34.73Purchase 101 34.73Purchase 248 34.73Purchase 1,000 34.65Purchase 18 34.65Purchase 3,122 34.68Purchase 1,551 34.65Purchase 4,827 34.65Purchase 2,420 34.68Purchase 48 34.68Purchase 48 34.71Purchase 1,171 34.69Purchase 1,240 34.69Purchase 634 34.73Purchase 72 34.70Purchase 1,898 34.66Purchase 65 34.64Purchase 2,227 34.65Purchase 66 34.64Purchase 1 34.64Purchase -1,124 34.63Purchase 1,124 34.63Purchase 957 34.63Purchase 2,170 34.63Purchase 68 34.63Purchase 57 34.60Purchase 2,104 34.61Purchase 1,952 34.64Purchase 64 34.64Purchase 55 34.63Purchase 1,118 34.64Purchase 371 34.64Purchase 348 34.64Purchase 57 34.67Purchase 1,850 34.67Purchase 660 34.68Purchase 48 34.70Purchase 1,825 34.73Purchase -55 34.68Purchase 55 34.68Purchase 1,736 34.71Purchase 50 34.70Purchase 1,686 34.72Purchase 51 34.68Purchase 1,832 34.72Purchase 1,609 34.70Purchase 52 34.70Purchase 47 34.69Purchase 1,618 34.69Purchase 42 34.72Purchase 1,203 34.72Purchase 101 34.72Purchase 43 34.67Purchase 864 34.67Purchase 300 34.67Purchase 166 34.67Purchase 14 34.72Purchase 25 34.72Purchase 1,354 34.73Purchase 37 34.73Purchase 1,208 34.73Purchase 31 34.74Purchase 1,056 34.74Purchase 31 34.70Purchase 984 34.70Purchase 260 34.70Purchase 8 34.69Purchase 113 34.69Purchase 414 34.69Purchase 24 34.69Purchase 875 34.74Purchase 25 34.74Purchase 370 34.70Purchase 389 34.70Purchase 23 34.70Purchase 691 34.70Purchase 20 34.70Purchase 717 34.67Purchase 20 34.68Purchase 665 34.71Purchase 22 34.73Purchase 6 34.73Purchase 25 34.73Purchase 693 34.73Purchase 20 34.73Purchase 191 34.74Purchase 400 34.74Purchase 100 34.74Purchase 22 34.76Purchase 631 34.79Purchase 20 34.79Purchase 741 34.75Purchase 64 34.74Purchase 22 34.76Purchase 475 34.79Purchase 22 34.79Purchase 404 34.79Purchase 68 34.78Purchase 453 34.78Purchase 23 34.79Purchase 22 34.77Purchase 24 34.82Purchase 26 34.83Purchase 27 34.79Purchase 28 34.78Purchase 28 34.77Purchase 32 34.79Purchase 35 34.77Purchase 33 34.67Purchase 39 34.61Purchase -40 34.61Purchase 40 34.61Purchase 24 34.60Purchase 26 34.62Purchase 29 34.63Purchase 720 34.79Purchase 59 34.76Purchase 164 34.76Purchase -192 34.76Purchase 192 34.76Purchase 2,840 34.80Purchase 3,087 34.80Purchase 550 34.80Purchase 10,000 34.80Purchase 2,500 34.79Purchase 225 34.79Purchase 100 34.79Purchase 1,134 34.79Purchase 1,400 34.79Purchase 750 34.79Purchase 580 34.79Purchase 795 34.79Purchase 39 34.78Purchase 125 34.72Purchase 188 34.72Purchase 1,290 34.72Purchase 73 34.72Purchase 125 34.72Purchase 28 34.72Purchase 500 34.72Purchase 111 34.72Purchase 600 34.72Purchase 1 34.70Purchase 139 34.70Purchase 1,111 34.70Purchase 558 34.70Purchase 4,442 34.72Purchase 8 34.72Purchase 550 34.72Purchase 80 34.72Purchase 35 34.72Purchase 2,759 34.72Purchase 10 34.72Purchase 6 34.72Purchase 25 34.72Purchase 17 34.72Purchase 139 34.72Purchase 42 34.72Purchase 25 34.72Purchase 111 34.72Purchase 65 34.72Purchase 100 34.72Purchase 67 34.72Purchase 555 34.72Purchase 168 34.72Purchase 99 34.72Purchase 500 34.72Purchase 17 34.72Purchase 108 34.72Purchase 72 34.72Purchase 500 34.70Purchase 2,000 34.70Purchase 250 34.70Purchase 1,000 34.70Purchase 486 34.70Purchase 2,500 34.70Purchase 2,244 34.70Purchase 1,417 34.70Purchase 6,339 34.70Purchase 3,840 34.70Purchase 122 34.69Purchase 290 34.69Purchase 4,677 34.70Purchase 4,252 34.72Purchase 3,321 34.76Purchase 7 34.76Purchase 122 34.75Purchase 1,227 34.75Purchase 3,991 34.75Purchase 101 34.73Purchase 779 34.73Purchase 231 34.73Purchase 1,479 34.74Purchase 315 34.74Purchase 726 34.74Purchase 470 34.74Purchase 1,262 34.74Purchase 214 34.73Purchase 168 34.73Purchase 1,500 34.73Purchase 2,795 34.73Purchase 1,166 34.81Purchase 2,879 34.80Purchase 207 34.79Purchase 71 34.78Purchase -2,124 34.78Purchase 2,124 34.78Purchase 23 34.78Purchase 39 34.78Purchase 2,000 34.78Purchase 91 34.78Purchase 250 34.78Purchase 79 34.78Purchase -2,822 34.78Purchase 2,822 34.78Purchase 1,913 34.78Purchase 367 34.78Purchase 1,708 34.73Purchase 487 34.73Purchase 1,950 34.73Purchase 22 34.73Purchase 85 34.73Purchase 1 34.80Purchase 2,822 34.78Purchase 2,124 34.78Purchase 192 34.76Purchase 40 34.61Purchase 55 34.68Purchase 1,124 34.63Purchase 28 34.65Sale -67,400 34.61Sale -35,926 34.41Sale -939 34.63Sale -61 34.63Sale -460 34.60Sale -42 34.60Sale -913 34.60Sale -85 34.60Sale -56,000 34.72Sale -98 34.69Sale -200 34.69Sale -102 34.69Sale -4,000 34.80Sale -8,200 34.90Sale -300 34.91Sale -500 34.80TOTAL BUYS:224071 TOTAL SELLS:175226 (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 varyingProduct 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) ExercisingProduct 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 :AMENDMENT- SEE OPTIONSAgreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivativesNONE Is a Supplemental Form 38.5(b) attached? (Note 8) NO Date of disclosure 26-March-2008Contact name Collins, CarolynTelephone number 44 20 7888 0241Name of offeree/offeror with which connected Rio Tinto PlcNature of connection (Note 9) ADVISORNotesThe 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