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Credit Suisse Equities (Australia)04 April 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 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 3-04-2008 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 210,554 0.006 7,539,591 0.225 (2) Derivatives (other than options) (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell Total 210,554 0.006 7,539,591 0.225 (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/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) Purchase 10,000 38.09Purchase 9,894 38.09Purchase 106 38.09Purchase 4,000 38.09Purchase 5,000 38.09Purchase 3,252 38.13Purchase 4,252 38.09Purchase 1,374 38.06Purchase 1,000 38.06Purchase 1,878 38.06Purchase 1,000 38.05Purchase 5,102 38.03Purchase 2,730 38.01Purchase 1,000 38.01Purchase 522 38.01Purchase 2,982 38.02Purchase 630 38.02Purchase 500 38.02Purchase 150 38.02Purchase 175 38.02Purchase 4,677 38.03Purchase 1,677 38.03Purchase 1,000 38.03Purchase 1,000 38.03Purchase 1,000 38.03Purchase 111 38.02Purchase 554 38.02Purchase 534 37.93Purchase 4,993 37.93Purchase 3,752 37.90Purchase 500 37.90Purchase 2,977 37.99Purchase 27 37.99Purchase 605 37.94Purchase 19 37.94Purchase 605 37.94Purchase 19 37.94Purchase 4,252 37.98Purchase 785 37.95Purchase 230 37.95Purchase 124 37.95Purchase 605 37.95Purchase 605 37.95Purchase 605 37.95Purchase 295 37.95Purchase 605 37.95Purchase 398 37.95Purchase 2,732 38.00Purchase 1,500 38.00Purchase 1,800 38.00Purchase 2,047 38.00Purchase 173 38.00Purchase 1,500 38.00Purchase 340 38.00Purchase 2,239 38.00Purchase 4,252 37.99Purchase 4,252 37.98Purchase 1,853 37.93Purchase 300 37.93Purchase 799 37.93Purchase 1,000 37.93Purchase 300 37.93Purchase 685 37.95Purchase 618 37.95Purchase 3,799 37.95Purchase 789 37.95Purchase 1,500 37.95Purchase 128 37.95Purchase 2,685 37.95Purchase 2,853 37.94Purchase 71 37.94Purchase 1,250 37.94Purchase 17 37.94Purchase 61 37.94Purchase 1,752 37.99Purchase 2,500 37.99Purchase 2,774 38.00Purchase 500 38.00Purchase 792 38.00Purchase 186 37.99Purchase 6,378 38.00Purchase 4,252 37.99Purchase 2,292 37.64Purchase 1,000 37.64Purchase 700 37.64Purchase 1,110 37.64Purchase 3,190 37.64Purchase 515 37.64Purchase 972 37.64Purchase 81 37.11Sale -179 38.02Sale -597 38.02Sale -448 38.02Sale -29,000 38.09Sale 29,000 38.09Sale -29,000 38.09Sale -3,028 38.02Sale -1,000 38.01Sale -1,000 38.00Sale -1,005 38.08Sale -3,995 38.08Sale -602 38.00Sale -1,150 38.01Sale -48 38.01Sale -103 38.00Sale -2,897 38.00Sale -1,000 37.97Sale -1,145 37.97Sale -155 37.97Sale -100 37.97Sale -143 37.94Sale -41 37.94Sale -1,160 37.94Sale -156 37.94Sale -2,000 37.94Sale -2,000 37.94Sale -2,189 37.92Sale -497 37.92Sale -500 37.88Sale -500 37.81Sale -1,000 37.99Sale -200 38.03Sale -300 38.03Sale -201 37.99Sale -799 37.99Sale -10,000 37.75Sale -972 37.72Sale -2,000 37.72Sale -28 37.72Sale -7 37.71Sale -993 37.71Sale -1,499 37.69Sale -2,000 37.65Sale -38 37.69Sale -41 37.69Sale -1,120 37.69Sale -1,302 37.69Sale -264 37.69Sale -1,136 37.69Sale -517 37.73Sale -5,000 37.73Sale -300 37.73Sale -100 37.73Sale -1,250 37.73Sale -400 37.73Sale -368 37.73Sale -150 37.74Sale -300 37.74Sale -1,236 37.74Sale -379 37.74Sale -1,400 37.40Sale -600 37.25TOTAL BUYS:156638 TOTAL SELLS:92538 (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 varying Product 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) 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 :AMENDMENT- SEE OPTIONS Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives NONE Is a Supplemental Form 38.5(b) attached? (Note 8) NO Date of disclosure 04-04-2008 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