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EPT Disclosure

10th Oct 2008 17:18

RNS Number : 6443F

BNP Paribas London

10 October 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	BNP PARIBAS ARBITRAGE SNC
Company dealt in	RIO TINTO PLC
Class of relevant security to which the dealings being disclosed relate (Note 1)	Ordinary shares
Date of dealing	09 October 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	4,524,263 0.45%
(2) Derivatives (other than options)
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell
Total	4,524,263 0.45%

(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

Rights to subscribe (Note 2)

Class of relevant security:

Details

3. DEALINGS (Note 3)

(a) Purchases and sales

Purchases	Quantity	Price
	510	29.20
	266	29.19
	15	29.18
	2663	29.17
	524	29.16
	2335	29.15
	866	29.12
	1234	29.10
	1056	29.09
	222	29.07
	965	29.06
	631	29.05
	1510	29.04
	1362	29.03
	773	29.02
	2202	29.01
	1106	28.99
	1628	28.98
	637	28.95
	74	28.94
	973	28.90
	486	28.89
	279	28.85
	1290	28.84
	1819	28.81
	1147	28.80
	299	28.79
	2519	28.78
	315	28.72
	1492	28.70
	1127	28.69
	211	28.68
	49	28.67
	1954	28.65
	1098	28.64
	1919	28.62
	952	28.61
	275	28.58
	573	28.55
	636	28.54
	21	28.49
	638	28.45
	1393	28.43
	514	28.42
	264	28.41
	400	28.39
	320	28.38
	616	28.36
	284	28.33
	291	28.32
	650	28.31
	1328	28.30
	420	28.28
	211	28.26
	1850	28.25
	103	28.24
	1773	28.23
	1086	28.23
	291	28.22
	878	28.21
	291	28.20
	516	28.19
	3163	28.18
	896	28.17
	291	28.16
	2052	28.15
	681	28.14
	400	28.13
	100	28.12
	300	28.11
	980	28.09
	55	28.08
	911	28.07
	64	28.05
	568	28.03
	381	28.01
	491	28.00
	200	27.99
	776	27.98
	321	27.97
	312	27.96
	1081	27.95
	791	27.94
	582	27.93
	291	27.92
	1325	27.90
	2316	27.89
	538	27.88
	2011	27.87
	296	27.86
	1199	27.85
	442	27.83
	114	27.81
	1320	27.80
	461	27.79
	880	27.76
	300	27.75
	631	27.74
	1619	27.73
	1891	27.71
	1765	27.70
	1857	27.69
	1001	27.68
	127	27.67
	30	27.65
	1571	27.64
	1827	27.63
	311	27.62
	45	27.61
	699	27.60
	516	27.59
	670	27.58
	292	27.56
	230	27.55
	30	27.54
	30	27.53
	241	27.51
	43419	27.50
	480	27.49
	75	27.48
	45	27.47
	1184	27.46
	1708	27.45
	1879	27.44
	491	27.43
	375	27.42
	430	27.41
	41	27.40
	45	27.39
	1035	27.38
	440	27.37
	2531	27.36
	288	27.35
	437	27.34
	445	27.33
	1991	27.32
	1075	27.31
	3134	27.30
	899	27.29
	498	27.28
	1405	27.27
	1490	27.26
	697	27.25
	961	27.24
	1231	27.23
	3712	27.22
	1581	27.21
	770	27.20
	470	27.19
	380	27.18
	1531	27.17
	649	27.16
	381	27.15
	331	27.14
	200	27.13
	1214	27.12
	30	27.11
	285	27.10
	186	27.09
	255	27.08
	291	27.07
	336	27.06
	291	27.05
	230	27.04
	5	27.01
	218	26.99
	98	26.98
	185	26.97
	47	26.96
	30	26.95
	291	26.92
	255	26.91
	582	26.89
	291	26.88
	448	26.87
	291	26.86
	291	26.85
	761	26.80
	30	26.74
	45	26.69
	180	26.68
	40	26.67
	60	26.65
	45	26.64
Total:	182,447

Sales	Quantity	Price
	-2596	29.20
	-1588	29.19
	-1328	29.18
	-5937	29.17
	-985	29.16
	-2168	29.15
	-767	29.14
	-4875	29.13
	-1871	29.12
	-1967	29.11
	-3613	29.10
	-4626	29.08
	-1907	29.07
	-6502	29.06
	-6909	29.05
	-2702	29.04
	-6341	29.03
	-5539	29.02
	-9824	29.01
	-2575	29.00
	-3215	28.99
	-481	28.98
	-726	28.97
	-1148	28.95
	-1020	28.94
	-62	28.92
	-1369	28.91
	-2681	28.89
	-3920	28.87
	-1177	28.86
	-1101	28.85
	-700	28.84
	-1616	28.83
	-759	28.82
	-5078	28.81
	-3905	28.80
	-2586	28.79
	-1914	28.78
	-1785	28.77
	-2326	28.76
	-1848	28.75
	-2646	28.74
	-1826	28.73
	-4931	28.72
	-603	28.71
	-483	28.70
	-3667	28.69
	-1056	28.68
	-2096	28.67
	-941	28.66
	-2160	28.65
	-1189	28.64
	-2033	28.63
	-5375	28.62
	-1296	28.61
	-3424	28.60
	-2346	28.59
	-996	28.58
	-1288	28.57
	-1893	28.56
	-3241	28.55
	-2105	28.54
	-4230	28.53
	-1304	28.52
	-699	28.51
	-3957	28.50
	-987	28.49
	-2070	28.48
	-385	28.47
	-1110	28.46
	-2778	28.45
	-1430	28.44
	-1578	28.43
	-1656	28.42
	-4837	28.41
	-644	28.40
	-763	28.39
	-875	28.38
	-1712	28.37
	-1975	28.36
	-6156	28.35
	-1022	28.34
	-1831	28.33
	-6426	28.32
	-3615	28.31
	-2284	28.30
	-1008	28.29
	-677	28.28
	-4518	28.26
	-2283	28.25
	-902	28.24
	-2729	28.23
	-6526	28.22
	-6717	28.21
	-1815	28.20
	-1691	28.19
	-2396	28.18
	-1722	28.17
	-5693	28.16
	-6293	28.15
	-3121	28.14
	-6004	28.13
	-846	28.12
	-5222	28.11
	-483	28.10
	-890	28.09
	-1000	28.09
	-1282	28.08
	-1893	28.07
	-4159	28.06
	-3089	28.05
	-6415	28.04
	-5284	28.03
	-5802	28.02
	-2531	28.01
	-5718	28.00
	-994	27.99
	-1193	27.98
	-1219	27.97
	-2048	27.96
	-2856	27.95
	-3158	27.94
	-1268	27.93
	-2617	27.92
	-3292	27.91
	-858	27.90
	-2038	27.89
	-915	27.88
	-300	27.87
	-505	27.86
	-1759	27.85
	-883	27.84
	-2000	27.83
	-590	27.82
	-743	27.81
	-1369	27.80
	-5714	27.79
	-729	27.76
	-2031	27.75
	-1023	27.73
	-241	27.72
	-42533	27.71
	-2944	27.70
	-2179	27.68
	-647	27.67
	-300	27.66
	-287	27.65
	-2990	27.64
	-349	27.63
	-983	27.62
	-513	27.61
	-974	27.60
	-137	27.59
	-540	27.57
	-614	27.56
	-1303	27.55
	-528	27.54
	-307	27.53
	-1014	27.52
	-3859	27.51
	-65687	27.50
	-4352	27.49
	-1175	27.48
	-1401	27.46
	-880	27.44
	-200	27.43
	-1332	27.42
	-29	27.41
	-295	27.40
	-41	27.39
	-2466	27.38
	-1701	27.37
	-12	27.36
	-2124	27.35
	-1833	27.34
	-1621	27.33
	-423	27.32
	-683	27.31
	-38	27.30
	-371	27.29
	-291	27.28
	-659	27.27
	-464	27.26
	-4767	27.25
	-1240	27.24
	-4003	27.23
	-1017	27.22
	-1547	27.21
	-3218	27.20
	-2672	27.19
	-63	27.18
	-791	27.17
	-107	27.16
	-1318	27.15
	-259	27.14
	-4	27.13
	-509	27.12
	-338	27.10
	-443	27.07
	-291	27.06
	-291	27.04
	-200	27.03
	-509	27.02
	-98	27.01
	-155	27.00
	-362	26.99
	-3066	26.97
	-44	26.96
	-570	26.95
	-1050	26.92
	-373	26.91
	-1365	26.90
	-582	26.88
	-291	26.87
	-120	26.86
	-982	26.85
	-128	26.84
	-664	26.82
	-304	26.80
	-237	26.74
	-233	26.73
	-431	26.72
	-770	26.71
	-179	26.70
	-200	26.67
	-673	26.66
	-1169	26.65
	-202	26.64
	-976	26.63
	-819	26.61
	-619	26.60
	-613	26.59
Total:	- 544,949

(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.

None

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

Date of disclosure	10 October 2008
Contact name	Neil Kober
Telephone number	020 7595 4821
Name of offeree/offeror with which connected	BHP Billiton
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

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