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EPT Disclosure

4th Nov 2008 16:57

RNS Number : 4447H

BNP Paribas London

04 November 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	03 November 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	3,470,014 0.35%
(2) Derivatives (other than options)
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell
Total	3,470,014 0.35%

(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
	80	29.40
	23	29.37
	200	29.35
	224	29.34
	1792	29.33
	747	29.32
	1683	29.31
	1155	29.30
	786	29.29
	1199	29.27
	435	29.25
	1130	29.24
	120	29.23
	785	29.22
	51	29.21
	2902	29.20
	93	29.19
	1623	29.18
	2195	29.17
	1648	29.16
	4401	29.15
	3450	29.14
	2763	29.13
	2216	29.12
	968	29.11
	2584	29.10
	2002	29.09
	2283	29.08
	6394	29.07
	5355	29.06
	6072	29.05
	5516	29.04
	9007	29.03
	4738	29.02
	6727	29.01
	148356	29.00
	6055	28.99
	5729	28.98
	1182	28.97
	3368	28.96
	5926	28.95
	652	28.94
	4820	28.93
	2026	28.92
	2893	28.91
	3405	28.90
	999	28.89
	1287	28.88
	617	28.87
	1195	28.87
	1508	28.86
	380	28.85
	75	28.84
	7	28.83
	1649	28.82
	762	28.81
	700	28.80
	505	28.79
	400	28.78
	2852	28.76
	300	28.75
	1653	28.74
	745	28.72
	1735	28.71
	593	28.70
	2144	28.69
	918	28.68
	2740	28.67
	2027	28.66
	1545	28.65
	758	28.64
	1201	28.63
	539	28.61
	1026	28.60
	502	28.59
	775	28.58
	200	28.57
	550	28.56
	609	28.52
	2090	28.51
	566	28.49
	861	28.48
	512	28.46
	772	28.45
	30	28.44
	608	28.43
	593	28.42
	2094	28.41
	460	28.40
	848	28.39
	667	28.38
	1148	28.37
	275	28.36
	100	28.35
	275	28.34
	334	28.33
	875	28.32
	268	28.31
	923	28.30
	1185	28.29
	100	28.25
	456	28.24
	475	28.21
Total:	317,770

Sales	Quantity	Price
	-80	29.41
	-23	29.37
	-286	29.35
	-200	29.34
	-959	29.33
	-97	29.32
	-386	29.30
	-277	29.29
	-590	29.28
	-685	29.26
	-612	29.25
	-3985	29.24
	-892	29.23
	-1386	29.22
	-777	29.21
	-846	29.20
	-2474	29.19
	-1414	29.18
	-333	29.17
	-577	29.16
	-829	29.14
	-1725	29.13
	-1067	29.12
	-552	29.11
	-1030	29.10
	-1176	29.09
	-2129	29.08
	-1955	29.07
	-853	29.06
	-950	29.05
	-3061	29.04
	-6	29.03
	-425	29.02
	-2138	29.01
	-24807	29.00
	-2081	28.99
	-1636	28.98
	-1074	28.97
	-624	28.96
	-971	28.95
	-60	28.94
	-2128	28.93
	-1320	28.91
	-4432	28.90
	-914	28.89
	-1225	28.88
	-1264	28.87
	-1050	28.86
	-498	28.85
	-7	28.84
	-424	28.83
	-314	28.82
	-133	28.81
	-932	28.79
	-1352	28.78
	-322	28.76
	-380	28.75
	-393	28.74
	-1711	28.73
	-298	28.72
	-1363	28.71
	-653	28.70
	-209	28.69
	-86	28.68
	-1480	28.67
	-1536	28.66
	-10	28.65
	-1206	28.64
	-590	28.63
	-5	28.62
	-217	28.61
	-1089	28.60
	-401	28.59
	-356	28.58
	-695	28.57
	-275	28.56
	-30	28.55
	-2950	28.54
	-275	28.52
	-275	28.51
	-794	28.50
	-946	28.48
	-275	28.46
	-497	28.45
	-577	28.44
	-1317	28.43
	-550	28.42
	-1131	28.41
	-12	28.40
	-662	28.39
	-575	28.38
	-663	28.37
	-768	28.36
	-28	28.35
	-185	28.33
	-745	28.32
	-282	28.31
	-497	28.30
	-390	28.29
	-197	28.27
	-72	28.25
	-132	28.22
	-410	28.21
	-708	28.20
	-618	28.17
	-275	28.16
	-3462	28.15
	-148	28.14
	-22	28.11
Total:	- 115,764

(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	04 November 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

END

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