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Credit Suisse Equities (Australia)06 December 2007 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 Ordinary Sharesdisclosed relate (Note 1) Date of dealing 5-Dec-2007 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 1,746,444 0.052(2) Derivatives (other than options)(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sellTotal 1,746,444 0.052 (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 sales Purchase/sale Number of securities Price per unit (Note 4)Purchase 25000 42.8607Purchase 1000 42.7Purchase 622 42.99Purchase 391 42.99Purchase 1000 42.99Purchase 4000 42.99Purchase 598 42.99Purchase 1700 42.97Purchase 1330 42.97Purchase 27 42.97Purchase 30 42.97Purchase 49 42.97Purchase 1000 42.91Purchase 2325 42.94Purchase 4706 42.95Purchase 611 42.94Purchase 647 42.94Purchase 678 42.94Purchase 2399 42.94Purchase 69 42.94Purchase 393 42.94Purchase 36 42.94Purchase 68 42.94Purchase 1000 42.94Purchase 9 42.94Purchase 732 42.94Purchase 4278 42.94Purchase 3681 42.94Purchase 20 42.94Purchase 232 42.94Purchase 1060 42.94Purchase 141 42.94Purchase 1908 42.95Purchase 20 42.95Purchase 183 42.95Purchase 1621 42.95Purchase 1360 42.95Purchase 1039 42.95Purchase 2 42.95Purchase 9 42.95Purchase 275 42.95Purchase 187 42.94Purchase 4278 43.02Purchase 187 42.89Purchase 17 42.94Purchase 520 43Purchase 16068 43.0645Sale -6000 42.8607Sale 114 42.81Sale -114 42.81Sale 451 42.81Sale -451 42.81Sale -768 42.8Sale 496 43Sale -496 43Sale 396 42.88Sale -396 42.88Sale 262 42.9Sale -262 42.9Sale -212 42.95Sale -37 42.89Sale -3191 42.7Sale -513 42.84Sale -642 42.84Sale -588 42.86Sale -693 42.89Sale -538 42.89Sale -612 42.85Sale -590 42.84Sale -192 42.84Sale -310 42.84Sale -445 42.97Sale -31 42.96Sale -405 42.96Sale -429 42.94Sale -398 42.93Sale -176 42.92Sale -277 42.92Sale -447 42.95Sale -435 42.9Sale -439 42.88Sale -13 42.88Sale -284 42.88Sale -80 42.88Sale -351 42.96Sale -309 42.9Sale -305 42.89Sale -245 42.9Sale -231 42.9Sale -234 42.83Sale -215 42.83Sale -209 42.82Sale -173 42.83Sale -186 42.83Sale -194 42.84Sale -193 42.85Sale -183 42.85Sale -222 42.9Sale -198 42.88Sale -178 42.91Sale -9 42.95Sale -214 42.97Sale -237 42.91Sale -229 42.88Sale -221 42.89Sale -262 42.9Sale -396 42.88Sale -496 43Sale -451 42.81Sale -520 43Sale -114 42.81TOTAL BUYS:87506 TOTAL SELLS:25520 (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 OPTIONS 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) NO Date of disclosure 6-Dec-2007 Contact name Collins, Carolyn 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 http://www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk/. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
BHP Group