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Macquarie Bank Ld09 January 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 Ordinary shares ISIN: AU000000BHP4dealings being disclosed relate (Note 1) Date of dealing 08 January 2008 2. INTERESTS, SHORT POSITIONS AND RIGHTS TO SUBSCRIBE (a) Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class ofrelevant security dealt in (Note 2) Long Short Number Number (%) (%) (1) Relevant securities 5,000 (2) Derivatives (other than options) (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell Total 0 0 0 0 (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 than options) (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell Total (c) Rights to subscribe (Note 2) Class of relevant security: Details Ordinary shares ISIN: AU000000BHP4 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 name, Long/short (Note 5) Number of securities (Note 6) Price per unit (Note 4)e.g. CFD (c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities (i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying Product name, Writing, selling, Number of securities Exercise Type, e.g. Expiry Option money purchasing, to which the option American,e.g. call option varying etc. relates (Note 6) price European etc. date 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 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) YES/NO Date of disclosure 08 January 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 securities Price per unit (AUD) PURCHASE 488 39.45PURCHASE 519 39.41PURCHASE 357 39.42PURCHASE 367 39.44PURCHASE 355 39.39PURCHASE 51 39.37PURCHASE 110 39.37PURCHASE 152 39.37PURCHASE 365 39.4PURCHASE 213 39.38PURCHASE 130 39.38PURCHASE 333 39.41PURCHASE 2 39.41PURCHASE 73 39.41PURCHASE 69 39.41PURCHASE 70 39.41PURCHASE 94 39.41PURCHASE 299 39.44PURCHASE 302 39.45PURCHASE 222 39.45PURCHASE 228 39.44PURCHASE 253 39.45PURCHASE 204 39.42PURCHASE 164 39.34PURCHASE 201 39.34PURCHASE 69 39.24PURCHASE 94 39.24PURCHASE 241 39.14PURCHASE 160 39.21PURCHASE 71 39.21PURCHASE 208 39.15PURCHASE 166 39.2PURCHASE 178 39.14PURCHASE 139 39.1PURCHASE 178 39.1PURCHASE 100 39.14PURCHASE 45 39.14PURCHASE 148 39.05PURCHASE 145 39.04PURCHASE 140 39.11PURCHASE 104 39.13PURCHASE 94 39.11PURCHASE 93 39.12PURCHASE 65 39.11PURCHASE 78 39.13PURCHASE 73 39.11PURCHASE 57 39.19PURCHASE 53 39.18PURCHASE 70 39.19PURCHASE 67 39.21PURCHASE 57 39.18PURCHASE 72 39.18PURCHASE 72 39.19PURCHASE 77 39.14PURCHASE 83 39.17PURCHASE 108 39.21PURCHASE 95 39.26PURCHASE 106 39.21PURCHASE 100 39.24PURCHASE 126 39.22PURCHASE 117 39.2PURCHASE 1 39.22PURCHASE 139 39.22PURCHASE 22 39.23PURCHASE 190 39.24PURCHASE 121 39.24PURCHASE 157 39.23PURCHASE 185 39.16PURCHASE 134 39.18PURCHASE 24 39.24PURCHASE 167 39.27PURCHASE 176 39.23PURCHASE 181 39.25PURCHASE 204 39.24PURCHASE 189 39.26PURCHASE 197 39.27PURCHASE 190 39.26PURCHASE 200 39.21PURCHASE 247 39.2PURCHASE 231 39.22PURCHASE 193 39.21PURCHASE 1 39.18PURCHASE 66 39.18PURCHASE 50 39.18PURCHASE 164 39.18PURCHASE 307 39.12PURCHASE 272 39.17PURCHASE 356 39.16PURCHASE 364 39.12PURCHASE 1011 39PURCHASE 79623 39.1973SALE 1852 39.43SALE 43 39.37SALE 500 39.37SALE 1330 39.37SALE 247 39.37SALE 1976 39.39SALE 37 39.38SALE 500 39.38SALE 600 39.38SALE 600 39.38SALE 300 39.38SALE 127 39.38SALE 126 39.38SALE 3 39.38SALE 100 39.41SALE 1766 39.41SALE 46 39.41SALE 212 39.4SALE 74 39.4SALE 255 39.4SALE 900 39.4SALE 312 39.4SALE 1722 39.42SALE 1816 39.45SALE 1274 39.44SALE 22 39.46SALE 1517 39.46SALE 1443 39.45SALE 1086 39.42SALE 450 39.38SALE 724 39.38SALE 7 39.34SALE 23 39.34SALE 230 39.34SALE 178 39.34SALE 506 39.34SALE 318 39.34SALE 964 39.24SALE 1284 39.19SALE 1205 39.23SALE 49 39.23SALE 148 39.13SALE 1015 39.13SALE 443 39.18SALE 254 39.18SALE 300 39.18SALE 219 39.18SALE 577 39.17SALE 147 39.17SALE 82 39.17SALE 120 39.17SALE 1064 39.13SALE 700 39.11SALE 94 39.11SALE 984 39.15SALE 652 39.05SALE 148 39.05SALE 174 39.05SALE 769 39.05SALE 859 39.1SALE 569 39.1SALE 500 39.16SALE 28 39.13SALE 20 39.13SALE 80 39.1SALE 100 39.09SALE 474 39.09SALE 415 39.09SALE 416 39.12SALE 72 39.1SALE 148 39.1SALE 240 39.1SALE 307 39.16SALE 169 39.17SALE 212 39.16SALE 255 39.18SALE 100 39.18SALE 55 39.2SALE 195 39.2SALE 86 39.2SALE 384 39.18SALE 431 39.19SALE 69 39.19SALE 316 39.19SALE 423 39.13SALE 459 39.15SALE 701 39.18SALE 583 39.26SALE 539 39.19SALE 603 39.24SALE 26 39.23SALE 369 39.23SALE 378 39.23SALE 670 39.2SALE 114 39.22SALE 854 39.22SALE 941 39.23SALE 542 39.24SALE 284 39.24SALE 995 39.23SALE 864 39.14SALE 1058 39.19SALE 1025 39.26SALE 964 39.25SALE 75 39.25SALE 128 39.25SALE 75 39.25SALE 771 39.25SALE 371 39.24SALE 806 39.24SALE 1230 39.24SALE 1021 39.26SALE 1196 39.23SALE 1308 39.21SALE 1040 39.2SALE 217 39.2SALE 1259 39.21SALE 60 39.2SALE 1000 39.2SALE 200 39.2SALE 115 39.2SALE 962 39.19SALE 1 39.19SALE 500 39.19SALE 83 39.19SALE 1502 39.12SALE 280 39.17SALE 74 39.17SALE 1672 39.17SALE 400 39.16SALE 18 39.16SALE 28 39.16SALE 356 39.16SALE 1348 39.16SALE 2097 39.12SALE 5924 39SALE 15209 39.2557TOTAL SALES 94832TOTAL PURCHASES 94832 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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