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Macquarie Group Limited13 February 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 dealings Ordinary shares ISIN:being disclosed relate (Note 1) AU000000BHP4 Date of dealing 12 February 2008 2. INTERESTS, SHORT POSITIONS AND RIGHTS TO SUBSCRIBE (a) Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class of relevantsecurity 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 0.00% 0 0.00% (b) Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company, otherthan 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 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 Long/short Number of securities Price per unit name, (Note 5) (Note 6) (Note 4)e.g. CFD (c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities (i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying Product Writing, Number of Exercise Type, e.g. Expiry Optionname, selling, securities to price American, date money purchasing, which the option European paid/ varying etc. relates (Note 6) etc. receivede.g. per unit call (Note 4)option (ii) Exercising Product name, e.g. call Number of Exercise price per unit option securities (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 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) YES/NO Date of disclosure 13 February 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 Purchase/sale Number of Price per unit securitiesPurchase 34000 36.12Sale 5000 36.12Sale 10000 36.12Sale 1000 36.08Sale 300 36.08Sale 1000 36.08Sale 332 36.08Sale 300 36.06Sale 80 36.06Sale 276 36.06Sale 800 36.04Sale 400 36.04Sale 800 36.04Sale 45 36.04Sale 3667 36.04Sale 300 36.02Sale 300 36.02Sale 300 36.02Sale 800 36.02Sale 550 36.02Sale 1350 36.02Sale 900 36Sale 300 36Sale 200 36Sale 3700 36Sale 600 36Sale 697 36Sale 3 36Total purchases 34,000Total sales 34,000 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
BHP Group